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Show GET PREPARED FOB ll DRIVE Weber County Campaign to Begin on Armistice Day The yVeber county chapter of the erlcan Red Cross will launch iis r fourth roll cll for tnembers In Otden on November 11, according to rt- I nouncement recently made by John . i Edward Career, chairman of the chap- . ter. ! "On Armistice day. all of the chapters chap-ters In the t'nited State some 63!. ; ,1 believe, will offer to the people orj I America the opportunity to renew their memberships or Join for Hie first ! tlm. in the American Prd Cros." said Dr. Carver, and with the broad, comprehensive com-prehensive program which the r.ci .Cross is carrying on as Its share of ! peace-time service, no person in g- j 'den who even family understands the i.rnnram can fail to become a mem- ! bcr." i During the past twelve months the, work of the Weber county chapter ; has dealt largelv with the ex -service men and through this service the Red, Cross has "been able to lend the dis- j ibled soldiers, filers and marines, in- j Valuable assistance. In a typical month the Weber county chapter hand- lea 219 ex-service men for informa-) tion or other service and expends ap-proximately ap-proximately :oo in various forms of! i relief for these men. VID m :ty I MII4II s According to the present plan for the cominsr year, the chapter will he able to give to needy civilian families, the same sort of aid it has given to . e-servico men in the past. In the Mountain division, of which in Whr rnnniv chanter is an ir.i- : portani unit. 14, 247 transient ex-sew-. Ice men and their families have been rv.l for during the past 30 month and flOS.471 was issued in loans to I these men and th-P' families. Of this sum $6B".000 has been returned. In the fift-two chapters which . ha f received permission to extend I aid. similar to that given to ex-service! men. to oeedv civ ilians. 4"i 7 To families h ive "cn rellvefl by the Red Cross i upon whom $424 764 has heen expend-' e'd Ih r period of Sfi months. At the present time, there are 1 i '-- cd in the Bureau of Health and After Care of the Mountain division. D.00 ex-service men who have received assistance as-sistance op information In regard to I oller t ins government compensation. I receiving covational training or re-instating government trsurace o 1 11 :"00(i 1 1 PTKRS There are todav 3 5 ; American Red, Cross chapters. 3."02 of which are in this cointry and :,7 in foreign territory terri-tory and American possessions outside out-side of continental United States. .-,c- I cordig to a summer of localized Rd c n - work just compiled at national. headquarter. The summary ri'ovidtf the firs; complete picture of the home (own j projects Of service which are the i on- cern of TLe,i Cross chapters, in pr-formance pr-formance of the duties undertaken I during the war in behalf of service men and their families. Jo21 chaptet are still rngageii In completing somel 'form of the war Job. such as minister-I I Inir to men in the army, navj 1 Ppblle Health hospltaiv, ni aiding dis- j : ebled men who are rece:vuiK vo ation- j nl tralnlnr. Home senVlcc for .he families fam-ilies of these men did not ceae with I 'he slgnihg Of the armistice, but has, 1 sen continued and extend .' to rjvilian families as well and is nov b.-in,.' undertaken un-dertaken by. '689 chanter- wlille A7.1 others have applied for auto.. mi :,. I carry on such work on n poacn-tUnc j basl . . a The health service, a new nrojeci M ' te Red Cross has already effejcteil : eatabUshrnent Of health centers 1 1 1 chanters while I 42i oth-r cbaoers, various forms of health actlvltj have been uidertsjken; Classes in first aid I form a pnrt of the programs of 291 chapters; instruction in llfo-sa".ln Is given in 75 chapters. Health Infor- ' .... i.- mxrM la -coliri :lct , ( I lV 1t. rh.tpters. iu have general 1 n forma- i tiou and 219 a combine! general and ittijfh Inforrpatltfa serv'e?. PUBIiK ill'' ITH S li'si Reoognlslng me valve of the work of the pubHe health nurs.- In disease, preventative wor'tt. 7K Red Cross chapters aie today mp'oyir,; 0",0 ,.u;,- lic hef itii nurse Under the direction ,f rruralng servic-t -ias-- .v home hygiene hy-giene and car - f.f the sick are h ' I 111 v i. chanters and Instruction in nutrition nutri-tion In elghty-f!'. - Tn 2S6 cbapte.g disaster prepared-pess prepared-pess cpmiplttee! have been forincd for the purpose ' furn-shin hnmedlie rcii'f to their communities in lh '.event of disaster Canle.en service whi.h is maintained by forty-sevei ! chapters ami motor service which is 9 definite project in forty chapters have both p-oved invaluable in time of disaster dis-aster and in other emergencle In the rural districts where there U especial need for recreational aclihities forty-eight chapters have adopted programs pro-grams of this nature, while nine are co-operatlinjE with other agencies In j rovldlng facilities for recreation. Com-iniintty Com-iniintty centers which provide real t rooms and offer a place -vhore enter I talnment and communltv jrathe-ig may j be held, have been established ;r thirty-five chapters. In nine other chap-' chap-' ters the Red Crow Is helplnt,' other agencies In this work. Junior Red Cross activities are being be-ing undertaken by 1638 Red Cross a. .LJ - - chapters, the report discloses. This means that the Red Cross program of rervice has l en established in nearly 2000 schools throughout the country, |