The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
REPORT OF MEMORIAL COM.
MITTEE OF wOMANs CLUB

The Memorial committee OF the
woman's Club regrets exceedingly to
say that they have found II impossible
within the specified time, to bring to
successful conclusion the campaign
for funds for Memorial Hall, begun
with such bright anticipations a few
weeks ago. There are several reasons
for this. but two seem to stand out
with special distinctness
First. A difference of opinion as to
the best form Of memorial;
Second. Inability to securee solic-
iting committees in the county, owing
to condition of roads and telephone
service.
The Memorial committee of the
Woman's Club conducted a publicity
campaign for month, in which the
newspapers were most generous of
their Space.
They have visited many leaders of
thought and opinion in both city and
county and written to others. They
have spent many weary days on the
telephone endeavoring to organize
committees for thorough canvass of
every precinct, with almost no results.
They have met with much encour-
agement and some generous responses,
but not the cooperation and assist
ance necessary to a successful cam
paign for the funds Required. Doubt
less, there were many who were ready
and willing to give, but without solicit
ing committees they could not be
reached. Our soliciting committees in
the city reported partial success in
the partial canvass which was made in
four wards.
The causes for this appearing to be
conflicting opinions floating around,
chief of which was probably a desire
among some persons for a hospital.
The committee said they were also f
ten met with the boys don't want it.
AS the only recognized way of reach
ing a body of men is through their or
ganization, and their organization, the
American Legion, ha dat three differ
ent times stated in all the daily papers
that they did want the Central Pres
byterian church building to be con-
verted into a Memorial Hall for their
dead comrades, and as meeting place
for the American Legion, and also be-
cause of the fact that they have held
an option on 1t for months, this, and
the further fact that the eX-service
men themselves and their relatives
contributed the greater part of the
fund raised at the Opera House, would
seem to furnish the logical answer to
the question whether the boys wanted
il or not
The question was also raised as to
how it was to be kept up" Since sew
eral organizations, lodges, etc, are
maintaining comfortable and even lux
urious quarters in buildings which
they either own or rent, that was a
question which should have been left
for the legion to solve, as it was one
about which they had no doubt, once
they were in possession of a building
of as many resources as the one pro-
posed, and especially as the legion
numbers among its members many of
our most successful young business
men whose judgment colud be safely
trusted.
However, for all these reasons, So
Letting was suspended for a few days
to give public opinion time to clarity
and inform itself The idea still SEEM
ing to be too new to be clearly under
stood, soliciting was finally stopped al
together, the committee not wishing
to burden itself with a still larger but
yet inadequate subscription list.
The Memorial committee expected
the united support and assistance of
all good citizens and 100 per cent
Americans in this effort, and very re-
luctantly relinquishes it, but it hopes
that much good may yeet come out of
it, and that some stronger hands may
be found ready to take IL up where
they are compelled to lay it down and
that some of our farsighteed men may
realize what these forward looking and
patriotic young men of the American
Legion mean to our country at this