Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-16

special arrangement of old time
! songs given as a trio brought this
delightful program to a close.
Hold Memorial Services
Mrs. Floyd A. Burger and the
members of her program commit
! tee are to be commended on the
! excellence OF the program, which
they secured for this opening meet
ing o. the club.
Preceding the program was bus
iness meeting at which Mrs. B. NJ
Gruwen, president, presided. The
session was tinged with sadness as
at this time a memorial service was
held Tor two club members whose
deaths occurred after the end of
the club year: Mrs. Robert Bailey
Kepley and Mrs. Calvin G. Nous
seau.
Mrs. Warren Currier very beauti-
fully paid an affectionate tribute to
these women who played prominent
parts IN the clubs activities and
who were greatly beloved by their
fellow club members. The service
ended with a silent prayer followed
by the singing of Our Prayer" by
Mrs. P. A Murray.
Mrs. B. NJ. Gruwell announced
the resignation of Mrs. 0. G. Horne
as director, and stated that Mrs. R.
H. Maddux had been selected by
the board to fill the vacancy.
The office of corresponding Sec
retary, formerly held by Mrs. CAL
win G. Mousseau, was also vacant
and Mrs. c. c. jenkins, upon nom
ination by Mrs. H. c. Diller, was
unanimously elected to that office.
Committee reports were made by
Mrs. Floyd A. Burger, program and
year book; by Mrs. j. D. Huston,
chairman OF the social committee
who announced the club annual
dance would be in the form OF
charity ball on December 10: by
Mrs. Norman E. Dupont, chairman
of the card committee who stated
that the first card party would .be
on November u and that tables
would be arranged for both auction
and contract.
Committees Report
On behalf of Mrs. j. w. Donohue,
chairman OF the public service COM
mittee, Mrs. Gruwell thanked the
club members for their response in
donating clothing for children and
assured the group that the COM
mittee planned to devote its time
to local relief work.
Mrs. j. E. Brock for the special
committee, announced that the
outside of the building had been
painted and screens and doors re-
paired. The contract had been let
to the lowest bidder and the entire
Job was done for $3.50.
Section announcements were
made by Mrs. Warren F. Fox for the
arts and crafts who stated the
meeting would be a. m. Wednes-
day, October 2; Mrs. Edgar Har-
garves announced the music Sec
ton meeting for November 3; and
Mrs. Ray Edgar, for the history
section, stated that the meeting
would be held on Monday, October
9, and that the literature section
would meet Tuesday, October o..
The Southern District convention
was announced for October 17-l9
at Laguna Beach, and Mrs. a. B
Hanson moved that the president
appoint delegates. The motion was
carried.
National education week, Novem-
ber 9-16, was announced and club
members were urged to cooperate
in its observance.
Mrs. j. R. Garren, charter mem
Der of the club, was introduced by
Mrs. Gruweu and expressed her
pleasure at being once more with
the Ten Thousand club.
The meeting was then adjourned
and the chair turned over to Mrs.
Burger who presented Mrs. Gruwell.
club president.
Mrs. Gruwen graciously welcomed
the city teachers and gave her
message for the year, stating that
the theme for the club work would