Mamie Shields Pyle correspondence, 1918-06-17 - 1918-06-18

June 18th, 1918.

Mrs. Fred Hill, Parker, So. Dak.

My dear Mrs. Hill:--

I am sending you, by parcel post, a package of literature, that we hope to have used at the joint Institute, which is to be held at Parker, if I am not greatly mistaken, beginning on the 24th of June.

We expect Miss Crossley, who is the Organizer for that District, to go there from a chautauqua meeting which she is to take charge of at Gann Valley. I am sending this literature to you, for Miss Crossley and not being real sure that you are at home. I shall write also to your vice-chariman, Mrs. Robinson, telling her of the literature, so that she may look after it, if you happen to be out of town.

I hope that your committee, with Miss Crossley, will be able to interest the teachers who will be in your city, in the suffrage cause.

Sincerely yours,

June 18th, 1918.

Miss Maude Jensen, Hot Springs, S. D.

My dear Miss Jensen: —

This is to assure you that we are very much pleased that you are to be one of our co-workers in Fall River County, and to express to you my confidence that the group of women who have been selected as our co-workers in that County, will not allow any opportunity to fail to further the cause of suffrage.

Sincerely yours,

State President.

June 18th, 1918.

Mrs. G. G. Killinger, S Hot Springs, So. Dak.

My dear Mrs. Killinger:—

I want to write and tell you how glad I am that you are to be associated with the other women on your Committee, to work for the suffrage cause for both men and women, in your county. I have written Mrs. Wattles, your Chairman. I feel that with this splendid group of women working for the cause in Fall River County, the favorable majority will be greatly increased.

Sincerely yours,

State President.

June 18th, 1918.

My dear Mrs. Rewman:—

A letter from Mrs. Stevens, this morning, brings the very best of news in regard to her part of the work to the Black Hills. She tells me of wonderful meetings and experiences at Rapid City and also send in the names of a committee at Hot Springs.

It has occured to me that now within a very few days, would be an excellent time for you to work at Rapid City. Mrs. Stevens said that she had gotten a new group of women there, who seemed very much interested. I do not mean that the executive committee has been changed in any way, but that her real work was with women who did not belong to the executivve committee, since the members of that committee were nearly all out of town. The members of the committee at Rapid City are, Mrs. C.C. Warren, Chairman, Mrs. J.T. Noble, Mrs. A. S. Hally and Mrs. W.N. Cox The women that Mrs. Stevens interested and through whos influence she was able to pull off such a good meeting, were Mrs. Gassage, Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Dilger. Of course, when you arrive, you will need to take up your work with the committee itself, but also with the co-operaion of the others. You cam see that I am getting a little desperate on the money question, as I told you yesterday. I do not want to be caught empty handed again.

Right here, I am going to interject a little bit of war gossip. I wrote you of the conference and our counter proposition, but the men, accourding to Mr. Wright, have refused to accept it. The fact of the matter is that instead of this being an honest and single-purpose conference for the purpose of working out a good plan, that the Men's Committee came instructed by the solid vote of the Council back of them. They would consider only one thing and that was that Mrs. Trail be chairman of the executive committee. I do not call that an honest conference, at all, an so, for that reason, I feel very much at a loss to know how it will all come out Dr. Peabody send me a copy of a telegram which she received from Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, after they held an executive meeting for the special purpose of taking up the situation in South Dakota, and the vote was that they would maintain their organization.

Sincerely,

June 18th, 1918

Mrs. L. W. Robinson, Parker, So. Dak.

My dear Mrs. Robinson: -- We are sending a package of lterature by parcel post to Mrs. Fred Hill, for the purpose of having it at Parker and ready for Mrs. Crossley's use in connection with the joint institute which is to be held in your city, I think, beginning June 24th.

Miss Crossley was attending the suffrage school at Mitchell and we found it necessary to send her out to Gann Valley, to take charge of a chautauqua meeting on the 22nd and have asked her to go directly from there to Parker, to look after the institute.

I am writing to you about this literature, for fear Mrs. Hill may be out of the city and we are particularly anxious that it shall be ready for Miss Crossley, when she arrives at Parker.

Hoping that through the co-operation of your committee and Miss Crossley, you may be able to do good work among the teackers of your locality, I am,

Very sincerely yours,