The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-09-13
MEDINA MAN TAKES
ON MORE WAR WORK

Announcement was made Monday at
War Camp Community headquarters
OF the appointment of forty-one coun-
ty chairmen who will have charge of
the campaign in their respective local
tiles to raise funds to carry on War
Camp Community Service. These men
also compose the State General Com
mittee and will attend the big meet
ing of all state workers to be held in
Columbus on Sept. 27, when speak
er of national reputation will deliver
an address on war work.
David A. Custer, field representative
who is assisting Col. William Cooper
Proctor, State Chairman, in organizing
the campaign forces, was much
pleased over the telegram from A. T.
Splitter, President Of the Savings De-
post Bank of Medina, accepting the
appointment as chairman of Medina
county and as a member of the State
General Committee. Mr.. Splitter said
he already was busy with war work
but was willing to take on little
more to assist the nation in the prose-
cution of the war. With such coop
Grafton, Mr. Custer said, he feels con-
fident that Ohio, as in the past, will
come through with flying colors in the
campaign to raise funds to provide
home comforts for the men who are
fighting the nations battles.
The work deals with creation of a
public spirit of hospitality and friend
liness, and it's most valuable results
are tangible. The definite accomp-
lshments, however, fall naturally into
five divisions:
l. Community Service-Information
bureaus, hotels, lodging and restaur-
ants have been opened for the men in
the service.
2. Community Observation-Disclosures
of clubs are maintained where a mans
uniform is the only pass necessary.
Community houses and social centers
are operated. Dances, suppers and
banquets, excursions and sightseeing
trips are planned. The "Take Sol
dier or Sailor Home to Dinner" move
ment, under the supervision of the
trained workers of the War Camp
Community Service, has become an en-
thusiasm thruout the country. The
Commissions on Training Camp Ac-
tivities endorse home hospitality under
these circumstances.
3. Community Amusement-Town
pageants, festivals and parades are
arranged for the men. Commercial
amusements are supervised to see
that the men get only the best and
most welcome for their money.
4. Community Organization-To pro-
vide the men in training with the
right kind of leisure time recreation,
the resources of clubs, fraternal
bodies, chambers Of commerce, boards
of trade, churches and similar organ
izations are modified by the War
Camp Community Service.
5. Community Betterment-In many
towns petty pro6teering has been
eliminated by the War Camp Com
munity Service. "Square-deal assoc
iations and Better Business bureaus
have been formed. In general the
slogan of the camp city is not "What
can we get out of the man in service ?"
but "What can we do for him ?"
"The work of the War Camp Com
munity Service is VITAL" said Colonel
Proctor Monday. preservation of
normal social relationship between the
people and the men in training is an
essential part of our military program.
The War Camp Community Service
accomplishes this preservation. The
Commissions discourage sentimental
ty toward the soldier and sailor, bit
they encourage attractive and health
full diversions. These are the things
which American municipalities owe to
the Nations fighting men,"