RED CROSS WORK.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 8 September 1917, Page 2

RED CROSS WORK.

WESTON AND ARDGOWAN BRANCH. ANNUAL REPORT. Following is (he annual' report of the Weston and Ardgowan branch of the Britjsh Red Cross Society:— . During the year ten meetings were held, at which the attendance was /air. Kor the sewing meetings held i'oi tnightly in the-hall machines were lent by Mcsdames' Wilton, Goodall, Mcikle, and Campbell, and to ihom the committee tender their thanks, In December, and again in February, we sent a case of comforts for the hospitals, the value being £li, On Jane IGtli our branch supplied the goods for Ihe Oainaru Market, (lie laluigs ,'imoaiiiing lo £2B tils Gil, of which half /.-as 'donated to the Dr Ba'rnardo Appeal, During the yc.u' the receipts have been i'oi 14s id, and the expenditure £52 'Js lid. Special mention must ■be made cf the generosity of the Ardgowan Sunday School in "donatingMembership subscriptions have amounted to £2O oa-..;iil, During the year Ihe following articles have been made: Twelve limb pillows and cases, 12 handkerchief/, 22 girdles, 70 pairs socks, 15 ta P s ! 15 mittens, JO iniiillers, and 25 face-cloths. Great credit is due to die - Weston school children, who worked forty of the knitted articles, They are working hard just now to fill up a. case of children's cloihin'g for the orphans of the sailors killed in battle." The officers for the ensuing yejr are: President, Mrs Mitchell; vice-president, Mrs Watson; secretary and treasurer, 'Miss McVeigh; committee, Mcsdames Meek, Lawrence, Dick, Crombie,- Wat-' sou, Cavan, Kirton, and Misses Dick, Wanioi'k,, West, Ilarvey, "McVeigh, j Lawrence, and Gilckisf..