The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-13

realized by this work. The quilt will
be donated to the Oklahoma county
chapter through Mrs. William J. Pet
tee. director of women's work and later
will he forwarded to Camp Donlphan
by her
Guess III take a nose-end dive and
t-y some OF these fine bandages, They
look good 10 me-" and Lieut.. Fred 1.
! Goddard with the insignia OF a bird
on his sleeve, looked attentvely at the
busy crowd OF workers IN the surgical
dressings department yesterday morn
ing as roll after roll OF bandages, fluff
after fluff OF soft batting for allaying
pain on hospital cots we're wrought
in the magic Of womanly hands.
Lieutenant Goddard is spending the
week end in the city being properly
fitted with rubber knee band to
counteract a bad Sprain which is handi-
Gaping his flights at Post field.
Seventy one workers we're on hand
Yesterday in the surgical dressings de-
partment Of the Red Cross, including
members from the Clover Leaf club, &.
]. knitting unit and United Daughters
Of the Confederacy
The Tenth and Robinson Streets
unit Yesterday at Central Red Cross
work rooms turned IN ninety-nlne fin
ished cauteen kits ready for filling
Additional finished garments were
sixty muslin bed shirts, thirty helpless
case shirts and twenty canton flannel
bed shirts.
This unit meets every Tuesday and
Thursday in the young women's Sun
day school class room in the First
Christian church at Tenth and Robin
son streets.
St. Paul's Parish House unit deliv-
cred sixteen helpless case shirts to Cen
trail work rooms yesterday morning
and fifteen similar garments and one
muslin bed shirt were brought in by
the Hawthorne unit.
Ten bed shirts were completed and
delivered by members of the Altruistic
club of the Y. W. {. A. this week, under
Miss Anna Louise Cole, general sec
retary of the Y. W. c. A.
Mrs. George Lieber who was gen
eral instructor in the knitting depart
ment at Central Red Cross work rooms
yesterday morning, was ably assisted
by Mrs. Gardner Given of 1905 West
Seventeenth street.
Mrs. Given attended Mrs. r. d.
Turner of 8ll West Twenty-fourth
street who proved an adept pupil, knit
ting being the old time over-the-needle
style.
Mrs N. R. Maidment of sos West
Eleventh street and Miss Josephine
Place of 10 West Eighteenth street
also were receiving instructions at the
knitting table.
At meeting held Thursday evening
in the Y. w. c. A. rooms in the
Terminal building, members of the
Fellowship club laid plans for active
work in knitting.
Those who are proficient in this art
will Immediately begin knitting sweat
ers, while others will receive inStruc-
tionS irom a volunteer instructor fur
nished by Central Red Cross rooms.
Mrs. George w. Spencer was chair
man of the day at Central Red Cross
headquarters today, and sewers were
quietly but surely completing the unfin-
ished garments as a weekend service,
II is in keeping with the "Clear dinner
plate" 81
Mrs. Russell b IIilihurton and Mrs
Guy kimball were two busy women at
tending TO the wants of knltters who de-
sired fresh yarn for next weeks work,
during the morning hours at Central
Red Cross headquarters.
Mrs. Joseph Hoffman assisted by
Mrs M. W. Totten held an interesting
session of instruction this morning at
Central Red Cross knitting department
Du ing the morning the following
knitters returned their weeks work
Mrs Brown, two pairs of socks; Mrs.
+. +. Stafford. one pair of socks; Mrs
Y, D. Alden. one sweater; Mrs. Grace
Johnson, one pair of socks Miss Jessie
Daniels, one pair of socks; Mrs. J. c. !
Spangle, three pairs OF socks; Mrs. II. |
Jenkins, one sweater; Mrs. NJ. II. Ellis,
three pairs of socks; Miss Alice Craig, !
one pair of socks; Miss Doris Koch, |
one pair Of socks.
Mrs. NJ. H. Ellis OF 1907 East Ninth |
street who returned three pairs OF socks
knitted nearly eight pairs during a re-
cent illness, her work being done while
propped up in bed In addition to socks, |
Mrs. Ellis has knitted one sweater and |
three helmets and her work is of a su-
pcrior quality.
This morning the hospital garment
section received the following n
Wheatland unit, helpless case
shirts, twenty-six
Mrs. d, A. Davis, helpless case
shirts, thirty.
Central work rooms, surgical
gowns, six.
Catholic ladies' war relief, help
less case shirts, thirty-one.
Wesley unit, helpless case shirts,
forty.
Twenty-second Street unit, help
less case shirts, thirty-one.
Eastern Star unit helpless case
shirts, eighty canton flannel bed
shirts, twenty-nine; muslin bed
shirts, forty; pajama suits, eighty.
Two hundred certificates are await
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