The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-27
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Red e.O, Financial Secretary
Maple 28b2
Civilian Relief, Maple A2o.
state Red Gross Headquarters, WAL
csn,rsl Red Gro" worEroom.
Walnut Bg2
Elks Hsll Unit OF Red Cross Maple
900.
aeolstfatlon offices for Red Cross
classes In first AID. home care Of
the alek, and dletetlcs, Walnut 1900.
Dr. Frances l.. Bishop has been ap.
pointed director Of the division oi first
aid Of the bureau Of military relief for
the Red Cross. Direct inquiries for
first aid 10 him Matters relating 90
elementary hygiene. home care OF the
sick ard nurses aid should he addressed
10 Miss Ida Anderson, director oi tho
bureau Of nursing service. southwestern
division Of Red Cross. 81 Louis
Complete reports Tor schools enrolling
in Junior Red Cross ior the southwest
en division include Arkansas. 81
schools Kansas, MD, Missouri, 41S
Oklahoma, Nj. Texas $50, making a
total OF S,dUj schools.
The American Red Cross has fifteen
rolling clnieens behind the lines at the
front Fifty or more large rCCcptiClcs
are sent forward daily from these can
teens containing hot drinks and soups
free for the fighting soldier, and for
those coming on and off duty In the
past six months the American Red
Gross has served 100000 poiluS with
these hot drinks as we'll as a friendly
word The American army has asked
10 have this service directly IN toucn
with the medical relief stations nearest
the front as It has proved so valuable
10 the soldiers
Motion war pictures are now ready
10 be supplied to Red CroS, chapter,
throughout the southwestern division
by the headquarters at ST. Louis Five
interesting films have been prepared
and will be sent through the division as
requests for them are received \
nominal rental fee 10 cover the cost OF
transportation will be charged Il IS
expected that these pictures will be-
come a substantial source oi revenue TO
the communities in which they arc
shown The films are "llumanlty's Ap-
peal" a United States official war pic
ture, a visuaization OF Red Cross work
among the repatriates at Evan; Field
Service on the Western Front :" In the
Ruins Of Rheims" France IN Arms ;,
and "French Sailors IN Action
~ pledge myself 10 do one hours
work or more each week IN some one
of the surgical dressings rooms Of this
city as long as the war lasts" This
pledge was signed by fourteen women
working in the Franklin Red Cross
workrooms in the Franklin school build
ing yesterday afternoon at the weekly
session. A copy OF the pledge was post
ed In the halls of the school After the
meeting Mrs. !. N. GrisSo. chairman ot
the unit. called the teachers OF the
school together and told them Of the
urgent need for Red Cross work. and
asked them for their support in helping
TO turn out supplies. Al the meeting
Yesterday thirteen hospital garments
we're made
Wives Of the employees Of the Ford
Motor company, the New State Motor
company the Loyal Daughters OF the
First Christian church, and students OF
the telegraphy class met last night in
the Red Cross surgical dressings room
in the Chamber OF Commerce and made
100 dressings.
The Oklahoma county chapter OF the
Red Cross has exceeded its assignment
for helmets coming from Red Cross
headquarters at ST. Louis by 100 Five
hundred helmets were asked for and
600 have been made and shipped Mrs.
Harrell, chairman of the knitting de-
partment, says that the helmets would
have been turned out faster than they
were if it had not been that the supply
of wool ran out, which neceSsitated
waiting for more
A class in first aid, composed Of wo-
men OF the Young Women's Christian
association was organized last night in
the Y w. {. A. offices at 7:5O Dr.
Eva Wells will conduct and instruct
this classi On account of illness, Mrs
c. l. Daugherty, registrar for these
classes, with offices in the Chamber Of
Commerce, has given over the regIstra-
tion to Miss Rennette Hill
Red Cross work rooms where negro
women will make surgical dressings
and hospital supplies for negro soldiers
have been established in Oklahoma
City, and just as soon as chairmen for
all the departments have been chosen
the work OF turning out supplies will
commence. This was decided at a meet
ing of negroes held last night in the
Dogan library, at which s. r. Young
blood, chairman of Red Cross work for
the negroes, presided The surgical
dressing workroom will be established
in room in the Y. NJ. {. A. building
on Stiles street, and the hospital sup
plies in a room in the library. At the |
meeting last night Mrs. Bette Osborne
was elected director of women'S work, |
and will appoint charmcn for the dif- !
ferent departments.
Twenty thousand front parcels" a |
month are to be made by the women
working in the surgical dressing work. |
rooms OF the Oklahoma county Red |
Cross chapter. This is a new assign
ment in dressings that came yesterday |
afternoon to central wOrkrOOmS Mrs