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OHGANITfD
Several prominent Americans, Hoi -
la id-Amo:•lcans , and Hollanders In
Air. irlea cave fon* *od in New York
iue ilholmina Fun 1, Incor
porr.t' 1, of whic’ the veil.-It own
Dutch-Ajnoricar. historian, Hen dr
Willerr. var. Loon, has accepted th.e
Chairmanship an Hrs . Vincent Ac
tor, ’ rs. Ac res Hoosevelt, ’ rs.
Cornelius Vendor' ilt, ml the Hon
orable Alfred H. Smith have ac
cepted position.' as Honorary Chair
men. In an anuoio cement prepar* :
at. the ’••o: ie of the Fund-- -oiland
House, 10 dochefeller Pla2a--the
f ol lowinr s ta Cements are made:
"At the outbreal: of the far, Queen
'. ilhel.r.ina and her Government an
nounced a national policy of strict
neutral ity and offered their* ser
vices to find a '-asis for the re
estao? ish..:ent of peace betv/een the
ring la ;ions . " 1"■ ■.it i in
vasion Vrc -rht a sudden and tra gic
erd 'to these endeavors. "Today,
ei ht and a half million ^Han
ders have ,*cen deprived of their
normal sources of income. Host
of them are in the 01.1 Country hut
thousands of others are stranded
in all parts.of the world and are
com-let el y cut off from, their ro
s ource s . The i r pi 1 yht j. s le s ne.1 -
ate ."
It is in particular these vonen
ana ch'li’-’sn vho hc-e been driven
out of th . ■ ■ ' the 3n
vading ( nem; and vho are now liv
ing in "'•3lrrirr., Franco or England,
and vr''0 are in urgent need of help
fo?‘ •- .or;, this Fund is created.
Accordin'? to present estimates
153,00 ,060 Is considered the ini
mu.r amount required, and all of
this money -ill go to Dutch Refu
gees out silo of -oiland. In some
cases It will be di s trlFuvted
through existin'- agencies like the
Red Cross or the Quakers, which
latter organizat on Is adminis
terin'" relief to refuges in north
ern France .
At the suggestion of the executive
Commit toe in Kew York, looa'1 cor-nll.
tees arc bo ir.r "ormed all over the
United States, ant todau in Seattle
the Wortkwest Division v-as created,
which has as its Chairuan hr. John
Prjns of Tacor.r , former. Fresh ent
of the Chamber of
c 1 f v
;Dr . .
boons should be made payable to
Queen VvilhcInina Fund and be/him in
care of the University of karbinr
ton. The other members of the-Exe
cutive Committee are : Sikko Ber
lie or' , Seattle; De» itt Clark, Seat
tle; "I. Cron, .eli , Spokane S. F. 0.
van Dissell, Spokane; L. deKonin
Spokane; E. Sclvuyten, Seattle; hr
Professor S.
;he Chamber of Commerce in that
. The Score tar^-Treasurer is
A. R. Jorber and all con'.ribur
9
.R. Titcom
facore
R. Tymstra, Seattle.
cConakev
Professor
fie University
of i
a nd
shir." ton will act r
c he:
all
un ;.s r
s ccount
Tho Queen ilhelnina Fun'1 does not
in any vt-’r v/is’* to clash vith any
Red Cross drive or cnr-other ’ rr
relief solicitation. It operates
under a permit of the State Depart
ment at hashington, D.O.
BUTTS SO SET Cl,"3
The Butte So Sev; Club met rt the
Club House Wednesday afternoon
June 26th. All members were pres
ent and answered, to roll call by
telling something about the 4-H
Camp it Kii -3 Lake, : c all had a
wonderful time and 'rill be ready
to go sgain next summer.
Before the business meeting we sang
songs and played ^anes;then dis
played our pot holders and found
v;e had some very nice ones.
Each me mb ; r ha 1 materdal for he r
apron and vre cut then out during
the meeting, he hope to have them
nearly finished by the next meet
ing July 10th.
17 were plea-sed ; to have Joanne Prank
and Nancy Ellsworth as guests.
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