Show RED EED CROSS TRAINING the other day a young la grande oregon man siv swimming imming in the cove pool struck his head against some object and came perilously sly near drow drowning ming he was unconscious when taken from the water and it required expert artificial to bring the spark of life back A few hours later he was in ordinary good health the point is that there were two senior life savers and at least one junior life saver at the pool at the time and the more experienced as soon as his predicament was discovered made quick work of the rescue and resuscitation all ali had training from experts in lifesaving work commissioned through ugh the red cross and receiving their training during spare hours in lagrande A few years ago the young man euis ellis watkins would probably not have heen been revived there would have been another death to chronicle in the newspapers he owes his bis life not so much to the s individuals who saved him as to the continuous campaign conducted through red cross sources all over the nation to teach more lifesaving to more pupils it is one of the many sides of the red cross that does not so frequently come into notice yet it probably saves a far greater proportion of life for money expended than do the major activities of the same organization it should be the ambition of every young boy and girl to get as I 1 much in uch of this training as is possible one has no way of telling just when it will be needed to save a life |