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Show TUB PROVO POST ss Baaifflwaa(!t os Our Women s IS Social Pleasure Has Given Way to Producing ana Conserving for Soldier Boys x anKK.-.-x 'n'ir I'floi'e ni tlif history of Provo nas there been a lime vrLei the iuiini population has deserved jmich .eulogy is today. During the past year the ladies always ready with a helping hand towards the atmial betterment of the townhave exeelM them ieves in their civic labors. It is always up to our women folk to keep in the homes and in the town ,1 cheerful aspect .socially. We could not do it without our reene-itioand pleasures any more than we can do without the serious business issues of life today and we have to depend almost entirely on our Jadies to furnish the one while our men folk All work and no play makes furnish the other. jjsck a dull boy, and our ladies appreciate that fact in its entirety. But this year the ladies of Provo have bravely shouldered a serious duty and answered the call faithfully. But even while they have taken tOtheir hearts the Big Red Cross and vowed their allegiance to Uncle Sam, they have not forgotten the duty every woman owes to her P HUB APIA the purchasing committee and it might be added right here that the chapter endeavors to do all its purchasing at borne; although a comparatively small quantity of yarn was shipped from the Denver headquarters. Tin- aim of the committee is local patronage. .Joseph A. Buttle is off iciating as chairman ot the executive commitlcc. These oft icers hold their positions for one .Near and are subject to change h election. Mis. Tenie Thomas is the house secretary and graciously receives all visitors, but more graciously gives them all work to do. She has charge of the garment department and Mrs E. I.. Jones of the yarn room. Mrs. Y. L. Biersach has control of the surgical dressing and gauze mom. To show that this is no paltry make believe affair, herewith is submitted a list of the articles already shipped away to the soldiers: One large box of Christmas packages of stationary, tobac-0- , playing cards, dainties, etc., have been sent "to the boys in France, and one to the boys in the various cantonments. Seven boxes in .which were packed one hundred and fifty pajama suits, fifty-nin- e jackets, five and hundred one convalescent gowns, eighty shoulder wraps, eighty-eigoperating aprons, one dozen ice bags, six dozen hot water bottles, bandages, one hundred and eighty maiiv-tai- l T bandages, one hundred and sixty trianforty abgular bandages, one hundred and forty-fivdominal bandages, one hundred and thirty-fiv- e four-tai- l bandages, twenty fracture pillows, one hundred and five sweaters, fifty five mufflers, one hundred and sixty-fiv- e pairs of knitted socks, forty pairs of wristlets, five hundred 9x9 gauze compresses, thirteen hundred and eighty 4x4 compresses, one hundred and twenty gauze rolls, Five hundred and forty gauze strips, twenty irpaper back pads. rigation pads and tweilty-siThese have Wen shipped to the Denver headquarters. there to he distributed acoerding to - - their-hhar- ht e x y. Mention must be made of the auxiliary work. Up to date there are fifteen enrolled auxiliaries to the Red Cross. These are the Relief Society, the Utith Sorosis Club, the Nineteenth Century Club, the Mutual Improvement Association. the Pythian Sisters, the Primary Association, the Nelke Reading Club, the Central High School, the Mothers Auxiliary, the garment departments and finishing room and weaving room of the Knight Woolen Mills, the Startup Candy Kitdhen, the dry goods store elerki and the local telephone girls. These include almost every priblic spirited woman in Provo, and Uncle Sam does certainly raise his hat to them. -- , . er Postoffice service has undergone some T- decided change .during the present year. These changes have bean inaugurated throughout the system by the department .at Washington with a view of improving the service and making it possible to handle the business with more dispatch than ever before and at less ex- RED CROSS The Provo Chapter of the American Red The acCross is certainly a credit to (the town. complishments of the society since its organization, have meant hard work and lots of it. pense. In July of this year a rew system of Every woman of Provo has the right t ,go to the headquarters at any time she pleases of whatever auxiliary may be in sessionThe rooms are open every afternoon and evening with the exception of Tuesday evening .find Saturday evenings. And while they have sinee its been liberally used most of the time women organization, there are still a great many ' hose help has not as yet been forthcoming- No doubt,' however, this is due to the fact that some individual workers feel that ther are trespass-- , rig on the time of the various auxiliaries. But Ibis is not true. Whenever a lady feels that she bas an hour or two to spare for social recreation be will be made most heartily welcome at the Hed Cross rooms and the little work she might do in the interest of the most worthy cause dur: rig that short time is most highly appreciated. A lady once said; Id go to the Red Cross, - -- - ftb rtlfLSornldurd.y'' She f y no a monopoly . hand- was introducling insured parcel post packages this branch of ed, and as a result the efficiency of the service has been greatly improved. To give one an idea of how busy the foree weeks before is at our local office, even two the numthat to well be say Christmas, it might ber of insured parcels handled on the day this article' is written was 253. This does not include I)Nparcels and the great bulk of parcels . 0 that are dispatched without insurance. ' A similar change was made in the handling of the registered mail, which .makes it possible for the clerks to handle, great quantities of registered mail in comparatively short timeeffected our Perhaps the change that has local office most of all is the making of the Provo poqtoffice the central accounting office took place. Oct. 1 fqr Utah county: This change" of this year and has, of course,, added considerable extra work on our local office force.' Under thiariystem'the Provo office loroiahce ell tie need by., he other vl.mpa and .lamped envelope aceonnt. of office, in Utah eonnty and the .lly - wu!rf tar to fact that Zl n..l ha, r5!!f.; Zw Of There is probahh not a more patriotic body of women m the whole United States than the Womans Auxiliary to the (irand Army of tin Republic, ami we certainly have an energetic It was primarily organized to post in Provo. look alter the veterans of the country and the widows and orphans of fallen soldiers. It is a noble woik and it takes noble women to carry on the work successfully. There is a corps here called the William T. Sherman Relief Corps No. 6, which has twenty eight members, with Mrs. May Farrer, as president: Mrs. Mary Vincent, senior vice president; Mrs. Sadie E. Brfreton, junior vice president: Mrs Flo Berry, secretary, Mrs. Mel Howie, treasurer, Mrs, Mary E. Gatliff, chaplain; Mrs. Emma Boyce, guard, and Mrs. Millie Ridge, historian. The association is maintained by voluntary contributions and funds raised by social affairs, and with time money the sick are taken care of and help given where it is necessary in the homes of the veterans or widows. , The Corps has been organized and kept up for thirty-fivyears and the" veterans have t dwindled in numbers until there are now who do or should belong to the local post of the G. A. R. The business of the corps is carried on in harmony with the hundreds of other corps in the country, under the State Corps, which are in turn, under one grand headquarters at Washing-- e only-eigh- ton. Meetings are held fortnightly, on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays in the month, when business is attended to in perfectly smooth rythm. At the last meeting it was decided that money taken from the treasury, which now holds to buy Christmas gifts for the old soldeirs. Such an organization as this is most worthy of commendation, and it is hoped that they will always have plenty to ilo in their noble he $20.00, desires- - THE UTAH STAKE RELIEF SOCIETY j To write in detail all the wonderful things that the I tali Stake Relief society lias accomplished would fill a volume of, considerable size; however, herein are a few things it has done during the past year: This noble association was originated by the Prophet Joseph Smith, primarily to look after the siek and destitute and more especially the widows and orphans. But added to this, the prophet counsels the women to take part in any club affair or social activity that is of good re. pute or praiseworthy. All the achievements of the Relief Bociety the world over is done under the supervision of a general board. Wherever there is a Relief society it will be found to work harmoniously with all the hundreds of others organized wherever there is a banch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. Provo Postoffice a County Center - 1 ut j: x :r; uxjt xxXVlx C K THE WOMANS RELIEF CORPS SJQJKaas&KXK - Take our clubs for instance. We are certainly proud of the backing and support that our womens clubs have given to all civic advancements, school problems and improvements in general Ever ready to answer the call of the needy, the U.. S. government did not have to call twice apon the'WiOjnen here to get into harness and do towards the solving of this, the most vital problem of the realm. Therefore the Red Cross ifeeidqflrtersi are busy 'all the time- - Every spare .moment is spent in the noble voluntary work of sewing bed garments, convalescing robes, bandages tf every description, and operating uniforms; and knitting warm socks, helmets, mufflers,: mitts and sweaters and making surgical dressings, the like of which they never dreamed for the help and comfort of our boys if before 'in Khaki ,andi Blue. v Combining business with pleasure is an art the modem women have developed and inasmuch as the country is facing a serious crisis, they arp aH even the 'mothers who have given their boys to fight f or Old Glory sensible enough o see the futility of displaying crepe and abandoning all social recreation. They are reasoning if Sammy in the .trenches is brave enough to stick to 1 is colors and hejp win the victory we all hope for, and still 'has the courage to keep cheerful, it behooves the women they leave behind to make the time pass as agreeably and withal as usefully as tJhey .can, iSiid' keep the home fires burning until Sammy .eomes marehing home again. Thus we see .the (harmless card parties, dancing parties, ward socials, vaudevilles, Kensingtons, inmusieales, benefit socials and club work all Keep the dulged in as heairtlly now as never. skeleton on the other side of the bridge we have not crossed and spell Activity with a big capital of snejal .Provo. May it b "A, is the endure and thrive and not wane .in' lamentations while there is still a dark spot to be brightened or a sorrowing soul to Cheer. vaFollowing it a report of what our: ladies the rious associations hare accomplished, during year that, has passed, Beginning with the of the American Red CrossPro-chapt- "?& , Mrs. R. K Allen most ablv assists as vice chairman. Mr- A. M. Thurman, secretary of the Proo Commercial club, now finds his labors doubled, as he is secret a r of the Red Cross also. Mrs. Sam Schwab is acting as chairman of town. faeart-rtihvo- it.;!;: the chapter site was just as w loine as the club ladies. Following is the list of Act ted ottieers, all diligent workers and all wortb ot eoininenda tion. Mrs. I. II Masters holds the chair, and on n M ave Active Year Vi he .postmasters in Utah county as shown in their quarterly reports are audited at the Provo postoffice and through this office, the summary of their respective accounts are sent to the auditor for the postoffice department at Washington. During the present year Aiumber of changes have taken place in the postoffice force. Beginning July 1, Mr. John W. McAdam was promoted from the money order division to the assistant poRtmastership. Mr. W. II. Dusenberry, former assistant was made general utility clerk, and has particular charge of the supplies of the office. Miss Sadie Graham, for so many years employed as registry clerk, resigned to get married, and Mr. J. R. Ilodson now has charge of that branch of the work. Mr. Wm. P. Clayton now has charge of the 4 post-magje- r, money order division. Mr. Elvon Jackson has charge of the directory work, which was formerly in charge of Mr. Clayton, and later Mr. J. R. Ilodson. Mr, Emil Jacobson, who has, for a period f four or five years been substitute clerk, now is a regular clerk and is assisting Mr- - James Clay-tio- n in the mailing division. With the exception of the rural routes, which are undergoing some, changes with a view ol improving. tlur eervice to the rural diatricta, of - ourdocal postoffice during the p.osent year. ionise tlii-n- is a wide margin of sonial ictiitiex tur dittereiit Localities to choose front, iteoi-dmi- - to the demands ot the r but ibc Rein is f sm ietv loi-a- l eoinmnni-tus- , fundamental work all on one basis. The organization is made up ot five depart-meatwith Mrs Josipti B. Kieler as stake pre-den- s, t. liest department is the Associate committee with Mrs Lv dia'Twidland as chairman. When ever an opportunity presents itself, it is the dutv of the members of this department to help in the general moral uplifting of the Tin com-namit- v. They work quietly and unobtrusively .wherever and whenever they ean, chaperoning the young folks when needed, advising and help ing to restore moral delinquents and in a general way being social savious. this department lias accredited to it. And be it said that wonderful amount of good a Next comes the Teachers committee, w it Mrs. Amanda Knight as chairman. It is the duty of the members of this committee to look after the charities, not only of the church members but whomsoever might need charitable help. These ladies accept the donations for the charity work and report once a month in a business meeting the conditions of their districts. It has been the custom for a number of .wars to gather and store wheat in elevator built for the purpose, in ease of need or famine. Up to date the Utah stake has 4699 bushels and 18 pounds of wheat stored away. This has naturally been a banner year in conservation. Besides the enormous amount bf wheat stored, there are 1160 pounds vf bean, 69 pounds of peas, 13,699 pounds of dried fruit, 2002 quarts of fresh fruit besides 588 quarts that the stake hoard put up themselves. During the fruit season of the past season the basement of the Administration building was fitted up into a kitchen and it is wonderful to go and see the result of united conservation labor. Instead of letting the surplus fruit rot and waste the sisters solicited' for it from the fruit farmers and preserved and dried it. One lady in Provo donated 2 pressure eUOkers, another 16 dozen bottles and $20.00, and the Gas company nmtributed the gas and 2 hot plates for the work. This is just to show- how liberal everyone interested has been in the wonderful labor ot love for humanity. , The past summer has witnessed such a vast amount of work accomplished by the Utah Stake Relief society that the Ladies Home Journal has written and requested that a report of the v ears work be made and sent to it for, publication. The various committees are now working on the report and expect to have it completed in the near future. The Home Economics committee, with 'Mrs. Ina G. Ilodson at the head, has worked tirelessly and practically ceaselessly this year, combining its regular work with Red Cross work and conservation. It will be remembered that a short time ags e day was set apart as Tag Day when conservation recipes were printed on tags and sold fhr five cents each. This was done under the auspices of this committee. On that day four hundred and fifteen dollars were raised, all of which went to buy bed linen for the army hospitals. And the women of this department have the privilege of making the sheets and pillow 2 -- - cases. As this venture was so very successful, the members are planning a still greater success. They are preparing for us a splendid recipe hook, expected to be The Very Best Cookbook ever printed, as has been tested and each-recip- e tried out by the state demonstrator, together .vjith professionals of the Domestic Science "rile--' partment of the B. Y- U. It is also a book ii complete harmony with President Wilsons and Hoovers food, administration plans. The proceeds from this venture will be spent in a similar way to those of Tag Day. The Literary department of the Relief s ciety has a very able chairman in Mrs. Sadie F. have outlined Worsley, who with her a wonderful program for 1918. Every month a new book is reviewed and discussed, thereby making the society members acquainted with the choicest books and authors thereof of modets literature. The work is interesting, elevating and educational. There are now one hundred and seventy-fou- r volumes in the Relief society4ibrary, and more are being added all the time. Now comes the Geneological department, under the general supervision of Mrs. Anna S. Bud. This work iV most valuable to those who are ia-- |