Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-11-17
AID IS MERITED'
BY RED CROSS
GOOD WORK ACCOMPLISHED IN
BOUNDARY COUNTY THE
PAST YEAR
BROUGHT PUBLIC NURSE HERE
Assisted Ex-Service Men and the Poor
of the County.

The best dollar any community can
spend is the dollar it invests in con-
servation of community life and
health. 1t yields biggest returns.
The finest advertising asset which
a community can have is low sick
ness and death rate. The large cities
have long since recognized this fact
and have supplied themselves with
large staffs of public health nurses.
The community nurse is form of
insurance which no community can
afford to be without because she cares
for the sick in her community, bring
ing trained skill to supplement the
doctors knowledge.
She is the guardian of all babies.
Ignorance of proper treatment is the
biggest factor in the high death rate
of babies. She informs the mother of
the latest scientific principles of child
care, and so helps to save many little
lives. Saving the baby costs the pub
lie so little; losing the baby costs
the mother SO much"
She is the defender of all school
children in her community. BY per-
iodical inspection she protects the
we'll from the sick and checks the
spread of contagious diseases She
also detects any fault in physical de-
velopment.
She organizes the boys and girls in
her community into health and hy-
giene leagues and bestows upon them
two priceless gifts-a knowledge of
the laws of health and good hygienic
habits.
The duty of the public health nurse
is TO help you, your family, your
friends, your neighbors and your com
munity ITO be well, get we'll, and stay
we'll"
At present the local chapter of the
American Red Cross has acquired the
services for three months of Miss
Carleton, registered Red Cross
nurse. She has accomplished thus far
much far-reaching work. In coopera-
tion with Drs. Fry, Bowel, Severns,
Hopkins and Optometrist Howe, the
pupils of the city schools on both
sides of the river have been given a
thorough examination. Nine rural
schools have also been examined
Every child of school age in the coun-
ty will receive this valuable examina-
ton. AS evidence that there is need
of this work, it is shown by Miss
Carleton's records that of $50 children
examined, 61 have defective vision, 10
have defective hearing, 106 have en-
larged tonsils, 34S have defective teeth
and lis have choriza; BAT were re-
ferred to the dentist, 55 to the oculist
and 100 to the physician. Many of
the children were suffering from var
ious other ailments. 1t means much
to parents to have their children
looked over by experts Had this
been done 20 years ago there would
not have been so many young men in
the prime of life rejected as physical
units during the late war.
In addition to financing the present
work of the Red Cross nurse the local
chapter has rendered other valuable
services during the past year.
Chief among these services is the
aid the Red Cross extends to disabled
World War veterans. The American
Red Cross is now cooperating to the
fullest extent with the American Le-
gion in its efforts to obtain immediate
and adequate relief for disabled ser
vice men and inasmuch as the Ameri-
can Red Cross is now appealing tc
the American public for support ne
cessary to carry out its splendid work
the American Legion indorses the Roll
Call of the American Red Cross and
calls upon the service men of America
to lend their influence and best eff.
forts to the Roll Call in recognition
of service that has been and is still
being rendered.
Emergency aid has been rendered
by the local chapter to at least siz
families in the county. Last Decem-
ber 16 Christmas dinners were dis.
tributed to destitute families which
with the assistance of the Elk lodge
brought Christmas cheer to desolatt
homes.
The enrolment of Red Cross mem
bers is at hand. Its success depends
entirely on whether or not you join
The Red Cross has a work and spur,
pose worthy of universal understand
ing and support and it lies within
your power to make it so.
Join NOW and help the Red Cros.
to continue to assist suffering hu
manity at home and abroad to re
lieve the situation of the disabled
soldier and to finance the work of tht
MI h1ic health nurca