Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-15
the State fair at Lewiston. She said

the state 101r at Lewiston. Sne Sdlo
that her impressions were merry-go o.
rounds, big squashes and such and
she felt that she had accomplished
very little. But she went back the
next year. A young man who said
he worked on the railroad came up
to her and said. you are here again
this year" Then he told her how
something she had said last year
helped him. He said that one day he
and another brakeman were riding
into the yard on an engine. His COM
panion did not wait until the engine
stopped but jumped off. He jump
ed into a pit of boiling water which
had been used in washing off the
engines. They wanted to rush the
fellow right off to the hospital. but
the young man remembered some
thing Mrs. Weeks had told him. He
knew she said to put oil on burns.
He knew that the oil Of the most de-
eirable quality was not available. So
he went into the engine and got a
quart Of the oil which is used in oil
ing the parts. He soaked everything
that he could find and wrapped the
young man who was burned all about
from his feet up to his waist. Then
they took him to the hospital. When
! they arrived the doctor wanted to
know who did that. They told him
who did it and the doctor said that
in SO doing the young mans life had
been saved. BY that, Mr. Weeks
said. although it was year later.
she felt that her time had been we'll
spent. In closing she said Don't
, let yourself be discouraged Public
Health nurses are filling long felt
want in the State. The State Board
OF Health, the school boards, the Red
Cross, all arc back Of you"
| THE Social Service Exchange was
what Miss Laura G. Woodbury. spoke
upon. She cited briefly the llistor,
| of registration. The lists at first as
maintained by organizations con
| tanned the list OF folks who receive
aims. Then. that being some years
ago. there were no telephones. ne
! typeWriters and all the informal ton
was sent to one central place In
/ 1900 the children's agencies began t
J give up homes and started placing
! the children out. Then it was brought
out the agencies must know NOR:
about the families and the conditions
into which the children were bein.
placed. The registration bureau
came out Of this need. In 1903 and
1904 this vas thought to be a very
poor scheme as the organizations did
not want that their records should
be criticized by other agencies. Then
the list was made to contain but the
names Of the people who receive SER
vice.
This is the point where the medi-
/ cal part came in. Dr. Richard Cabot
! took up work in the Massachusetts,
! General in 1904 and he wanted to in
quire into the families of his patients.
Then the medical social service was
put into use. Unified organization is
| needed even now because sometimes
cross work is being done. Miss Wood
bury pointed out the need Of such
conferences.
The nurses had very interesting ex-
periences in the work, when they
first began to use the medical ,ex-
change. One nurse went to home
The family was pay. That is. they
were able to pay for the services ami
were not poor. But the nurse could
see that change was needed in the
home. She could not give advice be-
cause the family could pay. and It
was intimated that II was a delicate