Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10

ed by our county nurse, who proved
of great value in bringing to our at
tention the names of those who were
in need.
A charity ball, given in November,
was a success socially as well as
financially and Melted the club, in
round numbers, close to 100000. At
/ Christmas time, baskets containing
/ Christmas dinners were sent out to
Il families, thus bringing a little
/ Christmas cheer to a large number of
children, who might not otherwise
have had any Christmas.
The calls for help were so insistent
that in March the social committee
arranged a Hard Times party which
proved a substantial benefit to our
sadly depleted treasury. The hospital
/ bill for widow was then paid, an
oculist's bill for another poor woman,
an unfortunate mother was provided
with a layette, and so the good work
went on.
/ During the summer we were called
upon to help a family, who, while
/ touring from Portland, Ore. TO Rhine
/ lander, were laid up on the road near
our town by illness, the whole family
/ suffering from ptomaine poisoning,
/ from which two of the children passed
/ away at a hospital. Our club helped
out on the expenses Of this family
and also provided a layette for the
mother.
For several years, our club has as
sisted our city library by providing
periodicals for the reading tables, and
this year we followed our usual Gus
tom by giving yearly subscriptions to
the leading magazines to the amount
/ Of $4,000. We also gave $500
toward magazines for the reading
room at the high school which had its
inception this year.
! A local history, or record Of the
early days in Hurley, on which the
/ library committee had been working
/ for more than year, was presented to
/ the public library. The book contains
articles of interest to the community
/ about pioneer times. Also, each Of
our churches had its history written
up and given to us; Iron county's
record during the war is told by
/ newspaper clippings; and history of
/ the town of Kimball is also included
/ among it's pages. We have some
stories still promised US, and while the
book is not complete yet, we feel that
we have at least made a start in COM
nil ,.f
We had as our guests during the
year, on different occasions, the Wo-
mans Club of Saxon, and the Hamil-
ton Womans Club
! In October, at a special meeting, our
! club was addressed by Mrs. Leadbet-
ter, our district chairman on "The Ad-
vantages of a Womans Club to the
/ Community" This talk was greatly
enjoyed and proved very helpful to
US at the beginning of our club year
/ Among the interesting programs
which we had during the year might
be mentioned, the demonstration of
the Oral Method of Teaching the Deaf
/ The teacher of the deaf in our city
schools very kindly brought her class
to our meeting and gave us a presen-
tation of her work which was interest
/ ing in the extreme
On another occasion we had the
pleasure of listening to Miss Marjorie
Johnson on THE Problem of the I'M
migrant Miss johnson has done
work among the immigrants at Ellis
Island and her accounts of her per
5onal experiences with the newcomers
to our country gave us much food for
thought. We felt greatly benefited
by her talk as we have many of the
same problems to meet in our COM
munity.
One Of our members gave US an in
teresting account of the Oshkosh Ju-
bilee celebration which she attended
in October.
Referring again to our expenditures
we gave so to the loan fund. An
other $1,000 was given toward the
/ purchase of piano for the ''Pureair"
sanatarium at Bayfield, We also
sent delegate to the state conven-
ton at Appleton.
At the beginning of the year, our
:. membership was small, and while we
have not put on a campaign for new
/ members, we have experienced growth
until we now number 81 on our roll.
keDOrt 81 TraaSurer If Hurlav