| Show R f e d A C r lo 10 v lw 10 W r 7 aw e wn U inta int a hc 00 by NELLIE SMITH secretary uintah co r the history of tile the organization of the red lied cross in uintah county la is interesting A meeting ting m was as held at the home of 1 L W curry on the evening of october 4 1917 toi foi this purpose present at this meeting were prominent citizens of venial who signed the membership list and became members A chairman vice chairman secie tary and treasurer elected to 0 o carra carr on oil tile tho work until til the remaining penn anent officers raould be elected several haigo abigo mass meetings were held from that time and on saturday evening october 13 1917 mrs M NN couley cooley and miss merle mcclintock secretary of the mesa county chantel american red cross spoke on tile the massive work of the organization during these meetings meeting the particular r ork of pe deft ft ing the organization was as carried on alth itil dr gairett 0 donnell at the head it was mas not long before nine branches and tent one auxiliaries weis ith a chairman ove each these branches and aux ll Il laries coveted a geographical limit of five thousand equal e miles with a N population of thousand in habitants rhe first means of financing the aik oik of the chapter was mag taken into consideration at a meeting held octo her ber when it was mas decided to stage the opeia oceia pinafore J 1 L morgan became the director with L 11 allan wm win at anderson and earl thomp thompson on as trie tilie financial and ad heiti vei tiding ing committees by december 1917 a chapter school committee was with A 0 goodrich as chairman and mrs mary barnett as nea measurer surer of the school fund the chapter chariei char tei came on D december cember ath and was mas framed and displaced in the office of the red cross the chapter by this time was complete in its organization and beady to begin its membership cam laign and to handle the work of sewing garments knitting and mak surgical dressings etc it is very interesting to note how successfully the work mork of the chapter chapler visas mas accomplished all material with directions for making N were ere sent from the division headquarters to the chapter it was mas then cut into garments by cutters the different dil ferent branches an and auxiliaries ilias aik oik was done at the main of flee fice the work hours fiam once one to five 0 clock every after noon of the atel each cach branch took its turn at the work room and from four to eight women worked dally daily laj g tho the aill niti cles cut they were mere tied lied into bundles for distil dastil aution among the he sennels vely little litile of the sewing wai ai lone done at the main office of the red cross most of the work ars taken by the blanch cha chali timen men of sewing and then distria buted among the workers one day of each week was set side aside for community work where oil lill members met and lid did the work mork ut at this central nutting place there was also the individual plan ic 10 eclied the dom the main of lice itce and charged or ci edited credited as the case may b be at the auppl room accounts were kept of ill all matei lils coming coining in and going out in some cases the finished work mork tailed to come up to the standard that had been set there tore and could not be sent to head quarters without being le ie made in all such cases the work was done avei that the chapter might stand on its high merit with mith the division at denver every friday and sat diday were nere known as shipping days and all the finished articles were inspected neatly tied in bundles of five or ten and carefully packed into cartons ready for the shipping to division headquarters all the liberty loans and drives in connection with mith loans were handled by committees through the local banks committees were appointed ho however mever to solicit through the coun ty special committees appointed b bi the chapter executive committee foi the handling of all membership drives overseas clothing drives and all the other work mork that furthered the end of the red cross activities 1 the official recoil of the memberships ber ships was kept by a caid in the office of tile the chaftel tho the first drive tor for mas WB 6 great anil and avei wh elming success having mole moie than ioa beached leached clied the maik the chairman to tile the executive committie e the necessity nj raising funds to purchase maceil als ala in cordei to keep tile the workers busy and also to keep our end up tip with tile plans were wera disCus discussed wd tin the plan finally adopt el ed was mas to bo be in the torm term of a strong cettei with ith coupon attached stating tile the appi approximate amount of money needed to continue the work mork which was estimated at an average of 00 monthly these coupons mathied at tile he end of each cach month and alid for tile the minimum amount of 1 twenty five cents or as much us as tile the dembei felt able to give A resolution was also adopted chereb the chapter should make re 1 finest I u e t through the division ii head ea d quartets that it be reimbursed to the extent of twenty five per cent of the collections from this county in all of tile alie red cross war fund drives the money obtained in this way may to be used exclusively foi the purchase of ain and other materials to be made into finished articles and supplies supplier foi shipment and distribution among the boys bos at the fiant besides the he special committees already mentioned the different clubs of the county and the diffrient organizations of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints of the episcopalian and congregational churches met to do red cross work mork of the auxiliaries of the mormon church the relief society la is entitled to il mention in the uintah county chapter there are thirteen wards of the mormon church and each cn ch one is presided over by a bishop each bishop in these different wards was appointed by the executive committee to act as chali li ahman man over the red cross work mork of r the he ward oia 01 auxiliary I 1 he relief organization of these wards sent to the main office of the c chapter and obtained raw material and lid work ork in hi theli own omit localities je turning the tha finished on the day for shipping was also other ni ethoda b which the relief societies nobly helped the chuse tile the method at ono one time was waa to sell the product of their lands at the countr fair such supplies as vegetables giulta pies cikes quilts and stock alock gathered by tile the committees arid and sold for the benc benefit of tile the red lied cross two tio espeer all laige and beautiful liand hand made wool mool quilts were mere donated and handled 13 1 a raffling committee N which tinned to the accounts tile the sum of 0 as the result of the efforts on tills this one occasion the relief so cleav had such splendid results that thc jhc acro ere the winners minners of a 50 awarded b the state bank tills prize and ill 1 I receipts receipt recel pt came ca e to the amount of benefit to the the organization known knon as the PrIn itry association of the moemon church which consists of the children also did a nery ery wonderful uon delful work A gibat many pillows ere clipped and made sale saie and comfortable comfor table for the bois wash cloths claths athans af hans and many of the smaller sin aller knitted garments were more by these small 1 ille I he young ladies assacl atlon bi b no means idle for they knitted sweaters sm eaters soka socks and innumerable gai which tells the stor atoo that the were mere titled tilled ith oil en aigy the red cross under the supervision of oe the chapter school committee sent in to the chapter up to the alist of march 2782 articles adopted eight war orphans donated 1500 garments gir ments for the old clothing campaign and gave eighty dollars to the N national childrens fund does not this speak volumes foi our patriotic little ones onese out oui home paper tile the vernal express besides doing a great amount of publicity vork mork for the red cross published a special issue for tho the purpose of securing donations for the chapter in cordei to accomplish this his necessary work ork committees as fo llois were appointed appon ted an editorial committee an advertising committee and a committee fol foi sales of the special edition of the paper sixty ono one collais and fifty cents was waa thus thua obtained from new subscriptions and donated to the file american lied itei cross tile the special committees foi the 1918 I 1 old clothing drive was mas headed by M arts rs 11 II W coltharp Colt haip the campaign was as carried on by a house to house canvass the clothing was then examined and sent bent out from the chapter the results of tills this campaign totaled 1886 1856 articles article the 1919 old clothing drive was mas headed by p esq nellie smith and was even moi e successful ful than the first circular letters sent to till all branches bishops JeR eachers chers and the heads of organizations asking their co in this movement I 1 it t was a mark of loyalty of patriotism and chailey for a child to bo be seen tarrying to his school or to his chap tei a bundle foi the refugees from the schools the clothing was gathered edana and taken to tile tho and there soiled and bagged ready for shipment to the dock the result of this campaign totaled pounds foi the belief of suffering buffering huni human anit lt in foreign lands due to the influenza epidemic the christmas roll call of 1918 was not the success that had been hoped as aa compared with kith the results of the previous eat eai some campaign work was accomplished but the greater amount of memberships were nere obtained by booth workers on oil the streets dining the christmas shopping sentinels soldiers with their rifles were stationed at intervals and brought bi ought the passers by to the booth where they moie given tile tho button in exchange for tile the membership fee in this way new members were enrolled results of this campaign were forwarded to the division headquarters at the close of each day during the christmas of 1918 each ove overseas Beas soldier from this county received nia frum from home the caiton was given by the chapter filled with dainties from the loved ones at home and tile the shipping and mailing done by the chapter on presentation of 0 the soldiers coupon during the influenza epidemic ot of 1918 19 the local red lied cross undoubtedly exhibited the true chila flan spirit and n it became necessary for volunteers to offer their services several of our executive committee assumed in a truly merciful fas fashion lilon the obligations special mention la Is due the late dr C E W supt bupt larl earl thompson mrs mai barnett and win II 11 11 anderson mrs J L morgan who has since moved from gave her time and attention to the work of the red lied closs fol foi a period of slit six months when the work was just tn in its beginning and when such special c ca rewan most needed her faithful work was carried on by mrs airs irvin eaton and mrs airs clyde during the summer of 1918 these women are entitled to much N J Mea glier headed a committee on the sale of war orphans and re poi ted clifteen adopted by the people of this county asa result of united work on the part of tho the committees and individuals the chapter shipped EL a total of 0 finished articles from dec 1917 to july 1 1919 the tha amount of cash handled in the treasury not including any ally of the liberty loans totaled 65 the sum total of the liberty loans raised in n uintah county is 00 |
