El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-23
SUMMER HOME FOR
GIRLS DEDICATED
Y. W. c.. A. Home at Cloud
croft Is Opened-Many
Weekend Visitors.

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/ CIoudcroft, N. NJ, June 23-with
( appropriate services the Y. ". c. A
/ vacation cottage was opened and dedi-
Gated Sunday afternoon. The service
( began with the hymn. Holy, Holy,
! Holy" followed by sentences Of
thanksgiving read in unison. Mrs. H
, B. Durkee read the scripture selec-
/ ton. Rev. c. Il Overstreet, of the
/ First Presbyterin church. made the
I dedicatOry address. commenting on the
Z purpose of the cottage A Moldan
I sang a solo. Miss Florence Hanson,
I the secretary of the Y. ". C. A, pre-
/ sided over the exercises and expressed
/ the associations appreciation Of the
/ E. p & s ". railroad. by whom the
/ lots for the cottage were donated OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. b. Stevens who per-
/ sonally looked after the building OF
the cottage; to frost & frost VINO
contributed the plans for the cottage,
/ and to all of the people who have as
Z sisted by funds and supplies me eA-
Z erCises closed with the singing OF
{ America in unison
! Miss Florence Hanson. Miss Della
/ Kiefer, Miss Maud Kiefer, Miss Amy
/ Baker Miss A Berry and Mrs H. D.
| Durkee came from FL Paso Tor the
opening of the cottage Miss Hanson
and Mrs. Durkee returned Monday
Mrs. 81. 7. Bowie will be in charge
| Of the cottage FOR the coming week
| CIoudcroft is now in the best cOndi-
! ton in the history Of the resort ana
the community system Of government
/ has proved to be great success, as
Z shown by the annual report Of the Of
I ficers Of the ClOudcrOft directory,
which has recently been issued for the
I Information Of the property owners IN
( the mountain resort
Annual Directory Report.
This annual report shows that i'm
provements have been made in the
/ streets, sewers and walks OF the noun
! tain resort During the year there have
been $3.50 feet Of graveled streets and
I $3.50 feet Of sidewalks put down. A
warden has been employed for the year
and the good results are shown by the
fact that not q single cottage or any
other property has been mOleSted since
his employment The pavilion has been
improved BY the directory in order TO
! bring back the old community spirit
| of ClOudcrOft The interior has been
newly decorated. rugs placed on the
l floors, new windows added and the pa
/ vlltOn made q central meeting and rec
reatiOn place for the entire reserVa-
ton Bi-Weekly dances are held there,
4 at which any who live in the reserva-
ton may attend Practically all dwell
ings are connected with the new sewer
system and an efficient scavenger ser
vice has been established this year, i'm
proving the sanitary conditions until
they are now almost perfect
The streets viii be lighted this year
all night and the-directOry viii care for
the cost Of this all night service. This
has necessitated the employment Of an
all night man at the power plant.
The annual meeting for the election
Of five directors will be held on July
18th and proxies have been asked for
from all who are unable to attend in
person The report Of the directory is
signed by u s Stewart, as president
and H. B. Stevens, secretary.
Sundays Excursion.
sunday train brought a large num-
Der Of eXcursiOnists to enjoy the cool
ness OF the mountain air. Some of
me sunday guests at the Lodge were
Nal Manus McCIOsky and Cant C. n
Jones, Of the Third Field artillery. at
Fort Bliss; A. p. Christian and Miss
cora webb, Of High Rolls; Mr.. and
mrs J. Ftte, FL Paso; r. r. BOndu-
rant and +. r Bondurant- of San An
tonic Mrs o. NJ Mcbride Fl Paso;
" r Hood, San Antonio: A L. Keevil
Il o. Kane, Miss Mabelle Bowden and
NJ b, Ledford, Of FL PasO.
Saturday Dance.
The weekly dance Saturday night
at the Lodge was well attended by Ell
Faso people. As the number Of chill
dren and young people among the cot
JaSe residents is now quite large the
Lodge management is planning for
some separate dances Just for the
younger set. so that the floor will not
be overcrowded for the Saturday night
dances
Picnic at Deer Head.
Saturday morning bunch Of cot
tagers walked out to Deer Head and
had a delightful picnic In the party
were Mr.. and Mrs H. D. Slater r. T.
B51urges, MI and Mrs L T. Dewey. Mrs.
Allce motifs. Misses Jane Burgess,
Helen Stewart Helen Murdoch, Fran
ces Earl, Catherine Foster Lima Par
ker, Bernice Brick, Ethel Crawford.
LLorrlne Meyer. Ruth Dewey, Mary
DeWey, Ruth Moore Morris. Elizabeth
Morris. Birdie krupp and W. NJ Petit
colas. Lloyd PeticOlas Hubert Sharpe.
CHARLES Overstreet. Francis BrOaddus.
MOI organ Broaddus. Bruce Beyan. James
WaIer. David motifs, Fred Humphreys, /
Paul Humphreys. Maurine Breck. and
George Blefer and Buster Biggs. Of the
y NJ C. A. camp at Mountain Park
Up for the Dance
H. H. Han. Frank Cannon, Milton
Shedd Robert Craig. F. w. Roberts
3. H. Dengen, D. Heinies and B. B.
McGinsey, Of FL Paso. were week
enders at the Lodge, who came up 70
attend the Saturday night dance
John w. Moss, of Fl PasO. and F. Z. I
Moss. of Lakeland. Florida, spent the I
weekend at the Lodge
Harry Walk came up Saturday and I
STAYED until Sunday night
Mr. and Mrs J. J. Crawford and 4
daughter spent Saturday and Sunday I
at the Lodge from FL PasO.
Weekend Visitors.
Miss Meta Ormsbee and Miss Nellie Z
Gilliard spent the weekend with Miss I
EllinOr POrcher, at Tip Top cottage.
coming up Saturday and returning
Monday.
Mrs Harry Pateman has returned to {
Paso, after a short visit with Miss I
EllinOr POrcher.
B. r. Klein. OF FL Paso. spent the
weekend with Donald Davis. Mr..
Davis returned to FL Paso Monday
after spending two weeks in Cloud
croft
Miss Emma Hoffman. Miss Leonie
Schlemmer. Miss Frieda Schlemmer
and Miss Anna Keune spent the week