PRAISE OFFERED TO VOLUNTEERS They Back Up Soldiers In Field, Declares Speaker Twenty-six members of the We¬ber county Red Cross nurse's aides third unit received caps and in¬signia at exercises held in the Utah Power auditorium, with Mrs. Leon¬ard G. Diehl as general chairman. Mrs. Thomas Farr was in charge of the program. Speakers lauded the voluntary work being done by the aides, stressing the value of the service rendered through relieving many registered nurses for duty with the armed forces. Greater Morale "Persons like those working as Red Cross nurse's aides doing noble work of sacrifice, are those who are making history, but whose names are seldom mentioned," de¬clared the Rev. John Edward Car¬ver in addressing the unit. "The morale of men at the front is greatly strengthened by the knowledge that, through work such as the nurse's aides are doing, their families at home are safe and be¬ing taken care of," he said. "It is very fortunate that in this world war, women are being trained early for the task of assisting nurses in times of disaster and epidemic." Dr. Frank K. Bartlett, in a brief address, commended the aides for their service, emphasizing their im-portance in relieving registered nurses. He stressed the fact that, although the six weeks training does not permit the aides to serve in the full capacity of registered nurses, it does train them suffi¬ciently to enable them to render valuable assistance. Offers Thanks Miss Verle Baker, district health nurse in charge of volunteer super¬visors for nurse's aides, thanked the supervisors for their service. Miss Baker also gave a report on the nursing convention in Chicago which she attended, reporting that Mrs. Walter Lippman, chairman of the national Red Cross nurse's aides, declared in an address there that the aides are doing an honest work. The presentation address was given by L. Wesley Robbins, vice chairman of the Weber county chapter Red Cross, and the pro¬gram of the disaster setup was outlined by Mrs. A. E. Brown, chairman of Red Cross nurses. Bars Presented White bars to nurse's aides of unit one and two who have already given 150 hours of service this year, were presented by Mrs. J. T. Rushmer, vice chairman of the aides committee. Instruction to the nurse's aides is given by Mrs. O. C. Hammond, a registered nurse, whose work in this activity has been outstand¬ing. New nurse's aides classes will start in September. Registration for the classes will be taken at any time at the Red Cross office in the city-county building, under the direction of Mrs. Diehl, who also may be contacted by dialing 2-3571. Names of Graduates Members of the graduating class were: Mrs. Genevieve Whittemore, Miss Jean Sorenson, Miss Ann Berg- quist, Mrs. Lydia F. Deming, Miss Virginia Loveland, Mrs. Mae July 12, 1942 Nurse’s Aides Increase; Work Wins Commendation "More and more nurse's aides for Ogden!" That is the slogan for this energetic group of Red Cross vol-unteer workers who are striving to prepare themselves to be of vi¬tal service to the registered nurses in case of disaster. Spent an enjoyable few moments with some of this group on Mon¬day and learned a most commend-able story concerning their activi¬ties. Mrs. Leonard G. Diehl, chair¬man of volunteer special services for the Red Cross and of Nurse's Aides, could not praise the group highly enough. "We started with a very small number of fourteen," she said, "and this membership has now grown to fifty-seven, which com¬prises three units. This is quite remarkable when you consider that the service is not glamorous like a number of the other Red Cross organizations," she contin¬ued. "You would be surprised," she said, "how much some of the Nurse's Aides are getting out of their courses. At the completion of the last course there were four members interested in going on in the nursing profession for their life's vocation." Then continuing, she said, "There is one young lady who has tried various phases of an artistic career as well as a business one, and couldn't seem to find herself. Since she has com¬pleted her course in Nurse's Aides, she has decided to embark upon the nursing profession as her ca¬reer." This was only one of the many interesting instances related by Mrs. Diehl. The desired quota of Nurse's Aides, for the western area is 10,000 members and Ogden's aim is to supply 300 of that number. Those in charge of the group are hopeful for a complete quota early in the fall. "The Nurse's Aides work is sell¬ing itself now," Mrs. Diehl said. "Women are becoming interested in it of their own accord, as there is really so much to be gained by one's taking this course. It seems that enthusiasm is growing stead¬ily in this worthy cause and every woman who feels she can, should take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to better herself in case of emergency.” Authorities in the group highly commended the housewives, who are giving their time to this work. The Girls in Blue are beginning to be noticed and doctors, nurses and patients can speak only praise of their work, it is claimed. These workers consider it an insurance policy in knowing what to do in case of emergency in home-mak¬ing, as well as having a satisfac¬tion that they would have a def¬inite place in the scheme of things when disaster strikes. The requirements of this work are 150 hours a year for four years after a six-weeks' training has been completed, including three weeks' training on the hospital floor. Volunteer registered nurses in the city, under direction of Miss Verle Baker, supervise the train¬ing of the Nurse's Aides during their three-weeks' course at the hospital. The nurses assisting in this volunteer work are, besides Miss Baker, chairman, Mrs. L. R. Packer, Mrs. Alma Rail, Mrs. Eu¬nice Cairn, Mrs. Gilbert Wheel¬wright, Mrs. Ann West, Miss Mar¬garet Ingabo, Miss Elmo Hanslee, Mrs. Alice Reynolds, Mrs. A. B. Van Arsdale and Mrs. A. A. Hiss. Each group of Nurse's Aides that graduates is a unit within itself and has a chairman and a secre¬tary. It is noticed by those in charge that in nearly every case, the person taking the Nurse's Aides course, is even more enthus¬iastic after the course has been completed than at the beginning. Some of the duties required by the Nurse's Aides are: to admit the patient, take care of personal belongings of patient, dismiss pa¬tient, take care of flowers, trans¬fer patient, make beds, take care of diet trays, feed patients, give them nourishments, assemble and clean unsterile trays, prepare hot water bottles, thermometer trays, ice cap or coliar, put away sup¬plies, give bed bath, tub bath, shampoo, prepare dressings, ans¬wer lights, take care of ambula¬tory patient, take patient to X-ray or hydrotherapy, wheelchair and other odd jobs that are so import¬ant for the comfort of the patient, all under supervision of registered nurses. Mrs. O. C. Hammond, former in¬structor of nurses at the Dee hos¬pital, is instructor for the various Nurse's Aides groups and is great¬ly appreciated by the membership of this organization. She states, "I think the girls are all doing a fine job in this work. They are really putting in a lot of time and seem very interested in it." In speaking with Dr. Clark L. Rich concerning the Nurse's Aides, he stated, "These folks are doing a grand job, and in view of the shortage of nurses at this time their help at the hospital is greatly appreciated, not only by the doc¬tors, nurses and hospital staff, but by the patients also. This is really an opportunity for them to get training which is invaluable to them not only in their family life, but in case any of them wish to follow the nursing profession as a vocation. The work they are doing is indeed commendable." Dr. Leslie S. Merrill was enthus¬iastic in his views concerning the group also. "They have, every one of them, demonstrated an eager¬ness to help in any way they can," he said. "They have been very fine and have jumped right in and done any job that was to be done. This current emergency has depleted the nursing facilities all over the coun¬try tremendously and these women have filled the gap by doing an invaluable service in assisting reg¬istered nurses." Mrs. Oetta Glasscock, supervisor of the hospital, also commended the work of the group, stating, "Just a little thing, such as ans¬wering a patient's light is a tre¬mendous help to the nurses at a particularly busy time. The women are doing an excellent job." Mrs. J. T. Rushmer, vice chair¬man of Nurse's Aides and hospital contact chairman, expressed her admiration of the group by stating that "the sacrifices these women are making to do this work are most commendable and the pa¬tients love them for it. Even if it is time for them to stop work and go home ... if a patient needs to have a bath or some other little service, these women will stay af¬ter time to do it. I think their services are invaluable." The age limit for those wishing to take the course is from 18 to 50 and high school graduates or the equivalent. Officers of the three units are: Unit No. 1, Mrs. Leona Vandenberg, chairman, Kathryn French, secretary; Unit No. 2, Mrs. Charles W. Price, chairman, Mrs. Parley W. Scott, secretary, and Unit No. 3, Mrs. Frank D. Sawyer, chair¬man, and Mrs. E. J. P. Rowse, secretary. Mrs. T. Fred Farr, a member of Nurse's Aides committee, has charge of graduation excercises for the group and Mrs. Samuel C. Powell, treasurer, has charge of the uniforms, caps and insignias. Mrs. Stuart P. Dobbs, and Mrs. W. O. Pell, both prominent in Ogden for their various activities, are members of the Nurse's Aides com¬mittee and Mrs. Dobbs is also a Nurse's Aide and is working on her 150 hours. Application blanks for this course may be secured at the Red Cross ofice at the City and Coun¬ty building and information con¬cerning the joining of the Nurse's Aides may be had by contacting Mrs. Diehl at 2-3571. "It is not all hard work," Mrs. Diehl stated, "the girls have picnic parties and lots of fun in various ways and seem to enjoy the work tremendously."—A. P. W.