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Show MINERSVILLE NOTES At the close of a year of war, the Minersville Red Cross Auxiliary, which was organized last October, has made out a report of the work accomplished up to date. In this time $474.00 has been raised. The membership now stands at 150. At the meetings, which have been held at the school building on Tuesday evenings a great deal of work has been accomplished and the quality of the work has several times been highly commended by the workers at the Denver headquarters. The following aiticleB have been sent off : Sweaters, 35 Mufflers, 14 Wristlets, 12 pairs Socks, 60 pairs Abdominal bandages, 104 Head bandages, 20 Triangular bandages, 31 Slings, 57 Ambulance pillows, 51; slips, 104 Comfort pillows, 39; slipB, 6 Bed shoes, 96 pairs Invalid capes, 5 Face cloths, 171 Handkerchiefs, 37 Tray cloths, 333 Napkins, 331 Scrub cloths, 22 Pajama suits, 10 Bed shirts. 32 Pillow slips, 18" Bed sheets, 6. In addition to this a good amount of work is being done in the Junior Red Cross, which is actively at work I in the school. Hilda Walker has had to stop school, where she has been a seventh grade student. She underwent an operation for appendicitis in Cedar last week. Clarence Banks and Annetta Myers were married last week In Beaver. Woodley Bingham and wife have come to Minersville and are now at the home of his mother, Mrs. Jane Bingham. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Murdock have-moved have-moved into their new home purchased pur-chased from James Rollins. A large number of Minersville people attended the Sunday school conference at Beaver last Sunday. Several had places on the program, as Alvin Baker and Alberta Walker played a duet, and Alberta Walker, LaRie Williams and Eloise Pryor sang a trio at the teachers' and officers' of-ficers' party Saturday evening, while Miss Yeomans spoke at the meeting of the primary department teachers. At a meeting held under the joint auspices of the Vigilance Committee and the Minersville Council of De fense last Friday evening the welcome wel-come announcement was made that Minersville was the first district in the county to double its allotment of Liberty bond subscriptions. At this meeting it was also announced that Geo. S. Jameson had been appointed town marshal, to serve without pay, Geo. LeFevre was pound keeper and that fifteen deputy marshals had been given recognition and power to act by the town board. They will make special efforts to see that laws regarding keeping cattle off the streets and the observance of the curfew are enforced. R. H. Strickland of Beaver spoke in high praise of the spirit shown here in giving so ready a response to the Third Liberty Loan drive. s |