The Omaha guide., 1946-07-06
ODDS AND ENDS OF
SERVICE COUNT SO
VERY, VERY MUCH

Perhaps It's not;lin more than
a refreshing glass of ice water
but the little things-the odd
and ends Of vtse-verv OFF,
c2 III } much, according to IN.
ma w. Reddan..
Mrs. Rcdlan, acting directo,
here for Girl Scouts, has announ-
ced the organization has stennec
oack into a pre-war hospital aid
program. AS the result, nine sen
Tor Girl Scouts have taken ur
part time duty at Methodist Hos.
pltal. They are Grace Kreps.
Sally Bond; Carol AIbertson,
Mary Lou Carnaby, Yvette Cos.
teiie. Barbara Carnaby; LaDonna
ketchr1ark; Constance McCandl-
ess and Barbara Frederickson.
\. a wartime organization, know,
as Tops was jointly operatea
by the Girl Scouts. Camp Firo
Girls and Girl Reserves. It stood
Tor Teens Offering Patriotic Ser
vice.. But their special dutv
hospitals and child care centers
stopped almost with the end of
the war.
The Scout7 had performed SER
vice like this in the years before
the VT I'D it was the thought
that it should he continued q
post va f5s. Mrs. Reddan
said. It i hoped that next wear
tire scrv iIi lie extended into
other hospitals.
Inas.lL-A a5 tie |i-l Scouts vi
Omaha il a 20 1alnity Che-1
servi1e a~encv, cve-v ondeavor II.
being made to perfo "A a service
to, I'd the goal lJ--cre everycody
benefits.
Whether its a refreshing glass
of water broug'1t to a patient
bed7i e o. 3 h~Iti.ae ctcrv Q
to little tots in tire clildren's wa1
these Bit Of Sc vice ere TIE I'LL.
mate result o. Conlrlunity inter
est. Mr. 7eTA- aid.
1t might wen be performed
any lly -- gl s.ithout traininc
- t TIE ital aide pro5ras
must meet ccrt,in requirement
First q grl to he considere
must be $ years Of age. She rlu
ta.-e { rli iaa-v co'7ree in no
pital proocd ~e. Tt invclves ger
eral matters 0 =, 0 tai etiquett
punctlality, neco~~ity for main
tanning quiet need for being chez
fu1.
DIRECTING the activity are Mrs.
L. w. Dreeves, Girl Scout super
visor for senior girl projects. and
Mis- Eta Lubberts. a supervisor
at Methodist Hospital. The girls,
however, work under direct sup
e~rvisioT Of the latter. Schedule
calls for serving two half days a
week.
Services performed include sucr
items as carrying travs to ward
where the nurses receive them, ar
~01rH H0-er@- running errands
for patients, reading to patients.
a7-ist in o~1u ing patients in the
children's wards, assist in prepar-
ing child en- for their meals, help
in the distribution Of reading ma
terial.
Girl Scout service, however, is
not limited to hospital duty alone.
Sue Pierson, Julie Zelenka, Shir-
ley Walniak. Barbara Engelhardt
and Joan Clapper are assisting
this summer at Visiting Nurse
babv stations.
With the minimum age require
ment also Is, these girls follow
indoctrination similar to their hos
pital aide colleagues. At baby sta
tons their service principally in
cludes keeping charts, weighing
babies, or serving as receptionists.
They serve two half days per
week on a schedule at one Of the
following: Side Side Terrace
Homes, Christ Child Clinic, North
Side Clinic and Trinity Cathedral
Clinic.
Whether it is hospital or baby
station service, Mrs. Reddan has
found that girls have derived per-
sonal benefit.
Many times it has started them
into a nursing career, she said.