Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-15
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WORK FOR NAVY
League PRAISED
Territory in Few Weeks Organ
ICES One of Largest Chap
tiers in Woman'S Section

Especial star Bulletin Core poadenceI
Sidney Ballou. governor OF the Won
ans Section from Hawaii n the Nary
League. mas received word from Mrs
Walter F, Dillingham;. crganizer FOR
the section in the territory. that a Fa
wall Chapter OF the Woman'S Srcti ~
OF the Navy League has been organ
lied in HONOLULU with nlembership
. OF over 500 women.
The organizing meeting was he'd m
the roof garden of the Young Hotel
Honolulu. on December 9th. The
chapter was organized with a prelim
mary membership OF . women and
the following officers were elected
Mrs " r. Dillingham;. president:
Mrs T. l. King, vice president; Mrs.
w. Whitney. secretary: Miss Beat
rice Castle, treasurer: Mrs. j. NJ.
Riggs chairman membership cf'nmii
tee. ani Miss Marguerite Ashford.
chairman OF the Bress committee.
A vigorous campaign for member
ship carried on by the chapter. which,
inserted notice in the territorial
newspspers asking the women or Tfa-
wall 10 id1o the Womens Section, had
the splendid result of getting 310 new
members to swell the Million Mem
bership campaign OF the section.
which held its first count on New
Years Day.
The results achieved in far-oH ria.
wall which has the distinction Of he
ing one OF the largest chapters as
well as one OF the most distant has
been duplicated over and over during
the Million Membership campaign
through the states. On account of the
holidays intervening II has been de-
cided. by the executive committee of
the 'Woman's Section TO continue the
Million Membership campaign until
March ], in response to many re-
quests.
Despite the interference Of The
Christmas holidays over hundred
thousand new members of the Won
ans Section Of tie Navy, League have
been obtained, Every mail brinSs jim
thousands more pledges. and il is ex.
peeted that before the New Year count
is cseyfib,will be found that several
hundred thousand members have been
added 70 the membership lists Of the
N'o-iSn's Section of the Navy League
through the special membership cam
paign. Among these are Mrs. Charles |
f. Miller wife Of the governor of Della, |
ware; Mrs luther b. Hail. wife of |
the governor of Louisiana: Mrs. Ema
met D. Bcvle. wife Of the governor OF |
Nevada: Mrs. Baxter. wife OF former
governor OF Tennessee, who is state
regent or the d. A. r. for that state:
Mrs. Albert, y. Fall. wife OF Senator |
Fallrcf New Mexico: Mrs William n. |
Mci.pnala. wife .of the governor OF |
New a.ex.cos Mrs. Francis E. Warren, |
wife. OF Senator Warren Of Wyoming !
Mrs William 9ufin Cox Richmond.
Virginia. state president OF the So.
cietg Colonial Danes OF America: /
Mr.. Iemael Psdgett, wife of the /
house chairman ON naval affairs: Mrs /
w. B0urke Cochran, New York City; |
Florence S. walton. the dancer and /
Mrs. r. Livingston Pcl1 of New York /
City
The governor of the Woman's Sec
tion Id the District of Columbia I Mrs.
George Dewey and the members OF
the state committee have ISSUED call |
for an organization meeting of the
WASHINGTON branch of the Woman's /
Section. to be held in the small ball I
room of the New Willard Hotel at u /
a. m on January IS. At this meeting
permanent committees will be select.
cd and plans of the sections work in
will be made. The Wash.
ingtoR membership is now over 2000
and it is expected that the Washing
ton section will be one of the largest
in the organizationt