The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-09-17
Club Organization

the seasons activities during the past
week and the various study programs
will continue until May. In view of
the important part that the clubs
play in the lives of the members and
in the community, a brief review of
their programs will be of interest.
The Sorosis Club which is the
youngest" of the five began it's
activities September 8 when the first
meeting was held at the home of
Mrs. Chas. Shaw. This organization
has as its officers, Mrs. Gerald Enge-
man, president; Mrs. Fred Macs,
vice president; Mrs. Martin Friese,
secretary, and Mrs. C. v. Farms
worth, treasurer. The program COM
mittee of which Mrs. Chas. Shaw,
Mrs. Arthur Hassenstab, and Mrs.
Ward Pease are members have pre-
pared an interesting program based
on The Readers Digest. Each pro-
gram will also have paper on a
topic of current or seasonal interest
or an article on great contemporary
character.
The Quality Club has as its offic-
ers, Mrs. L. w. Gilliland, president;
Mrs. j. A. Baikie, vice, president;
Mrs. w. F. Jackson, secretary and
Mrs. C. v. Everett, treasurer. The
, topic for the year as planned by the
program committee, Mrs. E. E. Lang,
Mrs. Fred Rome and Mrs. Lloyd
Spang, is "The Middle West in
American Literature" The semi
monthly programs will be most at
tractive, offering discussions on Mid
die West States history and reviews
of the works of authors from this
section. Among the writers to be
studied sare William Dean Howells,
Samuel Clemens, Hubert Quick, Ow-
en- Wister, Hamlin Garland, Martha
Ostenso and iona Gale. The Quail
! ty Club had its first meeting Septem-
Der LIST at the home of Mrs. Gilliland
when the work Of the year was cut
lined in general way. On Monday
OF this week the club met at noon in
the parlors of the English Lutheran
church where three course luncheon
was served, followed by the regular
business meeting and program in the
church proper.
The Twentieth Century Club of
which Mrs. H. M. Aune, is president;
Mrs. j. M. Corbett, vice president;
Mrs. F. B. Forbes, secretary; Mrs.
=. M. Jorgenson, treasurer and Mrs.
b. Kleaver, sergeant-at-arms, began
its activities for the year with
three course luncheon at the Redwood
Hotel Monday, September Is. This
was an suspicious event in that the
Club had as their guests, Mrs. Aug
ust Fredriksen of Delhi and Mrs. w.
r. Goudy of Seaforth, Redwood
county's Gold Star Mothers, who
very recently returned from trip to
France where they visited their sons
graves in the cemeteries maintained
by the United State government.
After the luncheon Mrs. Aune in
formally introduced the guests who
talked most interestingly about their
trip. Mrs. Goudy's talk was a chatty
discussion of the personal side of her
experiences. She spoke amusingly of
lost baggage, the balls in the social
room of the steamer, meals aboard
ship and in French diners, told in de-
tail about their visits to many of the
cathedrals, chateaus, art galleries,
Belleau Woods, Champagne Forest,
commented on the lack of school
buildings and after beautifully des-
cribing the cemetery of Osie-Aisne,
where her son is buried she closed
with an appreciative tribute to the
United States government for MAX
ing the trip possible. Mrs. Fredrik-.
sen emphasized the great care and
the consideration shown them in the
bus ride from Paris to st. Mihiel
Cemetery where her sons grave is
located distance of 300 miles. She
spoke feelingly of the beauty of the
cemetery and the solemnity of the
occasion which she said was the most
remarkable experience of her life. At
the close of the program Mr.. Fran
co.'s invited the club members to play
golf on his miniature golf course ad-
joining the hotel. This Club will
study several of the European coun-
ries, India, Africa in general way,
Japan, parts Of South America and
Alaska. They will have several book
reviews and their roll calls will be
on topics of current interest. This
program has been prepared by Mrs.
| j. j. Christensen, Mrs. E. M. Jorgen-
son, Mrs. R. A. Cooper and Mrs. Bert
Virgins.
+! The Woman's Club will have a So
cial gathering Monday evening, Sep
TENDER %, at the home of Mrs. j. J..
Idzorek, when the program commit
tee, consisting of Mrs. Caroline
Thomson, Mrs. Idzorek and Mrs. E.
L. Gallea will present the programs.
The committee has chosen for the
years work Study Course on The
Newer Tendencies in Psychology
which has been prepared by Kate
Hevner, assistant professor in Psy-
chology at the University of Mime
sofa. The program promises to be
most interesting because of the wide