Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-14
REAL WORK OF IMPROVEMENT
Raising Moral Tous Of Community Object
Of pfuid Hill Club.
WILL INCORPORATE FOR THAT PURPOSE
Buys Building for Home and Invites
Religious Forces 60 Eatab-
lish Church and sunday
school There.

The Druid Hill Improvement club is go
ing down IN history as body that does
things IL has organized a company whose
prime object shall be the building up Of
that community with home owners OF rent
ers OF good moral character. thrifty and
progressive; the establishment OF a Sun
day school and church and the main
tenance of the high moral tone on which
the community has begun existence.
The club held a meeting at Thirtieth and
Spaulding streets Monday night, which was
largely attended and at which steps we're
taken to incorporate a company to deal In
real estate. Toward this end 500 was sub.
scribed on proposed capital OF $3.50
While this company will be empowered to
do a general real estate business It's first
function will be 10 secure home owners or
good renters and keep out OF the vicinity
the undesirable class. 1t believes by thus
maintaining a high standard OF citizenship
it can do more good for the city as a
whole than by going out after political
favors. 1t is not that sort OF Improvement
club.
Club Buys 0mcAal Home.
The club has bought a building IN which
its meetings will be held. It also has
opened negotiations with religious organic
cations for the establishment OF q church
there and has made the proposition that
until a church Is organized II will open it's
building to a Sunday school, II religious
workers will lend a hand in planting one
in that community Services of all kinds
might be held in this building until a per-
manent church home was established. The
club pledges its moral and financial support
to these religious bodies.
One point the club is seeking to have dis.
tinctly understood is that II does not con-
template doing any real estate business
In conflict or competition with established
firms Of that character. Its whole energies
will be devoted TO the upbuilding OF a
strong, enterprising people on Druid Hill,
one Of the inviting and rapidly developing
out districts of the city.
Omcers and Committees.
The officers and committees OF the club
are
President. w. A. Chapman; vice presi-
dent, George J. Bird; secretary-treasurer,
Executive Committee-W. A. Chapman.
George J. Bird, e. l.. Platz, Andrew Peter
son, J. c. Smith, J. R. Nickerson, John T.
Sidewalk and Crossing Committeeman.
drew peterson, d, G: Goodenow, e. c,
Skies, j. NJ. Baldwin, Albert Bihler.
Publicity-E. L. Plata, ]. G. Smith
Light Committee-George ]. Bird VII.
liam Tegemyer, Henry Funk, Ernst Messer-
schmidt, p. II. Nelson.
Street, Alley and Boulevard Committee
G. w. Pierce, ii. +. Brown, Jared J.
Smith, II. d. Pageler, Harry Christopher
son.
Sewer and Water Committee-J c. Smith.
William Hoffman, ]. Waideleck. George 81
Weeks, NJ. r. Hotchliss.
School Committee. b. Nickerson, ]. p.
Austin. w A. Chapman.
Entertainment Comnlitteez-John T. Dillon.
9. w. Pierson, George ]. Bird, Fred ].
Unkel, ]. c. Smith.
Delegates to City Federation-Georg J.
Bird, Jared ]. Smith, John T. Dillon.
These committees we're appointed Mon.
day night The total membership Of the
club Is 1884,