Evening star., 1943-12-27
Visiting Nurse Service
To Start January ;
In Alexandra
Unit Will Be Directed
By Mrs. Virginia Osborne; ;
To Serve in City Limits

Plans have been completed for the
organization of the Alexandria Wis.,
iting Nurse Service. which Is to start
operation on January 3.
The service will be located
in temporary Headquarters at 621
Duke street and will be under the
supervision of Mrs. Virginia Os-
borne. who has been working with
the United States Public Health
Service in Christian County, KY.
She previously had been on the staff
of the Alexandria Health Depart
ment.
Mrs. Osborne has announced the
appointment of Mrs. Albee Spence,
former Red Cross visiting nurse in
the city, and OF Mrs. Ward Merner
as staff nurses. Mrs. Charles Nash,
jr., will serve as secretary and Office
manager.
Organized Last Summer.
The Visiting Nurse Service was
organized last summer by the Health
Committee of the Council of Social
Agencies, headed by DR.. Thistle Nc
Kee, who was subsequently elected
honorary president by the Board of
Directors.
According to the plans made by
the directors, the visiting nurses will
serve within the city limits, both to
paying, part-pay and charity pa
tients.
ONCE hours will be from $50 am
to 4:30 pm. daily and from $3.50 a m
to 1890 pm. on Sundays, when
nurses will accept emergency calls.
The cost of the service to those
who can afford to pay will be $1.30
visit for one patient and 81 addi-
tional for each member of the same
household cared for during the visit
Partial payments will be accepted
from those who cannot meet the full
fee but wish to pay something, and
INDECENT patients will receive the
same care at no cost. This service
is made possible by the Community
Chest, of which the Visiting Nurse
Service is a member.
Initial visits may be made at the
request of a patient, the family, a
doctor. or an interested agency, but
additional visits to the same case
will only be made If the patient is
under the care of physician.
The Alexandria Chapter of the
Red Cross has given up its visiting
nurse service as of January 3, and
will make its files available to Mrs.
Osborne, and will refer all calls to
the Visiting Nurse Service.
In addition, the board of directors
Of the new organization, is now ne
gotiating with the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co. to take over its visit
ing nurse service in the near future
If the case load warrants it, ad-
ditional nurses will be added to the
staff at later date.
Set Up by Donations.
Capital funds to permit setting up
the organization were obtained from
private donations, and it is hoped
that fees from paying patients, in
addition to Community Chest funds
will pay operating expenses.
Donald Jameson is president of
the organization. and other officers
are the Rev. Fred V. Poag, vice
president; Mrs. L. Gilmer Hoge,
secretary, and Bedford Penn, treas
urer.
The board of directors includes
the honorary president, DR.. Mckee,
Mrs. Rathbone Smith. 1t. Col.
Everett Hellmuth, Thomas j. Gore,
Mrs. Henry Rau, jr.. Miss Margue-
rite Wales, DR.. o. D. Durant, DR..
w. A. Browne, Fred Kirchner, Rev.
Myron Cochran and Glenn Richard
While the telephone number of
the Visiting Nurse Service has not
as yet been listed, it may be obtain
ed from information after Janu-
ary 8.