The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
ELECT NEW DIRECTORS
Year Was Marked by Many Achieve.
ments Of the League and FL
naneial Report Shows
Ability.

Civic League was held in the high
school building at three o'clock Sat
urday afternoon. Reviewing reports
and the election OF officers constitut-
ed the chief items OF business. The
committee on nominations consisting
of Mrs. John Dewitt, Mrs. J. w.
Townsend and Mrs. j. B. We'll sub
mitted their report The election OF
officers and directors resulted as fol
lows:
President-Mrs Harry j. Reeves.
First vice president--Mrs John De-
Witt.
Second vice president-Mrs Joseph
]. Ayres.
Recording secretary-Miss Alexine
Leroy Reid
Corresponding secretary-Mi Ra-
chel Roberts
Treasurer-Mis Nettie Younker.
Board OF directors-Mrs. Geo. D. |
Rand, Mrs William Ballinger, Mrs. |
D. A. Collier. Mrs. ]. i. Elder, Miss
Anne B. Davis, Mrs. Eugene s. Baker,
Mrs A. E. tombstone. Mrs. James
| Cameron, ST., Mrs. John Rovane. Sr.,
Mrs w. ]. Roberts, Miss Ida G. How
ell, Mrs. Wells NJ. Irwin, Mrs. w. N.
Sage, Mrs. G. F. skirvin, Mrs. j. B.
We'll, Mrs William Logan.
i Following the business session
Mrs. Geo. D. Rand read a very excel
lent paper on Files as Carriers OF
Disease"
The report of the president Mrs.
Harry ]. Reeves, is as follows:
To the officers and members of the
Civic League: Your president for the
J year Just closing begs leave to sub
NIT the following report. The Civic
! League was organized one year ago
and at the close of its first year has
membership of one hundred and
thirty-one. We have held nine meet.
ings from September to April inclus-
= i've, the president has presided at all
except one meeting. Through the
courtesy of the board Of education
our meetings have been held in the
for the year has been on the general
subject of pure food Mrs. John De-
Witt was chairman of the program
committee and a very excellent years
program has been carried out. We
have had special addresses aside
from the papers given by members OF
the league, by DR.. A. B. Hughes, DR.
IF. NJ Fuller, Dr. c. A. Dimond OF
/ Keokuk, Mr.. NJ E. Flynn Of Burling
ton, pure food inspector for this dis
trict; Dr. Thompson OF Waterloo
state dairy inspector; DR. A. E. Keep
ford, lecturer for the state board o.
control, and by Miss Katherine Mar
tin of the University Of Chicago. In
= January we held two days pure
food exhibit in the library building
\ which was very well attended by the
n general public. The league assisted
in clean up day last spring. A spe
cial feature Of our work was inter
esting the school children by talks II
every building given by members Of
the league.
Other Activities.
This year we have appointed lieu
tenants and are aiding in all ways
clean up day Mrs. George D. Rani
is general chairman OF the ward com
mittees in charge. The league through
it's committee on the sanitary dispose
Of garbage, OF which committee Miss
Anne B. Davis Is chairman has made
wide investigation Of the plans o.
other cities in disposing of the city
waste. The committee talked with
the city officials, with Major Meigs
and others OF the Industrial Associa
ton and every housekeeper in the
city hopes that disposal plant O
some sort will be established in this
city to handle the garbage and waste
" Miss Ida G.. Howell and Mrs. Wells
M. Irwin acting as a committee from
the league had the old iron drinking
fountain removed from Main stree
a and bubbling drinking fountains pu
in their places. The Woman's clul
rk and the league paid the expense 0
nd these fountains. The committee OIL
an gardens of which Mrs. James Youni
vi Is chairman is now conducting gal
den contest among the school chi
ne dren of the city. Visits were mad
es to the public school buildings In tn
III city and talks made to interest tn
be children in making of gardens. Seed
were distributed free to the childre
and many have entered the contes
tn. In many cities and villages in thi
nj country and in European countrie
1t school gardens are maintained; fe
& various reasons this was not practi
G. able here and the individual garde
was the best substitute The int