Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-12-21
S. P. C. A. ORGANIZED
Miss Shearer, Representative OF
Baltimore Society. Prime
Mover
MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED
Representative Gathering Al Home OF
Mrs. Berrien Organizes With MayOr
Strange As President

With Miss Mary B. Shearer. the
promoter, branch of the Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
was organized here yesterday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Berrien,
wife of Lieut.. F. d. Berrien, u. S.
N, Murray Hill.
About thirty people assembled by
invitation of Mrs. Berrien, who is
the prime mover'i in effecting an or
ganization so much needed here.
The meeting was called for 4 o'clock
to meet Miss Shearer, of Baltimore,
a staunch representative of the S. 7.
c. A. of that city. Miss Shearer
was introduced by Mrs. Berrien, and
in brief, concise, business-lik
manner stated the principles and OBJ
jects of the organization. She told
the work it is doing in Baltimore, and
gave some statistics to show its
breadth of scope and usefulness in
that city.
Miss Shearer suggested lines Of
work on less pretentIous scale in
Annapolis and advocated a paid
agent, whose duty it would be to look
after cases of cruelty to animals
and to prosecute same. AS it is NEG
essary to have a paid agent to do
such work, it was suggested to give
a concert to raise funds as nucleus
to carry on the society about to have
its inception.
President Fell, of st. Johns Col
lege, made motion to appoint Mayor
Strange as chairman of the meeting,
which was carried, and Miss Nancy
Walton was appointed secretary.
There was much discussion about
committees to formulate plans for
an organization, but il was finally
determined to effect an organization
then and now. Accordingly the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
Annapolis branch of the S. P. C. A. :
President-James F. Strange.
Vice -President-M f. d. Berrien
Secretary-Miss Nancy Walton.
Treasurer-Mr. Ennalls Wagga-
man.
Executive Committee-Co Comman-
der r. Z. Coontz, U. S. N; Prof.
n. M. Terry, u. S. N; Mrs Robert
Moss.
This committee was empowered to
appoint subcommittee and to con-
fer on constitution and bylaws to
govern the local branch of the S. P.
C. A.
Mr.. Ennalls Wagaman offered the
use of his office, temporarily, for a
meeting place, which kind offer was
accepted.
On motion off Professor Terry it
was decided to fix the dues at SO, 81,
81 and so cents annually, the latter
for children.
Upon motion of Commander Coontz
the meeting adjourned to meet again
on Tuesday, January 8, 1911, at A p.
m. in the Office of Mr.. Waggaman on
School street.
Those who were charter members
of the organization and were present
at the meeting are: Commander r.
E. Coontz, U. S. N; Captain Cole,
U. S. NJ; President Fell, st. Johns
College; Mr.. r. L. Werntz, Mr..
Hugh R. Riley, Mayor James F.
Strange, Mr.. Eugene w. Tglehart,
Rev. 7. c. Bird, Prof. N. M. Terry,
Mr.. Ennalls Waggaman, Mr.. P. II.
Magruder, Mrs. F. D. Berrien, Mrs.
j. c. Cresap. Miss Jessop, Misses
katherine and Agnes Walton, Miss
Nancy Walton, Mrs. Chew, Mrs.
Douw, Mrs. George T. Feldmeyer,
Mrs. II. C. Gearing, Miss Gearing,
Mrs. John Floyd Waggaman, Mrs.
Londsburg, Mrs. Ennalls Waggaman,
Mrs. Robert Moss, Mrs. r. D. Tis-
dale, Mrs. e. A. Gage, Mrs. H. H.
Clark. ---.-. -. 80
The new society came to the deter
mination to hold a concert in the
near future, from (which to raise
funds for starting the society on q
business basis. President Fell OF
st. Johns College, offered the use Of
Mcdowell Hall and the executive
committee was empowered to make
! arrangements and look after details