Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-17
American Red
Cross Session in
Boston, May oath

The annual spring conference
Of the New England Division OF the
American Red Cross will be held IN
Boston on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday. May cath. 25th and 26th. Sev-
eral hundred delegates from Red
Cross Chapters and Branches IN
Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont
Massachusetts and Rhode Island
representing n 1923 membership OF
315 1000. nearly equal to the 1922
membership. will attend.
Professor c. F.. A. Winslow. Anna
| NJ. X. Lauder Professor OF Public
Health at Yale School OF Medicine
DIR. Edgar 0. Crossman. Manager OF
District No. Of the United States
Veterans Bureau, DR.. Kendall Emer-
son, form r Red Cross Medical Di-
rector in Europe. Miss SOPHIE =
Nelson. formeracting Director OF
Red Cross Nursing Service In Eu-
rope, and Director Frantisek Bakue
of the Bakule School. Prague, Czecho
Slovakia, will be among the principal
speakers on a program which pro-
vides for thorough discussion OF the
now we'll established peace program
Of the Red Cross.
or outstanding Importance will be
the address by Professor Wlnsiow,
one of the ten leading medical and
sanitary experts of the National Red
Cross Health Advisory Committee
which recently reported recommen-
dations for the cooperation and de-
velopment Of Red Cross health ac-
tivities into comprehensive pro-
gram of national scope. He VIII
sneak on 1.-The Relation OF the Prl-
waite Organization to Health WORK
and the Plan of the Red Cross
Other speakers will be Commander
Perley Ford, State of Maine De-
partment, American Legion: Cheney
c. Jones. superintendent. Home Tor
Little Wanderers. Boston. former as.
sistant manager of the New England
Division of the Red Cross: Professor
John F.. Mahoney, of Boston UniVer-
sitv. Arthur w. Dunn, national di-
rector, American Junior Red Cross;
Miss Elizabeth G.. Fox. national di-
rector of Public Health Nursing Ser
vice. American Red Cross, and Off
GERS OF the New England Division
staff.
All the delegates will have an OPP
portunity to see the members OF the
Bakule Chorus from the Bakule
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and hear them sing at concert IN
fremont Temple on the evening OF
May Gath.
The conference will be held at the
Hotel Somerset. 1T will open at 10
A. M. May gath. Arthur G. Rotch
division manager. will preside at the
first session, which will be devoted to
the principal charter obligations OF
the Red Cross, including the services
to the disabled veterans of the World
War and to the regular army and
navy and disaster relief. lnterna-
tional obligations will be discussed
the first part Of the afternoon ses-
sion, with Junior Red Cross service
the topic for the latter part OF the
session.
The second day, May 25th. will be
devoted principally to the several
phases Of Red Cross health service
the program including resume OF
work the past year, and addresses or
nutrition, life saving. home hygiene
and care Of the sick and public
health nursing. Professor Winslow
will speak the latter part OF the
morning session.
Mrs. r. NJ. Saltonstall will enter
tain delegates interested in volunteer
service at her Chestnut Hill home al
40 Friday afternoon.
On Saturday morning there will he
. series Of sectional meetings on