The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-04
Club
AGAIN ACTIVE
OPENING FOR YEAR IS
MOST ENTHUsIAs-
TIC.
MEMBERS WILL TAKE CHARGE
OF WEST V1RGINIAN FOR
ONE DAY.

opening lot Tie year Vi TIE rdIiMou
Woman's club and the member
turned out in large numbers. TIL
meeting was marked by great en-
thusiasm and It is predicted that th,
club viii be unusually active alont
IAN lines during the club year.
| Mrs. Howard N. Ogden, the clul
president. presided. assisted by Mis-
Edith Henry as secretary.
The chairman of the department.
and the heads Of standing commit
tees made excellent reports of thu
previous years work and outlined
plans for the ensuing year.
Mrs. B. L.!Butcher read a compre
hensive paper Quilting the work o
the past year Of the civic depart
ment and the work contemplated fol
the year just beginning. Each mem'
her Of the club is member of the
civic department and great plans
are under consideration for the bet
terment of the city along civic lines
Mrs. Butcher complimented the
newspapers on their courtesy to this
department in cspousing their cause
in the many improvements under
taken by them.
Mrs. George DcBolt outlined in an
interesting manner the plans for th1
literature and art department in the
absence of the chairman Of this de-
partment, Mrs. 0. l. Woodley.
Several changes have been made
in the club. 1t formerly was divid'
cd into six departments, but this has
been changed and these six depart
ments combined under two heads
The literature and art department
with Mrs. o. l. Woodlcy as chairman
and the department of household
economics, with Mrs, l.. i. Bowers
Us chairman.
Standing committees were ap'
pointed with their heads as Follows.
civic, Mrs. Bernard l.. Butcher; mu'
sic. Mrs. Lucian n. Yost; juvenile
Mrs. Perry c. McBee; social, Mrs
Conrad A. sipe; membership, Mrs
Clyde 4. Hutchinson; program, Mis-.
i. +. Hartley, house, Mrs. Richard
Gilkeson.
Delegates were announced to at
tend the State Federation of Wom'
ans Clubs which meets at Hunting
ton aud ale as follows:
Mesdames T. |. Brett, ]. w. Nc
Donald. John W. Mason, Jr., George
DeBolt, ]. F. Richie, Kari Schocw, l..
G. Race, o. I. Woodley, NJ. L. Ash
craft, c. Fl. Smoot, Miss Edith Hen
ry, Miss Ida Stone. The altcrnatcs
arc Mesdames j. A. Fickinger, w. \.
Wcidchusch, Il. A. Shurtleff, r. e.
jones G. NJ. Alexander, Tusca Nor
ris, j. S. Sheridan, Edwin Robinson,
f. E. Nichols, W.. l. Lydtc, NJ. l.
Hutchinson, Mss Ruth Kelley.
Special music selections when
were much enjoyed by the club yes
tcrday, were two vocal solos by Mrs.
Brooks fleming, Jr., accompanied
by Miss Louise Nichols. and piano
solo by Miss Hazel Book, Of Farm,
ington.
The club has many plans outlined
for the year, among which will be
the establishment and maintenance
of a rest room for farmers wives and
children. Fairmont has no place oil
this character to which country pco-
pic can retire when visiting this
city and this plan will meet with
hearty favor.
Upon the invitation extended by
the West Virginian for the club t"
edit an issue of that paper, the :lIs'
unanimously voted to accept, the NJ
Ter and will at an early date tu%e
complete control of the West i.'Tgtn-
ian office for one day, and get out
the paper from cover to cover unas-
sisted by the force Of this paper.
The Year Books were distributed
yesterday and are splcndidly gotten
up and contain comprehensive out
line of the work to be pursued BY
the departments during the year.
The officers for the year are:
President, Mrs. II, N. Ogden; first
vice president, Mrs. John II. Hough;
second vice president, Mrs. samue,
]. Brobst; recording secretary, Miss
Edith Holmes Henry; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. John W. Mason, Jr.;
treasurer, Mrs. NJ. L. Aslcraft.
MEny predict this year to be the
best year in the history Of the Wo
mans Club.
The business session was followe1
yesterday by the annual autumn tea
and refreshments were served.