The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-08-21
Miss Georgiana Allison and
w. G. Hampton Are Prom
inent AT Conference In
Minnesota.
DISCUSS AFTER WAR WORK
Local Welfare Workers Confer With
Divisional Leaders In the Continu-
alton Of War-oamp Community
Service

Newspaper dispatches IRON Mlnn6a-
polls announce that Miss Georgiana
Allison, director Of Girls Work in Ke-
nosha, and w G. Hampton, executive
secretary of war-camp-community SER
vice for Racine and Kenosha, were very
prominent in the conference Of War
Camp Community Service Workers Of
the Fifth Division, held at the Hotel
Radisson in that city on Tuesday and
Wednesday, August 18th and 18th.
The meeting, which was in charge of
w. f. Blaisdell, district representative,
dealt with the work that is being done
at present for returning and returned
soldiers and sailors and with the work
that is to be done, when war-camp-com-
munity service merges into Community
Service, Inc, as it will do in the near
future.
On Tuesday morning, most of the
time was given to discussion of the
work done in non-camp towns, with
some discussion of Girls Work III the
latter part Of the morning. Miss Aver.
of Racine, was one of the speakers in
this part Of the conference.
On Tuesday afternoon, among other
topics, there was an extended discussion
of the relation of War Camp Commu
nifty Service to the American Legion.
Visit Minneapolis Home.
In the evening, the entire party was
taken in automobiles to Fairoaks, the
home Of the Girls Community Service
League of Minneapolis. This great
house, surrounded by beautiful grounds,
was formerly the home of Senator
Washburn and has been loaned for the
use of the Girls Community Service
League of Minneapolis. The visiting
party saw the various rooms which are
used as club rooms by different groups
of girls, watched dance for fathers
and mothers of members, in the large
parlors on the first floor, listened to
singing by a chorus Of girls on the
steps of the house, saw folk dancing on
the lawn, and had it not been for a
sudden shower, would have witnessed
moving picture display in another part
of the grounds
On Wednesday, the conference at the
Radisson was continued, the greater
part Of the morning session being Civ
en- to a talk by George Bike from Ma
tional War Camp Community Service
headquarters, New York City. and to a
discussion of his talk, which related
largely to the type of report that should
be sent in by the various workers, the
reason for these reports, and statements
as to their Importance. AT the after
noon session, Miss Helen Purcell, from
national headquarters, took charge Of
the meeting of the Girls workers,
while at meeting of the men the fu-
ture os Community Service was dis
cussed Later, the two groups met to-
gether to watch moving pictures Of the
work done by War Camp Community
Service in Minneapolis.
Features of Session.
At the opening and closing of each
session, general singing was led by
George Eckert, director of community
singing, Milwaukee, and Miss M. Luz
ellie Holiday, director of community
singing, Minneapolis.
AT the close of the conference, brief
addresses were made by the various
representatives of national headouar-
tiers: F. G. Williams. Gustav ferguson.
George Bike and Miss Helen Purcell.
Anticipate Big Future.
The reports made by the conference
indicate that there is bright outlook
for Community Service, Inc, the or
ganization which is 60 grow out of War
Camp Community Service and which
will be an extension into peace time
problems of the work so creditably
done by War Camp Community Service
during the war. The feeling seemed to
be general that the days ahead are
bringing many perplexing problems in
the shape Of reconstruction and re-
adaptation and that nothing is going
to aid more effectively in meeting these
difficulties than cohesive community
spirit, such as can come from linking
together all the forward looking agen-
cies Of a locality, particularly those
that have to do with leisure time and
its profitable expenditure.