The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-15
ANNUAL MEETING
Of Y. n. A. BOARD |
,.,orts Of officers and Nurses for the
Year Were Read and Ordered
Placed on the
FIFTH YEAR OF WORK
MRS. Rich is Reelected President ana
other OFFICERS Are
Chosen This
Morning.
FIFTH YEAR OF WORK

- Nurse association at us anHua'
ine held this morning, heard the
ms reports of the officers ana
.,rsas and elected officers and re-
n u,aated four directors whose terms
.e.nira in 1918. The election resulted
IN the choice of:
Mrs C, NJ. Rich-President.
Mics Nettie Younker-Vice presi-
dent. oaa u;oa .,ros-
ident ca+,ru
Miss Elsie Buck-Treasurer. ID
Mics Agnes Trimbie-COrrespond-
ing secretary.
Miss Alexander-District nurse.
Miss Brown-Infant welfare nurse.
The directors elected for three
voars are Mrs. D. A. Collier, Mrs. b.
!, Hobbs, Miss Mary Wells Irwin and
Mrs. Hugh j. Robertson. Al tne
regular meeting of the directors, Fed
mary 5, the annual reports OF the
nurses committee, the supply closet
committee and the social service COM
mittee will be made and the standing
committees for the year 1918 appoint
ed
Mrs. Rich, the president, presided.
and submitted the following report:
Your president begs leave to sub
NIT a brief report to supplement that
Of the nurses. On New Years day.
1918. our association was five years
old. AS we review the work of 1917,
We feel that it has been success,
even though now and then during the
wear we have felt that we were not
accomplishing all that we should. We
cannot speak with too much a1pre-
cation of the work done by the
nurses Miss Brown and Miss Alex
ander, and of the efficient aid given
by Miss Henke, our substitute nurse.
wish to thank the visiting nurse
board for its hearty cooperation, and
the Baby Welfare league for it's sup
sistance Of the business men and
other friends who have given money,
the association would not have been
able to carry on it's public health
work We wish also to thank the T..
". G. A. for enabling us to have q
home in this building, and the Y. w.
G. A. secretaries have our hearty
thanks for their kindness in answer
ing telephone calls in the absence OF
the nurses. There have been some
events Of note in the years work.
notably the observance of better
baby week in May, the tuberculosis
survey Of Keokuk and Lee county.
made by Miss Cron Of the Iowa State
tuberculosis association, which was
followed by two months of most eff
ilcient anti-tuberculosis work by Miss
Henke The visit of DR.. Grace MeigS
OF the children's bureau of Washing.
ION. d. G., in December was a most
inspiring event Mrs. Eugene s.
Baker at that time entertained DR.
Meigs, the V. N. A. board and the
Baby Welfare league at a parlor con
ference, which was one of the hap
plest occasions of the year. Our
christmas work and sale OF Red Cross
seals g, was successfully carried out.
ne work done by this association
covers field differing from that of
any other In Keokuk and one whose
aeed inspires us to go on in the new
year with renewed energy.
respectfully submitted,
GRACE GODDARD RICH,
President
-, Secretarys Report,
MISS Mary Wells Irwin secretary of
we y. N. A, submitted the following
N.N. A.: ,,s1s - W.
lour secretary for the year 1917
aess leave to submit the following re-
po,s The last annual meeting was
neia January 3. 1917. During the year
az. Mere We're twelve regular meetings of
me BOARD. June 10 there was called
mseung at the Y. M. c. A. to hear the
, o,,, OF the housing conditions of the
Ss' made by Miss Cron of the Iowa
hate tuberculosis association and to
10 af her report of the interviews of
c as physicians. the Metropolitan off,
so a,s, the county supervisors, the
aooi nurse, Mr.. Aldrich, Mrs. Furlong
t lna MISS korschgen, trying to locate
'uoercular patients.
wa. .ai,ed meeting at Mrs. .Rich's home
a "as heid June &c at which the board
ce, u,n met with Miss Cron. Another
tS a"e q meeting was held on Dec. at
frou NJ G. A.. with representatives
pnr ann me different church societies or
ohe interested in the community