The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-01
ANNUAL MEETING
] Of \. \. 4. BOARD
-. corydon M. Rich Was Reelected
President Of Association
for the Coming
Year.
REPORT OF WORK DONE
ACTIVITY of past Year is Outlined by
OFFICERS Who Made
Their Reports
Today.

uThe welfare, the happiness, the
.,.eoy and spirit Of the men and
.;omer1 who do the daily work in our
mines and factories, on our railroads,
IN our offices and ports Of trade, on
our farms and on the sea, is the un-
DERIVING necessity of all prosperity.
There can be nothing wholesome un-
less their life is wholesome; there
can be no contentment unless they
are contented. Their physical wei.
fare affects the soundness of the
whole nation"
" WOODROW WILSON.
The Visiting Nurse association held
Its annual meeting this morning in
the Y. w. C. A. building for the cleo
ton of officers and directors and for
reviewing annual reports. The re-
ports showed the association to be in
excellent condition. and gave record
Of splendid work done to promote pub
lie health in Keolkuk.
The election of officers resulted as
follows:
President-Mrs. C. M. Rich.
First vice president-Miss Nettie
Younler.
Second vice president-M Eu.
gene s. Baker.
Recording secretary-Mrs. James P.
Coyle.
corresponding secretary-Miss Ag-
mes Trimble.
Treasurer-Miss Elsie Buck.
The terms Of the following direc-
tors having expired in January, 1916,
they were unanimously elected to
succeed themselves: Mrs. c. M. Rich,
Mrs. E. S. Baker, Mrs. Harry j.
: Reeves, Mrs. Joseph ]. Ayres, Miss
Younker.
The other directors Of the associa-
ton are: Miss Elsie Buck, Miss
Laura Alton, Miss Agnes Trimble,
Mrs. ]. p. yoyle, Mrs. r. NJ. Lapsley
whose terms expire in 1917, Miss
Mary Irwin. Mrs. G. r.. Joy, Mrs. D.
A. Collier, Mrs. w. N. Sage and Mrs
g. B. Hobbs whose terms expire in
1918. ass d.
Miss Brown and Miss Alexander
were reelected as nurses, with a
salary increase of SIS per month.
The Presidents Report.
Mrs. C. NJ Rich gave the presi-
dents report as follows:
10 the Officers and Members of the
v. N. A.:
"Your president for the year clos
ing begs leave to submit the follow
ing report:
1T seems scarcely possible that
three years have passed since the or
ganization of the V. N. A., on New
Years day, 1913. Our first meeting
was an enthusiastic one we had
much to learn, but we knew from the
beginning that systematic public
health work would mean great deal
for the welfare and health of the city.
We have tried from the beginning not
only to work for the cure Of those
who are i'll, but to teac-. people to
keep well. One of the greatest things
accomplished during these three
years has been the instruction in the
homes The work has been hard, but
1t has all been worth while.
We have followed in our public
health nursing the following lines
District nursing, child welfare work,
factory nursing and work for the cure
and prevention of tuberculosis. AT
the beginning of this year our asso.
cation furnished the school nurse
rom our staff of nurses. Two nurses
gave the morning five days in the
week to the schools and did the fol
fow-up work in the afternoons. This
york was under our jurisdiction until
June, 1915, at which time the school
BOARD thought best to employ their
own nurse. The school work in this
city, however, was started by the v
y. A., and for a time all the nurses
salary paid by our association and a
part paid all the time by the V. N
A. We are still interested in the sue
cess OF the school work here.
District Work Of Nurses.
The district work has taken our
nurses into hundreds of homes of the