The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-21
XVI DIRK OF WOMEN'S
CLUBS THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE D

The Fortnightly club at Mandan
completed its year of study work at
last weeks meeting the lesson being
on Australia. Today the members are
being entertained at an Australian
luncheon given at the home of Mrs.
John sullivan by Mrs. Sullivan. Mrs.
Newton Badger and Mrs. Toney. The
program for next year will also be dis
Cussed TODAY,
The ladies of the Civic league at
Rugby gave a big ball on Wednesday
night OF this week in which they rails
ed a substantial sum of money which
will revert to a fund which the ladies
are securing for the cleaning up of the
streets there. Several Minot people
who were at Rugby We're ont of town
guests at the ball and state that the
ladies have been VERY successful in
their work of making Rugby more at
tractive.
Tn their firm determination to have
a clean city the ladies of the Mandan
Civic league have petl1ioned the city
commissioners to rigidlN enforce the
citN's ordinance which makes it a mis-
demeanor to throw paper or refuse on
the street or in tho alleys miles in
garbage ans. The health officer has
been instructed to sec that this ordin-
ance is obeyed. and to promptly re-
port anyone known to he violating 1t.
A fine of $40 to $50 is provided. with
incarceration until paid in full.
This evening at Williston will occur
the last of a series of entertainments
which have been given under the aus
! pieces of the literary N musical sec
tlons of the Womcn's Civic league. 1t
is to be another national evening and
America will be featured. Various
representative American types are
featured for the event and a typical
American program is being arranged.
Refreshments will be served and the
customary silver collection will be
taken to hc used in promoting civic
work this
Mrs. r. A.. Spraeur who returned
hut a few days ago from Eottineau
where she was so ROYALTY entertained
during the district conN nntion and met
women from about twenty women's
clubs of the state SAYS that Grand
FORKS people will have to keep at their
knitting in order to live up to the
reputation they have established as
l'ossess"rs of a city of cleanliness She
says Grand Forks has been heard of
everywhere M that the women who
win attend the state federation meet
ing here next October are anXionsiy
waiting to see this model city. 1t is
zap To tho Civic league members and
citizens to see that lone arc disap-
pointed.
The Caeselton Wtoman's club is to
plant flowers i'm the depot park beds
being now prepared. The park board
is considering a fence for this same
park if il is desired by the citizens.
This is to be decided after they take
over tho mark from tho Cify. in u-1onco
control it still remains. 1t is certain
that the little place nf trees and grass
can he made a beauty spot and it
ought to be done.
The Mandan Tavcl club entertained
i'm homo of Miss Ethel Cockburn on
Tuesday evening at the w. A. %1.anter-
man homo. Miss Cockburn has hcen
ono of the high school teachers dur
ing h past three Years, and as soon
as the present year is out sinc will
leave the city. The club members pre-
scented Miss C'ockhnrn With a silver
cold meat fork with the name of tho
club engraved on it as a ement of
1.-The occasion,