Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-03
Organization
Has Been Idle
For Five Years

The Roanoke Rapids Woman 5
Club will hold its first progam
med meeting in the Club House
on jackson Street at $50 Mon
day afternoon after having been
inactive for five years. A rep
resentative from every civic or
ganization in the city has been
invited to attend.
Mrs. John P. Gilbert president
of the club, says that the object
of the meeting on Monday is to
get back into the groove of Roa
noke Rapids activities by meet
ing representatives of each civic
group and finding out wat their
group and finding out what their
efforts of all the clubs can be
united to get greater results.
Such projects as the new city
recreation activities, the swim
ming pool and playground will
be discussed.
At the business meeting in Sep
TENDER the club voted to buy
and install heating system at
a cost of S1,325. With what was
left in the treasury and receipts
collected this year from bene
fit bridge held in June, the sand
wich booth at the Exchange Fes
tival and the booth at the Lions |
festival there is only S349.68 yet |
to be paid on the heating equip
inent.
The president further states
the club house is in need Of fur
niture, such as sofas, tables,
chairs, lamps and Grapes as well
as kitchen equipment. She asks
that the members look in their
lttics for anything stored there
he club could use.
Mrs Zim Gwaltnev has offer
ed to remodel or make any drap
cries or slip covers donated, so
Mrs, Gilbert asks members not
% hesitate to send materials ev
IN if they'd o need repairs, they
IAN be used by the club.
AT the meeting on Monday,
he Woman's Club will officially
axe back the club house build
ng which has been used by the
Business and Professional
Noman's Club.
During the lapse of five years
ince the Woman's club has been
Inactive, the business of the
club was conducted by an eX-
acutive board under the direc-
ion of Mrs. J. Roderick Melkle
If Washington street. This ad-
.isory board had charge of the
lp-keep, and rental of the club
house as we'll as handling in
vestments for The Woman's
Club.
The Woman's Cluu is composed
Of the Fine Arts Department and
the Garden Club. If one belongs
to either of these departments
they are automatically mem
Der of the Womans Club. How
ever. one may be a member of
the Club and yet not belong to
either the Garden or Fine Arts
Departments.
The new officers of the
Woman's Club are as follows:
Yrs. Jon P. Gilbert, president;
Mrs. Henry A. Kicks, vice-presi
dent Second vice-president,
Mrs. George Pappendick; record
ng secretary, Mrs. Hugh God
win corresponding secretary,
Mrs, Edwin Akers; and treasur
ar, Mrs. Robert Mickie.
Mrs. T. J. Afford has charge
If the yard and has had trees
and shrubbery trimmed and is
planning to have the yard filled
IN with dirt to be contributed
from the street paving project
now under way in Roanoke Rap
.ds.
The Fine Arts committee is as
follows: Mrs. Virgil Mcdowell,
chairman; Mrs. Wiley Fortune,
secretary-treasurer; and Mrs.
Joe Talley, vice-chairman.
The Garden Club officers are
as follows: Mrs. D. l.. Wheeler,
Chairman; Mrs. Edwin Akers,
vice-chairman, Mrs. ]. w. Harr
ell. Secretary and Mrs, D, E.