The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
Junior Charity League.

Nj. Stuckey at lawn party Tuesday
afternoon from to s o'clock. Rugs,
chairs and blooming plants were
placed under the trees. Punch and
little war cakes were served by Misses
Ellen Virginia Stuckey. Nancy Booth
and Lucille Smoak.
AT business meeting held direct
ly after the social session, several new
members were enrolled and forty
girls volunteered their services for the
four departments outlined for their
summers work.
The Junior Charity League has
done good and effective service all
winter and the purpose in enlarging
this organization is the great pa
trlotic need of all available girl pow
er of our town. The four branches of
service are all welfare work of one
sort or another, in addition to the
care of child each member has un-
dertaken for the year:
/. Red Cross motor corps will de-
liver and call for sewing Monday and
Saturdays of each week. There are
four cars to each ward and two girls
besides their driver to each car. MAX
ing twelve members on this commit
tee. Chairman, Miss Ethel Green;
Miss Henrietta Boykin, Mrs. Edwin
McCallum, Mrs. j. G. DeLorme, Mrs.
Forester, Miss Elizabeth Osteen,
Misses Grace Reynolds, Aline Rey-
nolds, Carita Randle, Mary Bland,
Elizabeth Lesesne, Mrs. L. B. Lyman.
Julia Reynolds.
2. The surgical dressings committee
will go in squads of five each day,
making thirty members a week
throughout the summer. Each per,
son furnishes a substitute in case it
is impossible to act on any of these
committees, thereby insuring a per-
formance of work undertaken. Mono
OF this service requires a member to
obligatc for more than one day in
the week as welfare worker. All
other service is voluntary. But the
day is specified and if each member
conscientiously does the allotted task
on the day named by her chairman,
it will not be hardship for any.
Chairman, Miss Hasse Parott. A full
list of this committee will, be publish
ed next week.
The volunteer Fairgrounds assist
ants will go one afternoon week to
help the supervisor. Child welfare
work is occupying the attention Of
the most learned people of our age.
1t has been demonstrated that chill
dren must be wisely directed in their
play. Games played with zest teach
fairness of spirit and cultivate
strength of body. Story telling en-
courages imagination and love of
good literature. Many of our college
girls and normal graduates are well
equipped to assist in this splendid and
most important work. Miss Julia
Reynolds, a graduate of Radcliffe
College, is chairman of this commit
tee, ably assisted by Miss Dorothy
Phelps, recently graduated from a
North Carolina normal school: Chair
man, Miss Julia Reynolds, Miss Ma
mie Chandler, Mrs. Sheppard Nash,
Misses Marie Causley, Dorothy Phelps,
Ethel Green, Mary Haynsworth.
Many of the returning college girls
Will act on this committee.
Last is the soldiers entertainments
committee, which provides a social
meetin gevery other Saturday night
during the summer for our weekend
guests. The plan proposed is for
this committee to meet the soldiers
at the train Saturday afternoon with
cars, and take them to Pocalla
springs for a refreshing swim and
picnic supper, returning about 10 D.
m. Mr.. NJ II. Beck has patrioticallv
given the use OF his resort free of
charge. "A suitable number of chap
erones will go along and rs many girls
as boys will be invited. If for any
reason this plan is not feasible or the
weather is bad, DeLorme's Roof Car
den has been generously offered. and
also enough homes with large porches
and lawns for the six or seven enter
tainments This committee has for
its chairman, Mrs. Edward McCallum;
Misses Adele Pitts. Teresa Chandler.
Louise Carson. Marian Gentry. Ethel
Green, Mary Bland, Henrietta roy-
kin, Dorothy Phelps, Mabel Booth.
Mamie Chandler, Julia Reynolds
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