Colored Girls to Have Club

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, January 12, 1919: A recreation and club center will open for the city’s African American girls at 541 Indiana Av under the direction of the National Y.W.C.A. War Council. Miss Z. Otey Stratton will work with older women and Indianapolis welfare providers to create a facility where local girls can have a “wholesome good time and cultivate the best things for themselves and the community.” The center, equipped with comfortable furnishings, a piano, and kitchenette, will be open to school girls under 18 years of age and working girls. Under the sympathetic supervision of older women, the girls may spend time resting, reading, sewing, or engaging in any useful work for themselves. There will also be time for them to engage in some phase of community service. The slogan is “For All Girls at All Times.”

“Colored Girls to Have Club,” The Indianapolis Star, 12 January 1918, p. 23:4

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Indiana Welcomes the 137th and 139th Boys

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, January 10, 1919: Patriotic decorations hung from buildings in downtown Indianapolis today as cheering thousands lined the parade route to welcome the first gallant sons of Indiana to return from France. The 2,780 soldiers of the 137th and 139th field artillery regiments received a tremendous ovation all along the line of march amid crowds waving flags and welcoming signs. The Merchants Heat & Light Co building on the Circle was decorated with a huge sign and the company’s young women employees leaned from the windows and blew horns as the soldiers passed. Gov. James Goodrich and Mayor Charles Jewett led dignitaries in reviewing the soldiers from a stand in front of the old Library Building at the corner of Meridian and Ohio Streets. Schools were dismissed at noon so that students might see the parade.

“Indiana Welcomes the 137th and 139th Boys,” The Indianapolis News, 10 January 1918, p. 1:1

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Woman's Auxiliary to Be Made Permanent

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 1, 1919: The 38th Division’s woman’s auxiliary, which was organized temporarily to welcome the returning soldiers, is planning to become a permanent organization to help with any demobilization problems according to a resolution adopted at a meeting of the auxiliary yesterday afternoon. Plans are being completed by the auxiliary for a two-day reception at the hostess house whenever the men of the 137th and 138th field artillery regiments arrive at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. The woman’s auxiliary began a year ago as the S.O.S club to knit for men in the division who had no friends or relatives. Interest and membership in the auxiliary are growing, and women of the Rainbow Regiment Cheer Association have offered their assistance in entertaining the returning 38th Division soldiers. Mrs. Richard Lieber is chair of the committee on permanent organization.

“Woman’s Auxiliary to Be Made Permanent,” The Indianapolis News, 1 January 1918, p. 9:5

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