The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-03
W6n,er(s Var Work


TELEPHONES.
Womsn's Council OF osfsnss, Maple
R.s etO'', Chapter Secretary Ma.
Red Cross, Financial Secretary,
Maple 2s62.
Civilian Relief. Maple A2o.
- Central Red Cross workrooms'
IlEs HST Unit Of Red Cross, Maple
Registration offices for Red Cross
classes In first aid, home care OF
the slek, ana dlststles, Walnut 1900.
There will be two food administration
booths al the second annual housewives
exposition and food show 20 be held in
she Auditorium in Oklahoma City the
week Of April p One booth will be
for the food administration exhibits
on Fats and sugar and the other for
- wheat' and pfoteins, according 10 Mrs
T. H. Wallower, chairman Of the WON
p ems committee Of the county council
OF defense.
The plans have not been completed
but are well under way The booths
will be decorated and draped in white,
with the seals Of the food adminlstra-
ton and bundles Of corn and wheat.
Each afternoon and evening at a
Pertain time young girls will pose IN
tableaux Of the food administration
posters. This is TO be followed by lee
lures and demonstrations on food. The
booths will be in charge Of the mem
berS Of the food conservation commit
tee. who are well yersed in the work
: and will be able 10 answer all Kinds Of
" questions. They will be dressed alike
IN the food administration costumes OF
blue gingham, white collars and cuffs
land white hats with the seal OF the
administration. The wartime cook
book, now being compiled by the food
facts bureau OF the council. OF which
Mrs. C.. L. Moore Is chairman. will be
4 official cook book 10 be used during
the food show.
Daisy MacFarlane, city housekeeper,
will demonstrate wheat substitutes to-
morrow afternoon In the Crescent groc-
cry store at } o'clock : So many calls
had come from housewives TO the own
trs Of grocery stores, asking about the
use. OF the substitutes for wheat flour,
tha(the grocers appealed TO the conn-
4 " council Of defense, under whose aus
pice, Miss MacFarlane will demon
strate. Miss Roberta Miller and Miss
Beatrice Rippy Of the domestic science
department Of the high school will as
sist Miss MacFarlane.
Red Cross units turning garments
into the hospital supply department at
, central work rooms yesterday included
from the Catholic War Relief unit
t~wenty-three garments Ninth and Rob
frson, twenty-seyen Whittier, twenty
dive. Hawthorne, six; ST. Lukes Meth
odist Episcopal, eighty-eig St Pauls
Parish unit, sixteen, and IRON Tue
g Shield Heights unit ten.
\ J. A. Whiteford, superintendent OF
schools, says that a great many requests
have come to him for schools to he
kept open during The summer months,
so that the Red Cross work rooms IN
fhe schools will be able 10 keep on with
output during the summer. No
ydefinite plans have been made as yet.
( but Il Is probable that the schools Will
be kept open for junior and senior Red
Gross work, Mr. Whiteiord says.
{ The negro branch of the Oklahoma
county chapter of the American Red
Y Gross has been very active since ITS
institution. s. r. Youngblood, chair
man of the chapter has all his depart
mental work thoroughly organized and
in splendid working order.
A bazaar planned recently by the
younger set brought in 5000 which
has helped to swell the funds for the
treasury. Mrs. Betty Osborne IS m
charge of the women'S work and Mrs.
Lucille Jamison has charge OF the junior
Red Cross work.
The publicity committee is planning
to placard Oklahoma City with cards,
which will especially appeal to the
negro race. The Oklahoma City branch
is anxious TO make a record showing
with the helpful suggestions OF Mrs.
L. c. Holzapfel, extension secretary OF
the Oklahoma county chapter.
l. Pupils OF the seventh ana elgnIl
grades of the Whittier school will be
given a demonstration on the drying
and canning Of fruits and vegetables at
2 o'clock by Mamie Walker, county
home demonstration agent. The girls
will be taught the drying and the boys
will receive instruction on the making
Of the wooden driers. Following this,
he same exhibition will be given to the
patrons club Of the school.
Members Of the Jewish Ladies Aid
md the Zion Lutheran Aid made hos
pital garments in central Red Cross
work rooms today.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Red Cross board Of directors for the
tounty chapter will be held in the ban
quet room of the Lee uckins hotel on
Friday at l2:l5. The meeting comes
on the second Monday in the month but
on account of the third Liberty loan
ampaign it has been changed to Fri
lay.
The factory system for making hos
pital garments is such an efficient
method that II is now under Considera-
ZION for being adopted in central Red
.siTross work rooms by Mrs. w. S.. Han
ion, chairman of the hospital supply
department.. The Tenth and Robinson
unit with work rooms in the First Chris