Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-03-15

meeting was the SUNDAY school room
/ in the Baptist church. corner Of Third
! avenue and Monroe street. Meanwhile
| the club was active in strengthening
some OF the city ordinances pertaining
\ to public morals: in the establishment
| Of the curfew, and i'm protecting the
youth from saloon communications. The
clubs interest in the betterment Of
public schools has always been active
and strong: in school elections, when
its influence can be helpful in secur-
| ing reforms and progressive measures,
/ il is given freely. In fact. il is the
clubs purpose to keep in touch with
the citys needs and the city's growth;
to stimulate civic Improvement; and
to this end its civic department has
been alert to suggest and support
measures for civic cleanliness, civic
beauty and civic righteousness, as has
been demonstrated in a recent success
full clean up-campaign' in Phoenix,
great achievement Of the club in the
estimation Of the civics- education de-
partment which promoted it.
Arizona history has ever been an in
teresting feature of club progress. The
annual bazaar has added large
nual lark" has given us many flight
above the cares and burdens of life's
daily routine.
ION February goth. 1906, the club re-
ceived from Mrs. Dwight Il. Heard the
gift of a lot for a club home; II was
located on the corner of Second and
Van Buren, streets, on the edge of the
business section. This generous gift
stimulated the money making energies
of the club, which had lain dormant
hitherto, and mighty grew the desire
for that club house, the corner stone
Of which we are lying today.
The club has been incorporated UNI
der the laws % Arizona for the pur-
pose OF holding real and personal prop
erty. the date OF incorporation being
January IA, 1907. the first stock certi-
ficate having been issued March .,
1907
I'm this connection we could not fail
to mention with appreciation the serV-
ices to the club of Judge J. II. kibbey
who. at the time of Incorporating and
since. has solved our legal problems
without charge The first building
committee. appointed in February, 1906,
consisted of Mrs Dwight b. Heard as
chairman Mrs. Walter Talbot as treas
urer. and Mrs. Julia \. Lount. In
March. 1907, when the first election
was held under the articles OF
incorporation, the three named above
were elected members of the board of
trustees. into which the building COM
mittee had been merged. In the spring
of 1907 Mrs. Julia a. LOunt passed
away and later Mrs. j. II. Kibbey was
appointed to fill the vacancy in the
board of trustees. In March, 1908. Mrs.
Kibbey was elected president of the
club and Mrs. b. a. Fowler was elect
ed as third member of the board
of trustees The parlor in the Pres
bvterian church, corner of Third ave
nue. and Adams street. was the clubs
place Of meeting for quite time and
after that the knights of Pythias nan
on East Washington street.
In November. 1909, il was evident
that the club lot was become business
property rapidly. and hence not suitable
for a permanent club home, therefore
a lot on the corner Of First avenue
and Bennett Lane was purchased.
few months later the first lot was sold
for an amount which enabled ms to
pay in fun for the new location, The