Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05

DEpHArs 10 Historical even, 10
with the ieefh AEnitsFaary Of
tiiluais statehood has resulted
In more real benefit 70 huWanit nan
sfe bifth 0f Atasrlca's nrst wDmsa's
h Saaveo. N on March II. is.2.
q little Efsup q women assembled a a
hali win the ohlsct in view of forming
sn association or NociciT Tor beneso-
lent purposes. r. west4u& had b.s n
called - fresident Jaseph Smith. who
Nss IN ats fndanes- ss wwfe also ti1ers
John 1afsgr I'D wizard i.lchssds,
EidsF sayier waa called - Tie & air
and Elder Richards appointed Eccre-
tArg- After singing and prayer. fFsai-
cent Joseph smith addressed tie a.
semhiY IN regard % tie o 5eeta of -
proposed Hpcsefg. In "ionEiQR - tie
wants nf the poor. fearc Ing Bft.r ab :
tect# 81 charity. strengthening l4e kir-
tues Of tie community" stc.
TIE women tnen formed the oFzan :
ffstloa known a. fhs "fefnuls EsIisf
forletV ~ Sanvoo," tie rrcnx "fa-
male having tasn discaTd~d Tor many
years. win tie following named Of
Prssiasni-afrs. Erlma snt.sh-
Coans.llors-slfs sarsa a cieve-
land. Airs. Eiis4het1 Ann Whtusy.
as.cfafary Miss Eliza r. snow.
Assistant secretaFy--Mlss Phcbe NJ.
TrsAsnrsr-Miss Elvgra 4. couies.
The other ladl.S rrssent a. the
meeting. and assisting in tire orggnlze
lion were Martha Knight. Plabe
Aan Hawkes.. MArgare; 4. Cook. Des-
d@uena Fuimef. Sarah II ktmbal!.
Elizabeth Jones. Is0nOra Taylor 5oph-
IL Packard. Befhsnsha y. smith. So
fhiA Robinron. phiiands Iierrick and
Sophia f.s Maris.
ideu, Joseph Smith save nve-doilar
gold piece. John Taylor 100 and VIII
lard Richards ti.e5. After addresses.
aiuglng and prayer the meeting waa
adjourned for one week.
such was the humble beginning OF
what II believed to he the oidcst won
ems oreaniza ton Of this kind In Amer
loa All Of those who assisted In itn
formation have passed - The Great
R@yond. but nat~ithsianding p~rseeu-
flons heaped upon their church by those
who misunderstood tie motives OF its
members. the society. like the church.
has grown "by ieaps and bounds untii
now there is not a state In tho Union
or a civilized country la the world but
where IL Is reprnrs rsnt.d, and tie In
crease in memberehip. here and also IN
ire war-trOuhled European lands during;
the last few years has been almost p,le-
nomenal
since the United States entered the
world war. it's entire membership has
been devoted to Food Conservation aud
Red Crosse work: 5e,423 OF tile Utah
members signed the Hoover cards. -Four
times the amount of fruit preserved Ia
any previous year WAS conserved In
1917 Secretary Vrooman pronounces
Utah as In the lead OF all states in
fhe matter Of food conservation. the
credit being due to the enthusiasm and
cooperation OF the Womens Relief So
ciety. The members OF one little
stake" comprising ten or twelve small
country towns, canned and preserved n
half-milllon quarts OF fruit and thou
sands of quarts Of corn, beans and 9th
err vegetables Trainloads OF choice pro-
visions are now In Utah awaiting ears
and transportation TO France. to the
army camps and eantonments and to
the homes throughout the Nation.
This society. now ofiicially known as
She "Sationai Women's Relief Society"
has twenty-three branches In Illinois
and adjoining states comprising the