The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-16
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Commerce surgical dressing unit Of the
Red Cross last night This work Don
will be open again tonight when Miss
Edith Canada will be in charge Of the
output
The Briiton branch Of the Red Cross
county chapter turned IN nine pajama
suits and 10 under shirts TO central
Red Gross work rooms, the work Of
the mn 0i tho branch for one week
Mrs. J. J. Harris. superintendent OF
the work rooms there, who brought the
garments in says that the women Of
the branch are working four days in
the week nov instead Of two. Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday and Friday for
ali day Pupils OF the Britton school
IN the domestic science are making pads.
gun wipes and shot bags, through the
adult branch according 10 Mrs Harris
Students IN the domestic science depart
mcnt Of the Bfilion school arc making
pads, gun wipes and shot bags.
Women of the twenty second street
unit OF the Red eros, broke the record
in output in hospital supplies this week,
when they completed siNty-two gar.
meniS. 1wcnly-S six women met in thc
work room during the week. in the
home of Mrs Homer Smythe, l2l5 West
Twenty second street
Women OF the West Capitol Hill
unit oi the Red Cross. who meet IN
the Masonic Temple every day but
Saturday completed as their weeks
work, twenty-on pajama suits, and
five coats Women IN the knitting dc
partment turned in twelve pairs Of
socks and seyen sweaters. Mrs Roy
ID. Taylor is instructor in the knitting
for this unit.
Women OF the educational depart
ment OF the Oklahoma City women's
committee Of the council OF national de-
tense, OF which the food conservation
is a branch, are carrying ont a setie,
Of speeches on food conservation, and
are addressing the members OF the Fed
Grafton OF Mothers clubs and the Fed
GRAFTON OF Patrons clubs in Oklahoma
City. on this subject. The presidents OF
these clubs have said that the mem.
berS will cooperate with the council
OF national defense In promoting food
conservation among the members. y
representative Is being chosen from
each Patron club in the city and from
each mothers club TO be one OF the
members Of the educational committee
Of the council OF national defense, Mrs.
u N. Lindsay represents the Federation
OF Patrons clubs, the other representa-
tives TO be appointed later. There are
TWO committee under the food conser-
walton department. One committee is
working for the conservation OF foods
in the schools and the other 10 work
ing for the conservation OF The public
at large through the n~eighborhood
meetings, 10 be carried out later.
Speakers are being provided BY the
speakers bureau OF the council Of m.
tional defense to speak on the conscrya.
ton Of foods before the patrons CLUBS
and mothers clubs. Already the pa
tron. Of the Mckinley school, the
Whittier school, Culbertson Heights.
Lowell and Riverside schools have been
addressed on this subject by Mrs. A.
]. Rigsby, general director Of the food
conservation department. Next week
speakers will address the patrons OF
the Hawthorne, Lincoln. Willard,
Franklin, and Garfield schools and the
Jefferson school mothers club. The aim
Of this instruction TO these women on
the conservation Of foods is to &C
quaint them with the necessity Of saw
ing food, and what It means TO the
soldiers, and how it will help to win the
war