Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-11-09
CHILD WELFARE MEETING

| Miss Bessie McClenahan, who is SO
we'll known over Iowa as a Social
Service worker and who lectures in
( Recreation before the Womans Club
on Wednesday November 18th has
been persuaded to stay over another
/ day and give an informal talk on
Social Service and Community Cen
tiers" at Watts Hall November 10th
This meeting will be of special in
terest to all interested in child well
fare and it is hoped that their will be
la large attendance. All who have
registered at the county child welfare
meetings during the past year extra,
Audubon. Kimballton and Bethel
are especially urged to be present.
Seats will be reserved for the
Baby Club" Ross, Audubon, Extra
Greeley and Bethel andthe presi-
dents, aree urged to bring their full
membership.
An opportunity will be given during
the afternoon for personal conference
with Miss McClenahan in regard to
local problins which she may solve
from a wide experience.
! AS this meeting is to be very in
formal it is free to every one interest
ed and Il is hoped that all who are
: seeking information in regard to
social problems will avail themselves
of this opportunity to hear the sub
ject discussed
A demonstration of washing and
dressing a baby in practical manner
will precede the talk by Miss McClen-
ahan.
This will be a special interest to
the mothers of young babies so it is
hoped they will come early. The sub
| jects under discussion for the remain
| der of the afternoon are broad
enough TO interest the whole COM
unity.
The Audubon county child welfare
association in planning a winter of
varied activities which will include
a number of addresses by prominent
educators in Hygiene and Social Ser
vice and a county wide celebration,
of Baby Day" in March.
A social survey of several town
ships will be undertaken in the near
future the blanks for this survey
were made by the Iowa State Univer-
sity extension and Prof Klingaman
and Miss McClenahan of that depart
ment are deeply interested in the
litSuli. ne dpDOlitlUS VI W NHSilD anu
school district chairman will be the
next step in the development of the
county work and we understand that
a number of appointments have been
made and will be given to the press
The duties of these chairmen will
be TO stimulate interest in the work
of the association by distributing
literature and information in regards
to meetings etc, assist in organizing
Baby Clubs and Parent Teachers in
! Community Meetings or helping the
local women to find some one who
will organize these clubs in circles
when ii seems desirable and assist in
the social survey, personally or by
proxy.
When one begins to enumerate the
possibilities of the work that may be
done in any community 1t looks like
a big task, but, Rome was not
built in a day" and no one will he ex-
pected to give more time from home
duties than he is justified is giving.
But a real child lover always finds
time to help others for by so doing he
helps mis- own child which in only as
safe, after all, as his neighbOrs allows
him to be so community effort is a
necessity in lettering the living con-
ditions of each indivual child arc
worthy of the time 1t takes.