The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-15


Cross, was held at the home of
the vice president, Mrs. N. L. Foy,
Thursday morning. The following
services comprise this division -
Canteen, Staff Assistants, Home
Service, Production, Gray Ladies,
Motor Corps and Nurses Aides.
Mrs. Foy explained that due to
the illness of Mrs. Louis Orrell,
the chairman, she and Mrs. Sid
bury had taken over for the sum-
mer months and ask d corps
members contact herself or Mrs.
Sudbury.
Mrs. Foy, chairman of Staff AS
sistants since October 1943, made
the report for this corps. Mrs. D.
e. Morrison, wife of Colone Nor
rison organized this corps and
served as chairman until Colonel
Morrison was transferred. During
the past year Staff Assistants has
doubled in numbers of workers,
hours given ano amount of work
done. In the war fund drive this
group stated the office at the Tide
Water Building for five weeks.
They also staff the headquarters
office at the Customs House and
Home Service offices in the Trust
building every day. Members man
the desk at the Army doctors Of
flee in the post office two days
a week and help in the production
rooms. A class of 10 was trained
last October and a new class will
be trained this fall.
Mrs. Foy announced her resig-
nation as chairman of Staff As
sistants and the appointment of
Mrs. w. H. Henderson as her sue
cessor. Mrs. Foy will continue her
association with the service as
vice chairman.
Mrs. ]. D. Freeman, chairman
of the Canteen corps, reported that
they were having a difficult time
getting members to work. The
number of soldiers visiting the can
teen has fallen off in en- t
months and interest of workers
has fallen in direct ratio. August
1943 was the peak month with 1919
soldiers fed, and February h e
lowest with 1875. An average of
1000 service men were served
during the other months.
In the absence of Mrs. H. Blue
thenthal, chairman of Home Serv-
ice corps, Mrs. Foy said that this
department had moved into h e
Trust building about the first of
May and asked that the chairmen
of the other corps visit the offices.
Mrs. V. G. Avery, chairman Of
Gray Ladies, was out of town, and
the vice chairman, Mrs. Ryssey.
kept at home with a broken ankle.
Mrs. Sudbury reported that this
work was going on daily at Camp
Davis. During the year a station
wagon had been purchased a n d
through the kindness of J. w.
Freeman was housed in a garage
at his home on Fifth street.
Mrs. w. E. Storm, chairman of
the Motor Corps, said they were
still meeting emergencies and tax
ing mothers and babies of service
men to and from the hospital.
Headquarters for the Motor Corps
has been moved from the USO at
Fifth and Orange Streets to Red
Cross headquarters in the Customs
House. She expressed the appreci-
alton of the corps for the use of
the rooms at the USO and for the
consideration shown them. She
spoke in glowing terms of the work
being done by the night group
which meets every Monday night
to make bandages for the James
Walker Memorial hospital and is
on call every night for emergency
service. She expressed the appre-
citation of the corps to Mr.. P. R.
Smith for parking space for the
ambulance.
Mrs. D. r. McEachern, chair
man of Nurses Aides, was enthusi
astic over the progress being made
in this corps. Miss Augusta Futch
is the supervisor in charge and al
SO teaches t h classes, two of
which recently received their caps
and pins. Another class will begin
lin October. Miss Futch works in
c 1oSe cooneration with Miss