The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-05-23
WORK OF THE RED CROSS HAS
NOT BEEN CONCLUDED
MUCH YET TO Be ZONE
Mrs. J. R. Brandrup. Is Elected
President of the Mankato
Chapter
Mrs. J. r. Brandrup, Chairman.
M. o. Fritz, Vice President.
George Sugden, Treasurer.
Miss Mae Fletcher, Secretary.

Above is list of the new officers
of the Mankato Red Cross chapter and
Blue Earth county, elected at the
adjourned annual meeting which was
held at the Y. NJ. G.. A. Yesterday
afternoon. George M. Palmer. who
served as chairman of the county
curing the war period, declined to be
candidate for re- election, although
strongly urged to do So He also de.
Clined to hold over in office until Oc-
tober 20 the regular date of the an
nual meeting. The county branches
will be well represented on the new
board of directors, being granted
ten directors to fourteen directors
from Mankato. County directors elect
ed at the meeting yesterday were as
follows: Eagle Lake and Madison
Lake, l.. ]. Elder; Minnesota Lake,
Mrs. Peter Kremer; Judson and Cam
bria, c. V. Peterson, Judson; st. Clair.
Mrs. Charles Hilton, st. Clair; Amboy,
Mrs. Frank White, Amboy; Vernon
Center, G.. c. Cornish, Vernon Center:
Good Thunder. Frank Griffin; Lake
Crystal, George Fitch; Mapleton. B.
r. McGregor; Rapidan and Garden
City, G. John. designations on the
Mankato board of directors, and eX-
piring terms. made the election of
four directors necessary. and the fol-
lowing We're elected: w. ID. Willard
George Sugden, NJ. d. Fritz, and Mrs.
j. r. Brandrup.
Work Is Not Over.
That the work of the Red Cross
is not over was a strong point dwelt
upon at the meeting yesterday aft
ernoon, and those present were urged
to impress upon their chapters the
necessity for continued labors.
Judge Lorin Cray called the meet
ing to order and announced that
DIR. Helen Hughes Hielscher would
give short talk on child welfare
clinics and public health DIR. Hill
scher stated that next Saturday aft
ernoon a child welfare clinic will be
held in Mankato at the Red Cross
rooms, and that DR.. Hunekins and
local doctors and nurses will exam
me children two years old and Older
and give advice on the health of the
children She spoke OF the fact that
the Red Cross will soon have a
visiting nurse to look after such
work in Mankato.
DIR. Hielscher spoke with special
stress of the need of forming a COM
mission on public health for Blue
Earth county, stating that the state
commission of public health is urg
ing the counties to form similar COM
missions. She impressed her hearers
with the fact that the commission of
health workers would safeguard the
public health, whereas the doctors in
the county do not do this. They
look after the diseases, and when
someone is sick they endeavor to
cure that person.
Will Help Ward of Disease.
The health commission will do much
toward warding off diseases. She ad-
vised her hearers to familiariZe
themselves with the laws of their
county and cities and towns. so they
would know just what they were en-
titled to and what to expect. While
people are talking about American
ling the foreigners they should also
"Americanize" themselves by learn
ing all about the laws under which
they live. DR.. Hielscher stated that
the county should have health Of
ficer If it did there would be no
trouble in organizing county COM
mission. She told of the soldiers
coming home from abroad. some OF
whom have contracted tuberculosis,
showing how they would return to
their communities and might become
sources of infection, if not properly
cared for, pointing out that this was
one of the many cases in which a
county nurse would be valuable. If
a county commission is formed be-
will
of money equal to the sum sent to
the Minnesota Public Health COM
mission from the sale of seals in
1917.
Emphasized BY Dr. Cray.
Mr. Cray in a short talk emphasiZ-
ed DR.. Heilscher remarks by say
ing that when physician OF the
county points out the facts as stat
ed by Dr. Hielscher they must be
true, and they were assuredly aimed
for the public good, and not for the
financial gain of physicians, as DR..
Hielscher had shown that If was
cheaper and better to keep well than
to undertake to cure after having be-
come sick He hoped a county
health commission would be formed.
Mrs. H. A. Patterson of the hospital
supply committee gave the hee'ihS
a short talk on the need of continu-
ing to work for the suffering and
needy. She read letter from head
quarters showing that more knitting
and sewing must be done by the Red
Cross branches, and that the work
of the chapters must not cease.
The letter stated that during July
and August the women of Blue Earth
county might take vacation from
sewing and knitting, but pointing cut
that the need is so great in Europe
that the division does not like tc
take a vacation. By July there is
need for 10000 garments, and about
one half of this amount is still I'm
allotted.
Work in Belgium, Finished.
The work in Belgium and Italy is
finished, but The suffering is great in
aactarn Furope esnecially in POLAND