Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-18
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BY THE W0MAN'S CLUB

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was very well attended. held in the
Presbyterian chapel yesterday after
noon for purely business. The new
president. Mrs. Peter G. Olsen, was in
the chair, and announced her sched-
ule of committee chairman for the
coming year as follows:
Legislative committee, Mrs. Frank
Dorsey; program, Mrs. Jean Du Bois;
civic, Mrs. Adrian Lyon; literature
Mrs. Fritz Abegg: art and drama,
Mrs. Frederick Niedermeyer: music,
Mrs. Irwin s. Yarnall; household
economics, Mrs. John f. Sofeid; hos
pitality, Mrs. Ingfred I. Madsen; year
book, Mrs. Martin Meinzer: hostess
ushers and Christmas tree, Mrs. John
| w Kelly; room. Mrs. Clarence Nj.
Liddle; ~doorkeeper, Mrs. August j.
Rossi. Tow new committees were
added, whose chairman were taken
from the club at large, a ticket COM
mlttee. Mrs. Rufus Hosknigs; and a
flower committee, Mrs. Glenworth
Sturgis.
Any club members knowing of the
illness of one of the club members
are requested to report the fact to
! Mrs. Sturgis, who will attend to the
matter. The distribution of tickets
for all club functions this coming year
will be in the hands of the ticket
committee instead of with the direc-
tors as formerly.
Before the new business a piano
solo was rendered by Miss Trina stern.
a club daughter. The report of the
delegates to the State Federation of
woman's Clubs held in Asbury Park.
was heard. The report viii be given
in the NEWS tomorrow. Mrs. John
, w. Kelly and Mrs. Olsen gave the
reports which contained many sug-
gestions for the club activities which
would benefit this community.
Mrs. John f. Sofield. chairman of
the household economics depart
ment, announced that the local chap
ter of the American Red Cross has
agreed 30 furnish 140 cakes to be
! used in the Decoration Day celebra-
ton for the 1000 wounded soldiers
now reeuperating at Fix Hills hos
pital. An appeal was made to the
club women to assist in preparing
cakes or to donate money to-
ward their purchase. Mrs. Edward
F. Spofford wah appointed by the
Red Cross as chairman In charge.
Any women in the community willing
TO assist In providing n little home
baking for these sick boys should tel
ephone Mrs. Spofford. The cake Will
be collected.
The program committee, chairman,
J Mrs. Jean Du Bots. passed pencil and
paper around for suggestions from
the club members for the coming
years program. She the
general outline of the program which
will include current event lectures
and one meeting for ach of the de
APARTMENTS. Any club member not
present yesterday may phone Mrs.
Du Bots and offer n suggestions
for the coming years program.
GThe Girls Club of Perth Amboy
have opened an exchange, through
which the needs of a number of the
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be gratifed, it was announced. The
exchange has been established Tor
the purpose of making money for the
Girls Club of Perth Amboy The ar
tocle and task performed for a mem
| Der of the club will be charged at It's
lowest commercial value. The money
minus the amount needed to cover the
cost of materials. will be turned over
to the Girls Club.
Each Girls Llub member will only
take an order for a thing in which
. she specializes. The tasks to be under
taken will n from minding q
baby through making of salads
cakes and other table ~dainties. sew
ing, writing invitations, knitting,
alarming eocial functions, table dec
| Grating or performing relative ser
vices. Any member may apply 10
Miss Helen Bechtel, chairman or the
exchange department of the Girls
Club of Perth Amboy, or ZSi-A
Kearny avenue. who will be able to
connect a person with the specialist
she desires.
Mrs. Whitney w. Oliver reported
a. very successful May Breakfast with
1872 club members present, a small
! balance will be donated to the silver
fund of the club.
The proposed amendments to the
constitution received their third read
Ting yesterday and were unanimously
adopted. They were largely for the
purpose of clarifing existing articles.
The two which introduced new fea-
lures were those pertaining to the
raising of the yearly club fee and a
I change in the mthod of holding cleo
tons.
As a token of the clubs apprecia-
ton of the hard work done by the
two war presidents, Mrs. Adrian Lyon
and Mrs. A. Slayton Clark were unanl-
Emously voted as placed upon the life
membership list of the club.
Mr.. Bremen. of the Young Mems
Hebrew Association explained the
function of a club house for the two
Jewish young peoples organizations.
the Y. NJ. and Y. w. III. A. and be-
spoke the sympathy of the Woman's
Club of Perth Amboy in their com
ing campaign for larger quarters MI.
lBrenner was an excellent speaker
and was well received and heartily
I a%pplauded at the conclusion of his
address.
The next regular meeting will be
held Monday. October 4.