The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-25

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day AFTERNOON. Covers at luncheon
were laid Tor more than 200 members.
! DR.. S. f., Smith, of Easthaven. spoke
IN the al ternoon, explaining the law
and PURPOSE of the Riley Memorial
! hospital for children at indianapolis.
/ Reports were heard from the art. mu-
/ sic, literary and civics departments
chairmerI, officers of the club, and rep.
| resentat ives in Community service
and So-ial service. Election of off
GERS also was held.
Mrs. Frederick S. Bates. president
of the club, gave heart to heart talk
in regtIrd TO matters pertaining to the
future work of the club.
400 Members
The club membership vas an
nounced as exactly 400 by Mrs. George
Bosley, registrar OF this number, ZIG
were, members of the club last year
and "a were new mersbers this year
Her report showed that three active
members of the club this year had
died, and two of last years members.
A short silence was held in their mem
DRY. They were Mrs William F.
Starr. Miss Grace Nicholson of Earl
ham college, Mrs. H. E. Williams, Mrs.
Harlow Haas and Miss Mary Louise
Norris.
The total assets of the club were
shown to be S1,60612, by the report
made by Mrs. Ida Carpenter, the treas
urer. OF this amount $103.6S is cash.
$3s0.44 IS in war stamps and bonds,
and SLIP in savings. The report
shows S832.04 was on hand June l,
1921: S2247.79 was received from dues,
tho Rachmaninoff concert and other
sources. The expenditures were
81 144.11 for the year. This included
SLIPS to the Community service;
81 LOO in the savings department; S100
for the Mary Locke Hurin lecture;
SIPS for the lecture by DR.. Burton:
$50 to the Social Service bureau for
food in teaching cooking in its kitchen,
$500 for the Mcdowell recital,
S312.36 for miscellaneous and incl
dental expenses.
. Mrs. Fred J. Bartel read minutes of
abe last two board meetings for the |
recording secretary. Mrs Wilbur Hib- |
berd, who is in Chicago. !
Social Service Work
Miss Clara Comstock, representative |
for the club on the Social Service |
board, reported the work being done /
in cooking classes by the bureau and !
to which the Woman's club con-
tributed $50 for supplies. A kitchen
fitted out in the bureaus headuuar-
tiers is used and lesson given every
Friday under the supervision of two
Earlham college students. Twenty
nine different mothers have attended
and about nine persons are present /
every time. Cooking of simple foods
is taught and special attention given |,
to the study of cooking and diet for
children. The money do
mated by the Woman's club is used |,
to purchase food for the lessons. Il
A comprehensive report of the Com d
nunity service was given by Mrs. Paul
Ross. the clubs representative in that
1.-THE world" she said
is afflicted with many social and
economic problems which seem very
complex, but are simple if we were all
leighbors. i
Community service provides the OPP
portunity for people to meet as folks
and neighbors. representing them {
selves and the ideals they cherish
most. It promotes good will. 1t is t
IN organization which seeks to include
everyone in the community. and to
provide occupation for their leisure
ime as well as opportunities for them
n all lines of amusement, music, art,
)rchestras, dramatic, holiday celebra- 4
ions, athletics, and so on
Enumerates Work
Illustrating few things the organi-
;ation has done Mrs Ross enumerated =
baseball, tennis, basketball, horse shoe r
as some of the athletic lines r
n which work had been organized. +
fifty teams were organized in these
Inherent sports and 1888 games play r
ID, with total attendance of 40.521. u
Attendance at Community games
Turing the year has been 43,SOO, she I
aid; at musical activities, 1923, and |
n connection with the picture CON |
est, 1850. This, the speakes said, \
ives some idea of the number of
people reached by the Community !
Service.
The Woman's committee of COM
nunity Service has given special at 5
ention to work for girls and women. t
he need for physical recreation led II
the formation of a girls basketball
aague with Elsie Marshall as presi- \
ent Nine teams applied for admis-, a
ion, representing the various factor II
IS and business houses of the CITY
he Woman's department of physical '
ducation at Earlham college under 81
he direction of Clara Comstock. or s.
school of coaches. The U
caches from this school have coached W
he teams. February II, a club. the G
iris Community Joy club, was form. II
at a party given by the Woman's
ommlttee. A number of Woman's D.
uD members are charter members of 1c
lie club. Mrs. Ross reported, while NJ
-hers have been initiated since its W
rganization. The need of a place for VI
Getting and games was pointed out W
Mrs. Ross, who added that the
iris desired place with kitchen m
and swimming pool d'
Helps CoIored People l
principal feature of the Com. W
unity Service. Mrs. Ross stated Is q
at 1t is the only organization making IN
" effort to furnish amusement and
creation to the $500 colored people eli
the city. The James NJ. Townsend On
anch of the service is given entirely Irl
the needs of the colored people. IL
The annual meeting and BANQUET ur
the Richmond Community Service
II be held at $50 o'clock. Nav 8 AT w
Mary's Community hail." Mrs. Ross M
nounced. urging that every member in
the Woman's club be present. PHI 1t
ocum. the secretary of the organiza. MI
N. will give report of the different
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OF ACCOM- nIkIAIrD M