The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13
ADVISORY GROUP
NAMED TO AID IN
REHABILITATION
Red Cross Disaster Workers
Push Ahead With Plans For
Assistance to Tornado Victims

/ While American Red Cross disas-
ter relief workers pushed steadily
ahead with plans for the rehabilitation
of families affected by the recent tor
nado, Miss Janet NJ. Long, area direc-
tor, speaking for the chapter, an
nounced the appointment of special
advisory committee to provide infor-
nation and guidance in the admins
| tration Of assistance.
This committee, composed of repre-
sentative men and women. faces
great responsibility, the Red Cross
spokesman said, in explaining that
similar committees are set up in each
stricken area as regular part of
every Red Cross disaster problem.
Being thoroughly familiar with local
conditions and community problems,
| members of this committee, drawn
from every phase of business and pro-
fesslonal life of the county, will be
able to offer invaluable help to the
trained disaster workers who are plan
ming with each family needing aid the
steps necessary to get back to nor
NAL"
In addition to their other duties.
members of the committee will assist
in Interpreting the work of the Red
Cross and its policies to the people of
the community
Committee Members
Members of the Disaster Advisory
Committee include Lawrence NJ Fra
ley, Mayor of Oakland, chairman; DR..
William W. Grant Rotary president:
Irwin R. Rudy, Lions president; Alva
&. Gortner, member of Welfare board;
Mrs. Ruth Barnes, president of profess
sional Women's club; Mrs. Paul Nav
lor chairman of War Fund committee:
Rev. Minor Sprague, representing the
Ministerial Association; Rev. J. C.
Foster, representing Mountain Lake
Park; Mrs. E. q. Tower, Chapter chair
man; Delbert Davis, chairman of Dis
aster Committee
1t is especially important that every
person or family in this county who
needs help with problems arising from
the tornado understand what the Red
Cross can do to help, whether it be the
repair of rebuilding of homes, cloth
ing, household furnishings, tools or
medical care, the disaster representa-
tive said, and we rely on the advisory
committee to help make this known.
The committee will meet frequently
and at each session will be advised of
the plan of aid proposed both from the
standpoint of the family and the Red
Cross and the type Of assistance that
is granted. No loans will be made by
the Red Cross. Each award to family
or Individual will be an outright gift
from the American people.
Reconstruction and repair of tor
nado-damaged Maryland homes by the
American Red Cross is we'll under
way, it was learned this morning when
the disaster headquarters of the Gar
rett County Chapter reported that the
first group of emergency contracts for
the repair of houses have been ap-
proved. Additional contracts in several
of the affected counties will be ap-
proved during the week. it was said.
Red Cross workers have been visit
ing registered families all this week
and are rushing the completion of
plans for the assistance of these FAM
lilies for presentation at meeting of
the Garrett County Advisory Com
mittee on Monday, July II, at 1880
O'Clock p. m,
The most serious cases will be han
died first. Red Cross representatives
said, warning that because of the
complex nature Of the problems in
volved in giving the most effective aid
to each family, the job could not be
finished overnight,
The Disaster Relief office is open
daily except Sundays from 800 a. m,
to 500 p, m. At present there have
been nineteen families register with
the Red Cross for assistance
The office rooms in the Broadwater
building, which make an ideal set-up
for the Red Cross workers, are being
generously donated by Joseph Hine-
baugh, owner of the property.
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Elected Rand President