The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
Junior Woman's
Club Conducts
Business Meet

Business Meet
The North Carolina Junior So
rosis held it's February business
meeting on Monday evening at 8
o'clock at the Sorosis clubhouse.
The executive committee met at
7:3O o'clock preceding the bust
ness meeting.
The president, Miss Hazel Kim
rey, called the meeting to order.
After the pledge Of the flag and
the singing of one verse of the Star
Spangled Banner by the club mem
bers, the minutes of the Deem
Der and January business meetings
were read by the recording-secre-
tary, Miss Hattie Scheafer, Miss
Helen Nichols, treasurer, read a
report of the disbursements by the
club during the month of January.
Preceding the reading of the
executive committee minutes by
Miss Scheafer, the president ex-
planned the recommendations made
at this meeting to the club mem
bers. The recommendations read
at this time were ID That the next
bridge tournament to be given by
the club will be on April 20, 1871,
co That the clubs Foundation fund
quota be paid in full and (3) That
the club secretary write a letter
to the chairman of the appropria-
tons committee and to our legis-
lators asking them to vote for the
state aid to public libraries bill.
These recommendations we're voted
on as a whole by the club men,
bers.
The report of the corresponding
secretary was read by Miss Gerda
Quelch, in the absence of Miss
Ruth Davis, who holds this office.
Reports from the following chair
men were heard: Social, Mrs. Jo-
seph Clendenin; historian, Miss
Vivian HERS; program, Mrs. A.
B. Loce, Jr., who reported the
February program on current
events will be open to the public.
Miss Dorothy Forbes, ways and
means chairman, reported on the
safe Of lecture series tickets. Will
Durant will be the next speaker
in April at the New Hanover High
school and tickets will be sold at
the door. Miss Forbes also report
ed on the sale of infantile paraly-
sis seals by club members on
January Is and the club president,
Miss Kinney, expressed her ap-
probation to all those assisting in
this work.
The president then called on the
transportation chairman, Miss
Elizabeth Farmer; courtesy chair
man, Miss Gerda Quelch; chair
man of adult work, Miss Eugenia
Switzerland, who thanked all
members who had donated mag
azines to the work and the chair
man of the childrens ward, Miss
Anne Woodbury. reported that all
kinds of games, paper dolls and
books had been carried to the
children during the past month.
The chairman for the bicycle
safety campaign, Mrs. w. A. Cor
bett, Jr., reported that she and her
committee, Mrs. Joseph Clenden-
in and Miss Gerda Quelch had
visited Mayor T. E. Cooper who
referred them to Chief of Police
Ruark, Mr.. Ruark promised his
cooperation and plans for this
safety drive will be completed and
announced in the spring. Mrs. Cor
bett asked Miss Quelch to take
charge of the poster contest in the
public schools and Mrs. Clendenin
to have charge of the speakers at
the schools during this safety
campaign.
Mrs. Clendenin, who is chair
man for the study of Wilmingtons
Instrustrial centers, read a report
after which the magazine chair
man, Mrs. w. B. Taylor, asked
club members to turn in their sub
scriptions to the North Carolina
Clubwoman and The General Fed
Grafton magazine.
Miss Elizabeth Farmer, chair
man of the Indian museum prof.
ect, announced plans for making a
scrapbook of interesting clippings
and references to Indians and do
mating it to the Wilmington His
torical museum.
The president read from the
club year book concerning the
election of officers after which the
chairman of the nominating COM
mittee, Mrs. w. B. Taylor, read
her report. The nominees were as
follows: vice-president, Mrs. Jo-
seph Clendenin; treasurer, Miss
Dorothy Forbes; and correspond
ing-secretary, Miss Eugenia South
erland. A motion was made that the
report be accepted as a whole and
the recording-secretary cast the
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