The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-06-21
Women's Committee National Coun.
ell of Defense, Grenada County
Unit.

i The County Chairman of the Wom
ems Committee has practically or
ganized every district in the count,
and our women are now ready fo
war work of every description
The precincts of Hardy, Holcomb
Tie Plant, Graysport having been or
ganized for some time.
| We are beginning this work an &C
tive child welfare campaign.
The County Chairman, Mrs. Ida
Phelan, is planning to meet the moth
ers with their children under year.
of age, at the county court house ir
Grenada with scales and tape meas
ure equipped, and full directions fol
measuring each little one carefully
She will be assisted by physician OF
trained nurse. who understands the
business thoroughly. Please, every
mother, bring your little ones in or.
der that your child may live anG
thrive, for should there be a defect
in their anatomy it will be located
in this examination and competent in.
structions as to how to remedy the
weak places will be given by the ply.
slclan or trained nurse. 1T COSTS
YOU NOTHING, FOR UNCLE SAM
| WANTS to REAR AND RAISE UP
HEALTHY SPECIMENS FOR THE
FUTURE GOOD OF AMERICA.
Each district in the county will be
visited by the Chairman with her
corps of assistants and the child vel.
fare chairman in rurla districts will
be notified to bring their babies when
| a special date is set.
Four-minute speeches will be made
by the various county chairmen on
the occasion of the assembling to-
gether of the women in these places.
EVERY WOMAN IN THE COUNTY
is A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL
OF DEFENSE, BY VIRTUE OF THE
FACT THAT OUR BOYS, THEIR
BOYS, are going and have gone to
the front. and there are no slackers
in Grenada county, for we are back
ing our boys to the limit.
- At home we can. do everything ne
cessary to keep them at the front
and we are going to do it. ..*
One of the most interesting oppor-
tunities has been brought to our door
wher, women can be taught to fiIl
the places made vacant by the enlist
ing Of our men.
At Charleston, our neighboring
town. Wor1en's National Farm and
Garden Association has been estab-
lished for thoroughly equipping girls
to take charge of farm work.
The letter from Mrs. Garrett Lamb.
State Chairman, given below explains
itself.
The Training School is kept up by
membership dues, every man and wo-
man who wants to help the farm
women is asked to send one dollar as
yearly dues to Mrs. L. M. Ellis. at
Charleston, Miss.
The Local Publicity Chairman in
every community is urgently request
ed to send In short snappv accounts
of the work in their locality to the
County Publicity Chairman.
The Editor of The Sentinel has
graclously extended space weekly for
all items, and such must be sent in
by Saturdays mail.
A meeting of the Council of De-
tense will be held at the court house
next Saturday, the 22d, at $3.50
p. m.; you are asked to be present.
KATE LICKFOLD,
Chairman, Publicity Committee.
Charleston, Miss, June 18th, 1918.
10 the Chairman of Grenada County:
Mrs. McGehee, State Chairman.
w omen's Committee Mississinpi I)i.
VISION, Council of Defense, has au-
thorlzed me to ask you as County
Chairman to cooperate with the
Women's National Farm and Garden
ASSOCIATION, who have taken for their
oatrlotlc work the land army branch
known as the Women's Land Armv
Of America. Both organizations are
members of the federated clubs. and
as such are consolidated with the |
Council of Defense. The aim of the
Land Army is to educate white girls |
and women in all agricultural pur-
suits, and they have established and
nave in operation in Tallahatchie
county, near Charleston, a training
arm open to any applicant in Missis-
'ippi desiring to take this training,
ylven by competent woman instruct
'r, who is land army graduate. At
er this training she in turn can COM
nand a good salary by organizing
similar units, as one is desired in ev-
'ry county in the State.
All girls wishing to take up this
,reat patriotic work at the Missis-
ippi Training Farm, authorized and
Urged by the federal government, will
write to the Enrolling Secretary,
1rs. L. M. Ellis, Charleston, Miss,
or membership cards. We offer this
Instruction to all teachers and school
iris without charge for tuition, board
nd lodging. +
Very truly yours, |,
a MRS. GARRET e. LAMB,
Miss. State Chairman.