The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-03-10
kenneWick Club
Has Interesting
Life History


On December 8, 1917, ten bust
ness girls met at the Chamber of
Commerce rooms for the purpose
of forming an organization, and
decided to call the organization
the Kennewick Business Girls
club. The object of the club was to
bring the business girls of Ken
newick together for the purpose of
study, social recreation and to do
Red Cross work or other useful
services. Those present at the
first meeting were the Misses
Ruth Brown, Edna Brown, Marie
Spiegelberg, Gladys Miller, Cid
oria Gravenslund, Margaret EVAN
zig, Clara Bachman, Kathleen
Hudnall, Genevieve Craver and
Mrs. Blanch Berg.
Gladys Miller was elected the
first president of the club, Gene
We've Craver, vice president; Kath-
leen Hudnall, secretary and treas
urer.
The second meeting of the club
was held December 10, 1917, when
the constitution of the club was
adopted, and at this time ardent
patriotism abounded. Red Cross
work was pursued and clothes for
suffering children were made and
the club took an active part in the
Red Cross membership drive. Thru
the efforts of the club rs MEM
bers were secured.
The girls took up the study of
French with Mrs. Thomas Hanrat-
ty as instructor. Students other
than club members also joined this
class.
July 1919, the girls decorated a
float for the 4th of July parade
and received a ten dollar prize.
Their float depicted a Goddess of
Liberty scene with Miss Lulu
Reese as the Goddess. This start
ed a special fund for Improvement
and gave the girls an incentive to
work more diligently, sponsoring
garden fetes and musicales.
Visions of a beautiful city park
increased the enthusiasm of the
club and committee composed of
Lulu Reese, Lulu Moulton and
Florence Oliver was appointed to
investigate a suitable location for
a park and to interest the city
council and commercial club and
other civic organizations in the up
keep of the park after it was once
established. Hearty support was
given them by the different or
CARNATIONS.
A state federation of Woman's
clubs was organized in 1919. The
local club became affiliated with
the state federation two years la
ter and has since maintained its
membership.
The first Apple Blossom festi-
val dance was given IN April Of
1921 and proved a very successful
affair and has since become an an
nual event of the club.
In 1923 the business girls won
another prize in the Fourth of Ju-
" parade with float of BETSY
Ross sewing the Flag"
Among the funds helped by the
club are library, Boy Scouts, Fair,
cemetery, base ball Y.W.C.A.
In 1923 the club sponsored the
Queen contest for the Kennewick
Fair and were successful and so
pleased the fair committees that
each year the work Of the Queen
contest has been assigned to them.
They have worked on the tuber-
culosis seal sale, community chest
drive and this winter Miss Bertha
Fricke, a member of our club, has
acted on the community relief
committee.
The club is one of the organiza-
lions which is helping on the cit
izens' unemployment relief pro-
gram.
Miss Marie Spiegelberg is the
only charter member who is still
active in the club. She has been
chairman of the tuberculosis seal
sales for several years.
For several years the club has
sponsored an employers banquet
given during Business and Pro-
fessional Women's week. This year
the club is sponsoring this issue
of the Courier-Reporter and plan
to work towards revising of the
educational program and building
it up.