Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13
men UNABLE TO AGREE,
WOMEN FIX HIGHWAYS
Raise Hundreds Of Dollars, Keeping
on Job Until Object Is
Achieved.
MISSOURI COUNTY's EXPERIENCE
Eni >erprise Results in Putting New
life Into Community, Directly
Causing Establishment OF Several
Ben eficial Organizations.


WIZ, the men in Western Andrew
County Missouri could not get together
and Ak the roads. the women OF the
community took up the task. Not only
did they raise hundreds OF dollars 10
finance the repairing of the roads they
pieted. va ,,o ,dvo,,
age Of co-oreratiNe organization. FOR IN
1914 they had iSTm STs Gh, G OF M'' Kn;
drew County with eighteen members men, Sers
forty honoEary and : uf sy, iu Rrowi ms
First. the club g:uc its attention 20
church work. 1t helped 10 paper' PAM;
Churches in the community. After this
had been done the women iurneo the!F
There shey found a inthertp unsolved
problem and a consequent stumbling
Block to the community.
Raised $4,000 for Roads-
west OF Avenue City near sSt Jo-
seph was a hill, that was said, to be
the worst in Andrew, County~a ms nace
10 all who Travelled S that bS way Ssu Of s" fhs
task. They had no orsanisstion. ms
and soon obrainsd almost $500 for i'm
FprovinE the hill They did not stop
their attention TO the Rochester Road,
part Of the Jefferson Highway: In
ye thsy spent almost I'm, the s 1en OF OF
OF the actuai WORK, which amounted to
several hundred dollars more.
But road building is only a part of
the program of the willing workers.
In one way. or another its members
n have entered every home in the sur,
: rounding country. They have visited
= the houses of the poor and made the,
: sick more comfortable in homes and
h09nit4lS Diaccl
schools. A prize was offered the school;
zine articles read. One school reported
that its pupils had read more than
5000 articles. To this school the Will
piano fund. In the three schools more
than 10000 magazine articles were,
read by the children.
Also Organize Sunday school.
The women of the club also organ
lied a nonsectarian Sunday school in
church and no SUNDAY school near. ii
eighty-siN students. Most of them never
had been in Sunday school before.
While the society is not a religious
spirit; and its members believe that
the the s devotional part Of the meetings
ing spirit of harmony and keeping
the organization alive
1T might, seem from the amount OF
ing our projects was our principal
aim. one member says but it has
only only been zee. a necessary incident in our
The purpose of the society which we
have kept before us is the friendly
sympatheti cooperation OF the com
munity.
Big Picnic a Fenture.
here are many occasions for bring
,ns ne he ,. pc people sether-lectures
p n;. 3azars' basket supperS in The
nd -.
doors in the summer We hold ar
about 5000 in attendance. Al our i9i
picnic there was an attendance, of s.
goo or 10000. We had good programs
amusements. are varied. Two or three
speakers talk on subjects of interest "a
country people, and, of course. things
Iihe mat mean great deal TO any
Each year we hold a reception at
an an N Grest farm the home OF Judge
ana Mrs. w. h. James, for the pupiis
sche OILS. There are always 500 or 46S
IN attendance Through these meetings
we nope TO establish greater co-oper-
alton AMONG the teachers and parents
To give the children OF the neigh
oo :nos pr 'a. training in charity
schools The potatoes collected were
sent 10 the Home for Destitute Chi,
dren IN 5. Joseph. In the clubs Christ
are-siven these unfortunate children
one day the club had a meeting anC
m fo1 The th Soy.! gallons of apple Butter
In the fvr.- ycdrs Of its existence m.
club has handled nearly $4,000 mos
or which has been expended in com
munity betterment.
Ihere is no limit 20 the membership
Every woman IN the community is in.
vited to join. Every possible excuse !.
USED 10 bring them together. They nee
Al the homes OF the various members
sometimes they sew for one another
the money going into the ciup treasury
When FUNDS are needed 10 help a mem
Der, they are taken out of The treasur,
almost eagerly.
NO lunches are served at. the meet
lnSs. The members believe they ca
put their time 70 better use If an ali
DAY meeting is held the women brin;
their own lunches.
Just now the Willing Workers ar
trying 10 build a centralized consoli
dated school for their children. viii
an asr!cu!tura! experiment; station il
connection. Last February A club o
poys and girls was organized Tn,
boys are raising pigs, calves and corn
F. while the girls ara sewing. and can
ming This club has forty four mem
perS and others ire 10 join later or.
The last four wears the Win,
workers have been boosting especiai +
Tor good roads and better schools ha
IeVins that the one leads 70 IN. o.hn,
when Il organized in 1914 the elm
adopted this motto: We can do m
: things worth while in our community
NOW ITS slogan is To make orr COW,
! munity the best community in ANDRE