Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1920 — DOUGHNUT GIRL NOW LEADING CIVIL WONK [ARTICLE]

DOUGHNUT GIRL NOW LEADING CIVIL WONK

INDIANA GIRL WHO FRIED FIRST BWEETB IN FRANCE LEADS BALVATION ARMY WORK IN N<W YORK STATE. OSWE6O CITIZENS BACK HER T . ■. - -> ■- ~ ~ Indianapolis. — (Special) — From the envied position of the girl who fried the first American Salvation Army doughnut in France Adjutant Helen Purviance, an Indiana miss, has advanced to the place of “leading citizen” of Oswego, N. T. | Miss Purviance, who is widely known in Indiana for her work with ’ the Salvation corps in this state, was born In Huntington, Ind., and her parents now reside in Warren. Sho Joined the Army as a soldier, May 17, 1906, in Washington, Ind., and became an officer in 1908. She was in * charge of a local corps at Oswego, N. Y„ when this country stepped into the war and the applied for work I Overseas, winning' fame as the “first doughnut maker.” Adjutant Purviance is now back In Oswego doing civilian relief work । and every one In Oswego is happy. During the war her absence was so strongly felt that at the time of the Salvation Army Home Service Appeal last year the citizens of Oswego promised they would give their utmost to support the work if Adjutant Purviance could be returned to her work among them. This was done ’ and Oswego expects to make Its ro- ’ sponsc to Home Service one that will ' place it among the leaders. I The Salvation Army In Indiana । will hold Its Home Service Appeal from May 10 to 20. Major Arthur R. 1 Robinson, chairman of the executive . committee making the appeal, declares the outlook is most favorable for successfully raising Indiana’s share of >452,000.