Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-11-15
WOMAN'S CLUB OF CLIFFSIDE
PARK

The Womans Club of Cliffside
Park, held its regular meeting on
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. w. j. Macdonald anc transact
ed large amount of business, with
the President Mrs. H. R. Benda. in
the chair.
The reports of the Recording Sec
rotary, Mrs. Burns, the Correspond
ing Secretary, Mrs. Edwin LeCato,
and of the Treasurer, Miss Edith
Foringer were read and approved
and action taken on the business.
Mrs. N. c. Cause was proposed as
a new member and voted into the
club.
Mrs. w. E. Sammis, chairman of
the Reception Committee, called on
for the report of the social even
ing, gave the details for the benefit
of those who were not present, and
expressed greatest appreciation for
the cooperation of her committee
(Mrs. Drew, Mrs. Leve, M. Koch, Mrs.
Scott and Miss E. Foringer,) and
for that of the guests who came from
New York on that stormy evening
of October twenty third, to give the
Lecture on India, and to render the
piano and violin musical selections
The guests of the Club who were
present at the reception, besides the
club members and their husbands,
and the speakers and musicians, were
Warren Drum, Supervising Principal
of the Cliffside Park schools, Rever-
end and Mrs. N. c. Cause, of the Con-
gregational Church, Reverend and
Mrs. Marshall Montgomery, of the
| Episcopal church, Mr.. J. Whelan,
| President of the Board of Education,
with his wife, Mrs. j. Pennell, Presi-
dent of the Womans Club of Pail
SADIE, with Mr.. Pennel, Mrs. ]. Coul-
ter, Principal of the Cliffside school,
No 1, Miss Warner, Teacher
in charge of school No. 1, Miss John
stone and Miss Jones of the High
School faculty. The club moved that
| letters of thanks be sent to the en-
tertainers of the evening and to the
Episcopal Church which loaned
chairs etc.
Mrs. G. Vaughn, at the request of
the President, read an interesting
letter from the Haversack Commit
tee of the Federation of Womens
| Clubs.
The "Haversack," the Soldiers
Club House under the care of the
New Jersey State Federation, at
| Camp Dix has done a splendid work,
supported by the pledges of the state
| clubs, and closing its doors on Octo
Der 31st, reported the last items of
that closing to the clubs whom it has
kept acquainted with its work from
the beginning.
There was still four months rent
| of two hundred dollars month
| Though reduced a hundred dollars a
month this Year, as the lease extend
ed to November and this was can
| celled by the landlord, and the build
ing turned over to him on July 14th
with the Lounge" addition, built and
designed by the Engineers of the
Goth, and paid for by the hostesses
and by private subscriptions, the
place which has brought so much
| comfort to the sick and the wounded,
as we'll as the homo sick boys, on
their way to or from France.
On October First, the committee
had $4,000, to turn over to the Fed
erationd, and now from the sale of
some things the fund of $500. is in
the treasury available for such
broad welfare work as may come up
The service of the "Haversack" has
been on high plane, rendered with
out once cent of profit out of the
boys"
The New Jersey committee stated
that, as the New Jersey Federation
had not yet responded to the Gener-
al Federation's War Work overseas.
that clubs would still have a chance
to contribute to this work.
The Cliffside Park Club is all paid
up in its pledge to the fund The an
nouncement was made that Mr.. Ever
EFT was chairman of the Red Cross
Rail Call, in the boruogh and the
members of the club were asked to
come out to the meeting called by
him at the High School for Friday
night.
In response to the appeal about
daylight saving, the club voted to go
on record as in favor of it.