The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-23
Aim of the Fulton Social Center.

as their president, to give full ex-
PLANTATION of our object and plan.
The meeting for organizing this So
cial Center was held in the hall on
| Tuesday evening, Jan. 18th, at which
time a constitution was adopted and
officers elected, and "a adult persons of
| both sexes signed the constitution as
| charter members. The constitution is
as follows:
Art /. The name of this society
shall be 'The Fulton Social Center"
Art. 2. The object of this society
shall be the betterment and uplift of
the community in any way the society
may determine.
Art. 3. This society shall be non
sectarian and non-political.
Art. 4. The officers of this society
shall be a president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer, to hold office
for one year.
Art. 5. This constitution can be
changed or amended by majority vote
at any business meeting.
The officers elected were: Pres. j.
E. Wallin; Vice Pres Calvin West;
Sec and Treas. &C. w. Raymond.
At this meeting every adult person
to the number of "a were enthusiastic
and volunteered their cooperation and
signed the constitution as charter mem
bers.
One week previous to this meeting
for organization, in response to re-
quest from large number of persons
in the community, the committee hav-
ing in charge the plans for organiza-
ton decided to hold meeting to dis
cuss the subject of our taxes.
The people were paying their taxes
at that time and were interested in
knowing why their taxes were higher
than usual.
The committee considered this an i'm
portant and legitimate subject for dis
cussion, just at that time, and of spec
ial interest to all the people, So decided
to hold the first meeting of this move
ment where the subject could be dis
cussed and some needed information
obtained. The meeting was called to
meet at the church, Jan. 9th, our hall
at that time not being in condition to
hold meetings.
The committee was confronted with
the fact that it would be difficult
matter to secure person competent to
discuss this subject and give the in
formation required, who would not be
biased by political prejudice. We de-
cided that the only real source of in
formation was the state tax commits
sion So, as chairman of the commit
tee, went to Madison and asked the
tax commission if they could send us
man who could come and give us the
information we needed. Mr.. Hougan,
chairman of the commission, very
courteously and kindly consented to
come down himself, which he did, and
gave us talk which was satisfactory
to everybody so far as heard from.
We considered this, our first meeting
of our Social Center, very satisfac
tory and profitable meeting, and we
propose to give something at each
meeting that will be of interest to the
whole people. We propose to discuss
all matters pertaining to farming,
housekeeping, social and economic SUBJ
jects with full and free discussions. In
fact, our purpose is to take up any
matters that tend to the betterment or
the uplift of our community.
Our next meeting will be held in the
hall on Friday evening, Jan. %. Prof
Humphrey of the state experiment sta
ton will be with as and lead the dis
cussion on ''Dairying." A musical and
literary program will be given before
the discussion. Everybody is invited
to be present.
When a society like this has for its
sole object the betterment and uplift
of the social conditions in the farming
community is trying its best to carry
out this work, it is a shame that some
should willfully try and
distort and mislead the people as to its /
true purpose.
l trust the above explanation will
satisfy the people of this community
and that they will give no heed to such
articles as | have mentioned which are
to mislead them.
J. E. WALLIN,
President of Fulton Social Center.