Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-20
MRS.. OLSEN IS
CmLUbPRES|DENT
Woman's Club Has Large
Gathering at Annual Meet
ing Much Work Was Done

van cndpel yesterday was unusually
good. The treasurer reported at tn,
last club meeting the offering wa.
$40 which was made $50 by one oil
the club members. This was al
donated to the Near East Relief
Fund. Mrs. A. j. Perchard, treasur
er. made the report.
The election of officers resulted il
the following slate being elected
President, Mrs. Peter C. Olsen; frs
vice president. Mrs. Frank Dorsey
second vice president. Mrs. Jean d.
Bots; corresponding secretary. Mis-.
Helen Grannis; recording secretary
Mrs. j. Virgil Shull; federation secre
tary. Mrs. Whitney w. Oliver; treas
urer. Mrs. Ralph T.. Seaman; auditor
Mrs. A. J. sPerchard. The director.
for three years are Mrs. Martir
Meinzer, Mrs. Frederick Neidermey'
or, Mrs. Norman Davis and Mrs. A
J. Rossi.
The chairman Of the art and drama
department, Mrs. Gienworth Sturgis
reported that fou pictures have
been purchased for the Community
cen play.
The chairman of the hospitality
committee, Mrs. Whitney w Oliver
announced that the annual clut
breakfast will be held Saturday, May
s, in the New Packer House.
The literature department, Of
which Mrs. Fritz Abegg is the chair
man, announced that the next meet
ing of the department will be held
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
subject of the afternoon will be
Switzerland. The meeting will be
held in the rathskeller of the New
Packer House. Mrs. Abegg, a native
of Switzerland. will explain h Ian
tern slides which will be shown 10y
Mo- NNa1tnV L nnL ArS Stanley RnSt-
kowski will sing n few Swiss songs.
The proposed amendments to the
constitution and the bylaws received
their second reading n were discuss
ed. Those will be voted upon at the
May meeting to be held after the
federation meeting which takes place
in Asbury Park beginning Wednesday,
May IL, and closing the noon of Sat
urday, May 10. The delegates and
alternates were elected yesterday as
follows: Mrs. Peter G. Olsen, alternate,
Mrs. Frank Dorsey: Mrs. Whitney w.
Oliver, alternate. Mrs. John Kelly;
Mrs. Jean Dubois. alternate, Mrs.
Glenworth Sturgis; Mrs. A. Clayton
Clark. alternate, Mrs. Fannie Booth.
The club usually sends but two dele
gates but this e owing to the hos
has placed her summer home at the
clubs disposal during the federation's
session the club is able to send the
full number to which it is entitled.
The annual meeting opened with
the report OF the nominating com
mittee by the chairman, Mrs. j.. V.
Shull. The distribution of ballots then
took place and the tellers were APP
pointed.
After a brief intermission the reports
of the officers and committee chair
man of. the yea just closing were re-
ceived.
The treasurer. Mrs. A. j. Perchard,
showed by her report hat besides the
usual expenditures of the club the or
ganization has contributed to the war
children's relief fund; welcome home
celebration: frontier children's fund:
welfare work in pines; Mary Fisher
home: woman's legislative bureau;
consumers league; near east relief;
Mary Vaughan memorial; third district
federation Community House. and
bought a Victory Bond.
In the absence of Miss Martha
Greenbaum corresponding secretary
the report was read by Mrs. A. j.
Rossi, federation secretary In conjunc-
ton with her personal report.
Mrs. J.. Virgil Shull, record hg sec
rotary, reported for the board of di-
rectors h a sixty-two women had
been elected to membership and forty
five had been admitted. fifteen were
on the waiting list and two could not
enter. as they had removed their res
licences from this city. This is the
first time in many years that the club
has ach its maximum of 225 and
has women on the waiting list.
She also spoke of the unusual large
attendance all during he club e
and the new channels and energy di-
rected by the departments. During
tho N"nAl. 4 IN roo n1Rn1hDrS yVAFn rn-
moved by death, Mrs. w. Parker
Runyon, Mrs. Jane Waring and Mrs.
j. Scott Burns.
Mrs. Frank Dorsey reported as
chairman of the program committee.
She reviewed in rhyme the various
attractions enjoyed by the club dur-
ing the year reciting some of the prob
lens which the committee had been
obliged to solve.
The literature committee, of which
Mrs. Fritz Abegg is the chairman. be-
gan its work late in the season owing
to The removal crom town of the
chairman. Mrs. Mortimer Brown.
Under tae direction of Mrs. AbeSg
her Successor, the committee has had
some Of the most delightful as we'll as
largest attended meetings which the
department has ever sponsored. The
December meeting was on American
Humor; the February meeting on
Russia; March meeting on Spain.
The closing meeting of the season will
be on Switzerland. The committee
has placed sixty books donated by the
club members in the Community
House and further donations are be-
ing received by Mrs. Francis Sea-
man. the chairman of this section OF
the committee work.
The drama and art departments
report was given by the chairman, Mrs.
Glenworth Sturgis. 1t achieved its
detectives which were planned at-the
of the ear in providing local
talent on one program and contributed
to the budget through the success of
the farce given by the department and
making engagement of lane Manner
possible. They also contributed to
.he art atmosphere of the Community
House by purchasing and donating four
pictures.
The household economic department.
of which Mrs. John Sofield is chairman
announced that canned goods were col
lected s November and divided be-
tween the Day Nursery, City Hospital
and Home for the Aged. In his work
they were assisted by the Red Cross