The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-03


Red Cro.s Chsptrr Secretary Maple
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Red Cross Canirrn service Maple
siDs
n H. members OF the Franz lin
IN school unit OF the Red Cross
IN are urged TO attend the meet
ing next Tuesday, when tnt
new officers will be elected. This unit
has been doing cxc"ptionallv good work
In making surgical dressings. hospital
garments. rciunce garments and in knit
ting Seven little girls are knitting
swe''erS and are determined 10 do as
much as their mothers t. win the war
This morning the unit turned into the
Red Cross Headquarters ten bows shirts
ten girls dresses, four sweaters and
three helmets.
Mrs Russell p Halliburton was kent
busy at the counter o' the emitting de
partment at the central Red Cross
rooms this morning. giving out the new
yarn which had been received. Numer-
Gus completed garments are coming in
every day. in spite OF the fact that little
yarn has been given out recently.
Two little girls from the Rrvant
school, Helen Campbell and Haskell
Smith, worked this morning in the
Junior Red Cro" headquarters, assist
Ing Mrs JOSEPH HuckinS IT, in sewing
the labels on the completed refugee gar
ments. Although the vacation schools
are ended these girls are eager to go
on with the Junior Red Gross work
Mrs NJ. Newman and Mrs Guy Nc
Clure assisted AIRS J. Urbansky in as
sembing the eighty-one palama suits
cut yesterday by the cutting committee.
The suits were assembled in bundles,
five being IN each bundle In the sew
ing department Mrs George w. Spencer
was in charge of the work OF making
girls dresses for the refugee garment
department
The Rebekah unit of the Red Cross.
which meets at the ! O. o. F. hall cv-
cry Wednesday, completed at he meet
ing this week, five girls dresses and
five boys shirts.
The Liberty market has made ar
rangcments now, whereby all marketers
can ty supplied with fresh fruits, veg
etables. eggs and even chickens. Tele-
phone order. will be delivered. The
market gardeners pay no rent Tor the
market stalls, and so can afford to sell
Their produce at lower price than
other dealers Produce which they do
not raise is bought from a wholesale
produce house. so that there is no short
ae in anything desired by the house
wife. The stalls which have been
erected are convenience to both the
buyer and the seller. Housewives are
urged to do their marketing early in
the morning while the fruits and green
vegetables are fresh.
Here is letter from a soldier who
was served by the Oklahoma county
canteen service Of the Red Cross. which
shows that the good the workers do is
appreciated by the men Such letters
a real reward to those who are
spending their time during this hot
weather to relieve the men passing
through here as we'll as those leaving
here
lust a line to thank the ladies Of
the Red Gross canteen service for the
trouble and EXPENSE taken TO serve the
boys last night To say that it was
appreciated would be to say IN, least
fo- W were all tired hot and more or
less irritable hut the moment the word
ii. 4. ss,I
1. served. their whole being changed
Not the idea OF the drinks" alone, but
that there were strangers who showed
enough interes, in us to take that trou-
bic Believe me kind friends that the
oc :asion will not be forgotten 70, some
time and we will ALWAYS hold your city !
in high regard for the treatment ac.
corded us"
Summer time is circus time and !
there was circus in town this week |
However, only twenty five people knew |
sbout II. for that was the number off
pennies turned in to the Red Cross |
headquarters yesterday afternoon BY |
Clay Rsndel, Lee Findley and Jack |
Carver promoters OF the circus The |
was kiNfh ny riHdll 1
boys at All North Geary avenue. for
the benefit OF the Red Cross and every
one Of the pennies paid for admission
AT one cent each. grown-up or child |
was turned In by the boys.
Watermelon rind pickles cut in fancy
shapes were made by the members Of
the colored women's class at the L,b-
erty Kitrhen yesterday afternoon The
rinds were donated 10 the kitchen nv |
Mrs. VIII Guthrie. who had cut them
In the shape Of stars. leaves. .rd Other
unusual shanes for pickles. They viii
be exhibited at the state fair this fall
A recipe for cucumber pickles used |
at the Liberty Kitchen v III he of in
tered 10 housewives nsw that cucum
bers are selling at the ibertv market
for ten cents a dozen. Cucur,bers pu'
up In this way will taste like fresh
green ones next winter when they are
selling on the market for twenty five
cents each.
The cucumbers should he neeird
sliced and sailed remaining in the
salt over night Slice an onion AMI |
pui II In ice water. leaving II there