The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-24
Hancock Department
MOMENTS CIVIC
CLUB new NAME
LADIES OF HANc COCK AND
HouGHToN TO MEET AND
MAKE FURTHER PLANS
FOR WORK.

"The Women's Civic Club Of Portage
Lake" is the name selected by the Ia
dies of Hancock and Houghton who
have enlisted their efforts i'm behalf of
the movement to extend the work of
the Girls Recreation club, and who
have hitherto struggled along without
any specific appellation for their or
ganization. The name was decided up
on at a meeting Saturday afternoon
In the parlors of the Scott hotel, IT
being chosen by ballot from variety
of names submitted. The constitution
and bylaws prepared by the commit
tee recently appointed for the purpose
offered the results Of MS labors for
approval and each section was balloted
upon separately, with a verdict OF ac-
ceptance. The purposes of the club
are to assist and entertain the girls of
Hancock by providing pleasant and
comfortable reading rooms and recrea-
ton pastimes and arrangements are
being made for securing suitable quar-
tiers. The quarters most favored are
a suite of rooms I'm the Schneider
building on Quincy street, ami 1T Isl
thought possible that these may be Sc
lected and fitted up by the club.
The offices of president ana vice
president of the club are still unified
the ladies who were under considera-
ton for these Offices having as yet
failed to signify their Willingness to.
serve.
The work of the ladies who are en-
deavorlng TO provide attractive meet
ing places and recreation for the girls
of the city has attracted the attention
of a local gentleman who has given
the subject of civic clubs considerable
study. and who has from time to time
strongly ADVOCATED the establishment
of a building in Hancock, where not
only clubs. but everybody In the com
immunity might meet for social pur-
poses He suggests that consideration
might be given to a plan for erecting
building. not necessarily just now
hut sometime when conditions VIII
hermit. which should be a meeting
Mace for all residents. n sort of neigh
borhood club with reading rooms,
swimming pools, entertainment par
lors, and a large central hall for pub
lie meetings. Some of the local socle-
ties have to a certain extent under
taken such institutions as for instance
the Finnish temperance society, the st
Josephs Y. NJ. G. c. and the Finnish
Socialists. but the use of these is linz
tied and can only be enjoyed by the
public at large on special occasions.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton in some cities fill the need indi-
Gated to some extent, but there are
drawbacks even to there which prevent
their being generally enjoyed by all
classes of the community.
The sort of a civic club which the
gentleman referred 10 has in mlnd'
would be modelled somewhat along the
lines of such an institution located at
Graniteville. n. G., which occupies a
co.. GEO building donated by a prom
inent manufacturer. 1t has bowling
alleys. shower baths, toilet rooms
swimming pool library with 5000 vol =
unes. daily papers and magazines II
game room for men and ore FOR Ia
dies. pool and Billiard tables, and a
large hall GO by so feet with seating
capacity for 500 a nominal charge oil
three dollars year is made for the
use of the building.
A suggestion has been made that
such features be incorporated IN the
new school building To be erected mere
but objection Is made to this thai II
would require too much room thit
should be given UP for school purposes.
BESIDES which the experience with the
library located in the high schooi
shows that the mere fact of its being
connected with the school for sGme
reason appears to initiate against tho
nublic availing then-sclves OF the OPP
portunity to secure hooks to the ex-
tent that they should.