The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-11-09
life SAVING CAMPAIGN
N SOUTHWEST DIVISION
American Red Cross Organized and
Trained Many Corps in This
Section Last Summer.


More than "a chapters have been
visited during the months Of May, June
and July by Captain Norbert f..
Raacke, first aid and life saving repre-
sentative Of the Southwestern Division.
While visiting these various chapters,
| Capt. Raacke gave first aid demonslra-
| tons before Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis
Clubs. as well as life saving demOnstra-
Y. w. c. A. and many outdoor pools
and lakes. AT the majority of the pools
and lakes visited, the Captain has not
ed particularly that practically little
or no life saving precautions are taken.
A large lake at Nevada, Mo-, is owned
by an old Indian, who believes that II
a person were drowning someone near
at hand would come to the rescue
Many letters of commentator have
been received from chapters visited by
Capt Raacke. Salina. Kan, was par
ticularly well pleased with his demon
STATIONS at the Country Club outdoor
pool The following is an extract from
letter recently sent In by the life
saving examiner of that town:
"Capt. Raacke's clever work at
the large outdoor pool Of the Coun-
try Club was watched in GREATNESS
silence. only to be broken by wild
cheering at his many extraordinary
feats Of swimming and life saving.
Capt Raacke, to us, Is marvel Of
efficiency and his crawl stroke is
still the talk of the town. He not
only has been a great help in the
Life Saving Department, but has
given even greater interest to the
Red Cross In its other lines Of
work"
There are several we'll organized life
saving corps in the->Southwestern Di-
vision. Kansas City, Mo-, has an ex-
cellent women's corps. At the annual
banquet, held in May, life saving
badges were awarded to more than
forty women, service medals to two
and the life saving bar to one.
On July Both the river patrol of the
st. Louis Chapter gave an exhibition
and races at Lincoln Beach, on the
Meramec River. This exhibition was
witnessed by probably the largest
crowd ever gathered at Lincoln Beach.
More than 800 canoes fringed the sand
when the first event, the canoe singles
race, was announced. Capt. Raacke
had charge Of the life saving demon
stratiOn. showing the various methods
Of breaking death holds encountered
In rescuing drowning person.
Eight life guards, after his demon
stration on the barge, struggled vicious
ly with each other in practical Illus
tration of life saving tactics.
The Galveston, (Texas1 Life Saving
Corps have frequently exhibited their
skill In first aid and life saving Owing
to the prompt and efficient first aid adj
mlnistered by three members OF the
Galveston Life Saving Corps on June
4th. the life of John d. Wheeler, 20
years old, of Houston, Tex. was saved.
Mr.. Wheeler was overcome while bath
ing In shallow water and was found
floating In an unconscious condition.
The three members Of the life saving
corps succeeded in reviving Mr.. Wheel
er through the application Of the
Schaeffer method Of resuscitatiOn. He
was taken to hhe hospital in very
weakened condition. AS Mr.. Wheeler
was found in comparatively shallow
water, II is believed his mishap was due
to fainting spell.