The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19
Red Cross
Activities

Waterbury. Red Cross Fund Is
only $1,000 short Of Its SlS6,000 goal.
according TO q report by Thomas r.
Moore, treasurer Of the local Red
Cross chapter. Contributions con-
tinue to come In daily and drive Of
ficials express confidence that the
quota will be attained within few
days.
T91eater returns made so far have
been announced by Mrs. Herman
Rooster, war fund chairman, as fol.
lows; Loew's Poll, $i,264.2e, corpo-
rate gift, $50: state, &l,i2764; Car.
roll, $S7.06; Capitol, $A0g56.
walter ]. Racicot and Harry
Grover win be instructors Of "a cd.
vanced Red Gross first aid course
which win start Wednesday ct the
chapter house ct les Grove street.
Registration Will be accepted ct the
opening Of the class at 2 p. m.
A Red Gross and Y. N. q. A. life
saving course will oren at the Gem
tral Y. M. O. A. May Z under the
instruction Of Mrs. Howard Kraft
and Kitty Kramits. Preliminary
tests will be given to registrants.
The class will meet each Tuesday
and THURSDAY ct 9 p. m. and those
successfully completing the course
will be awarded A. r. @. and Y. NJ.
@. A. egnblems and certificates.
A new Red Cross nurses aide
course viii start at st. Mary's hos
pital tonight, according to an an
nouncement by Mrs. Howard Hart,
chairman Of the service. Registra-
ton for several day classes to start
In the near future may still he
made, the chairman stated.
Graduates Of O course completed
recently at Waterbury hospital are
as follows:
Mrs. Helen Crandall, Mrs. Grace
Conway. Mrs. Victoria Gauglar,
Mrs. Dorothy eager, Ann Kuzma,
Helen Lang, Mrs. Dorothy Pichard,
Mary Louise Rossi, Alice Wright,
Mrs. Ruth Signor, MRS. Nellie
Sprano, Mrs. Dorothy Stubhs. Jean
Van Valkenhurg. all Of Waterbury;
Mrs. Dorothy Bird, Mrs. Helen
Worcester and MRS. Dorothy Ives,
all Of Washington. Conn; Dorothy
Celusiky, Seymour; Mrs. Natalie
Goss, Mrs. Emma Kiessling, Mid
dlebury.
Mrs. Madge Pearce was instructor
Of the class.
Articles made by Junior Red Cross
members Of Waterbury and sur
rounding towns will be on display
In the window OF Root a. Boyd, Inc.
on Grand street tomorrow and for
the remainder Of the month, MRS.
Sherbourne Rockwell. chairman, has
announced.
Included In the showing will be
checker boards, checkers. ash trays,
Morse keyboard sets, afghans, slip
pers, scrapbooks, wall hangtngs
greeting cards, memo pads, and var.
ious art objects. Woodworking and
art instructors assisted school pu-
pills In making the articles.
A new shipment Of wool for max
ing garments for the armed forces
has arrived and will be available foE
distribution at the Red Cross chap
ter house at l65 Grove street. MRS.
Edison B. Hitchcock. war production
chairman for the local Red Gross
Chapter, announced today. A large
supply Of sewing material Is also
available, the chairman stated.
First Lieutenant Alice May Young
OF WATERFOWL has been named BY
the Red Cross TO assist in recruit
mig nurses for service with the
armed forces. according to an an
nouncemeIt by MRS. Albert Hum
mel, local recruiting chairman. MRS
Hummel and Mrs. Arthur Field re-
Gently attended q conference In
Boston where the new regional re-
cruiters were named.
Lieutenant Young Is q graduate
Of the Waterbury hospital school OF
nursing and entered the Army
nurse corps In January, 1871.
Your moneys needed on occasion
OF the second front invasion