History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . meetings were held twice in the month and wereunder the direction of Mrs. Mather, who was first ap-pointed chairman of hospital supplies and surgical dress-ings and later director of the production E. C. Reeve acted as secretary. As a part of this department a stock department wasestablished for the distribution of materials, with MissEstelle E. Moore as chairman. Later Mrs. H. became accountant and Miss Bessie Lee Stockrecorder. In the later part of June Mrs. Mather called for fin-ished supplies to be sent in, a
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . meetings were held twice in the month and wereunder the direction of Mrs. Mather, who was first ap-pointed chairman of hospital supplies and surgical dress-ings and later director of the production E. C. Reeve acted as secretary. As a part of this department a stock department wasestablished for the distribution of materials, with MissEstelle E. Moore as chairman. Later Mrs. H. became accountant and Miss Bessie Lee Stockrecorder. In the later part of June Mrs. Mather called for fin-ished supplies to be sent in, and through the kind-ness of St. Pauls P. E. Church their parish building wasused for the packing. Bandages, muslin and gauze, com-presses of all sizes, drains, wipes, pads of all sorts, in-deed surgical dressings of all types began to pour in uponthe hastily improvised packing committee. Hospital sup-plies, sheets, towels, cases, convalescent robes, bed shirts,came in autos and in arms, package after package, until CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. 135. [Photo by Won for.} GEORGE W. WHYTE Chairman Camden City Branch, Camden County Chapter, American Red Cross RED CROSS. 137 the big rooms were crowded to their limit. From CamdenCity where the work was done by the church units camebundle after bundle of beautiful work. The differentPresbyterian, Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Baptist andMethodist units were all working hard for the same goodcause, the comfort of our boys, and the alleviating of suf-fering, by carefully made surgical dressings and hospitalsupplies. Inspected under the supervision of Mrs. Stanley, ofCollingswood, cases of surgical dressings were packedand shipped by the rest of the committee. Mrs. Whyte,Miss Reeve, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. James, Mrs. Mather, , Mrs. Finley, Mrs. Borton and Mrs. Carpenterrushed the packing of sheets, pillow cases, convalescentrobes, bed shirts and etc., until finally on July 14, 1917,the first shipment from the chapter headquarters wasmade
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