Alma record., 1918-01-10
CIVIC LEAGUE DID
FINE YEARS WORK
Annual Meeting of Civic League
Held Last Friday Indicated
Fine Years Work.
MANY ADVANCES WERE MAOE
Officers elected al the Meeting TO Hold
for Coming Two fears-Mrs.
King Il Again President.

Officers elected al the Meeting TO Hold
for Coming Two Years-Mrs.
King Is Again President.
The annual meeting of the Civic I'm
provement League was held Friday.
Jan A, at the homo Of the president.
Mrs. Francis King, forty-fve women
present.
America and Freedoms Day, by
! Charles Yoemans, were sung at the
opening Of the meeting. Mrs. d. l..
Johnson, chairman Of community 9'rg-
| ing, led, accompanied by Mrs. Souie
at the piano, and Miss Mary Yocmans,
violin.
The reports of the secretary, Mrs.
| r. H. Wilcox, and Of the treasurer,
Mrs. Geo w. Moore, were given a
| below.
| The reports of the Standing commit
| tees were listened 10 with great in
terest. The following were elected for
the coming year:
President-Mrs. Francis King
First vice -president-Mrs. III. II.
ooule.
Second vice-prcsident Frank
+. Barnes.
Secretary Mrs. K. II. WilcoS.
Treasurer-Mrs. Geo. W. Moore.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs l.
n Baker.
Auditor-Mrs. j. f. Ful!er.
Secretary's Report.
! ~
the year ending Dee. 81, l5lr.
The close Of the year finds The
league with the largest enrolment il
has ever had-one hundred and sixty
seven members.
Sixty-six have attended at least one
meeting Twelve regular meetings
were held with an average attendance
Of eighteen.
Early in the year the league coop
Grated with the Board Of Trade in the
work TO get al endowment for Alma
College. The committee in charge Of
the Community Club did faithful work
Ial last winter Meetings were held
at the II. S. auditorium, as many as
fifty were present at one time. regu-
lar parties with refreshments were
given, and many pleasant evenings
spent. In the spring the league had
charge Of the city sprinkling For two
months, until the city bought the
flusher which was used on the paved
streets. At the May meeting thc cr-
ganization Of Red Cross society was
discussed. In May night letter was
sent to Congress endorsing the idea of
having nationwide prohibit on during
the war. A small park in Southfieid
addition was planted by the league
with four grated elms, one hundred
spirea Van Houtii and four japanese
cherry trees and weeping elm and
rambler roses in Miner Terrace. At
the June meeting a motion was carried
that Mrs. Priests name be presented
as candidate for election as a membey
Of the school board. At that same
meeting Mr.. Cleavenger. librarian Of
a Carnegie library at Jackson, gave
some practical and helpful ideas with
reference to the leagues work for "a
Carnegie library for Alma.
About the first of July the station
park, in fine condition, was turned
over to the care of the K. X. station
agent. The league assisted in the sale
of Chautauqua tickets and, because the
guarantors were called upon, the
league turned over to the treasurer of
the Alma Chutauqua association $177.-
So that had been earned by chautau-
quas in other years, which fully re-
imbursed all guarantors. The league
also circulated petition and secured
one hundred and ten guarantors for
the 1918 chautauqua. Under the aus
pices of the league a demonstration
of cold pack methods of canning was
given in the Presbyterian church, by
a young woman sent out from N. A.
c. During the summer months the
Reading Room was thoroughly
cleaned and made attractive and in
September the Free Reading Room be-
came also circulating library, open
to the public--to women and girls as
well as to men and boys. Two trav-
cling libraries from Lansing were
added to the $50 volumes already there
and Miss Marian Spinney engaged
Rs librarian for the afternoons. la
| OSCoitr OeieRAS Was sent 70 She
Michigan State Federation Of wom-
l ems Clubs at Traverse City and she
brought back most interesting reports.
| Trees, shrubs and bulbs were sold
both spring and fall, netting the
league $%0.75. A letter was written
to the Grstiot County Board Of Su-
pervisors petitioning them to offer "a
| reward Of not less than 81 10000 for
the murderer of Beatrice Epler.
Oct. 26 the league made the first
payments on 81 100000 worth Of Lib
erty Bonds-S5O0 worth at each bank.
The league has worked all the year
through for the best interests of the
city, working for town improvement;
for better sanitary conditions where
people were living in tents; for Wis
ting nurse and dental inspection in
the schools; cooperate with the State
Commission in the matter Of moving
picture censorship; writing the gov
ernor asking that the state Uniform