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SMI GIVEN UP TO IMSService in the War and at Home 18 * Stressed ■?£,Report® tabulated thus far by Melvin Specter, general chairman of the Red Cross war fund campaign, and Mb corp® of workers ii lt;31 cate that Bast Chicago has more Chan passed the half way mark in tts goal of $94,900 with donations to date totaling approximately $50,000* he announced today.By far the greater pert of thfiii euin has come from the Industrie# and the business section, Chairman Spooler indicated, stating that re. porta thus far in the house-to-house1 solicitation campaign have been anily scattering and fragmentary while tha booths at lt;ibe banks and the theatre collections are only now gebting under way.The chairman is very hopeful* however, that the final mm required from this community will be raised without too much trouble, though he Insists that every person entrusted with any phase of the drive be certain that he has completed the task assigned before the campaign ends.Great Help GivenMany organizations of ttie eooW muni tv end lead tug lndivfdTTBs are manifesting a proper interest in tha m owememt designed to save the lives of Americans at the fighting fronts' atnxl upon the high sen® and in the aAr, end a considerable number of voluntary donations from such sources has already been received* tha chairman statedSome of the Industrial eeotloTLS hve already completed their work and thje fitet Indufflhry to report com-p7©4» effort in reaching the 100 p*r oe/nt desdred from It, was Hhe Tndi-ana Forge and M a chine company of 3 864 Watling street.Th at the local Red Oroee dhapteT haie beer, active in its work throughout the year aside from the mere duty of raising wax funds, is indicated by a report of the Nurse's Aides of St Gathering’s hospital, member* of whdrh served a total of 11,820 hours during tihe past year o£ 1944.Nutm® Aides Busy This work, which relieved Che lo»' oal shortage of nurses so that theycouM minister to the men and women jut w*r on the babtfl© fronts, lai eluded a minimum of 84 aides to a maximum of 49 serving monthly, from 630 hours per month up to 1*1 478 hours. Throughout the year 509 . Tiurses aides served, each of them averaging 23 hours per month with an average for the year of 42 hours; and 948 hours per month.Members of the advisory coanmiS, t*k© of the Nurd's Aide corps met on Monday evening at the Red Grose offices to plan their forthcoming: tea to be held in the lounge of Indiana University extension on April 18,Member* of th® (Met Nurse, corps and th% Red Cross Gray Ladies corps th© Bast Chicago chapter will be guests of honor of th# ■nurse's aides- on that evening. Sister ’ ■Mary Reginald of the Mount Merry sanatorium, will be the guest speaker. _ HKUP TH® RED CROSS -
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East Chicago Calumet News Weekly
East Chicago, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 15, 1945
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