How to Be Human Life Preserver 7/22/51 One of the skills being: taught at the current Red Cross water safety and first aid instructor-training: course is the life saving swimming carry here demonstrated by Corporal John Jeffers, U. S. M, C., Clearfield naval supply depot, and Mary Ann Marchant. Well Known Water Expert Conducting Red Cross Course A nationally-known Red Cross, water safety and first aid ^expert is conducting a trainer-instructors course in these subjects here, it was announced today by local Red Cross officials. The expert is Don Stone, field representative for southern Cali¬fornia. He has been featured in many national safety films and is a recognized, authority on water safety and first aid. Students completing the local courses will be qualified to give instruction in the two subjects and will assist in community projects along these lines. At present, 13 persons are taking the water safety instructors course being conducted at the Weber col¬lege pool. Subjects taught include techniques of life saving, use of water craft and water safety rules and regulations. Taking the class are representa¬tives from Hill air force base, Clearfield naval supply depot, We¬ber college, Morgan, Ogden City municipal pool life guards and others. In the first aid instructors class being taught at the Weber county chapter home, 1961 Washington, 12 students are being given instruc¬tion in teaching first aid. All the latest knowledge in first aid will be given the student instructors, already well trained in first aid work. Assisting in coordianting the classes is Myles J. Watkins, safety services field representative for Utah. 4/15/51 Women Urged To Enroll in Nurse Course Women of the area were urged today to take advantage of home nursing courses offered by Weber county Red Cross chapter, because such training will be a valuable asset in building a civil defense program. Red Cross workers have accepted the responsibility of handling the injured in case of hostile attack, Val P. Campbell, director of the Ogden city-Weber county civil de¬fense organization, reported. He requested citizens to offer their services to the Red Cross to carry on the program. Course Begins Monday Mrs. O. C. Hammond, director of nursing services, said a seven- class home nursing course will be¬gin Monday, May 21, at the Red Cross chapter home, 1961 Wash¬ington. The classes will be held each Monday, Wednesday and Fri¬day, between hours of ' one-thirty and three-thirty p. m. No classes will be held Memorial day, May 30 Mrs. Florence Allen, a life in¬surance company nurse, is instruc¬tor of the series. She will teach the basic nursing skills. At the final class, special emphasis on pro¬cedure in care of casualties inci¬dent to hostile attack will be made. Those who have previously attend¬ed home nursing classes are invited to attend the latter. Mrs. Hammond said registrations for the classes will be received by telephoning the Red Cross chapter home, dial 4601. 12-18-51 Ted G. Schmidt Chairman lamed During Annual Red Cross Meet Ted G. Schmidt, manager of the Ogden J. C. Penney store, was elected chairman of the Weber county chapter, American' ' Red Cross, last night at the annual bus- iness meeting. He succeeds Olin H. Ririe who now becomes a member of the board of directors. Mr. Ririe served as chairman for three years, Elected to assist Chairman Schmidt were Norman Smith, vice chairman; Blaine Glasmann, Jr., re-elected secretary; Frank Fran¬cis, Jr., treasurer. Mrs. Leah P. Greenwell was retained as execu- itive secretary. New board members who will serve during 1952 are, Dr. Ralph C. Ellis, Dale T. Browning, Francis Fowles, William Jensen, Orald Batteman, Wallace White, Mr. Ririe and Lawrence H. Evans. J. M. Jones is the retiring treas¬urer. The meeting was conducted in the chapter home. 1961 Washing¬ton. The program included reports on various phases of Red Cross work. Wayne Dabb was in charge of the program. Churches to Urge Aid to Pitiful Victims of Flood A special appeal for funds to assist the American Red Cross in the mammoth task of rehabilitating persons caught in recent disastrous floods in four states will be made tomorrow in all Ogden churches. Red Cross officials have esti¬mated that more than 18,000 fami¬lies will require long-term re¬habilitation assistance in floods through Kansas, Missouri, Okla¬homa and Illinois. The appeal will be a follow-up of one by. President Truman ask¬ing American people to contribute $5,000,000 to a special Red Cross; flood relief fund for the victims of the most damaging flood in the na-tion's history. Church leaders will tell their membership tomorrow that they may contribute to this worthy cause by contacting the Weber county chapter at 1961 Washington in person or by calling 4601. Pitiful Reports In reporting the special church appeal, Olin H. Ririe, chapter chairman said reports from the disaster area were "pitiful." He said houses- were wrenched from their foundations and rolled down the streets for blocks. Many were demolished. Some homes van¬ished and the mud and silt covered everything, sometimes three feet deep, "More than 200 trained Red Cross workers were assigned to flood duty in the stricken area assisting thousands of volunteers in 72 Red Cross chanters in Kansas. Mis¬souri, Oklahoma and Illinois," Chairman Ririe said. "The emergency rehabilitation jobs of the Red Cross are going to take a lot of money—more than the Red Cross can provide from its present resources," Chairman Ririe pointed out. "The. rehabilitation job of the Red Cross will be going on months after the floods have ceased to I make the headlines. And it must be remembered, the rehabilitation as¬sistance is an outright, gift, not a loan. It is a gift from the Amer¬ican people to those in need given through the medium of the Red Cross," he added. Million Allocated More than one million dollars has already been allocated by the national oragnization for pre¬liminary relief work in the flood areas. The biggest job, however, will be the long-time rebuilding and rehabilitation programs. Services rendered by the Red Cross during such disasters vary from establishment of a diaper service in emergency flood shel¬ters—10,000 per day—to the rescue of cows and other livestock trapped by the raging waters. Red Cross workers also charter ^ boats for rescue work, pay cost of rehabilitating equipment needed in the flood work, schedule aircraft for mercy missions, establish com¬munication, information and mes¬sage centers and procure food and shelter for the homeless. "Your contribution, no matter how small, will help," Chairman, Ririe stressed. "Let's help your fel-low Americans who are in need. Next time, it may be you," he con¬cluded.