The Robesonian., 1918-06-20
WOMAN'SCLUB WORK
High Ideal of Public Duty Will
Result in Civic Beauty for Lum-
berton-Looking Forward to a
River Front Park.

River-Front Park.
ct is regretted that this report was
not printed in Mondays Robesonian.
1t was received Saturday afternoon,
in time to have gotten in Mondays
paper, but engagements that could
not be put off, and sickness, brought
us to Monday morning without having
read the report. Then a storm Of 9TH
er things demanded attention and
caused us to take a chance and hold 1t
over for the next paper without read
ing it over to see if there was any
thing in it demanding immediate a.
tention-Editor).
Reported for The Robesonian.
The woman's club met in the direc-
tors room of the National Bank of
Lumberton Wednesday afternoon,
June 18th, Mrs. N. A. Mclean, presid-
ing. j.,
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Mrs. n. A. Nc
Lean, president; Mrs. II. H. Ander-
son, vice president; Mrs. H. M. Nc
Allister, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
John Knox treasurer; Miss Mary q.
Inspiring reports from the Fedora
tion convention in Raleigh, May 2oth,
were made by Mesdames N. A. Nc
Lean and H. M. McAllister, delegates
representing the club. These ladies
carried a most creditable report Of
the work done by the club during the
past year, the first year of its exist
ence.
The president reported that the
fund for local use realized from the
December Red Cross Seal sale is be-
ing used for the treatment of a Won1-
an tubercular patient at Montrose.
The patient is from Lumberton.
Miss Vivian Townsend, chairman
of Meadowbrook cemetery committee,
reported that the town authorities are
now engaged in cleaning bitches, and
placing driveway signs through the
cemetery.
The club is grateful to Mrs. ]. A.
Sharpe for gift of bulbs for the
graded school grounds. Mrs. Sharpe
is chairman Of the committee on park
grounds. The club suggests that any
one having vigorous plants or seed
that they may wish to donate to the
town will send them to Mrs. Sharpe's
residence by Wednesday evening of
the present week. The committee will
on Thursday employ a gardener to do
the necessary work.
The beautiful landscape gardening
recently done by Mr.. w. /. Linkhaw
along the river front was discussed
and commended by the ladies', and the
secretary was directed to write Mr..
Linkhaw letter of appreciation and
approval of his lovely work. Some
kindred spirit of past generation
has left to the town an invaluable
legacy in the magnificent shade trees
now the joy and pride of every citizen
of the town. Let US faithfully pre-
serve our splendid oaks; and let US
keep Mr.. Linkhaw's gift constant
reminder of the possibilities of our
one great natural beauty-the lovely
Lumbee.
Ruskin in his Vision of England
that he kept constantly before the
English eye said: "The idea Of self
denial for the sake of posterity,
practicing present economy for the
sake of debtors yet unborn, of plant
ing forests that our descendants may
live under their shade, seldom is rec
ognized publicly. God has lent us
earth for our life; it is a great ente i.
1t belongs as much to those who are
W SOiHC dllCl tS, t,llu WilOSS HdlllSS
are already written on the book of
creation, as to US; and we have nc
right by anything that we do to de-
prive them of benefits which it was in
our power to bequeath."
The woman's club seeks to hold Mr.
Ruskin's vision before the citizenship
of our town. Only by being con-
stantly mindful of all that tends tt
civic beauty can Lumberton be made
truly beautiful place to live in
and environment has a telling effec
on the lives Of a people.
The club is aware that energy anC
expenditure is being directed toward
the great war, so it does not seek ar
aggressive and immediate action alone
civic lines, either for town or club, bu
makes the suggestion that pending
the termination of the war that towr
authorities permit no further erection
of buildings along the towns water
front, reserving it for eventual devel
opment of park. Mesdames J. A
Sharpe and James Proctor and Mis-:
Mary G. McNeill were aDpointed :