Evening star. [volume], October 11, 1939, Page A-8, Image 8

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FUBJWTURE
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* 8,543 Under Care
Of Visiting Nurses
In Four Months
Miss Donovan Resigns
As Supervisor of
Anacostia Office
A total of 8,543 patients were
under the care of staff nurses of the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society
during the fourth-month period
ending, in Sep
tember, Miss
Gertrude H.
Bowling, execu
tive director of
the society, re
ported yesterday
, at the first fall
meeting of the
society’s Bo&rd
of Directors at
headquarters in
the Albee Build
ing.
There were
6.377 new pa
tients in this
number, and M1*» Donovan.
6.955 were dismissed during the four
months. The nurses made 47,607
visit^ during the period, Miss Bowl
ing reported.
While many of the patients re
ceived care for some time, the aver
age patient was visited about eight
times by a staff nurse.
The resignation of Miss Irene
Donovan, supervisor of the society’s
Anacostia office since it was opened !
in 1929, to take effect the last of this
month, was reported to the board.
Miss Donovan is leaving to take a
supervisory position with the State
Department of Health in North
Dakota. .
Miss Dillon Named Successor.
Miss Mary Regina Dillon, who has
had charge of the society's South
west division, will succeed Miss Don
ovan as supervisor of the Anacostia
office.,
Miss Eileen Dixon, a new super
visory appointee, will have charge
of the Southwest division. Miss
Dixon has had wide experience in
public health nursing. She has a
degree in public health from the
University of Minnesota and also
took post-graduate work there.
Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, presi
dent of the society, announced that
Mrs. Charles F. Wilson will serve
as chairman of the Instructive Vis
iting Nurse Society Division of the
Community Chest in the metropol
itan area. She also announced the
Chest organization will hold open
house for visitors from 2:30 to 4:30
pm. on October 25.
Mrs. Charles C. Glover, jr., chair
man of the Community Chest Motor
Corps, announced the corps hopes
to offer transportation to all groups
wishing to visit Community Chest
agencies which hold open house
during coming weeks. Mrs. Glover !
said the corps will limit the trans
portatlon to adults and senioi
classes of the high schools.
Campaign Flans Reported.
Mrs. James Lawrence Houghtel
ing reported on plans for the Com
munity Chest campaign and urget
the board members to attend thi
opening luncheon of the Commu
nity Chest League, October 16, a
the Mayflower Hotel, where the In
structive Visiting Nurse Soelety wil
have a table.
The treasurer’s report was reat
by John L. Proctor, assistant treas
urer.
Others attending the board meet
ing included Mrs. Leonard A. Block
Mrs. Hutchinson I. Cone, Mrs
Whitman Cross, Mrs. Henry Grat
tan Doyle, Mr. Joshua Evans, jr.
Miss Virginia Hunt, Harold N
Marsh, Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, Jr.;
Mrs. Thomas Parran, Miss Elsa M
Peterson, Mrs. John M. Sternhagen
Mrs. B. W. Thoron, Mrs. J. W. Tur
rentine, Mrs. Charles P. Wilson
Richard Wilmer and Mrs. Johr
Marvin Wright.
Burroughs P.-T. A. to Meet
The John Burroughs Parent
Teacher Association will hold its
first monthly meeting of the season
tomorrow at 8 p.m. A committee
jf room representatives will intro
duce the parents to the teachers of
their children.
John Gunter’s “Inside Asia,” in
Tanonaea 4* Kainn> «nl<4 In
Inquest Clears Officer
In Fatal Battle
A 30-year-old Metropolitan Police
1 private yesterday was absolved of
i blame In the death of Arthur J.
McMahon, 73, of 3322 First street
; N.W., who died last Thursday, six
days after an altercation with police
1 who attempted to place him under
arrest In a night club in the 600
; block of Ninth street N.W.
A coroner’s Jury held that Ray D.
McClure, a private attached to No.
1 precinct, had used proper force
, in line of duty. A certificate of
, justifiable homicide was Issued.
Mr. McMahon, described by police
as weighing 200 pounds and vigor
dus despite his age, died at Sibley
Hospital. An autopsy showed death
was due to hypostatic pneumonia,
toxemia and lacerations of the scalp.
Witnesses, Including employes of
the night club, testified that Mr. Mc
Mahon had been creating a disturb
ance. Mr. McClure said Mr. Mc
Mahon had resisted arrest and that
in the scuffle that followed he struck
him four or flvo times with a
blackjack. Four policemen were re
quired to subdue him, It was testi
fied.
Park Gats Raal Nama
Lima, Peru, has decided to change
the name of the Parque Neptuno,
because no one knows what the
name stands for or why It was
chosen. It originated during the ex
hibition of 1876. The new name,”
Juana Alarco de Dammert, Is for
the grandmother of the present Al
cade of Lima. Her philanthropic
work in behalf of poor children has
endeared her to the memory of the
present generation.
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