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Show TOWN GIRLS TO HAVEUV. C. A. Association Maintains 52 Town Secretaries Wants to Expand Ex-pand Work at Once. "During tha war girls all over the world had their first lesson In nation wide and world wide thinking," says Miss Mabel Head, director of Town and Country Work for the National Y. W. C A "Girls learned aometblng of the Inspiration of working with hundreds and hundreds of other girls, unselfishly un-selfishly and unstlntlngly, through Bed Cross work Now the Y. W. C. A., through Its world wide program of aervlce for women, la planning to expand ex-pand Its work ao that girls all over the world, and particularly In amaller communities, com-munities, will not lose this experience. 'Citizenship forums are being orgsn ieil for glrla In small cnmmunltlea. where glrla may come together to learn more about their country and their responsibility re-sponsibility to It and as ciilena of the world. "Heading courses have been planned at National lleaibiiinrters In New York so that a girl In any community may carry on h COUHM of sludy, either by herself or with o'her girls, on a wlk variety of subjects "The Y W 0, A hits at present thirty thir-ty nine secretaries doing county work. This means thai they travel about from one Community to another helping girls to plan out social, recreational, educational and religions activities fori themsvlvc ami organlatltfj them to ear-i ry on thnOa aCtlvltlM Tbeae seerefa-: rlea work with the county agents of the IiepHi tnient of Agriculture In carrying car-rying on home economic! work They bell, plan pageants arrange beiiefita, assist the girls In going to Y W C a summer conferences and help plan all , Boris of social good tlmea for the com munliy " . j |