The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
THE PRISCILLA CLUB.
TOwn'iIle Social Organization.
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SOI o'ffI al IIlOnlIlh leW Oh Inp WO-
men Of T0%nTiiic had been meeting
Informally with no special designated
object except 10 get together" These
meetings were so pleasing and such Il
break in the monotonous lives OF most
of the lomckcepers that it was decid-
ed TO call together tnosc most inter
estcd and formally organize club.
This call met with very prompt
an dcnthusiastic gathering, so in Oc-
tobcr. 1919, the Priscilla club of
To%nvillc came into being.
The purposes CT the club are SO
many one may wonder if any one
thing will be accomplished. for the
subject Of home economies.
The club meets at the different
homes OF the members on Thursday
afternoon OF each week. The women
take tHcir necdlework and there Is
always an exchange OF ideas along
this line. for all are ambitious to do
the newest and prct'iest work The
membcr& ire taking course in do
mestic science gotten up by an emf
DCTt authority on tho subject.
Features of Meetings.
Their are two papers on some part
OF this. with help from the govern
mcIt bulletin and magazines. An
other feature which is found quito
helpful rs well as very practical is
the exchange of recipes.
Each week some one designated the
week tH:orc gives true and tried
recipe for scmc article of food, easily
prepared. pleasing as well as palata-
bic. For Instance, III the study Is
bread and brcadmak!ng, then the spc-
cial recipe Is likely Some form of
bread rolls, buns or rusk II the
study Is eggs-their use. food value
aud Ways or preparing-all members
try pop-ovcrs or cup custarGs. At the
following meeting each reports her
success or failure as the case may be.
In addition to the needlework and
domestic science courses the club nas
started a library and by exchanging
books the members broaden their
views and keep abreast of the times.
Clubs Broad Object.
Tho object then OF the club is to
have every individual member beno-
fitted, her home made better, her fam
lily happier and healthier, the school
and churches of the town improved,
and the whole community benefited
by the effect OF band OF women
together for the common
good.
Being community club of a small
town the Priscilla club realized its
need of coming into contact with
other mindr ~ making its members
think of thing, outside their own
small circle. With this object in
view It asked in December. 1913, for
into the federation The
members wanted to be numbered
among those women of the South Car.
olina federation who are planning and
doing for the advancement OF the COM
mon good OF the whole state. ''The
federation VIII do us good" writes
one of the officers land we hope by
our work to show our reason for be-
ing"
The officers Of the Priscilla club
are: President. Mrs. Elias Earle:
Mrs. r. II. Price. Miss
Sallie McCarley; secretary and treas
urer. Miss JAMIE Gaines.
Mrs. Earle as Frances Whitmire
was reared IN GreenyilIe county. al
tended the public school OF the COM
At an early age she spent
one year 1T Williamson Female Col
lege. now Lander College. Having
won a scholarship from Greenville
she, completed the full four
years course at winthrop college in
1902. During her college course she
was identified with all the different
OF the college. She
held several prominent Offices in the
Literary society and was
business manager for one year of the
college annual. She was one of the
charter members Of the Winthrop
chapter, Daughters Of the Confederacy
and was president of this organiza-
tion two terms.
Eyer interested in rural life and ru
raj schools. when the South Carolina
School Improvement Association was
organized at Winthrop in 1902, ,>rshe
was the frst president. She worked
one year under DR.. Johnson's instruc-
tion' consolidating schools and organ
izing Improvement association in
county.
After her marriage to Elias Earle Of
Seneca, she was very soon numbered
among those interested in school. club
and church work. For two years sine
was president OF the Once-et- Week
Club. which did excsllent work under
her leadership.
AlteT MOVING 70 tnelr country nome,
= -Beaverdam," near Townville, she
took UP any work which
would tend to Improve conditions I'm
the community, the school and the
AS president OF the Priscilla
club she has now a broad field of use
luiness.
ANDERSON MAN,
WAS CHOSEN