The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-13
M1f(ens Var Work

no cessation Of activity will be per
mitted when the 800 mark is reached.
The city OF San Antonio supports
five beds and little trouble is expert
enced IN raising the funds.
Master Donald Stinchecum. son Of
Superintendent and Mrs Charles v
Stinchecum OF the government agency
at Anadarko, received donation Of
several Thrift stamps last evening IN
the lobby OF the Lee Huckns hotel
Master Donald had the misfortune
to catch fire from the lighted end OF
his fathers cigar dropping into the
neck Oi his blouse, his entire under
clothing being ailrc before II was dis
covered. lie was stripped and saved
serious burns but the affair was settled
with him with Thrift stamp money
which he preferred to candy peace OF
ierings
Six OF the sixteen members OF Walnut
Grove unit worked at central work
rooms this morning this being new
unit.
The unit completed twenty garments
last week, their first output
Mrs kingkade is giving fourteen
hour, a week to Red Cross work, spend
ing a half day at time at the First
Presbyterian church unit and GENITAL
work rooms.
Mrs. Il. A klclnschmldt oi G2S West
Sixteenth street was anoNg the earliest
workers to arrive at central work rooms
today spending the day at machine
work.
Mrs. Claude b Mccartney will leave
the city today for Fort Dodge, Iowa
where her husband, Captain McCart-
ncy is IN camp. She will be absent
from the city until June l. In connec-
ton with thl, trip 10 Iowa Mrs Nc
Car,ney Will attend a three day CON
ventiUn to be held in Kansas City OF the
Council OF National Social Workers
At this meeting she will be in confer.
encc with Alfred Fairbanks, director
ol civilian relief for the southwest
division OF the Red Cross, and will tell
him OF her experience as an admins
traitor OF civilian relief IN Oklahoma
county aud will be advised by him in
connection with new problems antici-
pated to come up as the war progresses.
During the absence OF Mrs. Claude
b. Mccartney, head OF the civilian re
lief department OF Oklahoma county
chapter OF the Red Gross, her work and
the civilian relief department will be
administered by Mrs. Reuel Haskell
jr, Mrs. Haskell will turn over the
supervision OF the canteen workers de
partment OF which she has been the
head for some time and whose work
she started in this city, to Mrs. +. 7.
DIXON
1t is probable that within a few
weeks Mrs. Reuel Haskell jr., head OF
the cantecn department of the local Red
Cross chapter, assisted by one or two
workers, may he the guest OF a num-
Der OF Red Cross branches, in the
county These branches have heard
aboutt-the work being done by Mrs
Haskell and her aids in meeting troop
trains with refreshments, smokes, post
cards and other comforts for the sol
diers, as we'll as the speeding off OF
the boys from this city and the county
at large, who leave here to be called
into the draft The branches are much
interested in Mrs. Haskell's work and
have expressed desire TO help her
financially and in other ways and it is
for this purpose and in order that the
people out in the rural parts of the
county may learn OF The work Mrs
Haskell's women have been doing and
what is required, that the series OF meet
Ings will probably be arranged.