They Head Staff of Chapter LEADERS . . . E. G. Bennett and L. Wesley Robbins (top, left to right) were re-elected Wednes¬day evening as chairman and vice chairman respectively of Weber county chapter, American Red Cross, and Dr. F. E. Douglas (at side) was named chapter treasurer, replacing Fred A. Kuhlmann, who had served for six years. E.G. Bennett Retainer Chairman of Red Cross Service Honors Granted F.A. Kuhlmann and Mrs. Seybert Praised for Faithful Duty Re-election of E. G. Bennett as chairman of Weber county chapter, American Red Cross, highlighted the annual meeting of the chap¬ter Wednesday evening in Hotel Ben Lomond, after the chapter's annual dinner. Mr. Bennett is president of the First Security corporation. Elected to serve with Mr. Ben¬nett were L. Wesley Robbins, re¬tained as vice chairman; Mrs. Leonard G. Diehl, secretary, and Dr. Frank A. Douglas, replacing Fred A. Kuhlmann as treasurer. Awards Provided Mr. Kuhlmann and Mrs. C. H. B. Seybert, production chairman, were honored at the meeting for their past services. Mr. Kuhlmann has been treasurer of the chapter for six years, and will receive a six- year service pin. Mrs. Seybert re¬signed her position as war produc¬tion committee chairman, giving as the reason her change in resi¬dence which has placed her outside the county. Mr. Bennett presented Mrs. Seybert with a corsage and a three-year service pin, congratu¬lating her upon the number of articles which the committee has produced and shipped away for use in war-torn nations. Official Retained Retained as executive secretary of the chapter was Mrs. Clyde T. Greenwell. New directors elected are William D. Wood, Arthur D. Brown, Mrs. Daisy Whitlock, Mrs. R. J. Spain, L. G. Diehl, George F. Stailings, Fred A. Berlin, Sam¬uel C. Powell, A. L. Levin, C. H. B. Seybert, Dr. R. L. Draper, Louis H. Griffin, E. R. Buckner, Mr. Kuhlmann and Dr. Douglas. The new board members re¬placed the 15 automatically dropped after three years of service. They will be eligible for membership on the board again after a year's time. New Chairman Mrs. Wade Johnson was selected to replace Mrs. Seybert as chair¬man of the war production group. This unit maintains a sewing room at 416 Twenty-fourth, at which various groups meet to knit and produce layettes, convalescence gowns, operating gowns and other articles of clothing that may be needed at hospitals or refugee shel¬ters in combatant nations. Mrs. Whitlock and Mrs. Spain were appointed chairmen of home service to assist Mrs. Greenwell in her duties of keeping contact with the families of men in the armed services of the United States. Ambulance Corps Amplifying the civilian defense division of the chapter, Mrs. L. T. Bass was appointed to train drivers for the ambulance corps, Mrs. Diehl was made chairman of the nurses' aid corps, and the ski pa¬trol, represented by F. C. Koziol, was recognized as an integral part of the defense division setup. Because its various committees have been organized and rehearsed for their activities and the organi-zation has proved itself able to function in case of emergency, the chapter's disaster committee has been placed at the disposal of J. A. Howell, Weber county civilian de¬fense coordinator. The ambulance and nurses aide units and the ski patrol are a part of the disaster organization and will be inte¬grated into the disaster commit¬tee. Numerous Items In her response to the corsage and service pin presentation speech made by Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Seybert reported that more than 12,000 items have been prepared by 1942 ARY 29, 1942 Blood Bank Organized at Brigham City By American Legion Post for Defense Plasma Stored for Future Uses in First Aid Work By DELMAR WHITNEY BRIGHAM CITY, Jan. 29-Brigham City is on the verge of a new milestone in its efforts towards na¬tional defense in that the American Legion, Brigham Post No. 10, has set up a committee, headed by Clarence Smith, to organize a blood bank for the storage of human serum or plasma. Mr. Smith said that orders had been received to make provisions for such a bank in this territory, but that to date no detailed instruc¬tions had been forthcoming. Blood Better It was learned from County Phy¬sician Harper L. Pearse that the methods used by the blood bank— that of storing serum or plasma for use in the field—is decidedly better than the ordinary blood transfusion inasmuch as there is no reaction with its use as in transfusions. Dr. Pearse stated that it has become standard equipment in all ambulance service by the U. S. army and is carried on all airplane carriers and ambulances. The serum and plasma has many advantages. It can be administered without delay; there being no blood grouping, cross matching or sero¬logic tests required. It can be stored under refrigeration for long periods without deterioration in hermetical¬ly sealed vacoliters which keep it sterile. It can be transported over long distances without ill effect and its administration into the blood stream is more beneficial than whole blood in certain condi¬tions such as shock, severe burns, and hypoproteninemia (lack of pro¬tein in the blood). Serum Sought It was reported that the Ameri¬can Red Cross has been sending out advance salesmen to lay plans for an organized drive in order to get large quantities of this serum on hand which will be needed badly as the war progresses. It must be pointed out, however, that local committeemen are not pre¬pared to take care of donors at present, although it is believed that facilities to complete this organiza¬tion will be obtained in the near future. Voluntary Donors The only way to get enough blood to make up this serum and plasma is by use of voluntary donors throughout the nation. The subjects are tested for any blood-born dis¬ease and a pint of glood is taken at one time. This is not enough to cause the donor harmful effects. The blood is then stored and pooled with other blood from various lo¬calities in one jug. Different types of blood make no difference. The blood is citrated to prevent clotting. The serum is put through a freez¬ing process in order to concentrate it. All the solids are removed and only the serum is used. After that it is called serum plasma. It is eventually made into a powder. En¬closed in sealed special containers with sterile needles attached, it is ready for immedite use by the physician wherever he may be. When Brigham City gets the new 1,500-bed government hospital, it will probably be necessary to have large quantities of human serum and plasma on hand and in all probability, this will greatly in¬crease the demand for a drive to¬wards a national blood bank to be set up in this vicinity.