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Show r , 'J J % ' : W * OWt t 6a t utd : t atd atdBy Ut < i ( WW ( By Historicil Il1storIc'll Il1storIcll Ilistoricil ' Comml Committee ttee Uhh TJtili Ut ih Centennial Centenmal ) ) II1 IIistor'of IIistorof Ilictorof tor } ) ' " " ' of the "oman oman W " l Oman omansLiterary s sLltenry sLiteriry Lltenry Literiry ClubThe Club ClubThe The Woman s Literary club of ofM ofMo-'b'was ofMo 'b'was bwas M MO'bWas MObWas " ' - ' ' 'was was ' organized orgamzed on March March9 ' 9 1898 by a group ( if f local wo women women women men under the direction of MIss MIssSarah MissSarah MissSarah Sarah Elliott and the womenelected women womenelected elected her as their first preSI preSIdent president president , dent Their a m was education educationculture educationculture educationculture culture and civ ' c Improvementccord improvement improvementAccord I IA A Accord ccord ng to the ImprovementI first record recordb recordbook recordbook I b book k the following fQllowmg fellowrng women were werecharter werecharter 'charter charter ' members Mrs Helen HelenKirk HelenKirk Helen1 Helen1Kirk , Kirk Mrs Lula Goodman Mrs MrsAnme MrsAnnie MrsAnnie Anme Annie Green Mrs Louie Moore MooreMrs MooreMrs I Mrs Addie Addle Maxwell Ma well Mrs MIs EtfieTaylor Effie EffieTaylor Taylor EfhelTaylor Mrs Sad eVibon e \ Wilson Wlbon \Vibon Vibon , Efhel lVIrs Mrs lVIrsAnme MrsAnnie MrsAnnie Anme Annie Lovendge LoverIdge Mrs Clara ClaraSavage ClaraSavage ClaraSavage Savage Mrs Vira Vlra Olson l\1rs l 1rs Mrs l1rsSusan MrsSusan \ MrsSusan Susan Ray Mrs Lyd Lvd a Watts WattsMrs WattsMrs l1rsI I , Mrs Sena Taylor Mrs Ess Css Lss : e eShafer eShafer eShafer Shafer Mrs Emma Empey Mrs MrsMelissa MrsMelissa MrsMelissa Melissa Stark ( Wmbourn Winbourn ) Mrs MrsAugusta MrsAugusta MrsAugusta Augusta Walker Mrs Mildred MildredElhott MildredElliott MildredElliott Elhott Elliott and Miss Sarah EllIott EllIottThe ElliottThe ElliottThe The living hvmg charter members are areMrs areMrs areMrs Mrs Kirk Mrs Wmbourn Winbourn Mrs MrsShafer MrsShafer MrsShafer Shafer Mrs Watts and Mrs MrsSavage MrsSavage MrsSavage Savage Mrs Kirk is the only onlyone onlyone onl-one onl one : - one that has belonged for all othe of ofthe ofthe the 49 years She was given a alife alife ; _ life membership by the clubAfter clubAfter club clubAfter After their the1r organization In InMarch inMarch inMarch March they federated with the thestate thestate thestate state organization orgamzatlon on June 81898 8 1898 It is theoldest the the- ' - oldest federated federatedclub federatedclub federatedclub club in the Eastern district The TheLiterary TheLiterary TheLiterary Literary club of Orangeville IS ISthe isthe isthe the oldest organized club butdid but butdid butdid did not join Jom the federation untIl until1928 1928 and the d strict in 111 1930while 1930while 1930 while the Moab club Jomed joined the in 1920When When this club was firsfounded fIrst fIrstfounded firstfounded , founded they called themselves themselvesThe themselvesThe themselveThe The Busy Women s Club and andIt andit an anit < it was not until in m the spring sprmg of o1917 1917 1 917 that the name was chang changI changed changd changed ! ed e d to the present oneSome oneSome one oneSome I Some of the interesting mterestIng Itemsi ItemsiI items itemsound s I - found f ound in the books now in m our ou , possession DoSSeSSIOTI oossessiori show the active achve part partthese partthese partthese these women played in the es Cs establlshment Cstablishment establishment tabllshment tablishment of sidewalks in m the theearly theearly theearly early days the assistance they theygave theygave theygave gave in incorporating mcorporatmg the townand town townand and the obtammg obtaining of Sl\ Sl Slold si ' \ . old bar barrels barrels rels to be placed on the streetsto streets streetsto streetsto to put trash in m ( Just a few fewyears fewyears fewyears years ago the club took up do donatIons donations donations natIons around Main Mam street and andcollected andcollected andcollected collected $26 26 $ to purchase the thehash thetiash thetiash hash tiash containers contamers on the streets streetsnow streetsnow now ) The Tne Tlie club further Assist Assisted Assisted Assisted ed the city council in m shaling shal1ng of ofthe ofthe ofthe the travelinglibrary streets obtained obtamed a traveling I library sponsored severally severallyceums several ly lyceums lyceums ceums fostered any and all pro programs programs programs grams that had to do with sani sanitatIon sanitation sanitation tatIon and cleanliness cleanhness enter entertamed entertamed entertamed tamed at a banquet for Gover Governor Governor Governor nor norWells Wells /Wells / and Col Ed Looseconducted Loose Looseconducted Looseconducted conducted a library hbrary shower and andgot andgot andgot got 56 books and 40 magazmes magazines magazmestogether magazinestogether magazinestogether together with one year sub subsCrIptIons subscriptions subscnptions sCrIptIons to five different mag magazmes magazines magazmnes azmes azmnes made their extra e.tra etra : . moneyneeded money moneyneeded moneyneeded needed by 10 cent socials sOC'lals sOClals soc'ials ' ' one onea onea onea a month urged every sprmg spring springthat springthat sprmgthat that a general clean up be hadTheir hadTheir had hadTheir Their first meeting meetmg place was wasthe wasthe wasthe the homes of the members and andlater andlater andlater later the old log cabin cabm then thento thento thento to a room in the court houseThe house houseThe houseThe The minutes mmutes of September September1915 1915 reads Roll call shall be beA beA beA A Needed Improvement for forMoab foiMoab forMoab Moab and the lesson shall beFoundatIons beFoundations be beFoundations Foundations of Civic Beauty Beautythe Beautythe Beautythe the next meeting meetmg shall be rol roll roll rollcall rollcall : call Means to Beautify Our Otis OurStreets OuiStreets Streets and the lesson Beautj Beauty Beautym Beautyin - m in the Street | The first phonograph owned ownedby [ by a club member was used for formusICal formusical ; musical numbers at manyof manytheir many /of of oftheIr / ' . : their the-Ir the Ir - meetings meetmgs In 1917 they theyselected theyselected [ selected a special committee committeeknown committeeknown committefknown ' known as the food conserva conservahon conservation conservation . hon tion committee In the fall o of : : 1918 these thrifty women de deContinued deContinued ( ( Continued on page 4) 4 ) ) I [ Know Your Grand CountyContinued County CountyContinued ( Continued Contmued from first page ) cided clded ceded that on account of the thewar thewar thewar war work the women of the theI thecountry thecountry I country were expected to do doand doand doand and the influenza epidemic club clubwIll clubwill clubwill wIll not meet any more for a ayear ayear ayear year However they resumed resumedtheIr resumedtheir resumedtheir theIr activifr activIt ' es on Oct 16 1919Up 1919 1919Up . Up to this time tune they had 19191 stud studled studied studled htI led ied such subjects as Alaska ht lit hterature literature literature I erature of all foreign countrIes countrIesmodern countriesmodern countriesmodern modern drama uranium ural11um vana vanadlum vanadrum vanadium dlum drum . and radium modern fa famous famous famous mous women conducted a straw strawvote strawVote strawVote vote on two possible candIdates candIdatesfor candidatesfor for US U S pres dent operation of ofIdeal ofideal ofideal Ideal government the KKK KKKairplanes KKKairplanes KKKairplanes airplanes for mail mall service prob problems problems problems lems of national defense popu populatIng populating populatmg latIng the UjS U.s Us . . Pan American AmericanIsm Americanism Ism immigration immigrationA A resolution was adopted on onNov onNov onNov Nov 6 1919 to cooperate m in mevery inevery inevery every way with the home and andschool andschool andschool school league in III a campaIgn campaIgnagamst campaignagainst campaignagainst agamst against smoking among the nu mi nunors minors nunors nors Then a mass meeting meetmg was wascalled wascalled wascalled called for the following followmg Sunday Sundayat at the Star hall to discuss the thetobacco thetobacco thetobacco tobacco habitThe habitThe habit habitThe The club dub decided to use the theschool theschool theschool school children to conduct the theregular theregular theregular regular Red Cross drive dnve and andthe andthe andthe the youngsters did such a fme fine fmeJob finejob finejob Job that the club orgamzed organized orgamzedthem organizedthem organizedthem them m into to a general clean upDurmg upDuring up upDuring During Durmg the years they con conducted conducted conducted ducted contests in m high school and on various occasions the theyoung theyoung theyoung young peope people . ! sang and gave gavereadIngs gavereadings gavereadings readIngs at clubAs club dub clubAs As late as 1922 someone In Inclub Inclub Inclub club suggested at a meetmg meeting meetmgthat meetingthat meetingthat that something somethmg should be done doneabout doneabout doneabout about the shooting on Main Mainstreet Mainstreet Mainstreet street The club staged a bIg bIgclean bigclean bigclean clean up in the spring of 1924Top 1924 1924Top Top cs of study lor for far this period periodmcludcd periodincluded periodincluded mcludcd included such subjects as mod modern modern modcm ern poets American short stor storles stories stories ies les- les leshow " - ' how our language languaKe has hasgl"own hasgtown hasgrown gl"own glown gtown " prominent women of ofAmerIca ofAmerica ofAmerica AmerIca women uffrage ufIrage the theAmerIcan theAmerican theAmerican AmerIcan Indian AmerIcamsm Americanism AmerIcamsmand Americanismand Americanismand and a great g great eat many book revIews revIewsOn reviewsOn reviewsOn On one afternoon in III 1925 one oneof oneof oneof of the members who ! si.ill siill sill still . be be'longs belongs belongs 'longs longs ' to the club gave ga\e ga e \ as her herpart herpart herpart , part of the program several severalbook severalbook severalbook book reVIewsIt reviews reviewsIt It was during th s year that thata a room in the Grand county hos hospltal hospital hospital pltal pital was completely furnished furnishedin In memory of a deceased mem member member member ber Mrs Evelyn StandlflrdDurmg StandifirdDuring Standifird Standlflrd StandifirdDuring During Durmg the next 10 years ycars our ourstudIes ourstudies ourstudies studIes included the LIterary LIteraryBIble LiteraryBible LiteraryBible BIble Greek Epic and Tragedy TragedyHomer TragedyHomer TragedyHomer Homer Jasm and the Golden GoldenFleece GoldenFleece GoldenFleece Fleece Greek and modren dra dram1 dram3 drami m1 m3 . what a housewife is worth to her husband women in poll poli polltics politics polltics tics art in the home Interna Internatlonal internatiOiral international tlonal tiOiral relations relahons and parl1amen parliamen parliamentar parl1amentar tar ; ) drill also book reviews of ofthe ofthe ofthe the current best sellers The Theclub Theclub Theclub club s civic activities were about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the same as in III the past several severalyears severalyears severalyears severalyearsClub years yearsClub Club activities during the thesears theSears sears ears 1922 to 1930 included A Adance Adance Adance dance in III Nov 1925 nettmg netting netting$188 netting188 $188 188 $ in III the spring of 1927 an another another another other dance netting nettmg $107 107 $ then thenlater thenlater thenlater later a dance was g ven yen and and$115 and115 $115 115 $ was given to the Woodmen Woodmenof of the World building prOJect prOJectThe projectThe projectThe The Woman s club brought the thevery thevery very first flIst fire protection to the theI thecity thecity I city by buying buymg two fire hydrants hydrantsI hydrantsfor hydrantsfor I for Mam Main street helped with and andsponsored andsponsored andsponsored sponsored all charity chanty sponsored sponsoredan an essay contest in high school schoolIon schoolon schoolon on the ubject ubect ) Why I Should ShouldVote ShouldVote ShouldVote Ion Vote and Rosalie Garcia Rob Robertson Robertson Robertson ertson not only won the local localprize localprize localprize prize but the state as well Prlz Priz Prlzes Prizes Prizes es for a reading readmg content contect Contewt in hIgh hIghschool highschool highschool school amounted to $16 16 $ The Theclub Theclub Theclub club still took an active part In Inall inall inall all Red Cross drives conducted conductedthe conductedthe conductedthe the regular spring sprmg clean upfl'he upThe up upThe ' The fl'he flhe first district conventIon conventIonever conventionever conventionever ever held here was en on April AprJI 9 91927 1927 One of our club members membersattended membersattended membersattended attended the national conven convenhon convention convention hon tion in III Grand Rapids MlchClub MichClub Mich Mlch MichClub Club properties bought dur durIllg during during Illg ing this time were a piano 24 24foldmg 24folding 24foldmg cardtables c3"dtables foldmg folding chairs chalIs and four c3\"d c3 "d d card \ ! 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