The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-20
CHILD WELFARE
MEETING HELD
LAST EVENING

Lie AulciiSdi hC6ioii oiio <hAAi
erican Legion Auxiliary held joint
Child Welfare meeting at the Dug
out Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
Child Welfare Chairman Waino
Hendrickson briefly outlined the
program as set out by the national
organization and read the resolu-
ton passed at the National Con-
vention held at Kansas City in
1912, that the Legion and Auxiliary
sponsor a school lunch and milk
program. Mrs. John Mccormick,
chairman of the program commit
tee, was present, and she intro
duced Mrs. Alfred zenger, presi-
dent of the Unit, Mrs. James Boyle,
Child Welfare Chairman of the
Unit. and Mrs. Waino Hendrick-
son, Department Chairman of
Child Welfare for the Auxiliary.
Speakers chosen for the evening
were those associated with Public
Welfare, Health, Red Cross and
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Miss Alice Brandebury, local So
cial worker of the Welfare Depart
ment, spoke on the need of con-
tinued child welfare work and the
importance of mothers giving their
personal care to children She
stressed that while at the present
time a great many mothers are
employed it did not lessen the need
of a proper child welfare program.
Miss Helen johnson, Public Health
nurse, give in part, the program
as outlined at the White House
Conference on Child Welfare She
told Of the clinic conducted for
children of preschool and school
age At the clinic immunization is
given for whooping cough. smallpox
and diphtheria. Miss Johnson urged
those present to remember that it
is the children Of today who make
the citizens of tomorrow
DR.. Paul Linquist of the Terri
torial Department of Health gave
a short summary of child delin-
quency as he had found it in his
work as health officer in the States
He attributed the cause of delin-
quency most frequently to the lack
of proper supervised recreation and
second, to home conditions.
Dr. Evelyn Butler of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs spoke on tn e
program as conducted by the Blu
reau. She presented figures which
showed the increase of delinquency
since l941 Girls are in greater
numbers than boys.
Miss Mildred Keaton spoke about
the children of the real north
country and how since field nurses
are on the job the infant mortality
rate has decreased considerably.
Seven years ago the rate was seven
deaths out of ten at the time of
birth She stated that there was
no delinquency problem in the far
north and no liquor trouble. Incl
dentally, Miss Keaton was respon-
sible for the Baby Clinic conduct
ed by the Auxiliary long before
Health Center was in existance. She
was assisted by Mrs. Waino Hen
erickson in carrying on the work.
Frank Ornellas, Field Director OF
the American Red Cross, gave a
very interesting talk on What Il
Day Nursery Is and the Need OF
One in a Community" He spoke
on the need of a trained worker
to supervise the care of the chill
dren left for the day as a great
many situations arise with chill
dren.
Miss Mabel Morgan of the Blu
reau of Indians Affairs, Miss Is
belle Hartung, Juneau Policewoman
and Mrs. H. H. McCutcheon, mem
Der of the Territorial Board of
Public Welfare, were guests.
An invitation was extended by
Mrs. Ernest Gruening to anyone
interested to attend a meeting at
the Governors House Wednesday,
April 20, at 3 o'clock to discuss
Day Nurseries.