Evening journal., 1922-10-28
PAST YEAR BUSY
FOR RED CROSS
Former Judge Gray Head of
Delaware Chapter for
Next Year
NOW 43 BRANCHES
THROUGHOUT STATE

Chapter OF the Red Cross at the
Hotel DUPONT yesterday afternoon.
That its peaceful function!ng is
( being carried on in some ways so
| intensively as to attract national
notice was indicated in the report
| OF the work OF Home Nursing and
Hygiene under the personal direc-
ton of Miss Mary Moran. who told
the representatives OF the various
| chapters in the State that at the
recent meeting of the National Red
Gross In Washington. how the rep
resentatlyes OF other states were
surprised at tho volume OF work
and concentration OF the effort In
Delaware.
Henry p. Scott presided at the
meeting and called first for the re-
port of Miss Emily P. Bissell. the
secretary. Miss Blssell reported
66s1 members, Of which 6641 were
annual. 80 contributing and 10 sus-
tanning. The State Chapter now has
as active branches throughout the
State. The report OF Henry M.
Candy. the treasurer, was received
and filed.
Mrs. Henderson Weir presented a
most complete and exhaustive re-
port on the work OF the Bureau OF
Hygiene. One of the most interest
ing departments of the bureau Is
that devoted TO medical inspection.
Mrs. Weir stated that the results
obtained in the past year had been
most gratifying.
First the interest OF the public
school teachers was won and then
their children being examined for
defects was overcome. and that In
all rural sections in New Castle
county except in one. the parents
were willing TO have their children
examined for defects.
There were 66ss examinations by
nurses and $40 by hpysloians and
defects found among 5172 children.
There we're SO operations for ade-
noids ana 124 operations for eye
troubles and 20 other operations
There were 1900 visits made TO
homes.
Referring to the hot lunches, Mrs
Weir said that forty schools were
now equipped with paraphernalia TO
serve appetizing lunches to children.
She quoted two Illustrations of the
benefits derived. One child, much |
under weight. gained seventeen |
pounds IN seven months. and an
other as much in the same length OF !
time.
Miss Mary Moran referred to the 1
manner with which the delegates &C |
the National Red Cross received the
report OF the home nursing depart
ment. 1t showed that Delaware was
leading the nation in the intensive
character OF the effort being done
in this state. Last year there were
l01 GLASSES in home nursing and by
giene, with 1927 students enrolled.
The growth is indicated by the fact
hat in the past year the students
number almost as many as IN the
our prior years combined. No other
,hapter IN the country is doing such
work..
In the swimming and life-saving
last summer there were 4
lot 20 many candidates. but the {
york was most successful. There
'ere 1904 men and women who {
earned how TO swim, and OF these
80 learned TO swim 30 feet; 5S7 {
ook life-saving tests and ten passed
18th honoPs. Arrangements are 1
ow being made to carry on first
ID work IN the high schools Of the r
tate.
Miss Marjorie carp reported or 6
10 Bureau Of Civilian Relief. She o
i'd that 500 ex-servlce men had o
zen served during the last year. OF
Iese 571 were disabled and 10 +
men, and 80 were still c.
the service OF the country. In a
rmation was given TO aes and ale
ven to help locate s5 men. In the Q
entail and tuberculosis cases, 1872
the former and es OF the latter 9
ere helped. Last Christmas Della +
are Chapter saw that every service 3
an in the State was remem beredsl
pans to service men sent here from c
her states until they can receive
Q monetary aid given through the q
sterans' Bureau IS one OF the ct
avs in which the department
orks. Visits 10 homes are made -
"a the families made as comfort be
lie as the regulations will permit. tn
Mrs. Thomas w. Wilson. chair hi
an Of publicity. expressed her m
anks to all of the newspapers of te
Is city and state. and said that te
thout their hearty aid the success ne
tending Delawares work would oh
{ be possible. te
Mrs. Wilson urged every member no
subscribe to the Red Cross Cour- III
the newspaper which has sup wi
lnted all other publications in re- wi
Ing what is transpirlng among m,
d Cross workers all over the tn
intry. The price IS one dollar ep
rear and Mrs. Wilson asked every OF
lpter to see that one or more sub wa
iptlons were taken. Mrs. Wilson
d that n meeting had been ar -
,ged for Dover on November 9,
lllar somewhat TO yesterdays
citing when speakers from Wash
ton would speak on the work Of
organization and the coming roll
IRIS. Henry P. Scott then reported
the nominating committee whose
geetions for officers were unani-
usly elected officials of Delaware 4
ipter for the coming year as fol-
8:
George Gray, vice IL
sidents, Pierre S. DUPONT, Henry =
Ridgely. DR.. G.. Layton Grier,
lsurer. Henry NJ. Candy; secre-
?. Miss Emily p. Bissell; execu-
committee, Henry p. Scott. Mrs
eph Bancroft. Miss Madeline
per, Pierre S. DUPONT. Mrs. Pier