Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-04-10


woMAN's COMMITTEE or
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
ChaiFmaH-Miss Maud f. Neprud
Secretary and TreasGrer-Mrs. c. $. Slack
Child Welfare-Mrs. George ". MinshalI
Food ConseryatiOn--Mrs. Fl. p. Proctor
Health and kecTeation-Mrs. A. L. Smith
Publieity--Miss Clara Glenn
Liberty L0an-Mss Lucy Dawson
Speakers Bureau--Mrs. +. E. Morley
Red Cross Representative-Mattie jackson
Supervising Teacher--Miss josie Cook
members of Executive C9mmittee-Mrs r
f. Morley. Mrs: Il. " Baldwin
TOWNSHIP CHAIRMEN
Clinton-hIrs. Gus A. hOrterud
Franklin-Mrs. Carl B. Fortney
Greenwood-Mrs. K. c. Shreye
HarmOny-Mrs. Lewis KnutSon
Sterling-Mrs. Frank Davis
UHioH--Mrs. Emery Steinmetz
Niroqua-Mrs. II. X. Vergeront
Webster-Mrs. Milton Mckinney
Wheatland-Mrs. A. TuliOch
Jefferson--MrS. Eta German
TOWN AND VILLAGE CHAIRMEN
PetersOn
Westby and Town of Christiana-Miss Mar
tina Neprud
Coon Valley and Town of COOn-Mrs. AL
bert Spellum
Valley and Town of Forest-Mrs. A. U.
Curry
Genoa and Town of GenOa-Mrs. NJ. sham-
way
Chaseburg and Town of Hamburs-Mrs.
Billsboro and TOwp of Hillsboro-Miss Ella
Field
Readstown and Town of KiekapOo-Miss
Viola and Town of Liberty-Mrs. b. B. Bliss
LaFarge and Town of Stark--bIrs. Joseph
Hayes
Ontario and Town Of whitestown-Mrs. W.
Baltz
DeSOto-Mrs. Mary F. Osborne
NirgQGa-Mrs. Henry E. Rogers
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
Him Up! Invest in Liberty Bonds.
The Publicity material sent TO the We
mans department for the Third Liberty Loan
has been mailed TO every village and town
ship in the county and posters are well dis
tributed in ViTequa.
Every Miser Helps the Kaiser"
FOOD CONSERVATION
The United States Food administration says,
Plant a Garden
While We are eating garden truck we are
saving wheat, meat, fats and sugar. which
chairman of the County Food Conservation
department is busy in getting the work or
ganized,
CHILD WELFARE
Mrs. George MiHshail IS On the sick list,
bat the child welfare work is getting good
start. Mrs. Lauder is taking charge Of the
work until Mrs. Minshall is able resume
1t. Il is expected that the names of all chill
dren under years Of age viii be in the hands
Of the committee by April 25th. Then the
weighing and measuring will commence.
The results of the nationl wide weighing
and measuring of young children that started
on April 9Th should be productive of much
good. The measurements 10 be entered
on duplicate cards furnished by the Childrens
Bureau. One set will be sent TO Washington
and one retained by the parents. Each cOun-
~ will keep copies of these cards so that
they may be used 3 basis for deductions on
the health of our children. At the close of
the weighing ard measuring must be done
the committee viii arrange to have all the
data analyzed and present to the public.
Mrs. Selmer Neprud. chairman of Child
well in hand. The taking of the census of
children under years of age in 3rd ward. in
charge of Mrs. Frank Wise, completed
last Friday Miss Doris Dyson in the End
ward and Miss Hazel Larson in LIST ward are
completing the census in their respective
wards. Centras sctions will be equipped
in short time for the weighing and meas
ureing of the children.
PUBLICITY OF LIBERTY LOAN
Publicity material was sent to the follow
ing women in Vernon county who were ap-
Liberty Loan in their respective towns.
Mrs. W. ID. Lind, HillsbOro; Mrs. Frank
Widmer. Roekt0n; Mrs. Henry Russell, La
Fargo; Mrs. Homer Marshall, Dell; Mrs.
Grace E. Remer. Chaseburg: Mrs. viii Pierce,
BlOomingdale Mrs. Mills Griffin. Viola; Mrs.
Carl FOrtney. Liberty Pole: Mrs. A. E. P0ste,
Webster; Mrs. A. F. Luetka. Ontario: Mrs.
Melvin Steenburg. Retreat: Miss Liiah Spell
um, Coon Valley; Mrs. j. T. Hage. Westby
Mrs. Chester Allen, Valley; Mrs. II. II. Yer
geront, Viroqua; Miss Ida German, Genoa
Mrs. Win Mellen, Victory; Miss Name Ten
ney. DeSOtO; Mrs. Emma Davis. Readstown
Mrs. John Pulver, Stoddard; Mrs. George
Roach, Greenwood; Mrs. Joseph Hunter, I'm
ion: Mrs. Truman Kendall, jefferson; Mrs.
Fred Dummer, Harmony.
The Misses Kate Goodell, Heel Larson.
Mary Webb. Fay Smith and Doris Dyson
helped the publicity chairman in distributing
posters in the city of Viroqua. Dawson's
Oaice was headquarters, with Lucy and Jerry
as able assistants.