Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-30
BOARD MEMBER
GIVES ADDRESS
Florence Crittenden Is Chief
Speaker at Dinner Given
BY Local Y. w. C. A.
TWENTY SECOND
ANNUAL MEETING
Officers Of the Association
Make Reports Of Work
Done During Year

Members Of the local Young Won
ems Christian association were hosts
to 6 national officer Thursday evenins
at the twenty-second annual meeting
and dinner held at the Third street
building and listened to an interesting
and instructive talk by Miss Frances
C1ttenden, a member of the national
board. The yearly gathering was on0
OF the most enjoyable and enthusias.
tic ever held. Reports Of officers and
musical program were features Of
the evening.
The reception rooms wore a festiva
air. as the members and friends
groped about to chat, about one hum
dred and fifty women and girls beina
present
A three course supper was served al
sisting of the following ladies with
Mrs. w. A. starkey as chairman, Mes.
danes Louis GOehring, Guy Reid, A. x.
Swenson, Bert Swenson, s. M. Birney,
S. L. McGavic, Dora Keyhoe, F. Hick-
enlooper. F.. Briggs, Charles Hallberg,
F. G.. Buxton, F. A. Kunce, j. B. Mir.
gon, j. Patterson, E. G.. Burnaugh, .day
Emery and J. Gephart Twenty young
1
assisted deftly in serving.
Mrs. MccleiIand Presldss.
The program opened with an ad-
dress of welcome by Mrs. M. T. MD
Clelland. who presided as acting presi-
dent In the absence Of Mrs. r. d.
foster. Mrs. McClelland spoke very
interestingly Of the past year, noting
the changes In the secretarial force
and giving plain statement of the
condition Of tho association The de-
votions were conducted very impress
sively by Mrs. F. F. Stoltz, followed
by the vocal solo, 20, Eyes That Are
Weary" (Brackett) by Miss Edna
Brown. The piano accompaniment was
played by Miss Rose Gephart The
minutes Of the last meeting, one year
ago this week, were then read by
Mrs. Sumner Siberell, the secretary.
and approved.
An extremely interesting talk was
made by Miss Nellie r. Rouse, the gen.
eral secretary, on the work In this
city Miss Rouse has only been In Of
tumwa for fifteen weeks, but her en-
thusiasm and interest have given an
impetus to the undertakings in the To-
cal field What Is yet to be done waa
noted as of greater interest than what
has been DONE A brilliant piano solo,
"Valse Caprice in e Flat" (Rubinstein)
was given by Mrs. Thomas Newly at
the close of Miss Rouse's talk.
Address PIeases.
The address of the evening was
given by Miss Frances Crittenden OF
the national board, number of the
minor reports being dispensed with In
favor of the guest 1t Is not often that
the local association members and
friends have the privilege of entertain
ing visitor from the north central as
sociation and the lecture was most en-
joyable. Miss Crittenden spoke at
length of the wide field covered by
the association and of it's origin In
England. She touched on the question
of the Y. w. G. A., reaching certain
classes and insisted that girls Of all
degrees, socially, mentally and moral
ly, need the help which Is offered.
Much interest was aroused by her en-
thusiastic discussion Of the hopes,
aims and ambitions of Y. w. G. A.,
work in general and the warm ap-
plause accorded her attested the pleas
ure of her hearers.
Concise and comprehensive reports
of the credential committee by Mn.
E d. Fowler, and Of the nominating
committee by Mrs. Laura Jordan fol-
lowed, covering those branches Of the
work. The various reports were so
we'll prepared and SO carefully made
out that they lost their statistical flaw
or and proved thoroughly interesting.
The meeting was formally closed BY
the acting president, Mrs. McClelland.
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