The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-05

lost last year during the influenza ep-
idemic than there were American
lives lost in the war.
Executive Committee
The following executive committee
was elected for the coming year: s.
w. AlsdOrf, Rev. w. II. Shields, Mrs.
j. X. Lyman, Mrs. II. c. Devin, s. G.
Dowds, G. +. Colville, Mrs. Frank
Harper, Mrs. p. j. Parker, Lawrence
Sperry, j. w. Rudin, j. X. Lyman and
Harry Smoots.
This committee will meet Friday
night at Red Cross headquarters and
elect officers for the year.
Reports from the treasurer, the
home service secretary and the chap.
ter secretary were read.
These reports follow:
secretary's Report
A tabulation of this years work
does not show the spectacular results
of previous years, and yet 1t is to be
hoped that the effort that has gone
into it has laid foundations for a
splendid service in our own commun-
ity under the new peace time program
of the Red Cross. 1t has been a year
! of transition
The late winter and spring months
found chapter and branch work rooms
still filed with busy workers engaged
upon the last quota of refugee gar
ments. This, committee, of which
Mrs. II. c. Devin was chairman, made
its final splendid shipment May 20.
1t consisted of the following gar
ments.F ajamas 600, operating gowns
r305, refugee garments S45, comforters
IS; total 1853 garments.
The knitting committee, Mrs. w.
H. Turner, chairman, made a final
shipment of 319 knitted articles, con.
sisting of shawls, scarfs, children,s
stockings, cocks and sweaters.
y This closed out the war time work
for thi, chapter except for the home
service department which has had the
heaviest years work of it's existence.
1t will be remembered that this
chapter applied for permission to en-
rloy q public health nurse several
weeks before this was announced as
a peace time activity by the national
organization. During the months that
followed the secretary was in con.
stant communication with the state
and Red Cross organizations in an at.
tempt to secure first class public
health nurse, This, proved a discour.
aging proposition. The demand for
public health nurses at present ex-
'cssdsgthe supply and since all of
shsmsarescitS trained in public health
'wofK'* tiie niajofitys.of those recon-
mended to. US feared to undertake or.
ganization work in a. rural commune
ity, s, However perseverance con-
'dhefed and The first Of October found
the new health work under way. One
hundred and seventy,six women are
hnfhEledsin theyelassss, in "Home Hy-
giene and Care of the Sick, with
Miss Mabel F. Selden, Cleveland, as
instructor Three Of these classes,
Bladensburg, Gambler and Frederick
town, complete the course this week.
Mrs. Anna M. Beverley, Red Cross
public health nurse, for the past six
years located at Urbana, Ohio, en-
tered upon her work as public health
nurse in the employ of the Knox
county chapter the first of Novem-
ber. The board of education of Mt
Vernon very promptly voted to admit
her to work in the public schools of
this city and she has completed about
half of her inspection of the children
in the grade schools. In addition, she
has made 26 calls for bedside care of
sick people. An agreement has been
ntered into between the Red Cross
and the state board of health of Ohio
which completely co-ordinates the
work of nurses employed by Red
Cross chapters with the health sys-
tenn to be 1naugurated the first OF
January under the Hughes bill.
The plan Of handling our roll call
campaign this fall and the results
thereof are SO we'll known to all of
you that repetition is unnecessary.
The chapter membership is now 1O,-
500, of which $50 are magazine sub.
scribers.
Our quota of $4,000 on the s15,OOO,-
900 relief fund was promptly met
from chapter funds and forwarded to
the division office.
4 This chapter has not as yet asked
permission to extend its home SER
vice to all civilian families, but this