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Mail Tribune 100, March 22, 1919 Continued by Alissa Corman Saturday, March 23rd 2019 A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago. March 22, 1919, continued CLOTHING SCHOOL WELL ATTENDED BY PHOENIX WOMEN The clothing exhibit and demonstration which was held Friday at Phoenix was attended by sixty or more women from various communities of the county. Arrangements for this meeting were made by Miss McCormick, home demonstration agent, under the auspices of the Jackson County Farm Bureau. So interested and enthusiastic were the women attending the meeting yesterday that plans are being made for a three-day clothing school later on in the year. Miss Van Kirk, a specialist from the domestic art department of the Oregon Agricultural college gave demonstrations of remaking and remodeling old garments, of dressing the stout figure, of cutting and adjusting patterns, and of fitting. An exhibit of remodeled and made-over garments and of children’s clothes made by the girls taking the sewing course at O. A. C. were shown. Not only did the exhibit demonstrate what can be done with old materials and with basic patterns, but also showed the intensely practical work which is done by the girls at our state college. Miss Van Kirk presented her work in a very simple and direct manner and seemed an artist in her manner of draping and fitting the model forms. Many women cut patterns from the basic patterns shown at the demonstrations. RED CROSS DRIVE FOR OLD GARMENTS BEGINS MONDAY Some idea of the enormous need for clothing among the refugees of the devastated and liberated regions of France and Belgium can be obtained from a Red Cross report which shows that up to last fall it had distributed 1,629,000 articles of clothing and 260,000 pairs of shoes. In addition it gave 1,200,000 yards of cloth. And the Red Cross heads admit that it has been impossible to supply anywhere near the complete needs of these stricken people in the matter of clothing and shoes. Funds and facilities are inadequate for the purchasing and making of new clothing. In the donation of old clothing that can be salvaged they see the only way in which the serious problem of these unfortunate allies can be solved. And now that not only France and Belgium must be clothed, but Italy, Rumania, Serbia, Greece and Czecho-Slovakia as well. The American Red Cross has a large task on its hands, and everyone throughout the land should do all they can to help. The Jackson county branch of the Red Cross has completed its organization for the drive, which will take place from the 24th to the 29th of March. Mrs. Jonas Wold is chairman of the county committee. There is a need for more cars and workers than have been obtained and Mrs. Wold would like to have some volunteers for this branch of work. People who have clothing to give but cannot deliver it to the collection station, are requested to place these garments in sacks or bundles that can be easily handled, and put them out in front of their houses Tuesday afternoon, and they will be collected by the motor corps. If you cannot get your bundles together by Tuesday, telephone any of the members of the committee and someone will call for them. News In Photos Loading ...