The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-04

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Maple 2s62
Civilian Relief. Maple 42O.
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elks' Hall Unit OF Red Cross, Maple
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Registration offices for Red Cross
classes In first aid, home care OF the
slek, and dietetlcs, Maple I4Te.
I'M HE series of eight classes com
posed of l2S pupils in home
nursing, deteticS, and first aid
work which has been occupy
ing the attention OF instructors al the
|, Red Cross rooms in Carnegie library.
are taking their final examinations this
week. Beginning Thursday another
series will begin, classes being formed
to begin at 10 As and close at 4 o'clock
with noon hour OF rest.
The Red Cross rooms are fully
equipped to care for a continuous series
OF work as new screens have been
placed in the large room making il pos
Hble to separate the domestic science
work room from the first aid and home
nursing classes.
Owing TO the illness Of Mrs. \ 4
Mcdonald. Mi, George Knox was in
charge Of the Elks home surgical
dressings headquarters Yesterday and
Mrs. Joseph Rumsey and Miss Gencllc
Halle were in charge this morning.
Last week eleven Red Cross classes
in first aid, home care Of the sick and
dletetcs were conducted at Carnegie
library.
OF the foreign born in Nebraska.
Swedes dominate in Polk, Saline, How
ard and Valley counties Bohemans
are most numerous in Knox. Colfax,
Butler and Saunders counties; Russians
IN SCOTS Bluff Clay and Hitchcock
counties and Italians in Lancaster and
Douglas counties.
Owing to the rotation Of workers
registered in the canteen service the
volunteer trains that leave the city every
morning at 7:l0 and the trains that
carry the draft men outward bound dur
ing the day are met BY canteen servers
and given their kit OF smokes and postal
cards.
Headquarters of the department Of
civilian relief have moved from room
4OO to room 405 in the Empire build
ing.
All foreign women in Nebraska are
being urged to become Americanizcd
and American wives Of foreign men are
being asked to influence their husbands
to take out full citizenship papers in
an appeal sent out by Miss Sarah +
Hrbkova chairman OF the woman's com
nittee Of the Nebraska state council OF
defense.
A donation Of $40 bottles Of Pablo
10 the oanteen service has been re-
Accived from the Pablo distributing
agency Of the city.
During the two months vacation
which Mrs F Z. Wallower. chairman
of the women's committee OF the coun-
c,l Of defense will take beginning June
IS Mrs, A. ]. Rigsby, her assistant,
VIII NC III CndISt.
A meeting OF the speakers bureau
was held this morning in the Chamber
of Commerce
Members of the u s d. club spent
the morning at central Red Cross work |
rooms the Social Embroidery club
worked at the Masonic Templc Red |
Gross rooms the East Side Methodist |
church unit at the state capitol unit, and
the Service Knitting club with Mrs Ed
NJ Cook
The Hoover Demonstration club met
yesterday afternoon with Mrs Rodney
X Quinby OF 229 West Eleventh street
when Miss lta Ross gave practical
demonstrations in drying spinach, cab
blge, apples. peas. and beans Miss
Ross blanched spinach and cabbage
three minutes and peas and beans from
eight to ten minutes and prepared the
work for members to continue later.
Apples were pared. cored and dried
without cooking The club will meet
June Y at 80 at the Liberty kitchen
where demonstrations will be given by
Miss Ross and Miss Kee
The fourth class of assistants for
the new Liberty kitchen work was held
this morning at the domestic science
department of the high school under in
struction of Mrs Mamie Walker Parks
Two lessons will complete this course
They will be Held next Tuesday and
Thursday and a new series of classes
be ready for work
A food demonstration by the negro
women's committee of the council OF
defense will be held this evening at the
Douglas school, when Mrs. Harriet
Esohcraft government food demon
strator for negro women of Logan
county and Miss Maude Smith Of
Boley, government food demonstrator
Tor Oklahoma county negro women, will
give demonstrations in drying OF
garden vegetables and making victory
bread
Miss Irene Hickey, chairman of the
child welfare committee will be present
TO speak on child welfare work to the
negro women.
John K Boardman, chairman of the
vigilance committee of the council of
defense will address the women and
NNilliam Harrison, negro attorney also
will give an address.
At the close Of the demonstration a
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