The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-03
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Women's Council OF Defense, Maple
2628
Red crOss Chapter, Secretary, Ma.
Red Cross, Financial Secretary,
Civilian Relief Maple 4so.
Central Red Cross Worhooms
Walnut 500
Ell" Hall Unit Of Red Cross. Maple
j6e.
Registration offices for Red Cross
classes In first aid. home care Of the
sick, and dlotetlcs, Maple 1873.
While there is still room for more
workers to be accommodated at the
Central work rooms OF the Red Cross
organization IN the Scott. t.lIalliblyton
building, the women managers Of this
working Headquarters believe attention
should be directed to the really more
important need that women who wish TO
aid the deserving work OF the Red Gross
should AZ once unite themselves with
the unit of workers nearest their homes.
Nearly every unit in the city can use
more workers as fast as they offer them
selves.
At present the average number OF
workers in the surgical dressings de
partment at the Central work room is
twenty per day and in the hospital gar
incnt department the average number Of
workers is ninety a day Monday and
Friday continue to be the days when the
biggest shipments arc despatched from
the entrll work rn1tuS
The evenings headquarters Of Red
Cro,, workers at Elks hall Can accom-
gathering there at the present time The
rooms open for evening workers at o 30
and work continues until 10 These
work rooms in the evening are under
the charge OF Miss Evelyn Joyce These
work rooms are open during the day
also and are easy OF access for shop
pers and other women who will give
the Red Cross some OF their time in
the forenoon. In the day time these
rooms are under the direction Of Mrs
George Cook.
The Red Cross is sponsoring an/ex d..
tenslve campaign in all parts Of the
country tending to discourage girls and
women using wooden yarn needed by
Americas overseas soldiers, TO knit
themselves the bright colorcd summer
sweaters seen so many times in past
years Owing 10 this climate the Gus
tom is not so prevalent here as in the
cast and seacoaSt cities. The leading
Red Gross workers OF many communi-
ties in the east and north outspoken'y
CharacteaEc a woman or girl who will
knit or wear "A wooden sweater this sum
mer as taking on some aspects at least,
OF yarn hoarder or Stacker
Many Oklahoma City families have
relatives who are engaged in doing Red
Gross work overseas and to such FAINT
lies il will I've particularly good news
that plan has been devised whereby
such Red Cross workers necessarily ex-
posed to war zone dangers are Ia have
the benefits OF an insurance plan cor
responding IN many aspects TO the war
risk insurance for soldiers. Red Cross
headquarters in Washington has de-
C ded that all overseas workers are 10
be given without cost and without medi-
cal examination, a $1,000 life insurance
policy payable in event OF death or at
the end of two years in the evept OF
total and permanent disability. A policy
is also TO be provided for weekly in
demnty payment in case Of sickness or
injury.
Mrs. W J Pettee, Mrs. J. Urbansky
and Mrs. w s. Hanson who started off
the negro women's Red Gro" activities
at the negro Y. NJ. {. A. building, Sec
ond and Stiles street Wednesday after
noon say that the number of women
reporting there TO be instructed In max
ing hospital garments, is smaller than
had been expected 1t is believed that
as soon as the good OF the work be-
comes known. many women will come
forward to help. At the work room the
negro women have at their disposal
large number of women can find tables
and plenty OF materials with which 10
work.
During the first five days of the new
Eastern Star unit organized last week,
sixty garments were turned out and de-
Iivered to Central work rooms. The
Hinit will meet again Monday and CON
~tinue for five days