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    "ocrText": "The American National Red Cross\n50 YEARS\nOF SERVICE\nTO HUMANITY\n1881-1931\nMidwestern Branch Office St. Louis, Mo.\nFIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY ROLL CALL\nNOVEMBER 11\n. 26, 1931\nSeptember 15, 1931\nPERSONAL\nMiss Ida F. Butler,\nNational Headquarters,\nAmerican Red Cross,\nWashington, D.C.\nMy dear Miss Butler:-\nI am enclosing a letter from Miss Alice Evangeline Lake, the Chair-\nman of our Colorado State and Local Committee on Red Cross Nursing Service.\nI\nam hoping that you will be there when she arrives. Some time ago\nMrs. Gwynn, the/Secretary of our Committee at that time visited National Head-\nquarters and apparently the reception that she was given was not very cordial.\nHer husband was quite put out about it and it resulted in her resigning as\nSecretary and also from the Red Cross Nursing Service. However, she has since\nthen been reinstated.\nThese women work so hard and I am constantly telling them how much\nboth the National and the Branch Office appreciates what they are doing, and\nthis, of course, does lead them to expect a bit of attention at Headquarters.\nI mention this because of the reaction as a result of Mrs. Gwynn's\nvisit to Washington on some of the nurses in Colorado and I should like very\nmuch to counteract this if possible.\nPlease do not think that I am expecting you to do anything unusual\nas far as Miss Lake is concerned. I do, however, want her to feel that we\ndo\nrecognize and appreciate what she and her Committee are doing for not just\nRed Cross Nursing but Red Cross as a whole.\nVery sincerely yours,\nElabat W. laughan\n(Mrs. Elsbeth H. Vaughan,\nAssistant National Director,\nNursing Service, Midwestern Branch\nEHV/vm\n(Encl)"
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