The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-10-12
RED CROSS BUSY
TODAY WITH BIC
'REG|NAL meets
sssslon starts This Mernlnu ~ City
Hslis psleus,es Talk of Work
Done BY oresnsa,lon;
Plans Made.
LUNCHEON IS SERVED
TO VISITORS At NOON
LEGAL Chapter chslrman ls Tosss'
mistress: Program This After.
noon 10 comple,e Meeting
is Annovnesment.

with Henry A. Baker. director Of
~ar activities oi The Southwest,
ctn division. presiding. the regional
Red Cross conference opened here
lhis morning.
Attendance NJ the morning session.
held In the council chamber OF the
city hall. was small. However. every
Incoming passenger traln brough;
more delegates and the attendance
at the afternoon session was To be-
much larger. local Red Cross officials
predicted.
Tho program this morning was
opened by a short talk. Red Cross
Responsibility TO the Ex.Seryice
Man." by Mrs. NJ. a. Lasater. cxecu.
tive secretary Of The Garyin county
chapter. Pauls Valley. Mrs. Las.
aler substituted for John T. Butcher.
chairman Of the Garyin chapter
a four.mInute talk by Dr. II. c.
Antle. OF ChIckasha. was the second
number on the program. DR.. Anue
touched on his experiences with the
Red Cross In France and the manner
in which the organization IL carry.
Ing on It's peace time program.
Home hygiene classes w're dis.
cussed by Mrs. w. II. Glll y, head
OF the home nursing branch OF the
Grady county chapter. Mrs. Nettie
Il. coryell. county home demonstra'
tion agent here and who IL super
vising tie nutrition work In the
county, discussed this phase OF the
Red Cross program.
The necessity OF Red Cross pro.
gram In the schools was discussed
I'm short talk by Mr. Baker, &c
siding ove.ftne meeting. Ten minute
open discussions followed each OF
the numbers on the program this
morning.
Enter. .Ained At Luncheon.
Fifty were present at the luncheon
given today by the executive board
of the local chapter In honor of the
visiting delegates. The three-course
luncheon was served in the Manhat.
tan cafe. American beauty roses
decorated the tables.
Mrs. Bertram Harris, chairman OF
the local chapter, acted as toast
mistress at the luncheon. After din
ner talks were made by Mesdames
Mccartney and Mitchell Southwest
ern division representatives; II. NJ.
Baker, division director of postwar
activities; Major Mudd, of TT. Sill;
3. b. Barefoot, T. II. Dwyer, and
Mrs. Orin Ashton.
In behalf of the commanding Of
ficers at TT. Sill, Major Mudd ex.
pressed appreciation for the assist
ance the Ped Cross chapters in the
state had rendered the post and the
men stationed there.
Baker From San Antonio.
MIR. Baker, division executive who
is presiding over the conference
here, has been actively engaged in
Red Cross relief work III San An
tonic, Texas, where the recent flood
caused heavy loss Of property and
many lives. He related few OF
his experiences at the morning ses-
sion of the conference.
Although attendance this morning
fell below expectations, interest in
the conference was intense and the
numbers on the morning program
proved to be entertaining and bene-
ficial, to. the workers present, Mrs.
Harris declared.
Other phases Of the Red Cross
work will be discussed at the after
noon session, which began at 1870
o'clock after visiting delegates who
attended the luncheon had been
taken for an observation tour Of the
>city.
The conference ends this after
noon.