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Show Red Cross Chapter to Hold Regional .Conference A regional conference of forty-six Red Cross Chapters in Utah and south-eastern Idaho will be held in Salt Lake City on Thursday and Friday, Fri-day, October 1st and 2nd, with the Salt Lake Chapter of the American Red Cross acting as host The Red Cross chapter in Bingham Canyon ha been invited, to send delegates to this conference and a number of local people are planning to attend. The sessions will be held in conjunction con-junction with the Utah State Conference Confer-ence of Social Work which is holding hold-ing its annual meeting in Salt Lake this week. The program will open with a point Red Cross and State Conference Con-ference luncheon at the Hotel New-house New-house on October 1st, at which the Hon C. Clarence Neslin, Mayor of Salt Lake and Mr. R. N. Young, chairman of the Salt Lake Countv Red Cross. I Chapter, will welcome the delegates. Following this, Mr. A. W. McMillen a special field representative from thr Pacific Branch office of the Red Cross in San Francisco, who has been foi the past six weeks in Salt Lake as-listing as-listing the Chapter to conduct a survey sur-vey of its activities and responsibilities responsibili-ties in the field of service of disabled war veterans and their families, will outline the peace-time program of tht Bed Cross. The Thursday afternoon session will be devoted to the consideration of two important fields of Red Cross service: Disaster Relief end Organi-lated Organi-lated Volunteer Service. On Thursday Thurs-day evening there will be joint meet ing with the Utah State Conference of Social Work at which Govemoi Dern of Utah will speak a word of greeting and Mr. John Collier, of the American Indian Defense Association (will talk on 'The Future of the Indian In-dian in our American Life." The meeting Friday morning wil be given over to the subject "American "Ameri-can Red Cross Program for the World War Disabled," with special attention to family case work. Mrs. Amy Brown Lyman of the L. D. S. Relief Societies will speak on "Constructive "Con-structive Work with Fami!ie" and discussions will be led by Miss Cora Kasius. Miss Adeline A. Buffington and Mrs. F. J. McGanney, all of Salt Lake, Mrs. Ada J. Griswold of Ogden, Miss Maria Barbour of Logan and Mrs. Palmer of Provo. At noon Friday there will be a joint luncheon at which Prof. J. Driggs, principal of the Hamilton School ai Salt Lake will discuss "The Junioi Red Cross as a Means of International Internation-al Understanding." The final session on Friday afternoon after-noon will include a presentation oi plans for the 9th Red Cross Roll Call to be held between the dates, November Nov-ember 11 and 26 (Armistice Day to Thanksgiving), and a complete outline out-line of the objectives and plans oi organization of Red Cross Life Saving Sav-ing and First Aid programs. At 4:00 p. m. Friday following the close of the discussions, First Aid and Life Saving demonstrations will be held in the Deseret Gymnasium under the direction of Dr. Charles G. Plummei and Mr. Charles Welch respectively. |