The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
Council of Defense Notes
WOnlan's Committee


route. The city organizations repre-
sented in this division were the Keno
sha Woman s Club, Jewish Woman IS
Club, the Catholic Woman g Club, Dan
ish Sisterhood, the D. A. r., St. Mar
garet g Court, w. G. 0. F., the Suffrage
League, Lady Moose, st. Thomas So
ciety, st. Matthew s Aid Society,
Daughters of Rebekah, Edith Cavell
Lodge, American Insurance Union,
Woman's Relief Corps, Danish Ladies
Society, Methodist Ladies Aid, and
Lady Eagles. The ward organizations
of the WoHan's Committee also sent
delegates 10 swell the number of patrio-
tic women and the townships, with one
or two exceptions, were well represent
ed, Paris, Somers, Brighton, Wheatland,
Salem and Pleasant Prairie sending
delegates. Somers made an especially
good record, sixteen women coming
from that township to march with the
Woman's Committee.
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Keposha fremen are again landing a
hand to carry on the work of the
Woman s Committee. Between FIVE and
six hundred report cards Of the weigh
ing and measuring test must be copied
and returned to headquarters by the
Child Welfare Department. Mrs. E.
G. Theirs, who is chairman of that de-
partment, solicited the aid of the fire.
men and most thankfully turned over
the work to them.
The ward organizations of the
Woman s Committee furnished seventy
five women helpers for the War Saw
ings Stamp drive on June 28th. These
workers assisted the teachers and girl
scouts at the different school houses
where registration was made.
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During the year 1918 the Home
Economics Department of the Woman s
Committee, Council Of Defense, has
reached personally 3,4s7 women in Ke-
nosha county and city. This has been
done through food demonstrations and
conservation talks Eighty-three
demonstrations for substitute foods and
the canning of fruit and vegetables
have been given. Food bulletins to the
number of 200 have been distributed
and 100 conservation cook books have
been sold.
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Keep this slogan in mind and help
win the war: "Wasteful Cooks Are
Poor Patriots.''
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Mrs. Chas. Matthews has resigned
the chairmanship of the Social Wei
fare Department of the Woman Is Com
mittee, Council of Defense. Her sue
cessor has not yet been appointed.
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The Children IS Bureau is urging
that communities throughout the United
States follow up the weighing and
measuring test by organizing such
permanent work for the protection of
children as will not only save the lives
of the hundred thousand children to
be saved during Children s Year, but
will make their lives worth living, be-
cause the community sees that they
have fair chance of health, educa-
ton and happiness" The Kenosha
Woman's Committee, Council of De-
tense, at its regular meeting last Tues
day discussed various plans for this
follow up" work and a motion was
carried referring the question to the
joint consideration of the Child We'll
fare Department and the executive
board.
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No one should miss the August meet
ing of the Advisory Board of the
Woman s Committee, Council of De-
Tense. Tt is to be held at Somers, on
invitation of Mrs. Ozarlne, the town
ship chairman, and is to be of unusual
interest il many particulars. Keep the
date, August 6, in mind and be ready.
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The Milwaukee Woman g Committee,
Council of Defense, through its domes-
tic economy division, offers the fol-
lowing helpful lists as a guide in pur-
chasing substitutes required with
wheat flour. By following these lists
the housewife will not be burdened
with substitutes that sheN cannot use.
List for families that like oatmeal
and cornmeal for breakfast: pounds
corn -four, pounds rolled oats, 5
pounds white or yellow cornmeal, 4
pounds rice, pound cornstarch, total
rs pounds
List for those who wish to do a good
deal of baking: pounds of corn -four,
5 pounds of barley -four, pounds of
rolled oats, 3 pounds of cornmeal, 2
pounds of rice, 2 pounds of oatmeal
-four, pound buckwheat -four, l pound
rice -four, l pound potato flour, total
25 pounds.
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The caps, arm-bands and flags used
in fha narada last Thurcdov ~ v,oop,