1919 Council of Defense
Below are a variety of excerpts from A Record of the Activities of the Arizona State Council of Defense from Formation April 18, 1917, to Dissolution June, 1919.
... Herewith I have the honor to submit to you a
report briefly covering the activities of the Arizona Council of
Defense from its organization in April, 1917, to the completion of
its work in June, 1919. ...
THE ORGANIZATION OF ARIZONA STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
... On April 12th, 1917, at the request of the National Government, Governor of Arizona Thomas E. Campbell issued the following call to a selected list of men in all lines of activity within the State to meet at the State House on the morning of April 18th for the purpose of organizing a State Council of Defense for Arizona and to proceed to work out the best possible method for the safety and comfort of the people of the State during the period of the war with Germany ...
... The following reported to the roll call:
Senator J. Lorenzo Hubbell, Ganado; Dwight B. Heard, Phoenix; Judge Frank O. Smith, Prescott; Gustav Becker, Springerville; John T. Greenway, Warren; T. E. Pollock, Flagstaff; T. A. Riordan, Flagstaff; David Babbitt, Flagstaff; Gen. L. H. Manning, Tucson; Edward Titcomb, Nogales; Capt. L. W. Mix, Nogales; S. W. French, Douglas; H. A. Morgan, Wilcox; J. L. Donnelly, Phoenix; R. B. von KleinSmid, Tucson; Dr. D. T. McDougal, Tucson; J. R. Treat, Florence; Albert .1. Steinfeld, Tucson; L. S. Gates, Ray; H. J. McClung, Phoenix; J. B. Cook, Tempe; John P. Orme, Phoenix; J. W. Lesueur, Mesa; A. T. Wilson, Clifton; Lon L. Harmon, Phoenix; Andrew Kimball, Thatcher; D. H. Claridge, Solomonville; Rev. P. M- Johnson, Globe; Walter Shute, Globe; Epes Randolph, Tucson; W. A. Drake, Prescott; E. W. Wells, Prescott; A. A. Johns, Prescott; Allan B. Jaynes, Tucson; J. B. Mahoney, Winslow; Harry Held, Winslow; Chas. H. Akers, Phoenix; Brady O'Neil, Phoenix; Dr. R. W. Craig, Phoenix; J. G. Compton, Tucson; Major C. E. Yount, Naco; Geo. H. Kelly, Douglas; Thos. H. Donahue, Inspiration; Dr. A. J. Chandler, Chandler.
After speeches by Governor Campbell and others present officers were elected and various committees appointed, the personnel of which were as follows:
Thomas E. Campbell, Governor; Dwight B. Heard, Chairman; D. T. MacDougal, Vice-Chairman; George H. Smalley, Secretary; R. B. Moore, Treasurer; Mrs. Pauline M. O'Neill, John C. Greenway, T. A. Riordan. L. H. Manning, D. H. Claridge, J. L. Donnelly, C. E. Mills.
This Committee was subsequently revised and augmented as follows:
George W. P. Hunt, Governor; Dwight B. Heard, Chairman; Mrs. Pauline M.
O'Neil; Dr. D. T. MacDougal, Vice-Chairman; C. R. Green, Secretary; Dr. J.
C. Norton, Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid, Colonel Epes Randolph, Timothy A.
Riordan, Thomas E. Campbell, Lindley B. Orme, Thomas J. Croaff, C. E. Mills,
Senator D. H. Claridge.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS
Allen B. Jaynes, Chairman, Tucson; Charles H. Akers, Phoenix; Fred Breen,
Flagstaff; George H. Kelly, Douglas; James H. McClintock, Phoenix; P. R.
Milnes, Prescott.
COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Dr. D. T. MacDougal, Chairman, Tucson; Dr. A. E. Douglas, Tucson; Dr. H. W.
Henrie, Bisbee; H. Hollis, Douglas; Dr. H. B. MacCallum, Continental; Dr.
Forest Shreve, Tucson; Dr. V. M. Slipher, Flagstaff; Dr. H. A. Spoehr,
Tucson; H. A. Tobelman, Cornelia; Dr. Warner Watkins, Phoenix; Prof. C. F.
Willis, Tucson; Dr. H. W. Fenner, Tucson.
COMMITTEE ON RELIEF
Judge E. W. Wells, Chairman, Prescott; Bishop Julius W. Atwood, Phoenix; H.
C. Almy, Tombstone; Mrs. Joseph Clark, Mesa; Gordon Clark, Prescott; Mrs. E.
W. French, Ray; Rev. John Frye, Bisbee; Mrs. Morris Goldwater, Prescott;
Rev. Golden, Nogales; Roy S. Goodrich, Phoenix; Mrs. H. A. Guild, Phoenix;
Mrs. J. D. Henderson, Phoenix; Dr. J. A. Ketcherside, Yuma; Mrs. Elizabeth
W. Layton, Thatcher; J. W. Lesueur, Mesa; Mrs. H. A. Morgan, Willcox; Miss
Jane Ryder, Tucson; Mrs. Michael Reardon, Clifton; Mrs. Joseph W. Smith,
Snowflake; Rev. B. W. Simonson, Douglas; Judge J. M. Lally, Morenci; Miss
Leila Spence, Prescott; Mrs. Gordon Tweed, Phoenix; Mrs. D .K. Udall, St.
Johns; Father Cyprian Vabre, Flagstaff; Allen Ware, Kingman; Harry Welch,
Phoenix; J. T. Whitney, Phoenix; Mrs. Sarah B. Moody, Thatcher.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION
Dr. R. N. Looney, Chairman, Prescott; Dr. J. B. Bacon, Miami; Dr. William
Bouldin, St. Johns; Dr. L. A. W. Burtch. Clifton; Dr. Meade Clyne, Tucson;
Dr. R. W. Craig, Phoenix; Dr. F. W. Chenoweth, Nogales; Dr. John W. Flinn,
Prescott; Dr. G. Huffman, Florence; Dr. J. N. Haywood, Thatcher; Mrs.
Pauline M. O'Neil, Phoenix; Dr. E. Payne Palmer, Phoenix; Dr. O. B. Patton,
Ajo; Dr. R. O. Raymond, Flagstaff; Dr. F. H. Redewill, Phoenix; Dr. C. E.
Rooney, Yuma; Mrs. W. O. Schlueter, Winslow; Dr. F. S. Shine, Warren; Dr. A.
L. Tilton, Kingman; Major C. E. Yount, Naco.
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY TRAINING
Col. Leroy Brown, Chairman, Tucson; Capt. F. M. Irish, Vice-Chairman, Tempe;
Thomas H. Donahue, Inspiration; H. W. Heap, Prescott; T. P. Howard, Globe;
Col. James H. McClintock, Phoenix; Capt. E. J. Mitchell, Prescott; Harry E.
Pickett, Douglas; George Truman, Florence; John Twomey, Bisbee; R. B.
Walton, Winslow.
COMMITTEE ON PRODUCTION, CONSERVATION AND
DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD SUPPLIES
Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid, Chairman, Tucson; William H. Brophy, Bisbee; David
Babbitt, Flagstaff; C. O. Case, Phoenix; Hugh E. Campbell. Flagstaff; J. B.
Cook, Tempe; Dr. R. H. Forbes, Tucson; John C. Gatti, Clifton; L. L.,
Harmon, Phoenix; L. D. Johnson, Miami; A. A. Johns, Prescott; Andrew
Kimball, Thatcher; A. H. Kent, Yuma; Walter C. Miller, Jerome; H. A. Morgan,
Wilcox; Phil C. Merrill, Pima; Charles Mc Arthur, Phoenix; Dr. Mary Lawson
Neff, Phoenix; John P. Orme, Phoenix; William H. Robinson, Chandler; Albert
Steinfeld, Tucson; E. F. Sanguinetti, Yuma; Joseph W. Smith, Snowflake;
Leroy C. Snow, Thatcher; Frederick W. Taylor, Tucson; J. R. Treat, Florence;
Joseph Udall, Eagar; A. T. Wilson, Clifton.
Woman's Auxiliary of Maricopa County
Mrs. Charles H. Schulz, Chairman of Clearing House; Mrs. Gayle Allen
Campbell, Chairman of Publicity; Mrs. Frank H. Parker, Chairman of
Transportation; Mrs. H. A. Guild, chairman of Program and Meetings; Mrs.
Olive A. Stark, Secretary and Treasurer.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC REVENUE AND FINANCE
John H. Page, Chairman, Phoenix; Bracy Curtis, Nogales; Mike J. Cunningham,
Bisbee; James S. Douglas; W. H. Dagg, Winslow; R. N. Fredericks, Prescott;
Lorenzo Hubbell, Ganado; Ernest F. Kellner, Superior; H. W. Lewis, Jerome;
H. McLane, Morenci; H. J. McClung, Phoenix; George Michelson, Yuma; R. E.
Moore, Phoenix; S. Oberfelder, Phoenix; T. E. Pollock, Flagstaff; W. W.
Pace, Thatcher; W. K. Ridenur, Kingman; McDonald Robinson, Williams; Charles
F. Solomon, Tucson; J. G. Spangler, Mesa; J. D. Wick, Globe; G. A. Keyes,
Winslow.
COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL AND INTERSTATE RELATIONS
G. W. P. Hunt, Chairman, Phoenix; Henry F. Ashurst, Prescott; Carl Hayden,
Tempe; Joseph H. Kibbey, Phoenix; Mark A. Smith, Tucson; W. H. Sawtelle,
Tucson.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND ROUTS OF TRAVEL
Lamar Cobb, Chairman, Phoenix; Gustav Becker, Springerville; Edwin Babbitt,
Flagstaff; Dr. A. J. Chandler; Thomas Devine, Kingman; W. J. Ellery, Miami;
John Guthrie, Flagstaff; Lin Orme, Phoenix; Joe Prochaska, Miami; John C.
Ryan, Warren; William Stephens, Prescott; Dr. Forest Shreve, Tucson; R. J.
Young, Safford.
COMMITTEE ON LAW
Wiley E. Jones, Chairman, Phoenix; Thomas A. Flynn, Phoenix; Frank O. Smith,
Prescott; Walter Shute, Globe; Richard E. Sloan, Phoenix.
COMMITTEE ON MINES AND MANUFACTORIES
C. E. Mills, Chairman, Inspiration (Miami); W. C. Browning, Superior; M.
Curley, Ajo; E. M. Colvocoresses, Humboldt; S. W. French, Douglas; B. B.
Gottsberger, Miami; M. H. McLean, Morenci; D. R. Muir, Goldroads; A. G.
McGregor, Warren: R. A. Nickerson, Williams; Edward Titcomb, Nogales; W. B.
Twitchell, Phoenix; Lawrence J. Harris, Phoenix.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Col. Epes Randolph, Chairman, Tucson; Neil Bailey, Prescott; R. D. Canfield,
Phoenix; W. A. Drake, Prescott; Henry Heide, Winslow; Wesley Hill, Phoenix;
F. B. King, Douglas; L. H. Manning, Tucson; P. Reisinger, Clifton; C. M.
Scott, Phoenix; R. H. Tuttle, Winslow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Capt. John C. Greenway, Chairman, Warren; Arthur Notman, Secretary, Bisbee;
Capt. J. L. B. Alexander, Phoenix; Fred Colter, Colterville; Raymond F.
Ehrhart, Nogales; Charles O. Ellis, Douglas; G. A. Franz, Clifton; John F.
Francis, Flagstaff; Mel Greenleaf, Yuma; Patrick Gettins, Phoenix; Dan L.
Hogan, Flagstaff; Ed. Hughes, Tombstone; H. H. Head, Prescott; Rev. F. N-
Johnson, Globe; C. M. Layton, Safford; R. Allyn Lewis, Phoenix; Dan A.
Millett, Arlington; Capt. L. M. Mix, Nogales; Rye Miles, Tucson; Capt. Wm.
McDermott, Tucson; Eugene Brady O'Neill, Phoenix; Fred Sutter, Bisbee; P. J.
Sullivan. Yuma; S. O. Thompson, Florence; Mulford Winsor, Yuma; Carlton L.
Wood, Phoenix; H. C. Wheeler, Tombstone; Geo. J. Stoneman, Phoenix.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR
John L. Donnelly, Chairman, Phoenix; Jack Angus, Tucson; L. S. Gates, Ray;
H. A. Clark, Douglas; J. G. Compton, Tucson; J. E. Curry, Bisbee; John
Christy, Clifton; George H. Dowell, Douglas; Thomas A. French, Phoenix; J.
F. Mahoney, Winslow; C. E. Mills, Miami; Rev. William Scarlett. Phoenix;
Robert E. Talley, Jerome; C. E. Tracy, Phoenix; Pasquale Vargas, Morenci.
This Labor Committee was later reorganized with the following membership:
Thomas J. Croaff, Chairman; Miss C. Louise Boehringer, William Scarlett,
Judge E. W. Lewis, C. E. Addams, A. T. Thomson, P. M. Vargas.
WOMAN'S COMMITTEE
The Woman's Committee carried on active war work under the following
officers:
Chairman, Mrs. Eugene Brady O'Neill; Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Frank H. Parker;
Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Greig Scott.
Directors of Departments
Organization, Mrs. Eugene Brady O'Neill; Co-operation, Mrs. H. A. Guild;
Registration, Miss Glendale Griffiths; Food Administration, Mrs. Frank H.
Parker; Home Economics, Mrs. James H. McClintock; Women in Industry, Mrs. W.
S. Bradford, Ft. Huachuca; Child Welfare, Mrs. J. C. Norton, Mrs. Charles R.
Howe; Maintenance of Existing Social Agencies, Mrs. Imogene LaChance; Health
and Recreation; Miss Sallie Davis Hayden, Tempe Normal School, Tempe;
Education Propoganda (including Americanization), Dr. Mary Lawson Neff ;
Home and Foreign Relief, Miss Emma B. French, Tempe Normal School, Tempe;
News and Publicity, Mrs. C. F. Ainsworth; Liatin-American Department, (a)
Organization, Miss Oprelia Celaya, Tempe, (b) Publicity ,Miss Conception G.
de la Lama.
County and District Chairmen
Apache, Mrs. D. K. Udall, St. Johns; Cochise, District 1. - Mrs. Betty
White, Douglas, District 2. - Miss Elsie Toles, Tombstone, District 3. -
Mrs. H. A. Hughes, Warren; Coconino, District 1. - Miss Lenore Francis,
Flagstaff, District 2. - Mrs. Nellie Cureton, Williams; Gila, District 1. -
Mrs. H. R. Fisher, Lower Miami, District 2. - Mrs. John Langdon, Globe;
Graham, Mrs. Fannie Kimball, Thatcher; Greenlee, Mrs. Maude B. Y. Gay,
Metcalf; Maricopa, Mrs. L. H. Chalmers, Phoenix; Mohave, Mrs. C. H. Granger,
Kingman; Navajo, Mrs. J. W. Smith, Snowflake; Pima, Mrs. Fred E. Adams,
Tucson; Pinal, District 1. - Mrs. W. Y. Price, Florence, District 2. - Mrs.
I. A. Ettlinger, Superior; Yavapai, District 1. - Mrs. Leroy Anderson,
Prescott, District 2. - Mrs. C. H. Rutherford, Jerome; Yuma, Miss C. Louise
Boehringer, Yuma.
COUNTY COUNCILS ORGANIZED UNDER THE FIRST STATE COUNCIL
In addition to these officers a number of honorary members were added to the
State Committee representing the various organizations of women in the
State. The function of the Women Committee was partly to act as a clearing
house for all war activities, enabling various organizations to co-operate
more effectively with each other. Its work was also to reinforce the work of
other distinct branches of service. For instance propaganda was carried on
to make public opinion which would secure the employing of public health
nurses, although the nurse was employed by the local school board or through
the efforts of the local Parent-Teachers' Association. The number of these
nurses has increased in the State in three years from one to fifteen. The
same work was done in regard to creating sentiment in favor of employing
county food demonstration agents, the number in the State during the past
year being greatly increased. Space forbids mentioning all the activities of
the Woman's Committee but among the most noteworthy was the carrying on of
food drives in several localities. The food drive in Maricopa County covered
nearly a hundred centers where courses in the teaching of food conservation
were given by domestic science teachers and volunteer workers in churches,
school houses, club houses and in one instance in connection with the
Chatauqua.
Child welfare work was developed extensively over the State, a number of
successful child welfare clinics were held and local committees organized
which will be permanent centers for child welfare work for the State. The
development of Americanization work was initiated and carried on by the
Woman's Committee. This has resulted in the opening of night schools for the
teaching of English in twenty-five towns in the State in which nearly 2000
students are enrolled. Local Americanization committees are active in many
localities and organized for permanent work. A strong State Committee with
representative members from many organizations is a permanent result of the
work of this department. The drive for nurses conducted under the
Registration Department was one of the notable achievements of the Woman's
Committee. Registration committees were appointed in all the counties and
nurses enrolled from all parts of the State.
County Councils of Defense were formed in each county as co-ordinating
branches of the State Council. These organizations quickly developed into
vital and important units in the Council of Defense machinery as through
them direct contact with the people in each county was maintained and the
various war programs of the National Government, educational propoganda and
other information was promptly and easily brought to the attention of every
man, woman and child in the State.
APACHE COUNTY
Gustav Becker, Chairman, St. Johns; Levi S. Udall, Secretary, St. Johns;
Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary, St. Johns; Clara Barth, Treasurer, St.
Johns; Mrs. W. P. Love, Chairman Welfare Committee, St. Johns; Gustav
Becker, Chairman Liberty Bond and W. S. S. Committee, Springerville; A. S.
Gibbons, Chairman Public Defense Committee, St. Johns; Jos. Udall, Chairman
Production Committee, Eagar.
GREENLEE COUNTY
Executive Committee
W. T. Witt, Chairman; W. H. Moon, W. J. Donahue, R. H. Pringle, C. J.
Brooke, F. B. Laine, A. L. Terry.
Public Defense Committee
W. J. Donahue, Chairman; Minor Simms, H. E. Brubaker, C. H. Farnsworth, R.
L. Reid.
Finance Committee
F. B. Laine, Chairman; M. H. McLean, Sam Abraham.
Welfare Service Committee
R. H. Pringle, Chairman; W. G. Scott, J. H. Briley, Miss Edith Thomas, Mrs.
W. B. Foote.
Production Committee
C. J. Brooke, Chairman; A. B. Ballantyne, R. M. McDougal. P. M. Vargas, John
Kiddie, W. E. Kelly, Ben F. Spriggs.
COCONINO COUNTY
Chas. T. Woolfolk, Chairman, Flagstaff; Dr. V. M. Slipher, Treasurer,
Flagstaff; Tom L. Rees, Secretary, Flagstaff; R. A. Nickerson, Chairman
Public Defense, Williams; Mrs. Will H. Porter, Chairman Welfare Committee,
Flagstaff; DeLore Nichols, Chairman Production Committee, Flagstaff; J. C.
Dolan, Chairman Liberty Bonds Committee, Flagstaff.
GRAHAM COUNTY
Frank A. Webster, Chairman, Safford; James Quinn, Safford; J. R. Welker,
Safford; Martin Lay ton, Safford; L. C. Snow, Thatcher; W. W. Pace,
Thatcher; A. B. Ballantyne, Thatcher; E. W. Clayton, Safford; T. T. Swift,
Safford.
GILA COUNTY
Judge W. G. Shute, Chairman, Globe; Patrick Rose, Treasurer, Globe; Ed.
Harrington, Secretary, Globe.
MARICOPA COUNTY
C. W. Peterson, Chairman; Jas. H. McClintock, Secretary; Chas. Woolf,
Treasurer; Frank H. Parker, Chairman Production Committee; Clyde M. Gandy,
Chairman Defense Committee; Mrs. Chas. E. Arnold, Chairman Welfare
Committee; Dave Goldberg, Chairman Finance Committee.
MOHAVE COUNTY
C. W. Lynch, Chairman, Kingman; F. N. VanMeter, Secretary, Kingman; C. J.
Walter, Treasurer, Kingman; Robert Davidson, Chairman Defense Committee,
Kingman; S. D. Stewart, Chairman Production Committee, Kingman; Mrs. R. A.
LaSell, Chairman Welfare Committee, Kingman; Sen. W. P. Mahoney, Chairman
Liberty Bond and Thrift Stamp Committee, Kingman.
NAVAJO COUNTY
O. D. Flake, Chairman; Joseph Peterson, Secretary.
Committee on Public Defense
C. H. Jordon, Chairman; Samuel F. Smith, Prof. L. B. Moore.
Committee on Welfare Service
Rev. Fred S. Carter, Chairman, Winslow; Alonzo Bushman, St. Joseph; Mrs.
Lloyd Henning, Holbrook; Mrs. H. A. Hatch, Woodruff; Geo. A. Buyus,
Snowflake; Mrs. Levi Shumway, Taylor, Mrs. W. E. Shumway, Shumway; E.
Thomas, Jr., Pinedale; Frank Ellsworth, Showlow; A. P. Larson, Lakeside;
Mrs. Elmer Penrod; Pinetop; Mrs. Margaret Clardy, Whiteriver.
Committee on Production
County Agent C. R. Fillerup, Chairman; C. J. Spellmire, George Hennessey, J.
J. Shumway.
Committee on Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps
A. H. Hansen, Chairman; A. S. Brayman, Walter Shelley, Charles Osborne,
Albert Hatch, John Murray, Arthur Palmer, James Peterson, Walter Denham,
Almon Owens, John L. Fish, Ephraim Penrod, P. J. Grayard.
PINAL COUNTY
C. W. Gorham, Chairman, Florence; J. B. Bourne Treasurer, Florence; L. O.
Tucker, Secretary, Florence; Mrs. C. G. Powell, Chairman Welfare Committee,
Florence; Warren I. Davidson, Chairman Production Committee, Florence;
Heinle Echewel, Chairman Liberty Bonds and W. W. S., Florence; O. J. Baughn,
Chairman Public Defense Committee, Florence.
PIMA COUNTY
Selim M. Franklin, Chairman, Tucson; John F. Myers, Secretary, Tucson; J. W.
Estill, Treasurer, Tucson; Dr. H. W. Fenner, Tucson; Leo Goldschmidt,
Tucson; Tenney Williams, Tucson; L. H. Hofmeister, Tucson; Geo. J. Roskruge,
Tucson; E. P. Taylor, Tucson; Jack Angus, Tucson; Rye Miles, Tucson; W.
Wilson, Tucson; W. M. Pryce, Tucson; Nathan Kendall, Tucson.
Welfare Committee
Dr. H. W. Fenner, Chairman; Wm. Price, Mrs. S. M. Franklin, Dr. Mead Clyne,
F. H. Hereford.
Public Defense Committee
Wm. McDermott, Chairman, Rye Miles, F. S. Bailey, J. M. Trechay, Maj. L N.
Neustatter, Dr. A. G. Schnabel.
Americanization Committee
Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid, Chairman, F. A. Nims, Edward Van der Vries, Alfred
E. Burnett, Rev. W. H. DuBose, A. S. Hasse.
Production Committee
S. M. Franklin, Chairman; E. P. Taylor, L. L. Laythe.
Food Conservation
Louis Hofmeister, Chairman.
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Jas. A. Harrison, Chairman, Nogales; Ben J. Jones, Treasurer, Nogales; J. B.
Bristol, Secretary, Nogales; Bracy Curtis, Chairman Monetary Committee,
Nogales; Mrs. Florence Gustetter, Chairman Public Welfare Committee,
Nogales; Leslie C. Hardy, Chairman Food Conservation and Production
Committee, Nogales; Raymond R. Earhart, Chairman Public Defense Committee,
Nogales; Judge W. A. O'Connor, Chairman Legal Committee, Nogales.
Nogales District Council of Defense
Mrs. J. F. Garrett, Representing Tubac; Patagonia District No. 2 - A. S.
Henderson, Chairman - Val. Valunzuela, Jr., Secretary - O. F. Ashurn,
Treasurer; Howard Keenor, Chairman Monetary Committee; Mrs. George Francis,
Chairman Public Welfare Committee; H. J. Patterson, Chairman Public Defense
Committee; J.S. Gatlin, Chairman Food Conservation Committee.
Sonoita No. 3 - Charles Brossart, Chairman; R. C. Larimore, Secretary; Geo.
J. White, Treasurer; Geo. W. Crayne, Chairman Monetary Committee; Mrs. R. F.
Fossett, Chairman Public Welfare; Guy S. Bryant, Chairman Public Defense;
Mark Manning, Chairman Food Conservation.
Elgin District No. 4. - Dr. Thos. J. Illes, Chairman, Elgin; Mrs. John
McCarty, Secretary, Elgin; Albert Hansen, Treasurer, Elgin; M. W. Eason,
Chairman Monetary Committee, Canille; Mrs. Arthur Young, Chairman Public
Welfare Committee, Canille; W. H. Collie, Chairman Public Defense Committee,
Elgin; W. F. Neil, Chairman Food Conservation Committee, Elgin.
San Rafael-Duquesne District No. 5 - Geo. W. Parker, Chairman, San Rafael;
Mrs. Clyde McPherson, Secretary, Patagonia R. F. D.; Dr. Ray Ferguson,
Chairman Monetary Committee, Duquesne; Miss Sarah Porter, Chairman Public
Welfare Committee, Parker Canon; E. R. Cunningham, Chairman Public Defense
Committee, Duquesne; Geo. Parker, Chairman Food Conservation.
YUMA COUNTY
Ike Proebstel, Chairman, Yuma; Lawrence R. Kelly, Secretary; E. A. Tobias,
Treasurer, Yuma; N. F. Hoffpauir, Chairman Red Cross; Hugo, B. Farmer,
Chairman Thrift Stamps, Yuma; A. B. Ming, Chairman Liberty Bonds Yuma; Frank
Baxter, Chairman Four-Minute Men, Yuma.
YAVAPAI COUNTY
C. C. Stukey, Chairman, Prescott; Miss Grace M. Sparkes, Secretary,
Prescott.
COMMUNITY COUNCILS OF DEFENSE IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA, APPOINTED BY FIRST PIMA COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
Jaynes
Willis Walker, Chairman; Matt Wachter, Mrs. L. D. Woods, Mrs. C. F. Snider,
Miss Eva Sprague.
Rillito
C. S. Brown, Chairman; J. N. Rowland, Mrs. J. Hall, Mrs. Ellen Cardon, C. S.
Brown, John C. Daley.
Ajo
Michael Curley, Chairman; J. W. Mayes.
Silverbell and Sasco
Geo. W. Dietz, Chairman; Edw. Thornton, Mrs. Hardy, W. H. Buehman, F. W.
Tennable, Mrs. E. Easter, E. W. Beitzell.
Twin Buttes
E. A. Pike Chairman; Mrs. E. A. Pike, J. C. Schell.
Sahuarita - H. G. Gaede, Chairman; J. K. Brown, Jr., Mrs. J. K. Brown, Mrs.
Jake Neufielt; H. T. Epp.
Arivaca - E. R. Hogan.
Greaterville - Lincoln F. Robinson.
San Xavier - J. C. Schell.
Langhorn - Roy Guild.
Amphitheatre - Captain John Bates.
Rosemont - Geo. L. Schofield.
Redington - M. Chrisman.
Vail - Guy Monthan.
Pantano - J. W. Purifoy.
Continental - J. W. Williams, Jr., Dr. W. B. MacGallum.
Wrightstown - F. C. Wright.
Central and Empire - Charles O. Putman.
ACTIVITIES OF THE NEW COUNCIL
On July 8th, 1918, the first meeting of the new Council was called to order
in the Governor's chambers at the State House, Governor Geo. W. P. Hunt
acting as chairman with the following members present:
Geo. W. P. Hunt; Dwight B. Heard, Maricopa County; C. E. Addams, Pinal
County; W. D. Claypool, Gila County; Homer R. Wood, Yavapai County; Mrs.
Theodora Marsh, Santa Cruz County; Mrs. Inez H. Lee, Graham County; A. C.
Cooling, Mohave County; Wm. Nagle, Navajo County; Jas. L. Edwards, Yuma
County.
Dr. D. T. MacDougal, Pima County; Dr. V. M. Slipher, Coconino County;
Stansell Greer, Apache County, and George Webster, Greenlee County, whose
appointments were confirmed later were not present. On account of the
failure of the Board of Supervisors of Cochise County to approve of the
appointment made by the Governor this County was never represented on the
Council.
Following is the personnel of the various State Committees and office staff
appointed by the new Council:
OFFICE STAFF
Harry R. Tritle, Secretary; Charles R. Green, Assistant Secretary; Martha M.
Elder, Stenographer; Ada Roberts, Stenographer.
PERSONNEL OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Governor George W. P. Hunt, Phoenix, Maricopa County; C. E. Addams,
Chairman, Ray, Pinal County; Mrs. Theodora Marsh, Nogales, Santa Cruz
County; W. D. Claypool, Claypool, Gila County; Momer R. Wood, Prescott,
Yavapai; D. T. MacDougal, Tucson, Pima; Dwight B. Heard, Phoenix, Maricopa.
PERSONNEL OF AMERICANIZATION COMMITTEE
Mulford Winsor, Chairman, Yuma, Yuma County; Elmer W. Coker, Folrence, Pinal
County; H. B. Wilkinson, Phoenix, Maricopa; Dee Moss Hibner, Safford,
Graham; J. H. Chapman, care of Winslow Mail, Winslow, Navajo County; Thomas
Taylor, Clarkdale, Yavapai County; David Babbitt, Flagstaff, Coconino
County; Prof. H. E. Hendrix, Miami, Gila County; Gustav Becker
Springerville, Apache County; Jos. H. Rosenberg, Kingman, Mohave County; G.
A. Franz, Clifton, Greenlee County; Mrs. J. A. Harrison. Nogales, Santa
Cruz; John Twomey, Bisbee, Cochise County; Frederick Ronstadt, Tucson, Pima
County.
PERSONNEL OF PRODUCTION COMMITTEE
W. D. Claypool, Chairman, Claypool, Gila County; J. A. Burgess, Oatman,
Mohave County; James Curtin, Kingman, Mohave County; Joseph Udall Eagar,
Apache County; Chas. R. Fillerup, County Agricultural Agent. Snowflake,
Navajo and Apache Counties; C. T. Francis, Douglas, Cochise County; B. O.
Payne, Cochise, Cochise County; Wm. B. Gohring, Bisbee, Cochise County;
Chas. R. Adamson, County Agricultural Agent, Wilcox, Cochise County; Michael
Riordan, Flagstaff, Coconino County; Hugh E. Campbell, Flagstaff, Coconino
County; DeLore Nichols, County Agricultural Agent, Flagstaff, Coconino
County; H. Robinson. Globe, Gila County; Geo. F. Wilson, Globe, Gila County;
B. B. Gottsberger, Miami, Gila County; John R. Sandige, County Agricultural
Agent, Miami, Gila County; O. F. Webster, Central, Graham County; D. H.
Claridge, Solomonville, Graham; Alando B. Ballantyne, Co. Agricultural
Agent, Thatcher, Graham County; Frank H. Parker, Phoenix, Maricopa County;
Herman C. Heard, County Agricultural Agent, Phoenix, Maricopa County; Fred
Tait, Phoenix, Maricopa County; Frank M. Wilkinson, Phoenix, Maricopa
County; Lindley B. Orme, Phoenix, Maricopa County; R. C. Cress well,
Winslow, Navajo County; Osmer D. Flake, Snowflake, Navajo County; Mrs. Mary
Pritner Lockwood, University of Arizona, Tucson, Pima County; Fred A.
Nathan, Ajo, Pima County; F. W. Taylor, Tucson Farms, Tucson, Pima County;
L. Li. Laythe, County Agricultural Agent, Tucson, Pima and Pinal Counties;
N. R. Vail, Tucson, Pima County; J. B. Bourne, Florence. Pinal County; J. G.
Keating, Florence, Pinal; Louis S. Gates, Ray. Pinal County; Jos. E. Wise,
Nogales, Santa Cruz; Oscar Ashburn, Patagonia, Santa Cruz County; L. L.
Bates, Prescott, Yavapai County; George Kingdon, Jerome. Yavapai County;
Lon. L. Harmon, Simmons. Yavapai County; Jas. S. Abbott. Yuma. Yuma County;
George S. Harper, Yuma, Yuma County; J. W. Langstreth, County Agricultural
Agent, Yuma, Yuma County; John C. Gatti, Clifton, Greenlee; J. W. Bennie,
Clifton, Greenlee County.
PERSONNEL OF LABOR COMMITTEE
Homer R. Wood, Chairman, Prescott, Yavapai County; C. E. Addams, Ray, Pinal
County; Judge O. J. Baughn. Florence. Pinal County; A. C. Cooling. Oatman,
Mohave County; William Scarlett, Phoenix, Maricopa County.
PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Colonel Epes Randolph, Chairman, Tucson, Pima County; R. H. Tuttle, Winslow,
Navajo County; Henry Heide, Winslow, Navajo County; Thos. N. Wills,
Florence, Pinal County; Fred P. Cruice, Phoenix, Maricopa County; A. T.
Hammons, Payson, Gila County; Clarence M. Scott. Phoenix. Maricopa County;
Jas. G. Compton, Tucson, Pima County; Edward F. Parker. Phoenix. Maricopa
County; E. S. Wakelin, Phoenix, Maricopa County; H. A. Eye, Tucson, Pima
County; Warren McArthur, Jr., Phoenix, Maricopa County; R. A. Nickerson,
Williams, Coconino County; Baird M. Atwood, Phoenix, Maricopa County; A. H.
Kent, Yuma, Yuma County; Bracy Curtis, Nogales, Santa Cruz County; Alfred
Kinney, Globe, Gila County.
PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH
Dr. O. H. Brown, Chairman, Phoenix, Maricopa County; Dr. F. W. Brown, St.
Johns, Apache County; Dr. H. A. Reese, Bisbee, Cochise County; Dr. R. O.
Raymond, Flagstaff, Coconino County; Dr. Clarence Gunter, Globe, Gila
County; Dr. D. Scott Schenck, Safford, Graham County; Dr. T. B. Smith,
Morenci, Greenlee County; Dr. W. Warner Watkins, Phoenix, Maricopa County;
Dr. T. R. White, Kingman, Mohave County; Dr. George R. Sampson, Winslow,
Navajo; Dr. Neade Clyne, Tucson, Pima County; Dr. Wm. F. Chenoweth, Nogales,
Santa Cruz; Dr. Robt. N. Dooney, Prescott, Yavapai County; Dr. C. E. Rooney,
Yuma County; Dr. Wallace G. Randell, Florence, Pinal County.
PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Dr. D. T. MacDougal, Chairman, Tucson, Pima County; Dr. W. Warner Watkins,
Phoenix, Maricopa County; Dr. V. M. Slipher, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff,
Coconino County; Dr. H. A. Spoehr, Tucson, Pima County; Dr. Wm. B. McCallum,
Continental Pima County; Dean G. M. Butler, Tucson, Pima County; Fred B.
Wilder, Douglas, Cochise County.
PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEE TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE WORK OF THE BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
Dwight B. Heard, Chairman, Phoenix, Maricopa County; Thos. E. Pollock,
Flagstaff, Coconino County; Chas. M. Roberts, Willcox, Cochise County; Chas.
P. Mullen, Skull Valley, Yavapai County; Robt. B. Walton, Winslow, Navajo
County; James L. Edwards, Yuma, Yuma County; J. D. Lee, Thatcher, Graham
County; Prof. John H. Thornber, Tucson, Pima County; Dr. Richard H.
Williams, Tucson, Pima County; Preston T. Slay back, Ray, Pinal County; Jack
Barber, Phoenix, Maricopa County; W. E. Wiltbank, Eagar, Apache County;
Judge Frank J. Duffy, Nogales, Santa Cruz County.
... Senator Mulford Winsor, Chairman of the Americanization Committee of the
State Council, was appointed to make a survey of the State to show the need
for Americanization work. A fund of $3,000 was appropriated by State
Legislation for this purpose. Later at the request of the Council of
National Defense, a State Americanization Committee formed by the joint
membership of the Americanization Committee of the State Council and of the
Woman's Committee was organized. This committee held its first meeting on
January 3, 1919, with Dr. Mary L. Neff acting as temporary chairman.
Sub-committees on Legislation, Textbooks and Publications, Organizations,
and Publicity were formed. Working in co-operation with the State Board of
Education this Committee has accomplished much good throughout the State in
the work of Americanizing aliens and establishing night schools. Following
is the personnel of the State Committee:
Mrs. Otis Young, Phoenix, representing Daughters American Revolution; Dr.
Chas Van Der Veer, representing Sons of American Revolution; L. S. Gates of
Ray, and W. G. McBride of Globe, representing the employers of labor; Miss
Ethel Rosenberry, Phoenix, representing the State Teachers' Association;
George D. Smith, Phoenix, appointed by the State Federation of Labor, and F.
J. K. McBride, Phoenix, representing labor; Letts Templin, Phoenix,
representing the Y. M. C. A.; Miss Edna H. Porter, Phoenix, representing the
Y. W. C. A.; Henri Behoteguy, Phoenix, representing the press. Representing
the different Nationalities: Chris Slgala and Miss Celaya, Tempe, and Miss
Concepcion de la Lama, Phoenix, representing Latin Americans; Charles
Donofrio, Phoenix, the Italians; Milton Stamatis, Phoenix, the Greeks;
Antone Trojanovitch of Globe, the Slavic people; Yee Sing, Phoenix, the
Chinese people; Mr. Saito, Phoenix, the Japanese people. Other members of
the Committee: Prof. John Murdock, Miss Louise Lynd, Miss Helen C. Roberts
of Tempe Normal School; John D. Loper, Mrs. W. Warner Watkins of Phoenix;
Edward Massey, Bisbee; Mrs. A. E. Douglas, care of University of Arizona,
Tucson.
The following additions to this committee were subsequently made:
State Board of Education, C. O. Case, Phoenix; University of Arizona, Dr. H.
H. Foster; Organized Charity, Miss C. G. Gilchrist, Phoenix; Eastern Star,
Mrs. Bert Wingar, Mesa; Chamber of Commerce. Col. J. H. McClintock, Phoenix;
Y. W- C. A., Mrs. Ancil Martin; Y. M. C. A., J. O. Sexson; W. C. T. U., Mrs.
E. A. Braxtan; Congress of Mothers and P. T. A-, Mrs. Chas.R. Howe.
Sub-Committee Chairmen: Committee on Legislation, J. D. Loper; Committee on
Text Books and Publications, Prof. J. R. Murdock; Committee on Organization,
Mrs. Otis Young; Committee on Publicity, C. R. Green.
COUNTY COUNCILS
The Act passed by a special session of State Legislature creating the State Council of Defense provided for the creation of county councils in each county in the State. Boards of Supervisors in each county were requested to submit a list of fourteen names of qualified electors from which seven were appointed by the State Council to compose the county council. It was also further provided that the chairman or a member of the Board of Supervisors should act as chairman of the county council. A uniform plan of organization was prepared and sent to each county. Mr. H. R. Tritle, Secretary of the State Council supervised the formation of county councils by attending the first meeting in each county and assisting in organization.
The following County Councils were organized:
GREENLEE COUNTY
W. T. Witt, Chairman; C. J. Brooke, Secretary; R. M. McDougall, Chairman
Public Defense Committee; Frank C. Martin, Chairman Americanization
Committee; R. H. Pringle, Chairman Welfare Service Committee; S. A. Foster,
Chairman Production Committee; W. E. Kelly. Chairman Liberty Bond and Thrift
Stamp Committee.
APACHE COUNTY
Heber Jarvis, Chairman, St. Johns; Levi S. Udall, Secretary, St. Johns; Jos.
Udall, Chairman Production Committee, Eagar; Thos. Phelps, Springerville;
Burr W. Porter, Navajo; Sylvester Peralta, Chairman Americanization
Committee, St. Johns; A. S. Gibbons, Chairman Public Defense Committee, St.
Johns; Bert J. Colter, Chairman Welfare Service Committee, Springerville; W.
P. Love, Chairman Liberty Bond Committee; M. A. Candelaria, Chairman W. S.
S. Committee.
COCONINO COUNTY
C. T. Woolfolk, Chairmaji, Flagstaff; Tom L. Rees, Secretary-Treasurer,
Flagstaff; W. W. Durham, Chairman Public Defense, Flagstaff; M. J. Riordan,
Chairman Production, Flagstaff; W. M. Hughes, Chairman Welfare Service,
Williams; R. A. Nickerson, Chairman Liberty Bonds and W. W. S., Williams; C.
C. Harvey, Chairman Americanization, Flagstaff.
GRAHAM COUNTY
J. R. Welker, Chairman; E. W. Clayton, Chairman of Committee on Liberty
Bonds and Thrift Stamps; T. T. Swift, Chairman of the Welfare Service
Committee; W. W. Pace, Chairman of the Committee on Public Defense; C. C.
Clements, Chairman Committee on Food Production and Conservation; Martin
Layton, Secretary and Treasurer.
GILA COUNTY
Patrick Rose, Chairman, Globe; A. C. McKillop, Secretary, Globe; J. W.
Williams, Chairman Public Defense Committee, Globe; F. M. Poole, Chairman
Americanization Committee, Winkleman; M. T. Holliday, Chairman Public
Service Committee, Hayden; F. C. Buell, Chairman Production Committee,
Miami; W. J. Ellery, Chairman Thrift Stamp and Liberty Bond Committee,
Miami.
MARICOPA COUNTY
C. W. Peterson, Chairman; Jas. H. McClintock, Secretary, Charles Woolf,
Treasurer; C. M. Gandy, Chairman Public Defense Committee; E. W. Hudson,
Chairman Production Committee; Mrs. C. E. Arnold, Chairman Welfare
Committee; L. B. Orme, Chairman Education Committee.
MOHAVE COUNTY
C. W. Lynch, Chairman, Kingman; J. H. Rosenberg, Kingman; C. J. Walter,
Kinman; E. Elmo Bollinger, Kingman; S. D. Stewart, Kingman; W. L. Linville,
Kingman; F. N. VanMarter, Kingman.
NAVAJO COUNTY
John A. Freeman, Chairman, Snowflake; H. J. Fouts, Winslow; C. J. Spellmire,
Winslow; Geo. H. Keyes, Jr., Winslow; Jos. Peterson, Holbrook; G. M.
Braxton, Holbrook; Frank Ellsworth, Showlow.
PIMA COUNTY
Dr. W. A. Baker, Chairman, Pima County; Kirk L. Hart, Secretary-Treasurer,
Tucson; Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid, Chairman Americanization, Pima County; Leo
Goldsmith, Chairman Liberty Loan and Thrift Stamps, Tucson; Dr. H. W.
Fenner, Chairman Welfare, Tucson; S. M. Franklin, Chairman Production,
Tucson; Wm. McDermott, Chairman Public Defense; Col. Epes Randolph, Tucson.
PINAL COUNTY
J. B. Bourne, Chairman, Florence; R. B. Sims, Chairman Public Defense
Committee, Florence; Jack Beatty, Chairman Welfare Committee, Ray; E. W.
Childs, Chairman Production Committee, Mammoth; R. T. Jones, Chairman
Liberty Bond Committee, Superior; Frank Pinkley, Chairman Americanization
Committee, Blackwater; Sam Fields, Ray.
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Jas. A. Harrison, Chairman; Ben. J. Jones, Treasurer; Allen T. Bird,
Secretary; Bracy Curtis, Chairman Monetary Committee; Mrs. Florence
Gustetter, Chairman Public Welfare Committee; R. R. Earhart, Chairman Public
Defense Committee; Leslie Hardy, Chairman Food Conservation and Production
Committee.
YAVAPAI COUNTY
J. A. Jaeger, Chairman, Prescott; E. W^. Wells, Prescott; Chas. Kingdon,
Jerome; G. M. Colvocoresses, Humboldt; Chas. P. Mullen, Skull Valley; Chas-
E. Burton, Ashfork; Winchester Dicherson, Ashfork.
YUMA COUNTY
F. E. Elliott, Chairman, Yuma; W. H. Rankin, Secretary and Treasurer,
Chairman Americanization Committee, Yuma; Geo. Schuts, Chairman Production
Committee, Somerton; J. Homer Smith, Chairman Public Defense Committee;
Yuma; Mrs. S. EX Moore, Chairman Welfare Service Committee, Yuma; T. L,
Lane, Chairman Liberty Bond and Thrift Stamp Committee, Yuma; E. L. Ray,
Gadsden.
