The Republican journal., 1918-09-19
Names Publicity Committee
Conference
Discuss the Fighting Fourth.

of the Woman's Liberty Loan under
the able direction of Mrs. Grace A.
Wing of Auburn, at the Augusta House
Friday afternoon and evening, Sept 18th.
Practically all of the delegates were on
the staffs or in the correspondent corps
of Maine papers.
Mrs John F. Hill of Augusta, chairman
of the Maine Woman's Liberty Loan
committee. gracefully presided at both
sessions and introduced the New England
! Publicity chairman, Mrs. Myra b. Lord
of the Boston Christian Science Monitor
staff. Mrs. Lord, a born leader among
women, at once entered upon the vital
question of woman's duty in their first
organized effort to assist in the fourth
Liberty Loan drive. Herself Maine
woman, it seemed a real pleasure for her
to frankly discuss the best methods of
advertising, soliciting, saving for and
! investing in this bond issue. She re-
peatedly cautioned her hearers to use
womanly tact, consideration and Coop
Grafton in this branch of war work with
the mems organized committees. In
vesting in Liberty Bonds is no longer
voluntary act, it is an obligation, and if
| the country does not respond readily
in this drive it may be placed on the
allotment system now being tried out in
Providence, r. l., as an experiment and
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of public opinion rules in these times of
world war and nothing should stagger us.
! It is not for gold, not for lands, but prin-
ciples the Allies are fighting. The
women of the country should think big
things and do big things. Mrs. Wing
has set the women of Maine an example
in her splendid work of organization.
She has recently returned from State
| tour with 500 cities and towns organized
and ready to assist in this great work.
Mrs Wing also made few very per-
tinent remarks relating to the duties of
the publicity committee and suggested
methods of effective advertising, She is
real newspaper woman, has been at the
head of the Maine Federated Clubs, is on
/ the State Board of Charities and is one of
Names brightest women. She thinks
Liberty Loan, talks Liberty Loan and
must dream Liberty Loan. Maine wom-
en- must do their part in soliciting and in
giving and great deal of the credit will be
due this very energetic woman.
The meeting was adjourned at for a
recess, and continued at 7S4 when Mrs.
Augustus O. Thomas of Augusta who has
charge of the work to be done in the
schools, made an address on the part the
school children will be called upon to
take in the drive. Two prizes will be
offered in the graded and rural schools
for the best essays on patriotic subjects
The first prize will be So and the second
81. The High schools and junior High
schools, academies, training schools and
normal schools will be invited to COM
pete in a poster contest. The prize for
the best original poster will be Sis, while
the second best will receive So The
State school department has sanctioned
the setting apart of one day in the schools
to be devoted to patriotic speeches and
pageants and both Mrs. Lord and Mrs
Wing explained methods of interesting
parents, teachers and children in this i'm
portant branch of the work. The SUBJ
jects of the essays are to be elbow t e
War is Financed" "Why We Must Buy
Liberty Bonds, " ''Necessity for Thrift"
and methods of Earning and Saving to
Buy Bonds" Sample posters will also
be distributed among the schools with
the tithing boxes by the town chairmen,
who will advise in regard to the pageants,
etc.
The inclement weather very materially
changed the social plans of the occasion,
but the few hours apart from the confer
ence were most delightfully."- spent around
the open fire in the hotel parlor, in re-
newing former friendships and in making
new ones. With such able leaders the
spirit of enthusiasm is readily dissent
mated.
Among those present were: Mrs. Myra
B. Lord, Boston, Gen. Pub. Director; Mrs.
John G. Hill, State chairman; Mrs.
Grace A. Wing, Exec. State chairman;
Mr.. H. c. Wing, mailing clerk; Mrs. W.
o. Thomas, Augusta; Mrs. Seth S. Thorn
ton, Houlton; Mrs. F. C. Jordan, Farm
ington; Mrs. Kendall NJ Dunbar, Damar-
iscotta; Mrs. w. O. Fuller, Rockland
Mrs. Percy Whiting, Augusta; Mrs. w.
H. Titus, Ellsworth; Mrs. Inez S. Cum
mines, Norway; Mrs. Willis Atwood,
Bangor; Mrs. Clara H. Grassland, Dexter;
Mrs. Cecil Clay, Belfast, substitute for
Miss Anne M. Kittredee; Mrs. Blanche
Brown, Foxcroft; Miss Norena Gates.
Rumford Mrs. Walter Harrington, Pitts
field; Miss Gertrude Lowell, Calais; Miss
Sue M. Partridge, Belfast.
UNITY.