Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1917 — Home Economics Club Starts Campaign. [ARTICLE]

Home Economics Club Starts Campaign.

The Home Economics club of this city has launched a movement that should enlist the services of every housewife in Jasper* county. The plan is to fill the cellar of the Jasper county hospital with canned fruits, jellies and vegetables to be donated by the housewives, for the coming winter. The movement has been on fdbt for some time and at the next meeting of the club definite plans will be completed for the work. Mrs. J. W. Horton has been appointed chairman of a committee to receive donations. The other two members of the committee are Mrs. George Meyers and Mrs. Joe Pullins. The county will be divided into sections and sub-committees appointed in each of these to look after the work of obtaining donations from the ladies of the various sections. It is to be a county-wide movement and every lady of the county is asked to enlist in the movement. The club urges that the ladies, at some time during the- coming canning season, prepare some fruit, jelly or vegetables in as an attractive manner as possible and on the outside of the jar they write their name. When this is done they may report to their section committeemen and the ar-ticles-will be gathered up and turned over to the chairman. All of the donations will be on display at the horse show which is to be held in October and then turned over to the hospital board. Mayor C. G. Spitler and Chauncey Wood have promised to help in the work. As is known, the expense for foodstuffs so rthe hospital is very heavy, and if the cellar of the building can be filled with donations the club will feel that they have done a very worthy deed and also to have lessened the expense of the taxpayers. This should not be looked upon as a charty* movement by the citizens, for whatever donations they make at this time will simply lessen their taxes that much. Rensselaer is indeed for’tunate to have such a fine hospital, which is the envy of our neighboring towns, and we should all take pride in helping to keep it up, ,The_ expense to each individual coming from the movement that has been launched by the Economics club will be very small. Much fruit goes to waste each year and it will only take a little more effort On the part of our people to provide something in the way of . foodstuffs for our hospital.