Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1917 — Comforts Committee Now Busy at Their Headquarters. [ARTICLE]

Comforts Committee Now Busy at Their Headquarters.

The local Comforts Committee, an auxiliary of the Navy League, is progressing splendidly. A large number of ladies gather each afternoon in the headquarters in the Shafer room next door to the postoffice and industriously apply themselves to the preparing of supplies for the navy. The membership is now one hundred and forty and a hundred and twentysix dollars have been raised with which to buy supplies. This patriotic service should Ibe participated in by the women, not only here, but all over the county. An invitation is extended to every woman in Jasper county to join the Comforts Committee and help this splendid work along. » (Ladies from the county are invited to come in and spend the afternoon with the organization at their headquarters. More money will be; needed to buy yarn and other supplies and contributions of this kind would be greatly appreciated. ( With all possible help it is doubtful if enough supplies can 'be secured by the government. It is the part of patriotism to help our country in this great work. The task of the government in caring for the sick and injured soldiers is a tremendous one and those of us who do not offer our service on the firing lines should be willing to help with our labor and —■— ' The officers of the organization are President Ora T. Ross, Vice-President Mrs. J. J. Hunt, and Treasurer Mrs. James H. Chapman.