The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-25
Last Session Of Year Was Held Yes
.erday Afserneen ard Officers
Were Chosen for
Next Year.
REPORT YEARS WORK
Some Points Where League Has
Failed, Were Emphasized by
Mrs. George S. Merriam
In Her Talk.

4 lie S3FlC League uSIO as aahNSA
injecting on Saturday afternoon 70
review the reports OF the year and for
the election OF officers. Mrs ]. ].
Ayres presiding Miss Alexine Red
made the secretary's report And On
reports of committees, the president
gave Miss Ida Howell's report GA
the condition of the trees on Belknap
boulevard. Commissioner Schmidt
has had the trees trimmed and most
! of them are in a thriving condition,
and have repaid the effort made years
ago by Miss Howell. Mrs. Bellinga-
and others of the Civic's division Of
the women's club, which had them
placed there. Miss Carolyn Baldwin
reported that investigation had shown
that the plan suggested to drain the
lake of seemingly stagnant water IN
the park was not feasible for many
reasons Miss Elizabeth Collier re-
ported that three hundred school chill
dren had bought the penny package
seeds, in all the amount expended was
$500. The seeds arrived on Saturday
and will be given out to the children
on Monday. The report of the COM
mittee on securing markers for the
streets was to the effect that the Civic
League has sufficient funds to mar
practically all Of Main street and as
soon as the commissioners have pur-
chased them, the league will send this
check for payment.
Vine Day Tomorrow.
Announcement was made of vine
day which is tomorrow. All who are
Interested in the planting of hardy
vines to cover the unsightly fence On
the Anschutz hill and elsewhere, are
asked to bring any hardy vines to the
raved court on the Fifth street side Of
the Y. W. C. A. building. One hundred
and fifty plants will be needed. Per
mission was given for the appointment
(. Of a committee TO have folder or a
year book printed, as soon as the
standing committees are appointed
and the program for next year made
out
! Mrs. Ayres reported that the prizes
for the garden contest would be given
/! in part by the Retailers association.
and that the following individual sub
scriptions had been made: L. 4.
ihamill, $500: J. 0. Boyd, $500; AMI
the Security Savings bank. $500.
| At the closing OF the monthly re-
ports. the annual reports were then
called for
The Presidents Report.
MIS- J. J. Ayres, the president, pre-
isented the following report:
| To the officers and members Of the
Civic league: Your president for the
year Just closing, begs leave to sub
INIT the following report:
The league has held its meetings
regularly from September to May on
the fourth Saturday of the month.
with one exception when the Christ
mas season made the December meet
ing not expedient.
All meetings have been held in the
Y. ". c. A building, a small rental
being paid for the privilege The
president has presided at all the meet
ings. VI
In October at the first district Iowa
Federation Of Women's clubs conven-
ton held here, We had b1rs. 3. B.
Clark, state president, and Mrs. Grace
Equal Suffrage association, with US,
both Of whom gave most delightful
and instructive talks
In March we had Prof c. L. Fitch
OF Anes college, who gave US a ster-
eopticon lecture On The City Beaut!.
ful."
IN January the annual league lunch
con vsx held, at which eleven cia5
members spoke ON Possibilities for
Keokuk.
In November and February other