Great Falls tribune., 1922-03-13
PRAISE GIVEN RED CROSS
WORKERS ON ''H|CH Line
National Headquarters at Washington, D. c.,
!. Takes Cognizance of Services Rendered
by County Chapter Staffs

these ex-service men and encourage
them to enforce their rights in the
premises. Again, the lonely llfe some
of the veterans are forced to lead de-
spite their disabilities appeal to the
Red Cross workers.
Injured Trapper Comes
"In her report Miss Lund told of one
of them, trapper, who made a two
days and night journey on snowshoes
from the high ranges to inquire about
Cross office. He brought mink and
other pelts to pay his expenses in
town. Shell shock had caused him to
lose his power of balance; yet he pur-
sues his vocation, and after calling on
the Red Cross secretary at kalispell
he returned to his mountain cabin
where he expected to remain in soli-
tude until next spring.
t'The pioneer roll of executive secre-
taries who are directing work along the
High Line" represents various sec
tions of the country and varied expert
ence at home and abroad. From Red
Cross work in Poland has come Miss
Victoria Pawluskiewicz in Richland
county. From work in Armenia, Greece
and Italy has come Miss Kerle Draper
in Pondera county. Miss Helen Uhl
from the University of South Dakota
is located in Phillips county. Miss
Catherine Bliss. an experienced work
err. is across the divide at Kalispell,
Flathead county. Mrs. Harriet f. Car
rier of Cascade county. trained nurse
and social worker. has built up strong
Red Cross center for ex-service men
at Great Falls. Mrs. A. III. Baker,
school teacher. finds time aside from
her scholastic duties to meet the larger
Red Cross needs at Libby. Lincoln
county, in the mountains close by Brit
ish Columbia.
Experienced Homesteaders
I'm other counties are several secre
taries who have long experience as
homesteaders in this far away country.
Such are Mrs. George Berry, at Glas-
gov, recently returned from the Fort
Harrison hospital service; Mrs. Cath
crime Calk McCarty, former southern
girl, Red Cross secretary in Glendive,
Dawson county; Miss Eleanor O'Brien,
at Fort Benton, Chouteau county; Mrs.
Ray Larsen. in Toole and Shelby; Miss
Margaret Nagle, in Teton county, and
Miss Georgia Allen. of Hill and Liberty
counties DIR. G.. II. Minette. Red Cross
chairman and virtually secretary at
Cutbank, Glacier county, is also COM
mander of the Legil1post; to the ex-
service men his word is law and gospel.
In praise of Miss Josephine Cambrier.
| of Blaine county. who developed rural
social work and soldier service. both
chapter and Legion have passed resolu-
| tions.
THE frontier conditions under which
| the Red Cross secretaries work are
suggested in letter received from one
| worker out in the cattle free range
/ somewhere in Montana, as she puts
| tin country impossible to either
car or cart where she must ride be-
tween stations on a 'cayuse. scorehed
by sun or blistered by wind or snow
Mrs. Berry. secretary of the Valley
county chapter. travelled 14.0oo miles
last year, tearing through rough and
open country every day in her rural
! social work. but these little Difficult
ties she took with the equanimity be-
| fitting former ranchwoman and home
steader Miss O'Brien, of the Chou
teau chapter. travelled over mountain
and plain until the community itself
hardened to this life. marveled at her
! ability to rough it,