Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-13

ford was speaker, Mrs. J. J. Desmond was appointed chairman of the Com munitY Canning club. Between 40 and 50 women enrolled as members of tine housewives army, paying 10 cents membership fee.
 On Oct. 10. 1917. special meeting of the housewives, army avs called and was held at the service rooms. At this meeting it was decided to con tinue as the housewives army, meet ing the third Wednesday Of each month at the service rooms, with an nual dues 10 cents.
 It was also decided to carry out in | a general way Mrs. Hayward's sugges- tions for a course of study along the food conservation and home economic | lines. Miss Nellie J. Campbell and | Miss Bertha Hallock of the farm bu-
 reau are ready to cooperate with us | in this work. z
 | Owing to the efforts of Miss Louise Howe, who was acting chairman dur i ing the absence of Mrs. Graham. we | have to date paid membership of 12S, making the amount received for dues
 s12.s0. We have expended for dues to l the sttae association g, paid. Com nlunity Canning club $s, express 37
 cents, making total expended -s10.37, leaving a balance on hand of SPAS.
 The Membership Committee. | For the membership committee. Mrs | Howard L. Stanton, chairman. report l ed a total of between ti.'ee and four
 hundred members The Home chaptGr |, of the Kings Daughters and the | Womans Relief corps joined in body, as did also the College club, Faith l Trumbu1l chapter of the D. A. R. and | the Norwich Equal Franchise league. The members do Red Cross work and 1 the majority are ready to do anything | that they are called upon to do in case
 of necessity. Mrs. Stanton indexed 1 the list of those who registered for | service, which list has proved of great l aII1a Wh h2 c l investigated and given assistance | when necessary to a few soldiers fam | flies, was formed from consultation of this index.
 Travellers Aid conmittee.
 1 Mrs. William A. Norton, chairman | of the travellers aid committee, report ] ed as follows:
 ] Health and Recreation committee of the Connecticut State Council of Dc- 1 fensce we have sent to the families of l the draftedss men at Aver notice of the
 readiness fof Ethe Travellers Aid so- ciety to meet women and girls in Bos- ton and in Aver and assist them in | finding their relatives at camp and se-
 curing lodgings for the night
 1 After ascertaining that the society ] would also meet trains in Worcester | this information was also incorporat-
 ed in a notice sent to all. the church. l es. ,...
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 municate with the Travellers Aid so- ciety and arrange for this service It f1s hoped that no one to whom we could be of use will fail to call upon us. | Waste Paper Project Successful. | Mrs. Frank Farrell chairman of
 the captains collecting waste paper, 1 reported the vast amount of work done The collecting from eirouse to l housG was kept up through -1nost of
 the summer, and as the ytrseasurer's ! ESrort shows, it was financially very i s'ranch of the work cannot be over
 estimated.
 The captains are as follows: Nor wich Town. Miss Ruth Potter and Mrs. ter; West Side. Mrs. Harry Higgins: Laurel Hill, Mrs. B. Hall. Mrs Dygart and Miss Greenman: Lincoln avenue and Willia ms street, Mrs Ed mund Perkins and Miss :sAycry; Cliff
 place, Mrs. Zebulon Robbins; Prestoh. Mrs l.. M. Young; Broadway and Broad street. Mrs. Dana Colt. Mrs. John Mitchell and. Miss Potter, Mrs | PecI<ham and Miss Battersby t Mrs-AFarrell' was appointed to take the. place of Miss Mary Lucas, re- signed; Miss Helen Browning in Miss | Huntin stolns place and William Habe-
 s, sotte to take tns ss aase, sf Horatio Big full and pafnstakfEg, work Oh The com nnittee was greatly appreciated. as was also that Of J. J.. Boyd of the American Strawboard company, to
 whom the waste paper; is sold. Mir. Boyd took a vital interest sins'tf1e mat ter and rendered every assistance in his powers to the committee. even to the extent of sending mem to bale the paper as it required more te-. expert knowledge than the committee possess :: ed: His active cooperation was irl- valuable. ~. <+- Motor Squad Activities. For the motor squad Mrs. Lucius Briggs. fchairmans spoke of the sum-
 mer's work She spoke of the neces-
 sity of cooperation and a clear un-
 derstanding on part of committee and
 public and the need for a great en- ehusiasm. It would greatly aid the committee to- have the papers of one Sort tied by themselves, that is
 newspapers by themselves, nnagaz zines
 piled together and waste paper tied
 up in some way A larger member ship is desired for this committee and
 those who are willing to enlist the
 sevices of themselves and their cars
 are earnestly requested to send their names to Mrs. Lucius Briggs s.2saI