Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
Civic League Board of Directors.

At a we'll attended meeting of the
Civic League Monday afternoon,
June 18th, at the home of Mrs. R. G.
Shannonhouse, the following Board
of Directors were elected for the
coming club year:
Pres, Miss June Rainsford.
Vice-Pres., Mrs. B. E. Nicholson.
Sec, Mrs. C. j. Dennis.
Treas, Mrs. P. NJ. Feltham.
Chairman Cemetery Conn.,, Mrs. T.
II. Rainsford.
Chairman City Beautiful Com,
Miss Annie DeLoach.
Chairman Membership CON-, Miss
Virginia Simkins.
Chairman Finance CON-, Mrs. w.
E. Lott.
Chairman Sanitation Conn.,, Mrs.
R. G. Shannonhouse.
Chairman Social Service Com,
Miss Virginia Addison.
Chairman Law Enforcement Com,
Mrs. J.. G.. Edwards.
Chairman Publicity Com, Mrs.
Lovick Minis.
Chairman Junior Civic League,
Miss Hortense Padgett.
The personnel of the Civic League
is divided. into eight committees,
each committee headed by a chair
man. The committees are published
below, and it is hoped that each men,
bed will give her best time and
thought to the work especially as
signed to her. Each chairman will
call a meeting of her individual COM
mittee before the next meeting, July
the 18th, that the work for the year
may be mapped out and reported.
Let us give our chairmen our hearth
est cooperation.
Cemetery Com.-Mrs. T. H. Rains
ford, chairman; Mrs. A. E. Padgett,
Mrs. C. E. May, Miss Jennie Pattison,
Miss Lillian Smith, Mrs. R. A. Marsh,
Mrs. R. L. Dunovant, Mrs. o. B. An
derson, Mrs. Augustus White.
City Beautiful Com.-Miss Annie
DeLoach, chairman; Mrs. w. S. Adj
ans, Mrs. Israel Mukashy, Mrs. A.
l.. Gunter, Mrs. H. H. Sanders, Mrs.
j. G. Holland, Mrs. J. w. DeVore,
Mrs. Kate Lynch, Miss Sophie Minis,
Miss Kate Samuel, Mrs. M. A. Taylor.
Membership Com.-Miss Virginia
Simkins, chairman; Miss Annie Bee,
Miss Ruth Tompkins, Mrs. C. j. Den
mis-, Miss Charlotte Strother, Mrs. w.
c.. Tompkins, Mrs. D. B. Holdings
worth.
Finance Com.-Mrs. w. E. Lott,
chairman; Mrs. w. B. Cogburn, Mrs.
Belts Cantelou, Mrs. Lowe Smith,
Mrs. E. P. Jones, Mrs. j. H. Nichol-
son, Mrs. j. S. Byrd, Mrs. Earle Cog
burn, Miss Elizabeth Rainsford.
Sanitation Com.-Mrs. R. G..
/ Shannonhouse, chairman; Mrs. NJ. N.
Tillman, Miss Ethel DeLoach, Mrs. j..
H. Tompkins, Mrs. W. S. Cogburn,
Mrs. Milton Jones, Mrs. W. F. McMur-
rain, Mrs. S. M. Smith, Miss Fannie
Sheppard.
Social Service Com.-Miss Virgin
ia Addison, chairman; Mrs. P. NJ. Eel
than, Miss Sophie Dobson, Mrs. L. T.
May, Mrs. j. w. Peak, Miss Ruth
Zimmerman.
Law Enforcement Com.-Mrs. j.
G. Edwards, chairman; Mrs. j. l..
Minis, Mrs. ]. H. Cantelou, Mrs. f..
A. Smith, Mrs. j. C. Sheppard, Mrs.
l.. S. K%ernaghan.
Publicity Com.-Mrs. Kate w.
Cheatham, chairman; Mrs. T. j. Lyon.
Junior Civic League Com.-Miss
Hortense Padgett, chairman; Miss
Gladys Rives, Miss Katherine Minis.
Miss Sophie Dobson, an ardent
member of the Civic League, has just
had a portion of her land, commonly
known as the Gypsy Camp" posted.
For years this place has been the
common dumping ground for old pa
pers and tin cans, marring the beauty
of one of our most picturesque drive
ways. At an early date the Civic
League wagon will remove the I'M
slightly trash, and it is hoped that
this civic pride of Miss Dobson's will
inspire others to refuse to allow their
land to be common dumping places,
especially on the side of the public
highways. Let US, as a community,
cultivate a love for the aesthetic,
thereby enriching our lives and the
lives of others. Commitment to the
common good is the natural and i'm
p~erious law of community life no
less than of individual life.
The Civic League wagon will col