Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-20
KEYPORT CLUB
REPORT MADE
Improvement Association Has
Accomplished Much An
nuaI Meeting Held

NEWPORT. April 2O:-At the an
nuaI meeting of the keyport Inn
provement Association held in the
Public Library the following officers
were elected: President. Mrs. Ill. S.
Burrowes: first vice president. Mrs.
George Stidfole: second vice presi-
dent. Mrs. NJ. l.. Terry; third vice
president, Mrs. A. Dykstra: fourth
vice president, Mrs. Edward Tucker;
fifth vice president. Mrs. Thomas
Dawson: recording secretary, Mrs.
A. 3. Campbell; corresponding Sec
kretary, Mrs. j. w. Foster; treasurer,
Mrs. G. s. jerks.
= Mrs. II. s. Burrowes and Mrs. A.
b. Campbell were elected delegates
to the annual convention of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs
to be held in Atlantic City May 8 to
6, with Mrs. George Stidfole and
Mrs. Vadin Curtis as alternates.
The report of the recording secre-
tary covering the work of the past
year follows in part:
In common with most organiza-
uons of the same character the Key
port improvement Association is
fortunate in possessing some critics.
You may wonder at the word FORUM
ate. but when we review the work
Of the last year and you realize what
the club has accomplished, as COM
pared with the achievements of other
clubs having much greater financial
resources than ours, you will proba-
bly,, in spite of a slight feeling of
peevishness at being unjustly criti-
cised in some cases, feel that we
have reason to exclaim Thank God
for our critics!"
We need them to keep us from be-
Ing too well satisfied with ourselves
and with things as they are. OF
course, it is annoying to be constant
ly asked why we don't do something
about the garbage collection when
we have tried repeatedly to have
some changes made in the methods
of collection with very little appar-
emit result. But upon the whole we
will have to admit that there is JUS
tice in some of the criticisms, and
hat there are certain conditions in
the borough, such as dirty streets
and vacant lots which are used as
dumping grounds, which might be
remedied if a more aggressive stand
were taken by the X. l. A.
At the June meeting the president.
Mrs. G. S. jerks, and Mrs. A. NJ.
Brown gave reports of the conven-
ton of the New Jersey State FEEDER
alton of Women's Club at Atlantic
City.
At the October meeting the chair
man of the literature and library
committee. Mrs. A. M. Brown, gave
a history of the establishment and
growth of the library.
At the November meeting the
president gave a detailed report of
the fall meeting of the federation.
The woman's exchange committee,
with Mrs. L. NJ. Tucker as chairman,
has had an exchange basket
throughout the year. At the Novem-
Der meeting this com mittee gave a
thimble party and on the day of the
December meeting conducted a sale
of fancy and useful articles from
which a substantial sum was real
Eed.
: The welfare committee, Mrs. p.
Sondergaard chairman, had charge
of the program for the December
meeting when Mrs. Il. X. Ohland,
our local visiting nurse, gave a much
appreciated talk on THE Child"
supplemented by some of her exper-
fences overseas. This committee, in
addition to it's usual activities which
include the distribution of Christmas
baskets, food and clothing to the
needy, made an appropriation for
transportation of patients under the
care of the visiting nurse and estab-
lfshed a loan fund with which to ex-
tend temporary aid to persons i'll
destitute circumstances. The annual
sale of Christmas seals for the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association was
conducted by this committee.
The education committee, Mrs. w.
r.. B~ilderback, chairman, supplied
the program at the January meeting
Then the speakers were Mr.. r. L..
assistant commissioners of
EDUCATION for New Jersey; c.. j.
Strahan, county superintendent of
schools, and w. f. Bilderback,
principal of the Keyport high school.
The February meeting was Fed
Grafton Day, when Mrs. Clayton ID.
Lee, first vice president of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs, and
Mrs. Charles Prickett, third district
vice president, paid official visits to
the club.
The music committee, Mrs. Rus
sell Stidfole, chairman, gave a very
delightful musicale at h March
meeting, and also supplied music at
the other meetings during the year.
The membership committee, Mrs.
A. Dykstra. chairman, has secured
eight new members.
The press committee, Mrs. o. N.
Dayton, chairman. has attended to
placing notices Of meetings in the
papers.
The hospitality committee, Mrs. c.