The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-09
RED CROSS TO
TAKE ROOM IN
COURT HOUSE
As War Work Closes More At
tention is Being Paid to Pub
lie Health.

At meeting of the executive COM
mfttee Of the Wayne county chapter
OF the American Red Cross, 1t was
decided that the work of the chapter
no longer JUSTIFIED the maintenance OF
the present chapter headquarters in
the Masonic Temple which have been
given by the Masons at a nominal
rental for the period of the war.
Since the Red Cross Is organized
on county unit basis and Is q public
organization. 1t was decided to follow
the plan used by many chapters and
ask the county commissioners to give
o1ice space for the use of the chapter
In the court house. 1t is hoped to
secure the room in the southwest cor
ner OF the third floor next to the Office
OF the Social Service bureau.
With the closing of the present head
quarters. change will be made In the
organization of the home service work
of the chapter, as 1t Is felt that the
recent decrease in the demands for
home service and the probable con-
tinued decrease in this branch of the
work, due to the return Of soldiers to
their homes, does not justify the chap
ter in maintaining separate Office
and organization as at present.
Bureau VIII Help.
The home service work will there
fore after the close Of the headquar-
tiers be conducted from the new Office
to be opened in the court house, and
the chapter has asked the Social Sery-
ice bureau to. act as its agent In the
management of the home service de.
partment. At meeting Of the board
of directors OF the Social Service bu-
reau Thursday afternoon, the bureau
agreed to undertake this work, and a
special committee representing the di-
rectors of both the bureau and the
Red Cross viii be selected to have gen.
eral charge of this new department OF
the bureaus activities. The bureau
will be compensated for this work in
an amount to be agreed upon by the
directors of the two organizations at
ter recommendation by the bureaus
finance committee.
It Is expected that the home service
committees in the various townships
will remain unchanged and that the
local advisory committee of business
and professional men will continue
as before.
The relationship which 1t is pro
posed to establish between the Red
Cross and the Social Service Bureau
is In accord with the plan of the Red
Cross to avoid duplication of agencies
doing the same work. In those com
munities having no adequate organiza
ton for social service, the Red Cross
expects to enlarge its home service
section and have 1t serve the entire
community, but in those places where
community social service is provided
for by an efficient organization, sep
arate home service section is not to
be continued longer than is neces.
sary. The home service work of the
Red Cross has already been associated
with the previously existing social
service agencies in indianapolis, Terre
Haute, South Bend. Vincennes and
other Indiana cities, with satisfactory
= results.
Stop Production Work.
With the completion Of the present
quota Of refugee garments which will
be shipped about May Is, the produc
ton work Of the chapter will be dis
continued indefinitely Should neeC
arise later for further production Of
the refugee garments 1t will not BIZ
necessary to open shop such as has
been operated during the war period
dS dlAOSI oil VI Iu0, WOTk OI LQlS CQdr
acter has been done in the variou:
auxiliaries, and the chapter would
need only room for the assembling
of the cut garments as they come from
the division cutting room, and for in
specting and packing them after the.
have been made up.
AS the war activities of the Ref
Cross are coming to a close, 1t is pre-
: pairing to take up new field Of activ
ity in the promotion Of public healtl
along many lines. Already. the JUNO
Red GROSS is engaged in health crus
ade that has resulted in much good
and which will be continued. TIL
chapters have been authorized to u.s.
a portion of their funds in the estab
Eshment of scholarships for the triar
ing of public health nurses, ant
courses in home care of the sick, frs
aid, and dietetics are contemplated OF
a wider scale. Chapter funds are ais
available for disaster relief in all case
arising within the jurisdiction OF
chapter. such as the recent influenz
epidemic, or in case Of floods, lorna
does and fires