The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-01
PRIZES OFFERED TO
STUDENTS
Town Improvement So.
ciety Opens Year
Mrs. Florence Waugh Danforth Gives
Presidents Address-Miss Par.
ker's Work In the SkOwhe.
gan Schools

kerS work In the SkONnes
gan Schools
The opening meeting of the Town
Improvement Society was held last
Friday afternoon in the parlors of the
Public Library, with the members of
the official board in charge of the ar
rangements. The president. Mrs.
Florence Waugh Danforth, who Is also
president Of the Maine Federation Of
Womens Clubs, said in her opening
address: Some progressive person
has said Coming together Is be-
ginning, keeping together is progress,
working together is success 1t
seems to me that the past year our
Town Improvement Society has un-
consciously chosen these lines for its
motto, and best of all has lived up to
them. In beginning new year have
we not reason to look forward to the
same progress. and to the same sue
cess that the previous year has
brought?"
Mrs. Danforth then continued to
speak of having changed the Town
Improvement program from the usual
form of writing papers to a miscel-
laneous one, seeking every opportuni-
ty to reach out into broader field of
work and wider vision, adopting for
the slogan, community work and COM
munity service. She then spoke of
some of the plans made and carried
out in the programs Of last season, In
improving the town and especially the
work done on Bloomfield Green on
Baptist Hill. She mentioned that
she hoped the summers efforts might
lead to permanent care in the future
for the little park.
at is our desire to help the schools
in every way that our limited means
will allow" continued Mrs. Danforth
land for this reason we have made a
little start In offering small prizes for
the three best papers written on HOW
Our Town Improvement Society May
Best Improve Skowhegan. The Eng
lish teachers of our high school have
this work we'll in hand and 1t will be
most interesting to our members to
watch for results. We are going to
ask the privilege Of having winning
papers printed In our local paper. All
these attempts are just small begin
nings but, at least. trail has been
bazed and the degree of progress and
success that we attain depends entire
ly on the individual interest taken
by the members of our club"
Mrs. Danforth mentioned that she
had not attempted to speak of all that
gave a few words Of explanation in re-
gard to the 1923-1924 program. The
County Guest Day was so successful
last year that II gave the board cour-
age to go still farther dhis year and
visiting ladies will be entertained
over night. Mrs. George Chase of
Auburn, is to speak to the club on,
"Americanization." She has spent
much time on her subject. doing
practical work In her own city, and
also serving two years as State Chair
man of Americanization in the Maine
Federation OF Women's Clubs. Mrs.
Chase is a woman Of much personal
charm. Rev G.. w. Hinckley will
speak to the club again at the Christ
mas season and Mrs. Nichols, wife OF
the pastor of the Methodist Church,
will address the club in regard to the
Women in the Bible. There will be
another Colonial party with new
features and an annual musical which
has become very popular. At one
meeting "Folderol," an operetta will
be presented by the children under
the efficient management of Mrs. Rose
G. Burrill, Another new feature will
be a birthday party at which exact
ages will not be required to be dis
closed but birthday cake will be
one of the attractive and appetizing
features of the program. The spring
luncheon will occur at the annual
meeting, the last of the year. In
closing Mrs. Danforth said And now
just word as to what is expected of
all our members this year. just one
sentence will express the whole thing.
Let each one do all that she did last
year and as much more added as time
and strength will allow" Her in
formal talk was closed with thought
suggested by the calendar of the Cen
tury Club ut Bingham.
In addition to the presidents ad-
dress Mrs. Elva G. Greene. the sec.
retary presented report of the an
nual meeting and field day. and the
treasurer, Mrs. Angie B. Steward pre-
sented her report. Miss Louise II.
Coburn gave a report of the annual
meeting OF the State Federation at
Bar Harbor aud referred to the re-
vision of bylaws of the State Fedora
tion. She was chairman of the re-