The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
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Copyright. 1918. by the Wheeler Syndi
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Pauline Wiiherspoon. field director In
Oklahoma for the Red Crosssis out :
laying her plans to be carried out in
Oklahoma. She will make trips all
over the state and will further the Red
Cross county organizations Of Oklaho-
mas seventy-six chapters.
There are three things that Miss
Withcrspoon says she will urge espe-
cially in connection with these chap
ters. They are the urging of young
women TO train to he Red Cross nurses
and TO take the regular hospital course !;
to organize home service work among
the families Of soldiers and sailors who
have answered their country's call and
to urge the chapters to establish
branches and open workrooms and to
further the output OF hospital supplies
and all kinds of garments needed by
the soldiers.
Miss Witherspoon says that as soon
as the train service improves she will
go to Fort Sill and will get informa-
ton first hand az to the work of the
Red Cross in that cantonment, so that
she will be able to carry news of the
work TO the chapters. While there
she will visit the Red Cross chapter
at Lawton She will make Oklahoma
City her headquarters and will return
here every week end She says that
anyone wishing to see her during the
week can leave a message for her with
the Red Cross executive secretaries.
Rooms 4OO-40o Empire building, West
Main street.
Twenty women have been asked TO
volunteer for the home service section
OF the civilian relief department Of the
Red Cross. Mrs. Claude b. Mccartney,
secretary for this department, SAYS that
one woman, Mrs Robert Whelan, 1900
West Twenty-fifth street, has already
Offered her services. Women who wish
to serve have been asked to notify Mrs.
Mccartney in her offices, 406 Empire
building, l24-6-S West Main street
The Mckinley Red Cross unit will
not move it's headquarters to the Whit
tier school until warmer weather, but
will meet in the Second Presbyterian
church tomorrow as usual.
The executive secretaries Of the Okla
homa county Red Cross chapter are in,
stalled in their new offices on the
fourth floor Of the Empire building
l24-o-8 West Main street Miss Paulin,
Witherspoon, field director for IN,
chapter, occupies room 400 Mrs. Mabe
Hol,s,chue. assistant treasurer ant
bookkeeper for the county chapter occu
pies room 402. Mrs. J. c, Hol1apfel
county Red Cross secretary and organ
izer, occupies room 404 and Mrs
Claude b, Mccartney, secretary of tn,
civilian relief department of the Rec
Cross occupies room 400.
Three volunteer s,enographers hav
offered to help the county Red Cros
executive secretaries in their work
They are Miss Marguerite Fitrsimmon,
, Miss Marjorie Ferguson and Mis-
: Henrietta FrederickS These younl
women will write letters and do stem
graphic work for the secretaries
ConvaleScent Jackets are still bcir
made by the women who work in tn
: Red Cross workrooms in the Scott
Halliburton store, Mrs. G.. 6. Kerr
, Mrs Frederick r. Owen, Miss loscphiu
I = Lincoln, Mrs Lea RELY and Mrs. /
{. Sheets were in charge OF this depart
ment for the day
: Mrs Richard T. Nose, Mrs Charlie
, Edward Johnson, Mrs Richard L. Ilar
rlss and Mrs. Edward Davis were /
charge of the surgical dressing depart
ment al the Red Cross workrooms in IN
> Scott Halliburton store. Four-by- iout
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