Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-23
Brownsville Club
and Social Activities


The first meeting of the new club
year OF the Civic League was held at
the home Of the secretary, Mrs. X.
T.. Morris on Washington street
Thursday afternoon. A good attend
ance answered roll call with current
events and later Mrs. Morris, for the
third time club secretary, read the
minutes Of the last meeting.
Mrs. J. X. Bull, president of the
league, took up part of the business
session appointing committees TO see
after the work of the organization
the coming year. Those appointed
were as follows: Sanitation, Mes
danes W. r. Harvey, X. A. King, w.
J. Nertrees and Miss Campbell; pub
lie parks and Fairgrounds, Mesdames
IN. W. Bolingcr. Rita Moore, Chester
D~eaarcciebcn, ID. u. Gay, Jr.; Arbor
Day. Ms. +. r. Morris, streets and
alleys. Mesdames W. +. Harvey. E.
r. Sat,or john Closner. Albert
Smltn; tags an1 means. Aesdarcs
~. d 0ay. Jr a.. W. M0otA-rt, =. u.
A4ti. 8 .urlan, Mrs. i. Clearwater.
special committee on city beautifi-
cation, Mesdames X. +. Green, Albert
Smith, G. w. Watson, ]. J. KENNY,
and ]. X. Bull; program, Mrs. w. a.
George; bylaws, Mrs. Albert Smith.
Three new members were taken
into the league, Mrs. G. w. Watson,
Mrs. r. 4. Green, and Mrs. John
Closner, and two former members
were reinstated, Mrs. Clearwater and
her daughter, Mrs. Moore.
Mrs. Clearwater made a talk that
particularly interested the members
Of the league about when this local
unit was formed. Being organized
in 1903 this group claims the dis
tinction of being one Of the oldest
clubs in Brownsville If not in the
whole Valley. She went on to state
that the club died out after a while
and then was revived in about 1908
and has been a functioning body
ever since.
Other business attended 10 before
the social hour was the installing of
Miss Mamie Bourne as treasurer in
place Of Mrs. S. G. Graham whose
resignation had been filed.
This club meets every third Thurs
day in each month but the place Of
the next meeting had not been del
cided when the last meeting adj
journed. This year will be taken
III win a bA4AE Va "a SANd
sion form of government.
LARGE PIT. A. MEETING.
In celebration OF the eighteenth
birthday of the p T. A. FL Jardin
association gave a program at the
school house Friday evening based
on the organization motto: Know the
Child. Miss nellie Harrington, teach
er, presided during the meeting and
read the program numbers as they
were presented.
Mrs. &. G. Hanna chose for her
subject to talk on, "What the PIT.
A. Stands For" The grade children's
chorus sang several numbers and
then Prof. j. S. Rascoe made a
speech entitled, parents Know
Your Child's Teachers" Mrs. A. f.
Derrick added a violin solo to the
program.
Cake and ice cream was served to
n large assemblage. During the
evening after the program about
twenty new members were taken in
to the already large association.
ATTEND LUNCHEON
Four Brownsville members of the
ID. A. r. attended the monthly lunch
con Wednesday which was held this
time in Harlingen at the Reese-Wil-
Mond hotel. They were Mesdames
Il. M. F~reudenstein, r. A. Warden, j..
Il. Canales, and Miss Betty Hopper.
The members decided TO meet in
Brownsville for the November ses-
sion which is to be in the form Of a
luncheon.