Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-09
CLUB FIGHTS SHY
OF SUFFRAGE PLEA
First Warders of East Orange
Table Request for Dis
cussion of Question.

School improvement, increased troll
ley transportation and the establish
ment of new park were the princi-
pal features discussed at the meeting
last night of the executive committee
of the First Ward Local Interest
Club, at the home of James A. Skin
ner, "a Boyden street, East Orange,
last night.
John w. Noble reported that letter
had been received from Miss Clara
de L. Berg, who asked that an oppor-
tunity be given the members of the
club to discuss woman suffrage. The
matter was laid on the table for fur
Their consideration.
Daniel Hoyt, for the committee on
transportation. said that a number
of conferences had been held with
the Public Service officials, and that
it was still their opinion that the only
feasible route for the new trolley line
was to branch off Dodd street, near
Brighton avenue, from the Orange
and Passaic Valley line, and then go
by trestle across the lots till SPRING
dale avenue is reached. The route
could then proceed along the latter
thoroughfare to Fourteenth street
and to Orange street, Newark.
Mrs. Josephine Soverel, the owner
of a large tract of land, the bed of
former Springdale lake, which ex-
tends along Dodd street, was reported
by William B. DAILY, chairman of the
committee on parks and Fairgrounds,
to be willing to sell her property for
playground purposes. Efforts are to
be made with the City Council and
the Park Commission to have the
grounds purchased.
Mr.. DAILY also reported that he had
received letter from Alonzo Church,
secretary of the Essex County Park
Commission, in which he stated, in
reply to a query that it would be i'm
possible to place tennis courts in the
southern section of Watsessing Park,
in the East Orange territory, but that
they would be laid out in the spring
in a convenient section of the part
lying in Bloomfield.
The institution of the home and
school department of the club, which
is to be associated with the Home
and School League of the Oranges
was formally made. The executive
committee will retain its control in
the organization. Franklin P. Miller
suggested that the department take
up the matter of a revision of the
curriculum and give the pupils more
of the fundamentals and less of the
fads of the day. His suggestion was
referred to the section.
Wayne NJ. French in his report Cd
the increase of membership said that
500 copies of a letter in which a brief
history of the club had been given
had been mailed to citizens of the
ward requesting them to join the
club. The organization is now in its
fifth year and has an enrolment of
about 300 of the well-known people
of the ward. The motto of the or
ganization is Promote the Interests
of the First Ward
The dinner to be given for the MEM
bers and their women friends on Fri
after the chairman, James A. Skin
ner, had presented a report. The
speakers are to be Rev. w. Warren
Giles, pastor of the First Reformed
Church, East Orange, and w. Give
Crosby, ssemblyman-ele of East
Orange. Dancing will be a feature
of the evening. The annual ladies'
night entertainment will be given on
Monday night, February %.
David L. Pierson, who has been as
ISOLATED with the club from the be-
ginning, spoke of the many historical
places in the ward which should be
photographed, of the spirit exhibited
| by the club and the excellent work
accomplished. Mr.. and Mrs. Skinner
then entertained the committee with
refreshments after the meeting.