Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23
MRS FAWCETT WILL
REMAIN PRESIDENT

! Members of the Women'S Ten Thou
sand Club yesterday held their regu-
lar business session at Davis hall
Mrs. w. S. Fawcett, who has been
abser5 for some time. presided at the
meeting. For some time the resigna
tion of Mrs. Fawcett has been under
the consideration of the club, as she
had been obliged to drop the work
! for various reasons, but at the request
of the members of the club Mrs. Faw-
Cett has consented to continue to hold
the office.
Eleven new members were added to
the enrolment of the club, making a
! total of fifty members who have
joined since October l.. The names
read Yesterday were: Laura B. Owen,
Mrs. William Bernhard, Mrs. David
Russell, Marie A. Lewis, Mrs. T. NJ.
Gill, Jr., Mrs. l.. L. Foster, Mrs. L..
w. Scholes, Mrs. r. 2. Whitelaw, Mrs.
A. w. Howe, Miss Nell McGlynn and
Miss Nellie Burke.
Among the subjects discussed was
the plan of the California Women'a
Federation to patronize the industry
of the United States manufactured
cotton goods. With sufficient support
along this line it is believed the great
army Of unemployed can be decreased
through work in the cotton fields.
| AS memebr of the California Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, the local
club will be represented at the an
nual convention, to be held from the
10th 70 the 18th of November, by Mes
DANES Paris, holland, Nuffer, Thacker,
Sargent and Whitescarver.
Mrs. Josephine C. Pier has put
forth earnest and conscientious efforts
in the club work and it is with re-
gret that the club accepts her resig-
nation as secretary of the organiza-
ton.
The philanthropic section of the
club, with Mrs. Flora McKusick as
chairman, discussed plans to benefit
the unemployed and destitute.
A coming attraction to be held at
1.-THE Holt Opera House will be ''The
Pirates of Penzance," given under the
auspices Of the Women's Ten Thou
sand Club.
A proclamation read before the club
yesterday was to the effect that the
oath Of October has been set aside
as Pioneer Women's day, in honor of
the brave women who came across
the plains in 1849 to settle the then
wild state of California. A monument
is. to be erected in the Panama Expo
sition grounds at San Francisco which
lis to cost $25,0OO.
Vote California Dry
Brawley School About Completed
According to an announcement made
this morning by L. E. Cooley, coun-
ty superintendent of schools, the Braw-
ley high school will be the most mod
ern ard best equipped institution of
its kind in the county. The building
, is a two-story structure of white
pressed brick. 1t has 16 recitation
rooms, an auditorium with seating
Icapacity of $50, and banquet room,
now being used as cafeteria, which
has 8 seating capacity of 300. The
manual training room now being used
is constructed of galvanized iron, the
equipment being equal to chat of the
other high schools Of the valley, At
lpreseLt force of men are busy COM
Ipleting the final details throughout
the building, the plan at present be-
ling TO rush the work through to com
pletion. Specifications Of the trustees
set tho cost of the building at $52,
900 and up to this time the contrac-
tor has kept within this limit. Plans
for the structure were drawn by Rob
trt Marsh, Los Angeles architect.
and those who are familiar with
school architecture state that there
is minimum of waste space and that
the building throughout has been con-
structed along modern lines.