, 1923-02-18

views in the office, 1913 letters writ
ten regarding claims OF ex-service men.
A large proportion of the work done
by the Red Cross office in the past
two years, however. has been for civil
Ian families. In the first place. the
Red Cross office might have been
called a bureau of information. All
kinds of requests for aid and informa.
ton have come into the office and
although many services were desired
that could not be taken care of. we
have tried in many ways TO be a point
Of contact. The secretary has,
through the cooperation OF the coun.
ty commissioners. taken care of relief.
given under the poor and pauper law,
Investigated all cases for mothers
pension, has co-operated with the
commissioner of child and animal
protection IN cases OF abused and neg
lected children, with the secretary of
the state board OF charities and reform
In the case of delinquent girls, with
the sheriffs office and also with the
police department OF the city. in as
sisting in the care OF cases which
have come under their supervision.
has secured employment for both
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children where the mother or father
had deserted them and has investi-
gated cases for outside agencies and
individuals.
In the past year ZIG visits have
been made to families in their homes,
1,I5O calls have been made as a mat.
ter of investigation concerning these
families and there a been 3.230 IN
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these various cases: 214 letters have
been written and 25 wires sent: 273
different families have been assisted.
Many of these families, of course.
have been carried from month to
month. In many cases there was no
relief necessary but simply a matter
of service. There have been III diff
ferent families assisted with either
groceries. coal. rent or clothing. This
Is almost double the number of fam
lies helped during the year of 1921.
In 4S cases there were applications
for transportation, mostly outside of.
the state. Thirty.three of these appl!-
cations were granted, meaning that 80
individuals were transported from the
county. In almost every n OF these
instances. the county was relieved of
the expense of caring for these indi-
vlduals and families and although in
some cases the expense Of t"ransportn-
ton was great. yet hundreds of dol
lars were saved the taxpayers of Ma
trona county by sending these people
to their homes or places OF residence
and thus placing the responsibility Of
caring for them where 1t rightfully
belonged.
Many have been the requests for
employment for both men and women
In this, the Red Cross has received
the splendid assistance Of the Chnrl-
Der of Commerce Free Employment
bureau for men and the Y. w. C.. A.
Free Employment bureau for women.
The secretary al not emphasize too
strongly the assistance h has re-
cetved in this manner from these two
organizations,
The Pythian Sisters, the w. c. r.
U. and individuals donated bed linen.
gowns, ETC.. for a loan closet and
these have certainly been appreciated
by the families to whom they have
been loaned in cases of sickness. Va
rfous philanthropic individuals and
business houses have assisted when
requests have been made Inc h sec
rotary can not stress too strongly her
appreciation of this assistance, The
E~piscopalian and Methodist churches
and the Girl Scouts furnished baskets
at Thanksgiving and Christmas time
to the most deserving, perhaps. of the
families known TO the Red Cross Of
flee. The coal that was given to
many families Mt Christmas timc by
a business firm IN Casper brought
cheer and warmth to many a family.