Smyrna times., 1926-12-01
Al /, SCOTT TELLS WHAT
aE RED GhDSS nAS DOhL

.,prrrE ALMOST $4,000 TO
1sDS Of FLORIDA DISASTER
:, Now in Its Annual Sub
u Cfoss n-ivp and Persons Urged
$IIsI ( HsIp delaware To the Front
Scott. chairman of the
hiy = Committee of Delaware
pH'S ! tbe American Red Cross
tPia uad !. from National Red Cross
i''s n.ors in Washington, an en-
tasn' 'si. worldwide chart BIC or
G 'In ~, di1 10 relieve The sufferers
y tinrida n hurricano Delaware
Ap ,n,sn ard children. either per
i 'rr = through their church, lodge
y! " ~.,,,anization, contributed al
" .ieooO. for the benefit Of the
u INJURED in Florida. AS a
= ,.r.e ~ thousands of Delawar-
4 y. Interested in what was ac-
.r,ssd n there and are anxious to
4la;r pennies. nickelS,
marters, and dollars were ex-
The statement coming to Mr.
y. l.-..s5iateIy following report of the
,.ter ii Flo.ida, tsirgrams from
\ n, r-oss Nurses from all parts Of
rrtsd States began TO pour into
ANAL HEADQUARTERS.
1 u, al mere" 81 -cidcnce
] ,,rried ) I'll tae s:.a;r sd local
-ri+tpes rr &. Cross Nursing
~ the special instructions on as
,1ert Of nEtses ~ a..;.-tcr "el'f
sHately befors The tragedy in
"A The cr:nn ICES taai were
n uUop /, organize groups Of
u and ee1i them into he rlsas
isn foali thes; Instructions IF
\ sssistll ). After al available
], n Florida had been utilized, it
r1s necessary to call upon tie
rritees in Charleston, s c., At
Savannah and Augusta, Geor-
nashville, Tenn, and Birming-
Alabama. These committees re-
rhi promptly sending groups Of
II ten to 30 nurses into the field.
ase committees great credit is
I for it is no easy task to detach
| Cnss nurses from the work they
Eh doing. It means hours Of tel
asring, Oftentimes doctors and pa
u to cOncilitate. Be it said how
to their credit, that they rarely
ar; recognizing that a call from
Red Cross to one Of its nurses is
Hazl obligation, that she feels
nElsd to meet. No nurse, however
MIred to leave her work unless
siigstment satisfactory, to all, is
hnshately upon the receipt Of
N d the hurricane disaster, the
rard Director Of Nursing Service
|zn all the committees in Florida
aE as those in the adjacent states
M them that nurses might be
Ha and to prepare to furnish them
nquest. They were also asked
wire reply stating results. These
grams we're followed BY later ones
sng the committees when and
" 3 send the nurses.
II. Charlotte NJ. Heilman, the
rng Field Representative was out
Z sate at the time. She return
nadiately, being one Of the first
National Headquarters to reach
tad Miss Jane Van de Vrede
Atlanta, followed her very
1E and Miss Olive Chapman (now
san in this type Of service, di-
lg the nursing during the Tri-
Disaster in 1926 promptly Of
aer services, and as quickly as
@s vas asked to report for duty
Aanlr since when she has acted as
a's director Of the Red Cross
ing activities there.
anlcating promptly with the
and local health departments, a
sas early developed for zoning
I "s'e' and experienced public
y nurses were assigned to these
'l.S' Mrs. Laura Jean Reid di-
y n nursing of the State Depart
Il y Health and her staff were
n the scene and were most
i. y % the Red Cross. Among the
a assigned to special service
nls' Alice Dugger, Nursing
4 y Sap'esentative from Virginia;
! ! TSss Schaub from Philadelphia;
! se..' e.Slees Ss MacQuaide from Allan
!. ~ IN Miss Ruth Adams; released
! s,,,.; .t;iuladelphia Visiting Nurses
/ Tsa9ni Miss Maude Hall from
! sss.sar in gt0n, D. c., Visiting Nurse
|sT .oa t. and Miss Marion Kirk
,,,iia nom Chicago. Mrs. Bvrtene
|sTs,, Assistant S Director of Nurs-
hs j " !, State of Florida state
cr,i Meath, !. also chairman of the
4 Sss Tas State Committee on Red
I 1. fsalslng s.ls Service, was the first
sa.nTrl VIM She happened to be in
i.s u;. and before leaving for
Ia y. si'ed to all the local commit
srt,.+ y, 'tate' tate telling them to get