Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-13
UNIVERSITY WOMEN
COMPLETE A
FOR WAR WORK

4G0 Et0U STU00 ClICp0 Oh the On4-
versity Women's league has recently
completed its plans for war work for
the coming year.. The work taken up
by the young women of h e-universi-
ty will be knitting and scrap-book
making.
Miss Lillian Bendeke, as president Of
the Women's league will act Is chair
man Of the entire organization. The
knitting. under the direction Of Mrs.
e. F. Chandler and Mrs. Joseph Ken
nedy acting on a joint committee. has
been undertaken by units comprised
of groups of ten girls each. Each
group is organized under a head, and
its directly responsible to a sub-chair-
Imam. A sub-chairman has been Nap-
pointed over the various groups in
each residence hall, and two girls ov-
er the units organized in town. Miss
Bertha Jacobson is sub-chairman for
Davis Hall; Miss Dorothy Davis for
Macnie Hall, and Miss Hilda Jackson
Ifor Larimore Hall. Miss Elizabeth
Kelly and Miss Ruth Templeton are
sub-chairmen for the. groups down
town.
Once each month the chairman
meets with the sub-chairmen and the
joint committee on knitting to hear
the reports on the work Of the month
and to inspect the knitting. After the
work has been inspected and found
satisfactory free yarn will be given
the knitters.
Regular knitting hours have beer
hours fss ns'f from M e to 8 on" on tuesday after
moons will be deyoted to knitting:
This gives an opportunity for all Of
the young women to get together and
compare and discuss the work accom-
plished by the various groups.
The scrap-book work, though a
very interesting phase of the work for
soldiers and sailors, will play q minor
women during the coming year. Miss
Mae Wright will act as chairman Of
this division Of the work. ~
This organization Of the university
women is in 10 way connected with
any other division of Red Cross
workers; the work will be turned in
to the Red Cross center through the
Women's league. \The work has been
splendidly organized, and the young
otto business OF being helpful, with
their usual spirit and enthusiasm with
the promise that much will be &C
complished during the present school
year.
On Sunday evening at the home OF
Mrs. p. II. Haugen near Kellys, N. D..
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given in honor of Lars Sletto, who
leaves for Norway the latter part OF
this week. A dinner was served at /
o'clock, and the evening was devoted
to games and music. In the party
were Miss Lizzie Everson, Misses An.
ma Alma and Alice Nyquist. and Miss
Gina Haugen; Martin Haugen. AL
gen.
Miss Phyllis Way. who teaches nea,
.44Larimore,-is-in- h city institute
week, and while here Is visiting rela'
tives and friends.
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Mrs. VIM. Cowper and her littl'
ter Ruth, who have been guests at tn.
home Of James, A. Dinnie. North 4tf
to their home at Michigan City THU
morning.
The group Of Red Cross nurses ex-
pecting to leave Fargo probably or
Thursday for government duty al
American Lake, WASH. were compli-
mented Saturday evening with an at
tractive reception given by the Cass
County Nurses association at the
apartments of Mrs. Roy Cook, An
sonia building. Mrs. Cook and Mrs
Gadrun Bondahl, the latter being 8 u
perintendent of st. Luke's hospital
and president OF the association, re-
ceived with the guests OF honor. who
Miss Mabel Olson, Miss osa oppe-
dahl, Miss Mabel Farr, Miss Clara
Qualheim, Miss Marie Stenseth, all OF
Fargo. Miss Mary Hanson Of Hills
boro, q graduate Of st. Michaers hos
pital of this city, and Miss Julia Jerde
of Fargo, a graduate Of h Deacon
ess hospital of Grand Forks, and Miss
Olga Engstrom Of Bismarck.
Each Of the honor-geests was pre-
scented by the association with q leath-
er-bound day-log.> or diary. A NUM-
Der Of other affairs have been given
for the nurses who are leaving in the
contingent.
Word has reached the city Of the
death at Lakeside, Ohio. of Mrs. Jane
K. Wright. Mrs. Wright made many
friends here while visiting her. grand
daughter, Mrs. w. H. shulze. and hel
dau9hter. Mrs, r. e. Rafter.
re women Of the Trinity Luthera,
church will hold their annual auction
sale this evening In the church
parlors, beginning at 3 O'Clock. Re
freshments will follow the sale. Tn
,iaual number of hand made, prac
teal and attractive articles will b.
offered for nle.
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