The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-10-21
FIFTH ANNUAL ROLL GALL
STARTS ARMISTICE DAY
COlTNTY SHOULD RESPOND TO
ORGANIZATIONS URGENT
CALL FOR FUNDS

Mrs. Leslie Gray, field representa-
tive FOR the Central District American
Red Cross. spent Monday in Milhank
with the officers OF the Red Cross
chapter and the county nurse making
preparations for the fifth annual Red
Cross roll call.
The Rol' Cali will he started on Nov
vemher II. Armistice Day, this year
and it is planned by the National,
State and Local organizations to make
vigorous campaign. The need for
a larger Red Cross membership and
for larger amount of money is great
er than ever before, Mrs. Gra! stated,
and the public must be awakened to
the needs.
The Ree, Cross has been doing
wonderful work, during the war on
the fields of battle and with the sol
diers in the camps, and since the arm
istice in caring for the wounded ami
needy soldiers and their families. In
addition to this great work, the COM
munity health program has received
q great share of the attention and Ell
forts Of the organization.
In Grant county we have mad dem
onstrated the efforts of successful
count nurse. Miss Beagin was sent
here hy The Red Cross. Which paid
the salary and expenses of the nurse
for the first six months, entirely. The
county commissioners then assumed
EIGHT months salary, while the Grant
County Chapter of the Red Cross has
been paying four months salary and
all OF the expenses Of the nurse fof
the past year.
During the time that Miss Beagin
has been working in the county she
has examined, weighed and measured
the children in the schools. In the
cases where physical defects have
been found, she has advised the par
ents what to do and has followed UP
the cases to see the good results when
her advice has been followed out.
Miss Heagin has taken an active in
terest in securing better school con-
ditions for the pupils, having drink
ing fountains installed where there
was no means Of securing water by
the children at all, starting plans for
the hot lunches to be served to the
children at noon, and better building
conditions IN every way possinle.
Miss Heagin recently stated that the
conditions were loo per cent. better
than when she came and size was
very grateful tor tne cooperation
and assistance given her oE tHe schoci
boards.
About one hall Of the rural schools
will have hot lunches served this com
ing winter This means chat the chill
dren will have hot cocoa, soap, yege
tables, o. some warm lsod with their
noon lunch instead OF having i" warm
food from morning until evening The
need ct this has been found III all CT
the rural @chools, and the plan IS be-
ing adopted all over the United State3.
1t is possible that dental clinic
Will he established Tor the winter,
where the school children can have
their teeth cleaned and filled. Brown
county held a clinic and 1,1G5 chill
dren we're treated there with splendid
results
In addition to the school work ana
care OF the children, MISS bcagln has
conducted classes IN home nursing,
hyglene' ana care OF the SICK. these
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