Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-12-18
Wornan'S0ub
Is An Active
Organization
Aiding Of Welfare Work in
Libby Only Part of =
It's Activities.
MEMBERSHIP ROLL
HAS MANY NAMES

ing woman's clubs of the state is evi-
dent when one compares membership
OF the local organization with that Of
other cities of Montana. The Libby
Womans Club has a membership of 81
/ at the present time while similar or
ganization at Kalispell has 104, Ana
conda SO, Great Falls 50, Havre SO.
| Whitefish 81. In that list of six cities
all of them much larger than Libby
only one place has larger member
ship in its woman's club than Libby
and that is Kalispell. Libby leads all
the other places enumerated in the
number of its public spirited women
who belong to women's civic organ
ization.
| The public is apt to forget the work
| of real merit the Libby organization
has to its credit The club is with us
constantly, we hear or read that it is
| doing this or that, it goes about its
tasks quietly and efficiently, so much
so that in the minds of many its &C
tivities are probably taken as a mat
ter of course. For that reason it is not
amiss to call the publics attention now
and then to the worthwhile work the
Libby organization is accomplishing.
The Libby Woman's clup is always
found willing to do its share in any
worthy public enterprise Recently it
was called upon to head the highly
important work of extending aid to the
needy of this community. Under the
leadership of the prcaidcnt at that
time, Mrs. M. X. kedxie, this new work
was quickly taken up and is now being
looked after through the Woman's
club At its meeting on Tuesday Of
last week it voted SIS to be used in
buying milk for undernourished pu-
pills OF the Libby schools who are UNI
able to buy the milk themselves.
There is real story that this paper
hopes to tell some day regarding the
highly beneficial results that are being
Obtained by providing milk for. the
underweight undernourished children
of the Libby grade school Some of
them do not have the ready money to
provide the milk; times are hard and
money is scarce in some homes. For.
the benefit of those little tots few
bottles of milk are kept on hand at
the school and distributed where most
needed by kind hearted teachers. 1t
is said the improvement is almost be-
You'd belief in the genera! health and
appearance Of many of the pupils af-
ter few weeks. of the milk campaign.
To help cover the expense of supplying
milk to those who cannot buy it them
selves the Woman's club voted the
$500
The two activities mentioned here
are merely two of the latest examples Of
the good work the club is constantly
doing For a number of years it voted
scholarship to some worthy Libby
pupil attending an institution of high
er education. 1t has supervised swim
ming pool activities and has seen that
life guard was stationed at the pool.
1t has assisted in cleanup campaigns
Its activities truly have been legion
At the present time the club is en-
joying a very active, interesting and
prosperous year. Under the efficient
leadership of Mrs. M X. Kedzie as
president number of new members
have been placed on the membership
roll, an interesting and instructive pro-
gram has been outlined for the year,
and as mentioned above, much good
work is being done. Because of poor
health 1t was necessary for Mrs. ked-
zie to resign her position at the last
meeting which was regrefully. accept
ed by the club, Mrs Ralph Fields being
elected to the presidency Because Of
its real worth to the community and
further, because Of its character as
civic organization, every public spirited
woman of the city ought to be mem
Der.
1t will be of interest to the people
of the community to know who are
the officers and committees of the or
ganization and also who comprise its
membership. This information is given
below
Mrs. Ralph Fields, president; Mrs.
Smithberger, secretary; Mrs. John S.
Peay, treasurer.
Executive Board-Mrs. M. X. Kedzie,
Mrs. M .. Rowland, Mrs. A. A. Wood,
Mrs. c. d. Rowe, Mrs. Ralph Fields.
Standing Committees
Courtesy-Mrs. Walter Neils, chair
man; Mrs. Harry Bolyard, Mrs. Viola
Jacobs.
Membership-Mrs. w. F. Kienitz,
chairman; Mrs. A. A. Clough, MRS.
Irene Barrett Mrs. Harold Miller, Mrs.
John Knutson, Mrs. Catherine Hough-
ton, Mrs. T.. O. Halvorson, Mrs. Tim
othy Miller.
Year Book---Mrs. l.. J Olson, chair
man; Mrs. r. w. Smithberger, Mrs. G.
D. Rowe.
Press--Mrs. Ned Joughin, chairman;
Mrs. Ralph Fields
Pianist--Mrs. Sherman Noel.
Legislative--Mrs. A. C. Herbst
International Relationships. 3. r.
Maiden
Education--Mrs Charles Marshall
CiTcArMrs- c. s. Christensen
American Homes-Mrs &. r. Ja-
American Titizenship-Mrs. w. N.