The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-02-21

THURSDAY afternoon. FenrgarT IL. !
ushered il the dzy that Red Cross I
workers have been planning for since I
their Organization. January 18th. |
Mrs Maple OF Beaver was present
and spent the afternoon in giving in
str1ction in the making Of hospital
garments and q limited number Of
surgical dressings
On FRIDAY the entire day vas spent
and the three machines we're in con-
slant use The ladies brought their
lunches expecting TO eat . cold lunch
but a; the dinner hour the hostess.
Mrs G. VI. Gregory. invited the guests
out TO the dining room and helped
each TO plate Of stesming hot viands
calculated TO tickle the palate Of the
most critical. but OF course. none
were present Al the close Of the
dinner hour the ladies returned to
their work as Ms. Maple had only
the afternoon to give Us. II vas here
some Of the brothers Of the Red
Gross. who we're present. did their
bit" Mr.. Gregory. assisted by A. l.
Petty. washed and wiped the dishes
and left the kitchen in spple-pie
order. for which the ladies wish TO
express their appreciation. A vote
of thanks was rendered Mr. Maple
for her presence and Inspiration. TO
which she responded in a few well
worded phrases The ladies also
wish to tender their thanks to other
Red Cross brothers for their sery-
ices. /. z. Stevens and Charles l..
Baker.
The ladies will meet Friday after
noon with Mrs Gregory for Red
Cross sewing On Wednesday our
ladies are invited to meet in the work
room with the Madison workers, who
will receive their instruction.
Miss Maud Birdssll. of Madison.
who has been visiting in Beaver the
past week. returned in company with
Mrs. Maple. and spent Thursday with
the Red Cross people here.
The correspondent OF the Echoes
is stranger to all except some for
mer Blue Grass people. has never
had the privilege of meeting the
editor. though here's hopin'. She has
never turned very many of our
screeds down The greatest offense
she ever committed was to cut up
the account OF a play. which we were
giving for the Christmas tree benefit,
until the actors hardly knew it. Now.
had she lived In the rural communi-
ties where this kind OF an entertain
ment is our almost only diversion.
she would have thought twice before
she allowed the glowing eulogisni of
our budding actors to meet such
!ignonimous fate. and this. too. Is one
Of the ways we pay our social debts
lyou know. and after We had spent
so much gray matter in getting just
1.-THE right share OF praise to each one
Do you wonder we were all disap-
lpointed? But we are long suffering
so we swallowed our pride and have
re,aliated by trying to send just as
Ibig a news letter as we could. Now.
lour editor may be a little peppery
sometimes and she and our Brother
lTooker do not. fguratively speaking.
"dwell together in unity" but she's
Iall right anyway. Anyone with an
Iunprejudiced mind cannot fail to see
1.-THE good she is doing for humanity
for our soldier boys thru the columns
of the Herald.
| Scarcely a soldier bow but does not
lreiterate in letter or thru the press
1.-THE value they put upon receiving the
home paper. and sur editor not only
devotes valuable space to many let
tiers. but sends the paper gratis to
many who are now in the camps.
We are organizing our neighbor-
hood as best We can so that We may
send a more complete neighborhood
letter to our boys from Blue Grass
or who were former Blue Grass boys
To this end we ask that our friends
lcall US or send us items of interest
Now everybody knows whom to call
of course. Your correspondent will
} have to stand sponsor for what you
write so use care. but II you should
do such an unheard OF thing as to
write about the chauffeur departinR
with the cook. say it's alleged such
land such. etc. that will save us both
Now. the next thing to do to com.
plete this chain is to subscribe FOL
the Herald. Let's assist our editor
to make this the best year in ever,
way. Probably II all the communi
: tiles fall into line and send her large
news letters she will in self-defenst
have to purchase linotype then she
won't have to send her work out oi
town. Here's success to the Herald
(NOTE: Indeed. this is the frs
/ knowledge the editor OF The Herald
had that the blue pencil had beer
! pushed so vigorously on the account
OF the aforesaid theatricals. W.
don't blame the correspondent ant
! her budding actors" for resentini
the matter. The act must have beer
committed during our absence from
the Office when the printer grew tire6
! (as they sometimes do), and just de
cided to eliminate risking "gettint
by" That he was successful u
shown. We appreciate your goot
words and Il is certainly our ambi
ltion to merit a continuation OF thu
same. What little we have been abl'
to do. we have done gladly and free
Ily and we will continue. for w
lrealize that the boys Somewhere II
France" are fighting. not to save thei
! own life. but among other things Il