Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-11-11
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
STARTS THIS MORNING
Membership Campaign To Continue
To Thanksgiving Day: =.
Quota $3.50

The 1921 Roll Call of the Red
Cross will begin today in Stevens
county. A committee has been organ
lied at Morris under the charge of
County Chairman A. o. Clave, and
other committees are being formed in
the towns of the county. People in
the townships will send their mem
bership fees thru their children in
the rural schools. Superintendent
Ray Roberts will oversee this part of
the campaign. The cooperation of all
district school officers has been asked.
Seven hundred and fifty names must
be on the rolls of the Stevens county
chapter by Thanksgiving Day.
Reports from the American Red
Cross Chapters in Minnesota for the
past year show a marked increase
over preceding years in the total of
community undertakings which have
been developed. The work in disas-
ter relief, nursing and health in
struction is an important part of the
peace time program of the organiza-
tion.
That $11,2S8 was contributed by
residents of the state through the
Red Cross for relief work in connec-
tion with the Pueblo flood during the
past few months shows the recogni-
ton given this organization as a ma
tional relief agency for emergency.
During the year there were 43 disas-
ters in the United States resulting in
the death of $50 persons and the in
jury of $500. These emergencies
called for an expenditure of $1,871,-
900 in the fiscal year ending June
goth.
Red Cross relief was furnished in
II fires; foods; explosions, in
Guiding that of Wall Street; Z tor
nadoes; one storm; building acci-
dent; typhoid epidemics; small
pox epidemic; train wreck and race
riot famine sufferers among the Alas
ka Indians and grasshopper plague
in North Dakota. The Pueblo flood
was by far the largest disaster af-
fecting thousands which left 1851
persons homeless.
!. In connection with the administra-
| tfon of disaster relief there was an
increasing effectiveness among Red
Cross chapters in dealing with this
relief. Through it's chain of chapters
| linking nearly every county in each
state with national headquarters in
Washington, net work of communi-
cation is established through which
instant relief may be sent to any part
Of the United States.
! Through it's Nursing Service, Home
Hygiene and Care of the Sick classes,
Nutrition Service, First Aid and Life
Saving Glasses, the Red Cross has
been helping large groups of people
in the rural districts as we'll as the
cities to better standards of health
and improved living conditions
There are today 37,787 nurses enroll
ed in the American Red Cross Nurs-
ing Service.
OF this number, 1,210 nurses are
enrolled from Minnesota. These
nurses are qualified according to the
high standards of the Red Cross fol
service in war or emergency. In Red
Cross Chapters, 1857 public health
nurses are employed. Chapters in
Minnesota during the past year en-
ployed 108 Public Health Nurses.
In addition to this phase of health
work the teaching of Home Hygiene
and Care of the Sick has been devel.
oped extensively with 3,61O certifi.
Gates issued to persons completing the
course of lessons. Graduates of this
course throughout the country total
1882 during the pat year. valu.
able health instruction has been Civ.
en- to 22,096 children enrolled in the
LILA nutrition classes held in vari.
GUS parts of the country.
In the United States last year. rs.
432 persons were killed and $500.
600 injured in Industrial accidents
To prevent this enormous waste ot
life the Red Cross organized 5.1O(
First Aid Glasses with total of 1O4.
900 students. This instruction wa.
given in Industrial and business con
cerns,> schools, colleges and uniyer
stiles and among foreign and civi,
groups interested in reducing thu
number of fatalities. Also 100 Lif,
Saving Corps were in operation thi.
past year with an enrolment of II.
900 members
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