Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-20

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Secretary Reports.
Mrs. X. T. Anderson. recording sec
rotary of the club in her report gave
the date of the first meeting for or
ganisation March 10. 1913. and organ
l;ation effected March Is, charter
members numbered 6S2 and 1877 have
been added during the first year Nine
regular meetings have been held WIN
an average attendance OF AIS. The ex'
ecutive board has held Il formal ana
four informal sessions with an aver
age attendance of IA out of the IL be
I longing. The club has sent delegates
TO the state federation OF women
clubs, has elected one director on the
Rock Island Highway Improvement
association, has sent a delegation oil
| 200 to wait upon the city commission,
! has donated S25 to the benefit fund,
] $25 to the general endowment FUND,
| 500 to the civic department, 500 To
the pure food and household economic
department and $500 towards the pro-
gram committee, has bought a piano
and has organized four departments:
Civic, study, music and pure food and
household economics.
Mrs. c. X. MiXter, corresponding
secretary reported on applications fol
membership. letters written, etc. Mrs
Mayer Levi, the treasurer, read the
report of the club finances. Receipts
have amounted to $1,612.61 and ex-
penditures have been S1.O7O.74, leav-
ing in the treasury $541. Miss Clara
w. oh ri or mo M
bers and 1877 new members, with a
club roll of 796, the club having lost
four members by death and 20 by fail
ure to pay dues.
Civic Department Report.
Mrs. w. NJ. Reck read the report of
the chairman of the civic department,
Mrs. J. II. Hauberg, which was given
in full in The Argus of April is, follow
ing the annual session OF that depart
ment.
Mrs. A c. Croswell told of the work
accomplished in the study depart
ment; the review of two popular nov
els, five Shakespeare dramas and the
study of trees, birds, ferns and wild
flowers. The department has a mem
bership of So, has held 10 meetings
with an average attendance of 10.
Mrs. ]. X Scott of the music depart
ment reported membership roll of
-, Is meetings held and the program
of study on music in general.
Miss Martin for the newly organized
pure food and household economics
told of the organization of that depart |
ment and the plans that are being |
made for carrying on the work. a
f,,ll nntinnnd |
and illustrated with moving pictures |
is to be one of the first features of the |
department will bring to the city.
chairmen Make Reports.
Chairmen of committees reported
on their branches of work, Mrs. J. f.
Robinson for the rooms committee,
Mrs H. b. Hayden on the program,
Mrs. T. o. VanGalder for printing.
Mrs Edward Brien for publicity, Miss
Bella Carpenter for finance, Mrs. Cora
4. Eastman for the reception, Mrs. 7.
4. Dolly for the doorkeeper, Mrs. r. C.
1larke for the revision of the constitu-
ion and Mrs. c. Z. Sharpe for the
the latter reporting that
.275 cups of coffee have been served
Il the meetings OF the club.
new MEMBERS received.
Twelve new members were voted
ipon at the regular meeting of the /;
Tub: Mesdames Horace Huron, Fos- S
er Coyne, +. II. Corbin, J. y. Wagner, [
Daniel Mckinney, Frank ]. Downing.
'arl Sibler, J. J. Doering, Wilton A. !
tiles. NJ. Sosna, ". G. Shoemaker !
nd Miss Selma c. Anderson. i
y communication was read by the |
ecretary from Mrs. Jeanette Sinnett. {
banking the club for $50 donated to Y
he pure food and household economic c
apartment and from Mrs. Elizabeth h
erry for flowers received at the as
Ociation house.
Entertainment other than musical
umbers was not provided for this :,
leeting. selections interspersing the
usiness session. \ double quartet r
imposed of Mrs. J. X. Scott, Mrs. A. I
Williams. Mrs. Katherine Scheru-
FL, Mrs. Daniel Hayes, Jr, Mrs. Ed
ard Appelquist, Miss Lois Hubbard, \
ISIS Rosabella Stew art, and Mrs. Will :,
I'm Ullemeyer sang Indian Noun
in Song by Cadman and Dry Yo' =
yes" by Landsberg, repeating the ;,
tier as an encore. Mrs. Ethel Wade :,
rnbaum, violinist, played "Salut d. .
nour," by Elgar and "Obertass Ma y
rka" by Wieniawski and Mrs. b. J. u
lchner sang MY Heart at Thy II
veet Voice from Samson and De- u
III" ard Spring is Here" by Edith Jo
'ck, Miss Efie Johnson acting as ac- III
for the solists. The quartet
ng illinois" before the close of the Il
aeting. ii
At the close of the business session =
2 ladies were invited to remain and
~ were served with coffee and Ia
ughnuts by the hospitality commit Ii,
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