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Show i TEACHERS GO OUTTO HOMES OF AFFLICTED HUN EFFORT Tfl I! , I 1 1 1 Through the noble and unselfish I service rendered by two school teach -c : crs of Ogden who volunteered as In- fluenza nurses, the lives of four If stricken Ogden people, members of W ono family, have probably been saved, W according to Dr. J. W. PJdcock, who ! has attended the patients. The two Wi young women requested that their ( names be not used but they are both j weJJ known Ogden girls. 2; j The family is that of Edmund E. r Waldram. rear 27GG Jefferson avenue. iff four members of which have been (K stricken by the dread disease and were ; in a serious condition. ( : A call was made for volunteer nurs- I'5.' es to attend the family last night and, despite the fact that the disease was ' prevalent there in virulent form and ' those who offered themselves as nurs- i es might greatly endanger their health !' , by exposing themselves to the influ- enza, tho two young women responded. They stayed all night with the family, taking splendid care of the four sick people and not sparing themselves. This morning when the doctor called to see his patients he reported that death had probably been averted through the noble work of the young women and commended them highly. This is only characteristic, said Supt. Johnson this morning in telling of the incident, of the spirit and work which the teachers are offering during dur-ing the crisis Incident to the epidemic nf CJnnnlcli infliifiriTTi Monrlv fiffv have responded to the call for nurses and workers, he' said, and they have been sent out to homes and hospitals or wherever else their services are needed. Eighteen wore detailed yesterday, yes-terday, he said, and have been loyally helping" to fight the epidemic. Besides this work, some of the teachers are In the Bed Cross rooms, working on supplies for the emergency hospital. |