Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1942 — Page 18
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’ Blood ny nr Center Contributes 50,000 Pints of Plasma
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- ing itself or war work. But to you and me and the guy next door, it was just something to which we gave a dollar
It would help out some poor devil, somehow, someplace. But rt you nor I nor the guy next door. . So w(: promptly forgot about it. And 1lien the guy next door got his dollar back—with
‘interest—u 1’ a transfusion at And 50|i0 you and me, the ‘war came rome—and with it
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on Pearl | llarbor day a year ago, ‘the Indiant | olis Red Cross could boast ‘only | ,000. Indianapolis and
_ ‘Marion cous y residents who were
performing [some Red Cross function. Today it points with pride to about 75,00( of us who are giving ‘Tot just dol ;rs—but of ourselves. That's nd: double nor triple but “seven times|t he participation a year | ago. : That Isn’t All! addition to the 60,000 the junior Red Cross ly 70,000 of us who ani nnual roll call, But that] [5,000 can stand alone as an indic¢ ion of the expansion in the local cl pter’s activities during ‘8 year of WI. : In midsu mer of 1941, when it was beconiiig increasingly clear that we m ht be drawn into the war, the log: | chapter started laying its plans al ordingly. Indianap( Ss became one of the first chapte | in the country to open .@ blood dor r center for collections of blood plasma for the armed forces. By the latter part of November, 194, it had contributed 660 pints. Toc: \y, it is past the 50,000 mark. | Preps: ing Before Dec. 7 Establish(:<| divisions of the chapter began po their staffs and to organize - dditional classes. When the war a ually struck, the Red Cross’ yas ready partly prepared. Within thé space of weeks, huge numbers ¢!| volunfgers were accepted for | ‘aining. And every day brought, an is bringing, more. Four
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erating an] within the year that ‘number wes doubled. So rapid was the growth in activity . that ‘floor space had to be doubled as well, Yes, * it's truly a2 big business, which you ind I are not only helping to fint.ice but to run as well. Few. realize how big and far-
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PEARL HARBOR , TODAY .............. conde. 50,000 This seri ice, perhaps more than any other, 's the one for which Indianapolis| « itizens deserve tribute. ~ Indiana] lis’ first quota was set at 450 uni's of blood a week. A 1 staff of nine handled That was in the late In puuary, the quota was upped 900’ nits a week and today it stands at 1500, three and a third times the (uota of a year ago. As the 1+ cruitment of donors continued, it| oon became evident that working | cilities were unsatisfactory and { at an enlarged staff was
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needed. The center was moved down from the fifth floor of the Chamber of Commerce building to rooms directly across from the exeuctive offices. Today the professional staff numbers 32, more than five times the original number. In addition, 130 volunteers serve as aids. : A mobile unit visited chapters | within a 90-mile radius of the city for additional donations and to date has covered more than 20,000 miles in its work. Just last month another mobile unit was added to the center's equipment.
ahead. Right now, they're having a difficult time getting donors to keep their appointments. It's always that way when the war news is good.
more than it can handle in the late afternoon and evenings, but during the hours from 8:30 a. m. to 3 p. m., it is often idle. It's practically pleading with housewives to come in between those hours. In fact, it's pleading and
pected to supply 96,000 pints of blood. We're just half way there. The 50,000 pints already given represents about 35,000 donors. Individuals can, without ill effects, give as much as five pints a year. One Indianapolis resident has contributed already for the seventh time. -
He’s the kind of guy, that helped the center get that coveted armynavy E for excellence.
Home Service Department Pearl Harbor ....... eo.0. 460 Cases
These figures on cases handled by the home service department are not indicative of the work it is really doing. In fact, the work is really just starting for only now are we beginning to feel the need for real assistance to service men and their families. As the armed services expand, the department's services become increasingly greater. Its work .is, perhaps, the least known of any in the Red Cross, but it could, and may, become the major department of the chapter. This work includes assistance with communication between service men and their families and inquiries in
ing. By July, you and I are ye
But much of the job is still
The large professional staff has |
The Indianapolis Red Cross was one of the first chapters in the country to open a blood donor center . . . this picture was taken on a typical day.
regard to their welfare; co-opera-tion with military and naval authorities in obtaining social histories, material required for medical treatment and the making of reports on home conditions needed by commanding officers in deciding questions of discharge, furlough and clemency. - It provided for assistance to disabled ex-service men and to dependents of deceased men in preparing claims for pension and other governmental benefits. It mot only provides consultation service for the families of these men but temporary financial assistance as well. Its staff is on duty practically 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Although its hours are from 8:30 a. m. to 10:30 p. m., one of its members is always available.
Its work is hard to picture in words. Just take a typical case. A man’s wife is seriously ill and the family contacts him at a far-off camp urging him to come home. The military has no way “of knowing whether the appeal is legitimate.
So the commandant, or his aid, contacts a Red Cross field director in the camp, who in turn wires Indianapolis. The home service department here looks into the matter and sends along its recommendation. If the soldier hasn't the money for transportation, the field director loans it to him from a revolving fund. The department averages about 10 such verifications a day. Or take the case of assistance to families. Besides the temporary
ment offers consultation on how a wife can go about getting her dependent’s allotment, notarizes her papers, etc. It will advise a man discharged from active duty about claims and expects this phase to become a major part of its work as men in actual combat are released from service because of injuries. Almost, every case in the department is a human interest story. A soldier leaves “destination unknown” and the family gets concerned after a time. They come to the department for help. When casualty lists are announced, and a local boy is listed as missing, the family becomes anxious for further word. After a certain length of time, the home service department will do its best to make a check. Sometimes, it is even able to check
‘Horse and Buggy' Dinner Party Is Planned at Meridian Hills Club
“horse and buggy” dinner
for 8 o’clock. Mrs. Martha Hudson is dinner chairman, and “gay nineties” entertainment will be arranged by Walter Montgomery and Ed Harris. Hostesses will be in oldfashioned costumes and guests are asked to dress warmly, but in any type of costume they choose. The committee in charge includes Frank Langsenkamp Jr. chairman, assisted by Mrs. Langsenkamp, Messrs. and Mesdames Ralph. Flood, H. Kemper McComb, Carl Maetschke and Paul Summers.
Other committee members are Messrs. and Mesdames Arthur Krick, Louis J. Rybolt, Paul Shideler, Kenneth Larrance, Gerald F. Albright, and Robert C. Becherer.
Dr. and Mrs. Harry Kerr and Mesdames Hudson, Horace Storer and L. Roscoe Sincler and Miss Muriel Adams will also serve on the ‘arrangements committee,
Smith Luncheon Boooked
THE INDIANAPOLIS . SMITH COLLEGE CLUB will hold its annual holiday luncheon at the Propylaeum Dec. 30. It will honor students from the school home for the Christmas vacation. Mrs. Pearson Smith is chairman of arrangements.
Students who will be honored include the Misses Clair Macgregor, Morris, Peggy Lockwood, Alice. Boozer, Mary . Elizabeth Fletcher, Emmy Pantzer, Patty Ann Smith, Anne Amelia Marmon, Marion Taggart, Nancy Taggart and Dorothy Kellog. :
Vassar Club Meeting
THE INDIANA VASSAR club is to have its Christmas luncheon at the Propylaeum on Dec. 29. Arrangements have not been completed and the chairmen will be announced later. Mrs. William H, Krieg, president of the Wellesley club, has announced that the annual breakfast to honor Wellesley college girls will be held Jan. 9. The date is after the holiday season
because the students have a six-
“week vacation this year.
KEEPING IN TUNE WITH GAS RATIONING, members of Meridian Hills Country club will have a
Members of the special committee in charge plan to provide old-fashioned transportation for members. hay wagons piled with hay and hot bricks will meet busses and streetcars and take the crowd to the club.
' This will be the first of a series of such parties. The meeting points will be Illinois st. and the canal, Central ave. and the canal, and College ave. and the canal, at 6:30 p. m. Dinner is planned
party Thursday evening.
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Holiday Plans For Sororities Are Scheduled
Plans have been outlined for Christmas meetings of sororities, and one group is to give a shower. The LAMBDA chapter of the OMEGA NU TAU will hold a busi-
ness meeting in the Hotel Lincoln this evening at 8 o’clock to make plans for an annual Christmas party. The holiday meeting is to be Dec, 20. The grand council met yesterday in the Hotel Lincoln. A business meeting was followed by luncheon and an afternoon meeting. Mrs, J. R. Steinhagen, grand president presided. Members attending from Lambda chapter included Mesdames Thomas Cisco, William F, Rusher, Lewis Cox, Daniel Maiden, Joseph Griswold and Miss Edith Pake.
Miss Doris Vores will be honor guest at a linen shower to be given by MU chapter of PHI CHI EPSILON tomorrow evening at the Hotel Lincoln, Miss Vores is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orliff Vores, New Castle, and she is to become the bride of Staff Sergt. Richard E. Lynam, of Camp Livingston, La. Sunday. A business meeting of the sorority will precede the shower.
Plans for a Christmas party will be made by GAMMA DELTA chapter of KAPPA DELTA PHI tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock in the Hotel Lincoln.
Latreian Club Meets
meet tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Paul D. Whittemore. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Frank Lang-
Alpha Beta Latreian club will
Clubs | Book Reviews To Highlight Club Meetings
Book reviews are listed among program topics for club meetings to-
morrow. The INTER ALIA club will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank Langsenkamp Sr., 3828 Washington blvd., tomorrow. Mrs. A. L. Rice will discuss “Latin American Customs.” “The Castle on the Hill” by Elizabeth Goudge will be reviewed by Mrs. Joseph P. Merriam.
Mrs. Garfield Walker, 36 N. Audubon pl, will be hostess tomorrow for the meeting of the IRVING-
TON CHAUTAUQUA club. Mrs. Charles E. Hill will review “Chemurgy’s Cradle-Rocker — Garvan.” Mrs. Edgar A. Perkins Jr. is to speak on the American government.
“Westward the Course!” by Paul McGuire will be reviewed by Mrs. N. J. Connor at the meeting of the PROCTER CLUB tomorrow. The hostess will be Mrs. Carl Habich, 4335 Broadway.
A Christmas party at the hope of Mrs, H. A. Johnson, 4565 Broadway, tomorrow will be sponsored by the MERIDIAN HEIGHTS INTER-SE club. Mrs. Donald Wright will read a Christmas story.
The ZELOTAI club meets tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Dean Walker, 233 Berkley rd. She will be assisted by Mrs. Herbert Sprowl. Devotions will te led by Mrs. Delbert Daniels. Mrs. Vernon Kullawatz will give a special number. Mrs. E. C. Cameron is to speak on the theme “The Minister's Wife Approaches Christmas Victoriously.” Discussion leader will be Mrs. W. M. Smith.
CHAPTER W, P. E. O. SISTERHOOD, will meet tomorrow at the home of Mrs. William- Storen, 4451 Park ave. The program will be in charge of ‘Mrs. John H. Enns.
A Christmas party of the HOOSIER TOURIST club will take place tomorrow in the home of Mrs. C. W. Roller, 2301 Garfield dr., who will be assisted by Mrs. H. B. Pearce and “Mrs, ‘J. H. Smiley. mas in Early Indiana” will be discussed by Mrs. T. B. Davis.
The RIO DE JANEIRO chapter of the INTERNATIONAL TRAVELSTUDY club will have its annual Christmas meeting Wednesday at 10:30 a. m. Mrs, Richard Nabring, 1564 E. Epler ave. will be the hostess. Mrs. John W. Thornburgh will speak. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Anthony Ackerman and Mrs.
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on whether a man is being held prisoner. Part of its work is non-service, too. It will send 25-word messages through the International Red Cross at Geneva for local residents trying to locate relatives in stricken areas abroad. It also takes messages from persons abroad trying to locate refugees here. This department’s professional staff numbered five at the beginning of the year and now includes 15, augmented by staff assistants and volunteer case workers,
First Aid Pearl Harbor ... cvisrheee 99 Today .......... iva cesses. 8864
Those figures represent the number of certificates issued by the first-aid department. It takes 30 hours of training to get one of them. And that doesn’t begin to tell the story of what Red Cross first aid has done for the department instructors have provided training for 6900 persons associated with defense programs as well, Such an. extension in its work brought a jump in instructors from 80 tp 310 in a year. Five hundred are needed. Just training that many persons alone would seem a sufficient task but the department’s work has gone beyond that, In the past year it has formed a mobile unit of 45 instructors who operate their own cars, equipped with first-aid materials. These are in addition to the 10 cars from the sheriff’s office and the 25 belonging to the city police which are ready to stop at the scene of any accident and administer first aid. These would all be available in case of a disaster. In |addition, this year the department ladded a first-aid trailer, complete rn four beds. f
Nurse Recruitment Pearl Harbor
As the mobilization of men in the armed forces was accelerated, the need for nurses -at military and naval hospitals progressively became acute. For many years, the Red Cross had been the official recruiting agency for them but this year when the quotas assigned were so large, the Red Cross here put on a regular secretary for this department. Up until July, the quota for the entire state was 40 and then jumped to 80 with about 40 of those to be drawn from the Indianapolis area. The Red Cross does the background work, recruiting the women, reviewing their qualifications, etc., so that when the armed forces needs them, they can be called right up.
Nutrition
Although for many years the Red Cross was interested in the field of nutrition, this work had not received
"have been issued. The work is aimed
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grams. With the outbreak of the war, national attention was focused upon the importance of conserving civilian power by stress on good health so it could give complete support to the military. In March, the department here initiated its war program. That first class of 24 has since grown to 68 classes from which 803 certificates
at instructing the homemaker in better feeding of the family and its instruction*staff has grown from 1 to 19 since March.
Home Nursing 313 1661 As a consequence of emphasis on civilian defense, there not only arose here a greater appreciation of the individual's responsibility for health, but a greater awareness of the value of home nursing to the
family in view of the medical and nursing personnel shortages. At the beginning of the war, there were only enough women interested for nine classes. Today, 56 instruc-
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tors are teaching 12-week courses to
over & thousand women.
Motor Corps
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This corps, comprised of uni-
formed women trained in first aid
and elementary automobile me-
chanics, has afforded transportation
service to the chapter. This in-
cludes transporting the technical
staff of the blood donor unit to various chapters in the state, a day by day job for over a year. In addition, it co-operates in the transportation of guests and participants to and from a number of military and public functions. Its primary purpose is to have a trained group of women as capable drivers to move personnel and supplies in case of a disaster.
The members of the corps have been using their own automobiles and now that gas rationing is here will use two station wagons and a
town car donated to the Red Cross.
Nurses’ Aids
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This volunteer service got under-
way in March when it became evident that civilian aids would be needed in hospitals to assist personnel depleted by nurses entering the armed forces. A survey of the hospitals showed that they would need 400 nurses’ aids, giving 12 hours a week, during the coming year. The service now has 1300 women as a reservoir upon which to draw to meet its quota next year.
Today In preparation for wartime emer-
as much emphasis as other pro-
Church Women of Indianapolis Will Mark Holiday Season Here With Planned Program Series
Programs to celebrate the holiday season are planned by church
women for this week.
A Christmas tea will be given by the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the MERIDIAN STREET METHODIST church Wednesday in
the church parlors at 2:30 p. m.
Miss Alice Henry is to be tea chairman. Devotions will be led by Mrs.
E. E. Voyles. Mrs. Maxwell Coppock is to read an original short stofy. Mrs. Albert M. Campbell will play the piano and lead Christmas carols. A program of music dealing with Christmas will be given by the Ogden junior chorale. Soloists with the group will include Miss Jane Butler and David Hempfling. Miss Ann Everhart will be the harpist.
Miss Peggy Yockey is president of
the chorale. Mrs. Fred C. Tucker is in charge of the program.
Mrs. Ruth D. Estes, assisted by Miss Mary Faith Newman, will present “The Stillness of Christmas” at the annual covered dish luncheon and Christmas party of the Queen Esther circle of the THIRD CHRISTIAN church tomorrow. The luncheon will be held in the home of Mrs. Minnie True, 2528 Broadway. Mrs. Eva L. Vose will lead the devotions. The hostess will be assisted by Mesdames Susie Broughton, Jessie Tucker and Virginia Kurner. Mrs. M. L. Keith and Mrs. M. P. Goviea will have charge of the program. - 'Christmas music will be played by Jimmie Merrell. An exchange of gifts will follow the program.
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‘Housewives’ Job
Utility experts say it is in the hands of housewives whether there will be a gas and electricity shortage this winter. Record-breaking sales of all electrical heating appliances, particularly in fuel-ra-tioned areas, give rise to fears we will use too much “juice” while trying to keep warm.
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Church Guild To Hold Party
Guild members of All Souls Unitarian church will have a Christmas party Thursday at the church. Dinner is at 6:30 p. m. The program will include a Christmas story and carols. Instead of 10-cent gifts the members will donate the same amount for a fund being collected to benefit the service room at Ft. Benjamin Harrison.
Alpha Lambda Group
To Meet Tomorrow
Alphg Lambda Latreian club will meet tomorrow evening at the home of Mrs. J. Edward Masson at 8 o'clock. “Consumers’ Problems” will be discussed by Mrs. Rose Lee Farrell, guest speaker,
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the Gray Ladies. over a year ago at Billings hospital at Ft. Harrison. amateur and professional programs.
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to disaster preparedness plans, the need for a group of women trained to do mass feeding became one of the urgent prerequisites of the local chapter. In March such a group was organized.
To keep in practice it has par-
ticipated in air raid demonstrations, feeding Red Cross and OCD volunteers, and provided luncheons on a cost basis for several civic groups.
Staff Assistants Today ... ceseees 414 In line with the chapter's great expansion, the need for more personnel to handle clerical functions became more and more apparent. A training program, equipping volun teers to relieve the regular staff of
many routine functions, was set up and now 414 women are available to serve as receptionists, hostesses, typists and registrars. This group has given well over 30,000 hours in volunteer service.
Production Pearl Harbor ........ ...... 10,000 Today ........ sesrsennesvess 11,000 Today, only a few of those 11,000 are working as materials for knitting, making garments, ete., are not available. The surgical dressings department is included in this category.
Hospital Recreation
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This corps is generally known as It was ‘started It provides for
Members shop for patients, play
cards, with them, write letters and try to fill the recreational needs of
patients. It can be expanded only at the request of the fort's commanding officer.
Home Service Corps
Pearl Harbor .. Today ....... atsaseennnnve This corps includes social workers recruited and assigned to aid the regular home service department. They assist with client interviews, correspondence and have assumed
responsibility for foreign messages
and inquiries. They took care of
messages sent on the diplomatic exchange ship, men in the U. 8S. forces, who were
the Gripsholm, for
missing in action or prisoners in the
Pacific theater of war,
Radio Pear! Harbor Tesesnnnasens 3 Today chai This group has arranged ‘for FN presentation of interviews, dramatic sketches, speeches and transcriptions weekly.
There you have a very brief, very sketchy panoramic view of YOUR Red Cross at war.
Broad Ripple WCTU
Meets on Wednesday
Mrs. S. C. Young, 6148 College ave. will be hostess for the Broad
Ripple W. C. T. U. Wednesday at
1:30 p. m. Dr. Rebecca Parrish will spéakion and also on “The Christ of Every Road.” There
will be a short business session,
and Christmas music will be played.
December Band
To Hold Luncheon
The ladies of the December band of St. Catherine's church will have their monthly luncheon on Wednesday at 12:15 p. m. in the school hall at Shelby and Tabor sts. Chairmen for the session will be Mesdames Frank Wuensch, Timothy McMahon and Guido Betzler.
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