The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-10-30
NEWS OF WOMEN'S WORK
INTERESTING TO CLUB
WOMEN.
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"A congratulatory telegram from
Mr.. j. Will Stoll, of Lexington
Chairman of the Fourth Ditrict Lib.
erty Loan Committee, to Mr.. BuckneI
Woodford, of Paris, places Paris in a
class with Louisville, Lexington
Covington and Newport in the matter
of hard work and enthusiastic sup
port Of the Liberty Loan Bond move
ment.
The sum of s179,75o was raised in
this campaign by Miss Kate Alexan-
der. Chairman of IL. Bourbon County
'Won.en's Committee of the National
Council of Defense, and her corps of
able co-workers. This was new field
for woman's activities, but the war
is calling for our best, and bravely
did this leader conquer her timidity
and worked to a greater victory than
we ever dreamed of. Those of the
willing corps who helped Miss Alex
ander were Misses Ollie and Lorine
Butler, Elizabeth Grimes, Mary Clay,
Sallie Lockhart, Carolyn Roseberry,
Mrs. A. B. Hancock, Mrs. M. H. Dali
ley, Mrs. F. P. Kiser, Elizabeth
Brown, Clara Bacon, Mrs. ]. w. Ba-
con, Mrs. Thos. H. Clay, Jr., Mrs. Lee
Price, Mrs. VIM. Shire, Mrs. Duncan
Bell, Mrs. Eddie Spears Hinton, Mrs.
Chas. G. Daugherty, Mrs. Jas. II.
Thompson, Mrs. Thompson H. Tarr,
Miss Grace Haskins, Mrs. John T.
Collins, Mrs. Warden Shipp and Mrs.
Sanford Allen.
Miss Alexander received the fol-
lowing telegram from Mr.. J.-W. Stoll.
of Lexington, chairman:
Am informed of the splendid work
you are doing i'm Bourbon county in
Liberty Loan Bonds sale. In due
course proper acknowledgment of your
services will be made from the Treas
ury Department.
Mrs. Donald Mcdonald, of Louis
vile, State Chairman of the Woman's
Liberty Loan Committee wrote Miss
Alexander, under date of Oct. 81, as
follows:
81 can hardly believe my eyes when
read the wonderful figures you have
sent me for your Woman's Liberty
Loan Committee in Bourbon county.
I am perfectly thrilled, and if YOU
will send me the names of. the wo-
men who helped, should be very
greteful, because / want to thank
them personally, and / think you
should have the Medal of Honor.
Hurrah for Bourbon county"
The Thrift Campaign is ON.
every housekeeper in the
is to be reached. Uncle Sam
wants every woman in his auto
graph album. A group of workers
will call at every home that does not
already display in its window, the
Food Administration card. You will
be asked to cooperate in merely
avoiding waste and in encouraging
your friends and neighbors in doing
30, by the influence of your exam
pie.
In other words, card in the win
dow means, I'm doing my bit, I'm
by Uncle Sam and our
our khaki clad boys" The absence
Of the card means, I'm Indifferent to
all save those within these walls"
Let Saturday night find every home
In the county proclaiming its senti-
ment.
At a recent meeting the members
of the Red Cross elected the follow
ing boards of directors:
Mrs. Chas. Daugherty, Mrs. Albert
Hinton, Mrs. Helen Forsyth, Miss
Sallie Lockhart, Mrs. Arthur Han
cock, Mrs. Charlton Alexander, Mrs.
w. G. McClintock, Miss Mamie
Spears, Mrs. Eddie Hinton, Mrs. j.
W. Bacon, Mrs. Denis Dundon, Mrs.
Mike LAWN, Mrs. Isaac Price, Mrs.
VIM. Shire.
From this board the following OFF,
GERS have been elected:
Mrs. Arthur Hancock First Vice.
Mrs. Albert Hinton-Second Vice
Mrs. Denis Dundon-Secretary.> !
Miss Mamie Spears-Sub-Treas>
urer.
Since the u. S. Government re-
nuires that the officers Of local
Chairman and Treasurer be filled by |
men, Mr.. Arthur Hancock and Mr.
silas Bedford were elected respect
vely.
The weekly meeting of the Paris
Literary Club was held Thursday af-
.ernoon of last week instead of Wed
nesday on account of the patriotic
Meeting at the court house, and the
program was given: "The
Rule of the Fur Trades" (Canadian)
Mrs. Amos Turney, Jr., and Life
Under the French Regime" Mrs. ].
Walter Payne A Current Events
period, conducted by Mrs. Thomas
Allen, included the reading of three
etters from Paris men who are serv-.
ng. their country, one in France, one
1t Southern training camp and
3ne from a lad in an Ohio camp.
These letters were read by Mrs. T.
81. Clay, Jr., Mrs. H. A. Power and
Mrs. F. Sutherland Other current
events were presented by Mrs. Allen,
Mrs. o. Edwards and Mrs. ]. T. Van
SAINT.
The Progressive. Culture Clubs
program for tomorrow Wednesday, |
is as follows:
American Art-Responses: 'Devel-
opment Of American Art Known AS