The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-08
WOMAN COMMITTEE OF STATE COUNCIL
 0F DEFENSE MEETS
Representatives From Out lying Districts in Attend
 ance Featured Meeting. Report of Work Done

The regular meeting of the woman's
 committee of the council of defense
 was largely attended when the meet
 ing was held in the ballroom of the
 Tutwiler hotel.
 The representation from the outly-
 ing districts of the county was re-
 markable, chairmen having come from
 Shades mountain, Republic, Mulga and
 many other distant towns in the county. The Bessemer chairman, Mrs. G. F..
 Goodwin, gave very interesting re- port of what was being done in Besse- mer. A resolution was passed by this committee asking the druggists of Bessemer not to deliver any packages, except prescriptions and emergency ar ticles, this resolution was presented to the druggists and adopted by them, i being put into effect July 1.
 War Saving Stamp committees were | formed and booths established on the streets. The Matrons' club committee raised $5519 and Little Bridge club 1 s21344S. The children have been or | ganized for war work and at present 165 children are enrolled. Forty mem hers constitute the Knitting club of the council and one club Of children has
 donated to this committee 10 hanks of
 yarn 10 be used in garments for Camp Mcclellan. Mrs. T. L. Moses repoi ted l that the Shades mountain unit had or ganized a Patriotic league with Mrs 1 T. D. Gamble as chairman. Tho first work of the league was for the milk | and ice drive for American babies, al which time s2s was raised. This drivs
 was made by lovely young girls who
 displayed a beautiful spirit of earnest
 ness in their purpose.
 1 The chairman of the Shades noun. tain unit has appointed all of her com mittees for the fourth Liberty Loah drive and expects to "go over the top 1 in gaining results. Numerous war ben- eft concerts have been given by this committee and II boxes have been sent to Camp Mcclellan, containing useful articles for the soldiers
 Mrs. Walter c. McAfee gave an ir tercsting report Of work done by Ju'ste lPatriotic league of Birmingham in es | IQllB E9 0A4vV NNtshc fNoS ' v tai amounf having been raised by these children being $534.s4.
 The report of the home and fereign ! rA1ief committee as siven br Ntrs D. IA Echols was as rr''ows: The units working for thi~ rnnnwittcs ave riade l10 garments for the Red T eSs during the past month. besides giving out 200 rairs of socks, 3 sweaters. trench cars and sewing kits. This commit l tee has on hand at present 1s0 sweat
 CTS. go trench cans. 347 pairs of socks,
 ls heln,i4s and 1:1 pairs of wristlets
 which will be used for the comfort of 1 the soldiers ttis winter.
 | y,he headquarters of the home and foreien committee are equipped with i sewing machines and are being used several days each week. Mrs. IT F. !, Pearce reported that the ferewell com 1 mittee of which she is chairman, had l sent 1os sewing kits to boys at Camp 1 Hancock. es to Camp Sevier and II to Camp Goreon total. 1s0 sewing kits sent out. Sixty eight badges were fur l nished 10 county boys: material on !, hand for 800 Kits, 125 kits made and ] filled and ready for distribution. SLlen- Hid lunch served to 20 county boys 1 TrnrsGay at Hoover kitchen. prior to their departure for camp. Other splen- did reports were made at the reg ular
 meeting by various committees. which
 will be published later