The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-01-25
MAY CONTINUE
ORGANIZATION
MINUTE WOMEN TO DECIDE
PLAN FOR BECOMING
PERMANENT
Will Take Part In the Coming
Liberty Loan in the Spring
of This Year

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about to be dissolved, so far as it
pertains to general war service. This
does not, however, apply to the Fifth
Liberty loan, which comes in the
spring. The women of this organ
ization are holding themselves in
readiness to help in the government
campaign for floating the new bonds.
A number of the Minute Women
councillors have expressed a desire
that the present association, formed
in the time of the greatest of world
events that history has known, shall
not be permitted to be swept away
in the rush of new events. Mrs.
Ruth Karr Mckee, chairman of the
department of Woman's Work of
the State Council of Defense, makes
the following suggestions, and states
that if the majority of the counties
agree to the plan, it may be put
into effect: =
each county councillor shall en-
roll the names of those, who, by
their service during the war, are in
her judgment entitled to the honor
of charter membership in the
Minute Women's Association of the
Great War. She shall be the sole
Judge as to the responsibility rested
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piled in one volume to be lodged in
the state historical building at Ia
coma. Once year state meeting
will be called for conference and
reminiscence. Each county unit
would be independent, free to pursue
local activities, so long as they were
in harmony with the standards and
ideals maintained during service.
Plan NeighborhoOd Clubs
ALREADY groups of the Minute
Women are planning to form neigh.
borhood clubs. AS these would OF
necessity be non-partisan, they would
be eligible to join the state fedora.
tion Of woman's clubs, if they SO
desired. Subjects suggested for
study are Americanization, citizen
ship, reconstruction, etc. Special
chairmen and Liberty Loan workers
should be included in the charter
roll.
Mrs. Mckee has asked each county
chairman to report whether the plan
would be favorable in her county and
states that to have been a Minute
Woman or a daughter of a Minute
Woman will be a cause of pride.
If twenty counties agree, the plan
will be carried out.
Mrs. Flora D. Jesseph of Colville,
appointed by Mrs. Mckee as the
chairman in Stevens county of the
Minute Women organization, con-
siders the above plan one which
will appeal to the women Of the
county who worked on the various
patriotic campaigns. She asks that
each of the local councillors through
out Stevens county write her
idea of this plan, that she may re-
port to the state chairman whether
or not Stevens county women will
join in making the organization a
permanent one.
Organization of the Minute Women
in Stevens county began the last
of February, 1918, somewhat later
than some of the western counties
Of the state. In spite of the late
beginning, the Stevens county wo-
men perfected their organization and
carried to success every task the gov
ernment gave them.
These campaigns included the
Third and Fourth Loans, the War
Savings Stamp campaign, the Red
Cross drive, the house-to-house can
vases for the distribution of food
conservation and other literature
sent out by the government and
various other activities. The organ
izations were made use Of in helping
out other drives such as the United
War work campaign for funds. 1t
is estimated that in the Fourth
Liberty loan about 4O% of the sub
striptions were obtained through the
efforts of the women Of the country.
Especial credit is due the women
of the rural Districts" states Mrs.
Jesseph, who says the Minute Wo-
mems work in this county was made
particularly difficult because Of the
scattered population, and inacessi-
bility of some districts. "The sue
cess is due to the loyal cooperation
given by each member of the Minute
Women"
Over 200 women of Stevens coun-
ty We're members of the Minute