The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-06-22
Mrs. Edith Grimm
Resigns AS Red
Cross Secretary

acceptance OF the reSlgnatlons
OF Mrs. Edith Grimm as home
service secretary and Fred Mo-
ran as director and the adoption
Of q motion for q complete audit
Of the years records and the pub
LEGATION of this audit engaged
t.Ie attention of the new board of
directors of the Jackson County
chapter of the American Red
Cross at an executive meeting
Thursday night.
Formal acceptance of the res
ignation of Miss Jessie Boyd as
executive secretary of the chap
ter, previously rendered. was re-
corded and directors authorized
he payment of two weeks va
cation pay to both Mrs. Grimm
an Miss Boyd.
Miss Nell Jewel Howe of the
Atlanta area office of the Red
Cross is in charge of the Pasca-
| goula office until a permanent
executive secretary can be OBJ
trained. Members 0f~-aE board
are interviewing persons recom-
mendeo for the position of ex-
ecutive secretary by the area of
flee, E. R. Hammett, chairman,
announced.
The audit will be made by a
certified public accountant or a
| senior accountant and the results
published in the Jackson Coun-
ty Times of Ocean Springs and
in the Chronicles Star and Adj
vertiser.
According to action taken by
the directors, $1,000 will be
transferred from the general
funds in the Pascagoula Bank to
a special emergency account for
use in operating the chapter and
this fund will be paid out only
on the signature of the paid en-
ployee of the chapter and the
counter signature of either the
president or treasurer of the
chapter.
A. P. May, Spencer Beebe and
Hugh Fletcher we're appointed
as a committee to repair and re-
model the office quarters of the
chapter in the old Central school
building on S. P~ascagoula street.
According to the plans, this COM
mittee will be empowered to IN
stall fans and to have necessary
painting done.
Also open on the Red Cross
staff is the position of reception
ist-stenographer, vacated by Mrs.
Glenn Owens, which will be fill
ed according to decision of Mr..
Hammett.
At a luncheon meeting OF the
county Red Cross board Thurs
day at the USO, chairmen ana
co-chairmen of the service conf
mittees of the Jackson County
Red Cross were named by Z. X.
Hammett, county chairman
Appointments were made as
follows: volunteer special ser
vices, Mrs. Sydney Swan, chair
man, Mrs. Ruby Nelson, Mrs. c.
M. Carr, co-chairmen; home ser
vice, d. 5. Clayton chairman,
and Mrs. Julian Rivers, Roland
Ware. Tom Murphy, co-ehan.
men. first aid, Mrs. Saul Peter
zell. charm an, Mrs. Eddie
Breaugh. H. d. Moffatt. co-ehair-
men. water safety, E. A. kha-
vat, chairman, l.. L. Stigler,
Harry Lee, co-ehairmen; accident
prevention, A. L. Gottsche. chair
man, Earl Ammonett, II. W.
Richards. co-chairmen: disaster
preparedness, Lee Jordan, chair
man. Claude Blanchard, Henry
Gautier, eo-chairmen; nutrition,
Mrs. J. S. Abbey, chairman, Mrs.
Louis Bond. Mrs. Ellis Handy,
co-chairmen; Junior Red Cross.
Miss Mary O'Keefe, chairman, A.
F. Magehee, Mrs. Elizabeth Ar
instead, co-chairmen: public
information and publicity.
James Lane, chairman, Mrs
T. L. DeLashmet, Mrs. Har-
~ Lee, eo-chairmeni member
ship and fund raising, Hermes
Gautier. chairman. E. c. Trimhie,