Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
COMMUNITY SERVICE
AND IT'S OBJECT
Citizens Asked To Assist In
Helpful And Wholesome
Recreational Work
WARD LEADERS CHOSEN

The Community Service Association,
Of Annapolis, organized its member
ship campaign at meeting OF the exc
cufiye committee last evening naming
Allen Bowie Howard 10 be chairman,
and selecting ward leaders for the wo-
men and men.
The budget already adopted calls for
The sum OF 800 for a years work
and the object of the campaign is to
secure this sum, and make the out
lined work Of community service pos
slhle. but It has a still greater object
that Of interesting as many persons as
possible in helpful and wholesome
recreational work To this end il IS
hoped that the citizens Of Annapolis
and vicinity viii assist in the work
unanimously by becoming members.
Three classes II members nave been
established. Active membership car
he secured by subscription Of 81 or
over. Supporting members will pay
s25 or over. and it is believed that a
largo proportion OF the solid citizens Of
the community VIII see their way clear
To qualify FOR this membership. Sus-
tanning members are those VINO CON
tribute 800 or more There is a rea-
son 10 believe that a considerable mum
Der will be glad to help the work to
this extent or course. well-to-dO peo-
pie need not limit their subscriptions
10 these figures.
The other general officials of the
campaign are: Thomas J. Linthicum,
treasurer, and John X. Roland. secre-
tary. The ward leaders are, Women's
committee, First Ward. Mrs. Thomas
r. Kurtz; Second Ward Mrs. Barnett
Bowie; Third Ward, Mrs George a.
Moss; Fourth Ward Mrs. A. G. Hill:
West Annapolis, Mrs. Alex Proskey;
Qor Eastport and Germantown the
leaders are yet TO be named); Mems
committee. First Ward, Charles W.
smith; Second Ward, Anthony G
Davis: Third Ward, Prof Horace j
Femon; Fourth Ward, j. Greenbcrg;
PASSPORT. Jesse Clark; (for West An
naDolis and Germantown to be named)
The objects of the Community SerF
ice are not thoroughly known, but, in
brief. II may be said that they are TO
organize and make effective the efforts
along various lines 10 afford helpful
and wholesome recreation for the PEG
pie Of Annapolis and vicinity and those
who may visit here for a greater or
less period. The work Is very broad in
its scope. and II is hoped 10 extend its
influence to all ages and conditions Of
our citizens. mature persons. youths
and children. and people in the various
branches of the service or in civilian
life 1t VIII he an extension of the
work done by the war Camp Commune
ity Service with a wider scope and
many additional features.
Among the lines of activity will be
to conduct concerts and community
singing and pageants, popular educa- !.
ton and the establishment of public
libraries. general athletics for all ages
and conditions. and keeping open club
rooms, with desirable features. and
many other lines which will be sug
gested as the membership increases.
new ideas are put forth and the com
munity becomes interested in the
work In short. the association pro-
poses to do much of the recreatonal
and popular educational work which
is done by several other organizations
In different parts OF the country, and
to further that work as much as pos /
sible where the organizations are al
ready doing 1t locally