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Woman's Christian Temperance Union minutes, Grinnell, Iowa, 1913-1928

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The November meeting of the W.C.T.U. was held at the home of Mrs. C.S. George Tuesday Nov 17th
Meeting opened with the song "The Fight is over" Mrs. German had charge of the devotionals.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. A bill for flowers for Mrs Cooper's funeral of $1.50 was presented by Mrs. Hess and allowed. Mrs. Robt Lincoln Mrs Stewart and Mrs German were appointed committee on programs. 
After this short business session The meeting was turned over to our invited speaker Miss Grace Leigh Scott, special lecturer for the W.C.T.U. under the department of social morality.
She presented a strong message along that line and showed us the need of education of the children and young people.
The round table on dancing which was to have been conducted was postponed until another date, that we might keep Miss Scott's message fresh in our minds. The meeting then closed with the usual benedictions.
mrs. James McKee Secty.
Miss Grace Leigh Scott Speaks at W.C.T.U. Meeting
The W.C.T.U. held their November meeting Tuesday at the home of Mrs. C.S. George. The invited speaker was Miss Grace Leigh Scott, special lecturer for the W.C.T.U. under the department of Social Morality. Miss Scott announced that the keynote of her message to the women was, that the generation that put the eighteenth Amendment into the constitution is not the generation whose vote will determine the keeping of it in.
Miss Scott urged that the L.T.L., or Loyal Temperance League, for children under fourteen, and the Y.P.B., the Young People's Branch of the W.C.T.U., should have their membership filled one hundred percent, and in answer to the theory that children already belong to so many organizations that there can not be found an unoccupied day for any more meetings, she said that in some cities, the children meet the moment school is dismissed, one day a week, with a teacher, and learn their songs, and slogans, the meeting lasting half an hour, or even fifteen minutes. The children of today do not know what the conditions were when there were saloons. Their dry vote must be prepared for. They do not know that seven hundred skilled magazine writers are hired by the wets to represent to us that all the ills of the present times are due to prohibition. It is necessary for these little ones to know that these are hired lies.
In some cities, the W.C.T.U. has a special branch for young mothers whose children are tiny, and who naturally wish to study up the conditions which their little ones will grow up to face.
Mrs. Stewart, who was to have conducted a round table, announced that with the permission of the meeting, the Round Table would be postponed until another date, that the women might go home with Miss Scott's heartfelt message fresh in their minds. This the women voted to do.

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The November meeting of the W.C.T.U. was held at the home of Mrs. C.S. George Tuesday Nov 17th Meeting opened with the song "The Fight is over" Mrs. German had charge of the devotionals. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. A bill for flowers for Mrs Cooper's funeral of $1.50 was presented by Mrs. Hess and allowed. Mrs. Robt Lincoln Mrs Stewart and Mrs German were appointed committee on programs. After this short business session The meeting was turned over to our invited speaker Miss Grace Leigh Scott, special lecturer for the W.C.T.U. under the department of social morality. She presented a strong message along that line and showed us the need of education of the children and young people. The round table on dancing which was to have been conducted was postponed until another date, that we might keep Miss Scott's message fresh in our minds. The meeting then closed with the usual benedictions. mrs. James McKee Secty. Miss Grace Leigh Scott Speaks at W.C.T.U. Meeting The W.C.T.U. held their November meeting Tuesday at the home of Mrs. C.S. George. The invited speaker was Miss Grace Leigh Scott, special lecturer for the W.C.T.U. under the department of Social Morality. Miss Scott announced that the keynote of her message to the women was, that the generation that put the eighteenth Amendment into the constitution is not the generation whose vote will determine the keeping of it in. Miss Scott urged that the L.T.L., or Loyal Temperance League, for children under fourteen, and the Y.P.B., the Young People's Branch of the W.C.T.U., should have their membership filled one hundred percent, and in answer to the theory that children already belong to so many organizations that there can not be found an unoccupied day for any more meetings, she said that in some cities, the children meet the moment school is dismissed, one day a week, with a teacher, and learn their songs, and slogans, the meeting lasting half an hour, or even fifteen minutes. The children of today do not know what the conditions were when there were saloons. Their dry vote must be prepared for. They do not know that seven hundred skilled magazine writers are hired by the wets to represent to us that all the ills of the present times are due to prohibition. It is necessary for these little ones to know that these are hired lies. In some cities, the W.C.T.U. has a special branch for young mothers whose children are tiny, and who naturally wish to study up the conditions which their little ones will grow up to face. Mrs. Stewart, who was to have conducted a round table, announced that with the permission of the meeting, the Round Table would be postponed until another date, that the women might go home with Miss Scott's heartfelt message fresh in their minds. This the women voted to do.