The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-05-30
c;xfc League Holds Meeting.

IONS Civic League HoidS Meeuhs
80" ng never i'm the history of Cos
,,rs s Women's CIVIC league
Wss mere been more lnleresllns
has tnsf Than the one held last Thurs
meell w. 18th, at the home Of the
day. w. Mrs. Martha Shaw. In
secretalm nca of the president, Mrs p
the aDsH one Of the vice-presidents
F. on iphn l. Reifsnider, Jr., presided
Mrs. t Sn the beginning to the close
anu the meeting there was not a lagg-
O ~ moment. The secretarys report
ing u, n active interest in all the de-
show nte If work. The treasurer's
partl lt which is always Of vital in
repol' IN every member of the league,
terest balance Of $230.49 in bank
snO"' all bills were paid, and $247.2O
a llel continued improvements at
the Armory eu, 49, a,ou -
.,a Onera House were $l43.4S. Pro-
tHe LII from the food exchange were
cee4 The Amusement Committee,
~ ~, Ralph Reifsnider, chairman, re-
Mis. the gross receipts from the
LIav At the opera $256.9O.
intro were but two non-resldents
9 Westminster who took part in the
VI olo, Nessrs. Holloway and Warner,
I'D I'D IN these two young men the
Gaague is especially indebted; also to
thn management of the Opera House
t u.ho "a kindly reduced the rent for
,,,a ,ro evenings; to the Keefer Or
,h.-tra for their splendid music, and
~ the Liberty Quartet who delighted
tho audience both evenings, and who
hara become so popular with our
naonIe that no evenings entertain
ment seems complete without them:
and TO the chorus girls who were in
dped yerv clever in their impersona-
linn in both dress and song; also to
tho voung ladies who made the at
tr9ctive posters that helped so much
in the advertising Of the play; and
nsDecially to the young ladies and
gentlemen who represented the
Characters in the play, who proved
themselves artists indeed; and to
every one who took the very least
mart in making the entertainment the
snIendid success that it was, the
ladies' of the League are very CRATE
full.
Mrs. Frank Myers, chairman of The
Flv Committee, reported the food ex
change which was conducted by her
committee in the Times building every
Saturday afternoon for some weeks,
discontinued The total receipts from
the exchange we're $66.77. Since the
beginning of the year Mrs. Myers ha
paid out $500 for flies. Literature
telling of the destructive work of the
fly and how to combat it, was dis
tributed to all present.
Forestry Committee, Mrs. Gallagher
reported 81 more oaks planted to take
the place of those that died, some
from abuse, and others because trees
simply will die. There are now $50
trees, or little more than a mile,
lightning at Liberty Heights. and.
eyrlAding down the old Baltimore
pike The trees were donated by the
State Forester. Mr.. Besley, and re-.
present about $4,000 in tree value
The are all looking very healthy and
the WOmen's Civic League j. justly
proud of them, and sincerely hopes
every citizen of Carroll county will
feel such a keen interest in them that
not even a branch will be broken, or
the least demarcation found upon
even the stakes put UP to protect
them. The State Roads Commission
has whitewashed both stakes and
trees, and there is no mistaking them.
1t was with much regret that the
resignation of Mrs. Luther Bare, as
chairman of the Forestry Committee
had to be accepted, but the League
congratulate themselves upon having.
Mrs. j. l.. Reifsnider, Jr., to take her
place.
Mrs Rainey reported the play
ground to open the LIST of June.
Monitors will be employed from .
o'clock to 11.3O each morning, when
the grounds will be closed until 6
o'clock in the evening, and will remain
open until $50, under the care of two
of the League. The ladies are
planning some new features for the
and hope to make it at
tractive and healthy for our children
and young people as we'll.
Mrs. George Mather, who has
charge of beautifying the grounds at
the Armory, has had the hedge plant
ed, and later on will plant the shrubb-
cry under the supervision of Mr..
Ballard, State Landscape Gardener.
On the night of May Goth, benefit
dance will be given by the ladies to
our young people. The proceeds will