Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-05-14
HOLD SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION
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read paper on "The Library in Com
munity Life,'' which was very we'll
received. She spoke of the establish
ment of the library, its growth and
benefits, it's effect on the individual,
especially on the child, and on the
community. She said that the library
lacked one thing, that Of reaching the
men. The reason for this, she said, is
that the men Of today did not have the
advantage Of the library when young.
The next generation has this advan-
tage, however, and will make use Of
the library. She also brought out the
need of cooperation between the
school and the library. The books in
the library should be Of the kind that
would prove best suitable for use in
connection with school work.
Yesterday afternoon the club held a
lengthy meeting at the high school
gymnasium. The program opened with
the song "America' by the audience,
Miss Noella Duclos acting as accom-
PIANIST on the piano. Miss Carol Schal-
lern then sank "Lullaby'' in very
pleasing manner. Miss Helen Dunphy
acted as accompanist.
Community Center Movement
Mrs. r. L. Cochrane read paper on
1.-The Community Center Movement. -
In her paper she stated that this move
ment is gaining much favor every
where, as it produces closer brother
hood and a better understanding of
each other. The idea is to get all clubs
in the community together into one
large community center club. This club
will produce town sympathy, town I'M
derstanding, town fellowship, town
confidence, town cooperation and &C.
quaintance. The school house should
be used for the meetings. Wisconsin
has law which provides that school
boards must permit the use of the
school houses for club meetings and
that no charges be made to the clubs
for heating, lighting, or other ex-
penses incurred.
After Mrs. Cochrane had read her
paper Miss Laura Brannen Of this city
sang a group Of songs which ere
very pleasing.
Mrs. Atwood of St. Cloud gave a
short talk on Community Centers,
supporting the paper given by Mrs.
Cochrane of this city. She said that
the small towns are doing the best
work to establish these community
centers. The idea is to combine the
public library, rest room, and other
places and get all the people together
in one large Community club or boost
ing club.
Resolutions
Before the program began short
business meeting was held. Some
small bills were allowed and resolu.
tions passed. The resolutions were
drawn up by Mesdames H. I. Cohen Of
Brainerd and Geo. r. Christy OF Long
Prairie and Miss Jean Stewart Of
Wadena, and were summarily as fol-
lows:
A resolution Of appreciation of the
work of the late Mrs. Highly OF ST..
Paul, who devoted so much Of her time
to club work.
/. A resolution Of appreciation Of the
services of the late Mrs. Molitor, who
met such a tragic death. Mrs. Moliter
was for several years president Of the
Sixth District Federated Women 8
clubs.
A resolution agreeing with Presi-
dent Wilson in his ideas favoring
peace and the fact that there never
was a good war nor = bad peace.
A resolution to influence and ior-
ward the sentiment in favor Of county
option.
A resolution favoring continued ef-
fort to get system Of birth registra-
ton.
A resolution urging the club men,
bers to do all in their power to for
ward the sentiment in favor of u.s.
ing the public schools as social centers
where parents and children can meet
for wholesome, clean, amusements.
A resolution extending the club 9
thanks to the Little Falls club women
who have made the stay of the visiting
delegates and friends so pleasant, for
the automobile ride, the visit to the
mills, for the generous press notices
and for the hospitality shown by the
members to meet the delegates and
friends.
One Of the delegates from the Deer.
wood club extended an invitation ia
the Sixth District club to hold its
next annual meeting at Deerwood. The
invitation was accepted with thanks
The Deerwood club recently joined the
sixth district and as yet has a small
| membership, only about fifteen ladies
but they are doing great work there
Mrs. Wilbur Cobb Of Brainerd gave
a talk on the next annual convention
of the state federation of women s
clubs, to be held at Duluth next fall
She urged the Sixth district club tc
send large delegation up there.
Officers Elected
Mrs. Percy A. Cough of Deerwood
! was selected as chairman of the pro
| gram committee for the coming year
In the election of officers Mrs. Ed. NJ
LaFond Of this city was elected cor
responding secretary, Mrs. L. A. Ma
thews of Wadena was reelected re-
! cording secretary, and Mrs. C. M. Pa
tex Of Brainerd was reelected treas
j urer.
1 Intelligent Publicity
Miss Mary Dillon Of St. Paul, rep
| resentative of the st. Paul Dispatch
! gave very instructive talk on "In
telligent Publicity" Miss Dillor
stated that in her opinion the women
have the wrong attitude toward the
newspapers, that they do not under
stand them. Their practice of sup
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