St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-16
Outlook Club Holds
Fine Meeting


meeting at the home of Mrs. Elsie
NJ. Harvey Wednesday evening with
u full attendance. The house was
decorated with flowers and after the
regular business meeting the follow
ing program was given:
Piano solo, "Thc Butterfly by
Miss Glenn Robinson.
Solos, "Lovc's Awakening" and
"My Sweetheart" Mrs. Homer L.
Smith.
Reading "Fathcr's Day, Mrs.
Myrtle Cross.
Miss Lora Varncy followed with Il
very interesting talk on the Ned
Cross and State aid work. MISS
Vaney said the Red Cross was the
ordinating agency through winch
the welfare organizations work IN
this community. The State Board OF
Charities and Probation places chill
dler in homes. The state pays half
the board and the town the other
half. These children are supervised
by officers of the board. The Board
see; that childran are properly cared
for by the mothers. The State
Beard of Health, through it's de-
partmcnt of infantile paralysis, looks
after children afflicted with this dis
case. Two wears ago Il clinic was
held here with four patients. Ihls
year a clinic was held at Brightlook
hos pital with rs patients. The ST.
| Johnsbuly branch Of the Red Cross
I has voted to furnisl, money for cor
receive work when needed.
Miss Emily Proctor OF Proctor
gave last winter a ward OF 70 bcds
70" ono week which made it possible
for a number to have braces and
casts nut on. One st. Johnsbul'y pa
ticnt had the benefit of this treat
mcnt. There IS a prcventorlum at
Essex Center where children threat
cred with tuberculosis can be taken
and given proper exercise and care.
DR.. Slocum has prepared a set or
cards for the Vermont school chill,
/ drcn, giving simple rules for good
health. The children are given Il
chance to progress through the varl-
GU, stages of khighthoOd OF perfect
health habits. =.
Mis-; Varney spoke of the condi-
ticnal gift Of the Proctors for pre-
vcrtorium at pittsford and for the
state wide drive to match this $50,00o
rift. She said there was also II
movement on foot to establish open
aid schools which will help in de-
cleasing tuberculosis.
The Vermont Childrcn's Aid So
ciety is pirate organization for
tn, care of children and they will
take irregular cases that come under
t;,s care of no other organization.
Miss Fisher, field representative IN
New England for the Junior Rcd
| Cross, followed with an informing
.,ddress. She said that one purpose
of this organization was to give the
children chance to develop the right
habits of citizenship and service. In
Selvia there arc 100000 children in
need, half of whom are destitute. In
the Balkans. a country infested with
: typhu+, there arc 100000 more chill
drcn dependent on the Junior Red
Cross. In Hungary 900 children with
NJ clothing at all were found in ono
| hospital. The Italian government
/ ha, taken $4,000 children from
Vienna to Save them from dcstitu-
| ton. The Junior Rcd Cross is fur
niyhing clothjn~ and food for the war
orphans of Europe. In, Russia 750
children from cultured homes have
beer transported to an island near
Vl.divostok for safety and the Junior
Red Cross is now caring%for these.
Tho program for this organization
nc t year includes dental clinics, the
este blishmcnt Of Fairgrounds and
CT rrcspondcRcc with school children.
The club closed its meeting with
Tho singing of "Amcrica."