Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-20
Report Of Civic
Club President

Duryea was chairman of committee
on arrangements. After luncheon
we repaired to the pariors for our
regular meeting and election of Of
ficers for the ensuing year.
The meetings of the next few
months were marked by the success
full carrying out of our monthly pro-
gram, as submitted by our program
committee, who deserve great credit
for the beautiful and dignified year
book which we have enjoyed
throughout the year, in helping to
increase the interest and attendance
and proving most instructive and en-
joyable.
A discussion on Compulsory Edu-
cation was ably handled by Mrs.
Briscoe as leader, assisted by Mrs.
Barber, who discussed the question
as applied to the southern states, in
a most interesting manner. Mrs.
Perozzi very ably dealt with her
phase of the subject.
Later, "The Wards and Aliens of
the United States" was discussed,
Mrs. Jack leading, and handling the
subject of "The Caucasian Race" in
manner which left nothing to be
desired.
Mrs. Smith illuminated "The Ne
gro Question"
Mrs. Whitney presented a vivid
picture of the Chinese alien; Mrs.
Rocho the Indian, and Mrs. Gard the
Filipino.
We responded to the demands of
"Red Letter Day. with IS to our
state scholarship loan fund. We
contributed s. per month to our
Ashland band.
Under the leadership of Miss Hicks
prize contest for the building of
bird houses was most successfully
carried out, our club offering $25 in
prizes. About fifty bird houses were
built, all of them very nice and some
of them really beautiful About
thirty-six received prizes. The
houses became the property of the
club and were distributed through
out Chautauqua and Lithia parks for
the purpose of encouraging the birds
in their housekeeping propensities in
these parks, and also for the artistic
effect to the park itself. The rest
were sold for from 25 cents to 81
and the money paid over to the boys
owning them, thus rewarding all and
causing large number to be placed
all over town.
During this time we were perfect
ing our plans for other activities in
the early spring, which found their
.fulfillment in the planting of 1876
trees; in promoting Cleanup Cam
paign Week." Western Food
Products" dinner, in cooperation
with the Commercial Club; a pag-
cant staged in our new park grounds
through cooperation with the Great
er Medford Club; rags were solicited,
gathered and disposed of at a good
price; paper was solicited, gathered
and disposed of at $40 per ton; CO.
operation with the Auxiliary and
other city clubs contributing to the
splendid success of the Southern
Oregon District Federation. We
were most active in helping to carry
out the plans incident to the big
three days celebration, our Auxiliary
proudly carrying off the first prize
for their wonderfully beautiful float.
The Civic Club felt no loss of dignity
at receiving second prize with their
five brilliantly decorated cars.
This Civic Auxiliary, founded the
year before, has each month been
growing stronger and exhibiting
greater possibilities for growth. AL
ready it's influence has gone out be-
yond the limits of Ashland through
its high ideals and splendid energy,
and we have every reason to expect
it will fulfill all the requirements of
real service and uplift to the COM
munity for which it was organized.
Our hope Of obtaining a club
house site has been made careful
study by your committee, and we
find that the site in question, which
today looks more desirable than ever
before, 1t is not in the province of
the council to give, but will have to
be referred to the vote of the people
at the coming election or later. Sup
posing it were voted us, your COM
mittee have hesitated to place on the
club the probable debt of paving,
draining and sewerage. OF course,
there would be ten years in which to
pay off the debt. I believe, if looked
at in the right spirit, it would be-
come more of pleasure than a bur-
den. Again, the people might vote
n To us as willingly and assume the