The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-04
TO PLAN FRIDAY
FOR CHRISTMAS
Community Giving Will be. Organized
at Meeting at Which Churches
Are to be Repre-
scented.
v. N. A. BOARD IN CHARGE
Directors of Association, Baby Wei
fare League and Nurses Will Meet
With Or. Grace Meiss
Next Week.

! The board of directors Of the Visit.
| ing Nurse association met this morn
! ing in regular monthly session, with
almost the entire directorate present.
| Miss Madeline McGrath, the new
member was present for the first time.
| Mrs. Hugh J. Robertson was elected
| to the board to fill the vacancy oc-
casionsd by the passing of her mother,
Mrs. Clyde R, 10y, who was member
! for number OF years. Routine reports
were made by the secretary, Miss
Mary Wells Trwingan by the treasur-
er, Miss Elsie Buck. Miss Younker
chairman of the sale Of Red Cross
seals reported generous response
and that stamps to the amount of $192
had been sold to date. She read an
interesting letter from DIR. Farmer who
is at Camp Jackson, Columbia, s. c.,
in which he enclosed bill in payment
for Red Cross seals. Miss Madeline
McGrath will have charge of the sales
in the postoff1ce lobby the week pre-
ceeding Christmas The board gave
unanimous vote Of thanks to the
Berean class Of the First Westminster
Presbyterian church for having made
number of night-gowns and baby
dresses for the use of patients under
the care of the nurses. ~,
Plans for the community Christmas
were made. Next Friday the prelim-
mary meeting will be held in the re
ception room of the Y. w. G. A to
which all church soAeties and all
charitable organizations who wish to
have a part in the city celebration Of
Christmas are asked to send two rep
resentatives. 1t is expected that the
president of every church society who
gives to the needy Of the city will ap-
point two delegates to this meeting.
Coming together in this way does
much to prevent duplicate baskets be-
ing sent to the same families. Mrs.
Louis Sterne was named as commit
tee to ascertain from the churches
the number OF baskets they can pro-
vide and to remind them of the meet
ing on Friday. Mrs. Sterne was given
mower to select her helpers.
Mrs. John c. Scott was named as
chairman of the headquarters which
will be opened in some down town
building. Mrs. ~ A. Collier and Mrs.
E. S. Baker were appointed to secure
a room.
Mrs. o. s. stanbro, Mrs. John c.
.Hueston and Mrs. B. B. Hobbs We're
named as the committee for the Christ
mas party which is to be held Christ.
mas afternoon in the Elks ball room
from to o'clock.
The board of directors, the Baby
Welfare league and the nurses are to
meet Dr.. Grace Meigs at the home of
Mrs. Eugene S. Baker on the afternoon
of Wednesday, December IL, at four
O'clock. Dr. Meigs having a govern
ment position in the department CIV
en- to child welfare work. will be able
to give most valuable information to
the local organization in its public
health work.
Miss Alexander made the nurses
report for November as follows:
Nursing service in the district:
Number of, nursing visits ........ 76
Number of instructive visits ...... S3
Number of friendly visits 1899. 81
Number of extra visits ,.......... 10
Nursing service in the Infant We'll
fare department:
Number of prenatal visits 49,.
Number of prophylactic visits -. 6S
Number OF cases of material aid
given >. ........
Numper Of Metropolitan visits . 100
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