The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-12

pose Them-Roanokc Society AS Live
ly as Its Business.
Roanoke is . humming, hustling city.
great stream of humanity is con-
stantlY rushing along it's principal
thoroughfares in counter currents.
Everybody is on business bent in the
varied and manifold avocations of life.
But the incossant business tension can
not be forever kept up.
There must BIO some relaxation, and
there are to be found in Roanoke many
social and intellectual organizations,
whose aims and purposes arc to engage
in short hours of pleasure and profit,
which does not at all dctract from the
business qualifications of their members,
but only enables them to work all the
better when returning to their routine
duties
One OF tho most profitable of all the
social clubs of'tho city is tho Roanoke
Musical Society, which is only of recent
grow tn, the organization having been
perfected last September.
Tho officers Of tho sociatv ,ro Pail
Goorncr, a. G. NJ, musical director; j
c. Cook. prcsidont. and Daniel E;tlor
secretary and treasurer.
The society's hall is on the south
east corner OF Salem avenue and Henry
streets.
AZ nrcsort tho or,,,,,;,,4; ,
mems chorus. but possibly in a few
months il will have cstahlishrd - mivod
chorus.
The instrumental section will start
in January next with siv instrument.
including all the Instruments needed to
render "a rood closs or ch,n,bnr ,,,.;..
except n cornet. A cornct maven would
be a great and welcome nrci,s,tion tn
tho musical society.
The total membership of those follow
crs OF Molponinc is twcntv.scvcn
CAPTAIN Charles Lylc is president or
the Roanoke nancinsr club and - (
Roberts is yicc-nrcsidcnt 'Thc nxoc-
utive committee contists OF J. =, Earhcr.
Lee IL. Simmons and Il. l.. Grnidnr
Roanoke has had 4 dancing ohm for
abouJ six vcnrs. and thn nrnsnnt orr,n
zation is the linc,l s,ccessor to tln A. r
one established. 1t has ON lis roll
thirty members.
The Rorcr Park Literary Society is
an institution which also has added thc
customary pleasure features. such as
dancing and whist parties.
The officers are r.. Bond. prcsidcnt.
Mrs Charles Irwin, vicc-prcsident, and
Mrs Il. Bond. secretary and trcasurcr
Tho executive committee consists of
Harry Warner, Hugh FRY and Mr.. Bar
Ictt.
Tho st. Andrews Society has probably
the largest membership of any of the
Social organizations in Roanoke. The
members now on it's roll reach I'D as
high as 1856 The organization is com
posed largcy of the young people of the
Catholic Church and is now about three
years old While it is largely liter
airy organization, it also has added be-
nevolent and charitable features 1t
gives entertainments once every month,
the proceeds of which arc devoted to
charitable purposes.
The officers of tho St.Andrcws Society
arc j. Is. Brian, president; j ohm McDer-
mott, vice president; John Carr, score
tary and A. Sauter, treasurer. The
board Of managers consists of Il. NJ,
Casey, Councilman John Sheehan and
a. Sautcr.
The Glover Club is one Of the leading
literary societies of Roanoke. 1t was
organized about a year ago as tho
Shakespeare Club, but, desiring to
widen its field of literary study and not
eiucu ChaC d ciahSc Oh name was also