Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1917 — WOMEN AWAKE! YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU [ARTICLE]

WOMEN AWAKE! YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU

There will be a called meeting of the patriotic women of Rensselaer and vicinity at 3 o’clock Saturday, April 21, in the ladies’ waiting room at the court house. The object of the meeting is to organize a local branch of the “Comforts Committee of the Navy League’’ to work in co-operation with the national headquarters in Washington. Independent units are being formed by groups of women all over the United States. There are no dues and no obligations of any kind except to work. The work consists of knitting articles of wearing apparel for the comfort of our sailors, who not only have to battle against the enemy but also against the elements. Let everj r woman feel a personal interest in making an organization large enough that we may be able to do something worth while for our country in her time of direst need.