The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26
At the Splendid Banquet and Annual
Meeting Held at the
Trinity M. E.
Church.
AN ELABORATE SPREAD
Two Entertaining Addresses, Excel
lent Music and Fine Showing
in the Reports of
Officers.

Methodist church last evening of the
/ Young Woman's Christian association
was observed by a delightful dinner
at which 266 were present The din
! ner was served in the great basement
dining room of the church, had tur-
/ key for the chief piece, and was as
good as is usual, which is saving
much 1t was enlivened by series
of vocal stunts by the Geneva club of
the organization, composed of num-
Der of young women who had attend
/ ed the convention last year at Lake
Geneva They gave salutation to the
president, secretaries and Mrs. Byers,
the guest of honor, that brought forth
much applause.
Rev. r. W. Lilley invoked the di-
4 vine presence at the dinner, which
was served by members of the socie-
I ty. At its close Mrs. c. d. Streeter,
I president of the association gave
a brief and well chosen adj
/ dress OF welcome to the guests of
4 the association. Mrs. Streeter pre-
sided ever the program following.
Miss Edna O'Harra, the general secre-
tary, gave the annual report of her Of
flee, and in doing SO made an appeal
for boarding homes for girls in kec-
kuk under the auspices of the society.
She was warmly applauded for the
suggestion Mrs. Covell, treasurer of
the association, made report that
showed SS,4OO had passed through her
hands the last year for association
purposes, including the cafeteria.
Miss Edna O'Harra the very eff
Gent and active local general secre-
tary of the association made an inter-
esting and satisfactory report which
showed that year ago at this time
there We're only 391 members, while
last night there were $40 names EN-.
rolled upon the membership list. Ur
to January, 1911, there had been very
Q little done in extension work and there
was no organized club in the associa
ton. There are now five clubs, three
of which are extension clubs with a
membership of 400 disconnected from
the $40 names in the association mem
!. bership. OF the eight cities inyesti
). gated, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids. Bur
lington, Fort Dodge, Quincy, Peoria
0 and Ottumwa, Keokuk smaller in pop
ultion, yet the local association OF
0 Keokuk ranks first in extension work
and in proportion to population ranks
first in membership, the amount OF
0 subscriptions and the total size oil
the budget. In other words Keokuk
spends about 50 per member while
the other cities spend about Sc or 81
5 per member. Miss O'Harra spoke
pleadingly for the gymnasium worl
and for the play grounds. She alst
lies that have been helped by the as
ISOLATION in food and clothing, ant
70 suggested that the city should pro
vide this charity or furnish the asso
i. citation With the necessary funds t.
e. carry on the work which is not reall.
10 the field in which the Y. w. C. A. il
intended to work.
10 Following the secretary's repor
came that Of Mrs. Flora Wilson Co
veil, treasurer of the association whicl
showed that there were no unpai
IS bills The receipts for the year wer
sS,321.S5; cash on hand at the be
ginning of last year $79.05, making
so total of $500. 90. Expenditure
SS,103 30 Cash on hand January
1912. 1896. 90. The expenses wer
itemized.
so Mrs. H. S. Butler, accompanie
by Miss Myrtle Davidson at the piano
sang "a Little Stranger in the Teacup
st and rewarded an insistent encore
singing again.
lie. Mrs. Streeter introduced H.
90 Butler, secretary of the Men and R
ligion Forward Movement. to tell {
lst some of the local conditions in Ke
kuk. Mr. Butler stated he did not Xix
the job of telling the underside {
20 things, but he went into it with a DEF
mite purpose. He urged the establis
ment CT social centers, a matron {
IN the union station, a loan fund for d
TX pendent girls, a more rigid chape
onage of school affairs, and boardin
to home Giving the reasons for some
these things. Mr.. Butler told of tt
an impressions he had gained in sho
residence in Keokuk-that the eli
ed was no worse in these respects tina
most places, but that the growing ]
ex- dustrial prospects meant present co
On, ditions should be met and overcon
before they were multiplied by
H. larger population.
The Glee club of the associate
he sang after the talk, giving new We
ch sion of Dear Old Queer Old Keokul
i'd and Mrs. Byers, who is high offici
of the association with the Dakota
$, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska with
ge. her field, gave an address that We
she said, almost a talk to her neig
st. bors, since she had lived here yea