6/9/51 New Nursing Classes Loom A new schedule of Red Cross, home nursing classes is slated to open Monday and Tuesday of next week at the Weber county chapter home, 1961 Washington, it was an¬nounced today. First course will open Monday, June 11 and will be conducted on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from nine-thirty to eleven-thirty a. m. The course will be home care of the sick and will be taught by Mrs. Virginia McNeur, registered nurse. The second class will open Tues¬ day, June 12. It will be taught be¬tween one-thirty and three-thirty p. m. on Tuesday and Thursday., The course will be home care of the sick. Instructor will be Mrs. Ann West, registered nurse. In addition, a course in mother and baby care and family health will open Monday between the hours of seven-thirty and nine-thir¬ty p. m. Instructor will be Mrs. Ursel Randall, registered nurse. All three courses are free to the piiblic. Those desiring to register may do so by calling the chapter home, 4601. Nursing Classes Have Openings There are still openings for per sons to register for the American Red Cross home nursing . classes which are opening tomorrow at at the Weber county chapter home, 1961 Washington. Mrs. E. J. P. Rowse, chairman of the home nursing committee, said enrollments are available in the Tuesday and Wednesday classes which are conducted between nine- thirty and eleven-thirty a. m. In-structors are Mrs. Donna Larson Brown and Mrs. Wanda Woody. There are also a few openings in the Monday and Wednesday evening classes at seven-thirty. In-structors are Mrs. Elma Burns and Miss Anna Gibbs. Mrs. Rowse said in addition to the regular skills, the course will include a two-hour instructional period dealing with illness and injuries likely to be encountered in the home during a war emer¬gency. Subjects included in the regular courses are, remaking bed with patient in it, bathing a patient, taking temperature and proper care of the sick room. Home Nursing Trainees Held Vital to Defense Local women were urged today to register for a series of home nursing classes, sponsored by Weber chapter American Red Cross, opening Wednesday at the chapter home, 1961 Washington. Mrs. Leah P. Greenwell, chapter executive-secretary, said the train-ing will be of great value to the community as a whole because of the shortage of doctors and nurses. The training will include things to do in case of atomic attack, and has been arranged in connection with local civilian defense activities. The classes will be held in the mornings on Monday, Wednesday; and Friday, from nine-thirty to eleven-thirty, and on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, from one- thirty to three-thirty. Mrs. E.J.P. Rowse, chairman of the chapter's home nursing service, will be in1 charge. Only cost entailed is purchase of a 60-cent textbook for the series, Mrs. Greenwell said. Care of sick in the home, what to do in case of emergencies and other valuable in¬formation — important to every mother and housewife—will be stressed during the series. Mrs. Greenwell said if enough men are interested in attending, special classes will be arranged for them. 7/13/51 Army General Hails Depot Blood Donors UTAH GENERAL DEPOT (Special) — Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman, quartermaster general of the Army, labeled the shipment of blood to the nation's wounded service men in Korea "A Vital Necessity" following a visit to the Charles O. Sweetwood mili¬tary blood procurement car at Utah General Depot. Taking time out from his crowded inspection schedule to observe the local donation pro¬gram in action and inspect the facilities of the "rolling" blood procurement unit, Gen. Feldman pronounced it the most compact and one of the best equipped units he had seen. When officials of the car, oper¬ated jointly by the American Red Cross and the Western Pacific Railroad Co., expressed appre¬ciation of the cooperation they, had received at the local base and at other installations, the general declared: "We are the ones who should express appreciation. I know from personal observations that the employes of the depots are ways willing and glad to do hat they can." Approximately 200 pints of blood -were donated by workers of the depot during the two-day program, which ended Thursday, according to Dean Thueson, pub¬lic relations officer, who was in charge of arrangements for the appearance of the blood procure¬ment car at the installation. During the past six months, a total of 800 pints of blood have been donated by Utah General Depot employes, he said, Gen. Feldman left Ogden Thursday by air for the north¬west, where he will inspect quar¬termaster installations at Seattle, Wash. 6/22/51 City Will Open Lorin Farr Pool Saturday Lorin Farr park swimming pool will open for the summer season tomorrow at 10* a. m., City Com-missioner Thomas East announced. The pool will be open daily be¬tween 10 a. m. and five p. m., ex¬cept Sundays, when the pool opens at one p. m. For the first several days, the pool will be open to mixed swim¬ming, for persons of all ages. Later, East said, a schedule of free morn¬ing swims for boys and girls, and instruction by Weber county Red Cross staff, will be included in the daily program. If afternoons are hot, hours will be extended into later evenings, Commissioner East said. Work on constructing a heating plant for Ogden's own city-owned pool is expected to begin soon. Red Cross Services Being Keyed To Meet Civil Defense Needs Various services of the Weber county chapter. American Red Cross are being keyed to meet any emergency which may arise in re¬gard to the present civil defense preparations. Reports submitted by service committee heads and representa¬tives to the chapter board recently reflect the rising tempo of activity. Particular emphasis on prepared- ness was noted in disaster, canteen, blood program and home nursing activities. A. T. Barrett, chairman of the ; disaster committee reported mem-bers of his committee recently com-pleted a disaster problem which brought into action various other services associated with disaster aid. Although Chairman Barrett ex¬pressed himself as not yet "en¬tirely satisfied" with results, he said he felt the organization could cope with almost any disaster sit¬uation. In the important field of nurs- ing, Mrs. E. J. P. Rowse, chairman of home nursing committee, report¬ed 896 certificates of completion of home nursing classes have been issued since the first of the year. This training included instruc¬tions in various types of injuries and illness associated with -atomic warfare and bombing attacks. Two phases of the current blood program were outlined by Mrs. Harmon Barton. The first phase, that of blood typing, is being con¬ducted by the Weber County Medi¬cal society. Mrs. Barton reported the program was well organized and operating in excellent fashion. The second phase of the program entails the actual procurement of blood. This has been carried out at Utah general depot, Hill air force base and the Ogden arsenal. The Junior Red Cross was re¬ported to be expanding activities with a. membership of 11,000 chil¬dren reported by Miss Sarah Mc- Cracken, supervisor. Major proj¬ect of the junior group is the send¬ing of Christmas packages to needy children in other lands. The past year saw 800 such boxes sent. Forty delegates from the Weber county Junior Red Cross attended the state convention in Salt Lake City recently. Mrs. R. B. Porter gave a report on the activities of the canteen service which operated in connec¬tion with the blood program at the three military installations and the last fund campaign. Red Cross Unit Outlines Work Home service committee of the Weber county chapter, American Red Cross, met for an executive session yesterday afternoon under direction of George Bowman, chair¬man. A general discussion covered Red Cross policies ,in home service. An outline of home service work was also given. Attending were Mrs. Leah P. Greenwell, chapter executive-secre- tary; Norma Soresen, home service secretary; Claud Heren, represen¬tative of Weber county veterans' organizations; Mrs. W. M. White, public relations chairman, and Henry L. Isaksen, committee mem¬ber. New Classes Set In Home Nursing A new schedule of American Red Cross home nursing classes will open Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, it was announced today by Mrs. O. C. Hammond, director of nursing services for the Weber county chapter. The course offers valuable train¬ing in home care of the sick as well as knowledge of war-time in-' juries. The first course will open Tuesday. It will be conducted be¬tween one-thirty and three-thirty p. m. by Mrs. Leslie West, reg¬istered nurse on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The second course will open Wednesday and will be conducted between nine-thirty and eleven- thirty a. m. Instructor will be Mrs. Virginia McNeur, registered nurse. This class will be conducted on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week. Those desiring to take the course may register by calling the chapter home, telephone 4601. All classes will be conducted at the home, 1961 Washington. Renewed Interest 1/21/51 Causes Growth in First Aid Classes A renewed interest in a knowledge of first aid has resulted in an expansion of activities in this field by the Weber county chapter, American Red Cross, it was re- ported today. Myles J. Watkins, director of safety services for the chapter said the mounting interest has apparent¬ly been due to the present empha¬sis on civilian defense and nation¬wide preparation for any emer¬gency. To meet the demand, all former first aid instructors in Weber county who served during the last national emergency have been asked to attend a special instruc¬tor's refresher course tonight at seven at the chapter home, 1961 Washington. Meanwhile Watkins reported that refresher classes in first aid are being conducted among Ogden city police, officers with 20 attending. Twenty nurses at St. Benedict's hospital are taking the standard Red Cross first aid course as part of the- training. A group of 32 pupils in the jun¬ior class at St. Joseph's school is taking the standard course also. It is taught by Mrs. Johanna Grif¬fith.