The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-03-03
MANAGER PLAN
FOR GIRLS CLUB.
Miss AchOrd to Combine
Cafeteria and Business
Management of Club.


The Kenosha Girls club has passed
through it's experimental stage and on
Wednesday will assume the response
bilities of a permanently established
organization unaided by a director,
since Miss Laura Murray, whB has had
charge of girls work in Kenosha since
the early part Of 1920, will leave Ke-
nosha to enter other activities.
When Miss Murray first proposed
that successor be named that she
might conclude her work in Kenosha,
the board of directors considered sew
eral plans for the future basis of the
club work. The plan to engage a bust
ness manager rather than a director
was agreed upon at recent meeting
and Miss Louise Achord, who has had
charge of the club cafeteria, was in
vited to assume combined management
tor a trial period, Miss Achord has
accepted the proposition and on We'd
nesday will assume charge of the bust
ness management Of the club togeth-
er with the cafeteria management. 1t
will be impossible for her to include
directing Of activities in her duties.
and the planning for activities will be
the province Of the. members them
selves, with appointed committees as
Stunning responsibility. All member
ship campaigns must also be outlined
by the girls themselves.
Think Plan Successful.
The plan for self-maintenance has
long been advocated and the testing
time has now arrived to determine
whether an organizationy SO conducted,
can achieve success Should the plan
prove feasible during the months trial
period Miss Achord will continue as
business and cafeteria manager. If
the plan does not appear advisable i'm
mediate steps will be taken to secure
a director Of activities 1t is prac-
tically certain that the present plan
will be successful, however, as Miss
Achord has had much experience in
girls club work. She is a resident of
Fall River, Mass, where she was assoc
ciated with Marion Wilcox Brown,
former associate director of the club.
After leaving Fall River she specialize
ed in domestic science work but
throughout she has maintained her in
terest in the club activities. She was
an instructor in domestic science
school in Atlanta, Ga, and was also
manager of the Green Tree tea room
at Atlanta. The girls cafeteria club
has been most successful under her
direction.
Miss Murray will leave Kenosha at
eight o'clock Wednesday morning.
Plans for her years work have been
interrupted by the delay in naming a
successor She received an excellent
offer from a Chicago business firm the
first of the year necessitating imme-
date acceptance. She refused to leave
Kenosha until a successor was named
and initiated into the work and, since
it was necessary to fill the position
Immediately, the offer was withdrawn
Since then Miss Murray has been ask
ed to continue organization work from
national headquarters of Community
Service, Inc While she has mot made
definite plans it is probable that she
will enter the proposed work Her
success in Kenosha and the qualities
which have marked her as capable
director have long been known to ma
tional officers of Community Service,
Inc, and they feel that in securing
her services they will have added a
most competent organizer to the force.
Expresses Pleasure in Success.
A group of club members arranged
a last farewell party for Miss Murray
on Monday night and at that time she
said that while she regretted that she
must leave Kenosha and the friends
to whom she has become attached in
her years residence in the city, she
would be happy in the knowledge that
her vision had come true. She ex-
pressed the hope that nothing will ever
again arise to hinder the progress
of the club.
81 hope that you will each feel in
dividually appointed to protect and
promote the interest of the club,' Miss
Murray said. II shall await the day
when you invite me to be present at
the laying of the cornerstone of the
club building which l feel sure Keno
sha will some day own"
The club quarters are being re-
decorated and partially refurnished at
the present time and when the work
has been completed, probably the first
of next week, it is certain that the
rooms will be most. attractive "do-
drop in" haven for the girls of
Kenosha.