The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-04-27

for a place to open q city library. We
also made our first visit 70 White Salm-
on to meet with their club.
The fifth year Of our existence vas
an eventful ore IN the clubs history,
and We were most fortunate in having
the leadership Of Miss MeLaren during
this and the following year. The city
council had now begun to recognize our
existence as club and had allowed US,
through the civic committee. 40 feet of
land for a park and library site. and
had established q park commission.
giving two of our members places
thereon, Mrs. c. n. Castner and Mrs.
R. d. Gould.
Our present custom of entertaining
the club husbands once q year was then
established; also the days that we en-
tertain the valley clubs and our neikh-
Dor clubs across the Columbia. The
need OF philanthropic committee was
seen and one was appointed.
In May, 1912. the city granted the
privilege of starting a library and two
members from the Women's club were
appointed on the board, Miss McLaren
and Mrs. Stewart.
In November an invitation was ex-
tended to the state federation to meet
with US in October, 1918. In December
1t was stated that the Carnegie COM
mission had granted Us sl7, 500 for q
county library building, and on the 18th
OF August, 1918. the first shovelful of
dirt toward the housing of our long
dreamed of public library, was turned
by our president, Miss McLaren.
The club year beginning in 1913,
when Mrs. c. H. Castner was presi.
dent, was another eventful year. This
year is usually referred to as "the year
We had the federation" The End of
October the cornerstone of the library
building was laid with appropriate GER
emonies. and from the sixth to the
ninth the club and city entertained the
federated Women's clubs of Oregon.
On the 18th of this month a piano was
purchasedlan on the 25th Of March,
1914. we held our first meeting in Iii.
brary hall.
During the term of l9l4-15, when
Mrs. j. o. Mclaughlin was president,
the philanthropic committee outdid all
the others in the excellence of its
work. During this time the Tuesday
evening club, composed of the business
women of the city, federated with US.
and 10 now the evening department of
our club.
The National federation held its BIZ
ennial convention in June, 1915, and
many of our members took advantage
of the..occasion of it's meeting in Port
land, and received much inspiration
from the speeches delivered thereby
gifted women from all parts Of the
Union.
Since the building of the library
there has been no demand in the club
for any big things. ebut the work of the
different departments and committees
has gone quietly on. We have in the
last year added to our club the music
department, which now has enrolled 62
active and.27 associate members. What
they have been doing. you who have
been. attending. know If you have not
attended, you do not deserve to know.
The evening department has rs men,
bers enrolled and a study club is being
orangized. Altogether now we are 220
strong in membership. From the small
beginning have told you of the club
has grown SO rapidly that | think the
members themselves do not realize how
much work is being accomplished along
its different lines. Who can measure
the good that has been done by the
philanthropic committee. Perhaps they
can, but ! wonder, too, if even they
know how much cheer and comfort
they have brought to the friendless and
destitute during the long, stormy
months that have just passed by. And
the music department: the hours of
work and practice they have given over
to preparing the programs that it has
been such a'pleasure to listen to. We
have needed no lecture course in our
little city this winter; we have some
thing far better. l wonder, too, if
they can ever know how much true en-
joyment they have given many music
hungry souls, who have been enabled
here at home to listen to the music of
the.world's greatest composers. And
so. on and on. the same applies to each
and every part of the club. And will
1t not be on and on, what we have
done, added to what we may YET. be en-
abled to do, making a still better his.
tory. until when the roll call of Wom-
ems clubs shall be given. the Hood
River Woman club shall not be num-
bered among the last nor the least?