Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-12

Girls Club Plans
for Busy Summer
Pleasant Meeting

The Girls Club Of Perth Amboy
| planned a busy summer at their July
| meeting held last night in their club
| rooms in 101 Smith street. Owing to
the unavoidable absence of the pres
ident, Miss Clara Hansen, whose
father just died, Miss Edna Oliver
| presided.
A short talk upon the housing sur
| vey which is being conducted by the
Board of Trade assisted by the Girls
Club was given by Miss Lehman, who
is substituting for Miss Winans as
| head of War Camp work here during
the latter's vacation. This was fol-
lowed by IN appeal for sewing for
| the children of the frontier. The
Misses FLYNN, Willsey, Macan and
Oliver volunteered to sew in the club
| rooms Wednesday afternoon and the
| Misses Walters and Phillippi will sew
| Tuesday afternoon.
A committee to draw up the by
laws and also to submit the nomina-
lions for the election of officers was
| appointed: Miss Helen Bechtel chair
man assisted by the Misses Doris
| Willsey, Ruth Block, Gladys Hawk
ms and Mary Slifkins. The election
of officers will take place at the
August meeting. The committee will
meet with Mrs. Adrian Lyon shortly.
Miss Lena Goldman sang Love is
the Best of ALL" h was followed
by a reading by Miss Doris Willsey.
A duet was then sung by the Misses
Goldman and Lehman accompanied
on the piano by Miss Helen White
more. They sang "S~weethearts from
Maytime." Miss Doris Willsey then
recited 1T Don't"
Miss Corinne Paine then gave a
talk on the recreation center IN
Hayes Park and challenged the Girls
Club to a game of volley ball. 1t was
decided to accept the challenge and
The first game will be played We'd
nesday night on the volley ball courts
in Hayes Park. Miss Lena Goldman
was elected captain of the Girls cup
team. All the members of the cIup
who wish to take part in the game
are requested to report Tor practlce
at Z o'clock Wednesday night at the
park. All members of the Girls CluD,
whether players or not, may witness
the game which will be played TINS
Wednesday evening at 7:45 o'clock.
If was decided that each member
of the Girls Club would forgo one
sundae between now and next We'd
nesday and bring the money to War
Camp headquarters, the same to be
donated to some charitable purpose,
the exact purpose to be decided at
the neX meeting.
To make money for the purpose OF
sending children of the SOL
diers to the country was decided up
on. IT was voted to appoint COM
mittees to see about the theatres IN
this city and give O. benefit perform
| ance and give the money for that
purpose.
The erection of a recreation paw
lion in Hayes Park by the war camp
Community Service was next DISCUSS
ed and it was decided to endorse a
resolution for the erection OF the
pavilion. The following resolution
was adopted which will be presented
lat Waw Camp headquarters: BE 1t
| resolved hat the Girls Club of Perth
| Amboy present a request LOT the
erection of a recreation pavilion at
HAYES Park" We base this resolu-
tion upon the following instances
which have come to us in this city;
/ Miss Helen Bechtel, who SPENDS
a Number of hours a day as hostess
in the Army and Navy Club, stated
that soldiers and ex-soldieTs have
asked for a nice place to dance.
2. Girls who have formerly attend
ad tbe war Camp Community dances
have received repeated remarks from
ex-service men for something to take
the place of w. G. c. S. dances tor
men in uniform.
4, Mrs. W. w. Oliver, the mother
of ono of the club members chairman
of the hostesses at the w. G. G. s.
dances, stated that returned men
have said That when they were away
thew had dances to go to but now
they were home there were nome
The question Of entertaining the
boys at Colonia came up for It's snare
of discussion and Miss HeIen becnte,
was requested t investigate the need
Of entertainment n if so the kind:
Following the business meeting re,
freshments of jello and ice cream
topped off with a cherry, nuts and
cake were served by Miss Doris Will
sey, chairman of the refreshmen
Committee, assisted by the Misses
Pnth Macan and Ruth Block. Chorus
singing with Miss Helen Whittemore
at the piano and dancing completed
the evening.