Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 309, 9 November 1920 — Page 19

IMPRESSIVE EDIFICE WILL BE ERECTED IN HOMAGE TO FIGHTERS

KDITOirS OTEi Architect Guy Study, of St. Lonla, who ha the com mln-lon for the dralKnlnir of the pro poiicl Wayne county Memorial hntlilImk. haa prepared the appended article, nhich eta out the underlying; principle, for the atyle of architecture adopted for the edifice. A description of the memorial will be found In the article. Qy GUY STUDY TherQ Is scarcely a city In the tmlted States that has not felt the shock tyom the great upheaval the war caused to the entire world. Cities which were content to plod along slowly, sluggishly, for years, have become awakened and taken up with an entirely new spirit, a new road of progress to the future. The re-adjustment of all economic values has brought about an epoch in our development which has called for an entirely new order of things. That this epoch should be marked by monuments worthy of these great changes seems only natural. Such has been the history of all mankind; such is being recorded, today, in thousands of cities throughout the .country. If we look over the astonishingly long list of cities which have already awakened to this natural impulse of the new order, wo find that the fruits of this new era come forth in the form of town halls, schools, hospitals, colleges, civic centers and various great memorials where not alone is recorded gratefulness to the heroio dead who lie upon the battlefields of France, but a true record of the new and great spirit which has come forth in our people. Spirit Felt Here. Anyone who has been making occasional trips to Richmond during the last few years, cannot but note the startling development and new life that is. today, in evidence. While this development may not have taken place in any remarkable increase in population, there is an undeniable new spirit in the business life, and in the soul of the people which cannot escape notice. While the city of Richmond has rerponded to this new order which is broadcast, one cannot but be equally impressed by the fact that Richmond has not lost the fine old spirit of the past which made her one of the. intellectual centers of the country and produced more men of national influence and fame than any other city of its eize in the United States. Who can ride through the shaded streets lined with stately and comfortable homes, past the splendid churches, public buildings; who can visit Rcid Memorial hospital situated as no other hospital in its picturesque and beautiful grounds which, like the magnificent Glen, will ever proclaim the genious and far see-ing sense for beauty of Col. Miller; who can pass the factories or the rich fields which surround Richmond, without a realization that it is the center of a community which has been blessed by all that mnn could ask for? But all these blessings which Richmond holds and enjoys today are not alone gifts of nature; they rre the product of other generations which came before, of another generation which toiled and possessed a vision to create what the Richmond of today enjoys. Source of New Spirit. Recognizing its debt to the past and tealizing its wealth and industrial strength, the Richmond of today can-1 not fail to proclaim her proud position and record her place in this new era in a manner that will live and serve the generations to come. If we can analyze this new spirit, if we can determine its chief characteristic, it will probably be found that it is a spirit of community pride and community welfare growing out of a more equitable distribution of the better things in the community for the mutual benefit of all the citizens. Community houses, social and civil centers where gatherings of all kinds and sizes can be held, have today become actual necessities and no city can feel complete without one. The war memorial for Wayne county is to be a great, monumental building, which will serve all the demands of the patriotic, industrial and social activities of the community; a building which will not only develope and unite civic pride, but strengthen ami make secure our devotion and faith in the future. Special Rooms Provided. The trustees, in the grateful recognition of the debt owed to those who made the supreme sacrifice, have set aside separate rooms for the use of the organizations of their worthy comrads in arms, the O. A. R. and the American legion. The remainder of the entire great building is to be devoted to the requirements of the community as a whole. Arrangements have been made to meet the requirements for every phase of life of the county, both agricultural, industrial, and social. The plan of the main floor consists of suites of rooms devoted to patriotic societies and to an Auditorium seating 23.000 people. The entrance j vestibule is designed as a Hall of I Fame; upon its walls are to be re-' corder the names of those who gave! their lives in thr Great War. This i vestibule is to have stately proportions and by its dignity and beauty ' will ever remind us of what serene beauty and undying glory is death i upon the field of battle. j The lower floor is planned so as to provide one great exhibition hall for agricultural and industrial exhibits. This hall can be, also, used for smaller meetings, dinners, lectures, etc., by dividing it into sections by means of movable partitions. Colonial Style Followed. The general external form of this building is to be that of a simple dignified, fireproof building, designed in the colonial style of architecture. The material will be of the finest quality of Bedford stone and brick. The construction will be thoroughly fireproof and mouvrn in every detail. The proposed over-all dimensions are about 150 by 200 feet. The colonial or classic style of architecture was chosen because it is best fitted to a building erected for this purpose. This was the style of Faneuil Hall, of Independence Hall, of Mount Vernon and of Monticello; in fact, of all the great monuments which rerve as landmarks in the history of ti4a nim t Tv

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Proposed Memorial Hall to be Erected in Honor of Wayne County's War Veterans

Women Played Vital Part in War; War Mothers Showed Active Zeal; Nurses and Others Did Their Part

(Thla article on tromnn'a part In the) ..writi war whb prepnreu tor tne n nyir county historical committer, through whose courteay It la publlnhed.) By EMMA L. FETTA. Neither flashy nor meager was the part played by women of Wayne county in the late war. At times an outstanding work was brought directly before the public, but on the whole their efforts were an untiring undercurrent which joined on the broadest scale every activity opened.. Several hundred War Mothers in. the county were probably the most concentrated body of women workers outside the Red Cross constituency. Early in the summer of 1917, after' the declaration of war in April, Rich-! mond women, who had sons in the' service, were first banded together j in a food conservation campaign spon- j sored by the Wayne county council of j defense of which Miss M. E. B. Cul-j bertson was woman's chairman. Miss i Culbertson appointed M. A. W. Roach ; chairman of a group of service men's mothers which gradually was organ-j ized into the Wayne County . Warj Mother organization of the Warj Mothers of America, and in turn wasi amalgamated by the National Service) Star Legion in Baltimore late in the! fall of 1919. I Organized in 1918 j On Jan. 25, 1918, the Wayne' County j War Mothers chapter was officially; organized. Mrs. A. W. Roach was the first president. Mrs. Roach was also president of the Indiana state Service Star Legion, and was acting national j president of the War Mothers for a; time during the war. She was chairman of the woman's committee of; the Victory Loan in Wayne county, j and a Fourteen Minute Woman. Other officers in the first year of the organization were: Mrs. R. P. Whisler, secretary; Mrs. John M. Coate, treasurer; and Mrs. Jennie Mather, historian. Officers in 1919 were: Mrs. Roach, president; Mrs. Charles Teeter, of Hagerstown, vice president; Mrs. Millard Warfel, recording secretary; Mrs. R. P. Whisler, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Coate, treasurer, and Mrs. Mather, historian. Officers in 1920, when the name of the organization had been officially changed to the Service Star Legion, included: Mrs. Roach, president: Mrs. Teeter, first vice president; Mrs. E. S. Curtis, second vice president; Mrs. Whisler, recording secretary; Mrs. Levi T.Myers, Abington pike, corresponding secretary; Mrs. George Davis, treasurer, and Mrs. E. E. Christopher, historian. Other Units Organized. Centerville, Hagerstown. Economy and Fountain City were the active county units, although at least one mother represented every township. Boston women belonged to the Richmond unit. The Center township mothers were nre-anized in March 191S with ten char ter members. Mrs. Walter Mathews! was elected president, and 30 members were added. Other officers have) been Mrs. Albert. Kincaid, president; i Mrs. Walter Mathews, vice president; i Mrs. John Bowman, secretary, and I Mrs. Charles Dinwiddle, treasurer. Members of this organization represented 92 service men. Christmas boxes were sent the men in camp in this country and those overseas were mailed checks. A banquet was given in Centerville in honor of the service men upon their return. Mrs. Charles Teeter was president of the Jefferson township War Mothers. Other officers were also reelected as follows: Mrs. T. L. McConnaughley, secretary; Mrs. Alex Kirby, treasurer. Activities similar to those of Center township mothers were, taken up by the Jefferson township members. Had Official Charge. . No formal election of officers was held in Perry township but Mrs. Nathan Parker, of Economy, was given official charge of War Mother activities there. A "white elephant" sale proceeds from which went to buy yarn, was one ot tne principal leatures of their program. Ward chairwomen in Richmond and township chairwomen in the county included the following who were in office throughout the war: Richmond, first ward, Mrs. L. M. Hays; second ward, Mrs. Edgar Miller; third ward, Mrs. William Urban; fourth ward, Mrs. Roy J. Minor; elxth ward, Mrs. Walter Dalbey; seventh ward, Mrs. William M. Reed. Townships, Boston, Mrs. J. C. Pyle and Mrs. Charles Williams; Abington, Mrs. Anna Doddridge; Wayne, southwest section, Mrs. Levi T. Myers; southwest section, Mrs. Wilson D. Scott, Easthaven; northeast-section, -Jrs,;

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Laura Doloff; east section, Mrs. George McLear. Following formal organization the War Mothers held regular meetings, assisted families of service men, and worked with the county council of defense and the home service department of the Red Cross. One of the first duties of the chapter was to unfurl the giant municipal service flag in Richmond, January, 1918. Help In Fund Drives In November 1917 the unorganized chapter had assisted with the Y. M. C. A. war funds drive, obtaining ?335 in one day's intensive drive with cash registers placed along the streets in Richmond. This day's work marked the first appearance of the official emblem, a blue star printed on a white arm badge. Early in 1918 the War Mothers officially assisted in winding up a Red Cross campaign, netting over $1,000 for the national fund. A "white elephant" sale of articles which had no further value to their owners was held in the McGuire building in the spring of 1918 bringing $998 into the War Mothers treasury. A greater part of this fund went for the purchase of .yarn. Finding it impossible to send knitted garments overseas directly to Wayne county boys, the War Mothers turned over their entire output of 1,200 pairs of socks to the Red Cross chapter. However, 50 pairs of socks were knitted and sent directly to the battleship "Indiana." A large number of pairs of socks and wristlets were furnished truck drivers who passed through Richmond continually during the war on their way to and from eastern and western supply headquarters. Assist with Dances . In honor of these truck drivers the War Mothers sponsorer and assisted the Commercial club in giving eleven informal dances in the Commercial club rooms. These dances were largely attended by men who were passing through the city with truck trains. War Mothers chaperoned the affairs, and invited young women of the city to assist in entertaining the visitors. Although it had been planned to send every man in loreign service a box of food and knickknacks, it was found impossible to ship packages to men in the A. E. F. in Europe on account of the postal regulations. Nevertheless the six Richmond men who served with the American forces in Russia were sent boxes containing jam, fruit cake, chocolates, nuts, writing paper, envelopes, pencils, knitted helmets two pairs of socks wristlets, and chewing gum. These boxes were received as the men were coming back from the front. In the summer of 1918 the War Mothers gave a card party on the spacious lawns at the Eastern Indiana Insane Hospital. One hundred and forty-two dollars was obtained. Send Fruit to Wounded. Baskets of fruit were sent to every wounded or gassed man upon his arrival back in Wayne county. Letters of sympathy went out to every bereaved family, even to the Italian mother whose son, Tony Frascrone, was the first local boy to fall in action. Mrs. Frascrone resided in Italy. Barrels of fruit and jelly were sent by the War Mothers to West Baden, where a government recuperation hospital was set up to care for wounded men brought back from foreign service. Centerville's unit sent money directly and the other units of the county joined in paying for potted plants which were sent to the boys at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. The principal aftermath of the War Mothers war service was organizing and serving a huge banquet to the service men of the county. Over a thousand men attended the banquet, which was served in the Coliseum. The mothers solicited and gathered the food and money donated to buy food; decorated the banquet hall and attended to all details of caring for such an aggregation of men and women, for all the nurses of the county who served in the war were also invited. Not one of the 330 members of the War Mothers' county chapter was without other affiliations through which she did additional work for the soldiers, sailors and marines. The women of churches, clubs, lodges, school and business organizations worked constantly to insure greater safety, comfort and hapiness for the service men. Mothers were closely backed by sisters, wives, daughters, and friends, all intensely interested in tfte "back-home" prosecution of the war. The War Mothers worked in a body at the Red Cross rooms at times, and were represented in the Red Oross, Liberty Lc&n, TJnited"W25 be

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lief, Y. M. C. A., and Near East Relief dr'ves, and reconstruction work. No small part of Wayne county's war credits total lies at the door of the nurses who went out in war work. Three nurses served in France; one in England and France; one in Porto Rico and San Juan, while thirteen were stationed in camps in this country throughout the war. Miss Harriet Bell, one of the county's war nurses, remained in the service folowing the armistice, and was at Camp Lee, Va. Miss Flosie Diehl and Miss Wilma Walace re-enlisted in public health service. Register of Nurses The county nurses' register includes: Miss Mary Seaman, served St. Sill, San Juan, Porto Rico; Miss Wilman Wallace served in England and France; Mill Lottie Banker served Camp Dodge and in France; Miss Harriet Bell served at Camp Iee and and at Camp Meade; Miss Gladys Williams served at Camp Lee; Miss Lena Flaig served at Camp Merritt; Miss Haseltine Wilson served at Camp Merritt; Miss Jane Smith served at Camp Taylor and in France; Miss Elizabeth Henderson served at Camp Langley; Miss Bessie Moore served at Camp Hancock; Miss Grace Blume served at Ft. Oglethorpe; Miss Ethel Opdyke, served at Ft. Oglethorpe; Miss Irene Steen, served at Ft. Oglethorpe; Miss Beatrice Williams, now Mrs. Edward Rodefeld, served at Camp Lee; Miss Fannie Cunningham, served at Camp Merrit, and Miss Clara Kenepohl, served at Newport News. According to conservative estimates made by Richmond employers, approximately twice as many women were employed industrialy during the war as bad been previously. Throughout the war this estimate continued to hold and has not droped since its close, it is thought. Jo

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Women's work in the churches and ailed societies, clubs and other organizations made itself felt as a part of the " back-home morale." They joined enthusiastically in work for the Red Cross, Loan and other war drives, and thrift stamp campaigns. Teachers and schol children pushed the thrift campaigns, purchasing hundreds of dolars worth of stamps. Child welfare work was another feature in which women took particular interest. The Y. M. C. A. conducted war trophy and poster exhibits during the war. An interesting exhibit of war cartoons by Rawmaeker, the Dutch artist, was displayed in the public art gallery in 1918. 1,900 Books Sent. Twelve hundred dollars was raised in Richmond and comunity for the National Library Asociation war camp fund. Approximately 1,900 books were given by county and city people for camps in this country and abroad. These books were gathered, labeled and packed at the Morrisson-Reeves library. About 700 of the books went to Camp Taylor; the others directly overseas. All shipped were up-to-date, fresh and attractive. The women's section of the council of defense did notable work in behalf of child welfare during the war. Special campaigns "for Liberty bonds, and free clerical service for the Red Cross were outstanding activities of the Richmond Business college. Many women entered the intensive courses for civil service work offered by the institution and then took positions in Washington and other government headquarters. REAL USE FOR TOY BALLOONS Toy balloons are extensively made use of in studying the currents of the upper air in mapping out routes for aviators.

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who made Armistice We are

Diamond Clamp Flask Co., Inc.

MANUFACTURERS of Foundry Equipment 538 North 14th St. Richmond, Indiana

Staid Richmond Forgot Its Dignity

On Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 198

Bedlam enveloped Richmond . on Nov. ll, 1918. Staid, conservative Richmondites aroused from their slumbers by the- ringing of sirens and clanging of bells, hastily donned any sort . of wearing apparel and rushed downtown to Join in the general outburst of glee. - - Main street witnessed a sene such as it had never seen 6lnce the city was founded. Red fire, fireworks, explosives, ' and noise-making instruments were brought into full use and the celebration rapidly developed into a full fledged day of revelry. It was a day of continuous parades. No sooner had one parade disbanded than another formed to take its place. A parade some two squares in length would be broken up suddenly when the members composing the cavalcade decided to stop for individual bonfires on the street corners, sidewalks or any where their fancy might dictate. , Withal it was a harmless, joyful celebration of the fact that the allies were victorious in their battle against tyranny and despotism. Worked In Shifts. Paraders seemed to work in shifts. When the members of one crowd had celebrated until their voices were worn out and their legs were weary with continuous marching, they scurried homo for a few hours sleep, and waking, hurried back to join the throngs that kept Main street in a continual uproar. Flags broke out over the city as if by magic. Men, women and children flocked to the center of the city to watch the parade that marched now east, now west, back and forth, anywhere so long as it satisfied the desire of the paraders to show their enthusiasm. Automobiles and vehicles of all kinds joined the procession. Age was no limit. Old and young joined the hilarious throng without hesitation. Shortly before 6 o'clock the first enthusiasm died down only to spring up again later with increased energy. News of the signing of the armistice spread rapidly from Richmond through Wayne and Preble counties and residents, from the rural districts s6on added to the din and noise created by the urban dwellers. Comedy and thrills were mingled. A patriotic demonstration was staged at the corner of Tenth and Main streets soon after the celebration started. The

"Meet Me at Twigg's" An especial welcome is extended to the boys who wear the uniform. TWIGG'S 12 N. 8th Street BILLIARDS, BOWLING, CIGARS FOUNTAIN SERVICE

possible this Celebration Grateful

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city band played "The Star Spangled. Banner' "and a large American flag was unfurled while the crowd cheered. Men appeared in silk hats and women thronged the downtown streets garbed in boudoir caps and bousedresses. The chief of police was out with a silk hat and equipped with a horn. A group of women with alarm clocks formed a procession. Horns, dish-pans, whistles, skillets, pie-pans and fireworks were used to produce ear-splitting noises. - The hook and ladder wagon of the' fire department went up and down the streets filled with men and boys. Women were seen clinging to any part of an automobile seemingly unconscious of their ' undignified position. Old soldiers were out in the parade' using the guns that they carried in the Civil war. The Richmond City band was assembled after some difficulty in locating all the members who were engaged in separate parades, and the organization headed the procession which began to assume an organized form. Eartnanv Heips "Out. Students from Earlham college were on the job with old time college spirit and the big Earlham drum corps contributed its share to the general din. Beating a large dish-paa one man sat in a reservoir tub which was towed along the street in the wake of a moving automobile. A drum corps of men with skillet lids paraded the city before the band arrived and many individuals organized parades of their own. One manwith a big bass born, organized such a parade and aine of people followed him singing "The Star Spangled Banner." Pistols and shotguns were fired into the air all along Main street. Some guns were loaded with shot which sprinkled into the air and came spattering down. Sparklers and sky-rockets flashed into the sky and the buildings were illuminated by the light from the exploding fireworks. Hundreds of automobiles drove up and down the streets and back of every car clattered a bunch of tin cans, barrels, bicycle wheels, wash boilers, and everything that would rattle. A tired but happy Richmond settled back after a day of carnival abandon to enjoy the news that we had been victorious in the great struggle in which Richmond and Wayne county had given their best.