Sunday Morning, May 4, 1941 VARIED TASKS ARE HANDLED BY VOLUNTEERS Group Always Ready to Act When Pressing Need Revealed The volunteer production unit of Weber county Red Cross chapter this week produced 100 bedside bags for use in army and navy hospitals on the Pacific coast. The bags are 15 inches wide and 10 inches deep and have two pockets. Tied to the head of the bed, the bags hold personal articles of the patients' which cannot be placed under the pillow. Mabel E. Axline, director of the volunteer special service at San Francisco, requested the 100 quota from Weber county, and Mrs. Lee D. Turner, local chairman, called her volunteer workers together every day until the quota was com¬pleted. Other activities of this little known branch of the local Red Cross chapter include the keeping up of an emergency first aid cab¬inet and clothing closet, operation of a motor corps and preparation of articles for convalescents and lay¬ettes. Layette Materials The layettes are given to indigent mothers and unwed mothers who are unable to provide for their babies. They are comprised of 12 diapers, two petticoats, two gowns, two shirts, two pair of socks, two dresses. Requests for layettes and other aid provided by the volunteer production service usually come to the Red Cross office in the city hall from doctors, nurses or casework¬ers. Convalescent clothing for soldiers and sailors is produced in each community by volunteer produc¬tion workers. Sweaters, robes, afghans and bed gowns are in¬cluded. These are made and sent to the service hospitals upon re¬quest, just as the bedside bags were. Beds Obtained Bed loan service is conducted by this agency also. Social case-work¬ers, doctors and nurses frequently call upon the Red Cross to provide bedding and sickbed accessories in homes where facilities are not at hand. It is in recovery of these articles after the sickness is over that the motor corps comes in. Women in private cars volunteer to go after the materials loaned. Mrs. Nina Langford is in charge of the motor corps. Another activity of the volunteer production service is the prepara¬tion of Christmas boxes for soldiers and sailors in service hospitals and on hospital ships. The boxes con¬tain cigarets, cards, pencils, sta-tionery, toiletries and other small items that a man confined to bed may use or need. Many Organizations Weber county chapter has about 35 to 40 women each year employed on volunteer production. Women's clubs, church and civic organiza¬tions and lodge, club and union auxiliaries often make volunteer production for the Red Cross a part of their year's work. They Respond In Fast Style of Hospital Material Call HELPFUL SPIRIT…When the erection of a hospital at Ford Ord, Calif., made 5,000 more beds available for sick service men on the Pacific coast, a hurry-up call was issued for bedside bags which are tied to the head of the beds to hold tooth brushes, paper, pencils and other articles for the men. Last week, Weber county chapter of the Red Cross received a call for 100 of the bags, to be completed by the end of the week. Above are three of the women who responded to the call for volunteer service. They are Mrs. Trace A. Turner (left), Mrs. Paul Hodgson (center) and Mrs. Lee D. Turner, chairman of volunteer production. The women filled their quota.