Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-03-27
Mothers. Sisters and Others Taxing Their
Fun shnre in War

Mothers Sisters and Others Taking Their
Fun Share in War
Saturday afternoon last, meeting of the
women of ViroqGa was held st the Red Cross
rooms and the Organization OF the city WO-
mems COMMITTEES Of the County Council vi
city chairman, called the meeting to order
and presided. Mrs. Harold Proctor was elect
ed secretary. The chairman announced that
Mrs. 7. o. Mork had resigned ~ county chair
man Of the Woman's Committee and that
Mrs. Morgan. the state chairman, had appoint
ed Miss Maud Neprud acting chairman
for Vernon county. Miss Neprud then made
some remarks in regard to the work of the
Woman's Committee and she read some Sc
iectiOus from the state publication Forward"
TO show what other counties are doing.
Following IS tke complete list of officers Of
the city:
ChairmsR--Mrs. Henry E. Rogers
Secretary and T-easurer-Miss Verna Thayer
Chairman Child Welfare COmmittee-Mrs.
Selmer Neprud.
Chairman Food Conservation Committee
Mrs. Harold Proctor.
Chairman Liberty Loan Committee-Miss
Lucy X. Dawson.
Chairman Health and Recreation Committee
Mrs. K. W. Baldwin.
Chairman Of Pubiieity-Miss Kate GoOdell.
Chairman of Speakers Bureau-Mrs. o. G.
Brown.
Members of Executive BOard-Mrs. L. c.
Boyle, and Mrs. c. f. Dahl.
Mrs Frank Morley read some letters which
she had received in regard to a meeting of
the WOman's Committee to be held in Madison
March q. After some discussion about the
duties of the various committees. the meeting
adjourned.
It is hoped that the women in the towns
and villages all over the county are complet-
ing their organizations and getting ready for
active work.
Mrs. George Minshail, chairman of the Child
Welfare Committee of the Vernon County
COuncil Of Defense, is making arrangements
for the part that this county will take in the
state wide test of Wisconsin children. She
has received from the state chairman on child
welfare, instructions to proceed at once with
organizing the work so that in every dis
triet of the county centers viii be opened on
April 6th for the weighing and measuring of
all children under six years of age. This
weighing and measuring of children is part
of a plan to be followed all over the United
States 1t ushers in the beginning of Chill
dren's Year, during which the Chidren's Blu
of Washington, by cooperating with
the Women's Committees Of the Councils of
Defense and with all other agencies having TO
do with Child Welfare, proposes to save the
lives of 100000 children. The recent draft
disclosed the fact that large per cent of the
young of the country suffering from
physical defects which if they had been recog-
nizei in early childhood might have been
remedied. Such nation wide test of children
will undoubtedly make for stronger gener-
atisn.
Mrs. T. o. Mork. as chairman of the wo-
mans Committee of the Vernon County COun-
ell of Defense, completed her appoineme nts
of the chairmen for the villages and town.
SHIPS throughout tne county DetOre her TcSlR-
nation and the most Of these chairmen have
already organized their districts and have
sent in their reports
Miss Maud Neprud. Mrs George Minshail
and Mrs. H. p. Proctor expect to attend the
state meeting af the sWoman's Committee to
be held in Madison On March ~ and 2S-
On Wednesday, April 3r' meeting of the
Vernon County Woman's Committee will be
held in Viroqua. This committee includes
the chsirmen of alt the towns and villages in
the county and the ehairmen Of all committees.
CLARA A. GLENN,
Counts Chairman of Publicity.