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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 THE OGDEN Standard-Examiner Society SUNDAY MORNING, FEBURARY 24, 1952 Support your Red Cross… ANSWER THE CALL OF YOUR RED CROSS! . . . You are the Red Cross. Through you, blood still flows in the veins of injured service men . . . these men have obtained leave for an emergency at home . . . their families have been carried over until their allotment checks arrive . . . thousands have saved through first aid and water safety . . . comfort and aid have been given to the sick through home nursing . . . gifts and entertainment have been provided forservice men and vets in government hospitals . . . and many other services have been realized through you – as the American Red Cross. The campaign starts March 3, and its quota is $51 DON’T LET IT DOWN! Above: Mrs. Wallace M. White, case worker, for the local Red Cross, makes a call on a service man’s wife, Mrs. Raymond Brinkman, who was injured in an accident. With Mrs. Brinkman are her children, Virginia Lee and Bonnie Ray. COL. H. H. NEEDHAM Red Cross Aided Kin So Woman At NSD Gives $25 CLEARFIELD NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT — Because the Red Cross located her nephew when he was missing in action and then helped keep him alive, an employe has matched the combined contribution of her unit at this depot. Mrs. May Hessell gave $25 to the Red Cross drive, thus matching dollar for dollar what the rest of the employes of unit A, redistri¬bution section of ships parts, gave. She has done this since 1946. The Red Cross located her nephew, David Carpenter, now a lieutenant colonel in the army air force when he was reported miss¬ing in action during an air attack on Sicily in World war II, and as¬sisted in keeping him alive until the family could start sending the necessary supplies, Mrs. Hessell ex¬plained. Taken Prisoner Lt. Col. Carpenter was taken prisoner July 9, 1943, and the Red Cross located him in a prison camp in Germany during December of that year. He was a prisoner of war for 21 months. "I am grateful for what the Red Cross did for him," Mrs. Hessell declared when making her annual contribution," and I hope the Red Cross has a very successful drive at NSD Clearfield." It looks as though Mrs. Hessell may get her wish, according to E. B. Wheeler, supervisor of employe relations at NSD. He reported con¬tributions of $2,516.53, as of noon 1 Tuesday with additional funds com¬ing in all the time. Nineteen out of 25 units on the depot had made at least a partial report when this (figure was compiled. |
