CALL MADE FOR VOLUNTEERS IN HOSPITAL DUTY Women Being Trained to Assist Nurses in Everyday Tasks A member of the enrollment com¬mittee will be present daily from ten a. m. to twelve noon and from three to five p. m. and on Satur¬days from ten a. m. until one p. m. at the Red Cross office in the city- county building to enroll women as nurses' aides, said Mrs. Milton H. White, chairman, today. The volunteer workers are on the job today and will remain at the office the rest of this week and all next week. Ages Announced Women to be enrolled are those between the ages of 18 and 50 who have no outside interests, who are willing to volunteer their services as assistants to graduate nurses and who can give the necssary time. Nurses' aides, it was pointed out, are not maids, nor are they char¬women. Ogden's Dee hospital has plenty of women to do the scrub¬bing and cleaning up jobs. Nurses' aides are needed to give a hand to the nurses on the less technical jobs, such as bathing patients, changing beds, assisting in dress¬ing wounds, and so on. Nor are the nurses' aides apt to be called away for foreign ser¬vice. They may be called upon to as¬sist doctors and nurses in the field locally in case of disaster, when the Red Cross disaster committee goes into action—in fact they un¬doubtedly will be called to such action, but they will not be en¬rolled as army or navy nurses or in any service outside their own communities. But here, they are required to give three hours a day, five days a week for six weeks in their train¬ing period and a minimum of 150 hours a year for four years or even more if the emergency makes it necessary. Member Enrolls However, the duties are so fas¬cinating that one member of the enrollment committee, Mrs. S. P. Dobbs, has been so impressed that she herself has enrolled in the class to start Feb. 16. Between 20 and 30 women are wanted to take the training in this group, which will be taught by Mrs. O. C. Hammond, R. N., former supervisor of nurses and an in¬structor of proved excellence. The women who will be at the Red Cross office will assist appli¬cants in filling out application forms and will conduct personal in¬terviews at the same time, thus reducing the time needed to com¬plete registration in the class. They’ll Take Names for Next Class in Nurses’ Aide Training ENROLLMENT . . . The enrollment committee of the group of women engaged in forming the nurses' aide program in Ogden is shown above in session at Dee hospital nurses' residence. Standing (left to right) are Mrs. Milton H. White, chairman; Mrs. T. F. Farr and Mrs. Ivan Thompson; seated are Mrs. J. T. Rushmer, Mrs. S. P. Dobbs and Mrs. W. O. Pell. They will help enroll women for the class start¬ing Feb. 15. WOMEN ADDING NAMES TO AIDE COURSE ROLLS 'Slow but Satisfactory' Progress Made for New Venture Response to the current call for enrollment of women between the ages of 18 and 50 for nurses' aides in a Red Cross sponsored training course to begin next month is "slow but satisfactory," reported members of the committee in charge today. "The women who have made application to date are exactly the type we want," said one of the membership committee. "We need more, however." If Disaster Occurs “The volunteer nurses’ aide corps is organized to answer the need for service in the community which is constant and just as important, though perhaps less dramatic, as disaster relief or service at the front,” said a statement. “If need for disaster relief service should arise, duties of the nurses’ aides would be approximately the same as routine duties under normal conditions. The difference would be in the necessity for working longer hours during periods of crisis and the possible assignment to emergency hospitals or first aid field stations rather than to regular hospitals. Such service of course would be only in this immediate area, as nurses’ aides are not subject to call away from home. “The value of volunteers in disaster depends upon their ability to follow instructions to the letter; to be absolutely dependable; to adjust themselves to discomfort and inconvenience; to maintain standards of work despite confusion and lack of facilities; to be loyal to Red Cross organization and to coordinate with work of doctors, social workers, supply service and the rebuilding program. “With the United States at war, nurses’ aides are becoming increasingly important in supplementing a depleted nursing staff in Ogden. The women must learn to adapt themselves to hospital routines, accept hospital regulations and be prepared to fit into regular machinery for care of sick as quickly and smoothly as possible.” Will Hold Exercises “Capping” ceremonies, or graduation services, for the 20 women now in training as nurses’ aides at Dee hospital will be conducted Saturday, with Mrs. O. C. Hamond, R. N., instructor, and Lawrence H. Evans superintendent of the hospital, in charge. The aides, garbed in their natty, light-blue, jumper-like uniforms, will receive their official emblems. They have been in training since Dec. 20, having foregone their Christmas holidays to render service which hospital officials have declared to be “outstanding.” “I am well pleased to admit these women to the privilege of helping the hospital in its service to the sick and injured,” Mr. Evans declared. “They are of the type that is sincere in compassion, attentive to duty and eager to maintain the high standards of the American Red Cross. They are true ‘angels of mercy,’ and we welcome them into our circles. “Though they are not professional nurses, they are the kind of women who will help keep professional standards at their peak.” Applications for admittance to the February class of nurses’ aides will be taken at the Red Cross office in the city-county building all this week. All members of the corps serve voluntarily and without pay.