The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-03-03
MISS AMANDA THOMAS
SPEAKS TO LOCAL ID. A. II.
ON NATIONAL DEFENSE

London Chapter, Daughters Of the
American Revolution, was honored by
the presence of a state chairman at
the meeting Wednesday afternoon
Miss Amanda Thomas, daughter of
Warden P. +. Thomas, Of the Ohio
Penitentiary, came to talk on her work
and knowledge of the subject which is
under her supervision for the Ohio So
ciety-" National Defense"
Americas slogan, Miss Thomas said
should be Preparedness against war
and not for war;" and her remedy for
furthering this Americanization pro-
gram, would be the offering of medals
and prizes to school children for the
writing of essays on subjects that will
so instill into their hearts and minds
the love of country that it can never
be crowded out by the insidious propa-
ganda that is constantly being foisted
on the public by radicals and foreign
ers.
Patriotic education is the greatest
panacea which Miss Thomas offers for
this trouble and she complimented the
work of the R.O.T.C. and the C.M.TC.
in preparing the boys who serve their
country and not letting them go into
the trenches with no idea of the horror
and intricacies of modern warfare.
The United States army, she stated is
twelfth in size in the world.
In her talk Miss Thomas referred to
Sinclair Lewis book "Ann Nickers,"
the story of the young college girl who
was greatly disillusioned as She
branched out into her work of social
welfare after she left school. The
showed the effect upon her character
and ideals Of those with whom she
came in contact in her work of prison
reform, with the settlements and or
ganized charities. Miss Thomas ex-
poets shortly to review this work for
Columbus newspaper.
1t was an excellent and profitable
afternoons talk with one who is thor
oughly conversant with what is facing
America today, and the Chapter is
deeply grateful to Miss Thomas for
coming to them with her message.
At the business session which pre-
ceded the program which the hostess
committee, through Mrs. c. A. Holton,
who is chapter chairman Of the COM
mittee on National Defense, provided,
routine matters were briefly taken up
Mrs. John r. Tanner, on behalf of her
mother, Mrs. John S. Ingrim, of Full
ertcn, California, thanked the members
of the chapter for their kind remenl-
brance of her with greetings on St
Valentines day.
Mrs. Lucy Beach will celebrate her
birthday on Thursday, March 80, and
| the regent, Mrs. J.. A. Smith, asked
that the Chapter remember her with
greetings on that day.
The chapter has placed on the
shelves of the London public library,
the c. A. r. magazine, in order that
the members of this interesting group
of young patriots may know what their
organization at large is doing.
The members of the chapter linger-
ed for tea to meet Miss Thomas after
her talk Mrs. J. A. Smith, regent, and
Mrs. r. II. Robson, vice regent, poured
for the hostesses who had ornamented
the table with a centerpiece Of large
orange calendula. Serving with Mrs
Holton, were: Miss Bess Trumper,
Mrs. Edward Killeen, Mrs. John Tay-
lor, Mrs. Walter Bryan, Mrs. Lydan
| Chenoweth, Mrs. E. Z. Stevens, Mrs.
Floyd Williams, Mrs. James +. Mar
tin, Miss Leila Townsley, Mrs. Rollo
B. Weimer and Miss Margaret Con-
verse.