The Penn's Grove record., 1920-06-04
Mothers Club
Hold Anniversary
Many Benevolent Helps Given By
Carneys Point Women

lueSQdy evening", June ISL, IN the
building. A pleasing program had
been arranged by Mrs. J. A. Johnson.
The opening was singing america"
Solos were sung by Mrs. Sutton, Mr..
Ferris and Mr.. Beckett. Mrs. Fish
gave a report and Mrs. John Croft a
reading.
Revs. c. B. Dubell and VIM. Moore
gave short addresses.
The leading feature of the evening
was the report of Mrs. Henry Stur-
CESS, who has been the president the
past three years. All will be interest
ed to learn what good work the
Mothers Club of Carneys Point has
done. Her address was as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen
1t gives me much pleasure to greet
you and extend a hearty welcome from
the Mothers Club which has function
ed in your midst for four years.
We are told that true greatness is
to take the common things of life and
walk bravely among themI This is
what the Mothers Club has done. Our
motto has been Service" Nothing
has been too tri1ing for our sympa-
thies and no undertaking tdo large for
our intelligent efforts. We stand for
every progressive movement and all
that is conducive to a high moral and
religious standard of living.
What our Club has meant to the
life of this community has never been
fully realized. Every activity has
been planned to benefit all who need
help.
The third Tuesday of each month is
given to lectures. In view of the fact
that suffrage was assured and that
most women have been so long tied to
the chariot wheels Of conventional ira
ditions as to be ignorant to a great ex-
tent of the duties and privileges of the
ballot we had as our speaker for De-
cember, Mr.. E. F. Fieckert, President
of Women's Suffrage Association in
the State of New Jersey. She gave us
a very instructive and conservative
talk on suffrage and the league OF
Woman Voters has been organized
thruout the country.
Because we have in u midst many
Young brides who have come from Of
fees and factories to this new life and
know little of home duties we had as
u speaker in January, Miss Ellis, OF
the State Home Economics Depart
ment. She remained three days DEM
onstrating and instructing those who
wished to learn cooking. She returned
and instructed us in making freless
cookers at a small expense. Mrs.
Griebel, also of the State, who was
with us 8 days and gave instructions
in sewing, cutting, fitting, alterations
of clothing.
In March we had a lecture on home
gardening. :,
Nearly four years ago the Mothers
Club established the first library IN
Carneys Point and managed 1T until
last fall when it vas turned over to
the "Y." 1t is now under the "4"
management. In the early fall our
Club began the birth registration Tor
the State, completing it by October
18th
In September we held the Booster
Dav exercises when the Club was ad-
dressed by Mr.. C. C. McColley, quar-
termaster. Prof. Joseph M. Wright,
school supervisor, and Mr. +. W. lock
enbury, secretary of the Y. A pleas
ant surprise was a few words from
Rev. c.. B. Dubell, who had just re-
turned from France. This resulted IN
% new members being enrolled.
In the autumn the Mothers Clup
constituted themselves as a womans
auxiliary to the Y to serve refresh
ments to their guests, chaperon tneif
dances or render any service posslple
where Young women were desired. we
also c~ooperated with the Y in getting
friends for a Community Christmas;
AS our share of the work we packed
and delivered Is baskets of Christmas
dinners where sickness or other dlsa-
bility existed and gave out pas
kets of fruit, candy and nut; at
tractively arranged to shut-ins.
In February and early IN March the
Mothers Club represented Carneys
Point in the drive for the Near East
Relief Fund and were fortunate IN Sc
curing the cooperation of a very
efficient mems committee under MI.
Whitney. Together we raised 1or 'he
cause S525.S5.
Our Help and Mercy Department
has been a very busy n during tie
past year and if the Club existed lqt
this alone it would be worth While. IL
has collected and given out 5Oo gar
ments, 8 good overcoats, o0 pairs ol
shoes, 5 outfits for as many new porn
babies. s63 in cash. Milk for a BABY
wac, maid for for several weeks. w
policies Were paid rp When
+bev would have been lapsed. Twelve
baskets of groceries have been given,
% children's Christmas stockings n
tovs were collected and given out by
this department at Christmas. A baby
carriage was donated and passed over
to a 3 months old baby who had never
been out because the mother was not
strong enough to carry it. -,
The Flower Chairman has also a
a full season. One hundred and forty
five plants and boquets were SEN OUT
and two baskets of fruit where they
would bd more acceptable, also eleven
sprays to funerals. Flowers have oeen
sent each week to Plant l.
Last fall our Club became affiliated
with the Congress of Mothers. we
0ootipued on mage