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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 services to the armed forces receiving the services of a resident Red Cross staff—an increase of 27 hospitals during the year. Service figures reflect the same sharp upward trend. Staff workers at military installations and in military hospitals handled 316,100 cases and requests of servicemen each month—50 percent more than in the previous year. They provided financial assistance totaling $5,107,400 as com¬pared to $2,944,100 the year before. In commu¬nities across the nation chapter Home Service workers handled 140,500 cases and requests of servicemen and their dependents each month and made $5,021,700 available for emergency needs. In serving the armed forces last year the Red Cross spent nearly $22,000,000. SERVICES TO VETERANS BOB HAD MUSIC in his heart. But because he was confined to a Veterans Administration hos¬pital with multiple sclerosis, he couldn't put it down on paper for the rest of the world to hear. Then the Red Cross Gray Lady who played the piano in his ward each week entered the picture. As Bob whistled, she found the notes on her portable piano, played them back to him. They worked together for 3 months, and then Bob's song, "Evening Prayer," was ready. It was played last year by the Boston Pops Orchestra before an audience of 2,500 rapt listeners in Boston's Symphony Hall. Bob and the Gray Lady who had helped him shared in its enthusiastic reception. Since then Bob has com¬posed other music and now has a publisher. 6 SERVICES TO VETERANS Bob is just one veteran among the millions who have been served by the Red Cross. Every month last year there were some 131,000 patients like him in Veterans Administration hospitals and centers throughout the country. To keep them in contact with the outside world, to make the painful hours of illness and treatment pass more quickly, a monthly average of 22,100 Red Cross volunteers gave them a total of 2,186,300 hours of service in 1950-51. The Red Cross aids veterans in two other important ways. In local communities chapter Home Service provides counseling in personal and family problems and assistance with claims for government benefits. At Veterans Adminis¬tration offices Red Cross field directors assist chapter workers in developing and presenting veterans claims and appeals. In the last fiscal year Home Service workers assisted 88,800 cases and requests of veterans and their dependents each month. At 84 Veterans Administration offices a Red Cross staff of nearly 350 worked closely with 7 |
