| Description |
The Weber County Chapter of the Red Cross began in December 1915 when a small group of individuals gathered to begin organizing a chapter of the Red Cross. In 1962, the name was changed to the Bonneville chapter, and in 1969, the chapter merged with other chapters in Northern Utah to become the Northern Utah Chapter, with its headquarters located in Ogden, Utah. The scrapbooks range from 1940 to 2003 and highlight some of the important work of the Red Cross. The books include photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials. |
| OCR Text |
Show GREAT BRITAIN DUE FOR MORE 'AID' SUPPLIES Fourteen Huge Cartons Will Leave Ogden On Monday April 1941 Fourteen huge cartons will be shipped Monday to Jersey City, N. J., from the Ogden office of the American Red Cross. Destined eventually for Great Britain, the cartons contain layettes, convales¬cent gowns, surgeon's aprons, medi¬cal supplies, sweaters, caps, stock¬ings and other clothing for the re¬lief of civilian refugees. The shipment of similar articles to France recently caused the re¬ception of William D. Leahy, U. S. ambassador to be featured at Tou¬lon with thousands of children shouting "Merci, merci, merci." An address delivered to the ambassa¬dor by a Toulon schoolboy ended with the words: "For so much human kindness we want to thank the children of your great country and to send them the good wishes of all the children of France." The invasion of Yugoslavia, cre¬ating severe medical relief needs in the Balkans, made necessary the assembling by the American Red Cross of more than $1,000,000 worth of medical supplies for shipment within the next two weeks. "That the American Red Cross could act so quickly and so effi¬ciently is a tribute to this splendid organization," said Constantin Fotitch, Yugoslav minister. "Many Americans already have offered as-sistance and I am sure there are many more who will wish to help the war-stricken of my country." The minister asked that such donations to the Yugoslavians be made directly to the American Red Cross as the major agency for ad¬ministration of relief in war areas. Another phase of Red Cross as¬sistance, and about the only one to which the Weber county chapter has not yet contributed, is the mo¬bilization of a mobile unit to col¬lect blood for national defense. Should the need arise, the Red Cross officials feel mobile units could successfully collect blood in small communities where limited facilities previously made it impos¬sible. The mobile unit is comprised of an ambulance, station wagon and passenger car with three doctors and five nurses manning them. Whole blood gathered is rushed east by plane or train and at Phila-delphia, where the main depot of the Red Cross national defense blood plasma reservoir has been established, the blood is processed into dried plasma. |
