Show organize betterment league at a meeting held beld at the residence of mrs M on the afternoon of feb 23 twenty five ladies were present mrs blar fording was elected temporary chairman and mrs sharp temporary secretary an address was then mado made by sirs mrs maffer ding setting forth the purpose of the meeting after which it was nas decided to effect a permanent pei manent organization the chair then named as committee on constitution and bylaws by laws mr mrs Fouts Mrs smith mrs bryner mrs milburn and arb u maclean pending the drafting of the tile constitution and bylaws by laws the chairman then submitted to the meeting a list of names numbering approximately women and directed each member of the meeting present to select from the list her nearest neighbors and interview them with tho the purpose in in bew bew of inducing them to join in the in a permanent organization the committee on constitution and bylaws bylas by laws las as follows that the t he name of the permanent organization should be the lV womans omans betterment league and that of fibers of said league be a president vice president secretary corresponding secretary and treasurer it was unanimously voted that mrs markferding Marf erding be president mrs pace vice ice president mrs sharp secreta secret 3 mrs fouts corresponding secretary andars and mrs horsley treasurer the appointment of committees commit teea was then passed upon as follows committee on finance mrs mary pace chairman sirs mrs braner mrs alls mi a ola bla cLean mrs millburn and mrs heppler committee on publicity mrs bentoi chai iman mrs smith mrs wooten mrs nixon and mrs cleveland committee on morals and research mrs wilson chairman mrs whitmore Whit mcie moie mrs powell mrs goeltz mrs E horsley committee on children and working gills mrs sharp chairman mrs pace mrs markferding Marf erding mrs urs GUI men and sirs mrs fowler committee on pool halls and boys sirs mrs elmira harmon chairman mrs bra ner mrs horsley mrs olson and mrs ferris after discussion it was decided that the work of the womans betterment leafa league tie should extend throughout the to ns and the county upon motion properly put and carried it was decided that the 2nd tuesday of every month should ho be the meeting day of the league it was moe moved dand and carried that initiation fee be and that the monthly dues be it was further decided by vote that the chairmen chairman of the several committees should constitute a committee to decide upon the arrangement of the next meeting it was a further decided that the league would meet at p m friday fob fel 27 at tho the methodist church to listen to the report of tho the twenty five members delegated to solicit n membership in the club it was decided to allow the committee on constitution and b bv laws until the said ine meeting eting on friday to report upon the same I 1 the meeting then adjo adjourned orned until I 1 friday night |