The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-26
SUCCESSIVE YEAR
OF WOMAN'S CLUB
DRAWS TO CLOSE

The Lakeland Woman's Club has
just closed one of the most success |
full and prosperous years of its his |
tory, we might even say the most pros |
porous, because of it's wonderful /
growth in numbers and interest. To /
Mrs. Krause, the retiring president, is .
due Il large shore of the credit, and
following the election of officers for
the coming year is a fitting time to
acknowledge and express recognition /
and appreciation of her faithful and +
efficient service.
Mrs. Krause was elected president /
of the Womans Club when she was
practically a stranger in our commun-
ity, but we can not longer remain in (
ignorance Of the true nature and un- /
DERIVING principals of one with whom
we come in close contact, and whom
we soon some to know we'll. even
though they be stranger but the /.
fact of Mrs. Krause being stranger
among us at the time of her election
mattered not, for from the first it
was ever her aim to be a booster for
every progressive movement that per
tanned to the good of the community
and the uplift Of humankind, and all
was earnestly and conscientiously
done in the line of duty to which she
was called.
Mrs. Krause through urgent re-
quests was prevailed upon to assume
the duties as president of the Wo-
mans Club when it was almost ex-
tinct and struggling for existence, i'll
having been almost impossible for
many weeks to get together enough
of the members to constitute al
quorum.
A less courageous person would
have been daunted by the conditions
and existing circumstances, but she
was a thorough club woman in the
broadcast sense of the word and a.
woman of wide club experience so
she was keenly alive to the needs of
this club He observation-disclosures her
breadth Of view and utter sincerely
made her eminently fitted for the task
of reviving and rebuilding it. She
was full of enthusiasm for the work
and embued those about her with the
same spirit.
One of her first plans was to enlarge
the membership, realizing that to live
we must grow. She realized also that
to accomplish much, organization and
cooperation is necessary and that the |
working together in harmony is es-
sential to the success of any working
body, and she was at all times ready !
to be cO-worker with each and every
member 1t was especially her aim |
to eliminate selfishness, to make place /
for the welfare of the club above per- |
sonal interests, and at no time sought |
her own advancement but endeavored |
to stimulate the best interests of the /
club and community which character.
lied all her efforts She was broadly |
charitable to the opinions OF others |
and exercised tact to enlist the larg-
est number for effective work
AS Il natural consequence in all /
organized bodies or in any big effort |
to accomplish things she was at times I
confronted by perpleXing problems, /
but in the very smallest of these oc-
casions she manifested the greatest T
principals. But We do not measure |
the success of the past year by in
crease in membership and interest |
aroused alone. but also by work done, !
for the Woman's Club has been doing |
things; nothing to astonish the world,
but many things Of varied size. the ac- .
cOmplishment of which comes in the |
line of club work But two of the /.
best and biggest of them are worthy
especial mention.
last year under Mrs. Krause's lead /
erBhip they sponsored the Near East
Relief and raised $3.50 in cash, sent
box of clothing worth $500, thus
getting credit for $3.50
The second of the big and good
things which she accomplished and
the one that sands out the clearestE
and whose efforts will he felt was the
installing of the hot lunch in our
public school, which has proven a
success from the first and will SER
vive as a result of her efforts and her
determination to do something worth
while.
That Mrs. Krause was loved and
appreciated by the majority of the
members was evidenced by The inter
est and attendance at the meetings
and by their cooperation, and she re-
tired from the office leaving love and
coed will behind, from those who
were her cC-workers, besides leaving
a large active membership we'll or
ganized and in good working order
for future accomplishments, there be-
ing membership of 1870 with
100 paid up members at the time of
her retirement.
it is to such presidents as this that
club can look back with pride and
satisfaction and from whom they can
draw inspiration for the future.
We shall miss Mrs KrauSe and her
geniality, energy. and genuine club
spirit
A FRIEND.
| anded Tmo Tarnnp