Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-25
Public Health
Nurses To Be
.HOnOred Tomorrow
County To Participate In
National Observance; DIR.
Bird On Radio

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The first national observance of
Public Health Nursing Day, to be
held tomorrow, January 26, gives
everybody an opportunity to become
more familiar with the valuable
services performed by public health
nurses.
In Montgomery County three
broadcasts have been scheduled in
honor of the day. The first was
given last Sunday morning, with
Mrs. William Carter Bowles, Pres
ident of the Montgomery County
Public Health Lay Council partici-
pating. Tomorrow morning Miss
Sadie Gladwin, Supervising Nurse
for Montgomery County Health
Department will broadcast from
Station WIND in Frederick, at
$3.50 a. M, and in the afternoon
at 2:45 p. m. DR.. j. w. Bird, Pres
ident of. the Medical and Chirurgi-
cal Faculty of Maryland, is honor
ing the Public Health Nurses Of
the County in broadcast from
Station WMAL, Washington.
In announcing observance of the
day, Dr. V. L. Ellicott, Montgom-
cry County Health Office, said, "We
have been very fortunate in Mont
gomery County in maintaining
steady increase in the number Of
public health nurses on duty since
1882. This holds true today, even
in war time. Many of our public
health nurses are carrying the dual
responsibility of their own homes
and the Health Department nurs-
ing service. Nurses with families
are not eligible for military serv1
ices. SO, although we have not
reached the needed ratio Of nurses
to population, we are proud Of the
patriotic service our, nurses are
giving" The National slogan is,
Know Your Public Health Nurse
Who She Is, What She Does"
The Poolesyille Public Health
Lay Committee was first to observe
this special day with open house
last Sunday afternoon. Many of
the posters were prepared by stu
dents of the high school ard of the
Sellman school. The Poolesville
center has recently gone through
a series of changes to fit it better
for clinic use. A new heating
unit has been put in, and the entire
center has been enlarged and re-
partitioned. New clinic equipment
has been added, also, making it
one of the best of the rural health
centers in the County.
The newly organized Damascus
Public Health Lay Committee is
holding open house tomorrow from
100 to 600 in the clinic rooms in
honor Of this day. The high school
is holding a special assembly at
2:30 p. M, at which time Mrs.
Virginia Maxwell, the nurse Of
that area. will talk about public
health nursing. A number of
good posters about public health
nursing have been made by the high
school students and are on display
in the Bank and the Post Office.
Gaithersburg Health Center is
also exhibiting dioremas Of public
health nursing activities, which
have been made by the high school
students, materials being furnish
ed by the Public Health Lay Com
mittee.
The Public Health Lay Commit
tee Of Olney is holding its monthly
meeting this morning for the pur-
pose of observing Public Health
Nursing Day.
Richard Montgomery High
School students have prepared the
posters on display in public build
ings in Rockville in honor Of the
day.
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