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The Weber County Chapter of the Red Cross began in December 1915 when a small group of individuals gathered to begin organizing a chapter of the Red Cross. In 1962, the name was changed to the Bonneville chapter, and in 1969, the chapter merged with other chapters in Northern Utah to become the Northern Utah Chapter, with its headquarters located in Ogden, Utah. The scrapbooks range from 1940 to 2003 and highlight some of the important work of the Red Cross. The books include photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials. |
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Show DISASTER SERVICES The Red Cross gave them periodic aid in the form of food, medicine, and clothing during last year’s bitter winter. But because of the continuing seriousness of their situation, due to losses to flocks in the heavy snows, the Red Cross in March agreed to continue aid until federal funds for the purpose became available. This aid extended into June. In addition to its actual field work in disasters, the Red Cross also engaged in several programs of disaster prevention. In cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service and other fire prevention agencies, the Red Cross intensified its fire prevention activities. Posters, pamphlets, and films were distributed to chapters, and the Junior Red Cross took an active part in the work in schools. To the Civil Defense Planning Commission, the Red Cross formally offered its services to develop a program of civil defense on national, state, and local levels. Subsequently, chapters were encouraged to enlarge their first aid and home nursing programs and to give training to special groups. During the last fiscal year, the Red Cross helped 228,500 persons in 330 disaster operations in this country. These disasters killed 530 persons and injured 4,412 others. Approximately 10,200 buildings were destroyed and 39,760 damaged. Red Cross expenditures on these disasters totaled $6,574,741.45. 8 Services to the Armed Forces Through field workers stationed with troops wherever they may be in this country or overseas and through the national network of Red Cross chapters, American Red Cross Services to the Armed Forces help servicemen in the solution of personal and family problems that affect their morale and efficiency or that cause their families anxiety. In military hospitals, in addition, medically approved Red Cross recreation programs help speed the recovery of thousands of patients. Last year, with the military departments giving greater emphasis to the morale and welfare needs of military personnel, the Red Cross also stepped up its Services to the Armed Forces activities. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson expressed the military attitude when he said: “We need the work of the Red Cross as we need a good right arm.” The Red Cross met that challenge with a record year of achievement. During the year more than 2,000 workers served the Army, Navy, the Air Forces, and the Marine Corps at 1,300 military installations and 123 military hospitals in this country and overseas. In the last fiscal year these workers handled 775,152 cases concerning servicemen, a new peacetime record. Home Service workers in Red Cross chapters handled 793,600 cases of servicemen and their dependents. Behind those figures are the human problems so important to the men and women involved. A sergeant’s wife needs grocery and rent money until her family allowance check comes through. A young 9 |
