The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-26
PLANS FOR !. v.
WAR DRIVE ON
WOMEN OF THE COUNTRY TO PAR
T1CIPaTE IN STUPENDOUS
WAR DRIVE FOE ONE HUN
DRIED AND THIRTY
FIVE MILLIONS.
State Organizer for West Virginia and
the Director Of tho News Service
of the aWr Council Are
Here Laying Plans

Tho biggest war drive get undertake.,
/ present day Of stupendous campaigns
| md marvellous results. will be Ear,d the
coming November by Aaicrcas woman
! hood under the direction and through
; thu. y. ". {. \. whIch together with thu
! Y. NJ. 6. 49, The American Library ASSo-
[ citation and the War Camp Community.
! Will wage Il joint drive for one hundred
! und thirIy-five million dollars. Y. w.
-, A. has hrcn allotted fifteen million
. OC the ,,nv hundred and thrty-five. as
! it's share If the fund to hc raised, and
| H. is with the sole object in TiCw Of
reaching this goal. that tho entire coun-
! Try is being organized at the present
| time by lh. head Of the various depart
| mcntS of the campaign: which consists
nf seven military departments laid down
! by the government.
West Virginia is included in the de-
| parimcnt Of the east. which comprises
| seven states together with The District
! q: Columbia. Huntington - u br this
States headquarters of the greatest ma
/ tional campaign of this character in
I history Wheeling has been honored 10y
having one Of its foremost patriotic
! workers. in tho person of Mrs. Julian
! 6. Itcnrur, chosen as the chairman of
! tho executive council Of the war work
| ,rmpaign. If The Y. W. G.. A.. OF West
Virginia While the vice charIncn arc:
| Mrs. Fred fariS and Mrs. Robert j.
| Reed. two other local enthusiastic war
workers. and Mrs. Frank WoodInan. Of
| charleston. and Mrs. y. w. Musgrovc,
; II tlarkSburg.
! Hiss Ann, T.. Caldwell. OF New York
| city. Is tho state organizer Of West
Virginia. while Miss Ruth Flyers. also Of
| New York. is the director of the News
| Service Of the Eastern Department of
| the War Council Of the y. W. Z. A, for
| tn" department including this district.
! Both thcS" ladies arc ~ tn" l.rcs"n; time
! i'll Wheeling busily engaged in formu-
latinf plans for tho conducting ct & sue
| r"SSful drive in this state for tho great
! rauSc
The general organization Of the car
| ralGn ~Ill include the distribution of
litri7ttur" relating to the subject, tn.
| tour 'tf thu state ny we'll known mon and
women lecturers. who Will speak rn
III" womrnS hrhalf' These two ladies
engaged III the creating Of the initial
outline IF III" states activities IN the
J work arc comforting with the local COM
| lmIltrcS now, and anilcIialr 10" ,Sl.l,-
ilSh!nS OF tho stale hcddgu:.rtrrS n.
! Huntington hy tho FIRST of th,. InCnih
Among tn" numerous worthy causes
working in the big muniiicn factories
! ia which thus urEanzm ion is drvutlnr
| Its best efforts is In" care of girls
III the country. and the erecting and
| maintaining u; the buildings known nS
tho hostess houses Of the Y " e 49,
! sixty two If which have nlr.a!y nrrn
! built and are lending their valuable help
I This Is the war work of the women
Of ih" country. and il ia the only "r-
/ ganizatInn That is looking utter the
girl n" left behind him