Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-20
ORGANIZE HELP
! FOR COMMITTEE
persons Named in All Townships
Bat Two to Act in Raising
War Subscriptions.
pEFENSE LEAGUE ACTION
Permanent Organization Proven
Best VIII List and Assess
All Individuals.

Tho finance committee of the
s.ata council Of defense has COM
-isfed its organization in the Coun-
= with the exception OF yuma and
Co-doya townships. The purpose
= forming this council of defense
erance committee is that there
-aehr be a permanent organization
throughout the rural districts
charged with the possibility for
i,oking after all OF the financial
csmpaiEuS f0r either Liberty bonds
y war charities which come before
the people OF the county from time
4 time. The experience during the
nssf - months has COnClusiVely
demonstrated throughout the cOuu-
* the need for a permanent organ
igation having the continuity Of eX-
narience and practice in the
handling of these campaigns. The
work in each township is under the
direction of an executive commit
tee this executive committee being
made responsible for listing all in
5ividuaIs in the community and
assessing them for their proper
proporticn of any fund whenever
The occasion arises.
The executive committee of each
t0wnship viii also pass on the
merit Of all money raising aCriy-
;fies that come before the people Of
each township This is 20 restrict
suv prOmIscuOus solicitation by ir-
responsible parties 1oT propositions
which have not the endorsement OF
the federal government.
The township chairman will also
meet with the chaiTmen of similar
examinations in Rock Island and
Moline and apportion the allot-
neuts TO be raised in eacs of the
townships
The following is a list of the
names of those who are serving in
each township
Coal Valley township r.
Lees. chairman: Thomas j.
Murphy, R. I. Wilson and P. T.
Crockett.
Drury township-E S Busby,
chairman. Fred A FreyemOuth and
Rev. L H. H. Winter.
Port Byron toWnship-Frank H
Schafer. chairman. James NJ. Nc
Roberts and W. +. Garrett, execu-
tive committee; general committee
Charles G. WaIther, C. W. TilbrOok
F. NJ. Savage, n. J. YoltOn. George
SudlOw. Z. G.. McROberts, James Ii
Mcconnell and Charles AshdOwn.
Canoe Greek township l.
Hanson, chairman; J. F. Hill and
E. H. MCMurphy, executive com
mitJee; general committee. William
\. Pearsall. Olive c. Trowbridge
F. L. Marshall, 5. A. Wilson. E. c
DonahOe. L L. Sand, John Sic
brandt and c. a. Stephenson.
EdgingrOn tOwnship-Allan j
Miller. chairman and John c
Baker and Guy V. Petit, executive
committee. General committee: p
C. Freytag, Frank Keim. Frank
Curtis. Gust Olson. Earl McEntire
Emil MeurIing. VIII Parks. James
KeIlerher, James BOwes, Ton
Mack, Clyde Schneider. Herman
Hofer, Ed Kelley, Ed Hartman, NJ
DoOnan. Albert Oak. William
A. TiJteringtOn, T. G. TitteringtOn
John Markey, Philip Schreiver
Martin Pearson and Verne Castor.
tive committee: c. H. Dibbern
chairman. and Charles Brandon
burg and Charles Thompson. Gen
eraI committee: Fred Saulpaugh
Frank Woods. Alvin Johnston
John NcAfee, John Mcconnell
Charles Blaser. Art Nice, Franz
shinstrom. William Hoffman. Johr
Sievers, Hugh Robson. John Erick-
son, Ralph BabCOck, Ralph Palmer
Margaret Carnaghan and Mrs
Frank White.
Rural wnship-Thomas FitZ-
patrick, chairman and George Nc.
Candless. Tom Bedford and Guy
Hutchinson.
Buffalo Prairie township-JohT
Eckhardt, chairman, and Conrad
Mueller, Charles SChnOOr. Charlie:
kissler. Nelson Kimball and B. F
Fountaine.
Coe townships. L. WOODBURY.
Chairman, and ". II. McROberts
and A +. GenUng.
South Rock Island township-W
J. Spencer. chairman; Charlie:
Guldeuzoph and A. F. Schmidt
Andalusia township Albert
Hofer, chairman; J. c. BurgOynt
and Charles Wenks.
Bowling township Henry
Hutchinson, chairman and A L
Breeburg and ". ". Long.