The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-27
RED CROSS NURSE
FAST BECOMING A
HEALTH TEACHE R
Change Evident at Annual Meet.
ing of County Chapter
DISCUSS ROLL CALL PLANS
Officers Elected and Routine
Business Transacted Here
Wednesday Afternoon

The fourth annual meeting of Ben
nington county chapter, American
Red Cross, was held at the organiza
Ition's rooms in Hawks block Wednes
day afternoon. with the chairman
Guy p. Johnson presiding. The fol
lowing reports OF officers and depart
ments were read and accepted; Treas
urer, Fl. Fl. Webster. public health
nurse, Miss Dora NJ. Clark; home
service, w. Z. Bissell.
The program for the fifth roll call
as outlined was discussed at length
and those present declared them
selves unit in offering their serv
ices in concerted effort to make
the program a success.
The following executive committee
was unanimously chosen: w. II.
Shaw and A. G. Rich OF Manchester
w. Fl. Wills, H. II. Webster. f. C. Mar
tin, w K. Bissell, L. c. Warner and
Rev. T. R. Carly of Bennington. A. s
Payne of North Bennington, Guy B.
Johnson, Richards Kellogg and II. Fl
Shields of Old Bennington, w. II. Bee.
be Of East Dorset, f b. Patterson OF
Arlington, l.. II. Crosier of Readsboro.
G. A. Monroe of SALISBURY and ]. p,
Sheldon OF Rupert.
The officers for the following year
are.
Chairman, Guy B. Johnson.
Nice-chairman Walter H. Shaw.
Secretary, William H. Wills.
Treasurer, II. H. Webster.
home service chairman, w. E. Bis.
sell.
The following members of the
executive committee attended the
meeting: Messrs. Warner. Wills.
Bssell. johnson, kellogg. Webster
and John F. Sheldon.
The following report was made by
the district health nurse:
During the past year large part
of the time of the cnunty Red Cross
nurse has been spent working with
the school children and babies in the
county.
We have at last discovered that
health, like happiness, is to q large
extent matter of habit and that it
can be taught. We wish the bows and
girls OF this present generation to ar
rive at the gateway of young manhood
and young womanhood in far better
physical condition than the youth of
the last generation, who showed up
so poorly at the time OF the draft
So in every school in the county.
where the nurse visited last year an
effort was made to start the health
crusade movement which is a contest
to help youngsters to help themselves
to keep well by obeying the funda.
mental rules of health. About s
Chapters were established and many
more will be started this year.
The greatest number of defects in
children is found in teeth. tonsils
and adenoids, also in children not
getting proper food and rest conse
quently being way under weight.
A dental clinic has been establish
ed through the courtesy of the Ben.
nington County Dental society, where
by the children can be taken TO an
the different dentists by the nurse. If
c1e parents absolutely cannot paw, the
Red Cross has paid for the treatment.
One special dental clinic was held in
Sandgate during July, when Drs. Bra.
ley and Jenney treated Is people
Three hundred and forty-two children
went for dental treatment during
the year, good many with their par
ents good many with the nurse.
Up to the present time about 1928
children have been operated on for
tonsils and adenoids; 27 of them be-
ing paid for by the Red Cross. One
clinic Of Is was held in the Dorset
church.
Niuety-one children have been
helped to receive glasses, either finan.
cially or through persistent home
visits,
A good deal of time has been spent
in showing the children the value of
cereals, milk, fruit and vegetables, so
they can gain in weight, and an effort
made to discourage the use OF tea,
coffee and tobacco.
carnival was held in Bennington,
in August, to help show the mothers
the proper care OF children. In Orto,
Der, Dr. George Dow Scott of New
York held baby clinics for two sue
cessive days at the Putnam Memorial
hospital and gave talk to mothers at
Library hall on Care and Develop
ment OF the Child. The mothers at
Bondville had chance to have their
children weighed and measured in
September.
Two home nursing classes have
been carried on in Sunderland and
East Arlington.
Through cooperation with the Yer.
mont Childrens Aid society several
children have been taken out of very
bad homes and placed in good ones.
Several delinquent girls and women
have been placed in institutions and
several families have been placed nv
der competent supervision. Clothes
\ have been furnished many needy
school children.
There is an endless amount of work
I to be done in all of the towns, and
one person cannot do it alone. Every
one must help IL the work is to be a
success.
(Signed) Dora M. Clark,
J Public Health Nurse,