Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-10-26
STATE FEDERATION
OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
Clubwomen OF Washington:

We do not need to remind you that
We are as a nation engaged in war,
but perhaps as club women you do
need to tell many people of the eX-
IRENE urgency of active service on
the part of women if this war is TO
be won. The needs of the federal
government have given us our key
note for action; therefore the home
| economies committee asks you, with
an earnestness that it has never be-
fore felt. for your attention to its
program and for your patriotic CO.
operation.
In order that it may work most eff
! fectiyely, the committee has adopted
plan for dstrcting the state which
will bring the work of the clubs into
harmonious coordination with other
state and patriotic work There are
eight districts. harmonizing with
those used by the federal government
| in some of its educational work
| Since the food sanitation committee
| has become a part of the home eco
nomics committee we have a working
| unit of nine IN embers. Eight of
! these members will be assigned to
the eight districts of the state. as
follows:
District No. I E., known as the Spo-
kane district, will include the five
counties Of Spokane, Pend Oreille.
Stevens, Ferry, Lincoln, with Spo-
kane as headquarters and with Mrs.
e. B. Williamson of Prosser assigned
to that district
District No ,, known as the Pull
man district, viii include seven
counties-Whitman, Adams, Walla
| Walla. Garfield, Columbia, Asotin,
and Franklin, with Pullman as head
quarters and Mrs. Olive Kurtz of
North Yakima as committee agent for
that district.
District No, 3, known as the We
natchee district. will include the four
counties of Chelan, Okanogan, Doug
las, and Grant, with Mrs. j. J. Joyce
of Ritzville as committee representa-
tive.
District No. /, known as the Yaki-
ma district, will include the four
counties OF Yakima, Kittitas, Klicki-
tat, and Benton, with Mrs. J. b. era
ham of Yakima acting for the com
mittcc
District No includes the coun-
ties of Clarke. Wahkiakum, Pacific.
Lewis, Skamania. and Cowlftz, with
Vancouver as headquarters and Mrs.
w. \. Allen as committee representa-
tive.
District No. 6 includes Pierce,
King, and Kitsap counties, using for
the club organization Seattle as
headquarters, and having Miss Mary
Rausch, vice chairman of the fed
Grafton committee and specialist in
home economics extension work at
the University, as the committee rep
resentative Of this district.
District No. I will have Olympia
for headquarters with Mrs Frederick
c. Calkins of Elensburg as commit
tee representative, whose work will
cover the counties of Thurston. Clal-
lum. Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and
Mason
District No is the Everett dis
trict, with Mrs. Charles Clashes as
club representative. This district in
cludes Snohomish, Whatcom. Skagit.
Island, and San Juan counties.
The services of these committee
representatives will be along the fol
lowing lines:
l. To bring club women who are
interested in home economies in
touch with proper people and sources
of information.
>, To cooperate with the home
Ni'N''''N' ''S'liAo vi fttA II instruct.
and with the home economies special
lists in the patriotic service to he done
through these channels.
,. TO organize home econom les
work in the clubs of the various dis
tricts, and to furnish reports Of prog
. ress made.
The committee wishes to make the
+ following recommendation. and to
urge with all earnestness its adoption
by all clubs in the state; 1t is recon-
mended that all clubs, whether they
/ be literary, art, or directly interested
: in any specialized line will either de
vote an early meeting or call "a spe-
cial meeting for the purpose of OBJ
serving a special Hoover program.
At this meeting some local specialist
in home economies should be invited
10 explain and make clear just what
/ Mr.. Hooyer's program for food con-
epryatfpn really asks f,r There n c