Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-01
/C|Nc LEAGUE REPORT.

/ the work accomplished was presented
| by Mrs. Elizabeth d. Cooper, secre-
tary, as follows:
One more year has passed, and it
is again time for a report of the work
done by the Civic League.
Our membership number has stead
| lily increased until now we have one
hundred and seventy-hye members,
both men and women The attendance
has been small, averaging six mem
bers, with an occasional visitor.
Four or five petitions, and we feel
not unreasonable ones, have been sent
to City Council, and with one excep-
tion none have received any attention
Independent of the hedge, the Lea
Fgue has had the care of the lot sur
rounding City Hall. Twenty-six dol
lIlars and seventy-five cents have been
spent for work, grass seed and ferti-
Flizers. A lot of flower seeds and bulbs
were given us by interested citizens,
which were thankfully received and
used 90
At the solicitation of one citizen the
League assisted in planting beds of
flowers in City Park; with what re-
suit? ca
Through a suggestion of the City
Clerk, a form of ordinance was framed
by committee of four prominent
male citizens, members of the League.
The purpose was to regulate the care
of and the unnecessary destruction of
the shade trees along the public
streets. The committee presented it
with the petition to Council that it
might be considered by that cody. 1t
was referred to the Ordinance commit
tee, who turned it over to the Sanitary
committee for burial. There it rested
some time, until by great and numer-
Gus efforts one of the Leagues COM
mittees succeeded in unearthing it
and getting the City Solicitor inter-
ested iii framing an ordinance that
might be presented to Council in such
form as to be acceptable. The last
report from the Solicitor was pro
gEess.
The idea of having the TuLer snlosis
Exhibition i'll Woodbury. arose from
some correspondence last year with
the executive secretary of the New
Jersey Association for the Prevention
and Relief of Tuberculosis, on the sub
ject of the Visiting Trained Nurse
The subject was laid before the
Board of Health by the League, which
/ body Immediately interested itself in
the project and took up the work of
getting the exhibit here.
City Council, the physicians, the
churches, various clubs, beneficial so
cieties and other organizations gladly
contributed toward the expense of the
exhibit and assisted i'll the work of
carrying it on.
From tlis movement has sprung the
permanent rganization-sThe Wood
bury Association for the Prevention
and Relief of tuberculosis.
By letter to the Governor, the Lea
que endorsed the movement made by
President Roosevelt for the conserva-
tion of the natural resources of the
United State.
III October, 1908 the Civic League
federated with the State Federation of
Women's Clubs, ON basis of it's num-
Der of women members, the member
ship fee being two dollars, <cIt is neces
sary that each club shall have a mot
to. Forward" was the one chosen
for the League
So many calls for charity had been
made that more money was needed to
meet the demands, SO on October 3rd,
sale of cakes, pies, etc. was given,
and there was cordial response from
everyone, and the sum of sixty-one
dollars was realized, with the expense
of one dollar.
Our missionary has done good work
reporting cases needing immediate as
sistance. A number of these cases
have been supplied with food clothing
ETC., and in one case work was secured
for the man. Considerable money has
been donated to the League for this
work
A barrel of magazines and pamph-
let's were sent to Ft. Riley. Kansas
Our President presented the League
with picture, which is being framed
and is to be given to one of the schools
The League, with the aid of the Fort
nightly and Reading clubs, has pur-
chased a photograph of St. Gauden's
statue of Lincoln, which is to be pre-
sented to the Carpenter st. school,
During this year the League made
another plea for more talks to the
school children for cleanliness ON the
streets.
All along, an effort has been made
to better the sanitary condition of the
trolley cars passing through Wood
bury. A petition was sent to the
Board of Health to have "Don't Spit"
SeA QS csS,dAA P1dCCQ4 III ttlSllis AtckAluS
nom compliance with the order a
Unable offence.
In short time decided improve
ment in the condition of the cars was
noticeable and tire cards have been
placed.
To all Cur requests to the Board of
Health for better conditions, that body
has expressed perfect willingness to
cooperate in our work of improve
ment.
The Treasurer's report shows re-
ceipts of $126.53 and disbursements
amounting to $4,000.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President, Miss e. b. Matloclx.
First v. President, Miss Sibyl Jones.
Sec. " Pres, Miss Fanny X. Teyis.
Rec. Sec'y, Mrs e. S. Cooper.