Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-20

NJ. Britton, chairman, conducted
a successful food sale and had
charge of the social hour" at all
meetings as well as refreshments on
special occasions. cit seems not out
of place just here TO mention that
since a ecent occasion when the
Keyport Literary Club entertained
some federation officials and Fed
Grafton Day. Keyport has acquired
the reputation of producing better
cake than my other place on earth.
Who knows but that this may be
partly owing to former activities of
one of the most active committees,
the home economics committee?)
This committee. with Mrs. Vadin
Curtis as chairman. has. during the
past year. conducted several success
full classes in dressmaking and mill
linery and one class in the construc-
ton and use of f~ireleSs cookers
under the direction of Miss Helen
Bishop. county home economics
demonstration. and a series of lee
lures on nutrition by DR.. Florence
Powdermaker.
The legislative committee, Mrs. +.
l.. Morris. chairman, has kept in
touch with legislation of particular
interest to women and to the Dor
.ough and supplied the club with
information which has enabled IL
to support a number of important
measures. Two bills which were
supported by the club may be men,
toned as examples of the type of
legislation in which the women are
interested: A bill to eliminate secret
societies from public schools, which
was passed and has become a law;
the bill which provided for a more
equitable distribution of state school
funds and which would have bene-
fitted Keyport very materially. was
defeated.
The club also concerned itself
with conditions which are regulated
by local officials, requesting the
mayor and council and the Board of
Health to prohibit the throwing of
garbage and other refuse into the
Bay. Both sides complied with the
request and took steps to stop the
pollution. Several Objectionable
spots were called to the attention of
the proper authorities and they
promptly took steps toward improv-
ing the conditions. The club assisted
in the semi-annual cleanup weeks
by urging the citizens of the bor-
orough to observe the same. The
club called the attention of the
mayor and council to the tattered
condition of the flag on Borough
Hall, and in consequence the Dor
ough became the proud owner of
two new flags. An offer to cooper
ate with the mayor and council in
an effort to have the present high
gas rate lowered has also been made.
The only money-raising plan for
the general treasury in addition to
tho wnn, ne ayrhanoa colo and the
food sale conducted by the hospi-
tality committee was the penny-a-
day plan by which each member
was asked to contribute one cent
each day for a month. This netted
quite a nice little sum.
The birthday groups which were
formed to work for the visiting
nurse fund. raised $500. which.
with the $7.34 from the Mite Box,
made a total of $62.54 for this
worthy cause. Some of the groups
are continuing their work and al
ready have a good start toward next
years contribution to the fund.
The club appropriated $25 toward
the work of the welfare committee,
which conducts it's W finances in
d~ependently of the club; also $50 to
the state federation toward the new
science building (known as Fedora
ton Hall) at the Woman's College,
and smaller amounts to the Fedora
ton Endowment Fund, the Keyport
Memorial Association, the Mary
Fisher Home, the Federation Leg
islative Bureau and the Browsing
Corner at the Woman's College.
The club co-operated with the
Keyport Literary Club and the
Thought Club in having shown at
the Surf Theatre a free moving pic
ture of the port development plan
sponsored by the Port of New York
Authority.
The club also sponsored a moving
picture Alice in Hungerland,"
which was given in the interest of
the Armenian and Syrian Relief.
and under the direction of Mrs. c.
s. jerks, conducted a drive for funds
for the same. At last report the
sum of $50 had been realized.
SUSAN BROWN,
Secretary.