Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-07
Federation Of Won,en's Clubs.
BY MRS. B. q. CLARK.


Many Of the women's clubs close
their years work in May, and some
interesting accounts have come to the
press chairman from various organi-
cations.
The Ames Woman's Club. Mrs. G. u.
Caine, president, says that despite the
great rush Of war work Of various
kinds the club has had q paid-up
membership of 1873, and that the study
departments have all been continued
in good working order. The club has
made contributions to the city library
$50 to the Red Cross, $25; garden
work $35; housewives for soldiers, So;
soldiers comforts, s25; Y. w. c. A.
$40; and have in the tuberculosis fund,
1901. 1t expects to go 100 per cent for
the furlough home in France, and 100
per cent for thrift stamps. 1t has as
sisted the Aero. Club with its trinket
and treasure fund. 1t has promoted
good road agitation, assisted with
baby health week observance, COM
munity lecture course. books for
camps, scrap books for soldiers, and
enjoyed sessions of the council of de-
tense meeting. The music department
Of this club has given musical teas
and from it's earnings has contributed
$40 to the local Red Cross. The art
department gave $15 for the same
cause The history department is
undertaking to preserve local history
The board of managers has a May
luncheon planned for all the clup
members.
It is this club which has extended
tho invitation to the Iowa federation
biennial convention to meet in Ames
in May, 1919 The invitation has been
accepted and after this report Of the
club year, no one will doubt the ability
of Ames women to successfully carry
thru the work of the convention. The
local biennial committee has been or
sanized from the club women of Ames.
Mrs W. E. Stanton is chairman. MRS.
Game has been reelected president OF
the Woman's Club.
The Tourist Club Of Forest CITY
held it's last meeting recently ana
it sends an account Of an interesting
and original years work. Its topics Tor
study are Iowa, Russia, psychology,
music and drama. The study OF iowa
began with a travelog, "A Little
Journey Thru Iowa" 1t was produced
in the interests of the Good ROADS
Association, and presented at the
theater Later meetings on this SUD-
ject were, wild FLOWERS of iowa, an
address by Eugene Secor, and BIRDS
of Iowa." by Prof. Gustave Larson, OF
Waldorf College.
Tne otner subjects, were ts!isc:: " N
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sides these various programs, the clup
members are 100 per cent Red Cross
workers. and, made a gift of 500 to
the local Red Cross, the proceeds OF a
little play which the club gave. Mrs. n.
O. Bateman Is the outgoing president.
The Civic League. of Clear Lake. IS
maintaining, a rest room, and carrying
on the usual, amount OF community
work. r
The woman's Club of Rolfe is as
sisting Mr.. Holiday the county club
leader in war garden work. The CLUB
has supplied a school nurse for the
town. 1t has thru its department had
flowers planted at street intersections
last year and expects to continue the
work this year
The Opawa Art Glib has been giving
especial attention to war food demon
STATIONS and to garden plans 1t has
invested s1oQ in liberty bonds
The Clarion Woman 9 Club has given
SO to the federation scholarship and
loan fund. 7n
The jefferson club women have had
a community giving for the furlough
home in Frande. The Margaret Fuller
Club was the first to go "over the top.
in 100 per cent, s26 The Culture cup
and Friday Club are raising theH
quota. The Woman's Club held an
exchange for part of its fund clear
ing 500. 1t has 1925 now. There were
800 members in the club this year. Inc
civic department has earned S@'l' OF
which about $50 has been spent III