Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-01
FORM A LOCAL
MUSICAL SOCIETY
Rock Island Ladies Organize a Club
With a Large Mem.
bership.
GATHERING. AT THE HARPER
The First List of Officers, the Charter
Members and the Objects.

Saturday afternoon at a meeting held
at the Harper house, called by Mrs
F. w. Reimers, Mrs J. F. Robinson,
Miss Katherine Gest, Mrs. B. d. Con-
nelly and Mrs. T. B. Reidy. The
meeting was attended by about 20
Rock Island ladies who are interested
in the organization of such a club,
Mrs. F. w. Reimers presiding and Mrs
IT, r. Tuckis acting as secretary pro-
ten
Officers of the Society.
Officers of the new organization
were elected as follows:
President-Mrs. F. w. Reimers.
First Vice President-Mrs. A. e.
Williams.
Second Vice President-Mrs. H. $.
Cable
Recording Secretary Mrs J. r.
Tuckis
Corresponding Secretary-Miss Mar
| ian McCandless.
Treasurer-Miss Katherine Gest.
The committee on bylaws and con-
stitution is composed of Mrs ]. F. |
Clarkson, Mrs j. X. Scott, Mrs F. X |
Rhoads, Mrs. A. E. Williams and Mrs |
J. r. Kimball. On the program COM
mittee are Miss Katherine Gest, Mrs. |
T. B. Reidy, Mrs. Edla Lund. Miss Eff
fie johnson and Miss Gertrude Housed |
The members of the chorus committee
are Mrs. B. d. Connolly, Mrs. R. NJ.
Pearce, Mrs. NJ. c. Rice, Mrs. Edward
Appelquist and Mrs. Charles McHugh,
| and tho ~1lhprS tho acSnpiatp6
membership committee are Mrs. Flor
ence Freistat-Lee, Miss Harriet Lar
kin. Miss Dorothy Peasants, Miss
Agnes Gilmore and Miss Mae Culton.
Club Long Felt.
The need of a musical club in Rock
Island has long been felt as there has
been no club of the kind in the city
for 10 years, while Davenport and Mo-
line have supported musical clubs
which draw largely upon Rock Island
talent for the membership. The ob-
ject of this organization will be the
advancement and encouragement of
study along musical lines and better
/ understanding of things musical. An
effort will be made to bring to the city
each year the very best musical tai
ent. thus affording the people of the
! city generally better opportunity TO
: hear the best of music. The club will
r rent hall for the season and will
hold all meeting at this place, will
Iprocure a grand piano aud keep it for
the use of the club Two successive
/ study meetings will be held every
+ three weeks and these will be held IN
the afternoon. Some special line nf
/ study will be taken up each time and
I papers will be read on the lives of the
d great masters and on their compost
!, tons and at each meeting selections
e illustrating the works of the compos-
). ers will be given. The third successive
;, meeting will be held in the evening
/ and will be more in the nature of a
o social gathering. The program will
S be miscellaneous in it's nature, and
a will be attractive, entertaining as well
|. as instructive The gentlemen will be
invited to these miscellaneous meet
ings and light refreshments will be
lserved.
,. Limitation of Membership.
>. The active membership will be linn
h tied to SO, but the associate. member
q ship will be unlimited. n special eff
q. fort will be made to get associate
s members for it will be through the
y associate membership that the larges
proportion of the people of the cit,
can be reached. Cards of membership
:, will be issued to all interested il
g music at 81 for one year. These card!
. will be good for membership for one
~ year from next June, they will b.
transferable and may be procuret
from any member of the ASSOCIATED
membership committee. The expenses
J. will necessarily be quite heavy an'
the ladies undertaking the organiza
=Ition are very ANXIOUS to procure
large associate membership, for it i
from the dues of the members tina
the organization will be financed.
there are any who. not caring to y
either active of associate members an
iyet who may desire to attend recital
may do SO by paying % cents admis
sion at the door.
The club will take up work immC
diately and the next meeting will b
held as soon as the various commi
= tees on organization have had tim
to meet and draw up plans. In cor
: Injection with the club there will be
q ladies' chorus that will meet eac
!, lweek for rehearsal under the diret
= ton of Mrs. Edla Lund. 1t is hope
later on to organize children's d.
a Ipartment and perhaps each year Civ
a high class entertainment, to whic
: all the children of the public school
4 Twill be invited.
The club has at its head women VIII
are experienced along musical line
q and the success of the organization
assured
The Charter Members.
j The charter members of the clu
iare: Mrs. F. W. Reimers, Mrs. A.
Williams, Mrs. H. s. Cable Mrs. J,
ID. lTuckis, Miss Marian McCandless, Nil