The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-03

glh' Hall Unit OF Red Cross. Maple
Registration offices for Red Gross
classes In first aid, home care OF the
sick, and dletetcs, Maple i475.
n GARDEN party with music
IN and entertainment will mark
S\ the opening OF the new Liberty
kitchen and market site Friday
evening, when the following women
will assist the womcns committee OF
|~thc council of defense in receiving:
Mrs VIM. J. Pettce, county chairman
Of Red Cross women's work; Mrs Claud
T. Mccartney, secretary OF the civilian
relief committee; Mrs Thomas b.
Chambers, in charge OF the refugee
garments work; Mrs. William Nee
chairman OF the surgical dressings com
mittce OF = d Cross. Mrs Rcucl Has
kel jr., representing the cantcen sery-
ice. Mrs. Joseph Huckins r, repre-
scnting the Colonial Danes and chair
man of the county Junior Red Cross
Mrs, John Threadgll, county chairman
OF the suffrage association; Mrs. l.. h,
y Gaylord. representing the Young Wo-
mems Christian association; Mrs. J. n.
n Schwoerke, of the city Federation OF
Ii Women's clubs; Mrs Robert p. Car
penter, representing the Daughters OF
the American Revolution: Mrs. T. J..
Bonnell of the Housewives league
Mrs Ed Overholser, chairman OF the
Liberty loan wornen's committee; Mrs
Prcntss Price, representing the War
savings stamps workers; Miss Novclla
NJ Could OF the Provident association
and DR.. Winnie NJ. Sanger, represent
ing the professional women OF Okla
,homa City.
The site will be formally opened the
following morning with a parade OF
truck gardeners, followed by $50 wo-
men in autos with their market bas.
kets tied to-their autos with red, white
and blue ribbons.
Several hundred housewives have
signifed their willingness to attend the
market opening on Saturday when also,
orders will be taken for work in the
o Liberty kitchen.
A refrigerator was purchased this
morning by C. II Donart, and the first
assistant class which is now training
at the domestic science department OF
the high school will be completing its
course of six lessons and be in readi-
ness to care for the Liberty kitchen
work
The committee of the council OF de
fensc having the opening of the new
Liberty market and kitchen in charge
has completed plans, to address every
womcn's club in the city this week
the speakers bureau to turn out in full
for the occasion.
One thousand pamphlets will be dis
tributcd by merchants and a large ban.
ner across Main street in front OF the
War Savings bank will announce the
opening.
Mrs. Thomas r. Chambers, chairman
of the refugee garments committee OF
the Red Cross, after an absence from
the city of several weeks while visiting
her son, took up her regular desk this
morning at central Red Cross work
rooms
Ten year old Trma Brady Of l08
East Tenth street made her first prac
teal visit to the surgical dressings
rooms at the central work rooms this
morning and joined the workers at the
tables.
Nearly fifty workers in the surgical
dressings rooms at central Red Cross
work rooms were on hand this morn
ing by Q o'clock and worked indus
triously until | o'clock which will be
the closing hour during the summer.
The Capitol Gun club at lis tourna-
tnent Memorial Day collected a penny
1 sa-shot amounting to SIS, which was do
snoted to the second Liberty bed for
Dklahoma City soldiers of the United
fStates hospital in France.
A two year old coyote, named Ledy
Jennie was brought TO central Red
Cross work rooms this morning as a
donation from Wanette, Okla The
coyote will be sold at auction and halt
the proceeds turned over to the Okla |
homa chapter of the Red Cross and
the other half turned over to the Wa
nette chapter of the Red Cross through |
J. s. Weaver who raised the coyote.
II Oklahoma City women become
disciples of a new school OF the art
OF preserving fruits and vegetables, OF
which Mrs. Mamie Walker Parks and |
her assistants, Ita Ross and Alma |
Keys are the teachers, the manufac-
turers Of glass preserving jars will be
put out of business so far as this city |
Is concerned.
Here is an example of what the proc
ess accompliShes: A woman might |
have sixteen one quart glass jars, with |
which she proposed to put up string
beans. With twenty-four quarts of
String beans (dry measure) she could |
probably fiji the sixteen quart jars
But on the other hand if she will use
this drying process of preserving the
string beans, she will find that by using
the simple homemade drying frame
and giving the string beans four hours
of even, slow heat, the moisture will
evaporate so that when the process is
Finished they will weigh two and two
tenths of a pound The dried string
beans can easily be placed in two Of
the one-quart jars and the woman
would have fourteen left
Glass Jars, according 10 Mrs Parks.
arc not the right containcr into which
dried fruits and vegetables should he
put A pastcboard or paper container.