The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-02
Plans TO Recuperate Finances Were
Discussed at Session Whlcn
Was Held This Morning
at Y. w. C. A.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Several Of Standing Bodies Are A.
ranged for-Work Was Out
lined by superintend-
ent's Report.

The board OF directors of the Visit
| ing Nurse association held its regular
monthly meeting this morning In the
directors room Of the Y. w. G.. A..
Miss Younker presiding. Miss Alex
! inc Reid served as secretary, and the
financial report was made by Miss
Trimble. The chairman OF the nurses
committee reported that Miss Brown.
regular nurse Of the staff, Is still i'll
and that the work has been done 5y
Miss Maloney and Miss Mccarthy,
the latter being now on duty. Con-
sent was given to change in the color
of the uniforms OF the nurses. in their
coats and hats. The nurses have here
tofore worn black coats and hats, the
color will be blue hereafter.
| Miss Younker, the chairman OF the
loan closet committee, reported that
the deficit In the supply Of sheets and
towels had been met by each member
of the committee providing one sheet
and two towels. Mrs. Carroll Taber
had given a supply Of baby clothes,
which articles are always In demand
by the nurses. There is still need
for dresses for girls from six to
twelve years. Any one having wash
dresses which their children have
outgrown and which still have some
wear In them, will confer a great ia
vor by calling up some member OF the
loan and supply committee or leaving
the bundle with the donors name OIL
lit, on the visiting nurses desk at the
end Of the lower hall in the Y. w. c..
A. building.
Mrs. ]. ]. Ayres, chairman OF tho
| finance committee, reported deficit
! in the monthly income and the ex-
penses Of the association. Member
ship dues are $1.00 annually, and not
all Of these have been paid. Plans
were inaugurated for dancing party
to be given Easter week for the bene-
fit of the Visiting Nurse association
The committee which 80 successfully
planned the community Christmas par
lty, were asked to be sponsors for the
Easter party. Mrs. John N. Hueston
lis chairman of the committee. A
committee with Mrs. Ayres as chair
man, assisted by Misses Trimble,
Irwin and Reid, together with the
finance committee, are to plan a NOV
ing picture benefit for the Visiting
Nurse association. The resignation
of Mrs. Robert Wright was read, the
reason for her resignation being
duties at home, and accepted.
A resolution was presented, coming
from the state officers of the w. G. T..
u, and presented by the local auxil-
larry, asking that it be adopted by the
V. N. A. The import Of the resolu-
ton was that the association petition
that the legislators vote for bill to
be presented soon, raising the age OF
consent for girls from 10 years (the
present law to 10 years. The resolu-
ltion was unanimously adopted.
Superintendent's Report
Miss Johnson, superintendent OF
nurses, submitted the following re-
port:
No. district calls ................ 231
No Metropolitan calls ......... 80
No. infant welfare calls .......... \65
NO. school calls -. Al
No. factory calls ................ IL
Total number calls ........... 437
In infant welfare work, one child
was taken for minor operation at st.
Joseph's hospital Two school chill.
dren obtained glasses through the
Visiting Nurse association, during the
month.
The mothers meeting was held
February 3, in the Y. w. 9. A.
February 10, the nurses attended
Wells school mothers meeting Two
papers read by nurses and an In
formal talk given by Miss Johnson
Nurses at work during the month
Miss Johnson, Miss Alexander, of the
Nal and
, Miss Mccarthy, substitute nurses.
I Standing Committees Named.
Because of the absence of the pres
D ident, Mrs Rich, the standing com
!. made out in complete way. since the
power of appointment rests with the
\ president. The standing committees
}. as appointed in part are:
. Nurses committee = Mrs. H. ]
Reeves, Mrs. Eugene S. Baker, Mrs
. r. NJ. Lapsley, Mrs. D. A. Collier.
Loan and supply closet committee
Miss Nettie Younker, Mrs. Robert
Wright, Miss Marie Kiedaisch, Mrs
John Dunlap, Mrs. E. Layton, Mrs. E
Carroll Taber. Mrs. E. S. Baker, Mrs
A. Meador. Mrs. A. Weber. Mrs. C. Nj
Hartley. Mrs. Harry Phillips, Mrs. H
o. Whitney
Social service committee - Miss
Agnes Trimble, Miss Laura Alton
Miss Mary Irwin, Miss Alexine Reid
Mrs. G.. w. Scott, Mrs. Louis Sterne
Mrs. G.. w. Heller.
| Finance committee Mrs ]. ]
Ayres,. Miss Elsie Buck, Miss Agnes
Trimble, Mrs. R. NJ. Lapsley, Mrs
John P. Peterson, Mrs. G. M. Finney
Miss Allie Hine, Mrs. c. F. McFar
land, Mrs. ]. j. Chapman, Mrs. E. -
Kruse, Mrs. j. F. Elder, Mrs. j. 3
Well.