Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-10
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John Mccormack. the great Amer
lean tenor, is giving his splendid tai
ent to the service of his country and
! this is the way it came about as told
by Mr.. Mccormack himself: mo
man could hate Germany as ] do and
stay out of the war;" he says, "and
no man could believe, as ! do, in hard
| fighting, and in everybody's fighting,
and not want to hit where he could
! hit hardest / could have gone to a
recruiting station and enlisted as a
pIivate, but 7 believed in music too
much as war measure to be willing
to abandon it, if l could be of real
help at that. SO | took my problem
TO President Wilson. l told him that
. | offered myself unreservedly, that
| would serve wherever was placed,
+ but that l did not think music was
/ non-essential, and that if / could
serve in that department, | would
. give myself as thoroughly and untir-
ingly as any soldier in France. And
the president said: 4 would far rath-
er have you as singer for the war
than as any other kind of soldier.
! E.. We can't all do the same thing
and someone must keep the
fountains of sentiment flowing. ,
i SO that was how / enlisted. l am
serving still. i am waiting for or
derS now"
Wanted-A capacity house at the
State Street Christian church tomor-
! row night to sing, and sing, and sing,
until the volume OF song reaches the
vely dome of eHaven. This is to be
the first great community song serv-
ice in FL Centre under the auspices
CT the committee. Professor Elmer
A Todd will be director for the even
ING and the whole community should
lie there from to 8 O'Clock to join
IN the music. Community singing is
one of the features stressed by the
/ Government War Service Department
n promotion Of the war program. So
/! important do they regard this fea-
ture that it is to be the subject OF
Four Minute speeches in the near tu-
ture, and every effort will be made
to promote community singing in
every town, city and hamlet of Amer
lea during the period of the war.
! A. H. Griswold, chairman of mil
i,ary relief is congratulating himself
as we'll as ::..le local chapter upon hav-
ing been able to persuade Mrs. James
W. Glassford to continue as chairman
of the Surgical Supplies department,
which she so capably filled last year.
Mrs. Glassford rendered her resigna-
ton to the board last summer before
leaving for her vacation, but, as stat
ed, has been persuaded to reconsider
the matter, and is now busy lining up
workers and getting ready to start
on the new quota, which includes BAN
dages and pads of various kinds. The
room is to be thoroughly renovated
ard it is expected that it will be
ready for opening on next Monday,
i1trh hn %r
centrate upon surgical supplies until
further assignments are received.
Mrs. T. Fl. Gebbie and Mrs. Frank
Thompson. who worked with Mrs.
Giassford so faithfully last year, Mrs.
Geobie as cutter and one Of the class
monitors. and Mrs. Thompson as
chairman of the Muslin Supply De-
rartment. will again act as first as
sistants to Mrs. Glassford. The Sur
gical Supply room at headquarters is
to be cleaned and thoroughly renovat-
! cd, under the direction of A. H.
Griswold, director of the department.
On Monday, October IA, the room will
lie opened for work and all women
who can are requested to report for
! duly. According 10 the new plan,
workers are to concentrate on what
ever Is the imperative need-garment
making or surgical dressings, as the
case may be. The local chapter is up
'cn its quota Of garments, but two
months or more behind the surgical
supply quota, due to the hot weather
which made it impossible to do this
( kind of work.
/ The Womans Committee. Councils
Of Defense, believes that an inielil-
gent consideration of public ques-