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Show TWENTY CALLS CODLD WOT BE ANSWERED LAST WIGHT "There was an unusual call upon the local Red Cross yesterday for experienced exper-ienced nurses," says Rev. J. E. Carver. Car-ver. "At least twenty calls were left unanswered because there "was no one to send. The condition in Ogden has shifted from a need for volunteer untrained un-trained help to a most urgent demand for men and women who have had experience ex-perience in nursing. This Is due to the presence of a large number of serious se-rious cases, and also to the fact that so many of the sufferers are in homes where skilled nurses can well be afforded. af-forded. There will be an attempt' tonight to-night to meet the calls for help but there Is a work now for every citizen of Ogden In helping in the following manner :' "The Red Cross desires a complete nsi 01 me women who nave naa some1 experience in nursing. Any person knowing the name and address of any nurses will be doing a real assistance by telephoning their names to the Red Cross. It is hoped In this way to secure se-cure several added, workers. It Is! thought that there are many In the city who might be ,of valued help if their names could bo secured and. pressure brought upon them to lend their aid in this stress. "The need still continues for all who will volunteer to help as untrained workers. Some of these have been as effective as the trained assistants. They can work under the direction of the doctor in charge under the supervision super-vision of the Red Cross visiting nurse or a trained nurse. "There have been very few of these volunteers in the past few days and any who have had the influenza can b2 real helpers In this way without danger dan-ger It is hoped thai many will realize that one o fthe best methods of meet-in meet-in gthe malady Is in taking proper care of those who have it now. Tho Red Cross can use twenty nurses tonight, if they can be secured. "There is another need that tho Rod Cross wishes to help in meeting. Thero are many homes wherein a maid of all work Is badly needed. The mother and father are sick and the meals must be provided and the fires kept up and needed things attended to. Many such helpers are needed at once. If the people peo-ple of Ogden will make a personal duty to help by telephoning all of these helpers they are sure can be secured, much good will be done. Be sure, however, how-ever, the persons whoso names are telephoned avIII serve and thus conserve con-serve the time of the Red Cross workers work-ers for needed things. "One evident fact should be borne in mind by those who desire help. It is unfair for any who have relatives who should assist In caring for them to ask I strangers to come to their homes and do tho work their own kin should perform. per-form. Thla, of course, applies only to calls for volunteer aid. There have been calls received for volunteer help, when, upon examination, it was found that those asking wished strangers to do the work that near relatives should perfom. Some of the best free work-ors work-ors have been thus imposed upon and the result is discouraging, to say the least. The Red Cross will not send free help to homes unless such help is j not possible to secure by any other means, or the Inmates of the home have no one to whom they can turn for aid. "If the people of the city will assist ! by sending the address of any helpers I to the Red Cross, the Red Cross will place them wherever they are most needed. Tho Red Cross, however, can only send out the helpers who volun-tee volun-tee or whose location they know. . It is the conviction of many that tehro are several in Ogden whose training and ability is needed right now but they have refrained from lending any assistance whatever. If you can't nurse or help by going 1 yourself be a true aid by assisting in securing one who can. Send in their names to the Red Cross." nn |