Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26

to be adopted to earn money for this
work. The sum needed is $1,000.
Mrs. s. E. Whitcomb reported for
the Current Events, Mrs. George F.
Johnson for the Domestic Science,
who paid great tribute to Mrs. Elsie
Jones for her excellent work: Mrs.
Paul Julien for the Education De-,
partment. Mrs. Julien spoke feel
ingly Of the high appreciation of Mrs.
Blanche Alden by the evmmittee, who
she said, would be greatly missed in
the years to come. as enc is to make
her home in New York.
Mrs. Harry Green reported for the
Home Economics department, Mrs. E.
w. Hall for the Library department,
Mrs. William Fletcher for the Travel
and History departments. The
Mothercraft department was report
ed for by Mrs. B. P. Hurd in the
place of the president. Mrs. Louise
Ashcraft, who was unable to be pres
ent
Mrs. Frank Sedgeley reported for
Mrs. Carrie w. Lannigan, chairman
Of the Membership committee. She
reported at the beginning of the year
there were 40 on the waiting list.
OF these IS were taken in. There
have been SO new applications dur
ing the year and IS members are
now on the waiting list.
Club Presidents Report
Mrs. H. l.. Emery, president OF the
club gave her annual report as fol-
lows:
Tonight brings to close the work
of the present club year. which is. as
note from the records, the close of
the 29th year Of the existence or the
Waterville Woman's club.
For % years at least, the history
of the club has been that of success,
and it has been the ambition of your
president not to mar this splendid rec
cd, and to make the year worthy OF
a place alongside the other years. 1t
would be poor president indeed who
could not take up the splendid work
where it was laid down by my i'm
mediate efficient predecessor, Mrs.
Muzzy. Her careful administration
and worthy building left the club in
excellent condition and with no diff
culties left over to teset our paths.
If this has been a successful year,
take no credit for 1t upon myself. 1t
has been entirely due to the hard
working. loyal interested heads of de-
partments, and the responsive men,
bers. I am indeed proud to be pres
ident of such a group of women, even
though l do not deserve the honor.
I'VE have held IA regular meetings
and six executive board meetings.
This year the executive board has
met for business only and has not
tried to add the social element to the
meetings, not because of objection to
doing it this way, but because the
board has been composed of very busy
women and it seemed better for this
year, at least, to simplify our meet
ings. In spite of this every executive
board meeting has been well attended.
1.-THE regular meetings as scheduled
in our calendar have been intensely
interesting and thoroughly enjoyable.
Every committee seemed to do its best
to give a worthy program and sue
ceeded. l wish to say to those MEM
bers who confine their club attendance
to the department or committee meet
ings, that you are missing something
really worth while by not attending
the open meetings. and l hope next
year we may have larger attendance
than can be accommodated in Library
hall.
I'VE have had our full limit Of
membership the entire year. and many
on the waiting list. We have had
such large waiting list your execu-
tive board has seriously considered
recommending the increasing Of the
size of the club. but after looking at it
from all angles it was decided to let
the matter go over until the coming
year at least before advising the in
crease.
1--WE have lost two members through
death, Mrs. f. E. Boothby and Miss
Mary Irish, both of whom had for
many years been interested in this
club and we hold them in loving mem
DRY.
"As has been the custom for sew
eral years we again served lunches for
the benefit of the Woman's Associa-
ton. We served 1887 lunches in 9
days and were able to turn over more
than $500 net proceeds to the associa-
ton.
Through the Civic Improvement
committee conference was held with
the new mayor with a view to better
ing community conditions.
LAS you have heard through the
treasurer's report We have paid SIS
toward the endowment fund which the
Maine Federation Of Women's clubs is
raising to finance that organization.
Our full quota Is $3.50. or 81 for every
member, and this leaves SITS to be
raised next year to complete this
amount. We were not advised that
this amount was due from US, until
we'll into February Of this year, and
were not prepared at that late date to
DO much about 1t, but we will easily
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