The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
SOCIAL WORKERS
AT UNION GROVE
Discuss Project of ConsOli-
dating Welfare Work
of Two Counties.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS

Representatives Of the various or
CARNATIONS of public welfare work in
Kenosha and Racine counties met at
the purpose of discussing the organi-
cation of a central conference of well
fare workers in Kenosha and Racine
counties or the possibility of comblin-
ing the two counties under one or
ganization.
The conference was called several
days ago by Mr.. Aubrey Williams,
state secretary of the National Confer
ence of Social Workers, but due to the
illness of the secretary he was unable
to attend. The work of forming con-
solicitations of public welfare workers
has been going on steadily throughout
the state and Kenosha and Racine
counties have been among the last co
which the proposition has been breach
ed. The organizations in the two coun-
ties were so we'll organized that it was
the plan of the state workers to work
the northern part of the state first.
The conference last evening was opened
at the Shepherd Hotel with a dinner
for the guests and speakers. Follow
ing the dinner the meeting adjourned
to the opera house at Union Grove
where the business of the meeting was
discussed.
Had Prominent Speakers.
Among the men and women who ad
dressed those who we're interested in
the project we're some who are nation
ally known in their respective lines of
work. Speakers included Dr. Warren
B. Hill of Milwaukee, superintendent
of the Wisconsin State Home Finding
society; Miss M. r. Van Coy, Madison,
of the advisory staff of the state board
of health; H. Lester, on the staff of the
library department of the state, and
DR.. G. Windesheim of Kenosha.
The speakers were enthusiastic in
their praise and comment on the new
idea of a consolidation of all of the
public welfare workers. 1t was pointed
out that in this manner many duplica-
tons of effort in both counties could
be avoided and conferences for ex-
changes of ideas and suggestions would
go long way to raising the standard
of efficiency in all of the organizations.
All organizations would become mem
bers of conference which have for their
purpose any branch of public welfare
work; these organizations would in
clude parent-teacher associations, po-
licewomen, probation officers, service
leagues, women's clubs, health depart
Nments, Boy and Girl Scouts and 9TH
ers. 1t was planned to invite the heads
or at least one representative from
each of these organizations to become
its representative at the conferences
of the county organizations. Sugges-
tions were received on the organiza-
ton of the different clubs and soci-
cites and departments in each county,
with occasional conferences, and others
suggested combination of the two
counties to work together.
Kenoshans at Conference.
The meeting agreed on committee
of four chosen by the workers present,
who will consult in the near future
with such other organizations as would
be eligible to membership and the state
secretary of the Conference of Social
Workers for the purposes of definitely
deciding on the form of organization.
Among the Kenoshans who attended
the conference were Mrs. Beulah Nc
Neil, the Misses Sybil Campbell, Eliza
beth Timme, Aimee Boardman, Helen
Hansen, Jane Dorst, Rosalie Lyman,
Esther Turkelson and DR.. and Mrs. G.
Windesheim.