Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-30
FIELD SECRETARY WOODWARD
TALKS ON FAIRGROUNDS
Association Secured a Number of New
Members-Unabie to Use the Lam
tern

There were nearly fifty in attendance
at the meeting of the Fairgrounds as
ISOLATION in Town hall Monday eve
ming, which was a public affair ar
ranged for the purpose of interesting
as many as possible in the work.
Tubbs' band was in attendance and
gave a number of selections after s
o'clock which were thoroughly appre-
ciated and roundly applauded.
President ]. B. Stanton presided at
the meeting and expressed the hope
that the association would be able to
dc much more work this year than
last, it being the idea of this meeting
to get started early and have all be-
come boosters for the Fairgrounds.
Treasurer John NJ. Lee reported the
| receipts for last year to have been
, s251.50. with expenses Of 1925, leav-
ing a balance of $3.50. He read the
list of members as follows:
Life Members-Charles L. Hubbard,
Mrs. Charles L. Hubbard, Mrs. Will
lam H, Palmer, Mrs. George Rowland,
Miss Ella Norton.
Sustaining Memberships. John D.
Hall, Arthur H. Brewer, Mrs. M. H.
c. Mitchell Mrs. William N. Black
stone, Mrs. Frank L, Woodland. Mrs.
Louisa G. Lane, Mrs. Oliver L. John
| sen, Mrs. John Eccles, George A. Da-
Wis, DR.. L. B. Amy, Charles Bard, Mrs.
| Charming Huntington, James E.
Moore, A Friend George II. Pratt, A.
| Mitchell, John Porteousy Mrs. c. D.
Noyes, James L. Case, George W. Car
roll, A. J. Dawley, William A. Aiken,
Mrs William A. Aiken.
Active Memberships. r. C. Jones,
Mrs George D. Colt. Mrs. w. H.
Shields, w. r. Burnham, Mrs. ]. D,
| Haviland, Daniel S, Haviland, Mrs
! r w. Perkins, Mrs. F. T, Sayles, Jo-
| seph L. Dat, M. P. Fitzgerald, Irwin
| G. Elmer, Charles D. Noyes, P. F.
| Murtagh, E. A. Tracy ]. C. Averill
William Caruthers, Albert Boardman
| DR.. P. J. Cassidy, Mrs. Jane e. Cas-
| sidy, John B. Stanton, Arthur L. Peale
John NJ. Lee, Mrs. H. J. Dawley, O
| f.. Wulf, Louis R Porteous, Gilbert
S. Raymond, Charles H. Haskell John
Mckinley, William H Shields Murphy
| & McGarry, Hattie A. Harris. Marian
T. Swan, William NJ McCord. Mrs
| Samuel B Case. Miss Mary Porteous
HRS. Henry F. UImer, Mrs. F w. Cary
Mrs. Smith. F. l.. Newton, A. A
| Browning, Henry A. Tirrell, Mrs. M
| Huntington, Miss e. B. Huntington
Francis P. McN9mara, ]. D. Haviland
| William d. Tillson.
Several were received during the
evening.
The officers Of the association are:
| President, John B. Stanton: vice presi-
| dents. T. c. Murphy, Gilbert S. Ray
| mond; secretary, Arthur L. Peale;
treasurer, John M. Lee; directors. Mrs
Charles l.. Hubbard, Mrs c. D. Moves
| Mrs John D. Hail, Mrs Jane E. Cassi-
| dy, Charles H. Haskell, John Mckinley
Daniel S. Haviland and Henry A. Tir.
| rell.
President Stanton stated that it wa:
hoped $1,000 could be raised for thu
work this year, as it is needed to carr!
out the plans. He stated that the an.
nual meeting will be held the fourth
Monday in February and he thought i
would be q public meeting.
AS the speaker Of the evening Presi
dent Stanton introduced T. c. Wood
ward of New York, field secretary O
the Playground and Recreation asso
citation of America, terming him a pla!
engineer.
Mr. Woodward had planned to Civ,
an illustrated lecture, but in gettin!
the lantern ready fuse in the lighting
system of the hall had been blown GU
and could not be located, so that thu
lantern could not be operated.
Mr. Woodward, however, spoke upoI
the work. saying that this was his frs
visit to New England, though he hat
travelled nearly the entire country
This work, he declared is no fad or ex
pertinent. Play is an old institution
and the greatest play nation, Greece
died 1000 years before this nation wa.
born.
The services of the field secretarie
are in great demand there being IS
cities. three states and churches an,
schools calling for their services. Thi
! shows that 1t has passed the sentime2