The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-26
directors Are Elected and the Presi-
dent Appoints the Standing
Committees for
the Year.
MATTERS TAKEN UF
eaaue Talks over the Curfew Propo-
sition Again and Also the
Improvement Of Some
Property.

The Civic league at its regular
business meeting held Saturday
elected directors and the president
named the standing committees fol
The year. The meeting was held in
The girls club room of the Y. w. G.
A. with the president, Mrs. Hugh J
Robertson, in the chair. Routine re
ports were made, and in the absence
Of the treasurer Mrs. William Lowitz
made the financial report.
Mrs. Leonard Matless placed ia
nomination the following directors
who were elected by unanimous bal
lot: Mrs. George D. Rand, Mrs.
Eugene S. Baker, Mrs. J. ]. Ayres,
Mrs. H. j. Reeves, Mrs. w. G. Blood,
Mrs. William Ballinger, Mrs. d. A.
Collier. Mrs James B. Diver, Mrs.
william Logan, Mrs. c. T. McFar-
land, Mrs. j. W. Townsend, Mrs. John
Rovane, Mrs. James Cameron, ST.,
Mrs. George S. Merriam, Mrs. J. F.
Elder, Mrs. J. B. We'll, Miss Eleanor
Brown, Miss Anne B. Davis.
The president announced the fol.
lowing standing COMMITTEES:
Park committee-Miss Eleanor
Brown, Miss Martha Baldwin. Miss
Caroline Baldwin, Mrs. ]. F. Elder,
Mrs. j. B. Diver, Mrs. H. ]. Reeves,
Mrs. w. J., Roberts, Mrs. H. 0. Whit
ney
Flower box committee-Mrs.. Harry
Culkin, chairman.
Drinking fountains-Miss Elizabeth
Collier, chairman.
House committee-Miss Beulah
We'll, Miss Ignore Rich, Miss Eliza
beth Tanning.
Social committee-Mrs. w. G..
Blood, Mrs. e. S. Baker, Mrs. Ira
w Wills, Mrs. r, NJ. Lapsley, Mrs.
G. R. Armentrout.
Program - Miss Ida Gordon
Howell Mrs. Leonard Matless, Mrs.
James HuiskampJ Miss Florence Tai
bot
Membership-Mrs. T. R. Board.
Mrs H. c. Brown, Mrs. Beverly
Waugh Dickinson.
Sanitation-Mrs. G.. Albert Kied-
aisch Mrs. B. f. Jones. Miss Ce1es-
tine Dickey.
Commissioners aid Mrs. J. J.
Ayres, Mrs. D. A. Collier.
Ward committees:
First-Mrs. N. T. Wilcox, Mrs. Will
liam G. Bridgeman, Mrs. Carl Weber.
Second-Miss May Tumelty, Mrs.
&C. w. Hanly, Mrs. James Cameron,
ST., Mrs. John Rovane.
Third-Mrs. ]. j. Chapman, Mrs.
c. w. Kellogg, Mrs. Louis Sterne,
Mrs. Edward Kruse, Mrs. Fred Hill
pert.
Fourth-Miss Louise Helwig. Mrs.
Samuel McQuade, Mrs Cephas Har-
rison, Mrs. Harry Merrick.
Fifth-Mrs. Clara P Sheldon, Mrs.
James Burrows, Mrs. Frank Griffey,
Mrs. Theodore Meyling.
Sixth-Mrs. Geo. Merriam, Mrs. A.
L. Berger COMMITTEE iincomplete).
Seventh-Mrs. Joseph Skinner,
Mrs. Grace Wirth COMMITTEE incom-
plete).
Reports are Received.
Mrs. j. J. Ayres reported that upon
second conference with the commits
sioners it had been found that the
law does not give the city power to
act when the condition of property
Is merely unsightly and recomm end
ed the league take the matter up
with the agent of the property at
Fifth and Fulon. The president was
authorized to appoint such a commit
tee. Miss May Wescott presented
her resignation as corresponding sec
rotary, the duties Of which she felt
she would not have time to fulfill.
The members voted to ask her to
retain the office nominally and that
the work be given to some other
member to be named by the presi-
dent.
1t was reported that the date Of
the Hoover luncheon which is being
Planned by the social committee de-
pends upon the coming of DR.. Grace
Meigs. 1t is hoped that the date
may be early in December
The name of Miss Olive Sutton
was added to the roll of members.
The president had been requested
70 bring to the. league the question
ol curfew law, to meet the prob
ZEN OF the children being on the
streets at night. This question came
up several years ago for serious dis
eusslon in the Parent-Teachers' club
uurlng the one year of its existence.
AN investigation of local conditions
was made by two prominent men OF
.ne city who reported that the police
,ofce OF Keokuk is not sufficiently
large to enforce such law. That
y would merely have the tendency
afiVe the children from the lighted
s s,l into dark alleys. In some
stles a police matron has been the
MEANS a,es of lettering some street con-
M.lons, being more effective in this
"ork than are the men police.