December 23, 1941

Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser

Detroit, Michigan, United States

A Needles for Defense column and a Quilt Club Corner birthday list.

Needles for Defense
Members of the Detroit News Needles for Defense Club have lost no time in getting right down to work.

Last week hundreds of them called for knitting and sewing. So many, in fact, came in to get the first club project, those simply-made warm flannelette pajamas for convalescent soldiers, that by noon the shelves were bare. Already the returning's are rolling in.

Pajamas have started coming back, as well as the projects given out for war refugees and evacuees.

Not a dozen garments had been turned in before the Needles for Defense Editor made a very important discovery.

She learned that Detroit women are expert seamstresses.

The garments which were returned were practically, without exception beautifully made, neatly pressed and folded, so that each one had a truly professional look.

And those shorts for the young evacuees came in with such smartly pressed seams in the little trousers that they looked as if they had come right out of the stock of a clothing store.

Because of the holiday week no sewing or knitting will be given out this week.

But the hunt for new wool pieces to make warm lap robes for convalescents is going right on.

Incidentally, there is good news about which work will be announced tomorrow.

But now for the Honor Roll of those who have already been credited with their hours of work.

Honor Roll
Those having already completed men's pajamas and received five Red Cross credit hours are:
Mrs. E. O. Pierce, 12071 Birwood.
Mrs. Nuelkin, 3986 Maybury Grand.
Elsie Poot, 3446 Dickerson.
Mrs. A. Kraniak, 2314 Adele.
Mrs. R. Connor, 24421 Joy Road.
Mrs. Alice Good, 14612 Greenlawn.
Mrs. M. E. Newell, 3799 Whitney.
Beth Wells, 17920 Chandler Park Drive.
Mrs. M. Watt, 2714 Green ave.
Mrs. G. E. Jones, 5846 Crane ave.
Gordon Hay, 6607 W. Fort st.
Clara Ryan, 215 Alfred st.
Mrs. J. G. Cooper, 145 E. Grixdale
Mrs. F. Clibbon, 12050 Manor.
Maude Schrader, 161 Jewell, Ferndale.
Mrs. Sadie Steinman, 3337 Kenwood.
Mrs. Lillian Willets, 5138 Vermont.
Mrs. De Dona, 5086 Harding.
Mrs. R. E. Purcell, 14947 Cruse.
Mrs. Frank Cubbit, 6375 Webb ave.
Mrs. Floyd Albert, 6375 Webb ave.
Mrs. A. E. Kelly, 2209 Central ave.​

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.