Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-19
REGULAR REHEARSAIS.

the one-act play which will be staged
by the Dramatic division of the Bust
ness and Professional Women's> club, A.,
Just following the next regular meet
ing Of the club on Monday evening,
are being held regularly, according to
Knox, president of the club, and the
production will be we'll rounded out
for presentation at the time appointed.
"Pharaoh's Knob, is a clever play
supporting q cast of realistic. char
acters. Mrs. Laura Wickard, who is
instructor of the classes in dramatic
Nart. is directing the play.
The asst issue Of the Red Cross
Courier. national Red Cross publica-
ton, gives a goodly portion of it's
columns to favorable comment on the
work Of North Dakota and of Grand
Forks in Red Cross postwar activities.
health clinics, and u variety of relief
campaigns.
The following article dealing with
the CT rand Forks dental clinic is OF
interest locally:
with eighteen dentists\ Mn Grand
Fors. NJ. D., assisting the Red. Cross
Dental Clinic by giving their services
for a half day each month the "fol-
low up" work for which a need is dis
closed by the inspection of the school
nurse is receiving prompt attention.
Every child in the school is ex-
amined and the. finding recorded and
sent home to the child's parents. AS
! soon as the inspection has been com
| pleted the nurse sits out the cases
which will require the dentists @serv-
ices at the clinic. All others are check
cd by the family dentist and when
corrections have been made they are
sent to the school files.
THE dentists have shown a splen-
did spirit of cooperation with he Red
Cross Chapter which furnished the
entire equipment for the clinic. The
room and lighting fixtures have been
donated by the Board of Education"
Eddy County.
The story of how the resourceful-
ness Of the Junior Red Cross MEM
bers of Eddy county schools enabled
the public health nurse in that county
to place a first aid box in every school
in the county vas given prominence
in this issue also. The children in
these schools, under the supervision
of their school nurse. have raccumulat-
ed gifts and made up gift boxes which
they distributed In the homes Of poor
families, in addition to their activities
in connection with the first aid box,
and these children deserve much
credit for their accomplishments. The
public health nurse in Eddy county is
Miss M. B. Farr, and it is under her
leadership that the work was 80 we'll
carried IN.
Slope County.
In spite of the drought situation in
Slope county, the Courier sets forth,
this district has determined IS carry
on the work of the Red Cross. AL.
though chapter funds Rave been in
volved in two bank failures, although
chapter resources have been strained
severely by the acute material need!
of the county, the chapter is main
tanning a vigorous public health nurs
ing service. The nurse in this county
Mrs. Eleanor D. Horne, travels abeu'
the county to visit the fifty-twt
schools, and the 1856 pupils. IN com
pany with the county superintendent
and AT this time, over half of tn,
pupils in these schools have been per
sonally inspected.
, Because there is only one doctor il
the entire county and only one grad
uate nurse, Mrs. Horne Is doing SOM
bedside nursing in addition to othe
4 duties.
: The cooperative spirit which ha
I been hsoWn by other North Dakot'
counties is also lauded in this las
= publication.
The card party to be given thi
evening by a group Of women of 81
Michael's church has been planned o:
a more elaborate scale than hav
those previously sponsored by this or
~ganization. and there will be method
Of entertaining guests other tina
ca1ds. according to announcement b
Mrs. J. H. Murphy, head of the com
mittee in charge of the party. Play
ing will begin at 8 o'clock. and tn
game will be progressive whist.
An invitation is<cxtended to all per
sons interested, and is not restrfcte
to members of this congregation onl,
+
Mrs. William Stuart, who was re
moved t o st. Michael's hoApital IL,
Tuesday, is reported to be improved.