Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-23
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Launched at
Luncheon

: A delicious luncheon, served to
ltS attractivcly gowned women on
tie porch at Carter Lake club Thurs
day, marked one OF the most delight
inl social events in Omaha Woman's S
club annals.
he luncheon was part of plan
by Mrs. {. E. Johannes, president,
tc make the organization year
ldund activity, and was also the oc-
casion for further presentation and
discussion of the recent purchase by
the club of building site between
Seventeenth and Seventeenth ave-
rue below Jackson.
Twenty five thousand dollars must
be raised to cover the cost of the
property and some incidental ex-
pense in connection with the pur-
chase. Four thousand dollars in the
club treasury can be devoted to this
purpose. Mrs. Edgar Allen has given
$1,000. leaving $4,000 yet to be
Iaised.
The plan for getting this amount
vas outlined Thursday by Mrs.
Philip Potter There are to be 10
captains each having four assistants,
making total of 50 workers. Names
of club members and others will be
apportioned among these SO workers
who will be accountable for raising
$500 each.
The captains known so far arc
Mcsdames c. w. Hayes, {. L.
Hcmpel, James Ctaddock, Ward
Shafer, Charles Hubbard, H. J.
Bailey, Philip Potter, J. NJ. Lowe,
A. l.. Fernald. A meeting of some
OF the captains was held Friday
morning at the home of Mrs. Potter.
Attending were, Mesdamcs Hayes,
Fernald. Shafcr, Craddock, Bailey,
Potter and Mrs. H. L. Ottemeirer,
who is not captain, but is assisting
in the work. Other captains will
convene at Mrs. Potter's Saturday
morning at 1880.
A certain amount OF money must
be raised Immediately in order to
make first payment on the property
The plan is to raise the entire
amount next week. Club women
feel that the total of $4,000 can be
quickly raised because of the service
which the club has rendered the city
in the past and in view of large sums
of money given away by the club to
civic causes.
The club gave $1,000 to the Ak
Sar-Bcn speedway, the same amount
to tornado sufferers. and also to the
Transmississippi exposition. One
thousand dollars was given to the
Y. NJ. c. A. during the war and
more than $500 to the Y. w. {. A.
Large amounts have been given to
numerous other worthy causes, ac-
cording to club records.
Mrs. c. w. Hayes spoke at the
Thursday luncheon, evincing the
greatest enthusiasm over the club
house project, which she admitted
had long been her pet hobby. Mrs.
Hayes declared she had been mis-
quoted in the statement. This IS
the best buy in Omaha in FIVE years.
81 did say" continued Mrs. Hayes,
that l j, considered this the best
proposition, considering location
price. prospects and terms that the
Omaha Woman's. club has had Of
fered it in the last 10 years, and |
am here today to emphasize that
statement. 1t is a splendid buy"
There is now an income OF ap-
proximately $500 month from the
two buildings on the lot, Mrs. Hayes
informed.
There has never been time when
some people would not say, This is
the wrong time to buy" said Mrs:
Hayes. This is the right time. and
il it isn't, we will make it So" she
declared with spirit. Mrs. Hayes
recommended raising the dues OF the
club to IS and expressed the hope
that when their building is erected
it be closed on Sundays.
Miss Blanche Sorenson. president
OF the Omaha Woman's Press club,
1 spoke of the club homes in Memphis,
Tenn; Cleveland, O.; Des Moines,
Ia, and St. Paul. Mimi. dwelling par
ticularly on the last named.
The Omaha Woman's club home
is the greatest thing that has come
into the lives of Omaha women"
said Miss Sorenson.
Mrs. Johannes spoke also of the
prospective club house and reported