The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-25
BOYS CLUB ANNUAL.


The annual meeting of the Boys Club
Association was held yesterday afternoon
at the Boys Club. on South Meridian street
and Madison avenue. The meeting was
we'll attended. and after the regular bust
ness meeting the retiring president. Major
w. j. Richards, rendered the guests a
luncheon. The annual reports were read
for the year. Mrs E. NJ Thompson, Sec
rotary of the association, gave inter-
esting account of the work done by the
Boys Club Association during the year.
Every morning Of each day there is a
kindergarten for the little folks at the club.
The membership of the club has grown
so during the past year that 1t was nec-
essary to open a branch club on the West
Side, called the West Side Boys Club, which
is supported by the Meridian-street Church.
Miss Anna Fraser, treasurer, gave the
financial report for the year. The balance
on hand for 1899 was s594.2 receipts for the
general fund from sections, entertainments.
etc. 81, 632 So; expenditures 81, s5971; balance
general fund. s77292; endowment fund,
500; collections and receipts from enter
tainments, $500; net proceeds, S1,504.44; total.
1,704.A. Miss Alice Graydon, superinten-
dent, gave a complete account of the years
work. She said the attendance was $685.;
the attendance at Sunday school during the
year, $50; 3H boys constituted the largest
attendance any one day. She said the bath
rooms were very useful and mothers say
they always know when their boys have
been to the club, because they come home
fresh and clean. During the year there
were 2,0SS baths given. She recommended
the addition of swimming pool to the club
and said that If small fee was charged
for it's use IL would soon pay for itself.
The Mothers Club of the Boys Club was
organized in March Of last year and has
been very successful. 1t started with six
teen charter members and the membership
is now forty-three members. A prize COM
petition will be held IN May and the boy
answering the most questions about the
flag will receive one of the three flags do
mated to the club recently. space near
the club has been secured for use from
the School Board for the planting of veg
etable gardens and Mr.. Jesse Overstreet has
donated the seeds. The boys will attend
to the gardens and there will be about ten
patches. Next came the retiring presidents
report. Major Richards said that the year
ending April 80 had been the banner year
of the institution and more good was ac-
complished than in any other. He said
that the immediate need now is perma-
nent endowment fund to place the organi-
Zation on self-sustaining basis. Mr..
Richards said $4,000 would put the organi-
cation on a permanent footing. The fol-
lowing directors will constitute the board
of directors for the year beginning April
"a, 1900: Mr.. S. o. Pickens, Major w. j
Richards, Mr.. ID. w. Coffin, Mr.. c. M.
Zener, Mr.. Edgar II. Evans. Mr.. A. NJ.
Glossbrenner. Mrs. E. j. Foster, Mrs. Z.
M. Thompson, Miss Anna e. Fraser. Miss
Rena Clayton, Miss Agnes Ketcham. Mrs.
T. c. Day, Mrs. r. .. Hawkins Mrs. j.
III. Sutcliffe. Mrs. M. V. McGilliard, Mrs
j. H. vajen. Miss Sarah Wilson, Mrs.
George Merritt, Mrs. Fred Lorenz. Mrs.
Gustavus Lilly, Mrs. Finley B. Pugh. Mrs.
James ]. Dissette, Mrs. Franz Bellinger.
Mrs. George Stilz Mrs. E. s. Elder, Mrs.
E. H. Elder, Mrs. K. II. Eldridge. Mrs.
Clarence A. Kenyon, Mrs. +. Z. Gavin.
Mrs. Arthur Hail. Mrs. Jacquelin Holiday,
Mrs. G. A. Archibald. Mrs. Thomas Tag
CART, Mrs. c. A. Wallingford. Mrs. V. NJ.
Backus. Mrs. r. w Furnas.. Mrs w s.
Fish, Mrs. A. M. Ogle. The advisory board
is as follows: T. c. Day. ID. p. Erwin. r.
o. Hawkins. c. s. Denny, Rev. j. A. Mil
burn. Hugh III. Hanna, s. z. Morss, John
l.. Griffiths. M. V. McGilliard. Rev. J..
Cumming Smith. Trustees: T. C. Day,
d. w. Coffin. c. S. Denny, c. NJ. Zener
and J. II. Holiday. The officers of the
organization are: President. S. o. Pickens;
vice president, Mrs. E. J. Foster; secretary,
Mrs. NJ. Z. Thompson: treasurer, Miss
Anna Z. Fraser.