Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, March 13, 1924, p. 1. PROMINENT BLOOMINGTON WOMEN CARRY THE WATER PETITIONS Again Bloomington women have come to the front and expressed their sentiments of civic pride in a very decided manner. They have cast their vote in the much-discussed water situation on the right side. The cry has been raised in many quarters, "Le us have an expression of the peoples opinion on this question." So the Local Council of Women, at their monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon, after an inspiring talk by Dean Agnes Well of Indiana University, decided that they would obtain an expression of the peoples' opinion, at least of the feminine part of the people. With this end in view, a committee of three, Mrs. J. A. Neill, Mrs. John Hunter and Mrs. E. D. Farmer, was appointed to draft a petition in favor of the Griffy Creek project, to be circulated among the women; and to divide the town into working districts. This committee met at the home of Mrs. Neill yesterday morning at 9:00 o'clock, and by 10 o'clock the petitions and the districts to be covered were carried to the waiting women by the Mesdames John Craves and C. G. Shaw; and the ladies went to their work despite the slush and snow. Over fifty ladies circulated the petitions to all women of voting age, who were residents of Bloomington, merely asking that each one express her honest opinion by either signing or not signing. No arguments for or against were used. By 7 o'clock last night between 1,700 and 1,800 names were turned in to the committee room of the public library. Practically all of the east side was covered and most of the west side, although work is still going on there today. It is expected that at least 2,500 names will be on the completed petition, which will be presented to Mayor Harris. DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THIS LIST OF NAMES MEANS? It means that the majority of the women of voting age in this city are in favor of giving Bloomington an adequate water supply. The Local Council is to be highly commended for the work it has done and the stand it has taken. Written into the future history of Bloomington will be the fact that Bloomington women, through the opportunity offered by the Local Council of Women, HELPED, in no small measure, to make a bigger and better city. The following list of women deserve many thanks for the work they did yesterday.: The Mesdames, J. A. Neil, E. D. Farmer, John Hunter, John Cravens, C. G. Shaw, A. K. Helton, J. A. Wells, Guido H. Stempel, Leon Whetsell, Frank Andrews, B. J. Vos, B. E. Curry, Claude Malott, John Nichols, George Bridwell, J. B. Bridwell, C. J. Sembower, E. R. Cummings, Theodore Louden, Roy Bryant, Frank Allen, Oliver Brown, Fred Wilson, Weir Marshall, A. O. Henry, Harriet Steele, J. E. Moser, Fred Seward, Fred Miller, Homer Robertson, O. G. Bunger, Paul Nolin, Clyde Hare, Lester Null, Guy Burnett, H. T. Stephenson, S. E. Stoute, Richard Thornton, A. M. Snyder, Mason Hufford, J. B. Ridge, Chas. Brock, Hugh Norman, Hullie Tapp, C. E. Murphy, Sherman Chambers, Dean Agnes Wells; the Misses Dorothea Graham, Edith Williams, Esther Millner, Mrs. Minnie Foddrill, Mrs. Frank Groh, Mrs. John Dillman, Mrs. Edw. Hall, and Mrs. L. H. Robertson. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.