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RED CROSS RECREATION PROGRAM HELPS HOSPITALIZED SERVICEMEN Providing recreation and entertainment for hospitalized and convalescent servicemen is an important lied Cross job at military hospitals. These Red Cross hospital recreation workers take a group of patients for a tonr of Mam moth Cave, Ky., during an outing sponsored by a community service or ganization. Any woman will tell you she'd rather nurse five sick children than »ne sick man. Doctors and nurses Are inclined to agree with her. A man resents being helpless and is often be »et by fears for himself and his family. The sick soldier is little different from the civilian, except that treating the sick serviceman presents addition mi problems. Unlike the patient in the civilian hospital, who undergoes his convales cence at home, the soldier remains in the hospital until he is 'completely fit 'for duty. After the acute phase of the serviceman's illness is past, he is sent to a "reconditioning ward." where he remains until he is able to take up his regular military job. Sometimes he remains there for weeks. And usually he is far from home. For rccreatien and simple, pleasur able activities to fill those long hours. of convalescence, military physicians in post hospitals look to the American Red Cross and its corps of specially j trained recreation workers. Recreational programs are adapted to the needs of both the man confined to his ward and the convalescent. They range from teaching a bedridden man to play solitaire to dances and bingo games for the man on the road to recovery. There are motion pictures for both ward patients and the covalescent, and for the ambulatory patients thexe are tickets and transportation to nearby ball parks and theaters. There are also the special services provided by volunteer workers. Gray Ladies run errands and write letters. Motor Service provides transportation. Volunteer Services, working with other community agencies, help bring into the hospitals boys and girls of the same age group as the hospitalized serviceman. Red Cross provides the "home touch" which, added to medical and nursing care, helps restore the sick man to good health. i ne iicu i_/ross nome service worK er looked up from her desk to find ail old man holding a telegram and twenty-five dollars. "My boy wantS to come home, but he hasn't got the money for such an expensive trip," the old gentleman said. "He has just returned from 2 years overseas service and is getting a leave before reassignment. His mother has been very sick and 1 think he might help her to get well. We are living on our family allowance and whatever money my son can send, but I've scraped together this $25. Can you give me enough more to bring him home?"' After verifying the facts, the Home Service worker sent a telegram to the Red Cross field director at the boy's camp, telling of the father's request and of the offer of the twenty five dollars he eould so ill afford. The fol lowing day she received an answering wire from the field director: Under federal statute and regu lations of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, the American Red Cross furnishes volunteer aid to the sick and wounded of the armed forces and acts in matters of volun tary relief and as a medium o? coin- | munication between the people of the United States and their armed forces. ' "Return twenty-five dollars to fath er. Army granting emergency leave and arranging for air transportation home. We are arranging for mainte-1 nance and return transportation." It was only ore item in a busy worker's day, but to two old people and a long-absent son it meant a lot Often the need is not for financial aid but for help with the unexpected problems that may hit any family ar.d are more acute when the head of the family is thousands of miles away. It was so with an Air Force serg eant who reenlisted after overseas combat service. He left his wife and children in Kentucky on a farm with his mother-in-law. He also left 25 head of cattle, through which the family income would be supplemented He thought his family secure for the 3 years of his new enlistment. Then disaster struck. The wife's mothet became ill and was compelled to sell the farm and go to live with a distant sister. This left the sergeant's family without housing, and 25 head of cattle without care. The Red Cross helped the soldiei get emergency leave, helped hint find suitable living quarters for his wife, and arranged for quick sale of his livestock. The sergeant then returned to duty, content in the knowledge that his wife and two smali children were provided for. Often, the need for help extends beyond the time a mr.n is separated from the service. If, as a veteran the man and his family continue to need aid, the chapter is it idy to help. That is Red Cress Home Service—a friend and counselor to the perplexed, to those in need, to men and women with problems. Westmoreland- HatvKjns Funeral Service ^/.Imbtxtance T*hcne 4-7G "Phone 276 220 S. Main Si. Licensed Wiring Contractors Johnson Electric Co. MARION, N. C. "We Service Everything We Sell" Use The Progrei* Want Ads. They bring results ABOUT YOUR HOME \ —By FRANCES DELL | There are any number of ways | of creating a frierdly atmosphere in the rooms of a home. One sure fire way is to do it with books. Colorfully-jacketed books can even be used to call attention to some particularly beautiful piece of furniture by building a simple frame of book-shelves around It. Book shelves are quite often used as the all-important center of in I terest in small rooms, in period I rooms. Books are at home in any type of surroundings. Dress a window by removing draperies or curtains, th&t may shut out the sun and build bookshelves at either side of the casing. Bookshelves can be used to divide one room into two—such as a din ing alcove from the living- room, j a bed alcove or a study alcove from scr,n other room. Give color to a dull-looking wall panel with bookshelves. A most at tractive way to decorate this type of bookshelf is to break the hori zontal line of books by placing on the shelf several trailing plants and other bits of color. Bookshelves are a perfect way to give an entry hall a feeling of friendliness. Perfect, also, because in most modern homes the entry hall is very small and since most books are no larger than l-.eight In ches from back to front, the shelv es will use very little of the precious space. ! Just set your imagination work ing and you will discover the many ways bookshelves can be used to make a home more inviting and at tractive. Advertising is the good servant of those who know how to use it. HOW! 10NI HOME PERMANENT TWICE AS EASY-TWICE IS FAST New Toni Refill Kit. New Photo Method Directions show how Toni now waves hair in as little as 30 minutes $1.00 New Toni SPIN Curlers. No more rubber bands—all plastic —all-in-one ! Grips ... spins ... locks with a flick of the finger. Regular Value $2.00 *3°<> VALUE ONLY $2^ TAINTER'S ADVERTISE IN THE PROGRESS MEET YOUR POWER PEOPLE PLANNED MAINTENANCE for DEPENDABLE SERVICE Every man helping provide electricity for the Piedmont Carolinas represents an investment of many thousands of dollars in tools and machinery. Care of this equipment is a prime factor in maintaining a steady flow of electricity. Because this care is continuous and thorough, it is not unusal for a plant to operate for years without so much as a bearing failure. Turbines in the generating plants are checked hour by hour, day and 1 night, just as a patient's charts are checked regularly by a conscien tious doctor. Pressures, temperatures, and flows indicate to plant engineers the performance efficiency of the turbine. Weak or worn parts are replaced where possible before they cause delay. Each turbine is carefully scheduled for a complete overhaul, at a time when demand is lightest and the turbine can best be released. This basic job of keeping every part of every machine clean and in tune is entrusted to picked men . : . men who understand their responsibility to the communities they serve. DUK.&, POWER C OMPANY tb, /^oLcbruyn£ CanjdiruJbL
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