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Students of Sparks Business College in Shelby- ville subscribed for two $50 Liberty Bonds of the second issue. They were placed in trust to be used by worthy students from time to time as collateral in obtaining funds for temporary needs while at- tending school, and formed the nucleus for a Stu- dent Aid fund.
THE THIRD LOAN
E. G. Munsell, president of the Commercial State Bank of Windsor, was chairman of the Third Liberty Loan organization in Shelby County, heading the small army of workers that enlisted to put the county over the top with its quota of $682,050 of the huge total, $3,000,000,000.
In a meeting at the Shelby County State Bank in Shelbyville, Monday, March 18, initial plans were laid for the drive that was to be started on Satur- day, April 6-the anniversary of America's declara- tion of war. Representatives of practically every community of Shelby County were present, and con- ferred with Bradford L. Eldridge of Chicago, dis- trict organizer of the War Loan organization and in charge of nine counties, of which Shelby was one. He declared the time had passed to "do our bit," and that now we must "do our most."
Public meetings and patriotic rallies were part of the plan for the campaign, and Mr. Munsell ten- dered the organization the use of the Windsor Lib- erty Loan Chorus, which subsequently did valiant service, as did the Liberty Chorus of Shelbyville.
U. G. Ward, chairman of the speakers' committee of the recently organized Neighborhoods Committee of the Council of National Defense, announced the names of speakers who would be available for speeches at the meetings planned for all parts of the county. The speakers were:
S. S. Clapper J. J. Baker
A. L. Yantis O. O. Barker
N. H. Robertson F. B. Wendling G. Henri Bogart
A. J. Steidley
Publicity chairmen in various centers also were announced, as follows:
Rev. J. H. Cozad, Moweaqua.
Mrs. Rose Worley, Findlay.
Chas. H. Twiss, Tower Hill.
O. A. Jewett, Cowden.
John W. Bailey, Stewardson.
Ben II. Kunkler, Sigel.
F. W. Ilasemeier, Strasburg.
Hugh S. Lilly, Windsor.
D. Leslie Davis, Shelbyville.
These chairmen were named under the publicity department of the Neighborhoods Committee of the Council of National Defense.
For soliciting purposes the county was subdi- vided into banking districts, and the work of the soliciting committees was confined to their respective districts, while at the close of the campaign report of subscriptions was made from such units.
The work progressed splendidly. Even before the opening of the drive officially on April 6, pub- lic meetings were held at various points and in one of these on the eve of the campaign, Windsor went "over the top" with her complete allotment, adding $15,000 at that time to $64,000 previously subscribed, and thus putting her $1,000 above the $78,000 asked of her.
One feature of the campaign was a visit of the "Jackies" Band from the Great Lakes Naval Train- ing School, with a complement of Liberty Loan ora- tors. The speakers were Judge Fenton W. Booth of Washington, Honorable Frederick Dale Woods of Michigan and Honorable Henry R. Rathbone. They alternated between meetings held in the Sparks Gym-
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nasium and the circuit court room, both rooms hav- ing to be utilized to accommodate the thousands of people who desired to hear them. The band played at both places. An outdoor meeting was prevented by rain.
An oversubscription was urged, as early in the campaign it was announced that the $3,000,000.000 originally asked in the Third loan would be insuffi- cient to cnable the government to meet its obliga- tions. Pressure was brought to bear on citizens able but reluctant, and with great vividness the man who was capable of buying a $1,000 bond but invested only $50, was painted as an "undesirable citizen."
A special drive was inaugurated in the City of Shelbyville, where on Tuesday, April 16, a house to house canvass was made. The committees handling this intensive drive were:
FIRST WARD
C. E. Bolinger
A. L. Yantis
R. T. Eddy
J. J. Baker
Mrs. Harry Cook
Mrs. William Baum
Mrs. C. E. Walker
Mrs. R. T. Eddy
Mrs. F. O. Bisdee Mrs. W. H. Wyckoff
SECOND WARD
Geo. B. Herrick
J. J. Ward
M. G. Coleman
Thos. M. Headen
Gus Klauser
John A. Tracy
Miss Bessie Wilson
Mrs. Frances Welsh
Mrs. J. C. Willard
Mrs. Irv. Waggoner
Mrs. C. W. Waggoner Mrs. E. N. Herron
THIRD WARD
Geo. B. Rhoads
H. D. Sparks
E. M. Ragan
J. G. Root
Mrs. Joe L. White
Miss Catherine Pauschert
Miss Stella Gregory
Mrs. J. E. Kieffer
Miss Nellie Roessler Mrs. E. W. Hamer
Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson
FOURTH WARD
F. R. Dove S. B. Jackson W. D. Lumpp
N. H. Robertson
Lafe Tallman R. R. Parrish
S. B. Carr Mrs. J. D. Miller
Mrs. Edgar Leach Mrs. Lillie Rile
Mrs. Emma B. McCormick Mrs. Russell Brown
Miss Mary Fox Mrs. W. D. Lumpp
These committees wcrc subdivided by their chairmen, forming a number of teams to each ward, which quickly and effectively canvassed their re- spective sections of the city.
Shelbyville, Windsor and Big Spring townships, with quotas of $95,628, $31,134 and $17,659, respec-
tively, were the first three townships to report the raising of their quotas. Others quickly followed, and when the end of the campaign was reached it was found that the county had subscribed a total of $748,200, or $66,150 more than its minimum quota of $682,050.
The figures reported from the various banks of the county were as follows:
First National Bank of Cowden .$ 14,450
State Bank of Cowden 10,400
Farmers State Bank, Findlay 23,100
First National Bank, Findlay 46,000
State Bank of Herrick 14,000
Citizens Bank, Lakewood 3,550
Bank of Lakewood 6,900
Ayars Brothers, Moweaqua 40,000
First National Bank, Moweaqua
60,000
State Bank of Oconee 27,000
First National Bank, Shelbyville
75,000
Shelby County State Bank, Shelbyville
106,650
Citizens National Bank, Shelbyville
17,000
Shelby Loan & Trust Co., Shelbyville
18,000
Peoples Bank, Sigel ..
19,500
First National Bank, Stewardson 61,700
Strasburg State Bank, Strasburg 43,200
Tower Hill Bank, Tower Hill 39,150
Farmers National Bank, Westervelt 34,850
Citizens State Bank, Windsor 5,350
Commercial State Bank, Windsor 82,400
Total $748,200
THE FOURTH LOAN
E. G. Munsell was continued as chairman of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, which ran from Sept. 28 to Oct. 19, 1918, and in which Shelby County was asked for subscriptions to bonds totaling $1,304,- 160. Some little time prior to the opening of the campaign proper, conferences of workers were held and careful and comprehensive plans were laid for the successful consummation of the big drive. Quotas were assigned to the several townships of the county, based on 5 per cent of the net worth of the population of such units, but eventually reports were made through the banks of the county, as was the case in the Third loan.
A publicity campaign in advance of the drive was waged, and in a meeting of workers from all parts of the county, held at the county seat on Monday, Sept. 23, Saturday, Sept. 28, was designated as "Vol- unteer Day," with subscription booths open at con- venient points in every community of the county. The purpose of "Volunteer Day" was to put the county "over the top" with its complete quota in one day. The city and township of Shelbyville raised their entire quotas, and other cities and townships of the county for the most part made an excellent showing. No subscriptions were re- ceived by the banks of the county on "Volunteer Day," but all bonds bought on that day were taken through the subscription booths that were estab- lished in every school district of the county and in the various wards of the several cities. The feasibil- ity of the plan was clearly demonstrated, but never- theless hard work was necessary in succeeding days. of the campaign to raise the county's full total.
With a full week of the campaign gone, the of- ficials of the drive on Friday, Oct. 4, tabooed "pussy-
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footing" policies and decided to usc drastic meas- ures, if necessary, in impressing the individual's re- sponsibility upon him. To the end that there be an abundant corps of workers, cach township chair- man in the county, with one or two exceptions, was furnished with two assistants, mainly from Shel- byville, in putting through the method of procedurc adopted by the organization. The chairmen of the several townships, with the assistants selected for them, werc as follows, namely:
OCONEE
Local Chairman-J. A. Werner. Assistants-A. L. Yantis, U. G. Ward.
HIERRICK
Local Chairman-G. S. Bolt.
Assistants-M. G. Coleman, D. A. Milligan.
COLD SPRING Local Chairman-Chas. F. Hunter.
Assistants-W. S. Middlesworth, J. J. Baker.
TOWER HILL
Local Chairman-II. H. Runkel. Assistants-L. F. Akenhead, B. W. Kerr. RURAL
Local Chairman-Edw. C. Eberspacher.
Assistants-L. C. Westervelt, C. T. DeMonbrun.
FLAT BRANCH
Local Chairman-M. A. Duncan.
Assistants-T. C. Dove, Sidney R. Biggs. MOWEAQUA
Local Chairman-R. W. Snyder. Assistants-His local committee.
DRY POINT
Local Chairman-A. Ward Moore.
Assistants-C. E. Bolinger, Geo. B. Rhoads.
LAKEWOOD Local Chairman-J. II. Eddy.
Assistants-J. T. Zimmer, L. R. Tallman.
ROSE
Local Chairman-J. Frank Stillwell.
Assistants-John D. Miller, W. D. Lumpp.
RIDGE
Local Chairman-E. D. Barnett.
Assistants-Frank Stone, E. M. Ragan.
PICKAWAY
Local Chairman-Homer Hunter.
Assistants-E. G. Munsell, A. H. Storm.
PENN
Local Chairman-II. G. Stewart. Assistants-Geo. L. Richardson, Chas. W. Waggoner.
HOLLAND
Local Chairman-J. K. Hoagland.
Assistants-Geo. C. Bolinger, J. C. Willard.
SHELBYVILLE
Local Chairman-E. N. Herron.
Assistants-llis local committee.
OKAW
Local Chairman-C. E. Coventry.
Assistant-B. P. Dearing.
TODD'S POINT
Local Chairman-C. E. Pogue.
Assistant-J. A. Tracy.
PRAIRIE
Local Chairman-A. C. Mautz.
Assistant-C. R. Mertens.
RICHLAND
Local Chairman-IIenry Faster, Jr.
Assistants-J. J. Ward, Geo. L. Dearing.
WINDSOR
Local Chairman-C. C. Firebaugh.
Assistants-E. N. IIerron, C. R. Mertens, Ransom Rob- inson.
SIGEL
Local Chairman-S. S. Bigler. Assistants-C. II. Beetle, N. H. Robertson.
BIG SPRING
Local Chairman-J. C .- Quinn. Assistant-W. J. Richardson.
ASH GROVE
Local Chairman-Sylvester Clawson. Assistant-11. D. Sparks.
Intensivc, aggressive work marked the progress of the campaign, and by the 15th of October more than a million dollars worth of bonds had been purchased. In one instance a revival meeting was suspended to give the Liberty Loan the right of way. The telephone operators at the Shelbyville switchboard subscribed for $600 worth of bonds. Notable sacrifices were made here and there in a patriotic fervor to meet the government's need; yet with practically $300,000 more to raise before the close of the drive, the officials sent out an urgent request for persons who already had purchased bonds to double their subscriptions. With this plan followed by 100 persons who already had subscribed for $1,000 worth, 200 who had taken $500, 200 who had loaned $100 each and 200 who had subscribed $50 each, $230,000 of the amount was provided for and personal solicitors werc to obtain the remaining $70,000.
Shelby County acquitted herself nobly. With a quota of $1,373,600, the county subscribed $1,393,450, while in actuality subscriptions amounting practi- cally to $80,000 additional were taken in this county but accredited to adjoining counties because the sub- scribers did their banking business in those counties and the subscriptions passed through their banks. In this manner Shelby County lost $67,100 to Christian County and $12,500 to Moultrie County.
That the Fourth Liberty Loan was supported by the people in general in Shelby County is indicated by the fact that the number of individual subscribers was 6,985, or about 23 per cent. of the county's popu- lation. As to townships 22 of the 24 raised their quotas. The delinquents were Cold Spring and Penn. The official report of quotas, subscriptions and number of subscribers accredited to the banks of the county, is as follows:
Amt.
No. of Subs.
Tower Hill Bank, Tower Hill. . $ 40,900
$ 55,300
442
Farmers State Bank, Findlay.
51,000
43,500
179
First National Bank, Cowden. .
44,900
29,100
285
State Bank, Oconee .
33,650
57,200 308
Citizens State Bank, Windsor.
39,800
20,450
126
Commercial State Bank, Windsor ...
107,100
122,100
384
Farmers National Bank, Westervelt.
51,000
81,650
263
State Bank, Strasburg
67,300
72,000
300
First National Bank, Stewardson .... People's Bank, Sigel ....
39,800
45,000
260
Shelby Loan & Trust Co., Shelbyville Shelby Co. State Bank, Shelbyville. . First National Bank, Shelbyville.
179,520
181,000
659
Citizens National Bank, Shelbyville .. 51,000
25,150
111
First National Bank, Moweaqua 134,650
144,650 650
Ayars Bros. Bank, Moweaqua. . 56,100
47,550
245
Bank of Lakewood, Lakewood.
11,200
15,000
147
THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN
With the war over but still facing the big and expensive task of bringing the boys home, as well as the need of further extension of credit to the allied governments, the United States government called for a Victory Liberty Loan in the spring of 1919. The sum of $4,500,000,000 was asked of the Nation, and Shelby County's share was placed at $1,066,950, or three per cent. of the net worth of its population.
O. W. Walker, president of the Shelby County State Bank, was appointed county chairman of the Victory Liberty Loan, and completed the organiza- tion by the following appointments:
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159
39,800
152,000
180,500
785
89,800
91,650 700
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE W. H. Chew, Chairman
W. J. Richardson C. E. Bolinger
Geo. B. Rhoads
E. M. Ragan
C. R. Mertens
J. C. Westervelt
J. J. Baker
C. W. Waggoner
V. E. Mullins
W. C. Headen
B. W. Kerr
John D. Miller
FINANCE COMMITTEE W. S. Middlesworth, Chairman
B. P. Dearing
L. C. Westervelt
J. E. Dazey
Ralph W. Snyder
E. G. Munsell
E. D. Barnett
M. S. Ayars
Henry E. Munson
John J. Ward
Edward Bender
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
D. Leslie Davis, Chairman
Eugene Snyder
W. L. Johns
Fred Plog
O. A. Jewett
Mrs. Rose Worley
T. W. Bailey
F. W. Hasemeier
Hugh S. Lilly
J. W. Brewer Isaac S. Storm T. B. Shoaff
SPEAKERS COMMITTEE
A. L. Yantis, Chairman
M. G. Coleman
John M. Heslin
N. H. Robertson T. E. Kieffer
AUTOMOBILE FLYING SQUADRON
C. H. Beetle, Chairman
Geo. L. Dearing C. E. Walker
F. R. Dove was made chairman of an advisory committee, and John A. Tracy chairman of the Min- ute Men.
The organization also extended into the town- ships and every school district of the county, the township chairmen, vice chairmen and chairmen of the advisory committee being as follows, the names appearing in the same order as the offices named in this paragraph:
Oconee-John Werner, S. D. Nichols, Harry Hinton.
Herrick-G. S. Bolt, Chas. S. Moon, Richard Corley.
Cold Spring-William Morrison, C. F. Hunter, George Fankboner.
Tower Hill-H. H. Runkel, Chas. R. Eiler, J. W. Green. Rural-Edw. C. Eberspacher, Geo. D. Brownback, Mack Harper.
Flat Branch-Aubrey Duncan, Frank Oaks, C. W. Bridg- man.
Moweaqua-W. K. Andrews, J. T. Haslam, J. H. Cozad. Messrs. S. S. Clapper and E. V. Young also were vice chairman and chairman of the advisory committee, respectively, sharing the duties with Messrs. Haslam and Cozad.
Dry Point-A. Ward Moore, W. C. Turney, B. E. Prater. Lakewood-C. P. Roberts, R. L. Shores, Chas. Hudson. Rose-John Kull, A. C. Wilson, F. A. Warner.
Ridge-Edward Christman, Chas. Roessler, Henry De- laney.
Pickaway-Levi Corley, W. W. Younger, Frank Gregory. Penn-Harvey G. Stewart, C. H. Baird, E. R. Harper. Holland-Geo. E. Roberts, R. E. Syfert, C. G. Hopkins.
Clarksburg-J. K. Hoagland, Wm. Campbell, J. E. Gal- lagher.
Shelbyville-E. N. Herron, Geo. C. Bolinger, F. R. Dove.
Okaw-C. E. Coventry, E. M. Vennum, Fred Olmstead. Todd's Point-C. E. Pogue, E. S. Combs, Thos. Fleming. Prairie-A. C. Mautz, Jacob Yakey, HI. Falk.
Richland-Henry Faster, James F. Kull, L. P. Childress. Windsor-C. W. Grant, W. I. Griffin, C. H. Sexson.
Sigel-S. S. Bigler, B. H. Kunkler, J. A. Berchtold.
Big Spring-J. C. Quinn, R. M. Bingaman, P. H. Mc- Clory.
Ash Grove-Sylvester Clawson, H. C. Hart, G. C. Brackin.
The women's organization, under the chairman- ship of Mrs. O. W. Walker, was as thoroughly or- ganized and efficient as that of the men. It is treated in a separate chapter.
One of the first tasks Chairman Walker and his assistants set their hands to was the determining of the allotment of the several townships of the county, and the further monumental labor of figuring the individual responsibility of every citizen, under the three per cent. net valuation plan. This determined, a letter was mailed to each taxpayer, apprising such person of the amount of the subscription expected.
The township quotas were fixed at the following figures:
Oconee
$ 44,850
Herrick
22,200
Cold Spring
22,750
Tower Hill
41,350
Rural
49,600
Flat Branch
50,400
Moweaqua
58,400
Dry Point
26,450
Lakewood
21,850
Rose
40,200
Ridge
56,700
Pickaway
47,900
Penn
44,600
Holland and Clarksburg
33,100
Shelbyville
149,750
Okaw
46,500
Todd's Point
31,500
Prairie
59,550
Richland
65,200
Windsor
48,300
Sigel
22,900
Big Spring
26,650
Ash Grove
56,250
Total
$1,066,950
Features of the campaign, which went forward with ever increasing momentum until its splendid consummation in a heavy oversubscription, included a big county mass meeting at the court house in Shelbyville on Wednesday, April the 16th, at which the district chairman, Mrs. Guy T. Lewis of Decatur, Madame Guerin, an eloquent French woman fresh from battle-ravaged France, and Lieutenant Frank McGlinn of Chicago, one of "Reilley's Bucks," were the speakers; community meetings at various points throughout the county, where returned soldiers told their stories of the war, adding their word to the appeal of the regular speakers; the visit of two aero- planes from Chanute Field, primarily for recruiting purposes but "bombing" the city from the air with Victory Liberty Loan literature; a big demonstra-
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tion for returned soldiers, Thursday, April 24, on which date a delegation of noted Victory Loan speakers, with a war rclic train and big military band, visited the city and boomed the local campaign for bond-selling. These and other means were used by Chairman Walker and his organization with telling effect.
Saturday, April 26, was designated as "Allotment Day," on which an earnest effort was made to put the county "over the top" with its full quota. The day failed of its largest purpose, but grcat inroads were made on the huge allotment asked of the county and two townships, Shelbyville and Prairie, were found to have reached their goal-the former with 138 and the latter with 100 per cent. of its quota. While cheered by these results, the officials never- theless were disappointed at the net results of the day's work; yet did not feel so downcast when they Icarned officially that Shelby county, with 60 per cent. of her quota raised, was leading not only the other seven counties of the district, but the state of Illinois and the Nation at large in the percentage of quotas subscribed. Illinois had but 22 per cent. of its quota, and the United States as a whole but 20 per cent.
Daily meetings of the committees with Chairman Walker at the Shelby County State Bank did much to keep up the morale of the great working body, and to inspire the individuals with greater zeal to finish the big job right. And they did it.
Victory was proclaimed by Chairman Walker when he appeared before his committees on the morning of Monday, May 12, in the final meeting of that body. Popular subscriptions, he announced, reached within $100,000 of the county's quota, while the banks guaranteed the balance and the campaign closed with an oversubscription of more than $100,- 000, or a total of $1,173,600.
There were fourteen Honor townships, namcly :
Shelbyville
Rural
Sigel
Clarksburg
Richland
Big Spring
Tower Hill
Todd's Point
Prairie
Okaw
Moweaqua
Ash Grove
Windsor
Ridge
The oversubscription of some of these was nearly 200 per cent. of their quota.
Following are shown the Shelby County banks, with the quotas allotted by the Federal Reserve Dis- trict authorities, which in fact formed the basis of the county's liability, and the amount subscribed by each:
Bank
Quota
Subscription
First National Bank, Cowden
$
34,350
$ 34,350
State Bank, Cowden
33,800
33,800
Farmers State Bank, Findlay.
39,700
39,700
First National Bank, Findlay.
65,000
65,000
State Bank, Herrick ..
33,800
33,800
Bank of Lakewood
12,250
19,250
M. S. Ayars Bank, Moweaqua .
21,550
21,550
First National Bank, Moweaqua
139,450
139,450
State Bank, Oconee
27,000
27,000
Citizens National Bank, Shelbyville.
38,950
38,950
First National Bank, Shelbyville ..
142,750
146,050
Shelby County State Bank, Shelbyville ..
120,650
169,400
Shelby Loan & Trust Co., Shelbyville ..
27,750
27,950
Peoples Bank, Sigel .. ...
28,300
34,750
First National Bank, Stewardson ..
67,950
68,050
Strasburg State Bank
50,250
69,850
Tower Hill Bank, Tower Hill.
32,650
44,500
Farmers National Bank, Westervelt.
38,200
47,350
Citizens State Bank, Windsor
30,850
30,850
Commercial State Bank, Windsor
81,750
82,000
Totals
$1,066,950
$1,173,600
In the Victory Liberty Loan campaign the old plan of "drives" from the county scat, employed in every other campaign for the sale of bonds or the raising of funds, was climinated, and the results justi- fied the action, for while perhaps the county would have reached its goal a little more readily than by the new system, the county did go "over the top" splendidly and accomplished it with absolutely no friction and no coercion, and with no sores to be healed.
In the final session of the Victory Loan commit- tee, the members formally expressed their apprecia- tion of the wise and effective work that had been done by the chairmen of both the men's and women's organizations, Mr. O. W. Walker and his wife, Mrs. Maude Trower Walker. The expression took con- crete form in a motion authorizing a florist to place bouquets of forget-me-nots on the desk of Mr. Walker at the bank on three days of the current week, and on alternate days to convey similar trib- utes to Mrs. Walker at her home on North Broad- way.
Stretched Their Legs
Companies C of Sullivan and D of Paris stretched their legs in Shelbyville on Monday, May 6, 1918, and were "at ease" for an hour while the guests of the Shelbyville Commercial Club at an informal recep- tion tendered them on the streets. These troops, with other units of the 130th U. S. Infantry, were en route from Camp Logan, Houston, Tex., to the seaboard for embarkation, and were routed over the Big Four from St. Louis eastward. Captain Vance Courtright of Shelbyville, in command of Company D, and Lieutenant Chas. L. Twiss and Lieutenant Harry Downs, other Shelbyville officers who were with these companies, arranged for a brief stop.
The soldiers detrained and marched through sev- eral of the business streets, then came to rest on Main street, where they were given an ovation by the big crowd that quickly gathered and a "set up" of cigars, apples and other knicknacks.
H Company, Shelbyville's old National Guards- men, also a part of the moving troops, was routed by way of Decatur, to which many of their relatives and friends motored to give them a word of greet- ing as they passed on their long journey to war- stricken Europe.
Banished German Language
With patriotism 100 per cent., and determined to show the spirit as well as the letter of loyalty to the Nation, St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church of Shelbyville officially and without a dissenting voice banished the German language from all services of the church. This was done, notwithstanding some of the older members could understand the English language imperfectly or not at all. This congrega- tion in its entirety was very active in responding to all demands of the government and beneficent insti- tutions.
T. O. P.
The initials of one Shelby County service man spelled what the boys went over-the "top." This was T. O. Pea of Henton, who went to Decatur and enlisted on the 17th of May, 1918, as a sailor.
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PART OF SHELBYVILLE LIBERTY LOAN GLEE CLUB
Center-Mrs. Maude Walker, Mrs. Josephine Grider.
Top Row-Miss Dessie Downs, Miss Helen Goodrick, Miss Elizabeth Zimmer, Mrs. Ruby Walker, Miss Birdie Wilson, Miss Harriett Bryant, Miss Maurine Parrish.
Bottom Row-Miss Avis Vincent, Miss Kathryn Brown, Miss Mary Johnson, Mrs. Irene Pundt, Miss Janice Lumpp, Miss Ruby Turney, Mrs. Iris Igo, Mrs. Della Miller.
Shelby County Women in the Liberty Loans
Sacrifice, zeal, intelligence and effectiveness char- acterized the work of Shelby County women in the several Liberty Loans, which became a very potent force in carrying on the task of meeting the quotas allotted to this county from time to time.
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