Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-11-19
CIVIC LEAGUE GETTING BUSY
WILL HOLD TAG DAY NOV. 81 TO
RAISE FUNDS-TO CONDUCT
ICE RINK

Little Falls Civic League held its
annual meeting at the city hall Thurs
day evening of last week, large num-
Der of citizens being present. The
first thing the club decided to do was
to raise some money with which to
raise some misunderstanding uu
carry on relief work. To this end the
club decided to hold tag sale and
Saturday, November 81, was officially
designated as &C. L. Tag Day.
Little Falls will have an ice skating
rink on the river this winter, to be
managed by the Civic League. Some
time ago T. C. Gordon and n N. Berg
helm were appointed as committee to
arrange for a skating rink this winter.
The league thought it best that this
committee be connected with that or
ganization and hereafter it's work will
be under the auspices Of the Civic Lea
que. The league asked the committee
to get busy with the work as soon as
the river is frozen over.
A municipal Christmas Tree will
adorn the city square again this Christ
mas. This feature was tried out last
year by the Civic League and proved a
decided success. It was left in the
New Years.
Reports of various committees were
heard. F. J. Richie. treasurer, made
his annual report which showed q bal
ance of SO in the club treasury.
Mrs. F. G. Ruth, who had charge Of
relief work last year, reported that
about thirty families had been assist
ed, some having been furnished cloth
ing, etc, while others were given medi-
cal aid. But little expense was entail
ell in this work as the clothing and
other articles were given by persons
whom the committee solicited.
Mrs. R. ID. Musser, chairman Of the
story-hour committee, reported that
four meetings had been held during the
past year and that each meeting was
well attended. At story houl held
last Christmas gi1ts were distributed to
the children.
AS chairman of the playground COM
mlttee Mrs. Musser reported t!:*; r
committee, together with the one ap-
pointed at last summers chautauaua,
nave arranged for the installation of
playground apparatus OH the school
grounds in the city. The board of ed
ucat1on recently appropriated $;
De spent for this purpose and Petrus
LllJedahl, manual training instructor
IN the local schools, who has had ex-
Perlence in this work, has agreed to
make the apparatus and to put It ND
as soon as it can be used
Val. E. Kasparek and T. H. Dewey
of the park committee reported on the
work done in the Pine Grove park the
past year. Thew intimated that the
amount allowed the board by the city
for feed for the animals at the park IS
insufficient and that donations from
individuals would be appreciated. The
league extended vote of thanks to
THE committee and asked them to con-
tinue the good work.
A vote of thanks was extended to
the officers Of the league for their
work during the past year.
Officers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows:
President-N. n. Bergheim.
Vice President-Mrs. C. H. Brown.
Secretary-Nrs. A. II. Vernon.
Treasurer-E. J. Richie.
Superintendent Of Settlement Work
Mrs. F. G. Ruth.
Committees
Tag Day and Christmas Tree-Mes-
DANES K. D. Musser, A. H. Vernon, R.
i. Cochrane. S. II. Retts, n. N. BERG
helm, F. F. Turner, c. B. Buchanan, G.