Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-06-27
NURSES WANTED
FOR SERVICE BY
THE RED CROSS

The Maryland State and Local
Nursing Service Committee OF the
American Red Cross has reported a
serious shortage of nurses in the Red
Cross Reserve Corps.
Miss Helen E. Wright, of Univer-
sity Hospital, chairman of the COM
mittee, said the corps-which must
be prepared to handle any disaster or
emergency arising in Maryland
needs at least 1000 members to bring
it tofull strength.
It is from the reserve, Miss Wright
pointed out, that nurses are drawn
for duty in the Army and Navy. She
said approximately Is Maryland Red
Cross nurses already have been ap-
pointed to military posts as second
ieutenants. Fright now" said Miss
Wright, "there are only 431 nurses
in the first reserve. This group is
expected to supply the nurses for the
army and navy and for more active
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unmarried and under 40 years of age.
"There are 418 nurses in the Sec
ond reserve, which is made up of
nurses more than 40 years of age,
are married or for some other reason
are not able to take on very active
work. There should be 1000 more
nurses in the first and second re-
serve. Should an emergency call
come to US we would then be in a
position to answer full-heartedly, in
the true Maryland way"
All reserve nurses must be grad
yates of accredited nursing schools,
which have no less than so patients
a day, and be members of the Mary
land State Nurses Association. She
said the association boasts member
ship of 5000. Married, retired or in
active nurses are urged to take hos
pital positions to release younger
nurses should reserve members be call
ed.
Zone of the main problems we must
be prepared to meet" it was pointed
out by Miss Eileen Mclaughlin, of
the Johns Hopkins Hospital, secretary
of the committee, "is that we must
have reserve large enough to ans
wer any disaster appeal quickly with
out undertaking civilian hospitals.
That is why we want to hear from all
nurses, even though they may have
been inactive for many years. We
are contemplating some refresher
courses for such women as these"
Applications for enrolment should
be sent to Miss Mclaughlin, Commit
tee Secretary.
Both Miss Wright and Miss Nc
Laughlin are members of the medical
b-committee of the Disaster Relief
Committee of the Baltimore Red
Cross Chapter. They procure nurses
needed when diasters, such as floods,
fires, hurricanes, or industrial plant
explosions, strike in Maryland. The
nurses won much praise for the work
during the Cumberland Valley flood
in 1886, and more recently at the Her.
cules Powder Plant explosion in New
Jersey.
The reserve is not open to persons
without training. Miss Wright urg-
ed young girls studying a career to
turn to nursing, as virtually all nurs-
ing schools are now in search of ap-
plicants.
The personnel of the Maryland
State and Local Nursing Committee
on the reserve follows:
Mrs. Dorothy Filler Mcbride, State
Board of Examiners, 2 West Second
Street, Frederick, Md; Miss Edith
B. Cow, II Revel Street, Annapolis;
Miss Olive G. Menke, 1876 South Nor
ley Street; Miss Katherine R. Nelson,
Johns Hopkins Hospital; Miss Myrtle
N. Mock, Peninsula General Hospital,
Salisbury; Miss Ruth M. Scheper,
Hospital for the Women of Maryland;
Miss Gladys LaRue, Memorial Hos
pital, Cumberland, Nd, and Miss
Catherine Corley, State Department
of Health, Baltimore, as well as the
Chairman and Secretary.