South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-13
Nominations for Race Near
Close; TWenty-One Entered
Four File for Good Will Con.
test Friday-Only Two
More DAYS Left.

Twenty-one candidates IN the run
ming and forty-odd hours left in which
to file other nominations.
That is todays status of South
Bends Good VIII Election, now be
ing conducted under the auspices OF
the American Committee for Devas-
tated France and through the me-
dunn OF the South Bend News-Times.
Four candidates entered yesterday.
OF these, the first was Miss Anna
Kaminski, us W. Jefferson St. en-
ployed in the South Bend offices OF
the Standard Oil CO. Miss Kaminski
became known to South Bend short
~ after the war, when she acted as
an angel of mercy" 10 George Ba-
nicki. shell-shocked World war
veteran who found himself in South
Bend without friends. Miss Kamin-
ski aided the boy to find himself,
just as the American Committee is
helping a stricken country to find
Itself
The other entrants were Miss Dor
othy Cooldngham, SCI Milton av., a
senior in South Bend High school;
Miss Isab Chamberlain, SOS y.
Allen St. and Miss Esther r. Greiner.
500 Dubail av.
sail in Late Summer.
From these candidates viii be Sc
.lected one girl or one woman upon
whom will be conferred the signal
honor Of representing South Bend in
a Good VIII Delegation. This dele
cation will sail for France In late
na
war sectors and many other interest
ing points of France.
The delegation viii consist of 90
girls and women. each representing
a city Of the United States. all OF
whom Will have been elected in
God VIII elections. similar 20 that OF
South Bend In these elections votes
are sold by and for the candidates
at the rate Of 10 cents each and the
girl or woman who has sold the
highest number OF votes or for whom
the highest number has been sold at
the end OF a stated voting period VIII
be declared the winner. committee
of Judges oficiates az the counting OF
the ballots. The South Bend com
mittee is headed by Bishop John
Hazen White.
All monies raised in the Good VIII
Elections are TO be turned over TO
the American Committee for Devas-
tated France 70 be used in furthering
the relief work of that organization
I'm the devastated regions Of France.
The Good VIII Editor has told his
readers OF the wonderful things that
have been and are being done by that
organization. and next week he viii
present daily word pictures Of the in
dividual activities. touching upon the
foyers. children's groups. nurseries,
clinics. hospitals schools. stores and
other phases Of a program, called by
Pres't Harding the greatest humani-
tartan work of all times. The Amer
lean Committee does not give any
money 10 France but practices relief
work only. thereby helping a stricken
country far more than a monetary
offering ever could.
started BY Miss Morgan.
Miss Anne Morgan. one OF the
founders Of the Committee and it,
present executive chairman. inauEu-
rated Good VIII Elections last spring.
She felt that the womanhoOd or
America was entitled 70 a trim 20
the devastated country. She knew
they would appreciate a personally
conducted tour 81 inspection Of The
six centers maintained by The Amer
ican Committee; that they would en-
JOY seeing hrst-hand actual steps IN
rehabilitating the stricken.
Proof Of Miss Morgan's couten-
tions IS contained in The photographs
published yesterday in the News
Times. They We're those OF girls
and women elected in Good VIII
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