South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-01
BOOTHS To KEEP
OPEN THIS WEEK
Although tuesday Brought the
Registration of Women to
Close, Work Continues.

Tuesday brought an official close
20 he 10 DAYS of concentrated effort
on the part OF the women OF st. 10
seph county in registering for war
service The registration was sup
posed 70 end Tuesday but the women
have responded in such great num-
hers that il has been almost impos-
sibIe 10 handle them AT the 40 reg
istration booths that were placed
throughout the city So IL was de
cided TO continue the registration
until the end OF the week at various
booths.
Most OF the school registration
booths will be kept open. The
teachers in the various schools will
announce in their class rooms at
what hours the registration booths
viii be open and women living in the
vicinity Of a school can register at
those times il they have not yet reg
istered. The schools that will be
open are the oliver Elder. Lincoln.
Studebaker. Washington. Franklin.
Lafayette. COquiIlard, Perley, Haley
and Linden buildings.
All downtown stores viii keep
their booths open for the remainder
OF the week. These downtown booths
will be at Wynan's. RObertson's.
IsIlswOrth's. Sax's. Brandon Durreli
and the Red Cross workshop. The
Lexington tea room will have "a place
for registration for an indefinite pc
Rod and any woman who has not
registered can avail herself of this
opportunity.
Ward Booths Open.
In the first ward the Peoples
drug store will be open evenings
only during the rest OF the week.
In the second ward, the Chaplin
State bank. Whites drug store. and
Hernicz' store at the corner OF Huey
St and Washington av. will be open
afternoons and evenings for the rest
Of the week.
In the third ward. Saelof and
Peffley's grocery will be open in the
afternoon only. Chury's grocery will
be open from > O'Clock on through
out the evening
In the fourth ward all Of the
downtown booths will be open dur
ing the hours OF the stores and
places Of business in which they are
located
In the sixth ward the house TO
house registration Will be continued.
A woman who registered Monday
offered a 1OO-acre homestead in Vir-
Einia TO be used for a hospital or
rest farm for returned soldiers. The
place has not been occupied for
quite awhile" she said, but II IL
can be used I will see that il is put
in shape so that it can be made
comfortable for the men who come
back"
Mrs. T. A. Olney. county chair
man. wishes TO announce 10 any
body in the city who may have mis-
understood the meaning OF the cards
which were placed at registration
booths throughout the city and
Dlishawaka that they we're not placed
there "as a silent request for con
tributiOns. Ii seems that a great
many women have felt that because
we have said that contributions 10
defray expenses Of the registration
would be accepted. that it meant
that woman could not register with
out giving a fee of some kind and
still feel that she had done what was
expected OF her. At the outset we
tried very hard 20 make il clear 10
everybody that there was nohing
compulsory about the registration
nor was any fee expected. other
states have charged a fee but it was
decided that this plan would not be
followed in the registration OF Indi-
ana women but We placed the cards
at registration booths because many
women offered bits OF money merely
as matter of personal feeling Dur
ing the 10 days registration there
has been $40 collected from the 40
registration booths"
The women OF South Bend and
the entire county" said AIRS Olney.
have certainly shown where their
hearts are. More than 90 percent OF
the women have definitely placed
rhemselves in the second line of de-
Tense by registering for war serv-
ice"