Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-15


ters that we have had to deal with
and OF course there are many o,hs.
things that we have been called uno,
to adjust that II is not NECESSARY ,n
mention in this report. For the ,os,
few weeks the Home Service MOI.
has not been very great because the
boys have nearly all secured ,hsir
rights under the War Risk Insurance.
Act and the allotment have nearly all
been Strengthened out. OF course a.
time goes on the need for Home ser
vice work along these par,ic,,Ia.
lines will grow smaller and n il
therefore hoped tha. {. will he nos,;
BILE for the chapte- 70 b-oaoen ~.
scope OF Its Home Service WORT Nv.
extending II to all the families with.
In our jurisdiction who NAV ha in
need Of any kind OF assistance ".
fe!ieve that We have the organ;zo
tion ard the equipment and tho r
nanciai resources to be OF great sar.
vice to the community a, large ard
we hope In teh near future 10 adon.
plan to Cooperate with the o.bnr
relief agencies in this city fo- -,,e,
systematic and efficient caring for
the unfortunate ones around Us
Report Of Miss Anne T. Bailey. See.
rotary
On October %. 1919. a meeting or
the executive committee was h.Id
IN the Red Cross room at the poy+
Once building. Miss Van Zue ~
Boston was present to consult with
the chapter and help in planning the
program for the coming year. Miss
Van Zile asked IL anything were be.
ing done along the lines OF p.JhIi,
health work and said the policy Of
the Red Cross Is not to interfere
but to help in the community wher.
ever there Is need. Mrs. Bickford
told her about her work here and
Mrs. Gray outlined what had been
done with the tuberculosis work,
also what the church societies and
associated charities are doing in re.
lief work. The Home Nursing and
First Aid classes were also mention
ed. Miss Van Zile decided that re-
lief work was pretty we'll covered
here and that it was not necessary
for the Red Cross to undertake any
more but she suggested the schools
as a possible field Of work and sug-
gested that the chapter provide an
assistant to Mrs. Bickford to look
after school children and teach them
good habits Of hygiene. Miss Van
Zile suggested that the chapter add
a nurse to the District Nurse Asso-
citation for this purpose. this nurse
to be under Mrs. Bickford's superv-
sion. She said that the nurse must
be graduate and registered nurse
and up to the Red Cross standards
and that the minimum salary for
such q nurse was 1890. She said
the proposition should be put before
the people Of the community dur
ing the drive and contributions ask
ed for this work. Mrs. Bickford said
there was great need among the
children for preventive work and to
teach them hygiene. Miss Van lyle
urged that the chapter come to soma
decision before the drive in order
that this might be put in the budget.
She also said that the time, money
and energy Of the Red Cross are now
being turned back into our own
communities and that they are AJAX
ious to render service wherever il is
needed and now seemed to be the
opportunity for the chapter to get
an assistant to the district nurse.
one up to the standards of the Red
Cross, as wherever Red Cross funds
were used the work must be done
in q proper way, he added that the
formality of the request must come
from the District Nurse Association
She also suggested that the help
Of the American Legion be asked N
the coming drive.
Report Of Mrs. Bates. Chairman o.
Committee for Refugee Garments
Two thousand eighty articles were
made during the nine months from
December. 1918. to September. lsis,
an average of 231 monthly, amohs
them being chemises. robes, women'
house gowns, women's skirts. under
drawers. mems shirts. aprons, lay
cites. jackets. pinafores. nightsowhs'
boys blouse suits and girls pet'l-
coats. Garments made by Gardner
Chapter. with Monmouth. Litchhe,a'
chelsea. Pittston and West Garui,
ner Branches. Randolph and SOU,
Gardiner Units. also Ladies Aios u
the First Baptist, Free Baptist; ,nl
versalist and Randolph Me'houi''
church.
Report Of Mrs. Ellis. Chairman 0'
Committee on Knitting
During the past year the Garul,
ner Chapter Of the A>erican t.D
Cross has made 154s knitted afu.
cles. 113s for the Army and AZ ~,
the refugees. In December. 1918 We
were advised to suspend knitting us
til further notice as there was a SUI
ficient supply Of knitted articles On
hand to meet the demands Oh NV
Army and Navy during demopihT@
ton. In February. 1919. we We
asked to knit for the refugees ""a
have continued to knit for 'nei~
through the summer. The last wv
was sent December -. eontain'uSS
children's stockings. sweaters o.,
mufilers. We have on hand aoo''
$50 pounds Of yarn.