Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-05-14
WOMAN'S CLUB NAMES
mrs. NOR PRESIDENT
Net Last Tuesday Evening and Com
mlttees for the Ensuing Year
Chosen and Made Public.
REPORT ON the LIBRARY WORK
Mrs. R. C. hoffman, Chairman Of
Library Committee, Tells How
the Task was Accomplished.

The annual meeting of the Denim.
Wnuun'> Club was held last week,
May /, and the following Officers
were elected for the ensuing year
Mrs. J. q. Moir, president; Miss l..
=. Bickford. first vice president; Mrs.
J. Y. Schurtz. recording secretary
Mrs. ". T.. Holt, corresponding secre-
iary: Miss Faye McKeyes, treasurer.
Last Tuesday evening the newly elec.
ted officers met and the new commit e
tees were selected and announced.
In about three weeks the executive
board will convene to plan the new
work to bc carried an during the com
ing year. \ greater amount Of time
will be- given Ia civirs and philan-
ihropics during the current year, II
is thought.
The principal work of the club this
ycnl, has been the establishment #
II public library. Following is the re-
port on the library work submitted
by Mrs. X. &. Hoffman. chairman of
the library committee.
The room in the city hall, which
ut one time had been used for IL
brary purposes. was turned over 10
the Woman'- club by the city cour-
ril for the proposed public library.
Many of the friends of the movement
came to the help of the club in get
ling the room in order. There was
but little money in the club treasury,
and the results that have been ac-
complishcd have been made possible
by the interest and assistance of the
public.
The walls were tinted by Glen
Feathcrsion: window shades. curt
lains and rods were given by Mrs.
l.. NJ. llnrrington; the Wernicke
bookcases. library table and chairs
were the gifts of u. q. Bush; cash
donations were received from Mr..
Helen Moore and Mrs. D. e. Berry
man. Mr.. Hart aud Mrs. Mare
Browning presented to the club Their
private library consisting of 2l5I
books, which, with the gift of 100
hooks from DR.. Il. e. Hoffman. form
ed the nucleus of the new library.
Books and magazines have been re-
reived from Mrs. j. q. Moir. Mrs.
Charlotte Thurmond, Mrs. \. W.
Pollard. Ms Dlcoit. Mrs. II. =.
Kettlcr, Mrs. q. G. Bergman. Mrs..
NJ. e. Rush. T.. II. Bickford. Miss l..
+. Rirkford. Mrs }. X. Waddill. Dr..
=. ID. Swopc. A. A. Temke. Frank
Boze, Mrs. McGlinchy. B. Y. Ne
Keye~. Catherine I.aughren, l.. e.
Thompson. Carl e. Tate, until ut
present the hooks number S47. In
addition to this We have purchas, d
ll5. making total of 962 books in
the library.
The purchase of the new books
was made possible by the proceeds
from the football game played by the
town team and the high school on
New Year, Day 1918. The proceeds
from the baseball played April 80.
will be- invested in new books also.
Classifying the books and prepar
ing lhem for tie shelves was done
under the direction of Miss c. T..
Groves. u graduate of the library
school at Albany. \. Y. who will
ingly gave her help. The actual work
was done by Mrs. &. q. Donaldson.
assisted by members of the club.
We gratefully acknowledge gener.
erous gifts and personal assistance
from Mrs. J. B. IIodcdon, Clark
Grocery Company. o. A. Snyder.
Lindauer Mercantile Company, r.
vine 4 Raithel, A. A. Temke. J. a.
Kinnear. J. A. Mahoney. Mrs. II. q.
Bush, J. V. Schurtz. W. A. McCreary.
J. VI. Crawford. II. II. Kelly. Ed l..
Foulks and n. A. Bolich.
To the city trustees we desire 10
express our appreciation Of courte-
sizes. not least Of which we consider
the convenient dressing room pro-
vided for the use of the patrons of
the library.
We extend our thanks to all who
contributed to the success of the cab
aret dance: tn the merchants who
closed their places of business on
the occasion Of the baseball game
to Nh" moving picture shows for their
free advertising. and the press Of the
city for generous space given to us
throughout the year