The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-30
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Central sswins and Knitting de.
psrimsni, Nipple t2I2.
Central surgical Dressings depart
Eh. Hsi' nigh, surgical Dressings
Women. Council Of defense. Maple
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Med eros. Chapter Secretary. MApi.
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Civilian HeiIef, NapIr tgO
Registration offices Tor He'd Iross
rlassss In fitst aid, home care Of the
sick and disteilcs, Maple li7s.
He'd Gross tapteen service. Maple
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n NEW class in canning and dry
IN ing will be started at the Lib
NA cry kitchen next Tuesday
morning, il enough women are
enrolled for the course which lasts only
two weeks Already 800 women have
. been enrolled in these courses, and at
least fifty more have visited the class
although not regularly enrolled. Ni'i-
tors at the kitchen from all over the
state. and from other states as we'll
show the interest that is being taken in
iood conservation this summer
, The Progressive league will dispose
OF Red Cross quilt Wednesday eve.
ming at the home Of Mrs NJ J Merit,
l.O5 South Central avenue
"The new helmet Instructions arc
much easier than the old ones" declared
Elizabeth Roberts, 20S East Park Place,
who is knitting at the Centra! Red
Cross rooms this morning And al
though she is only II years old Eliza
beth knows about making helmets, for
he has made one from the old knitting
directions. and is now knitting one
rom the new directions. Alice Sue
Wallace is another ll-year-old girl who
is doing her part in the Red Cross
work, although in different line. This
morning she was at the Central Red
cross surgical dressings room, garbed
~ white apron and colt, carrying
s4u1e 10 the workers and helping make
'he iiveyard bandages.
Busines, is picking up at the end OF
the month in the office OF the financial
secretary OF the Red Gross. Yesterday
sixty people paid their Red Cross
pledges for July and some OF them made
their August payments as well.
Attached 10 the Red Gro. staff in
every army cantonment Is a home serv-
ice Representative to whom soldiers who
are troubled over family problems are
referred and through whom the help
full services OF the home service work
ers in home communities may be in
vokcd To carry this same service
abroad home service workers are being
attached TO the military divisions Of
the American espeditionary forces.
Sanitary trains manned by American
Red Cross nurses are now operating in
France. Each front line ambulance
embraces . dozen surgical equipments
and twenty-five operating tables.
The Army School OF Nursing, train
ing units under the Jurisdiction OF the
medical department OF the army, will
be established between the fifteenth OF
Iuly and the first Of October at the
following places in the order named
Camp Wad,worth, Spartansburg. s. C..
Camp Devens, Aver, Mass; Walter
Reed, Washington, D. C.; Camp Sher-
man. Chilicothe, Ohio; Camp Wheeler,
Macon, Ga: Camp Grant, Rockford,
m; Camp Dodge. Des Moines. Iowa.
Candidates for admission should make
application in person or in writing to
the division director OF the Bureau of
Ndrsing or to the Army School OF
Nursing, surgeon generals office,
Washington, D. c.
A, part OF It's war work, the Y w.
c. A. has undertaken to lend its ex-
perience in housing and group organira-
+, ton and management to communities
who are employing agricultural units
Of girls. In localities where labor is
needed and workers can be provided,
but where there is no way OF estab-
fishing q unit because supervision and
hacking are lacking, the Y, w. C. A.
il ready to help II does not recruit
farm workers but will furnish theshec.
essay staff and equipment for them
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