The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-21
RED CROSS DRIVE
REACHES CLIMAX
here ON SUNDAY

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drive Tor thc reason that more per
SON, are At home ON that day than on
any other IN the week Also It will be
possible to obtain more workers on
Sunday than during the week especially
since the greater part Of the popula
tlon ul the country at this season Is
busy with holiday work
Results in Oklahoma county con
tinucd to lag again today because Of
the paucty Of worker, A call issued
last night by Miss Elizabeth Arnold,
county womcn's chairman, had been
answered by three women at II o'clock
today Miss Arnold asked for 100.
Women Needed.
So urgent indeed has the demand
for women workers become that Miss
ArUQld late this morning sen, an s o..
S call to W. o. Moore, principal Of the
Oklahoma City high school asking him
Sto reqQcSt girl students Of tho high
school to enroll In The campaign for
Saturday Sunday aud Monday
Fifty new workers reported for duty
at county headquarters this morning
after two days OF ircn,icd search for
assistance on the part Of T. II Bolend,
mems division chairman He still needs
at least fifty more he said this morn
ing, to make his end Of the campaign
"a success Territory worked during
the early part OF the week is being
inc-eombed today Tor Red Cross pros
poets missed by the first soldiers,
Virtually every family in the city
has at least one representative IN the
Red Gross, II is said by r l. Branff,
county chapter secretary. But the pur-
pose OF the present campaign is not to
enlist every home in the Red Cross
movement, but rs nearly as possible
every individual The remainder Of the
campaign, therefore will be devoted to
the task Of urging mcn who have al.
ready joined the Red Cross to buy adj
diional memberships for their wives
and children
Panhandle Does Well
Report, from the state and Texas
panhandle indicate that the policy ol
,clImg memberships TO whole families
instead of individuals is being carried
out 10 the nth degree in some places.
In the Texas panhandle which was
assigned a quota Of 2602, total mem
bcrships to date are 2ojil The man
aver OF the district believes that be
fore the drive is ended he viii have
obtained 10000 members
With what enthusiasm the Red Cross
movement is being met IN rural neigh
horhpuds ls illustrated well IN the case
ol Luther, in Oklahoma At Red
Cross mass meeting there last night
there were 500 people When the meet
Ing was over rs had taken member
ships and telephone advice, iIom La.
lhrr this morning were to the effect
that the temalnnd rs would be signed
up today Luther has population OF
| 5m
All Join In Preston
The little town OF Preston In Ok
mulgcc county hasa Red Cross scry-
ice llag in every home, according to
advice. from Z T Blakcly secretary
Vt the Oknulgcc chamber oi commerce
Similar reports are being made from
every portion NJ the state
Shortage oI Red Cross service flags
and small Red Cross ,tlckcr, which
are attached 10 the flags for every
additional member Of the family was
overcome here yesterday when three
of the largest printing offices in the
city were given a rush order for lOO.
OOO flag, and 10000 V,ckcr' These
wcrc being distributed TO places need
ing them most by the state campaign
headquarters this morning All the
red gummcd paper In thc rllN wa
exhausted BY the order lor ,tckcrs