The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-05
,uaI Meeting is Held This Morning
and Work Of Year is Reviewed
by Officers Of the
Organization.
STOW SPLENDID EFFORT
Officers and Directors for Coming
Year Are Chosen at This
Meeting Today,
Also.

The annual meeting Of the Benevol
ent Union was held this morning al
tn home of Mrs. Eugene S. Baker
Mrs. d. A. Collier presiding. The an
nrll reports were made and election
OF officers held. The reports showed
excellent work accomplished The
election of officers resulted as follows
President-Mrs. D. A. Collier.
First vice president-Mrs. Eugene
s. Baker,
Second vice president-Mr. J. J.
Ayres.
Third vice president-NIrs John H.
Cole
Secretary-Mrs. f. F.. Hawkes..
Treasurer-Mrs. B. F.. Jones.
Directors for three years-Mrs.
John w. Collier. Mrs. C. F. Mcfarland
and Miss Anne B. Davis.
Director for two years-Mrs. H. E.
Ratcline
Report Of President.
Mrs. D. A. Collier. president, sub
mit!.sd the following report:
To the Board of Directors and Ladies
Of the Benevolent Union:
1t is with pleasure that l ask you
to pause a minute from the daily
grind. which so absorbs us all, to
take note Of what we have been able
to accomplish during the past year
for the home
In January of each year we make
our annual canvass OF the business
houses AMI AWAY, meet with uniform
courtesy AID find a willing spirit to
help in orr work.
We all know what a talisman
"Block day' has grown to be. we no
longer look upon the occasion as
big bear, for to get assistance we
have but to ask, every one seems will
ing to do their mite. toward making
that dav the success it always is, and
the opening of the envelopes and the
counting Of the money is an expert
ence hard to ddnlcate. The small
contributions mean so much and what
Ifhttcrs If an oco asionaI carefully
folded blank paper or a polished but
ton turns up when you expect dime.
We must congratulate, our house
committee on the careful frugal plan
ming, which insures many comforts
and even Injuries to all assembled m
our home.
During the past year our religious
committee. through it's most efficient
chairman Mrs Reid has brought COM
fort into the home two SUNDAY after
Moons each month. We thank the
clergy ani the lay-nen ard the ever
willing singers for the profit and plea
sure thew have given.
The social afternoons have been an
other feature of our years work.
Our picnic last summer was red
a-tte- day. Wild Cat Springs. with
Nr Irrown in smilinv mood never
locked more attractive, the drive both
ways was great treat, and the re-
past q tempting one planned by one.
ever -.aady member. who considers
the planning OF picnic even OF that
d:men3;on mere nothing. Our one
OFT Of town guest was the matron OF
to Quincy home and she remarked.
'"Thev never did Fuch things down
there" probably thew don't have such
ne-be-s down there. either.
The ai6fticn to our HON, with it's
c sv comfortably furnished rooms, hot
snd cold water and electric light in
roch room /; never ending source of
pSidc to US. the task look I'd herculean
wen the building was completed we
were sans money ard sans furniture.
- the committee having IT,, rooms
In charge found the task easie- than
right have been expected Several
private individuals tcok rooms, sew
gal church societies aud four out of
town members. though ALWAYS loyal
T9okukians. Mrs. Sylvester Carter OF
Chicago. who was president for TWEEN
ty years: Mrs J. l.. Root of Mime
apolis. Miss Bertha Fava-d of Chicago
and Miss Neil J. Wakefield of Chi
cago, tie last and only new room left
was recently handsomely furn shed by
Mr.. Ed. F. Kirchner in memory OF