New Britain herald., 1922-11-10
RED CROSS APPEALS FOR MORE MEMBERS Report Submitted Shows Splendid
 Work Accomplished Here ARMISYIcE DAY PARADE

AUcr.cuu iNriVh huNhMfy NOnuucts Successful Christmas Sale-Drum Corps VIII Play in New Britain To- morrow.
 Tomorrow, Armistice Day, the local branch of the American Red Cross will open its drive for new members | to raise sufficient funds 10 carry on the splendid work now being done in Plainvile. The membership list for , the standard which would enable the I chapter to have n comfortable sur j, plus of funds at the end of the year , to. meet necessary expenses. ] The chapter therefore issues an ap- peal to the townspeople for special contributions this season which will make up for the deficit caused by the the membership drive last year fall ing below the usual quota. To become a member of the chapter, the candi- date donates one dollar. Half of th.s sum goes towards the National Chap ter and Plainyille has the remaining so cents for the work here. If the people however donate s5, Plainville will then have s4.50 for the work here.
 The officials do not expect persons to contribute $5 but would appreciate any amount of one dollar or over. The work done by Miss Elizabeth Heineman. the visiting nurse in charge of the chapter, is of grea, benefit to the community. It can be continued only by the support of the people who realize the necessity or such a nurse in town. The speciai services rendered by Miss Heineman at the schools and in the homes, has proven of unlimited value many times. This work is highly appreciat- ad by Principal Orrin l.. Judd and means a great deal towards keep ing up the attendance at the institu- ton.
 The local Red Cross branch also started a baby clinic shls summer which proved a success beyond the 'xpectations of the officials. pr. J.
 anphere of Hartford aided in this york and mothers who called for ad- ice in regard to the care of their | babies, are hoping this work will be rNrried on again next year. FundsI will be necessary, therefore the UT rent need for large roll of mem- bers.
 During the Baby Clinic, Miss Heine- man had a special device made with the assistance of John E. Lamb, an erf Anf 1,o nd nnh which was used for measuring the in- fants This device was so practical that Dr. Lanphere asked to borrow the instrument and since then, dupli- cates have been made which are being put to use all over the state.
 Miss Heineman wishes to call to the attention of the townspeople that her work is not limited to the poorer class in Plainville but she is readyl for any calls which may come from any part of the town.
 Annual Reports Made
 The following is an outline of the annual reports on the work of the branch, submitted by Miss Heine- man:
 Nursing Visits ............. 971| School Children Home Advis-
 ory Visits ......... 695 Baby Welfare Advisory Visits. 610l Prenatal Visits .............N. 30 $ Tuberculosis Visits ........... 80
 Total visits for 1922 2395 Active and contact cases of Tu-
 berculosis on present obser-
 Vation list ........... 19I Well baby observative list ..... so Babies weighed ........... 142 Fees collected by Miss Heine-
 man ,..,.....,.... ...,... SSoIu5
 Trcasurcr's Report
 Miss Sadie l.. Wheeler. treasurer of he Red Cross chapter, has handed in 1er report for the year ending Nov. {, which is as follows:
 'a sh on hand November
 1, 1922 .s......,.,.,.S .S116s.02
 Cash Receipts. .ffth Ped Cross roll call $ S1S.00 Less 5oo to New Brit f, aln Chapter A. R. C. t5a.o0
 15q.oo Contributions ......~ 1867 Appropriations. Town Of
 ; Plainvie ...,t..,.,,s, 4oo.po Interest on savings ae- count (p, T. co) t,..s. s5.Oo Nursing fees, E. Heine- man ..,......t......, g5s'uo Nursing fees. Metropolitan
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