Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-28

rrhere were 6S operations for aoehous
"a ,oa onora,,uns for eye troubles
aud ~ other bperatlone' Ihere W.
/ 5oo Waits made te homes, lsoferrihs
defects found among b,ls e,'i'i oi,
TO the hot lunches, MN' wen s,'a
th,t 40 schoo,a were now eduippeu
with narspheri,alia to serve appetizihs
lunches ID children; She quoted TWO
;,1ustrot,ons of the benefits derived.
Oro hhlld much under weight gained
- ,ounSs In seven months and enoth-
on. almost as much IA The same iensh
Of time. Mrs; Weir called upo" NC
Moran to tell Of the werH Oh honie
nursing. Miss Moran referred w '.@
manner with which the deieealeS "
the national Fed Cress receiVeu 1ns
| report Of her departments III r'i""e'
| mat be,aware was leading the nation
| In tho Intensive character OF the ei-
| rnr, being done In this state Last
.,oar there we're f0i classes IN nome
rnrs,ne md hygiene with l,s2f stu
aonts anrolled The growth is indicat-
| ed he The fact That In the pnst year
| .bo s..,,Ierts number almoet an many
Nc ir the four prior years coinpineu'
| ", o,her chapter In the country Is
doing such merh'
| In the swimming aud Hte saNihs
camp,ien last summer there were
| NOT So many candidates but the worK
vr,s most successful, There were j.
| aea men and women who learned how
| ~ s,rir,. and of these 232 learned 10
swim, so feet, 59T took life sav!ng tests
| and 10 PASSED with honors. Arrange
,rents are now being made - carry
no first add work In the high schools
| of the state.
Mlss Madeline Draper chairman of
| The bureau Of Civilian Rcllef called
upon Arlss Marjorie carp To- read a
| report for the department. M!sa Earp
said that 500 eN-serv.oe men had been
served during the last year. or these
sTi were disabled end ITO able bcd!eo
| men and so were still In the eerVice
of the country. luforInat!> II was gIver
| To ags and mid given TO help locate
| ~ men. In the mental and tubercu-
| losls cases t2a of tho former md 81
of the latter were helped Last Christ
mas Delaware chapter SAW that every
service man IN the etate wac remem-
heretl. Loans To service men sent here
/
ceive tho monetary nid given through
the Veterans bureau Is one Of th'
ways In which the department works
Visits ia homes are iWudo and the fam
HES made as comfortable as the reg
uintioua will permit.
Mrs. Thomas w. Wilson, chairmaI
OF publicity, Expressed her thanks {
tho editors. city editors ana bushes
managers OF Rll OF the newspapers
She urged every member 10 subscrib
60 the Rod CrN ss Courier, the newspa
per which has supplantcd all othe
! publications IN rec!t!ng what Is trans
p.r!ng among Red Cross workers a
over the country.
Mrs. Henry i. Scott then reporte
for the nominating committee who's
suggestions for officers were unan.
nlotisly elected officials OF Delawar
chapter for the coming year as fol
lows: President, George Gray; vice
81 presidents. Pierre $. du Pont, Eenr
Z R!dgely. DR.. q, Layton Grler; treas
?. urer, Henry NJ. Candy; sccretar,
: Miss pmiiy p. B!ssell: executive CON
nIittee. lIonry j. Scott. Mrs. Josep
e Bancroft, Miss Madeline Drnpe
$ Pierre s, du Pont Mrs. Pierre S. d
+ Pun;, Mrs, George w. Marshall, Nh,
S James Pennewiu. Mrs. Willard Ha
Porter, Miss Ellen Samworth. Mr.
A ( Henry y, Thompson. S. D. Townsen,
; Mrs. Henderson Weir, Mrs. Thoms
. Wilson.
= Following the election Pr~essder
/ Gray was asked 10 address the men
= oers. The judge told the members tht
g he considered Il one of the Mghe.
:. honors e his l!te TO be pernitte
j 10 serve with Delaware chapter a
- shat he considered the courtesy
= having his name ueed IN connecti<
$ With the presidency OF the chapter ,
Il an act OF Creates; courtesy.
u While the local workers were ha'
o ing their luncheon meeting IN Il
= du Barry room this noon, the dow
s state delegates 10 the Delaware cha.
= -a,, HI-a>-e.