Show IN Ill THESE UNITED STATES Petticoat Officials To Show How Town Ought To Be Run Bun Features GRASS LAKE MICH With With the avowed purpose of show show- showing showing showing ing the how a town ought to be run seven women took office in April as the village of Grass Lakes Lake's first feminine all-feminine administration Commonly dubbed the he petticoat pe government the wom- wom en are intent on proving that the hand that rocks the cradle can do just as as well holding the reins of local government Heading the group is Miss Helen McCall first woman president in history of Grass Lake Seated with her were six other women all of whom admit they are over 40 but 40 but they wont won't say how much The women who claim they ran for office as a joke have no special program Well see sec what's wanted and then do our best Miss McCall declares Discounting the suggestion that there was any antagonism between the sexes Miss McCall insists a man suggested that the women run for office Even the men she claims were pleased with the outcome of the election at which the women all-women slate of candidates badly defeated a young mens men's ticket Lulled by their usual success in previous elections in which the vil vil- village village village lage generally had only one ticket the men did practically no election election- The women on the other hand got out and solicited votes A poster pictured their candidates in inglam glamour glam ur girl poses taking a cue from big city political tactics The election drew an unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented dented number of voters In In- Instead Instead Instead stead of the usual 30 or fewer voters cast ballots and 23 others were turned away from the polls because they weren't registered Miss McCall defeated her opponent opponent opponent nent Leon Lockwood by 84 to 39 Her running mates won by smaller margins Installed with Miss McCall in the official family of the village were Mrs Mae a housewife housew e clerk Mrs Mabel Hagadon house house- housewife housew housewife wife w e treasurer Mrs Thelma Snodgrass Snodgrass Snodgrass grass service station employee as as- assessor assessor sessor Miss Marjorie Foster and andI I as-I I Mrs rs Iona lona Wright trustees |