Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-04-24
SECOND ANNUAL
!, CONFERENCE OF
CHAPTER
Northwestern Division American Red
Cross, April 1O-11-12, 1919
Seattle Washington.
Conference opened at 10 Thursday

Conference opened at 10 Thursda
morning with Mr. Simpson, Divisio
s1nanager presiding. In part he sal
that the greatest call to the Re
Cross was in January and February
rfh expenses more than any othe
period of the war, his report for tn
quarter January 1st to April 1st Oh
production surgicel dressings, Hos
Garments and supplies, Knitting, Ref
ugee Garments-total 71,512 with ;
money valuation of the same 1914,
O73.o6. That answering the call haC
brought the treasury to the very low.
est limits. He expressed apprecia
ton for the hearty cooperation o1
the chapters in the change of program
made necessary by tie signing of the
almistice. During the influenza ep-
iden-ic, two ships equipped with med
icines, nurses, food and comforts,
we're sent to Alaska.
Three quarters million articles were
sent to soldiers and sailors, three hun
dred Thousand to Camp Lewis alone.
That memberships since signing TIE
arnistice had increased more in the
N. w. Division than any other section
Not all of the cut garments have been
accepted and every chapter was urged
81 Garry on" to the last day in June
EShen vacation is promised until
September. These garments were cut
in order to keep up the supply on
G. P. o. SO. Mr.. Stimson said the Di-
vision takes orders like a soldier and
hoped that chapters would do like
wise. He also said that Red Cross
Chapters should keep a. minimum for
emergency calls.
There were three or four delegates
from the National Headquarters thus
, showing the urgent importance of the
conference. DR.. Steiner from Wash
ington said of the Foreign work that
it was more heavy than any one could
conceive. He spoke of the demobili-
ion problems in home service and
that in future Home Service Sections
are authorized to extend to any fam
lies such forms of counsel and service
as are now being provided to soldiers
and sailors families, but in extending
this aid must not jeopardize its eff
cheney to soldiers and sailors or to
their families, or duplicate any exist
ing organization equipped to do that
particular work. Each chapter must
furnish such funds as are necessary
for this extended work. This work on!
4, c.:s2-d-d ccalo will be explained to-
each Home Service Section.
The Public Health Nursing and
Home service will coordinate activ-
tiles in the same chapter. Each Isl
necessary to the fullest success of the
i. The chairman of Public Health
Nursing must be trained nurse and
is a nursing service for the benefit of
all the people in the community. The
War Council has appropriated $30,0O0l
TO be used in making loans to nurses
desiring to take up courses in Public
Health Nursing.
D. Garrett from the University on
the Alnior Red Cross work said to not
accept dollar from junior for mem /
bership and that the school joined not
the Junior, that each one was entitled
w button like the adults wear. That
all the knitted garments can be usedi
by the refugees.
First come first served was the re-
ply when a question was asked about
the Movie pictures, each afternoon at
2 sharp. Moving pictures of many
scenes in France, one was Kiddies' Of
NO MANS LAND, another Homewardl
Bound. A very pathetic one New Faces
for Old, showed the French Artist at
work making the lost part of his facet
for a Frenchman whom his littlel
daughter did not know and her child
ish delight when he was made like ne
once was. Any chapter can have all
the pictures many of them by writing
for them. Some of the Divisional Of
ficers are coming soon and it might be
better to have them or part while /,
they are in Payette. They are worth
while pictures made by the Red Cross
cover there"
Frank ]. Laube on the after care
of the disabled soldier says to con-
slider first mans present disability,
then previous education next exper-