The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-06-21
WHAT CIVIC CLUB
MEANS To CITY
Women's Organization Has Been of
Great Benefit to Community
and Has Constructive Plans
for Future Civic Work

In most cities the men have their
Chambers of Commerce, organized
for the purpose of building up the
business of the. city and to bring
in new industries and new settlers.
Usually few women become men,
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
and therefore have very little voice
in deciding upon the various plans
proposed for the betterment of the
city.
When new people settle in a city
their = first, questions are usually
about the schools, churches and the
health and moral conditions. Who
should be more interested in these
subjects or better fitted to deal
with them than the women of the
community? If the new corners are
anxious about the conditions that
heir children will encounter, should
rot the women of the community be
lust as anxious about the conditions
surrounding their own children?
The Civic Club is the woman's
Chamber of Commerce and Board
IF Welfare combined. Organized
by the women, its membership COM
posed only of women, it is the voice
of womanhood speaking for those
Kings that concern the moral, social
md health conditions as well as the
business welfare of the community.
To overcome the evils that may
border the pathways of the children
and young folks of the community,
he Winnemucca Civic Club plans to
arrange, by cooperation with the
parents of the children, the faculty
of the schools and the Mothers
Club, to provide under the super
Vision of responsible people, dances,
parties and other recreations to be
given in the school auditorium on
Friday and Saturday nights, COM
nencing when school re-convenes in
September. The members of the
Civic Club, recognizing the neces-
sity of this feature of their work,
expect to lend their active support
20 the Mothers Club in aiding it
gain a large membership. They
re already cooperating with the
Parent-Teachers Association by urg-
ing their members to join and take
IN active part in that organization.
The Civic Club during the past
year has accomplished wonders to-
wards creating a library for Win
nemucca. Starting with nothing,
they have at present selection of
nearly 1900 volumes, several large
book cases and considerable cash on
hand for the purchase of more
books and book cases. This result
was accomplished by the hard work
of the members and officers of the
club aided by donations of books
and a book case by public spirited
citizens and members.
A large part of the money for
the library fund was raised by CO.
operation with the senior class of
the high school in giving two ex-
cellent home talent shows. That the
twelve weeks of hard gruelling work
necessary in supervising, drilling
and rehearsing these shows, time
gladly donated by the director and
actors, was appreciated is shown by
the liberal patronage given the pro-
auctions by the public. @
The library is now housed in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms and
it and the reading room is open to
the public every forenoon and on
Wednesday and Thursday after
noons..
That the unfortunate people of
the community are not overlooked
by the Civic Club is evidenced by
the securing, from compassionate
lady, of a wheeled chair for Grip
pied Indian girl and the providing
of fund for the future benefit
of the girl.
The club was also instrumental
in having city water piped to the
Indian village at the edge of the
city, thus providing clean drinking
water and eliminating the danger
of typhoid fever and other diseases
among the Indians and its SUISSE
quent spread to other parts of the
city. In this the Chamber of Com
merce and the city officials CO.
operated.
Beautifying the city, providing
parks and improving the free camp
ing grounds provided by the city
for auto tourists are subjects that
have been considered by the Civic
Club and beneficial results to the
community may safely be expected
as result of these activities. 1t
is possible that action will be taken
later to provide, as Fallon has al
ready done. a Waterman, having
police powers, to guard the cars
of the tourists stopping overnight
at the, camp grounds so that the
tourists may have the opportunity
of coming up town to trade with
the various business firms if they
$50 desire. So,
Among other things the Civic Club
is considering is a plan for the
entertainment of lady visitors from
out Of town, especially during the
various conventions that are to be
held here. Men attending these con-
ventions often bring their wives
with them and that these visiting
ladies may not think Winnemucca
lacking in hospitality it is planned
to arrange for sightseeing auto
trips. dinners, card parties and dances
to be given both by the individual
members of the club and by the
club as a body.
Citizens owning cars and willing
to assist in this feature will, wher
the occasion arises, be asked t.