CLOTH SUPPLY ON WAY TO OGDEN Volunteers of Red Cros Will Sew Material Into Garments Cloth to be made into clothing for the needy of Weber county is in shipment and should be received within the next week, it was reported Wednesday evening at a meeting of the Weber county chapter of he American Red Cross. The cloth, it was said, is being hipped from the south and includes prints, shirtlings, gingham, muslin, birds-eye and outing. Volunteer workers have already signified their willingness to help make up the materal and enough sewing machines have been donated to amply handle the work. It will be done in the Red Cross offices in the city hall building. It was also announced that a chapter workers’ institute and state conference will be held in the Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City, October 3 and 7. All interested persons are invited to attend the sessions and those wishing to go are asked to get in touch with Mrs. H. C. Gwilliam at telephone First Aid Branches Will Be Opened At Four Site Business Employes Will Be Trained To Len Emergency Assistance On Highways; Instruction Course Required Ogden chapter of the American Red Cross will establish first aid highway branches at Death curve, North Ogden, Hooper and Huntsville as soon as volunteer attendants can be trained to operate them in accordance with requirements of the organization, officials announce. This comes as a part of the nation-wide campaign of the Red Cross to erect units at highway points where medical aid is not available to persons injured in accidents. Elmer J. Holstrom of San Francisco, first aid and life saving field representative of the organization is here to formulate a program for establishment of branches in Weber county. B.L. Blood, first aid director of the local chapter, will be in charge of progress of the project when Mr. HOlstrom departs Thursday. Mr. Holstrom appeared at a gathering of first aid workers on Monday evening in the Weber county ERA building for discussion of the need of establishing safety programs. The visitor will be the speaker tonight at an open meeting in the Carnegie free library at 8 o’clock at which he will emphasize the need of highway first aid branches and other points in harmony with the campaign. He will appear at several other meetings during his stay here. The operation of local highway branches will not get under way until some 30 days, depending on the ability of attendants to complete the necessary instructions. Two attendants will be stationed at each unit. To be eligible each must complete 15 hours of training at classes held twice each week. The first two trained will be on duty at Death curve in a gasoline service house and at North Ogden, also in a gasoline station. Both these branches are on main highways, while the other two are on secondary highways. The Hooper branch will be located in a barber shop and the unit in Huntsville in a service station. The local first aid committee will be responsible for the training of attendants, who will donate their time and labor. Each branch will be equipped with first aid facilities and a telephone. TRAINERS WILL CONTINUE WITH FIRST AID WEEK Permanent Organization To Be Formed At Meeting Tonight A permanent organization of CWA workers who have completed a course in first aid will be effected tonight at seven-thirty at a meeting in the Red Cross room of the city hall. The purpose of the organization is to conduct studies in advanced first aid. Classes will be held semi-monthly. The committee which will present nominations for permanent officers at tonight’s meeting comprises Emil J. Henderson, chairman, Dell Miller and Glen D. Gale. A committee to draw up a constitution and by-laws consists of Ray Demming, Jr., chairman, G.E. Arnold and Ernest Wall. Those who have completed the first aid course and are eligible for membership in the permanent organization are Erwin Allen, G. E. Arnold, LeRoy P. Atkinson, M.C. Blakely, F. A. Chase Lawrence Conshafter, Ray Demming, Jr., Glen D. Gale, Donald Giles, William Goddard, Ben Hayes, Emil Henderson, Ray Lavender, Ross A. Lynch, Orville Mortenson, John G. Macdonald, Dell Miller, Mathew Miller, Joseph K Montgomery, H. W. Pledger, Vern Sherman, William Silverwood, Earnest Wall and John Hansen. CHAPTER WINS GENERAL FAVOR Red Cross Attainments of Year Related In Reports That good results were realized by the Weber county chapter of the American Red Cross was shown by reports made at the annual meeting of the chapter in the Hotel Bigelow Friday night with Chairman A.E. Wilfong presiding. Those who attended the meeting were highly pleased with the showing for 1931 and expressed appreciation. Miss Ida Fitzsimmons reported on the work done by the junior Red Cross unit of the chapter, showing that 5167 children weer enrolled. The children made 400 menu covers and sent them to national Red Cross headquarters. They all received Red Cross pins and copies of magazines. L.W. Nims, reporting for the disaster relief committee, stated that the drive for drouth relief in February netted $203.42. TRAINING CONFERRED. Frank Hickenlooper reported for the first aid committee that two classes in first aid had been conducted during the year, one at the Utah Power & Light company property and one at the police and fire stations. Eighten standard certificates were issued to the U.P. & L. employees and sixteen standard certificates to the policemen and firemen. At present a class of 25 is being conducted at the Weber gymnasium and another class will start soon. Mrs. D. R. Wheelwright reported a total of $423 collected by the special gift committee and said she wished to thank all who so generously helped in this work, especially Trace A. Turner, who donated use of his office as headquarters for the committee. Fred A. Kuhlman, chairman of roll call, reported a total of $1416.15 for the 1931 drive and also thanked all who helped. VETERANS HELPED. Mrs. Genevieve Reeve, executive secretary, reported the chapter in the last two months had handled 150 cases, making small loans to ex-service men entering hospitals, buying groceries and clothing for ex-service men’s families while the men weer in hospitals, answering letters, telegrams, etc., and giving aid in many ways to those in distress. Carl C. Gaskill said he would render a report in full at the next meeting. Ray L. Alston, field representative, was present and said he was well pleased with the work of the chapter during the year. He said that the Red Cross gives relief so as to re-establish people and in the finest way, always making friends. Chairman Wilfong said he had enjoyed working with the board during the year and wished to express his appreciation of the “splendid co-operation” of all board members. Henry M. Baker, assistant national director of disaster relief, criticized the action of some community leaders in disrupting family life of those needing assistance by the “mass treatment” plan-soup kitchens, commissaries, lodging houses, dormitories and tent colonies. He labeled these activities “obsolete,” and maintained individual family treatment is the proper solution. PUPILS SORRY TO SEE WATER SCHOOL CLOSE Several Score Earn Red Cross Buttons For Swimming Skill The Red Cross free swimming school closed Saturday night after a week of instruction by experts. Eight-hundred forty persons, most of them boys and girls between six and 18 years, took part. It was one kind of a school that the youngsters hated to see close. For a week the Weber gymnasium pool was turned over to them for their school, and each day they reveled in the cool water. FOR EMERGENCY Of the 840 that enrolled, 287 were able to pass Red Cross beginner and swimmer tests and received buttons in recognition of their progress at the end of the school Saturday. Some of the remainder, while unable to pass the tests, learned to swim a little. Some of them could swim the required distance but had not overcome their fear of deep water enough to jump or dive into it. Some who could dive could not swim the required distance. But all learned what they should do to save themselves if they ever find themselves unexpectedly in deep water. Many learned, too, how to save others. Of the 287-197 boys and 90 girls-who passed Red Cross tests, 214 passed the beginners’ test and 73 passed the swimmers’ test. To get a beginner button a youngster had to learn to jump into water that was over his head in depth and swim 50 feet. Anyone who passes this test is considered fairly safe against drowning since statistics shows that almost all swimming accidents occur within 50 feet of safety. IN MANY CLASSES A swimmer button was awarded to those who, already able to swim a little at the beginning of the school, learned to swim 100 feet, make a surface dive, swim 50 feet on the back with using arms, treat water 30 seconds and float motionless. In addition each one who passed this test witnessed a demonstration of artificial respiration. The total enrollment of 840 included 29 men, eight of whom passed the beginner test and six the swimmer test, and 81 women, eight of whom passed the beginner test and three the swimmer test. The entire group was divided into 19 classes. Those in charge of the school sal that a similar Red Cross course of instruction will be offered free of charge again next year as part of a national campaign to reduce swimming accidents. LEADERS PLEASED “We are very well pleased with the results of the school,” said a statement from the instructors. “Though we were somewhat handicapped by the shortness of the school period, a number of youngsters who could not swim at all at the start of the school were able to pass the tests by Saturday, and all acquired valuable knowledge about swimming. Both the boys and girls took the work seriously and made a real effort to learn.” All of the instructors and their assistants gave their services without charge. Instructors in charge of the school were Lucille Clark, Oscar Deming and Carl Belliston. They were assisted by Allan Stimpson, Duwayne Frederick, Raymond Holmes, Donna Manning, Lila Wheelwright, Reed Laker, Cliff Furniss, Gertrude Wadley, Athleen MacGregor, Merian Poulter, Louis Smalley, Helen Chamgers, Thomas Seppich, Florence Wad and Mrs. Donaldson, all of Ogden, and Sylvia Durrant, of Salt Lake City.