Show 1 i 1 t 1 r i y I VJ oj r 1 If It i C tf r Bertha Muir Given I 25 Year RC Award Wednesday Mar 7 7 m marked 25 years' years active c service with the American Red Cross for Mrs Bertha Muir W. W 1st N. N Bountiful She has received the five live ten 15 and 20 year ear service pins and has now received received received re re- the 25 year pin TIER HER FORMULA for a happy and successful life was taken from Malt Matt 23 verse 11 11 He that is greatest among you shall be your our servant Mrs Muir has bas a genuine desire to serve her fellowman regardless of oC race or color and her enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm en en- continues to bubble and stir interest in others I She started at the bottom in 1937 as chairman of the fund drive and has labored in ever every phase of service offered by the Ute Red Cross She has been fund Cund chairman chapter chairman executive secretary volunteer field consultant on the thc national staff and is at present recording secretary for her local chapter HER IIER NATURAL v e abilities abilities' have enabled her to control numerous committees with a minimum of discord She traveled with her committees to San Francisco Los Angeles or New York and took the training necessary to familiar familiarize ize herself with each service of the Red Cross so that she could understand the problems pre presented to her During war years she at atI attacked attacked attacked I tacked each case as though it were her own personal responsibility sibil ty and went the extra mile when necessary She was on call 24 hours a da day always pre prepared prepared prepared pared for emergencies and con considered considered considered each individual as the most important i I WHEN WilEN A YOUNG service serviceman serviceman serviceman man sent a telegram inquiring about his sick child she personally personally personally per per- located the family and verified the childs child's condition through the family physician before sending the reply She and her Home Service corps consisting of 15 mem members members members bers and with the help of Red RedCross RedCross Cross funds assisted a service serviceman's serviceman's mans man's wife to pay off ocr her obligations obligations obligations and then set up a bud budget budget budget get for her to follow Working with the High Seas club committee many tele telegrams telegrams telegrams grams to other chapters of the Red Cross were sent and with much searching through records records records rec rec- they located men on the high seas and secured Christ Christmas Christmas Christmas mas gifts for them Mrs 1 Muir didn't allow her herself herself herself self to become discouraged if the donations didn't flow in or orif orif orif if committee members failed to respond when given an assign assign- ment She received much criticism critic criticism c cism sm from antagonists about the way things were being handled and she sometimes doubted her own potentialities But the thc compensations the per personal personal personal satisfaction of helping the need needy made her forget |