The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-13
LADIES' IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY
SECRETARY REPORT.

The annual meeting of 1909 was
held on May 10th and the annual
meeting of 1910 was held on Mon
day, May 9th, this being the
18th annual meeting for the as
sociation.
During the year there have been
held ten regular meetings of the
Executive Committee with a very
good average attendance. No new
committee having been added this
year, those of the past year were con-
tinued and have been active, name
ly: Collectors, finance, flower, chill
dren's auxiliary, and parks.
The chairman of these respective
committees will give their reports,
but will not tell of all the time spent
by themselves and the members of
the committees in bringing to sue
cess what they were striving for, but
every citizen and child of the town
have felt within themselves the stir
ring of a spirit for civic betterment
parks, flowers, shrubs and the
benches provided for resting places
A careful reading of the Treasur-
er's report will also tell you that the
association have been doing splendid
housekeeping with the comparative
ly small sum they have had at their
disposal. considering the high prices
of material and labor.
The routine of the general work
followed has been similar to that
of previous years. The town clock
has been kept in repair and run
ming as well as it could possibly be
The State bridge has been swept
weekly until the time of snow and
ice, when it was cared for by the
town council.
The cans for paper have been
repaired, painted and emptied when
necessary.
The Delaware and Hudson r. r.
Co. very kindly have given to the
association all the red shale they
needed for paths.
For Old Home Week, with a good
deal of time spent, a committee Sc
cured for the town hall pictures of
Anthony Wayne, Washington Irving,
and Philip Hone, also aiding in keep
ing the parks picked up and clean
during the week.
In September the Children's Aux
ilary held a Flower Exhibit, con-
Quoted by the committee in the pub
lie school.
The last, but by no means least,
of the work to be done, while it is a
new feature in a way, yet it is not
entirely new, only that a special week
has been designated as a cleaning up
week, about which it is not neces-
sary to go into detail, as it is still
very recent with us. One thousand
circulars were printed and distribut-
ed in the borough and surrounding
townships by the members of the
various Improvement societies, to-
ward the expense of the same. The
Business Mems Association very
kindly contributed $1,000, the In
dependent also kindly contributed
the attractive cards distributed and
placed in the store windows and
business places. The support of the
Board of Health was also given to
this concerted plan to have a cleaner
Honesdale, by their representatives
DR.. Ely and DR.. McConville.
Although the Executive Commit
tee have been so busy with their
plans and work, yet they have still
found time to learn just how to do
things parliamentary in their meet
ings, by securing Dr. Swift to guide
them through the difficult mazes OF
parliamentary law; the lesson has
been well learned and the meetings
of the society improved thereby.
Miss Petersen has been made a
member of the Civic Committee
of the State Federation of Women S
Clubs of Pennsylvania, and at the
Eastern District Federated Club con-
vention recently held in Reading,
Pa, spoke upon civic work and the
work of her own local organization
as well.
ReDOrtS must necessarily he brief