The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-05-15
RED CROSS NOTES
Nursing Class Ends-Twenty-E Eight
Complete Course

The two weeks course in Home
Nursing and care of the sick, taught
by Miss Belle Reese of the Ameri-
can Red Cross Nursing Service, has
been successfully completed by
twenty eight women. Many others
who began with the class were COM
PEELED to drop out because of lack OF
time to devote to the work, but all
agree that the course was most
interesting and helpful. EXamina-
tions were held last Monday and
following will receive certificates
for completing the two-weeks
course: Mesdames w. W.. Holiday,
w. C. Claiborne, E. T. Kelley, E. l..
Hirsch, E. C. Epps, c NJ Kinds, Ze-
no Vause, B F. Patrick, Annie Van
Keuren, Blooma Kelley, Eva Bunch,
Ollie Cauthen, Rosa Fulton, Matte
Goodwin, Virginia Gamble, L. D.
Odom, Annie Mitchem, Maude
Minis, L. Gates, Misses Eta Jacobs,
Belle Harper, Carolyn Scott, Ola
Dubose, Lila Pendergrass, Elva
Wingate, Anna Belle Gamble, Jed
die Coker, Belle Brunson.
All expenses Of the course were
paid by the Kingstree chapter,
American Red Cross.
Last week besides visiting and
assisting with several sick people,
Mrs. r. G.. MouZon, community
nurse, went to Lanes for the pur-
pose of organizing class in eie-
mentary Hygiene and home care OF
the sick. She found the women there
willing and eager to take advantage
of the opportunity such a course
would offer. Sixteen names were
enrolled, and Others will join also.
On Thursday a trip was made to
Hemingway for the same purpose
and there thirty seven were enroll
ed, it is hoped that an instructor
may be sent to these two places at
an early date.
Saturday Mrs. Mouzon attended
the Regional Conference on Red
Cross activities held at Florence.
Here she received instruction from
an extremely interesting program,
including an address by Mrs. Tup-
man, representing the department
of nursing in the Southeastern Divi-
sion, and also an address by DR..
Alexander Johnson, whose subject
was, "The Good Neighbor in Peace
and War, and the Cooperation of
Social Agencies"
The Kingstree chapter, A. K. L.
through it's efficient treasurer, Mr..
C. w. Boswell, has purchased an
automobile, a Mitchell roadster, for
the use of the community nurse.
Thus she will be enabled to more
easily keep in touch with all parts OF
Williamsburg county.
Private Laurence Witham, order
ly, of American Red Cross military
hospital number l, Neuilly, France,
carried in the first case four and a
half years ago, British Sergeant
wounded in the battle of the Marne.
He carried the last case out when
the hospital was evacuated a short
time ago. During his period of SER
vice, Witham has helped to carry
10000 stretcher cases.
The American Red Cross COM
mission to the Balkins is taking
care of wounded Czecho-Slovak SOL
diers, who are being sent home by
way of Trieste, the Jugoslav port
on the Adriatic sea. The work is
being done at the request Of the
government Prague, which has asked
the Red Cross to provide transpor-
tation, doctors and nurses for the
wounded. The first convoy handled
was made up Of sos wounded
In a small, hastily improvised
workshop in Athens, American, art
isans are making light weight arti-
fetal limbs for the Greek soldiers
who have suffered amputaton, and
who have hitherto been making
their way around on crutches or
stumping their way about on crude
"peg legs, or a cumbersome 20
pound limb of another type. These
wormen were brought in to Athens
by the American Red Cross in behalf
of the department of reconstruction
and re-education, which has been
successfully organized there. Com
plete equipment, in the way OF
modern American machinery, ap-
paratus and tools, has been shipped
fo the Greek capital.