Red Cross Aids Campaign for Polio Nurses Nurse recruitment facilities of the Weber county chapter, Ameri¬can Red Cross, have entered the growing battle against polio, now raging on a near-epidemic basis. Mrs. O. C. Hammond, chairman of nursing services, said the chap¬ter has opened a concentrated cam-paign to enlist registered nurses, not now employed, to serve in po¬lio work. The enlistment has been opened at the request of local hospital of¬ficials who" have been appealing for volunteer aid of the non-pro¬fessional type. Assisting in the enlistment drive is Mrs. Clifford Beck, chairman of the polio emergency volunteers, and Mrs. L. R. Packer, Red Cross nurse enlistment secretary. In Serious Need "Local hospitals are in serious need of non-professional help to relieve the suffering of those stricken with the disease," said Mrs. Hammond. "However, they are also in critical need of trained, professional and registered nurses who can act in a supervisory ca¬pacity and also render technical aid," she pointed out. "For each untrained person en¬listed in polio work, there is in¬creased responsibility placed on the trained person engaged in Such work. Those now engaged are in serious need of .replacement in or-der that they may obtain sufficient rest and relaxation," she added. A better insight into just how much time nurses presently en¬gaged in polio work are putting in can be gained from Sister Ver- no's report. Sister Verno is nurs¬ing supervisor at St. Benedict's hospital where all local polio vic¬tims are confined. Six More Needed Sister Verno said a staff of two sister supervisors and four grad¬uate nurses are carrying a work load ordinarily assigned to ten graduate nurses. In other words, six more registered nurses are needed. She said both supervisors and the four nurses have worked sev¬eral weeks without a single day off. Their average day is from 12 to 14 hours long. That is from seven a. m. to seven or nine p. m. In addition to these, "student nurses at the hospital also have been called, on and have respond¬ed with much overtime service. Work done by volunteer workers has also piled up with some vol¬unteers exceeding their recruited time on many occasions. Another problem is that some registered nurses now serving are transient and are leaving this week for work in other parts of the nation. Such departures with¬out replacements means a still greater work load for those re¬maining, Sister Verno pointed out. Urged to Attend Classes Meanwhile, Mrs. Beck urged per¬sons planning to enter polio work to take advantage of the current Red Cross care of the sick classes. Such preliminary training is a prerequisite of polio work, she said. There is room for four more students in the class program now (under way. They may start the $lass September 11 if they regis¬ter by calling the chapter home, 601. Registered nurses wishing to rve are asked to call Mrs. Pack- at 3-1272; Mrs. Hammond at i)4885 or the chapter home, 4601. THE OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINER MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1951 South Ogden Sets Final Session For Blood Typing SOUTH OGDEN — The final blood typing session for this dis¬trict will be held tomorrow at six- thirty p. m. in the Burch Creek school, Adams and Fortieth. Sponsored by the South Ogden Kiwanis club in conjunction with Weber County Medical society and Weber county chapter, Red Cross, 1 the clinic will be held for persons in District Three — all of Oak Ridge Acres and the are south of Fortieth and east of Washington. More1 than 700 persons appeared during the first two sessions held recently. Encouraged by this re-sponse officials announce the third and final clinic for tomorrow night. Every person whose blood was typed and recorded in tattoo marks is literally a walking blood bank capable of donating a pint of blood in case of bombing, or other dis¬aster, it is pointed out. THE OGDEN (UTAH) STANBARD-EXAMINER SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1951 Conference Set For Local Nursing Group Miss Irene Thompson, newly ap¬pointed director of nursing 'serv¬ices, Pacific area, American Red Cross, will conduct a special con¬ference here Oct. 3, for Ideal nurs¬ing service workers. Chief topics to be discussed, ac¬cording to Mrs. O. C. Hammond, local director of nursing services will be recruitment and training of lay and professional instructors; classroom equipment and supplies, and instructor training courses. Sessions will be at the chapter home, 1961 Washington beginning at nine-thirty a. m. A no-host luncheon will be held at the Man¬sion House. Other Subjects Other subjects to be taken up at the conference include the nurse enrollment program and how its resources can contribute to the to¬tal chapter program; responsibili¬ties of disaster nursing committees as it relates to Red Cross disaster and polio recruitment. Miss Thompson was named to her new post Sept. 17. During the Texas City explo¬sions in 1947, she directed the work of nurses assigned to the dis¬aster area. In the public health nursing field, Miss Thompson has held positions both in the west and in the east. 8/13/51 Procurement Car Gets 660 Pints Of Blood in Davis BOUNTIFUL, Aug. 13 — The Charles O. Sweetwood blood pro¬curement car left Davis county with j 660 pints of the precious fluid con¬tributed by donors in this area. LeRoy B. Smith, chairman of the Davis County American Red Cross chapter, said today a total of 772 donors registered to give their blood. He commended volunteer work¬ers—35 put in 1296 man hours dur¬ing the project—and those who gave blood to the car. The 660 pints were loaded on a fast streamliner and sent to Stock¬ton, Calif, where processing is un-dertaken. Five days after it is re¬ceived there, blood will be en route o wounded soldiers in Korea, the Chairman said. 11-8-51 Efforts Underway To Consolidate Welfare Services Efforts to unite all local welfare organizations to effect better ser¬vice and avoid duplication, are be¬ing made by the home service com¬mittee, Weber county chapter, American Red Cross. George Bowman, committee chairman, said the program of uni-fication was instigated at a recent meeting with committee members. Chairman Bowman said it is hoped a "welfare clearing house" can be established where a listing of available funds and services could be maintained. Then, he said, a program of assistance could be worked out that should result in the best possible service and an equal distribution of services. A special meeting to complete details for such a "clearing house" has been set for Tuesday, Nov. 20 at two-thirty p. m. at the chapter home, 1961 Washington. THE OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINER WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1951 Another Deposit Ralph James, chief of stock control at Ogden arsenal, was among the first contributors as a three-day blood donation program opened there. Officiating is Red Cross Nurse Ruby Poore. Ogden arsenal today was wind¬ing up a three-day blood donation program designed to keep a steady flow of the precious commodity , arriving at field hospitals in Korea j to help save lives of American wounded. Although 50 per cent of the base's employes volunteered, the special railroad car where the pint deposits are made is equipped to handle only about 100 per day. Others may have an opportunity to contribute in the future. Blood collected during the first two days already is en route in ice-packed containers to coast em- barkation points where it will be flown to the Far East. It likely will arrive there two days after it flowed from veins of contrib¬utors. The collection car, "The Charles O. Sweetwood", is named in honor of the first Western Pacific rail- road employe to lose his life in the Korean conflict. Volunteer workers from Weber county chapter of Red Cross and arsenal personal have been assist- fing the four nurses attached to the car. Doctors of Weber County Medical society also have been par¬ticipating. 11-8-51 Nurses' Aids to Meet Nov. 13 All Weber county chapter, American Red Cross nurses aids are asked to attend a special meet- ing at the chapter home, 1961 Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at seven-thirty p. m. Purpose is for instruction rela¬tive to nursing care in modern warfare and disaster, said Mrs. W. H. Jackson, chairman of the nurses' aid committee. The meeting has been arranged by Mrs. O. C.' Hammond, director of nursing services for the local chapter. Expected to be present are other nurses' aid committee members, Mrs. J. S. Fruin, vice chairman; Mrs. A. B. Foulger and Mrs. B. H. Robinson.