The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-27
W0MAN'S CLUB
ANNUAL. Meeting
Reports of Retiring Officers and
Installation of New.

The annual meeting of the Palatka
Woman'S club was held at the club
rooms last Friday, May 10th, at which
the annual reports of the club officers
and chairmen were read and accepted.
The report of Mrs. Geo. +. Gay, the re-
firing president, ELECTED much applause
and motion was made and unanimously
carried that copy be furnished the Pa
latka News for publication.
The new president, Mrs. NJ. S. Brown,
was then escorted to the chair, where
upon she delivered most gracious
speech and was assured of the loyalty of
her officers and club members by rising
vote. Mrs. Brown then appointed as
members of her executive board, Mrs.
Geo. E. Gray, Mrs. r. F. Adams and
Mrs. S. ]. Hilburn.
Refreshments of strawberry and cherry
punch and cake were then served by
courtesy of Mrs. Gay.
A special meeting will be called to ar
range business pertaining to the new
charter.
The corrected list of officers for 1910
is as follows:
President, Mrs. M. S. Brown; 1st vice
president, Mrs. Peter Gardner; End vice
president, Miss Grace Rowley; Ord vice
president, Mrs. Elizabeth Howe; record
ing secretary, Miss Helene Roxburg; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. w. P. Mer-
riam; treasurer, Mrs. Lillian knight;
auditor; Mrs. F. c. Cochrane.
The elect, by rising vote, extended
its sincere thanks TO w. A. Russell, edi-
tor of the Palatka News, for substantial
help given them through the columns of
that paper and appreciation of many
courtesies; to the Palatka News for pub
fishing the notice of their application
for charter without charge; to the coun-
ty clerk for filing notice of the same
without cost to the club, and to Hon. S.
]. Hilburn for free legal services.
Retiring Presidents Report.
Members of the Woman's Club
The end of my second year presents
itself, and can look back over the work
The club has done, after being organized
into Civic Club, with feeling that we
have accomplished at least few bene-
its for our city. When this work of
>ivics was taken up, ii was with fear and
reputation as to the results, but we start
ID out with firm conviction that we
wanted to help in the improvement of
,ur city. We were also bit dubious as
O how our efforts would be received by
he city officials, and it has been most
.ratifying to find that from the first we
we're given the most cordial support {
rom them all. ;
This year our first work was the en- I
ertaining of the State Federation, all of q
ur members cooperating and working /
aithfully to make this great undertaking |
success.
We began Our civic work this year by a
ending petition TO the City Council, (
gned by over a hundred women, ask a
lg that the ordinances relative to trash v
nd rubbish be enforced; with the result 4
lat there was immediate action taken I
Y the mayor, and for few weeks the f.
ty looked much cleaner. But soon Il
lie ordinances were forgotten again and h
| the side streets off OF Lemon street, II
i'd many other streets, were in Uttered b
This seems to be a hard "
,oblem TO grapple with, and the only s,
ay to get any results is to keep at it, II
ID in time public sentiment will be II
ouSed for cleaner streets. II
The matter of hand-bill distribution "
Is been started, and hope this will be So
gorously pushed. In the civic work
is not possible to entirely give up m
orking, with the disbanding of the q,
ub for the summer. If so, we would ra
Sc our grip upon what we already re
we; the parks have to be attended, and b,
it is with this particular work, the to
tie accomplished would be entirely al
st if it was not carried on through the si
MINER, and perhaps by next winter,
th proper handling of this important pr
alter, we may be able to accomplish in
netting for the city that will greatly m
lip in keeping it clean. When this an
liter was begun we thought to finish it m
sooner, but it always takes longer to an
complish things thanone at first antici- W
tes. he
The Home Economics Department re
med with such enthusiasm, after i'm
IS Harris demonstrations, brings an tn
ded interest into our club, and with th
ficient study it will prove very bene- tr
ial, and know that under your new ha
,Sident this department will surely
uriSh. all
When the new school is built the club on
II have splendid opportunity to push
S kind of work, by lending every eff tn
t to have course of Domestic Sci We
ce added. No better work could pos un
ly be done by the club than TO equip m,
room for these studies. tn
Another work that would be monu-