Graham guardian., 1921-10-28
WHAT THE WOGEbT'S
CLUB HAS DONE
FOR Stafford
Continued From Page one)


men to help pay for a fire truck.
In 1916, also, the club presented the
county with handsome flag, at a
cost of s16.5O, to fly from the pole
ever the court house. The club also
made donation that year to the
High School library.
The first meeting of the club in the
library room in the court house was
held March 8, 1917. The bookcases
were placed and paid ior and the real
work of a circulating library com
menced with books, costing about
$4,000 to start with.
In April, our country entered the
World War, and the club took up war
work. 1t started in with Red Cross
work and bought two Liberty bonds,
at $5O.eO each. 1t also sent books to
the soldiers at Douglas. :
The club did not forget the needs
Of the babies, even tho we were in
war, and started Baby Week in Nav
OF that year with splendid success.
In 1918, the club carried thru sue.
cessfully the Redpath Lyceum, clean
up days, much philanthropy work,
assisted in he big Red Cross drive.
and was conspicuous in the obser.
vance Of Armistice Day in the cele-
ration at the city park in Novem,
ber.
The club also accomplished many
other good things during all these
years. Among these might be men
toned the good work of ridding the
town of the caterpillar pest. This
was accomplished thru an educa.
tional campaign by lectures given
.oy professors from the University
Of Arizona, with the result that many
infested trees were cut down and
immune trees planted
To encourage the Identification of
home grounds, the club distributed
tree to the public, plants, bulbs and
seeds.
To go back to the public library.
The library has been a success and
a big thing done for the town. 1t
was moved last April from he base
ment in the court house to the town
hall. At the present time there are
lS1 subscribers and over 500 books,
and since April 1888 books have been
loaned. During the last three months
$40 books were loaned from the lib.
"ary and twelve of the latest novels
were added.
There was no vacation for the IL
srary committee of the club during
he hot summer montns. Tie IL
)rary was open on Wednesdays and
Saturdays as usual with member
he public library is of a voluntary
he public library isof a voluntary
nature. 1t is conducted free of ex-
'ense by the members of the IL
,rary committee A librarian, mem
'er Of the committee, being in at
endance on the regular library days. |
What the people of the town
hould do for the library, is to have
he town council include in its an
lual budget small tax at least for
IS maintenance. For the great good
accomplished this is not asking too
auch. The library is needed.
During this year, the club secured
he services Of a Red Cross nurse for
wo months, specially lor he chill.
ren's welfare department Miss
Orion. She taught classes. in home
ursing and her work was very in.
tructive and accomplished much
ood
One thing must not forget to men,
ion was the valuable aid rendered
" the club in the campaigns for
ringing the court house back to
'afrord. The club helped materially
n this good work which meant so
much for the good of the town, ac.
omplishing as 1t did the county seat
or Graham County.
The club has done So much for
he town of Stafford, from IT'S o4gani-
alton to the present time, and much
york yet to accomplish, that it has
'ecome part OF o ar civil govern
nent and as necessary for the town
8 the town council in carrying out
o success the betterments" needed
or q good home town, a good sani-
AIRY town, q clean town. We the
nen OF our town, must stand by and
lelp the Woman's Club in everything
hat it asks OF us, FEELING oT infer
ority in getting the good things for
'ur common good, unless indeed, we
lave the women with us in the work
Long live the Woman's Club in its
rood and unselfsh work