History of Johnson County, Missouri, Part 33

Author: Cockrell, Ewing
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Topeka, Kan. : Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1234

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Chilhowee Camp No. 6211 was organized March 31, 1910. There

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were fifteen charter members. The first officers were: Oracle, Miss Mary Kern; Vice Oracle, Mrs. Mabel Bishop; Past Oracle, Mrs. Susan Cowden; Chancellor, Mrs. Mary Dunn. The present officers are: Oracle, Mrs. Laura Quillen; Vice Oracle, Mrs. Belle Doak; Past Oracle, Mrs. Mary Wright; Chancellor, Mrs. Susan Robinson. There are now thirty members.

Leeton Camp No. 6201 was organized February 10, 1910. There were twenty-one charter members. The first officers were: Oracle, Florence Burke; Vice Oracle, Maggie Mohler ; Chancellor, Eva Sturgis, Past Oracle, Nora Muick; Recorder, Lillian M. Cox. The present offi- cers are: Oracle, Mabel King; Vice Oracle, Mattie Weiss; Chancellor, Mattie Wisdom; Past Oracle, Maggie Mohler. The number of mem- bers is fifteen.

Easter Lily Camp No. 6932 was organized in April, 1911. There were twenty-six charter members. First officers were: Oracle, Mrs. Minnie E. Smith; Past Oracle, Msr. Lura Killion; Chancellor, Mrs. Naomi Meiley; Recorder, Mrs. Nannie Taylor. There are ninety-four beneficial and ten social members. The officers for 1918 are: Oracle, Mrs. Lucy J. Shirley ; Vice Oracle, Mrs. Ora Shryack; Past Oracle, Mrs. Etta Lyons; Chancellor, Mrs. Evelyn Swain.

Rosebud Camp No. 7829. (By Fannie W. Carter.) Organized November 17, 1915, with twenty-two members. First chief officers were : Oracle, Stella Forsyth; Vice Oracle, Maude Bradshaw; Past Oracle, Cora Carter. The chief officers at present are : Oracle, Bertha Winston; Vice Oracle, Maud Bradshaw. There are thirty-nine members. members.

ODD FELLOWS.

There are four lodges in the county with about 395 members.

The Eureka Lodge No. 88 was instituted at Warrensburg on the 21st day of May, 1856. The remnant of Odd Fellowship that had sur- vived the war made its appearance as an independent order. The pres- ent officers are: Noble Grand, C. H. Thornton; Vice Grand, Robert A. Brown; Recording Secretary, R. L. Howard; Financial Secretary, Forest Hunter. There are 172 members.

Paola Lodge No. 147, Knob Noster, Missouri, was organized and charter granted on May 22, 1861. Jolin Doniphan was Grand Master; Charles C. Archer, Grand Sovereign. The charter members were: C.

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J. Page, D. M. Greenlee, A. Kirkpatrick, T. I. Miserey, J. L. Lee. There are sixty-nine members. The present chief officers are as follow: John Olvis, Noble Grand; Thomas Redd, Vice Grand; F. E. Thurston, Secretary.

Holden Lodge No. 184, I. O. O. F. (By W. H. Craig.) It was organized in 1868. B. A. Crum was probably the first Noble Grand. The officers are: Lon Hauk, Noble Grand; John Zehr, Vice Grand; R. C. Six, Recording Secretary; F. G. Halsey, Financial Secretary. There are 124 members.

Pittsville Lodge No. 595 was organized May 3, 1873. The first officers were: S. M. Logan, Noble Grand; M. Rice, Vice Grand; J. H. Dean, Secretary. There are now thirty members. Jesse Beamer is Noble Grand; Dr. W. B. Turnbow, Vice Grand; H. J. Hughes, Secretary.

REBEKAHS.

There are two lodges in the county and about 220 members. This lodge is auxiliary to the I. O. O. F.

Orphan Home Rebekah Lodge No. 135 was organized on June 18, 1894. There were twenty-seven charter members. The lodge later disbanded but on April 2, 1900 re-organized. The officers were: Mrs. Caroline E. Winters, Noble Grand; Mrs. Ida Malone, Vice Grand; Mrs. Lizzie Ozias, Secretary. The membership is 152.

Rebekahs of Holden. Organized in October, 1905 with fifteen charter members. The first officers were: Mrs. J. W. Merrell, Noble Grand: Miss Sallie Hauk, Vice Grand; Mrs. Edward Andruss, Secretary. The present officers are: Mrs. Lucy Pemberton, Noble Grand: Mrs. Edgar Golladay, Vice Grand; Mrs. Anna Woolf, Secretary.

THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS. (By Rudolph Loebenstein.)

Warrensburg Lodge No. 673 was instituted on April 11, 1901. The First set of officers were: Exalted Ruler, Dr. James I. Anderson; Esteemed Leading Knight, G. A. Landes; Esteemed Loyal Knight. W. A. Porter: Esteemed Lecturing Knight, C. A. Shepard; Secretary, H. A. Cress: Treasurer. E. N. Johnson: Esquire, Mose Cohn; Tyler, Moses Wiley: Inner Guard, Land Markward: Chaplain. P. C. Van Matre; Trustees, I. W. Rogers, J. V. Murray, W. R. DeLaney. The following are the present officers: Exalted Ruler, Harry R. Garrison;

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Esteemed Leading Knight, N. E. Greim; Esteemed Loyal Knight, E. L. Thurber; Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Gael Carmack; Secretary, Henry Blood Smyth; Treasurer, F. L. Mayes; Esquire, Mr. W. C. Morris; Tyler, Mose Wiley; Inner Guard, Lee Katherman; Chaplain, C. W. Fulkerson; Trustees, E. N. Johnson, Ben T. Sams and I. W. Rogers ..

OTHER FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS.

There are in the county ten lodges of the following orders, with 951 members:

Order.

Date of Organization.

Mem-

bers.

Maccabees, Holden

1885

Maccabees, Warrensburg

1893

111

Woodmen of the World, Holden

1892

Knights and Ladies of Security, Warrensburg

1893

125

Degree of Honor, Warrensburg

1894

Mystic Workers of the World, Knob Noster

1896

101

Elks, Warrensburg

1901

275

Modern Brotherhood of America, Hazel Hill Township

1909

Yeomen, Warrensburg

1910

125

Yeomen, Holden

1910

WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.

There are seven Unions in the county with about 223 members.

Warrensburg W. C. T. U. was organized November 12, 1878 and reorganized in 1884. The first president was Mrs. Hedges. The pres- ent membership is about 100 and the officers are: Mrs. Townsend, President; Mrs. Rice, Secretary.

The Holden W. C. T. U. was organized about 1880. For many years Mrs. M. L. Golladay was the active leader of its work and its . president until her death. Mrs. King is President. The membership is thirteen.

Kingsville W. C. T. U. was organized September 12, 1884. There were eighteen charter members and they now have thirty-one.

The Centerview W. C. T. U. was organized in 1914 with thirteen members. The officers were Miss Katherine Eastham, President : Mrs. James Goffameyer, Treasurer and Secretary. The present officers are :

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Mrs. Ed Spence, President; Mrs. James Zoucha, Treasurer and Secretary.

The Duncan W. C. T. U. was organized September 4, 1915. There were eight charter members. The first officers were Mrs. Mary F. Clifford, President; Martha Duncan, Secretary. The present officers are: Mrs. Elizabeth Benjamin, President; Martha Duncan, Secretary.

Hazel Hill W. C. T. U. was organized June 30, 1916. There were eleven charter members. The first officers were: Mrs. J. M. Gilkeson, President; Miss Pearl Miller, Secretary. Mrs. J. M. Gilke- son is President and Miss Helen Redford, Secretary. There are thirty- five members.

Pleasant Valley W. C. T. U. was organized in June, 1915. There were sixteen charter members and the first officers were: Mrs. Nora Johnson, President ; Mrs. Montie Best, Secretary. The present officers are: Mrs. Iva Shore, President ; Miss Ota Taylor, Secretary and Treas- urer. There are sixteen members.

CIVIL WAR ORGANIZATIONS.

There are two G. A. R. Posts in the county with fifty-six members, two women's auxiliaries with fifty members, one camp of United Con- federate Veterans with twenty-one members and two chapters of the U. D. C. with ninety members. The total number of members in all these organizations is 217. The objects of these organizations are historical, social and benevolent.

Colonel Grover Post Grand Army of the Republic was organized May 24, 1883 at Warrensburg. There are sixty-one charter members. The first Post Commander was George N. Richards. C. J. Matthews is the present Post Commander. During its existence there were 315 members enrolled. The membership is now sixteen.

Johnson County Post No. 594, G. A. R. was organized October 8, 1914 at Warrensburg. Missouri. The charter members were about thirty-five. The first officers: Commander, David Aber; Senior Vice- Commander, Nathan Shaneyfelt: Junior Vice-Commander, James Eyer ; and the present officers are the same. There are forty members.

Colonel Grover Relief Corps No. 20, auxiliary to the Colonel Grover Post, was organized in 1885 with forty-seven charter members and the following officers elected: Mrs. E. A. Baldwin, President ; Mrs. Jennie Snow, Senior Vice-President : Mrs. Anna D. Houts, Secretary. The

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officers are: Mrs. Marie Osborne, President; Mrs. Ida Lazenby, Treas- urer; Mrs. Elmer Julian, Secretary. The present membership is twenty-seven.

Johnson County Circle, Ladies of G. A. R. was organized January 21, 1915, with twenty-two charter members. Mrs. C. E. Winters was the first President. There are twenty-three members and the officers are: President, Emma McKee; Secretary, Eva Ireland.

M. M. Parsons Camp No. 735, United Confederate Veterans. (By D. P. Woodruff.) The camp was organized September 14, 1895. There were twenty charter members. The first chief officers were: W. P. Gibson, Commander; J. E. Robinson, Lieutenant Commander; D. P. Woodruff, Adjutant. The present Commander is J. W. McFarland. There are twenty-one members.

United Daughters of the Confederacy, F. M. Cockrell Chapter, Warrensburg. The first meeting was held September 9, 1897. The first officers were: President, Mrs. John B. Clark: First Vice-Presi- dent, Mrs. J. A. Houston; Recording Secretary, Miss Mary Parker. There were fifty-three charter members. On July I. 1901 the D. O. C. were merged into the U. D. C. and the name of the Warrensburg Chapter was changed from "Johnson County D. O. C." to the "Francis Marion Cockrell Chapter U. D. C." There are now seventy-two mem- bers. The present officers are: Miss Woodruff, President; Miss Eunice Yankee, Recording Secretary; Miss Frances McFarland, Correspond- ing Secretary. This lodge has contributed to innumerable Confederate monuments and memorials as well as to charity.

William Sweeney Chapter, Chilhowee. It was organized March 2, 1917. The first meeting was held April 23, 1917. The first officers were: Mrs. Ida B. Howard, President; Mrs. Ora Moore, Vice-Presi- dent; Bessie Dillard McElwee, Secretary. The present officers are: President, Mrs. Ida B. Howard: Treasurer, C. C. Ridley; Recording Secretary, Bessie Dillard McElwee. There are eighteen members.

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CHAPTER XXXIX .- MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS.

THE HOME MAKERS' CLUBS-FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS-JOHNSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU-COMMUNITY WORK CLUBS.

THE HOME MAKERS' CLUBS.

These clubs are organized to make good homes, and they do it. Their objects in detail are best expressed as follow :

"Through the medium of these clubs, the Extension Department of the University of Missouri could use the money appropriated by the Smith-Lever bill for the betterment of the farm woman to greater advantage. Our aim has been to improve our homemaking qualities and foster community social life."-Mrs. Will Redford.

"We work in cooperation with the College of Agriculture at Columbia. They help us in our studies and outline our programs for our meetings."-Mrs. L. L. Burris.

There are fifteen of these clubs in the county with a total member- ship of about 335.

Duncan Home Makers' Club was organized July 11. 1917. Mrs. H. J. Benjamin is president and Mrs. Robert Davis, secretary.

Oak Grove Home Makers' Club, Montserrat township, was organ- ized July 10, 1917. Miss Leta Dawes is president and Mrs. William Goodnight, secretary and treasurer.

Clover Heights Home Makers' Club, Centerview township, was organized July 5. 1917. Mrs. Joe Hunt is president and Mrs. Clair Shrader, secretary and treasurer.

Glendale Home Makers' Club, Centerview township, was organized June 6. 1917. Mrs. George Haun is president and Mrs. Benton Adair is secretary and treasurer.

Hepsidam Home Makers' Club, Grover township was organized June 12, 1917. Mrs. J. B. Wampler is president and Mrs. C. D. Hulse is secretary and treasurer.

Locust Grove Home Makers' Club, Chilhowee township was organ- ized May 17, 1917. Mrs. Henry Godde is president and Mrs. Frank Easterwood is secretary and treasurer.

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Gowans Home Makers' Club, Centerview township was organized February 16, 1917. Mrs. Ed Spence is president and Miss Jessie All- good is secretary and treasurer.

Sunnyside Home Makers' Club, Warrensburg township was organ- ized February 9, 1917. Mrs. W. C. Burns is president and Mrs. E. J. McCormack is secretary and treasurer.

McCoy Home Makers' Club, Columbus township was organized July 5, 1916. Mrs. L. L. Burris is president and Mrs. J. T. Dalton is secretary and treasurer.

Prairie View Home Makers' Club, Warrensburg township was organized June 2, 1916. Mrs. J. L. Elliott is president and Miss Frieda Tempel is secretary and treasurer.

Willing Workers Home Makers' Club, Centerview township was organized June 3, 1916. Mrs. E. J. Ozias was the first president and Miss Maud Repp was the secretary and treasurer.

Hickory Grove Home Makers' Club, Post Oak township was organized in October, 1915. Mrs. Martin Abrahams is the president and Mrs. J. D. Cecil is secretary and treasurer.

Salem Home Makers' Club, Hazel Hill township was organized July 13, 1915. Mrs. Will Redford is president and Mrs. Bert Bracken is secretary and treasurer.

Fayetteville Home Makers' Club, Hazel Hill township was organ- ized December 4, 1914. This was the first Home Makers' Club to be organized in Johnson county. The first president was Mrs. C. S. Cobb and Alpha Cleveland was secretary.

Good Neighbors Home Makers' Club, Warrensburg township, was organized July 7, 1915. Mrs. George Lunn is president and Mrs. Ada Armstrong is secretary and treasurer.

FARMERS' ORGANIZATIONS.

Farmers' Organizations .- There are five farmers' clubs in the county, with about 976 members, besides the Blackwater drainage district land- owners, as follow:

Date Organized.

Mem- bers.

Club.

Blackwater Drainage District, Blackwater Creek

1908

Farm Bureau. whole county

1913

600

Equity Society, Warrensburg

1914

164

Co-operative Elevator Company, Leeton

1917

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Farmers' Club, Grover Township 1917 37

Farmers' Community Club, Hazel Hill Township __ 1917 100

JOHNSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU. (By J. C. Christopher.)

[Editor's Note: Mr. Christopher has lived in this county over forty years, been active in its affairs, and has been secretary of the Farm Bureau practically from its beginning.]

The bureau was first organized as the Johnson County Bureau of Agriculture about February, 1913, in the Commercial Club rooms at War- rensburg. Charles H. Houx and W. C. Knapp were elected temporary president and secretary. A constitution drafted by A. M. Craig, of Knob Noster, T. J. Halsey, of Holden, and James B. Miller, of Warrens- burg, was adopted at once. Under it the following advisory council was elected, composed of two members from each township:

Centerview : E. J. Ozias, Wm. A. Porter. Chilhowee: D. L. Albin, Ben Howerton. Columbus: A. C. Fitch, E. W. Henry. Grover: John F. House, W. E. Knaus. Hazel Hill: Wm. L. Robbins, F. N. Ames. Jackson: J. M. Rice, Jas. L. Ferguson. Jefferson: Wm. F. Cooper, Jas. O. Sutherland. Kingsville: F. G. Baker, C. L. Duncan. Madi- son: R. L. Whitsett, F. A. McWethy. Montserrat: G. M. Curnutt, F. E. Mayes. Post Oak: J. M. Ward, J. M. Mohler. Rose Hill: J. A. Haller, C. C. Atkins. Simpson: C. A. Kanoy, J. Cliff Long. Warrens- burg: Jesse Mohler, W. H. Clark. Washington: J. B. Wampler, H. Wimer.

This council then elected the following permanent officers: Presi- dent, Chas. H. Houx; 1st vice-president, W. B. Wallace; 2nd vice-presi- dent, B. F. Summers; secretary, E. W. Cassingham; treasurer, Ben. T. Sams. Executive committee: Jesse Mohler, J. B. Wampler, F. A. McWethy.

On April 29, 1913, Mr. Cassingham resigned as secretary, and J. C. Christopher was elected in his place.

The chief work of the bureau was to secure and keep in the county a county farm agent, for the benefit of agriculture in all its forms. At that time, these agents were just being established in the county. Private citizens, supposed to be the owners of Sears, Roebuck & Com- pany, in Chicago, offered $1,000 cash to each county that would first employ such an agent. The United States Department of Agriculture

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and the Missouri State University also contributed. and all each county had to do was to raise a part of the money to pay the agent and the expenses of the work. The outside funds for this purpose were about exhausted, and to get the benefit of them for this county, action had to be taken before a farmers' organization could be perfected. This was done by a number of private citizens signing a personal guarantee to insure our county's part. These guarantors were: Charles H. Houx, Ben T. Sams, J. H. Scarborough, E. W. Cassingham, T. E. Cheatham, C. A. Shepard, T. J. Halsey, W. A. Porter, W. L. Hedges, Christopher L. Johnson, Dr. James I. Anderson, Jas. B. Miller, Walter L. Jones & Brother, J. H. Lampkin and Robert Sorency.

After the organization, money was raised to maintain the county agent for three years, and C. M. Long was selected. He resigned in March, 1916, and F. A. Gougler was selected in his place, and is now serving. The work is now carried out wholly by the county court, representing the county as a whole, the Missouri State University and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Much opposition was encountered in having a farm agent at all. This came chiefly from some farmers, and the Farm Bureau carried on for a long time the educational work of showing the good and the need of the county agent. Today, his position seems to be assured and to meet the approval of practically everybody.

In 1918, through the efforts of the women of the county and the Commercial Club at Warrensburg, a home demonstration agent was secured for the county. Miss Mary Moreland was selected. Her work, just now beginning, is to help any women in the county in any branch of home economics. It will be carried on personally and by community work.

Organization of Executive Committee .- A meeting was held at the court house Thursday, February 28, for the purpose of electing an executive committee to the Johnson County Farm Bureau. Both the county agent work and the home demonstration agent work come under the executive committee of this bureau. The joint membership in March, 1918, of both men and women in Johnson county now num- bers about 600, there being about 350 women and 250 men. At the meeting a County Farm Bureau executive committee was organized, electing Mr. F. A. McWethy, a prominent farmer and Shorthorn breeder

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of Holden, as president of the bureau. Mr. C. H. Houx, former presi- dent, retired from the service. The following is the full committee: President, F. A. McWethy, Holden; vice-president, N. J. Bush. War- rensburg ; treasurer, W. O. Redford, Fayetteville ; secretary, R. L. Whit- sett, Holden; horticulture, Lyle Jacoby, Centerview; dairying, Jesse Mohler, Warrensburg ; soil demonstration, Ivan Phillips; wheat demon- stration, Ernest Douglas ; poultry, C. H. Funk, Holden; corn demonstra- tion, Elmer Ozias: beef and pork production, Cliff Baile; legume crops, J. B. Wampler; boys and girls, R. H. Boston: women's organizations, Mrs. W. O. Redford, Fayetteville; food conservation, Mrs. W. R. Cocke- fair ; household conveniences, Mrs. C. Cobb ; clothing, Mrs. L. C. Pember- ton, Holden; recreation, Mrs. T. E. Cheatham.

In March, 1918. the "Johnson County Farm Bureau News" was established and is being issued monthly for the benefit of the members of the bureau. The editorial committee is: R. L. Whitsett, Mary More- land, R. H. Boston and F. A. Gougler.

Blackwater Drainage District Number 1 was organized under the laws of Missouri by decree of the Johnson Circuit Court, May 21, 1908. The first meeting of the land owners was held June 6, 1908, at the Pfeffer bridge on Blackwater to elect a board of five supervisors. Harvey Russell was elected chairman and R. J. Grover, secretary of the meeting. The supervisors elected were J. M. Fitch, T. A. Sollars, J. H. Christo- pher, J. Henry Kuhlman, and Ewing Cockrell, who had been chiefly interested in organizing the district. Mr. Fitch was elected chairman ; Mr. Sollars, secretary ; R. J. Grover, assistant secretary ; and J. W. Sud- dath, appointed attorney. The amount of land in the district is 23,053 acres, of which 16,714.29 acres is bottom land, and the balance upland contiguous to it, and in the same legal subdivisions.

Contract was let March 21, 1910, to G. A. and R. H. McWilliams to construct dredged ditches, and August 20, 1910, to C. Frank Roberts for the lateral ditches. Settlement was made with the contractor April 25, 1914, though most of the ditches had been built the first two to three years after contract. The main ditch is twenty-seven miles, and the laterals twenty-two miles long.

The work was done through the proceeds of bonds which were issued February 21, 1910, for $190,000 at 6 per cent., maturing annually after five years, the last maturity being 1928. W. R. Compton Bond and

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Mortgage Company, of St. Louis, were the purchasers. $27,000 of the bonds have been paid, and there is a surplus on hand of about $20,000, which will be used in the purchase of bonds before maturity.

The same officers have been re-elected and served continuously ever since except that in 1915, J. H. Christopher moved away and resigned, and was succeeded by J. H. Borgstadt, and in 1917, Mr. Kuhlman died. Mr. Suddath remained attorney till his death in 1917.

The ditches constitute a complete drainage system, and have prac- tically eliminated any material damage from the customary former over- flows. The fall averages three feet to the mile in the main ditch. It has nearly doubled in size since first built and is increasing rapidly every year, slightly in depth and much in width. It is many times shorter and correspondingly swifter than the old Blackwater creek. which it practically replaces, and all rainfalls are carried off very rapidly.

COMMUNITY WORK CLUBS.

There are eleven clubs in the county whose aim either solely or largely is community work of various kinds. Their total membership is 524. The clubs are as follow:

Warrensburg.

Date or- Mem- ganized. bers.

Name.

Relief Society 1881 24

Commercial Club 1894

100

Arts, Book, Crafts Club 1907 60

Political Equality

Club

1911

P. E. O. Chapter

1914

Automobile Club

1917 112

Holden.

Date or- Mem-

Name. ganized. bers.

Benevolent Society_ 1897 12

Shakespeare Club __ 1905 20

Civic Society 1906 46

Centerview. Village Improve-

ment Club 1906 25

Hazel Hill Township.

Busy Bee Club 1915 25

CHAPTER XL .- THE WORLD WAR.

EFFECTIVE WORK DONE IN JOHNSON COUNTY-REGISTRATION BOARD-COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE-THIRD LIBERTY LOAN ORGANIZATION-SPEAKERS' ORGANIZATIONS-THE HOME GUARDS-AMERICAN RED CROSS-JUNIOR RED CROSS-WORK OF THE RED CROSS IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

The World War, into which the United States entered April 6, 1917, has been gradually dominating more and more of the life of John- son county. When it began, comparatively few of us realized how vitally it concerned us. Many of us questioned the necessity of propriety of our entry into it, and were at least lukewarm in our support.

But every day we have learned things about the war that we did not even dream of before. By Christmas, when the Red Cross organi- zation of the county was perfected, the number of its members became thousands, where earlier it would have been hundreds. In the spring of 1918, when the Third Liberty Loan campaign was carried out, it was backed by practically the whole county, with their words, their works, and their money, and with unexpectedly great results.

A great deal of effective war work has been done up to this time by patriotic people throughout the county from the very beginning of the war. It is impossible to give all this individual or loosely organized work in this book, despite its large amount, simply because there is no way to get at it, and all that can be given is the work of complete permanent organizations. These are the County Council of Defense, the Registration Board, the Home Guards, the Red Cross, and Speakers' Organization, including Four Minute Men, and the Third Liberty Loan Organization. The Y. M. C. A. campaign, the First Liberty Loan cam- paigns, and the War Savings Stamps campaign were carried on by practically the same men and women as managed the Red Cross and Third Liberty Loan.

The Registration Board .- The registration board has been the representatives and officers of the Government in the registration, exami- nation, classification and calling of men for the army. The members

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were: John F. Norman, sheriff, chairman ; W. A. Porter, secretary ; and Dr. James I. Anderson.

The following has been the chief work of the board:

It registered all men in the county between ages of 21 and 31. The number was 1,839. It made ont lists and cards of these, and then called for physical examination 590 men, who were examined by Drs. James I. Anderson. J. R. Bozarth. H. P. Gilkeson, and Wm. E. Johnson.

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History of Johnson County, Missouri, Part 33

Author: Cockrell, Ewing Publication date: 1918 Publisher: Topeka, Kan. : Historical Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1234

Author: Cockrell, Ewing
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Topeka, Kan. : Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1234