The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-10-02
RED CROSS WILL
CONTINUE ACTIVE
CONFERENCE AT MINNEAPOLIS
OUTLINES FUTURE WORK
FOR CHAPTERS
BIG PEACE PROGRAM IS INSTITUTED
Delegates From the Bookings County
Chapter Return With Interesting
Report Of the Meeting.

III Z vi IL AoSt SAoS sAS >AN
the war will see a change in the plan
of work for the Red Cross chapters
all over the country, the representa-
tives from Bookings who attended
the conference in Minneapolis last
week, deem it a good idea to give a
short resume of the peace program that
vii. be followed by the Red Cross for
it's work in the future. There has
been some expression of thought that
with the end of the war, the work of
the Red Cross would cease, but this
is not deemed wise or best at this
time. The following is a brief &C
count of the various addresses that
have to deal with the peace work of
the chapters.
Observation-Disclosures of Red Cross
nurses. Extension Of public health
nursing by establishing nurses
through chapters and granting chap
ter scholarships to create public
health nurses. Glasses in home nurs-
ing and dietetics.
Home Service-Fnishing the war
JOD, care VI lcIuIHCu DOluiClo lii
their families. Extension of home
service to civilian families. Oragniza-
ton of community activities. Disaster
relief.
Juniors - Relief for suffering chill
dren throughout the world. Training
for American citizenship. Cooperation
with other activities of the Red Cross
First Aid-Prevention of accidents.
Training in treatment after accident.
Training of life saving corps.
1t is the desire of the Red Cross
organization to remain active not for
the purpose of perpetuating an organ
ization but to carry on the peace pro-
gram hat is so essential at this time.
All work to be effective must be done
under the supervision of an individual
or organization qualified Tor this par
ticular work. All Red Cross work
must be done according to Red Cross
standards.
The demand for public health nurses
so exceeds the supply that it will be
some time before the Red. Cross can
supply all chapters with qualified
nurses. In South Dakota SO far there
aer only two appointed. Miss Nell
Peterson, state supervisor of South
Dakota in the department Of nursing
gave the following committee as an
ideal committee to assist the public
health nurse in her large field Of work.
/. Finance and records. 2. Publicity.
8. Advisory. 4. Committee on plans
and activities of the nurse.
DR.. A. D. MCDANIEL Of Minot, S. D.,
told the delegates that during the in
fluenza epidemic last winter doctors
and nurses were so scarce that it be-
came necessary for him to organize
classse and give instruction in home
hygiene and care of the sick.
Judge Wilson tells us that the Red
Cross can be a community club for
men and women. We need organized
friendship. We are all partners. The
merchant may think he owns his store
but it also belongs to his customers,
Here are common interests for both
town and country:
Professionalism, shop, labor.
Observation-Disclosures, store, road.
Education-Press, school, farm.
Government-Eficient service.
Living Conditions = Home, health,
beauty, recreation.
The Junior Red Cross enrolment is
from October 9Th to 31st. The en-
rollment is to be through the schools.
Sixty per cent of the membership this
year is to be used for suffering chill
dren abroad. Forty per cent is to be
used in home community work as
needed. 1t may be used to pay trans
%portation for a crippled child or to help
buy an automobile for the public
health nurse. 1t is to be used for
whatever is most necessary.
DR.. D. H. Holbrook, director of the
department of home service, outlined
the duties of home service work as
follows:
"In wartime" he said, 1.-THE Red
Cross had served as an information
bureau for the service mar and his
family. 1t is now proposed to extend
tulS ScTNiCS u the Civilian dS well.
Other types of work typical of this
service which he mentioned were to
investigate the cause Of absences of
children from school. to look up needy
families, to find out why boys and
girls are absent from their homes. to
see that children are examined for
physical defects, and to help any per-
son in his duties and rights as citizen.
Three rules. DR.. Holbrook stated, to
which the home service department
would adhere, were to care for the
needs of disabled service men first
and for those of civilians next, to
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