Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-05
GOVERNOR TO
TAKE PART IN
Y.W.C.A. EVENT
Young Women Real
ize Ambition
VIII Lay Corner Stone Of Magnificent
Building with Impressive cere-
monles-servlces at Regu-
lar vesper Hour

This afternoon will witness the mar
shaling of the Los Angeles Y. w. c. A.
to lay corner stones for it's new build
lngs.
At the regular vesper hour at the
Y. w. c. A. it's exercises will be held
In the association rooms corner Third
and Hill streets, and following the ex-
ercise5 there. the young women will
adjourn across the street and lay their
stone on the site secured on Hill street,
near Third. Governor Gillett will take
prominent part in both exercises and
the Y. M. G. A. band will march from
the earlier exercises to take part in
those of the young women.
The Y. w. G. A, campaign for funds
Is of recent date and was we'll ex-
plotted by the young women 1t had
been the dream of the Los Angeles
Young Women's Christian association
for years to own a building. Over two
years ago Mrs Anna S. Averill, one
of the senior members of the board
of managers. arose in a business meet
ing and stated that a friend had just
given her a ten-dollar bill as a birthday
present; that she desired to place this
in the keeping Of the treasurer to be
used as nucleus for the purchase Of
u lot. This set the ball rolling, and
her contribution was followed by other
Small uHIll d rev nuIl-
dred dollars were in the bank.
Buy on Hill Street
The committee appointed to be on
the lookout for a suitable site learned
one day that lot on Hill street, direct
ly opposite the present quarters could
be had at $500 per front foot, figure
that was considered favorable. A meet
ing was hastily called and several
members of the board then and there
formed a syndicate and purchased the
104x165 feet to hold sixty feet in trust
for the association. The forty-four
feet was placed on the market and
after a few months was sold at an
advance of 500 per front foot, and the
margin Of profit was used to help pay
for the sixty feet In the meantime
the ways and means committee, with
Mrs. w. C. Patterson as chairman, set
plans on foot to raise the balance of
the necessary $4,000, which task was
accomplished two or three months ago.
The ground has more than doubled
in value.
Following is list of the board of
managers, trustees and secretaries:
Board of managers-Mrs. A. S. Aver
i'll, Mrs. F. T. Bicknell, Mrs. William
H. Barnard, DR.. Rose T. Bullard, Mrs
H. W. Brodbeck. Mrs o. G. Bryant,
Mrs. S. D. Burks, Mrs. w. F. Callen-
der, Mrs. G. J. Dalton, Mrs. J. o.
Churchill. Mrs. William j. Chichester,
Mrs. Frank A. Dewey, Mrs. D. K. Ed
wards, Mrs. A. G. Fessenden, Mrs w,
j. Hole, Mrs. Gail r. Johnson. Mrs.
f. ]. Marshall, Mrs. Leonard Merrill,
Mrs. 2. D. Mathuss, Mrs. H. w. Mills,
Mrs. S. P. milford Mrs. T. F. Miller,
Mrs. w. c. Patterson, Mrs. L. A. Ross,
Mrs. e. r. Smith. Mrs. Kate S. Vos-
burg, Mrs. R. M. Widney, Mrs. George
H. Wadlei3h, Mrs d. M. Welc!., Mrs.
Milbank Johnson, Mrs. Jefferson D.
Gibbs
Trustees-Mrs. F. A. Dewey Mrs. w.
c. Patterson, Rt Rev. ]. H. Johnson,
D. D., Senator Frank P. Flint, Mrs. u.
D. Mathuss, Frank M. Coulter, o. T.
johnson, Leonard Merrill, Gail B. John
son, George 1. Cochran, Valentine Pey-
ton.
Secretaries-Miss Cora L. latham.
general secretary; Miss Margaret w
Henderson, assistant secretary; Miss
Grace Maxwell. educational secretary;
Miss Alice Jacobs. Bible secretary;
Miss Elma Smith, physical director;
Miss Neva A. Chappell, extension Sec
retary; Miss Lurema Sayre assistant
extension secretary; Miss Mary P.
Campbell, membership secretary; Miss
Amelia c. Johnson, business secretary;
Mrs. T. G. King. employment secretary;
Mrs. j. M. McHnerTOH, HDTdrlan, MISS
Mildred F. Clatworthy, office assistant:
Mrs. Mary A. Dennis, superintendent
of lunch department; Miss Jessie Pratt,
Miss Edna r. Berger. Miss Elizabeth
Lougheed, travellers aid deaconesses.
The Program
The program this afternoon will be
as follows:
4P. NJ, ASSOCIATION ROOMS.
u,,Y,r GAN Hail Pouar Ia.,,e,
Lift Thine Eyes, 0rom 'Elijah'), Y.
M, e. A; Choral club (Mendelssohn@.
C. A. orchestra. (Mendelssohn).
Quartet, 20 God. Who Is Like Unto
Thee?' (Myles B. Foster).
Prayer, Rev. e. A. Healy, D. D.
Jesus Say" A. e. Harris.
Scripture lesson, Rev. ]. ]. Wilkins,
Hymn, Love Divine
Greetings from the pastors, Rev. Hugh
K. Walker D. D.
the Young Women's Christian associa-
tion, Miss Florence Simms, national sec
retary.
Greetings from the Young Mems Chris
tian association, Arthur Let's, president.
Quartet, my God, 1 Thank Thee" Jo-
seph Barnby.
contralto solo, "Folow Me-" Frederick
Stevenson.
AT THE CORNER STONE.
Brightly Cleans Our Banner" Y. NJ.
G. A. band.
Responsive exercises, president, board
of managers and secretaries.
Historical statement and contents of
the box, Miss Cora l.. latham, general
secretary
Placing Of the box, Mrs. q. L. Mathrss,
chairman Of building committee
Laying of the corner stone Hon. James
N Gillett, governor of California, and
Mrs. Frank A. Dewey, president of the
Young Women's Christian association.
Prayer, Rev. Robert ]. Burdette, d. d.
Response by the congregation led by
Rev. Herbert ]. Weaver
America" band.
Benediction.