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WOMEN HELPING TO SECURE DATAFOR WAR RECORDCouncil of Defense Helpers Engage Themselves in Task of Compiling Information For History of Wabash County's Activities.LPrdiiWomen of Wabash county are en- j gaging themselves in the work of compiling Wabash county’s war history.Defense council workers have read-j ily responded to the request of James jE. Almond, who is compiling the his-itory, to assist in preparing the material. The work of {he women will jbe largely that of gathering informa-jtion for the war record question-e j naires, one of which is to be filled ^|out by every soldier, sailor and marine who went from Wabash county. Miss Letha Urschel is assisting in ‘ this feature of , the history work.I “If you can get the women of your j county working in gathering this in-| formation, you will be assured of suc-e cess, for they do things right/' Dr.‘ John W. Oliver, head of the state his-^.torical commission, told Mr. Almond.T*o the assistance of Mr. Almond have come scores of Wabash county people who are cooperating in mak- ■ Cc ing the history a document of value- | so Mrs. Ralph Oliver at Urbana and de Mrs. Frank Dunbar of North Manchester have already started their work. Despite the fact that this is “fair week” and a really important event in North Manchester, Mrs. Dunbar is finding enough time to get out and stir up her workers in getting the questionnaires out. Mrs. Oliver is working over the telephone and through her captains and lieutenants and plans to have her entire district closed up within a week or 10 days. There is one gold star in her district, that for Claude Wilcox. There are six in the North Manchester aird Chester township section*Mrs. W. N. Sleeth writes the committee that she is ready to start on Walz township at any time and blanks will be delivered to her in a day or two.Mrs. Q. A. Carver, living on routefetilt;IoiTlindsleccdt/(Continued from* page xA
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Wabash Plain Dealer
Wabash, Indiana, US
Mon, Sep 22, 1919
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