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Show Red Cross Shop Soon Ready s Opening on Saturday Morning , HELEN COULAM (right) and Dary! Vissing. each 6 years old, who conducted a Red Cross drive in the neighbor-j neighbor-j hood of their homes Monday, collecting $3.30. Many Articles Given; Reception Re-ception Is to Mark Start of Business. ALTHOUGH donations of goods and materials to the stock of the Red Cross shop have been liberal and varied, the room at 148 Regent street will hold about twice the amount of stuff now on hand. The committee com-mittee in charge urges haste In deliveries, deliv-eries, or in advising where the goods are "to be obtained. The Red Cross shop is to have Us formal for-mal opening Saturday morning, in conjunction con-junction with the inauguration of the municipal mu-nicipal market, the community kitchen and the Civic center. At present about half the' floor space devoted to the Red Cross shop is unoccupied. Today two of the booth structures used on the street corners during the funds drive will be set up in the center of the room as display departments, and racks and counters will surround these. In addition, wall cases are to be installed for the reception of such goods as cannot be left to the mercy of the buying public to handle. Boy scouts will assist in the cleaning and installing in-stalling of donated counters and cases during today and tomorrow. Yesterday's additions to the stock included in-cluded a large leather-covered lounge a big bric-a-brac wall case, some chairs, and sundry ancient and modern small wares. Somebody yesterday sent in a large box of new shoes of good quality. A large bronze-base ikerosene reading lamp, which in Its day was a prize feature fea-ture of a room's furnishings, was sent in, as also were, two bearskin rugs. The opening is scheduled for 10 o'clock Saturday morning, the business day lasting last-ing until o p. m. A general reception will be held at the Civic center and the community kitchen with music throughout through-out the day. Tea will be served in the kitchen. Mrs. Gould B. Blakeley is chairman chair-man of the Civic center committee, Mrs. William Reid is chairman of the tea and Mrs. Henry' DInwoodey of the music. Tomorrow and Friday salesmen and price clerks from various stores will be at the -shop to fix a reasonable sale price for the goods on hand. Friday a ladies' hat, made by Miss Parke, will be auctioned at the Civic center cen-ter for the benefit of the Red Cross. The packing department at Amelia palace pal-ace yesterday' forwarded six large boxes of manufactured articles to headquarters In Denver: This brings the total of boxes forwarded in May to ninety-seven, and is but three short of the record established In March. There are goods enough on hand in the preparation rooms a- Amelia palace to fill ten more boxes, so a new record for May is assured. The management of the American theater the-ater has offered free admission to Its show Friday afternoon to all Red Cross workers. A. film. "Her Boy," of especial interest to the Red Cross, will be presented. pre-sented. Though only 6 years old. Helen Coulam, daughter of Mrs. W. E. Coulam, Sfi3 East Second South street, and Daryl Vissing, daughter of Mrs. W. C. Vissing. S72 East Second South street, conducted a Red Cross' drive of their own Monday afternoon. after-noon. The little girls collected $3.30 for the fund. Members of the Red Cross unit. Daughters Daugh-ters of Utah Pioneers, will meet at 10 o'clock this morning at the Gardo house for making surgical dressings. The sewing sew-ing meeting to have been held tomorrow at Social hall has been postponed onS week because of Decoration day. |