School Nurse Miss Valeria Gothard
1920
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
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PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE - NEWSPAPER - FRONTPAGE
VOL.XXIX
WEDNESDAY , MAY 5, 1920
SCHOOL NURSE STARTED WORK THIS MORNING
GREENE COUNTY CHAPTER RED CROSS PUTS SCHOOL NURSE IN FIELD
ACTIVE WORK STARTED TODAY
(FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY PRESS)
MISS VALERIA GOTHARD WHO HAS BEEN RETAINED BY THE GREENE COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICA RED CROSS AS OFFICIAL COUNTY NURSE . BEGINNING HER WORK THIS MORNING. MISS GOTHARD HAD MEETINGS WITH THE TEACHERS IN WHICH SHE PLANS TO CONDUCT HER WORK.
THE EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL START AT THE WEST SIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL , WEDNESDAY . THE EXAMINATIONS WILL EXTEND INTO THE OTHER SCHOOLS AS FAST AS WORK CAN BE COMPLETED.
THE TEACHERS ARE COMPILING RECORDS , OF DATES , REGARDING THE AGE , GRADE , RESIDENCE , HABITS AND GENERAL HEALTH CONDITIONS . ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL BE WEIGHED , MEASURED , HAVE THEIR EYES TESTED , THROATS EXAMINED , GIVEN A THOROUGH EXAMINATION.
THE NURSE WILL GIVE EACH CHILD WHO HAS CORRECTIVE DEFECTS A STATEMENT THAT WILL BE SENT HOME TO THE CHILD'S PARENTS . EXPLAINING WHAT SHE FOUND IN HER EXAMINATIONS , SUCH AS , THE CHILD NEEDS TO GO TO THE DENTIST , EYE DOCTOR, OR PHYSICIAN.