Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-10
MRS. BAWDEN
is PRESIDENT
HOnored at Organization
Meeting of Perth Amboy Day
Nursery Assn. Yesterday.
CHOOSE MANAGING BOARD
Credit to Woman's Club for
Starting institution Con
stitution and Bylaws.

Mrs. William H. Bawden, wife of
the pastor OF the First Baptist
church, and one Of the most enter
pristng and active workers among
the members Of the WOman's Club
in the organization of the Perth Am
boy Day Nursery, was elected presi.-
dent of the association at its on ami.
zation meeting yesterday afternoon
in the Presbyterian chapel Mrs.
BaWden IS chairman of the commit
tee Of the Woman's Club In charge Of
promoting the idea of the Day Nur-
sery and IS acquainted with every
detail of the purposes and present
accomplishments of the newly Or
ganized body.
Former Judge Adrian Lyon, who
| acted as temporary chairman dur
ing the organization Of the associa-
| tion, spoke in high terms of the
ability OF Mrs. BaWden as presiding
officer. He referred to her untiring
effort in promoting the idea and In
formed the members gathered that
they had indeed chosen wisely in Sc
lecting this prominent lady for the
presidency. Mrs. Bawden, in assum-
Ing the leadership, made a few re-
+N1'N' iA' NS'ANNi iiAht 8 lbV pdbl dtJlN ltltS
OF the members in establishing
Day Nursery in this city and request
ed that this support be continued.
She invited all to attend the OPEN
ing day, which will be celebrated on
I date Yet unsolicited and requested
the Woman's Club, again, to recall
that 1t will be Donation Day" as
we'll
Features of BY Laws.
Two important features of the in
teresting set of bylaws adopted,
published herewith, pertain to mem
bership In the association and the
fact that children of widows and wo-
men working daily for the support
OF their families VIII be given the
preference at the cosy little home.
Amy person who contributes one dol
lar Or more annually to the support
Of the association can become a.
member by having thei rname pro-
posed to the Board of Managers and
elected thereby. Article Five of the
bylaws provides that preference
shall be given to the children of
widows and mothers who are obliged
to support their families" and this
alone illustrates the purposes of the
! association.
The nomination committee, COM
| posed OF Mrs. Henry Dillon, Mrs.
| V. Z. Booth and Miss Frances Kent,
made the nominations, which were
! approved unanimously by the mem
bers assembled and declared elected
by ballot cast by Mrs. A. j. Rossi.
acting as temporary chairman. Miss
Mary e. Vaughan and Miss Agnes
Kant acted as tellers
| Officers Are Elected.
Following were the officers elect
ed: President, Mrs. William H. Baw-
den; first vice president, Mrs.
Adrian Lyon. second vice president,
Mrs. Frank L. Antisell; treasurer,
Mrs. Thomas B. Doe; secretary, Miss
Katherine L. Mccormick; board Of
managers. (three years., Mrs. John
K. Bryan. Mrs. Axel 8. Olsen, Mrs.
Ambrose P. Kennedy, Mrs. John A.
Donegan, Mrs. Adolph Greenbaum,
Mrs. Helen Stafford, Miss Alma
Widerstromi (two years. Mrs. C. H.
Edwards Mrs. Albert Rappold, Mrs,
Peter c. Olsen, Mrs. Herman Philo,
Mrs. Leo Goldberger, Miss Helen
! Metzner. Miss A. Rita Langan; Zone
year,, Mrs. Albert Leon, Mrs Par
sons, Mrs. Hugo Du Bois. Mrs. @.
r. Abel, Mrs. l. r. Robbins, Mrs.
Alfred T. Perchard and Miss Agnes
Kant.
The committee on constitution
and bylaws, composed of Mrs.
Charles n. Fletcher, Miss Jane Huff
ford and Miss Caroline e. KimbaIl.
reported set which was later adopt
ed. In taking the matter from the
table, 1t was moved that the sections
be adopted separately, which caused
a small division among those as
sembled But, on second ballot, It
was found that a majority approved
of the section by section idea. In
adopting the articles referring to a
quorum. Miss Ruth Fletcher ques-
toned the idea of having only seven
members Of the Board Of Managers
constitute a quorum, when twenty
six belong to the board, but the
article was unanimOusl adopted
after short debate. The constitu-
tiOn and bylaws are as follows:
Constitution.
article Name and object.
The name OF this association shall
be the Perth Amboy Day Nursery.
Its object shall be the care of
young children by the day while
their parents or guardians are at
work.
Article T-Membership. Any
person who contributes 81 or more
annually to the support of the Nur-
sery may become a member by nav
ing his or her name proposed to the
Board of Managers and by being
elected thereby,
Article III.-Officers and duties.
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