New Britain herald., 1922-03-22
MRS. BASSETTE IS
 RE-ELECTEDLEADER
Again Heads WOman'S Club.
 Annual Reports Presented

were elected as follows. President, Mrs. Buel E. Bassette; first vice. president, Mrs. Marcus White; sec ond vice president. Mrs, William c. Hungerford: recording secretary, Mrs. Henry T. Burr; corresponding secre- tary, Mrs. John C. Ioomls: treasurer, Mrs, William E. Parker; auditor, Mrs George w. Traut
 The following new members were elected: Mrs. Algernon B. Alderson Mrs. Ernest F. Baldwin, Mrs. James G. Bald win, Mrs. Lawren N. Ban croft. Mrs, James M. Belden, Mrs. Isaac Black. Miss Annie N. Bowers, Mrs William w. Bulen, Mrs. George A. Caldwell, Mrs. George 1T. flick, Mrs. Earl V. Higbee, Mrs. R. H. Hubbard, Mrs M. A. Kinsella, Mrs. K. w. Leach, Mrs. M. l.. Marsh, Mrs. r. r. McDon- ough. Mrs, Robert Parsons, Mrs. Frederic B.. Rackliffe, Mrs. S. Carl Ramsey, Mrs. William H. Rattenbury, Mrs. Kenneth M. Searle, Mrs. H. F. Shepard, Mrs. Frank Fl. Shield, Mrs. Lewis T. Ships, Mrs. B. r. Show alter, Mrs. Edward I. Stevens, Miss Dorothy Thomson, Mrs, Johnstone Vance, Mrs. Truman l.. Weed, Mrs. A. E. Weiant.
 After the business came relaxation in the form of musicale in charge of Mrs. William E. Parkea Mrs Parker had arranged a most delight full program with Mrs. Howard l1lls. worth Horton, soprano; MT. Marcus H. Fleitzer, violinist; Miss Gertrude Hine, pianist; Miss Frances Parker pianist. The musical numbers were as follows:
 1-(a) Times Garden Goring- Thomas
 (b) The Day is Ended Bartlett
 With Violin Obligato
 Mrs. Horton and Mr. Fleitzer. 2-Andante and Variations Schumanr
 For Two Pianos
 Miss Hine and Miss Parker
 s-(a) Sylvan Ronald
 (b) You and I Lehman
 Co The Moon at the Full Ronald
 Mrs. Horton
 4-(a) For You Alone Geeh1 (b) Lethe Boot
 Co I'm Alongin' for You
 Hathaway
 Mrs. Horton and Mir. Fleitzer AlLeT LHC IHuSlCdlt d ItCCPlloII Wds held in charge of the social commit tee.
 Clubs Activities.
 Reports of the various officers were read and approved. Following is thu : annual report of the club, as prepar ed by the recording secretary an6 various chairmen: Change is the order of the day bu it is not always welcome, and it wa' with sincere regret that one year agt the Womans club accepted the resig nation of the president, Mrs. R. N Hemenway who has been closely iden tified with the management of thu club for several years and whose tao and sincerity have helped to creat' happy atmosphere in every phas' of the club work.
 "But if changes must be made, thel have we indeed been fortunate th' past year in having for our leader on who has also had the welfare of th club at heart for many years, ant who is ever ready to give of her tim and effort to the furthering of it interests. Under the skillful guid | ance of Mrs. Buell. B. Bassette wh' was elected to office last spring, tn club has enjoyed one of the mos prosperous years in it's history. Witt the exception of the presidency tn | board of officers remained unchang | ed and Mrs. R. N. Hemenway ant Mrs. H. B. Humason were elected ali l rectors for the term expiring in 1924 For some time the question 0 l new quarters for the club had bee] under consideration and it was final ly decided to adopt the Camp schoo auditorium as our meeting place. w have thoroughly enjoyed this well lighted, spacious hall which has sup piled adequate room for all our meet ings, thereby saving the club the ex tra expense of engaging special guar ters for guest nights. We are grate
 full to MT. White for the generou terms upon which the hall has bee r rented to us and for his courtesy |. the matter of extra meetings and re hearsals which must often have caus ed inconvenience to those connecte
 with the school
 } Reception Held.
 } '~rhe years program began with very delightful reception given by tn l president at her home. Members c the board and others in the club as 7 sisted Mrs. Bassette in receiving an |. entertaining the guests A large nun I Der of women responded to the 1T | vitation and the new members of tn 7 club were made. especially welcome , Any effort to promote the spirit friendliness among the club member , is worth while and Mrs. Bassette
 courtesy to the club was much al preciated.
 ",rhe first lecture of the season wa bv Rev. D. Brewer Eddy on Amer ica's Interest in China-A Half-Cer tury of Friendship and Fair Play l)l : Eddy's thorough knowledge Of hl : subject, his broad sympathy an
 charity for both China and Japar
 his keen insight into the whole sltr , ation-made a lasting impresslo P upon his audience, and coming as
 did. just before the Washington co' ference, created the keenest lntere'
 in every point considered.
 Guest night was observed early I
 November when we heard Miss Syd
 ney Thompson in Original Plays an | Old Legends Her attractive co'
 tunes added greatly to the effect prc
 ,luced by her clever work. and Sf s was enjoyed more than all else fo
 her charming personality. Mrs. I.i'
 bet Hoffmann-K Koehler alternate with Miss Thompson, giving a pro
 gram of pleasing piano numbers.
 "Apoin in November we had df