The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-04
CIVIC CLUB BUSY
WITH MUCH WORK
Women of Club Provide Christmas
Cheer for Sick and Are Hard
at Work on Plans for IL
brary and Other Plans

One of the worthy acts of the
members of the Winnemucca Civic
Club during recent days was the
sending of the health committee, as
sisted by a trio of musicians and
singer, to the homes of sick people
in this city to spread Christmas
cheer and provide music. Among
other things the committe left a
Christmas box at each home visited.
The health committee in charge of
the work is composed of Mrs. w. G.
Adamson, Mrs. E. Erskine and Mrs.
Margaret Brady, and was assisted
by the musical trio composed of
Mrs. Margaret Guthrie, Mrs. Brady
and Jack Reaveley.
Among the projects of the Civic
Club is another public card party to
be held in Winneva hall Tuesday
evening, January 16, the funds to
be derived to be diverted to the
completion of the clubs library. A
home talent play is also being plan
ned to raise money to be divided
equally between the library fund
and fund to be created to pur-
chase a phonograph for the amuse-
ment of county hospital patients
The date the play is to be presented
will be announced later.
At the meeting Of the Civic Club
held last Tuesday afternoon it was
announced that arrangements had
been completed to continue the
cookie shipments to the Letterman
hospital in San Francisco until next
June, which date will round out a
complete year in which this activity
has been carried on by local women,
the Civic Club paying express on
the shipments. During the Christ
mas period many letter were re-
ceived from the wounded soldiers
at the hospital thanking the women
for the cookies and urging that the
sending of same be continued.
That the membership of the club
continues to grow is indicated by
the fact that Mrs. S. G. Lamb, Mrs.
Jennie Hunt, Mrs. f. H. johnson
and Mrs. L. Hirzel of this city, as
well as Mrs. C. Keil of Pronto, be-
came members at the last meeting.
During the last meeting DIR. C.
E. Swezy entertained the members
With a talk on "The County Hospi-
sal and Its Needs,y which is de-
.lared to have been highly inter-
,sting and instructive.
Mrs. Agnes Powell resigned as
treasurer of the organization be-
:ause of her contemplated move to
Carson City and the president, Mrs.
:. f. Swezy, appointed Mrs. Chas.
Mackay to serve out the unexpired
serm.
1t was announced that 200 books
Tor the library will be sent from
he University of Nevada during
he coming week, making the num-
,er of books now available fully
iufficient to take care of the re-
luirements Of a free public library.
Nj books will be put in the book
,ases as soon as the latter are COM
,leted by Anderson & McShee, the
work remaining to be done being to
,ut the glass in place.
Arrangements for the supervision
IF the library, which will be estab-
ished in the Chamber of Commerce
ooms, are about complete. Miss
race Sheehan has volunteered to
ook after the library during the
morning hours and different ladies
will spend an afternoon each in at
ending to library duties until such
ime as other arrangements are
made and librarian provided for.
At the conclusion of the meeting
Mrs. l.. G. Campbell surprised the
members by providing ice cream
1T the Eagle drug store.
The Civic Club has been very ac-
tive during the last year and has
accomplished a great deal of good,
though little publicity has been
given to the clubs activities, and
the organization Of the club is more
and more proving one of the most
forward-looking moves made here
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