Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-06-21
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BOYS To FRANCE
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Ale WILL GIVE AID TO SOL
DlERS IN CAMPS HERE AND
AT THE FRONT.
ALL CITIZENS MAY HELP
State Council of Defense Approves
Work Which Will Be Done by
Y. M. c. A.-Busy Men Offer
Their Services. So

Madison, Wis.-Wisconsin must fol-
low its soldiers to France, which is to
be the fighting ground at least in the
early stages of Americas participa-
ton in the war.
Not only at the battles front, but
also IN the concentration camps and in
the hospitals, here and abroad, willing
hands will find ready work to do for
the boys from home.
The State Council OF Defense real
ICES the need of this service. and
among other steps 1t has approved Of
the work of the Y M. c. A., an or.
ganizatiOn known in every commu.
nifty, which has set out to keep the
boys clean and healthy and morally
fit against the day when they shall re.
turn to their homes.
Recently campaign has been con.
Quoted in Wisconsin, aided by the
state council and made possible by the
unself1sh efforts of hundreds of busy
men, which raised 100000 as Wis
cOnsin's share in the National Y M
G. A. War Work Council. This state
has an organization known as the
Wisconsin council, and through it the
work will be carried on.
Their names follow:
Executive Committee-H A. MoehIenpah
Clinton; Q. A. johnson, Madison; Fred vo-
gel, Jr, Milwaukee; Walter Hasten, Mil
waukee; F. L. Norton, Racine; A. E. Matb-
eson GAINESVILLE; N. J. Ross. Beloit; f. j,
HarWood, Appleton.
Lindsay Treasurer; F. H. West. Executive
Secretary.
Harry W. Adams, Bsioit; E. L. Aims,
worth, Chippewa Falls; G. H. Allen. Ken
osha; Walter Alexander, Wausau; Charles
Allis, Milwaukee; H. E Andrews, Portage;
F. s. Baines JanesvilleI A. w Barney
B9rgstrom, Neenah; T. NJ. Blaekman.
Whitewater; Wheeler B. BIoodgood MIL
Waukee; Peter B. Bogart, Milwaukee; T.
Z. Branham, Eau Claire; r. p Rresse
Waukesha; Hon. John Brindley, La Crossei
E. O. Brown, Rhinelandsr; @. w. Burton
La Crosse; T. J. Carr Hudson: T. A. Chad
bourne, Columbus; J. P. Chain, East Troy
r. B. Charlton, Milwaukee; H. /. CollinA
Fond du Lac; L. O. Colman, La Crosse; w.
D. Conner, Marshfeld; Geo. Copeland JEFF
ferson; F. L. Cross Madisoni J. s. Donald
erson Ella, Madison: J. NJ. Evans, Evans
Vile; President Silas Evans, Ripon; D. c.
everest, Wausau; H. G. Flieth, Wausau;
II. F. Fuller, Ashland; Joe Funck Kenosha:
w. G. Cuttings, Racine; q. ]. Gittins Ra-
cine; r. F. Goodman Marnette; Judge E.
.. joodse!l, Lancaster; Miles Goodyear. To-
nah; w. r. Graves Prairie du CHEN; Guy
F. Gregg, Milwaukee; c. L. HILL Rosendalei
Geo. Hilton, Oshkosh; F. P. Hixon, Le
Crosse; w. A. Holt, Oconto, w. g. Hovey
Beloit; E. B. Hutchins. Fond du Lac; J. n
Hutchinson, Mineral Point; Grin H. In
gram, Rice Lake; Geo. A Jacobs, GAINESVILLE;
w. D. James, Fort Atkinson; Herbert John
son, Racine; B. F. Keller. La Crosse; A J.
Keith, Eau Claire; G. W. Kent, sheboygan;
W. L. Kissel, Hartford; A. w Kopp. Platte
lille; F. L. Lane, Beloit; H. F. LANCE. Eau
Claire; F. F. Lewis. Janesville; J.
waukee; J. w. P. Lombard, MiIwaukeei
Willis Ludlow, Monroe; J. +. Lyon, Elkhorni
Chas. r. ManvilIe, Milwaukee,; Geo. Nc
Arthur, Baraboo; silas Mcclure, Beaver
Dam; A. Mcintosh, Edgerton; Roy J. Mil
ier, Sheboygan; F. A. Morey. Racine; J. e,
Morgan, Oshkosh; E. G. Nash, Manitowoc:
c.. w. Nash, Kenosha; w. A. Glen, Clinton
Vile; Fred Osius. Racine; Earle Psase.
Grand Rapids; r. P. Perry, Reedsburg; @.
II. Pfenning, Kenosha; J. J. Phoenix, Della
van; VIM. NJ. Post, Milwaukee, A. Z. Proud
fit, Madison August Richter, Jr., Mlwau-
kee; T. r. Risey, Baraboo; Owen Roberts.
Brooklyn; r. K. Rockwell, Beloit Fred w.
Rogers, MiIwauk j. G. Rosebush, Apple
ton; Justice NJ. B. Rosenberg, Madison; 0.
P. Schlafer, Appleton; 8. F, Shattuck, Nee
nah; Z. G. Simmons, Kenosha; H s. Smith.
Menasha; W. s. Smith. Appleton; L. j.
Stair, Brodhead Walter Stern, Milwaukee,
J. D. R. Steven, Eau Claire; P. g. Stratton,
Superior; Magnus Swenson, Madison; L. H.
Taggart, Lake Geneva; J. II. Taylor, Green
Say; E. c. Theirs, Kenosha; Dean z. e.
TUrneaure, Madison; F. J. Yea, Stoughton;
Q. A. Veeder, Mauston w. w. Vincent,
Kenosha; Aug. H Vogel. Milwaukee, Geo.
Uebele, Burlington; w. P. Wagner, Green
Bay; Col. J. A. Watrous. Milwaukee; E. j.
Weber, OcOnomowoc; n. A Week, Stevens
Point; NJ. A. Wertheimer, Kaukauna; w. J.
Whipple, Superior; John Wiechers, Racine;
A. w. Wilcox, Horizon; F. E. Woodward,
Watertown; 1. F. Wortendyke, GAINESVILLE;
C. c. Yawl1ey, Wausau; A. H. Zimmerman
Wausau.
1t must be remembered that out OF
a million men called TO the colors, 80,
900 of them will come from Wiscon-
sim They will come from the factory,
the store, the Office and the school.
Cities will give their quota and also
the villages and the farms. Many OF
them will be mere boys, and they will
enter new environment, where
temptations are subtle and strong.
Loneliness prevails even in crowd
and anxiety for the home folks is
keenly felt.
1t is to keep the boys happy and
free from temptation, to keep them in
a position to fight off disease, to give
them dainty things while they are
tossing on hospital cots, that this work
is to be done.