Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-10-20
CHARITIES MEET
FOR THIS MONTH
Conference viii Be Held in the
City of WauSau.
SESSIONS OCTOBER 10 TO 20
All the Woman's Clubs in Wisconsin
Are Invited to Send Delegates to
Gathering-Program Is
Announced.

Madison.-The program for the state
Conference of Charities and Correc-
tiOns, which meets in Wausau on Oc-
tober Is, 10 and 20, has been COM
pleted. Judge A. H. Reid of Wausau
IS president. The executive committee
has sent out invitations to all woman's
clubs in the state to send a delegate
to this conference whether or not the
club desires to become a member. and
thus be entitled to receive the volume
of published proceedings that they
may get the benefit of the conference
in their work
The program follows:
Monday Night-7:30 o'clock, regis
tratiOn. Eight o'clock, address of well
come by Mayor John Ringle. Response,
James o. Davidson, president of the
state board of control. Presidents
address. A H. Reid of Wausau. Ad-
dress, The Social Center in the Pre-
yention of Dependency and Delin-
quency," David Fogwell, director of So
ciaI center work of Racine A discus
sion will follow by G. G. Guilford of
Tuesday Morning.-Address state
Aid to Dependent Children From the
Judges Point of View" Louis Mar
Ghetto Of Wausau Report, Board of
Controls Survey of the Need of State
Aid for Dependent Children" Agnes
Wilson of Madison. Address, state
Aid for Dependent Children From the
oil Of
fetal" W. c. Spindler of Milwaukee.
A discussion of the above topics will
be led by J. P Dysart of Milwaukee
and Miss Amelia Sears of Chicago. At
noon there will be luncheon at the
gymnasium at the Y. M. C. A, where
special groups of workers may get to-
gether for the discussion of their par
ticular problems.
Tuesday aforementioned con-
ferences of special groups of COM
munity workers will be held following
the luncheon until three o'clock, when
a visit will be made to the charitable
and correctional institutions of Wau-
sau
Tuesday Night-Address 'The
Need Of Probation Officers in Com
munities of Less Than 100000 Inhab-
itants and in Rural Communities"
Ralph E. Smith of Merrill. Discussion
on the subject will be led by Miss
Nadia Thomas of La Crosse and Miss
Martha Riley of Madison. Address,
Cooperation in the Care of Dependent
and Delinquent Families" Miss Amelia
Sears of Chicago. A discussion on the
subject will be led by Maurice B. Dex-
ter of Milwaukee and Miss Bertha M.
Davis Of Sheboygan.
Wednesday Morning address, "a
Minimum Standard of Living for Wis
consin," by Miss Florence Nesbit of
Chicago. discussion on the subject
will be led by Mrs. Katherine L. Van
Wyck of Milwaukee. Address, 1.-THE
relation of Proper Standard of Liv-
ing to Child Welfare" by Mrs Kettle.
A discussion will be led by Miss Fran
ces Brayton of Oshkosh. Following
the program, appointment and organi-
cation of the committee on co-opera-
ton between public and private chart
ties will be made, and then luncheon
will be served at the Y. M. G.. A. for
special groups o. community workers
Wednesday AtteTnc on.-The session
will be resumed at two o'clock at the
courthouse. Address, Relation of the
School to a Program of Child We'll
fare" by S. B. Tobey of Wausau and
E. G. Maddox of Superior Address,
The Movie Theater a Constructive
Agency in Child Development" by
Mrs. Joseph Jastrow of Madison A
discussion on the last named subject
will be given by Rev. P H. Linley of
Eau Claire and Rev. Harry Foster
Burns of Oshkosh.
Wednesday Night-The banquet and
business meeting, the final event of
the gathering, viii be at the Y. M. G.
A. gymnasium. A H. Reid will pre-
side. The toasts will be: Address,
Hospital and Dispensary Social Serv-
ice Work" by Miss Gertrude M. Knowl
ton of Milwaukee. Address, The
Hospitals Responsibility to the Com
munity," by Dr. John r. McDill, for
merly superintendent of General hos
pital at Manila, p I. Address. THE
Public Health Officer and Child Wei
fare" by Doctor Furstman of La
Crosse.
Exhibits by the various state insti-
tutions under the board of control and
exhibits on health and recreation by
the extension division of the Wiscon-
sin State Antituberculosis association
will be on display at the courthouse.