The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-06
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OF the W C. ] u. held at Ed |
u nond this week was one Of the |
most successful ever held in the |
NJ. y "t Oklahoma county. The
sprt OF the meeting seemed to be the
desire Tor greater efficiency IN this time
OF need. Stress was laid on the six de
par'ments OF war work emphasized By
the activity OF the national organla-
ton
lhe principal address Of Wednesdays |
session was by the state president, Mrs
Abble fllllerman, giving a brirt resume
OF the work. done and bringing out
plans for the future Thursday mcr..
ing was conspicuous by the address On
Our Greatest Need" presented by Miss
Alicc OurusS ~ New York City, who
is the national field worker of the W.
II I'll
Cne uniquc feature OF the convention
vs. the arrangement oi the program
the numbers were camOuilagcd m NH
tary terms Each department, ,upcrin-
ten ,cnt had the title OF lieutenant and
each union was termed camp. Every
- Y ~ WV A'HllNN was lNl NNNlllfh lN
delegates except one. Another splen-
did feature was a Bible lesson given
by Mrs, X, d. Licklidcr oi Oklahoma
City arranged under military heads
This came sin the order OF service as il
Is given 10 the soldiers. First came a
biblical representation oi the r0eillc
second, roll call; th'rd. standing a, at
tentiOn; fourth, marching orders-thc
halt on guard duty IN the firing line
And the listening post, filth grand re
view
After the program came the election
oi Officers Mr., Mary h Appleton OF
Oklahoma City was re elected prei.
dent. making the twelfth year that she
has served m that capacity, yice-prtI-
dent, Mrs. Laura ! Dow IT Edmond 4
secretary, Mrs Grace DoNihit Of Ed
mond, and treasurer, Mr., Ada Ti.e oil
Oklahoma City
Owing 70 the holiday on att Monday
ihe Hawthorne unit ot the Red Gross,
worked only two mornings this week
There we're twelve women present al
these tRo meetings; at which time five
boys shirts we're made and three boy,
suits. which consisted Of coats and
trousers. ln the future the meetings
of this unit will be held in the after
noon from l. 10 40 o'clock instead
Of mornings The work will continue
20 be III the kindergarten rooms OF the
Hawthorne school house,
The haywood Red Gross women met
this week as usual and sewed for three
mornings Thursday the Emanuel Bap-
tia church met with these workers and
did their bit. The work from this unit
for the three days meetings consisted
of tventy-iour comfort kits. ten girls
dresses and five pajama suits
Work in the Oklahoma Association
for the Prevention OF Tuberculosis is
being carried forward with dispatch
The recent health survey 1, war
eneasure which will result in the con
servation OF public health. and human
lives Just now the force OF volunteer
workers are compiling aud analyling
.he health cards aud assisting in the
classification and tabulation OF the re-
,ul,s Among the volunteer workers
who have been particularly faithful
rc Miss Gladys brennan, Miss Mabel
Wilkins. Miss Geraldine brennan and
Miss Pauline Garrison.
During the month OF August the
women OF the Shield Heights unit OF
the Red Cross have not been working
IN full force But IN spite OF the de-
pleted attendance these women have
made fourteen pairs Ot pajama suits,
twenty refugee garments, twenty two
pairs OF socks, eighteen helmets. five
sweater, aud one pair OF wristleis
This unit ha, had an average attend
ancc OF seven workers during the
month During September they will
meet and work three full days out OF
each week. Mrs. w. w. Riley will su-
peryise the work on Mondays: Mrs
William Slayton on 1uesdays, aud
Mrs. I'd Burton on Wednesdays Mrs,
". R DRYER is chairman OF the unit
and Mrs Mary Cain is in charge Of
the knitting department These two
ehairmen plan 10 accomplish much
during the coming month with the help
OF the women ot the neighborhood
who arc requested TO como regularly
Those winning seventy-two hour EN-
hlcms in the knitting department dur
inc August are Mrs T. L. Suhl Mrs
John Humcl, Mrs w. NJ Dryer
Mrs. William Slayton, Mrs. &. l.. Col,
md Miss Emma Rice The winner,
OF the emblems in the sewing section
arc Mrs George Baker, Mrs. II
Brewer, Mrs. r. X. Harrington ant
Mrs K. A. EaSton
Payments came in fast a, the head.
quarters OF the Red Gro" in the En-
pire building Thursday. The Shrner'
completely overshadowed all oihe
subscribers kor the day. for from tn
BeautIIv the [ Iomp.e>IOn