Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08

MISS AMI WSeNeT was eleCIeQ
president of the Augusta Girls
Community club at the annual cleo
ton of officers. Monday evening. to
succeed Miss Ethelle Garside who
has served the club faithfully for
| two terms. Other officers elected
included: First vice president, Miss
| Winona Jenkins; second vice presi-
! dent. Miss Lora Pooler: treasurer.
Miss Ruth l.cavitt: assistant treas
urer. Miss Doris Drummond: re-
cording secretary. Miss Margaret
Coffin: corresponding secretary, Miss
| Audrey Hanks.
Chairmen of the standing commit
| tees: Entertainment. Miss Gladys
| Little: class. Miss Melissa Farnham;
! finance. Miss caro- Hamlin: program,
! Mrs. Mildred Gray: house. Mrs.
Jessie Winslow: membership, Miss
Thelma Malls; publicity. Miss Ruth
| Henderson: auditor. Miss Constance
! Wade. Members of the Council.
| Miss Helen Johnson. Miss Arletta
Snow, Miss Grace Maddocks and
! Miss Ethelle Garside.
Other members of the standing
! committees will be appointed at a
, meeting of the chairmen and the
! ihCS4uSiit. ne Illuminating Commit
| tee was Miss Kosemond Common.
| Miss Ethel Russell. Miss Arletta
Snow, Miss Adcline Johnson, Miss
! LYDIA Bradstreet.
Miss Garside, the retiring prcsi-
dent, gave a very comprehensive re-
! port of the clubs work in the past
! year. She outlined che various So
cial and business functions of the
! club and presented n very bright
| future for the club. Considering
| that financial matters of the club
| have been most aSreeabIy settled the
| club faces prosperous year There
/ are many plans afoot. including the
Easter candy sale of the club in con-
! junction with the Easterfood sale
/ of the Advisory board. April 10: the
annual May breakfast. which the
! girls are planning to be n bigger and
! more successful one than ever be-
! fore. and an interesting summer
J program.
! About 80 persons sat down 10 a
| delicious repast served under the dir
! ection of Mrs. Boardman, who has
, charge of the Chimney Corner This
/ Is the first opportunity that the girls
! nave had. TO enjoy supper together,
! in Il group, since the change in the
management. Tho upper hall of the
clubhouse, where the supper and
/ meeting were held was most attrac-
! tive in its decorations. yellow crepe
paper streamers. aided by yellow
| cleaning candles and sprays of
green. made pretty picture. All
/ the lights were dimmed by the same
| mellow tone.
| The menu was chicken salad, hot
biscuits. coffee, cake, fruit. Jelly and
| plenty of it.
The toastmistress w2s Miss Rosa
mond Conner and she proved equal
10 the occasion as usual. Miss Con-
! nor. who has ready wit and can
i most always turn any situation into
! a kindly laugh, called uron various
members of the club for speeches.
! Giving Miss Garside her last
chance to talk was the manner in
| which Miss Conner introduced Miss
Garsdc. But Miss Garside declared
| she wasn't going TO keep still after
/ the election.
THE clubs pet ice cream cone" as
introduced by Miss Common proved ia
BE- Mrs. Winslow. and she in turn re-
pied that she was ''all melted" as be-
| FITS an ice cream cone. Taking a
whack Mt a popular story. Miss Conner
queried. "ff winter comes. will snow
be far away?" And Miss Arletta Snow
was compelled to rise to the occasion.
A most delightful surprise of the
! evenings entertainment was the ap-
| pearance of a genial gentleman by the
| name OF Mr.. Dubois. who was herald
! ed as an entertainer. Hn came upon
/ tho sssemblage so suddenly that they
! took him in slowly. but AS he pro-
| crossed they observed he had some
thing good to offer and he was much