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    "ocrText": "1\nCompleted at Mational Headquarters Credited to\nCopy forwarded to N°: Y.\nCommittee fk\n#2 2Card Attached\nTHE AMERICAN RED CROSS\nNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS\n\"\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nJune 4, 1942\nMrs. Dorothy W. Conrad\n830 Park Avenue\nNew York, Now York\nMy dear Mrs. Conrads\nWe are pleased to inform you that your application for enrollment\nin the Red Cross Nursing Service has been approved and to welcome you as a\nmember of this service, world wide in its significance and opportunity.\nEnclosed herewith are instructions and your appointment card and\nBadge No HD 8270\nwhich are your credentials as a Red Cross Home Defense\nnurse. Please acknowledge receipt of these credentials by RETURN MAIL on the\nenclosed postal card, giving your badge number for verification.\nRead the enclosures carefully and observe all instructions.\nWe are confident that you appreciate the great privilege of serving\nas a member of our Second Reserve and the obligation of always maintaining\nhigh standards of nursing.\nBecause of the EMERGENCY NATURE of the work of the Red Cross Nursing\nService, it is IMPERATIVE that you INFORM US AT ONCE of any condition which\nmay affect your status, such as CHANGE OF ADDRESS, MARITAL STATUS, or PHYSICAL\nCONDITION, and that you ANSWER IMMEDIATELY ALL COMMUNICATIONS from Headquarters\nor your Local Committee.\nEach year you will receive a questionnaire from the Red Cross Nursing\nService. We urge you to FILL THIS IN and RETURN IT PROMPTLY \"to the address given\non the questionnaire. Your failure to respond for two consecutive years places\nI\nyou in the inactive classification in the Red Cross Nursing Service.\nYour record as a Rod Cross\nI\nnurse is on file with the Manhatten,\nSincerely yours,\nNew Yorle Local Committee of which the\nfollowing nurse is the Secretary:\nMary Beard\n8\nlies Florence M. Johnson\n315 Lexington Avenue\nN\nNew York, Now York\nMary Beard\nDirector, Nursing Service\nAppointment Card and Badge\nAcknowiedged 6-16-22\nFORM 1552\nREV. DEC, 1941"
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