Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-26
Mrs. Stanley Active
in Social Circles
at Florida Home

Winthrop friends of Mrs. Nellie
Il. Stanley whose winter home is in
Daytora. Florida. will be interested
+ in an extract from newspaper clip
ping recently sat to friends in this
place. Mrs. Stanley may he said to
, claim two states as her home as her
summer months are mostly spent in
maine, her native state. Equally
prominent in public matters in both
states she is wrl.ly known for her
active help in all civic movements
and enterprises. ,>uring he.. winters
/ in her Floi ida !l).Hc she -n'crthins
many noted people as t." following
clipping will confirm. IT says in
part: zone Of tho most distinguished
visitors ever entertained in this city
adj who i'll turn entertained the peo-
pic. WAS here last week I'll the trs0n
OF Count iva I'o.StoN. VINO cam" un-
der the auspices OF tne IA nettO
Club. DaNtona's premier woman's Or
ganization. The prose, mt of the
club WAS lostc.;s /tc Count TolstOy
also to Hon. ". J. /, van dur.r- hia
visit simultaneous with .h"t Of The
Russian. while the lli'"r WAS here
in the Interests # the Y. Al. =. A.,
TIE NO men, perhaps, moro nearly
representing current intelligent
thought than any other two of their
time. And the president of the
| woman's Club. Mrs. Nj. J.. Stanley.
PIE fact emphasizes the status of the
Palmetto club as factor in the Gull
tural life o. he community as few
| other situations could. During the
several years of its existence the
Palmetto Club. with an ever incrcas-
1 ing membership, an ever widening
viewpoint, an ever developing dis
ccrnment and an ever broadening
opportunity, has been potent agent
in shaping the ethical devclopmcnt
of the community into an embodl-
mcnt of what is lest in human Gull
! turc The club has sponsored. where
I it has not directly originated, every
I good thing that has ever become an
! integral part of local community life.
1T has fosterCd every ms " mcnt even
tuating in civic life and moral
growth and it mas initiated even more
than it has mothCred. 1t stands TO-
day the embodiment Of great woman.
! hood come into all the powers OF
citizenship and its 400 members pres
cnt a solid phalanx against every
evil which can. or does. assail the
/ body politically In the use of the
ballot the Palmetto Club through us
idiyidual members Yields the Scop-
ire of civic cleanncss and holds the
balance of power in any fight for
civic Durity-the one thing women
have always claimed they would use
| their ballots for hal they but the
opportunity
, Coming Events
The Winthrop Literary clllh VII,
meet Monday evening at the usuai
hour Ills at the home OF Mrs. {. a.
/ Cummings to listen 10 travel talk
, by Mrs. Ronald c. Mcl,rov.
THE Womcns Foreign Missionary
Society of tho Methodist Church will
meet Mt $50 Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. TT. T.. Foster.
The Roll Call and supper for the
members of the Methodist Chnrch
and constituents will he held AT Inc
ycstrv Wednesday evening.
Mrs. I. A., Hills will entertain at a
Tcn-Ton Party at her home on Main
street Thursday afternoon.
The ladies of tho congregational
Circle are planning tor Dolldf so,
cial to he held the first CT MH. anu
each lady is engaged N earning nor
dollar and preparing her story lciilng
how sho earned IT.
The Peak O. the Week!
Cecil y. DoMillos production Ha.
r,day Nioht." at the Colonial theatre
tonight. For rlcasure-the rin.ous
rothinr dance and reVel at toneH
lslnrd. Fer thrill--the amaZin" frs
scenes and wreck on the raliroan
trostlo. For hearth ug-the love or
,,,n mon and two women. worlds
,nnrt 4 beauty drama sensation.
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