The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-18

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Registration offices for Rad Cross
classes In first aid, homo care OF the
alex, and dIessties, Maple iRe.
-Four hundred and twenty.seyen
thousand, eight hundred dollars has
been collected among the women of
Oklahoma county during the third Lib
sry loan. Miss Josephine Lincoln,
county chairman, says that $500 was
subscribed in the county and $4,000
by the women's committee n the city
Miss Lincoln says that some OF the
women in the county have done splen-
did work Mrs Eugene Arnett, chair
man Of Council Grove am township,
secured $4,000 from the women OF the
community; Mrs, II. S. Emerson,
chairman OF Britton township. had Sl2.-
40 subscribed by the women in her
district; Mrs w. T. White OF Spen-
Ger secured $3.50 in Critcho township
Mrs. {. NJ Pirrong 900 by the wom-
en- in Pottawatomie township; Mrs. X.
J.. Peebly obtained Sll50 from the
Sooner school district. and Miss Mary
A. Gray collected 500 from the women
Of Spring Creek township in spite Of
the fact that this district is so close
20 Edmond. where the majority Of NE
people attended the rally Two little
sisters, Ethel and Elsie Wilson, S and
3 years old, living in this community,
bought 800 OF bonds each Elsie had
20 sell i plot Of ground given her by
her grandmother to be able to give her
share. ...
Scores OF girls, pow student, in the
University u Oklahoma, will conduct
classts this summer in their home
towns and rural communities in Red
Gro. work, food conservation, Bible
study, and physical training.
The Y. W. {. A. Of the university
during May, will provide a series of
lectures for these girls TO fit them for
their summer work. The plah is part
OF fhe nationwide movement to educate
I women to hell wa the war,
Lecturers here will include Mrs. B.
Thoburn, Red Cross worker Miss
Rachel Reyell, director Of physc edu-
cation for women; Miss Harriet Hop
kihs. instructor IN domestic science, and
Miss nellie Summers, secret ~ Of the
Y. W. c. A.
This plan has been worked out by the
Y. w. C. A. advisory boardand cabinet
Miss ST. .rs was reelected general
secretary OF the - w. {. A. for 1918
1o, and she will remain in Norman for
the first month OF the summer session
10 perfect the organization and see that
the work is continued.
Pauline Witherspoou, Red Cross field
secretary for Oklahoma, is leaving
Oklahoma City today for 81 Louis TO
meet George w. Simmons, Red Cross
director for the southwestern division,
who recently returned from France
rrhere he has been reviewing Red Cross
foreign activities with w. p Davidson,
national director. Mss Witherspoon
will attend a luncheon TO be given IN
his honor on Saturday when he viii
deliver his war message. Miss Wither-
spoon is carrying her Oklahoma Red
Cross report to him and. she says that
she feels very proud to be able to
submit il on a complete organization
throughout the whole state There IS
a Red Cross chapter in every county
and some of the chapters have as many
A. forty to fifty organizations in their
towns and cities" she said. From ST.
Louis Miss Witherspoon will go to
Pawnee where she will hold a three
DAYS institste and from there to Tulsa.
Twenty states are organized for
fhe baby-saving campaign OF the federal
children's bureau and the women's com
mittee OF the council OF national de-
fense, DR.. Jessica .Pexotto, head OF the
child welfare department OF the wom-
ems committee reports
An aggressive campaign TO American
Ire foreign women has been opened in
Buffalo N. Y, by the civic education
association OF Erie county. The "home
teacher" plan in instructing the aliens
wili,be followed and weekly lectures on
patriotic subjects will be part of the
campaign.
Red Cross units meeting tomorrow
Include West Thirty-first street unit in
Mrs. Harry Hawkins home, l440 West
Thirty first street at o'clock; Western
avenue unit in the First United Evan
Eelicsi church at o'clock Willard unit
In the Willard school building at 81
o'clock; West Twenty street
nnit in Mrs. Homer Smythes home,
l2l5 West Twenty-Second street at
o'clock; and the members Of the Bro
therhood of the American Yeomen
knitting unit will meet IN Mrs. Elmer
Ross's home, 1917 West Fifteenth street
st 2:O o'clock.
Women of the Willard W. c. T. U. |
of the Red Cross ,who meet once a
week in the Willard school building
have since their organization completed
twelve hospital garments day, accord
ing 10 Mrs. NJ Bellsworth chatham
Mrs. l. c. Holzapfel assistant ex-
tension secretary for the Okl&oma
county Red Cross chapter, and Mrs
Claude B. Mccartney, secretary Of he
home service section, visited Putnam
City this morning and Britton this aft
ernoon. In these two branches they