Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-15
War Worker To
Address Women
Here Tonight

The part women must play in the
winning Of the war will be discussed
tonight at the city hall auditorium, by
Mrs. Martha Nelson McCan. who has
been sent to North Dakota by the
committee on public information OF
the Council Of National Defense. Mrs.
McCan is touring the state under the
auspiceao OF the North Dakota Council
Of Defense. Her lecture here will be
accompanied by stereoptican slides OF
views taken while in France NJ Eng
land.
Mrs. McCan has but recently return
ed from France, where she worked
abroad and at the front, she made a
special study Of what England and
France are doing to care for their dis
abled soldiers. Thinking that the
greatest field for her lay in helping to
BPS the American public regard
ing the need of caring for our disabled
soldiers on their return. Mrs. McCan
returned to America, and immediatly
took I'D her work with the committee
on public information.
Mrs. Thomas Allen Box, wife of the
secretary of the North Dakota Council
Of Defense was affiliated with Mrs.
McCan in club work in California. and
is accompanying the speaker on her
trip through North Dakota.
Mrs. McCan will begin her lecture
tonight shortly after eight o'clock. .
Miss Susan 1. Maloney, Mrs. ]. B.
wineman, Mrs. r. S. Sprague and
Mrs. n. K. Geist motored to Ojata
this afternoon to attend a meeting
of the Ojata auxiliary of the Red
Cross which was held at the Henry
Eccles home neal Ojata. Mrs. Lii
lianNfT. Beard gave a splendid DEM
onstration Of bread making and also
demonstrated canning. Mrs. Vine
man talked on hospital garments,
and Mrs. Sprague talked on food
conservation. Miss Maloney CAV a
general talk on Rec Cross work and
getting women interested n work.
Inc.
The Wesleyan pwortn league OF
the Scandinavian Methodist church
will meet Friday evening at 8 o'clock
in the church parlors. Following the
program, refreshments win be served
by Mrs. Eliza Olson. The program
to be given is Is follows:
Opening-Rev. Lorentiz.
Piano Solo-Esther Olson.
Reading-Helen Olson.
Piano Solo-Frances Smith.
Reading-Caryl Mcmahon.
Piano Solo-Myrtle Nelson.
"A school for tho instruction of
girls and n in the essentials Of
cooking for threshirg crews VIII be
: conducted at Jamestown for two
] days mex week by Miss Emma De-
7 Witt, home demonstration agent.
Liberty bread and Liberty menus of
' a substantial kind will be demon
strated and the students will sbs
given practice in preparing meals fit
for the king-or threshing crews.
Friends in this city will be interest
ed to know that Miss Nora Anderson
and Miss Selma Sand, who have been
at the base hospital at Camp Custer
for the last six months, expect to
leave for foreign service within a
short time. Both of these young
women graduated from the Deaconess
hospital in this city about four years
ago, and since that time have follow.
edgthefr profession in this city.
So X X X
District No. 4 of the Ladies' Aid OF
the Methodist church will meet at the
ernoon with the Home Missionary So
ciety and will participate in the fare
well WHICH will be given for Mrs.
Whitchef.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Benner and two
children will return to their home a,
Fargo today after spending a few
days here with Mrs. Benner's sister
Mrs. Henry w. Johnson, 416 Cheyenne
ayenue.
sNS 4 Il
Mrs. L. H. MoGovern AMI son
David, of Duluth, Mimi. and Mrs
Harold King and son, Junior, Of Der.
rick, N. D., who are visiting here
and Miss Verona o'Gorman Of thi:
city motored to Crookston yesterday
and spent the day as the guests O
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Page.