Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-07-19

munication:
The National Council of Defense
has asked that the women organize
at once the whole of Audrain county,
and that we ask all the women OF
the county to register on July 2S at
the regular voting precincts OF the
men or some more suitable place
for women and that we at once find
out the county's ability, such as
housekeeping, farming, office work.
school teaching, ETC., and especially
that we bend every effort for the
conservation Of all food supplies both
for ourselves and the army.
Please do not say no. The move
ment needs you and we need you.
We began our work in Mexico on
Saturday. July I. and had lady
who understood the method of can
ming advised by Missouri UNIVERSE
ty to show us what to do and how to
do it, and we today opened our pub
lie work at Mcmillan High School
to be handled daily until fall.
Everyone in town and country
who has an extra supply Of vegeta-
bles or fruit-even q quart or So
that they cannot use while fresh is
requested and expected to help the
Government in its food supply, by
sending 1t to oneof our committee or
the committee nearest to them and
we have arranged to have ladies from
each church or society to meet at
the High School one day each week
to put up this supply, some one being
there daily. And you are urged to
organize a similar committee or to
cooperate with us. The day each
church is in charge, the committee
OF that church or organization will
solicit enough produce to handle in
one day, and every household in
each church or community is expect
ed to furnish at least one or more
jars or cans or containers and bring
or send them to the Community Cen
ter.
We shall be pleased to have any of
your ladies or girls in the family to
spend the day with US at Mcmillan
and see how we do things and learn
practical suggestions and bring us
your practical methods. Gardens
full today may soon be empty, then
where will we buy food II none is put
up? The army will take all the fac
tories can handle, then what will the
people at home do? Every jar or
can OF vegetables saved lessons the
strain on the United States and our
pocketbooks. Please arrange your
committee at once.
Since the war will be won largely
: by economy. thrift, and the work OF
women, make a plea that when reg
istrstion day comes-July 2S-you
sign a Registration Service Card and
a Hoover Pledge Card. indicating by
; this your willingness to work in har.
mony with our Country's needs.
The Registration blanks for Serv.
ice cover 156 different occupations
coming under Agriculture, Farming
The Home, Clerical Work, etc.
The Registration for Service does
NOT mean that you must leave your
nome and go into strange parts and
( into strange duties, in fact, want
to emphasizeethat the hOme-maker
just as much as the woman in the
field, is doing her work
Between this and July % won'
: you will give the subject your earnes
D thought. Prepare yourself. ASH
yourself the question. what can
do?" Don't try to do the unusua
thing. II you are home-maker, reg
d lister as a home-maker. II you are II
clerical work. register that way. o.
, the other hand. II you wish to g
S into new line state it, gad whethe
Iyou must ha maid for Xnur servipe