WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION

There is a society now in operation at Millersburg, for the moral cultivation of its children. This is the Woman's Christian 'Temperance Union. It was organized in 1880, at the Methodist church.

The first members of the society deserve to be remembered by those who come after, as they embrace the ladies of most of the leading families in and about Millersburg. They are as follows : Mrs. Eddy, Mrs. M. Bay, Miss S. E. Thornton, Miss A. Shafer, Mrs. Burgess, Mrs. B. C. Greene, Mrs. M. Boyd, Mrs. M. E. Boyd, Mrs. T. Cornell, Mrs. Boyles, Mrs. Vernon, Mrs. L. Thornton, Mrs. L. Landreth, Mrs. M. A. Lee, Mrs. M. E. Sirens, Mrs. Norbury, Mrs. .T. Gilmore, Mrs. J. M. Gilmore.. Mrs. Dr. Chowning, Mrs. Ellen Everett, Mrs. J. Morey, Miss J. Farran. The funds accumulating from initiation fees and term dues are used to procure reading matter that will interest the children, and direct them in a right direction as to other literature. The present number of members is eighteen.

'The first officers of the society were : President, Mrs. E. Eddy ; Vice-presidents, Mrs. E. Bay, Mrs. Burges and Mrs. E. Dunn ; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. R. Green ; Recording Secretary, Miss S. E. Thornton ; Treasurer, Miss A. Shafer. The present officers are : Mrs. M. Merriman, president, with Mrs. Burges and NC Eghert, vice- presidents ; corresponding and recording secretaries same as the first.

 

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