The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-10-23
THE FIFTH DISTRICT CIVIC
LEAGUE.
The League Holds Enthusiastic Meet
ing-WiIl Raise Funds For Milk
Station-Miss Holmes Lectures.

i Another important meeting of the
Fifth District Civic League was held
Monday night at the residence Of Mrs.
j. T. Huckins, where a good crowd Of
/ interested ladies assembled for tht
purpose of taking up further the wor,
of having established here milk sta
/ ton to be operated under the auspices
/ of the Child Welfare Association.
Some time ago DR.. ButterwOrth, the
president of the association, gave
/ lecture 10 the members of the Civic
/ League and told them about its work
and gave his assurance of cooperation
with the League At the last meeting
| Miss Holmes, one of the trained nurs-
es connected with the League. made
an address TO the ladies in which she
gave an outline as to how the work is
accomplished and the amount of mon
| ey required to carry it on II was
! pointed out that it would require al
/ least $500 month TO have station
on this side of the river and the wom-
en- of the Fifth District Civic League
have pledged themselves to raise this
money for the welfare of the poor lit
| tie tots in this district. Ii was pro-
posed by Mrs. HuCkins that a subscrip-
ton be presented TO the different mer-
chants and other public spirited men
OF our district, asking them to sub
scribe to a certain amount monthly
for year or more. IL as proposed
that the sum of 30 cents per month be
asked and this amount from the num-
Der of subscribers would insure the
necessary funds.
The women of the Civic League will
start out at once on this campaign and
we have every confidence in their abil-
Iity that before the announced time.
January LIST, they will have in their
possession a sufficient guarantee to go
ahead with the noble work
Again are these ladies to be con-
graduated for the interest in our well
fare and especially in this noble cause.
According to DR.. O'Reilly's report l..
September, he says: Number OF
deaths of children under two years
from diarrhoeal diseases approximate
ly 500 less than the month previ-
GUS This statement of DR.. O'Reilly's
means much. 1t means that the pure
milk that has been given to the chill
dren by the Child Welfare Association,
has been in way responsible for this
great decrease in the death rate.
The Fifth District Civic League has
started out well in their undertakings.
They have already to their credit many
improvements that they can point to
with pride and the establishment here
of a milk station will certainly be APP
preciated by the hundreds of the poor
who will be glad to avail themselves
of this grand opportunity.
At the meeting a vote of thanks was
extended to those who furnished the
funds for the expense of the opening
of the Fairgrounds. They were as fol- |
lows: Theo. ]. Lala, J. p. Vezien, Dr. |
NJ o. Carey, NJ. ]. Rooney, E. j. Mothe, |
VIM. H. Ward, Hy. Umbach, Andrew
Abascal and J. E. Huckins. A vote of |
thanks was rendered also to Mr.. |
Stems of the Johnson Iron Works for
the loan of lumber and to Frank C. |
Hymel and Sylvanie Gravois for SER
vices
The next meeting of the League will
take place in Belleville Annex