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

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(continued) Oct. 1934
Miss Bailey talked about political conditions and political candidates in the November election.  The secretary read the call issued for a day of prayer, Oct. 30, and asked if we should publish the call in our column in the Herald, so that each member could have a clipping giving the several points, and we could all pray about the same things the same day.  Motion was made by Mrs. Gregson and seconded by Mrs. Hess, that we publish the Call. It was the sentiment of the meeting that we do not congregate to pray that day, but each pray at our own home.  Year books will not be sent out until the price for them is sent.  Suggestion was made at convention for an Ida B. Wise Smith day, to send $5.00 from each union, or a dollar for each member.  Delegates made reports on the 61st annual State Convention held at Des Moines, Sept. 27th, 1934.  Mrs. E. M. Kearney reported on Growth and Progress in this state.  At one corner of the platform there was old fashioned furniture where sat a sweet-faced woman, wearing an old fashioned dress, representing Frances E. Willard.  Mrs. William Hamilton, reporting on Scientific Temperance Instruction, said that experiments were performed by Miss Bertha Rachel Palmer State Director of Scientific Instruction.  Where Miss Palmer was State Superintendent of Public Instruction in S.D., the public schools put in a curriculum of temperance instruction at a definite hour.  Miss Palmer said, "proceed in an orderly manner, from something the child knows to the new points you wish him to learn."  Mrs. E. W. Gregson, who went to the convention as a county officer, said that in Detroit there are 6000 members of the Allied Youth Movement.  A mother who refused to drink a highball said, " Our son has signed the pledge of total abstinence, and Father and I do not take highballs now."  There are 90 members of the Allied Youth in Des Moines.  There are half a million in the United States now.  There are 615 registered dringking places in Des Moines, besides the bootlegging.  From 4 to 8 truckloads a day of bootleg liquor come into Des Moines.  One speaker at the convention told that a large Brewers' Jounal stated that the one magazine in the United States that the

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91 (continued) Oct. 1934 Miss Bailey talked about political conditions and political candidates in the November election. The secretary read the call issued for a day of prayer, Oct. 30, and asked if we should publish the call in our column in the Herald, so that each member could have a clipping giving the several points, and we could all pray about the same things the same day. Motion was made by Mrs. Gregson and seconded by Mrs. Hess, that we publish the Call. It was the sentiment of the meeting that we do not congregate to pray that day, but each pray at our own home. Year books will not be sent out until the price for them is sent. Suggestion was made at convention for an Ida B. Wise Smith day, to send $5.00 from each union, or a dollar for each member. Delegates made reports on the 61st annual State Convention held at Des Moines, Sept. 27th, 1934. Mrs. E. M. Kearney reported on Growth and Progress in this state. At one corner of the platform there was old fashioned furniture where sat a sweet-faced woman, wearing an old fashioned dress, representing Frances E. Willard. Mrs. William Hamilton, reporting on Scientific Temperance Instruction, said that experiments were performed by Miss Bertha Rachel Palmer State Director of Scientific Instruction. Where Miss Palmer was State Superintendent of Public Instruction in S.D., the public schools put in a curriculum of temperance instruction at a definite hour. Miss Palmer said, "proceed in an orderly manner, from something the child knows to the new points you wish him to learn." Mrs. E. W. Gregson, who went to the convention as a county officer, said that in Detroit there are 6000 members of the Allied Youth Movement. A mother who refused to drink a highball said, " Our son has signed the pledge of total abstinence, and Father and I do not take highballs now." There are 90 members of the Allied Youth in Des Moines. There are half a million in the United States now. There are 615 registered dringking places in Des Moines, besides the bootlegging. From 4 to 8 truckloads a day of bootleg liquor come into Des Moines. One speaker at the convention told that a large Brewers' Jounal stated that the one magazine in the United States that the