El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-09
WONANS GLIB BUILDING FUND TOTALS
NEARLY $1,000 TO THE PRESENT TIME

>NEOEN1 4 11HE
cation of a site for the central Y. W.
c. A. building The association VIII
have to move from its present quar-
tiers in September and the board is
finding il difficult to get satisfactory
set Of rooms to rent. Consequently If
satisfactory arrangements may be
made regarding the purchase Of a site
the association viii erect central ad-
ministrative building. This building
! will contain office rooms, gymnasium
and swimming pool, class rooms, as
sembly hall and cafeteria 1t Will not
have any. dormitOry rooms as the Y
NJ. c. A. already owns and maintains
a well equipped dormitory building III
the Y. NJ c. A boarding home on West
Missouri street A number OF sites
are under consideration. All OF the
associations in cities the size OF I'll
pago have been written to for infOrma-
ton on the cost of their central ad-
ministrative buildings and the plans OF
the building. These viii be USED as
practical suggestions to aid in prepar-
ing the plans for the local L W. = A.
building.
During the season of Lent, which be-
gan Wednesday the Women auAlllary
of the Church Of st. Clement VIII con
duct weekly mission study classes at
.
These will be arranged so that each
neighborhood will have meeting place;
The homes at which these meetings. WIN
be held on every Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock follow: Mrs K / Ahuer-
son, 1921 Tularosa street; Mrs. Horace
! w. Broaddus, 1131 East BOuleVard' MIS-
James NJ GOggin, 1924 MagOftln avenue;
Mrs. Sarah Barger, 1913 East RlO
Grande street; Mrs }. L. EdWar9s, ov'
North FL PasO street; Mrs. j. W. LelBn-
ton. sol Arizona street; Mrs. Henry clay
! Greer, 315 Lawton avenue. These places
were selected at the meeting OF the
womens auxiliary, held in the parish
house of the church Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. George Routledge presided over
the business meeting. A letter or thanks
from the missionary archdeacoh az
Charleston, S. C.. was received ana rede-
1t was in acknowledgment OF the ms
sionary box of clothing and. supplies
sent for the work among the negro
women and children Rev. Edward hen
ry Ecl6el, secretary for this missionary
province, gave a most interesting du-
dress on the mission work IN africa
Light refreshments were served after
the program. The hostesses OF the
meeting were Mesdames c c. Crews, J.
Van Den Brock, E. A. Henning and {.
L. Richards.
Circle one of the First Methodist
church aid society, met Tuesday al
ternoon at the home of Mrs. George 5.
Cowherd, on East Boulevard Mrs. v
5. Rogers resided. Following the
transaction of business, the afternoon
was spent in sewing. Those present
were Meslames V. S. Rogers, 9. d. Het-
trick, f. f. DilleyA J. T. Roe, A X
Hugo, S. V. Young, w. W. RINK, j. H.
Herman. O. c. Bernard, Ella Rogers,
c. l. BorCherding A. l.. FOOte, II. NJ.
Whitfield, F. G. Lister E. Z Schouck,
NJ E.. Winters, George Dean, J. NJ
Williams, {. Fl. Dow, n. Il. Briggs,
VOda Blount, Leonard Worchester, Jr-
r.. +. Wiley, Nora Wallen and ) l.
Dalton. A social half hour was spent
and refreshments were served. The
hostess was assisted by Mrs. ". A
Price and Mrs. G. D. Hettrick. The
next meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs. c. I. BOrcherding, 1891 Ala
media avenue, next Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. George LeBaron will give the
biography Of the late Alice Freeman
Parker, the former president Of We'll
lesley college, tonight at the meeting
Of Miss Gail Lanes bible class of bust
ness young women, at the boarding
home of the Y. W. c. A. This class spent
spent the winter term studying the
biographies of noted bible women and
will during the spring term have talks
! on noted women given by Ell PasO WOm-
en-. Next Thursday night Mrs. A. 2.
Averill will talk on the late Mary
Lyon, of Mount HOlyoke college. Fol-
lowing her on Thursday, March %, will
be Miss Annette b. CowIes. superin-
nurses training school, who will speak
on the life OF Florence Nightingale.
other talks viii follow.
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The Wednesday Embroidery club met
yesterday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. J. A. JacOby. jr., at her home on
Myrtle avenue. The time was spent
in needle work. Mrs. George Heffer-
mann played a number of piano Sc
lections. Mrs. K. W. Mosley gave an
interesting and entertaining mono
logue. A two course luncheon was
served in which a color scheme OF
green and white was used. The faVors
were little green. Jack in the boxes
Mrs. J. O'Brien and Mrs. Harvey ia
CODY were the guests of the club. Mrs.
at her home, 217 Arizona street, next
Wednesday afternoon.
The cake sale, which was held We'd
nesday by the committee from the
Women's club for the benefit Of the
Cloudcroft Baby sanatOrium in the Save
the Babies movement, was most sue
cessful and added a considerable sum
to the fund. There will be another cake
sale Saturday afternoon II Nauonss
and Watson's grocery stores Mrs. s.
S Baker, who is in charge Of the sale
of baby garments, which is being con-
Quoted by the Equal Franchise league
committee, reports good progress with
the sale There are still number OF
garments on hand to be sold. but these
are expected to be disposed Of before
the end of the week.
The auxiliary of the FL Paso Bap-
fist association, met Wednesday for an
all day of prayer. at the First Baptist
church A business meeting was held
during the morning session. The mem
bers brough their lunch with them.
Rev. s L. Holloway spoke on city
missions at the afternoon session. ".
j. Buie talked on Christian education
among the Baptists. Various phases !
Of educational work were informally ,
discussed by the women present.
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Circle three, of the First Methodist !
church Aid society. met Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. George Mills, I
in Conway place. There was a large
number present. Two new members
were received into the circle. Fol- :
lowing the business meeting a social 9
hour was spent. Refreshments were /
served
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