Graham guardian., 1918-06-21
A GOOD DAYS WORK
Community Councils Of De.
Tense Organized at Gero-
nimo and Ft. Thomas

A Community Council of De
fense, auxiliary to the Graham
County Council of Defense, was
organized at Geronimo, Sunday
afternoon, about 500 o'clock, al
the school house.
There was a good attendance
at the meeting and much enthus
iasm in the work of organization,
The council was organized by
John f. Weber and Walter Scott,
tour-Mipute Men, and the fol.
lowing officers were elected:
r. S. Knowles, chairman; j.
NJ. Gibson and Mrs. Joseph Hin.
ton, Sr., vice chairmen; Mrs. r.
S. Knowles, secretary, and Mrs.
j. T. Holland, assistant sec,
retary.
The following were also elec-
ted: j. T. Holland, chairman
Liberty Loan Committee; Fl. A.
McBeath, chairman Thrift Stamp
Campaign Committee, and j. w.
Stewart, chairman Geronimo
Auxiliary, Mt. Graham Chapter,
A. r. C.
The speakers were: President
Andrew Kimball, John f. Weber,
Walter Scott and Thomas w.
Dyches, of st. David, Arizona.
Geronimo Community Council
of Defense promises to be one of
the best auXiliaries to the County
Council, The people readily took
up the work and there will be
good reports from Geronimo on
the Savings Stamps campaign.
After the meeting, Mr.. Scott
and Misses Hail and Henline
were entertained at supper by
Mr.. and Mrs. Knowles, at their
home. President Kimball and
Mr.. Dyches were entertained at
the home of Bishop Holyoak, at
Emery, and Mr.. and Mrs. Weber
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. H. Fine. at their ranch home
near Ft. Thomas, where they en-
joyed a splendid supper.
In the evening the entire party
came to Ft. Thomas. where a
meeting of the people of Thomas
and vicinity, which included Mr..
and Mrs. r. S. Knowles, Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Gibson and others
from Geronimo.
John F. Nash, who spoke dur
ing the afternoon at Redland,
joined the party at Thomas.
A large crowd of people were
present in Tuttle's Hall when the
meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Weber, who stated the OBJ
ject of the gathering and the Or
ganization of the Ft. Thomas
Community Council of Defense
was completed by the election of
the following officers:
James H. Fine, chairman;
Lloyd Willis and Chas. Higgins,
vice chairmen; Mrs. Lloyd Willis,
secretary, and Miss Mabel Mel
linger, assistant secretary.
John Willis was elected chair
man of the Thrift Stamps Cam
paign Committee for Thomas,
and Rupert Mullenax, chairman
of the Thrift Stamps Campaign
Committee for Emery, there be-
ing a number of people present
from Emery and Mr.. Mullenax
was chosen.
President Kimball made a
splendid talk on the objects for
which the community council
was organized. He was followed
by Mr.. Weber, who spoke on the
War Savings Stamps Campaign.
Mr.. Scott spoke on the con-
ditions brought upon our country
by the war with Germany and
the great need of thorough or
ganization to make successful
the war for freedom.
Mr.. Dyches aroused much en-
thusiasm by his patriotic talk
and he described the methods of
the pro-Germans in our country
and what we must do to combat
this disloyal element.
Mr.. Nash made good talk on
the duty of our farmers and ad-
vised them to plant wheat, which
was 50 greatly needed by our
allies and our boys in France;
that not to plant to full acreage
meant to import -four into our
country. thus taking away from
our allies the flour they needed.
The meeting was very success
full. The speakers were received
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