Aided Canada In War: Spokane Relief Society Issues Report: Raised $3229 In Cash-Made 18,209 Hospital Articles-616 Pairs Of Socks. Northwest History. State History. Red Cross, Cont'd. W.W. Red Cross Act. Misc. Towns. Relief. 1907-1931. Red Cross Cont'd.

Aided Canada In War: Spokane Relief Society Issues Report: Raised $3229 In Cash-Made 18,209 Hospital Articles-616 Pairs Of Socks. Northwest History. State History. Red Cross, Cont'd. W.W. Red Cross Act. Misc. Towns. Relief. 1907-1931. Red Cross Cont'd.

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Aided Canada In War: Spokane Relief Society Issues Report: Raised $3229 In Cash-Made 18,209 Hospital Articles-616 Pairs Of Socks.; Aided Canada In War: Spokane Relief Society Issues Report: Raised $3229 In Cash-Made 18,209 Hospital Articles-616 Pairs Of Socks. The Canadian War Relief sdciety of Spokane, organized in October, 1915, by three Canadian women, raised up to January, 1919, $3229, according to its official report. The funds were raised almost entirely by voluntary subscription and several small teas and concerts. In February, 1918, the American Red Cross offered the generous donation of $10 a month, and since that time the society has received $900 from the Red Cross. The society has completed and shiped to the Alberta headquarters of the Canadian Red Cross 18,209 articles for hospital use, including five knitted quilts. The Field Comforts society has been sent 616 pairs of socks. The first officers were, Mrs. Diamond, president, and Mrs. Ashfield (then Miss Prickett), secretary treasurer, and a work committee of Mrs. William Dick and Miss Dick. Later the society increased in size and Mrs. Dick was elected president, Mrs. Prickett vice president, Mrs. H. Martin secretary, Mrs. Ashfield treasurer and Miss Dick assistant treasurer, and a work committee of Mrs. Dick, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Owen, Mrs. Smee, Mrs. Ashfield and Miss Dick. The membership includes: Mrs. William Dick Mrs. Curtiss Mrs. F. H. Ashfield Mrs. George Becher Mrs. Smee Miss A. Slawson Mrs. A. D. McLaren Miss Lewis Mrs. Nowland Miss Forest Mrs. McNutt Mrs. Bowen Mrs. Lawson Mrs. Hodge Mrs. Everett Smith Mrs. Rodgers Mrs. Seale Mrs. West Mrs. Henderson Mrs. J. L. Brickett Mrs. Chase Mrs. H. C. Smith Mrs. Strachan Mrs. Byron White Miss R. McDonald Mrs. McDonald Miss Smythe Mrs. Tilmont Miss Atwater Mrs. Jarvis Miss Back Mrs. S. Whipple Miss M. Connelly Mrs. Morrison Mrs. Harry Martin Mrs. Raish Miss H. B. Dick Mrs. Skuse Mrs. Handel Owen Mrs. Strang Mrs. H. B. Luhn Miss H. Grieve Mrs. Binkley Mrs. Rideout Mrs. Milne. Mrs. Webb Mrs. X. L. Anthony Mrs. Todd Mrs. Robertson Mrs. Sloely Mrs. F. Phair Miss H. Hays

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