The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-17

claims, application for vocational
training, hospital care, etc.
This work has involved a yolumin-
Gus amount of correspondence with
various government departments. The
total amount paid for material assist
ance was $4,206.46. While most OF
this amount was granted as loans to
disabled men and their families until
disability claims could be adjusted by
the government, very small per
cent has been refunded as yet. The
entire expense of this branch of work
was met by the Wayne county chapter
American Red Cross.
New Problems Arise
New problems are constantly aris-
ing which makes it seem that Red
Cross Home Service will be needed
indefinitely Many cases of tubercu-
losis have developed recently as the
result of exposure of gas while in
service. These men and their families
must be cared for until government
compensation is received. Ia some
cases this has taken year. Since the
close of the war the local Red Cross
Service work has been made possible
by the money that was carried over
from the war fund and the Red Cross
memberships. At the close of this
year, this fund will be practically ex.
hausted. Unless the citizens of Wayne
county respond to the roll call this
fall, there will be no Red Cross funds
These ex-service men will have to be
| cared for as paupers.
School Attendance.
Your general secretary directed
| the school attendance work for Rich
mond school board during the seheo
year l920-21. The report which has
filed with the superintendent OF
schools at the close of school yeal
showed that 1913 different children
were dealt with during the seheo
year and that the number of visits
| to the homes of these children totalec
2,234
School Enumeration.
| In April your general secretary di
rected in taking of the school census
the enumerators, nine in number be
ing supplied by the school board.
An act of the legislature require!
that any person being of full age AMI
financially able shall support his par
ents, If they are not able to work, ant
have not sufficient means to supper
themselves. In our opinion this is al
| important measure, as it not only will
make children meet the obligation t
| their parents, but will relieve the tax
payers as well. Since the law ha
been enforced we have taken up sew
eral long standing cases coming III
der this head, and have obtained tn
desired results.
"a large number of requests hav
been received from out of town OIL
CARNATIONS for visits to local familie
in the interest of dependent relatives
etc. Inquiries have come from variou
organizations throughout the Unite
States regarding the methods of cor
Quoting the bureau. All of this wor
has required a considerable amour
of correspondence
MANY invitations to speak on var
Gus social subjects before clubs an
other organizations were accepte
!, within the year.
Meet Various Problems
I'VE are called on for various form
of service. Heart problems al
brought to US. The secretary hs
, been asked to write obituaries, to fiji
) for guardians for the incapable, |
lhS dppilCd tAOllo LII insanity IA4uOob
; to protect animals, etc.
t Miss Geldie Van Tress, stenegr
+ pher and bookkeeper, and Miss vi
e ginia A. Jones, visiting nurse, wei
z members of the working fore
: throughout the year. Miss Katherir
Daub, visiting nurse, came to US
: January. Miss Mabel c. Atwood, vi
a itor, was with US 10 months of tt
r year She left Us Aug Is and is