Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
VISITING NURSE
ANNUAL REPORT
Miss Giles Tells of Work Ac-
compished During Past
Year.
MRS. WOODRUFF PRESIDENT
Other Officers chosen-Message Read
from Lady Who Makes Visit &.
TO Patients.

Mrs. G. o. Woodruff was reelected
as the head Of the Visiting Nurse as
ISOLATION at the annual meeting held
yesterday afternoon in Library hail.
Other officers to serve for the year
were also reelected and are as fol
lows:
Vice President Mrs. Alphonse Mos
enfelder.
Secretary C. (. Sharpe
Treasurer-Miss Mary Carter.
Advisory Board-Mrs. H. S. Cable,
Mrs. James Conner, Mrs. Robert Wag
ner, Mrs. l. S. White, Mrs. Daniel
Hayes. Mrs. c. L. Silvis. Mrs. c. c.
Carter, Miss Carrie Gregg, Mrs. Wal
ter Rosenfeid and Mrs. Allan WEIGH.
In presenting her report as secre-
tary of the association, Mrs. Sharpe
said: During the past year the Off
f GERS and the board with the nurse
committee have held meetings the sec
ond Saturday morning or each month
with the exception Of July. August and
September, when no meetings were
held The average number in attend
ance has been nine. The work has
increase each year and the year Just
passed has been no exception. There
has been one resignation, that of Mrs.
T. A. Murphy, member OF the adj
I'D f,g.r.s 1grfa
Of IN health and her resignation was
accepted with deep regret. Without
the faithful aid o. the circles of
Kings Daughters. our work would be
much handicapped and we especially
thank them. The assistance given
by Miss Alice Guyer. who did .:most
all of the soliciting for the last year
funds, was very much appreciated and
the association is very grateful 10
her The daily papers have been OF
such great help in the work that our
gratitude is extended them Then
there is the library board, and the
faithful jauitor, Mr. Nitchem, all OF
whom ssisted because they are inter
ested in the work, but whose assist
0AA'f W. NtAlh I'M. az dN NllbN lNuEt.
THIRD NIRST1 PART TINE
The work of the association during
the past year has been unusually
heavy and Miss Margaret Giles, tn,
visiting nurse. has found it necessar!
TO have an assistant nurse a create
part Of the time and the services OF ;
third nurse were found necessary 70
a certain number of days.
The association is supported by tn,
free will offerings OF the general pub
lie, which has responded so the urgen
needs most literally and thus enable,
the work 10 be carried on with salts
/, factory results. The visiting nurs
fills q need that no one else can suppl
and her services are constantly il
demand
DAY WITH THE NURSE.
Mrs. Clara Chapman Morse, an il
valid. and a woman much intereste
in the work OF the association. reren
: ly accompanied the visiting nurse o
her daily round and she was niue
: impressed with the conditions she saw
She has sent a message to the associ;
, ton which Mrs. Sharpe read. 1t 70
y lows:
= How true is the saying that on
. hat of the world does not know no
!. the other half lives but the sad pal
= of it is that there are so many peopl
in The world who seem Indifferent
the other half There is nothing liB
sickness or trouble in our lives
make us more thoughtful Of other
r. This is in a sense, an age of helpful
" ness.
IS Never before in the history of OF
" country has there been so many o
IS CARNATIONS for helping the other hal
n as there are today, and one Of II
S noblest among them TO my min
, stands the Visiting Nurse association