RED CROSS SOCIETY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 250, 30 July 1940, Page 6

RED CROSS SOCIETY.

THE METHVEN SUB-CENTRE,

A committee meeting of the Methven Sub-Centre of the Red Cross Society was presided over by Mrs Holmes. It was decided to forward a donation of £25 to the Ashburton Executive.

Satisfactory reports were received from the snowball afternoon in the form of a chain system to raise lands for V.A.D. work, of furnishing an emergency hospital in Methven with bandages, pyjamas, etc. Miss' Natalie Campbell exhibited many types of bandages required and appealed for useful pieces of old linen or blankets. The Lady Galway Guild, it was stated, with Mesdames Guthrie and J. Cross as conveners, was doing splendid work.

A gift of £5 from the Farmers’ Union, Women’s Division, and doling Farmers’ Club’s annual ball was received .

It was decided to open transport classes in Methven in the near future. It was reported that 11 girls had sat for their home nursing certificates and that first-aid classes had begun for the second time. Final arrangements were in hand for the Red Cross ball to be held on August 7. It was decided to hold a bridge evening in conjunction with the hall, and that supper should he served in Wright, Stephenson’s shod. ; The fortnightly sales depot, which was in charge of the Methodist Ladies’ Guild, did brisk business. The total sum collected in the district for the Appeal Fund was £295 12s lid, with £IOO collected for the car raffle.