Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-04
GIRLS TO HAVE
new CLUB ROOM
Members of Community Service
Organization Welcome Announce
ment Made by Secretary.

Now we shall have our own club
rooms" is the welcome announce
ment made today to the community
service girls of Rock Island by
Miss Marian Clark, secretary. This
fact was announced as soon as def
mite plans were completed for TAX
ing over the entire second floor of
the Electric building, corner of
Nineteenth street and Third avenue,
for the girls use.
This building is not only admir-
ably located for this purpose but is
wholly suited in it's arrangement
for club purposes. Workmen are
already on the ground for the re-
modelling and redecorating of the
interior so that the use of the
building may be had at an early
date by the league. The large
auditorium Will be used for a ball
room, recreation, and dramatic pur-
poses The smaller rooms will be
used as a gathering place for the
girls, business meetings and gener
al purposes, a library for reading,
writing and study, a combination
dining room and kitchen for class
es in cooking and preparation OF
party meals, rest room, class rooms
for courses in French and lectures
on home economics and general Of
flee of Miss Marian Clark The
club rooms will be open from 11:3G
a. m. to 8 p. m, under the super
vision of a matrOn.
Detailed plans of furnishings,
decorations and arrangements have
been worked out by the community
service committee in conjunction
with Miss Clark.
That there has been a need of
such a home for the activities OF
the league is evidenced by a recent
statement OF the secretary. We
have never had an attractive room
for the girls to come to- she said.
Regular meetings have had to be
held in the public library and our
activities have had to be conducted
wherever a hall would be given
US. This was a handicap to our eff
forts even though the local organi-
cations have been more than gen.
erous in seeing that We were tax
en- care Of"
The work of the community ser
vice which is a department of the
war camp community service, has
heen in charge of the following
committee:
Chairman-Mrs. F. W. Bahnsen.
First vice chairman-Mrs. T. B.
Davis.
Second vice chairman-Mrs. c..
K. Mixter.
Chairman industries and com
mercial cOmmittees-Mrs. L. Z.
West and Mrs. A. T. Huesing.
Chairman recreation committee,
William Passig.
Chairman schools committee
Mrs. Cora Eastman.
Chairman club committee-Mrs.
W. NJ Walker.
Chairman volunteer workers
committee-Mrs. Jessie Anderson.
Chairman housing committee
Miss Anne CAVITY.
Secretary, Miss Marian Clark.
The activities of the community
service are best shown by the fact
that there are now in Rock Island
sixteen leagues comprising 1850
girls organized in large depart
ment stores, in factories, in the
settlement, in Y. W. c. A, and in
the high school, besides large So
cial service unit and a college
group of girls.
1t is intended that the work shall |
be continued along the following
lines: Monday evenings shall be
devoted to educational work, such |
as French classes and music, as
we'll as home economies, consist |
ing of cooking, home care of the |
sick, and hygiene; Tuesday even
ings, social and aesthetic dancing; |
Thursday evenings, military drill |
and gymnastics; Sunday afternoons |
will be open house, at which there
will be talks by returned soldiers, |
programs and fellowship |