The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-15
CIVIC LEAGUE
HOLDS MEETING
WOMEN WHO ARE WORKING FOR
A BETTER sRooKINGs HOLD
REGULAR MEETING
OVER TWO HUNDREDMEMBERS ENROLLED
A Report Of the Work Accomplished
by the League During the Past
Year Made by the Secretary

by the League During the Past
Year Made by the Secretary
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Civic League of Brookings
was held in the library room last Fri,
day afternoon, and in spite of the in
clement weather there was a good at,
tendance. The president, after calling
the meeting to order, introduced DR.. H.
w. Tilden, who delivered his splendid
lecture on "Votes for Women" in his
usual able name
The business meeting followed, sew
eral matters being presented for the
consideration of the league. 1t was
decided that the league would take the
agency for the Red Cross stamps,
which are to be placed On sale at Mr..
Kendall's and Mr.. Tidball's drug
stores from December l to January /.
Committees were appointed to look
into the matter of aiding in the Christ
mas ship project, a proposed outdoor
Christmas tree, and to consider what
assistance the league may give to the
skating rink.
The secretary's financial statement
was read, as follows:
Amount in the bank at the be-
ginning of this year $3.50
Dues paid .166.45
Total receipts ...........$253.75
Disbursements ................183.99
Cash on hand .$69.7 6
There are now two hundred mem
bers in good standing in the league.
Eleven regular meetings have been
held this year in addition to a board
meeting each month.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows:
President, Mrs. Lillian Smith; vice.
president, Mrs. A. H. Stoll; secretary,
Mrs. j. M. Fuller; corresponding sec
rotary, Mrs. Milton Mcknight; treas
urer, Mrs. Howard LOOMS; directors,
Mrs. S. H. McCarI, Mrs. NJ. G. Carlisle,
Mrs. S. Luckinbill, and Miss Clara
Olson.
The following report was then read
by the chairman of the publicity COM
mittee:
In closing the years work, it is bene-
fetal as well as interesting to look
back and see what we have been able
to accomplish during this time.
At the beginning of the year, the
work of the Better Babies Contest oc-
cupied much of the attention of the
league, and | am sure that we all feel
that this was a task well worthy of
our time and thought. The introduc-
ton of a visiting nurse into our pub
lie schools may well be recalled with
satisfaction. The nurse began her
work in January and proved a valu-
able addition to the community life,
that the board of education decided to
assume two-thirds of the expense of
continuing the arrangement for this
year.
Since the beginning Of it's career,
the league has turned its attention
naturally to cleaning up and this year
extra efforts were made through a
citizens mass meeting and by con
slant agitation to have the spring
cleanup" as thorough as possible.
An anti-fy campaign was carried on
all through the summer, the league
enlisting the aid of the press to keep
the matter constantly before the pub
lie.
In cooperation with the Commercial
Club a very successful Tag Day was
conducted, resulting in a contribution
of $235.60 to the Sioux Falls Orphan,
age. With the same generous help we
were able to provide good cheer in the
form of we'll filled baskets to thirteen
families at the holiday season.
In February the league planned and
carried out its second annual program
for Ladies' Day at the Farmers Insti-
tute. This resulted in a permanent
organization Of the farm women who
will hereafter hold meetings at the
time the men hold their institute meet
ings. The league was responsible this
year for one free public lecture on
1.-THE Social Evil" by Miss Hall of
Chicago.
True to woman's time-honored mis-
sion of looking after the general com
fort. the ladies have for three summers