The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-05
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to the inability to ship them. Bedding.
so the bureau announces, is not shipped
to Europe, unless specially ordered, and
there is no disposal to he made Of quilts
after children have made them The
quota OF quilts for furnishing the Red
Cross houses has been furnished. and
there IS no further need of the articles
There is to be an exhibit OF Junior
Red Cross activities al the meeting of
the national educational association in
Pittsburgh, Pa, June ~ to July 4
Chapter school committees for schools
working on unique cabinet work, man
ual training, drawing or manual arts
are asked to communicate with the bu-
reau OF junior membership, should they
desire to enter exhibits Photographs
ot war gardens, livestock preserving
canning and other Junior household in
dustrial displays will be accepted.
S NJ White of Wynnewood donated
a large basket of peaches TO the Red
Cross chapter Yesterday. The has ct
was sold and the fund received was
turned into the Red Cross chapter,
More than $50 Belgian school chill
dren at Furncs are only four miles
away from the German lines and play
and study every day with shells shoot
ing over their hcads-occaSionally
landing nearby-and with the roar OF
airplaneS in their ears always They
never run when the shells whistle or
explode, one OF their favorte amuse-
mcnts being to jeer at German air
planes The American Red Cross is
sending clothing and shoes to them on
the theory that it is better for tho chill
dren TO remain with their parents than
to be sent away
Miss Renette Hill, instructor in home
economies and dietetics, will open a
new series of classes tomorrow at the
Carnegie library. Glasses will be held
every Tuesday and Thursday of each
week.
Material for four large screens sep
aratlng the large room in the Carnegie
library into four departments was do
mated by the Grant Sprague Lumber
company, the carpenter work being do
mated by Mr.. Davis.
More than one hundred dollars is
now on hand as donations to the sec
ond bed which the Oklahoma chapter
will create for Oklahoma soldiers in
the United States military hospital No.
! in france Fleur Lis club donated
$50. half their Red Cross fund obtained
through their Red Cross benefit given
Monday evening.
Mrs George W. Spencer and Mrs.
J. f. Bailey and Mrs. Mckee were in
charge at the central Red Cross work
rooms yesterday
Mrs. Moman Pruiett, Mrs G. b
Hornaday, Mrs. Fred Sheets. Mrs. Kent
Shartel and Mrs, r. +. hartman were
IN attendance at central workroomS yes
terday, Mrs Zartman caring for the
desk, Mrs Sheets and Mrs. Sharte
ha~sng charge Of the supplies.
Among the younger workers at tn,
surgical dressings department at cen
ttal Red Cross workrooms yesterda,
were Miss Elizabeth hartman, Mis-,
Janet Stuart, Miss Nina Penn, Mis-,
; Lillian Wilkin, Miss Eloise Housed ant
Miss Mary Louise Goats.
Mrs. F. c. Bowles, Mrs, J. f. Con.
sgney, Mrs Lee Van Winkle, Mrs
l. NJ Bsbee and Mrs, Edgar Cook,
represented the L. s. d. club at cen.
tal Red Cross workrooms yesterday
Miss Margaret Cooke worked with her
mother sewing on pajama suits,
The largest attendance in the history
of surgical work at central Red Cross
work rooms was recorded today wher
every available chair at the surgica
dressings tables were occupied and
overflow workers cared for in the busy
work room Nearly seventy were a
work by 10 o'clock.
Mrs. J. 1. Daniel and Mrs. Thomas
Hutton were in charge of the surgica
dressing room at Elks Home unit to-
day
An unusually large attendance oI
workers from the Jewish ladies' 81
society and the Zion Lutheran ladies'
aid society were sewinr 90 the r""tra
Red Cross work rooms today Mrs
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