The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-01-24
Meeting of the Executive
Committee, Iberia
Chapter.

The Executive Committee C1
the iberia Chapter of the Rec
Cross held a meeting at the office
of the Chapter on Wednesday,
January Ia, 1920, and the follow.
ing program was adopted for The
Chapter for the year 1920:
The Home Service Work" for
the relief of soldiers and sailors
and their families will be cont,
nued as in the past under the di
rection of Mr. John r. Taylor, az
sisted by the Secretary of the
Chapter, Miss DeCuir.
The "PLb b ic Heal b Service for
the instruction and relief of the
civilian population of the Chapter
will be inauguTated at the close of
the drive which started Wednesday
morning, January 2lst, and will
involve the appointment of a Pub
lie Health Red Cross Nurse to be
assisted by the Con- mittee on
Public Health
The "HOme Service Work" has
been conducted in tie past with a
view of providing help aud relief
to returned soldiers and sailors
and their families when in dis
tress, such as the helping of such
parties to secure their compehsa
ton from the government, to con
vert their insurance, to be sent tC
the Hospital in case OF need OF
hospital attention, TO be sent to
vocational schools in case OF disa
bility, and numerous other prob
lens arising out of the war, which
service We, as a community justly
owe 10 the boys who fought our
battles at the front for us.
In the past year Mr.. Tay lor has
handled from 800 to 500 such
cases, and this work is not near y
over as many people seem 10
think Some take the view "Tbey
went to war and are back crippled
Or in distress, but let them shitt
the best they can. | no longer
have any interest at stake That
is indeed a poor view at it's best.
This work will be continued as it
has been done heretofore, with q
view of helping those boys.
The "Publlc Health Service"
about to be under taken under the
direction of a Red Cross Nurse, to
be assisted by the Committee on
Public Health, which work has al
ready been undertaken in most OF
the prog, essive communities not
of the State alone, but of the Ma
tion as well, is the filing of a
most important Office in our COM
manity life How many poor un-
fortuDates are now in the first
stages OF tuberculosis in our com
munlty, spreading the disease to
their neighbors, who will not
reach the doctor until almost al
the coffin when it will be too late
to do anything for them, who
could be brought to the attention
Of physician before the "Great
White Plague" would have claimed
another victim; how many poor
families at critical time who
haven't any money to buy them
do not know where to go to Dor
row an ice bag, thermometer, OF,
other necessity OF the sick bed
which composes The 'sLoan Chest
of the Committee Oh Public He il'f;
how many school children coulu
get most valuable Information and
help from the visit now aud then
to the schools by such nurs' ;
how many of those who duriI 6
life have to attend to the sick
ones at home would like to take
part in a class whose object would
be to tell wbas to do in case of
sickness. These are but few of
the things which such a nurse
will do for our community.
With this dual purpose "HOme
Service Work" aud Public Healt b
Nurse" in view for our community
as outlined above the Iberia Parish
Chapter of the Red Cross asks
you to join the Red Cross for 1926
and contribute your dollar thereto
1t is asking this not in a sense of
just contribution from him whit
can to the canse of humanity ant
TO the service of those who Tough
our battles where many sleep ant
from where many have returned
crippled, wounded, disabled ant
IN distress.
The drive started on Wed mes