The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-06-26
Miss Cathie Mcnamara
Goes To Washington AS
Secretary For Congress-
man C.. E. Randall.
QUITS DEFENSE COUNCIL
Has Rendered Notable Service For the
County AS Executive Head Of Work Of
This Council-First Kenoshan To Be
Secretary To Congressman.

Congressman G. E. Randall Of the
First Wisconsin District has appointed
Miss Cathie Mcnamara Of Kenosha as
his executive secretary and Miss Nc
Namara will leave for Washington the
latter part of next week to begin her
official duties. She will have the dis
tinction Of beig the first congression-
al secretary that Kenosha has furnish
ed to the first district in more than
twenty-five years.
In order to accept the work Of sec
rotary to the First Congressional Dis
Ntrict representative Miss Mcnamara
has resigned her position as Secretary
Of the Kenosha County Council of De-
Tense and she is now closing up this
work Of which she has had active
charge since the organization of the
council
Her work as executive head Of the
coaacil has been of greatest value to
the county, to the state and to the ma
tion, and it was largely through the
efforts and efficient work of the secre-
tary that the Kenosha Council has been
brought to an efficiency which has won
for it the title of best in the state. ,"
Miss Mcnamara took hold of this
work without any idea Of just what
was to be done ano her thorough orr
ganization of the work has been re-
Elected in many most successful move
ments carried out under her direction
and in the name Of the County Council
During the period Of the war she made
the council power in every big move
ment. She did much work in connec-
tion with the selection of the $500 men
that Kenosha city and county sent to
the army and she was active in the
work of providing for registration of
che alien enemies of the city and The
county.
She aided in the organization of the
branches Of the County Council in the
various towns of the county and it
was largely through her efforts that all
the interesting records of war work in
the county were properly kept.
With the close of the war she was
entrusted with the important work of
gathering information IN regard to
men from the county who made the
supreme sacrifice. Under her direc-
tion facts have been collected in re-
gard to the manner in which every
man who died in the army met his
death. She has turned over to the
council wonderful story of the sacri-
flee of these men and it will fill some
of the most glorious pages of the war
history of Kenosha county when it is
written at some future time. She has
collected many photographs of men
who lost their lives in the war and Of
men who have been honored by decora-
tions for bravery
With the retirement of Miss McNam-
ara to accept the work with Congress
man Randall in Washington the active
work Of the County Council Of Defense
will come to an end and the office which
has been maintained for more than
year will be closed up. The formal
rehabilitation of the council may not
take place for some time but it is ex-
pected that before the adjournment
of the legislature that some legislation
will be passed formally demobilizing
the council The Kenosha County
Council has held no meeting since the
first of February and the work that
has been done has been wholly in the
hands of the secretary.