The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-07
CIvICS DAY AT
PALMETTO CLUB


present to enjoy the program. Mrs. M.
L. S anley, the club president, was in
the chair The afternoon opened with
a selection by the club orchestra of
five pieces after which the affairs of
the afternoon were turned over to
Mrs Henry Mitchell, chairman of the
Civic department, who called upon
Miss Edith Newell secretary of the
depa rtment to give her report which
in abstract, is as follows:
81 am glad to come before you today
and think you will quite agree with
me hat l have reason to be. | have
beer asking your endorsement of bills
before congress, and being unavoida-
bly, absent for the past month or more
wrote a petition to you for your CO.
operation in the Dickens carnival and
participation in the ball at the Casino
Burgoyne which you most gratifying
ly responded to.
A year ago the Civic department
was about to die a natural death. We
had several inactive, uninteresting
years and some of the most active
members had decided that the Par
ent- Teachers association was doing
more of the work they cared for. l
realized that urgent action must be
taken and knew of one person who
could draw us out of our slough of
despond, and after much urging and
persuasion by several members, we
succeeded in getting Mrs. Henry
Mitchell to act as chairman, and we
have had the most successful year
in the history of the department. We
have had large attendance, and,
while we have not raised as large
amounts of money as in some years
past, yet we have earned $500, and
have given it where it will be felt
and appreciated by many. Mrs. Mitch
ell and / made up our minds that we
must take up as our years work some
thing of interest to the city in general
and decided upon public Fairgrounds,
afterwards taken up by the Parent
Teachers association, and a pavilion
for the band. | made an appointment
with our most active citizen for the
civ welfare of Daytona, whose ir-
reparable loss we so deeply feel and
introduced Mrs. Mitchell who outlined
ouI years work to him. He seemed
pleased that we had come to consult
but abruptly threw cold water on Us
by saying that we wouldn't need any
pavilion. 'Why?' we asked. The city
has assessed the amount of $4,000 fol
band and amusements.' He answered
that there had been many kicks from
ta2 payers and they were going t.
use the money elsewhere. Regarding
Fairgrounds he said that the children
could play in his back yard We hat
un consciously given him food fol
thought and when l saw him last fal
said, Mr.. Burgoyne, you have robbed
us of all our thunder which pleased
him immensely. We had received
the sanction of the F. E. c. railroad
fol more sanitary toilets in our sta
ton, and have the hearty approva
AMI cooperation of the school board
Parent-Teachers' association, and the
local dentists for the examination O.
the children's teeth gratis. We have
also been corresponding with DR.. Por
ter, State Health officer regarding the
state examination of our milk. Thi:
work of the committee was secret, a:
we did not want to incur the emit!
of town or city milk dealers. We haC
an interview by appointment with DR.
Porter in his car on the health train
wi en- it arrived here, and he recon
mended that it would take city actor
and ordinances for milk inspection
paid sanitary inspector, or the mex
best, a visiting nurse. Through gu
digestion toilets were installed at tn,
ca sino through donation, and fount
that mirror, two screens and a tele
phone table were wanted which W,
gladly furnished even though we hal
an aching void in the treasury
Through the earning of $500 we dc
mated $4,000 toward the public play
grounds and like amount toward tn
new clubhouse.
I'VE have given the sanction o
the Palmetto club to the state senat
ors in Washington for the Heating ON
ems bill restricting child labor, an
our appreciation of the Hughs bill TO
Federal Moving Picture censorship
the Kent bill for a National Park sci
vice for the care of national parks an
monuments, and the bill for the il
sIection of diaries and dairy product
for which we hope to gain your san,