Women’s YWCA Drive Succeeds As Contributions Grow
Contributions to the YWCA drive continue with gratifying results and no fever complaints. High school girls led Saturday canvassing in the square and wards one through four, listing volunteers and captains who aided the effort. The article also notes a Children’s Story Hour at the Rest Room in the Court House, with multiple readers, stories, and a short poem about Forget-Me-Not narrated for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Miller
Mildred Mauthe
Pain
Fiora Mae Gass
Margaret Mrockhart
Edna Timmerman
Willam Waymack
Jessie Rice
Lois Griffith
Edith Nebergal
Golda Schulty
Jessie Kerr
Capitola Brindley
Marguerite Hicks
Alice Wilson
Helen Woods
Lois Brown
Dorothy Ward
Esther Hay
Viola Burch
Gladys Clark
Elsie Glassburner
Mary Minick
Helen Long
Jeanette Rothschild
Hannah Jones
Sarah Grimes
Beatrice Baird
Marion McLaughlin
Winifred Whetstine
Edna Morrow
Clofielda Harper
Mable Wallace
Zeta Pratt
Araion Law
Merle Thomas
Lucile Cherry
Nellie Reister
Helen Reister
Women’s Interchurch Committee
Court House
Minnie Conner
W. A. Gibson
J. M. Godfrey
Dowell
Story Hour at A M ER Church Charms Young Listeners
Last Sunday at the A M E church the Women’s Inter church Committee chaired by Mrs Harvey hosted a story hour. Eva Livingstor told the Moses tale, Mae McNamara narrated Big Jim and Kim with an encore Member. Carolyn Hamilton and Helen Harvey provided song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Interchurch Committee
Mrs. Harvey
Eva Livingstor
Moses
Mies Mae McNamara
Big Jim
Kim
Yaye
Carolyn Hamilton
Mies Helen Harvey
My Shepherd
Normal Training Club Benefits Senior Members
The Normal Training club formed at the high school benefits its senior attendees. Edith Nebergall led Friday afternoon’s meeting on Special Programs and How they Should be Conducted. Vera Saville will lead the next session on Friday Afternoons and How They May Be Used Advantageously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Nebergall
Vera Saville
Women Seek Cabinet Post as Secretary of Education
A San Francisco conference of republican women delegates adopts a resolution urging creation of a national secretary of education to sit in the cabinet. The measure, introduced by Mrs. G W McMath of Oregon, is to become a plank in the Republican platform. Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston of Washington, a Republican National Committee member and National Education Association president, cites progress toward the new office.
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San Francisco
Hays
G. W. McMath
Portland
Ore
Josephine Corliss Preston
Republican National Executive Committee
Washington
National Education Association
Women’s role in home problems highlighted at Ames Short Course
The upcoming Town State College winter short course during the week of February 9 emphasizes women’s community service and leadership in home problems. The article notes many women were busy during the war, shaping this new focus.
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Town State College
Ames Short Course Highlights Women's Public Service
The Ames program emphasizes women’s roles in community affairs and public health. Noted speakers include Mrs Walter McNab Miller and Miss Alma Binzel, with sessions on home management, child nutrition, thrift, and rural development. Free lectures cover book-keeping, poultry, gardening, and mass meetings with national figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Walter McNab Miller
Alma Binzel
University of Minnesota
Towa
Ruth Cock
Burn
W. H. Snide
Iowa
J. A. Devitt
Ottumwa
Francis W. Whitley
Webster City
Neale Knowles
Louise Campbell
Binzel
Iown
Four Seasons in Millinery Forecast for 1920 Demand
Harry Bernhard of the American Millinery Association predicts American women will spend about a billion dollars on hats in 1920. He notes a steady rise in millinery sales as the four season approach gains traction through retail and manufacturing collaboration. The group plans a detailed review at the annual New York convention and fashion show.
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America
Harry ‘Ss. Berkhard
It Association of America
Bernhard
Retail Association
New York
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A. FE. Atchison
Robert of
Sicily
Longfellow
Eleanor Walker
Primrose
Henry Hull
Tennyson
SEC
Buick
Petter
Tucker & Eicher
Marion Avenue
Col
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Klein Klothing Kompany
Washington ,Iowa
Fashonglant Coffee
Mr Washington
Warigtt
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