Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-15
YIN. ca. OUTLINES REGULAR
PROGRAM in CONNEC CTION with
PRESENT FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN


Work for Jane and Maria; room
for Miss Brown; place to rest for
Mrs. Johns during her time off work
health education classes for rat Mable
and thin Margaret; information to
visiting Mrs. Prime; and commu-
nifty center for every girl or woman
and a special club for every school
girl over nine years old-these are
some oil the activities of the Douglas
y. w. c. A. during the past year.
With All requests for help in find
ing employment filed during the
year, this phase of work shows inn
rortant Unfortunately only 224 re-
quests came from employers, but
since this is the only employment
agency in town, the number receiving
employment averages Is month
largely in domestic work, though
other work is listed. Room registry
lis an old branch of Y. w. C. A. serv
ice especially valuable to the strange
Young woman in Douglas and to the
woman who has a room to rent.
If every man, woman and child In
Douglas had found occasion to come
in the X. wv. G.. A. and then th@
HgErls had come back again Gas most
of them did, the, number of people
coming in the building would about
edual the 16.500 approximately who
cid use the ". w, G. A. during 1926
And they don't merely come in. out.
side organizations totaling 20. have
meetings there; women meet their
friends down town; business girls
ieat their lunch there! tired ones may
t-and do-sleep; the ten clubs Of the
fY w. c. A. and it's many committees
meet there; strangers ask for infor-
nation ranging from the best place
to eat in Aqua Prieta to how to find
ian address. During the past year
the tourist car licenses have run
from Maine to Washington and Flor
ida to California with about every
state represented in between.
Health education work, including
the Recreation club, which has had
weekly meetings for over year, and
The more newly organized woman-s
gym class, aid the good climate to
keep Douglas women in good pnysi.
cal condition. Fhe Recreation CLUB
has had IN addition to regular gym
nastic work weekly, monthly parties
for general good fun and enjoyment
OF members and guests. The gym,
nasium class is adding swimming to
its interests and meets at the Y. NJ.
c. A. for this purpose.
Club work stressing the all-round
development of the younger girls by
study, service, play and worship
in program is an outstanding
piece of Y. w. C. A. work, with 2O5
girls participating this year. Every
gfrl in Douglas is eligible to join In
the good tEmess fellowship and serv-
ice of some Y VIC "A. club p. f. p.
girls are those of the last three
years of high school while, there
are junior girl reserve clubs for
freshmen and grammar school girls,
two camp fire groups have also been
under the sponsorship of the Y. w.
c. A. this year, while other girls
too young to be girl reserves are
included in the very active Adven-
ture club, swhoses youthful members
have shown in numbers if not in
years. Two new clubs organized this
afll We're the Sunshine triangle Of
girl reserves for colored girls and
the Aztec club for Mexican girls
ITO Find and Give the Best" Is the
way these 200 odd girls express their
purpose one worth living up to.
The activities of the Y. w. c. A.
show it to be a character building
organization and it's clubs and class
activities prove it to be as welI.