The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-11

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rary and office room. There MI
Hoefler is at his desk, easily acces
sible to all who may desire 70 max
arrangements for the clubs use O
attend to other business of their OF
CARNATIONS.
In the opposite corner is the DIES
for Mrs. Ruth King, the librarian
who, personally and professionally
has been identified with the com
munitys interests for several year
the shelves about the room contain
the shelves about the room con
tain some 1900 volumes, with
regular issuance of some lao,
to 1000 volumes every. month
The center's library is the town lib
rary for the new school buildin,
has an exceptionally fine librar,
and its books are in constant use BY
the children. On the reading table.
| and in the magazine corner are t.
be found copies of 46 current peri
odicals; something for the children
for the grown-ups who delight in
| fiction; for the men of the various
businesses, professions, trades, tech
nical magazines; outdoor magazines
sport news. AROUND the corner OF
the hall is a smaller room where
those who want to read in quiet
may do so.
On this first floor also the Ameri.
can Legion has it's rooms--speciaI
rooms for its meetings, It's banquets
and its smaller events. On the first
floor also one of the old class rooms
has become a billiard room.
Down stairs in the old school
basement are the public baths and
showers, and some of the indoor
play rooms.
On the second floor there Is g
large parlor for women, a splendid
ly furnished room we'll equipped
for all the meetings the women may
want to hold therein, or for quiet
visiting with friends. Beyord thi:
room are smaller rooms for com.
mittee meetings or small private
| parties or the church meetings
rooms where the suppers are hello
with a kitchen adjoining. What is
probably the old schools general
| assembly room is now the large
banquet hall, where 1875 can be
served in comfort.
Sports Encouraged.
The Center is a member of the
Playground and Recreation Associa.
ton of America and it qualities
for membership by encouraging al
healthy sports and activities among
the boys and girls of the com.
munity. Last year the center hac
IL basketball teams and six baseball
teams of its own where rivalry fol
superiority was healthy and sport.
ing. 1t has football teams and ten.
mis- meets and it gives welcome to
all the Scout games, both boys and
girls.
Special holidays are given much
attention. The Fourth of July is in
charge, always, of, the American LIE
gion, and the celebration each year
honors the new citizens of the year
Christmas freely being in the
land of Christmas trees-ls aglov
for the community. It stands in
front of the Community Service
Center. On Christmas Eve Ely:
singers sing carols about the tree
and the youngsters come for the
general distribution of the gift.
which the community kestows upor
| its little folks. Last year 1850 o1
these packages were distributed
packages containing candy, peanuts
walnuts, cracker jack and other
goodies. They were lined up, were
the youngsters, for about three
blocks and were kept in line by the
American Legion as they marched
into the center past the room where
the packages were being handed
out, and on out a side entrance
One thousand five hundred children
came personally to receive the pack
ages. But the tots who were toe
far away to come for their remem
ORANGES were not forgotten. Out tt
| the smaller colonies at Winton
White Iron and Savoy went 265
| packages from the Community Ser
vice Center and 80 more were sem
to the drivers of the buses into
whose care the parents place theil
children in the journey to and from
the schools during the school sea
son.
Work Increasing.
1t would be an attempt to gilC
the golden if deductions were drawn
concerning the value Of the Com.
munity Service Center to Ely
From first to last it is a community
enterprise. It's budget last year wa:
$4,000 of community funds. II
probably will need an increase this
year, for the work of the center has
increased, as it should. 1t is in
| charge of a board of Girectors-fivs
of them, each representing major
organization in the community anc
each having been chosen in turn by
hls-or her-organiZatiCn - repre-
sent it on the board. Thus tbs
American Legion is represented by
w. P. Wolfe, the City Council by
j. E. Porthan; the Commercial Club
by James White. the School Board
by Leonard Slabodnik; the Mothers
club by Mrs. B. o. Strachan. And
having mentioned the Mothers Club
Ely's Mothers Club is a bit differ
ent from the average mothers club
1t Is not parent-teacher organiza-
ton, but a group of the towns wo-
men who are organized to take care
of the needy and delinquent child
ren-chil3ren needing mothers
special care. This year, incidental
ly, the police matron, Mrs. Charles
Quigley, is the president of the club
and no one is in closer touch with
the towns youthful needs than Mrs
Quigley.
Once the five organizations have
chosen their representatives to man.
age the Community Center, the rep.
resentatives choose their own offic.
ers. Mr.. Wolfe is the present pres.
ident and Mr.. White the secretary