News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-04-05
WOMEN'S CLUB NOTES


There were 45 present at the
annual meeting of the Women's Club
held at the library on Monday eve-
ming, April 8. Mrs. Powers being
absent, Miss Maud Chaffee conducted
the business session and brought be-
] fore the club many important matters
to be settled, thus bringing to
successful close another year of this
organizations work.
The following officers named by
the nominating committee at the last
meeting, were elected: President,
Mrs. Gertrude Powers; first vice
president, Mrs. Jessie Gates; second
vice-president, Mrs. May Cheney;
secretary, Mrs. Harriet Farnham:
treasurer, Mrs. Ednah Sargent:
press secretary, Mrs. Inez' Cornell.
Mrs. Laura Morse reported $1O7.35
received by the Ways and Means
Committee this year.
The Education Committee was re-
presented by Miss Anna Mower, who
spoke about plans to raise the stand
ard of our rural and graded schools.
She recommended three ways: first,
an exhibit of the work of the schools
in which each school might be repres-
ented; second, that the members of
the club show their interest in the
schools by an occasional visit; third.
the placing in the school grounds ap-
propriate apparatus for organized
play.
The club voted to stand by the
school board in whatever work they
deemed best to undertake for the
betterment of the schools.
Mrs. Gates reporting for the enter
tainment committee, brought up the
matter of a lecture course for next
winter and large majority of the
votes cast were for the regular
course as in former years. The re-
tiring secretary, Miss Alma Bugbee,
who has for two years done such eff
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fine review of the years work.
There have been three special
meetings: June s, the local club enter
tained the Uplift, Home Circle and
Dread Clubs; November 80 was gen.
tlemen's night, and January the
free musicale under the auspices of
the music committee. Beside these
there have been 13 regular meetings
during the year, with an average at
tendance of over so. The membership
has increased from 124 to 139. The
club has given $125 to different wor-
thy causes, besides a goodly number
have aided the Vermont Children's
Aid Society by becoming members
The treasurer, Mrs. Ednah Sar-
gent, in her report showed the
finances of the club to be in fine con-
dition. Miss Mower reported that
$197S0 had been received on the
calendar fund. The club voted to add
a finance committee to the list of
committees.
DR.. W. T. Slayton was present and
made few remarks. He spoke first
of the boys and girls in school and
the effort being made to encourage
caring for the teeth, omitting the
drinking of tea and coffee and Sleep
ing with windows open. He then took
for his topic, "The Fly" and gave
an account of what had been accom-
plished, also making suggestions for
still more Yigilant work and results
that might be reached.
At the close of his remarks all the
members present signed the follow
ing petition:
To the Honorable Board of Trustees
of the Village of Morrisville:
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
women voters of the village of Nor
risville, hereby petition the board of
trustees of said village to appoint
some suitable person to make inves-
legations as often as necessary look
ing toward the enforcement of the
regulation adopted under section
1926 of the general laws by the local
board of health, requiring that all
/ stable manure or other fly breeding
filth be kept covered; with windows
or other openings screened in such a
manner that flies can neither get to
or from it; and that all garbage cans
or other fly-breeding receptacles be
| kept covered.
The club then adopted the follow
/ ing resolution:
Therefore, Be it resolved that every
member of the Women's Club pledge
| themselves to a continuous and sys-
tematic fight against the filthy and
pest-carrying fly, and so rid our fair
village of the germs of disease which
/ follow its every flight.
(Signed)
Mrs. Belle Donaldson,
Miss Susan Downer,
] Committee on Resolutions.