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Committee
AMERICAN RED CROSS
ARMY
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
May 9, 1941
Miss Betty Lou Wilson
3232 Stockton Street
Richmond, Virginia
My dear Miss Wilson:
Your application for enrollment in the Red Cross
Nursing Service has been received and we are glad to find that
you meet the requirements. Therefore, we are pleased to here-
with send you your appointment card and badge No. 88,414
which are your credentials as a Red Cross nurse. Will you
please acknowledge receipt of these credentials by return mail on
the enclosed postal card, giving your number for verification.
Please read the enclosed regulations concerning the
wearing of the badge and be careful always to observe them.
We know that you will accept your enrollment in the
Red Cross Nursing Service as an opportunity to maintain high
standards of nursing care wherever nursing is needed under the
American Red Cross.
It is important that you keep us informed of any
change you may make in your name or address, in order that we
may be aware of your whereabouts in event of an opportunity
for service under the Red Cross.
Each year an address questionnaire will be sent to
you either by the Local Committee with which you are enrolled or
National Headquarters. This form should be filled in and promptly
returned to the address given on the questionnaire. Your failure
to respond for two consecutive years places you in the inactive
classification in the Red Cross Nursing Service.
Sincerely yours,
Appointment Card and Badge
Acknowledged 5-17-41
Director, Nursing Service
FORM 1539
DEC. 1940
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