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    "ocrText": "arch\nJanuary 9, 1933.\nMrs. Lystra Gretter\n887 Pallister Avenue\nDestroit, Michigan\nMy dear Mrs. Gretter:\nYour very delightful note of December 30, has\nbeen received and read with a great deal of appreciation, and while\nI am sure you did not expect an answer, your long association with\nthe American \"ed Cross and your support of its ideals and standards\ninspired me to write a word of appreciation. Sometimes the advis-\nability of sending a Christmas Letter is uestioned by the officials\nof the American Red Cross as an unnecessary expenditives. Therefore,\nwhen your let er reached me I immediately sent it to the Vice-Chairman\nin charge of our work in this country, as I wanted him to see at lest\none of the letters of appreciation that reached me following the receipt\nof the Christmas message. Yours is one, however, of many and because\nthe nurses seem to appreciate the Christmas letter, I have recommended\nthe perpetuation of the custom each year.\nThe Red Cross is at present a very busy place,\nwith its cotton and wheat, keeping thousands of women busy through the\nchapters. It seems like wer days, except scarcity of employment and\nlack of money offers & sharp contrast. lot will be interested to\nhear that Miss Agnes Deans is in Washington in charge of the District\nof Columbia Graduate Nurses' Association. We are so glad to have\nher, and I feel sure she will be able to develop the work along more\nconstructive lines.\nAgain thanking you for your letter, and with best\nwishes for a Happy New Year, I remain\nSincerely yours\nNational Director, Nursing Service"
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