General Notes

From:  "The Trimble County Democrat"
TROUT, William Francis, 93, Milton died 6 Mar 1936, buried Moffett Cemetery, born and reared in Trimble Co., surviving are 2 daughters, Mrs. Mattie Banks and Miss Daisy June Trout, brother, Elder Charlie Trout of Florida, sister, Mrs. Sallie Fisher
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Green County Missouri History (http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/history/index.html)
Jonathan Fairbanks and Clyde Edwin Tuck
Past and Present of Greene County, Missouri
Early and Recent History and Genealogical Records of Many of the Representative Citizens

Part 2
Military and Youth Organizations
YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

The spring of 1908 saw the beginning in Springfield of the Young Women’s Christian Association, an institution which has for the past seven years filled a great need in the life of the stranger girl in our city. [558]

The association was organized by Mary McElroy, at that time executive secretary for this district, with the co-operation of the Christian women of the community. Since the first year the organization has boasted an average of one thousand members, including women of all denominations and of various faiths. The home of the association since its inception has been at 304 East Walnut street, but the trustees and board are hoping in the near future to erect their own building on the site already given by Mrs. Josephine Watson and Lizzie McDaniel, opposite the Young Men's Christian Association building, on South Jefferson street.

The board of directors has had four presidents, namely: Margaret Sheppard, who is still an honorary officer; Ada Grabill, Mrs. Charles Howell and Mrs. W. J. Shannon. Those who have served as general secretaries are Mary Lehman, May Ouinn, Mrs. May Lewis, Ada Grabill and. DAISY JUNE TROUT.

The aim of the association is to uplift and develop young womanhood, socially, intellectually, physically and religiously, and the work is so broad it appeals to every side of a girl's life no matter what her position or station. The Young Women's Christian Association offers to its members various privileges and always at as low a price as possible. In its cafeteria meals are served at a minimum cost. Its dormitory furnishes to twenty or more girls clean, comfortable lodgings for a reasonable price. The educational department offers classes of all sorts at a small tuition and lectures free of charge. The gymnasium appeals to many girls who are employed in offices during the day, and its classes are taught by a trained instructor. There is beside the social life which this organization offers to all its members and which is recognized as a real part of the life of every normal girl.

The association is evangelical, but interdenominational, working among girls of all creeds or of no creed at all. It is in no way intended to take the place of the church, but to supplement it and to minister to the needs of young women in a way that is impossible in the average church. The real meaning of the Young Women's Christian Association is perhaps best expressed by the national motto, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." [559]
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From:  "Cooper History"  Ruth J. Cooper

Daisy June Cooper graduated from Hanover College in 1902.  In 1903 she was at the Y.W.C.A. Training School.  She served as general secretary of the city Y.W.C.A. at Racine, Wisconsin; Lansing, Michigan; Topeka, Kansas; St. Joseph, Missouri; Springfield, Missouri.  In 1916 she was called as National Secretary of the Mission Board of the Christian Church.  She served with them until 1933.  She went to California to secure her Masters in Social Work form the University of Southern Californina in 1935.  She returned to Y.W.C.A. work at Seattle, Washington for two years.  From 1937 to 1939 Daisy June served as president of the National Council of  Church Women with headquarters in Chicago and New York.  Since then she has done general field work in religious education.  She makes her home at Whittier, California.