The Apache sentinel., 1944-09-15
Post Red Cross Services
Prove to Be Supplemental
To Army's Special Services

to the members of the active mill
tary personnel and their dependents
and to ex-service men and women
and their dependents.
Operating Independently but con-
sidered branch of the Warren
Mining District Chapter of Bisbee,
Arizona, the number of cases served
per month has grown from twenty
five to one hundred and ninety-one.
Colonel Edwin N Hardy, Post
Commander, chairman of the Red
Cross, placed the supervision of the
activities under the Special Service
officer, 1t. Col. Carroll F. E. Nelson.
In January, 1943, those ladies of
the Post willing to work as volun-
teers joined to serve either as Gray
Ladies, Production Workers or with
the Home Service Corps.
Gray Ladies Serve
A course was given the nine Gray
Lady applicants and on May 2,
1943, they we're graduated, receiving
their certificates which gave them
the privilege of working with the
patients in our local hospital. They
have contributed more than 1000
hours of service.
Mrs. Selena Sloan Butler, chair
man, is very proud of having 'lost
only one of the original nine. Serv-
ing with Mrs. Butler and wearing
"the bar" denoting one year OF
service are Mesdames Pattie Jean
Franklin, Lucy Freeman, Lillian
Hamilton, Elizabeth Jefferson, Mar
guerite L. Powers, Jessie w. Smith
and Florence G. Ware.
Recently a letter from The Ma
tional American Red Gross an
nounced that our group of Gray
Ladies is the only all Negro Corps
serving in a Federal Hospital in the
United States.
Post Women Put Over Program
The production workers have pro-
vided our hospital with the neces-
sary articles upon receipt of re-
quest from the Red Cross in Re-
gional Hospital.
Working untiringly has been Mrs.
E. B. Maynard, chairman of the
group, who, with the assistance of
Mrs. Edwin N. Hardy, manages to
cut out all articles which are then
distributed to the workers. Some of
the work is done in the homes;
other work in the production room
in the Red Cross building.
Mrs. r. E. Fisher deserves praise
for the numerous knitted articles
provided for the men in our Armed
Forces.
Others giving of their time to
produce articles for our local hos
pital is that group of wives of Off
GERS and enlisted men living in Fry
and working in the USO under the
supervision of Mrs. Alva Bullock.
The job of the Red Cross could
not have been done without the as
sistance of the many workers llv-
ing on the Post, among whom are
Mrs. Rafael Hernandez, Mrs. Ralph
Teabeau, Mrs. James Kingsland,
Mrs. FELTON, Brown, Mrs. Florence
Ware, Mrs. Gertrude Brackens and
Mrs. Annie Gathings.
Mrs. Wethers Holds Helm
Completing the Home Service
course III 1915 were mis-. II w.
Hansen and Mrs. Marion Wethers.
Working as volunteers in the office
and visiting the homes of military
personnel was their job under Mrs.
Sarah w Siegel, then executive
secretary of the Red Cross.
When Mrs. Siegel left in June OF
1943 Mrs. Wethers was appointed
to her position and is at the present
time executive secretary.
In November, 1943, the Junior
Red Cross was organized under the
sponsorship of Mrs. Rosa Farrell
and Mrs. Myrtle G.. Hicklin. Through
the cooperation of the principals
of the schools, Mrs. Viola Johnson,
Mr.. Isaac Snowden, and their re-
spective faculty members, the work
of the Junior Red Cross has been
outstanding.
This group with 1000 member
ship furnished our local hospital
with 2,135 articles from November,
1943, to June, 1914. These articles
consisted of holiday place cards.
favors, Christmas cards and
Christmas tree ornaments, carol
otter name musical attractions as