Askov American., 1939-12-14
Health Ward
Information furnished by Pine County
Nursing Service.

The Nursing Advisory committee
met at the schoolhouse in Hinckley
Wednesday evening, December 6. The
meeting was called to order by the
president, Mrs. Herbert Johnson.
There were six members present.
The secretary, Mrs. E. B. Linsley,
read the report which was accepted.
Mrs Baron, treasurer, was i'll and
could not attend the meeting, but sent
her report which showed $14l.33
balance
The annual dinner meeting, which
will be held January 10, or the sec
ond Wednesday in January, was dis
cussed and Mrs. Harvey Reid of
Hinckley, and E. Irvine Parson, M. D.
of Askov, were appointed as COM
mittee on arrangements. Any one
who is interested in health work is
welcome to attend this meeting. DR..
Parson suggested that the county
be Zoned and arrangements made
with school boards to give the Man.
toux test and immunize against diph-
liberia. In Pine county as well as
other places, we have changing
population and to protect the younger
children these tests are quite neces-
Sary
Miss Virginia Karlson was granted
vacation from December % to
January 3 which covers the period
of school vacation.
Keep On Keeping On"
A. K. Stratte, NJ D. of Pine City,
member of the advisory board, was
unable to attend this meeting be-
cause of the National Guard train
ing period which he attended in
Duluth, and DR.. F. F. Callahan of
Pokegama. our honorary member,
states he is in ST. Paul on Wednes-
days but both state they are very
much interested in the work and they
will aid or advise Miss KarlSon in
her work in any way they can.
So it is up to Miss Karlson and this
committee and the subcommittee
to keep on keeping on" for we will
be judged by the record that we
make.
Miss Karlson will teach the sub
committees to make obStetrical pack
ages which will be given to the doc
tors or left in the loan closet with
Miss KarlSon to be placed where she
thinks they will do the most good.
This is one of the definite projects
Of the child hygiene division of the
Minnesota Department of Health to
introduce this in communities where
the need exists. The material used
in these packages are as follows:
Twelve yards OF gauze, two yards of
toWeling, a package of absorbent cot
ton. 10-ounce. cotton bait, one-half
yard of muslin, SO inches wide; two
yards No. 90 bobbinette tape at a
cost of about S1.80. This amount is
not much when comfort, cleanliness
and assurance are considered.
Love of Liberty Still Alive.
According to The Silver Lining,
published at Port Huron, Mich, there
are two million American flags made
and sold in the United States each
year. And there are 1000 babies
born each day, population increase
, of two and one-half million persons
each year. That means that we make
an American flag for 80 percent of
the babies born each year.
Or putting it another way, there
are two and one-half million people
attaining the age, each year, when
they become customers for all kinds
of products, and all but 20 percent
of them buy flags. Assuming that
half the group are women and half
men and they establish million and
quarter homes, that would mean an
average of one and three-ffths flags
per home.
We quote these facts as an answer
TO those who would have us believe
that the spirit of America is dead!
Here is inspiring evidence that the
love Of liberty still is vitally alive in
the land