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Show I Interesting History of Martha Society Whose Ball Is to Be Given November 18. For several weeks pa8t the members of the Marthn so' i-ty have been bur; selling tickets, and working for th success of the Vtartha society bal' which will be given Tuesday evening :it th. Bertluina. Iho b.l will be tHej most brilliant social miKti n of Ihe social so-cial season For eleven years the ball has opened the social activities of the j winter season with 'the exception 5f j ihe pnsi winter when Roclel activities v discontinued o account of in Avar and the influenza epidemic K- ' reshmenta will ne served as is ih-.-visual custom of the society. The mem bi rs of the society furnish the refresh j ments "Ihe only expense attached io, the ball la the rental ol 'he hall. A short history of the society since it beginning Is herewith, given, and wi'i j undoubtedly interest many Ogdeniteal who have watched Lh growth of tie, snriel v History of Ihe Soc ety by Bertha A. Conroy. A society known as ihe Ogden i Charity society was organized at the home of Mrs. Frank I ( annon, Febru-j ai 20, 1908, for cnaiitable and social ! purposes. The principle purpose of the soeii 13 was to succor .hose in distress or want among the poorer classes. Within the week iron-, the ;ime ihe so. ciety was organized the grim reaper, I di i n, removed from this earth the be-i loved president A tnc- society. At a subsequent meeting the name of tbj organization was changed to Martha In memory of the founde: and und' " whose guiding influence the society st. u ted out. Incorporation papers i j taken ojt September 27, 19.S, an J were revised and amended April 2S, j 1 !i l ; i hi. nm the nu.-i t iiing period the ! work of the society bad changed ma-1 terially. The crying demand for a day nu' si ry, where mothers might leave their children during the d.iy was apparen', and a suitable loculon w is secured and the society opened the nursery ; a the publie June 14, 1J13. The attend ance started with lour and five, anJ has gone up to sixty ;. da A fee oi 10 cents a day was charged, and th child was taken care of troru morning until night, and given the best of fooJ. and care. The charge male wis simply sim-ply to take away ihe stigma of charity ior those who left their children at th' home. Limits Charity Work. On June 14. 1914, the society decid' cl to limit the charity work to ver ip i dj i ases and devote the funds tc the nursery. Since the lncoptlon of ihe octet: new locations have been se-I se-I cured four times, each time to belie.- onditiOns. On ictobi r 5, 10H, a nigh, nursey was established at '.10Q Wash-I Wash-I ington avenue. The name Martha S'i cieiy Nurserj was gr.en the home. !ii December, 1917, the focidv purchase J a home on Washington avenue ami Elizabeth street. It was through the generosity of a :i nuber of Ogden's representative citizens that the horn was purchased. Most of the contributions contr-ibutions coming from the husbands of ! members of the Martha Bociety, It la lone of ihe most up to date homes i;; the state, it la maintained bj voluntarj subscripiion from ri presentati e citl sens, the city and county monthly al lotment, the annual ra'l, dues and con tiibutions from ra'.'inbers of t .h e ?-orl ety. On May lrj, 1915, the Ttah legish' ture appropriated SloOO, and in Ma... 1917, $-000 was appropria'ed. A com-mittee com-mittee of representative members o' the 1919 session inspected the home and recomno nded ihat the leglslatui increase ihe appropriation, Th i ommendatlon was at ted upon favor ably, and J4000 wis he alirtment received re-ceived in 1919. Original Membership Charter. The original membership of members mem-bers in the socie'. was iwcntv-fivt. The personnel was Mrs. Frank J Can-i Can-i non, presidenl Mm Fred J. Klesel, first vice presidenl, Mrs 'I. H Spen cer, second vice president; Mrs. E. A Littlefield, secretary; Mrs. . P. Blgc-low, Blgc-low, treasurer; dire .tors, Mrs. A. S Condon, Mrs. David tccles, Mrs Net ' t i o Ecclee. Mrs Th omas Fitzgerald, Mrs. A. P. Hibbs, Mrs. Marv Arm strorg, Mrs. P. Healyi M-s. M. s. Browning, Mrs. G. L. e:ker, Mrs. R ! T. Hume, Mrs. Edward Conroy, Mrs. jElwood Matson, Mrs S. C'orlew, M:s. I Ad Kuhn Mrs. Abe Kuhn: Mrs 1 1 W Nalsbett, Mrs Adam Patterson, Mr. I L. Reynolds. Mrs James Spargo am1 ' Mrs. Joseph SCOWCro't The following members have served as president of th society: Mri Frank J Cannon deceased), Mrs. Fred J. Klesel, Mrs Thomas t ;tzger I aid (dece.tserl i , Mi -. 11 H. Spencer, MM H. C. Bigelow (deceased), Mrs. ; Joseph Scowcroft. Mrs. Edward M. Conroy, Mrs. M. S. Browning, Mrs. 1 j Lester Reynolds. Mrs. Jams Spargo, Mrs. Jeli n s Lewis, Mrs. Ezra (Tail. Rich and Mrs Edward Orson Watti.-? On October 3. 1910. ihe active membership member-ship of the society vas erlarped to i hu i members mil includes the following fol-lowing Mrs Edmund Orson Wattis, Mrs. Joseph K VVrignt, Mrs. WllliaVi Wattis. Mrs. E F Oratz, Mrs Thompson Thomp-son t'crn, Mrs. A P Hibbs. Mrs. A. !' I'.iclow Mrn. Ralpfa Bristol. Mrs. IM. S. Browning, Mrs G L. Becke, , Mi Edward M. Conioy, Mrs. Thomas Ie-, Mrs ("hnpin la Mrs Krnk M DriggS, Mrs William H. Eecl8. Mrs ! D. C. Bccles, Mrs. L. R. Reeled, Mrs j Richard T. Hume. Mrs Ad Kuhn Mrs John s. Lewis, Mrs Uharlea Murphy. Mrs. R. B. Porter, M B. I. I. ester Reynolds, Rey-nolds, Mrs. Joseph Scowcroft. Mrs. H. ii Bpencex, Mr.- J A milh. Mr James Spargo. Mrs Ezra lark Rica, Mrs. Norn Smith ROWS, Mrs. Guy John-sou. John-sou. Mrs William C. Wrigr t. The su.. taming membership is unl mileel The club colors are while and green Sll honorary members . enrol'ed. Society's New Heme. I Sincf the society purchased th.-home th.-home manv Improvements have bej , made to mak the hone sanit?rv, and convenient. More iand has been sp. I I cured and many vegetables are grown I for use at the home. n arSded feature I to the improvr mcni oi the home is the I welfare work bein carried on by th: society. Before entering the nome ev j ery child us examined by a physician land a record kept of ihe examinatlo if in poor health or red ul an open; tion the child is p rated 'ipon free of charge Every physician in Ogden do notes his services to the 'tarcha honu ' The hospital fee is one half the ri lnr price, and Ihe Martha society R Isunies all indebtedness. The chi'd wel 'fare committee keeps p record of the weight of the ehild upon entrance, an I I twice a week the rhild is Wejgtted', and if not gaining in v-'ght an examine ; t ion is held by the attending ph siciar. if an operation is found necessary th3 parents are consuUed and the (ip. r;. tlon performed Kony cl iloren havfl had their tonsils .ciooved since the first ot the year. If from other cause., the child is not gaining the food is changed, and the cause investigate.' ;and remedied Many gallons of mi'k are used every da in the home Th-cars Th-cars ol the teeth if the children li i Other Step toward .h ancerpent The dentists of Ogden have alsr donate i iheir services free o! charge. Thirtj children have had :ii?ir teeh treat1 i during the past year, Children Vaccina'ed During the past ;tek every child i.; the home has been viccinated. and e -ery child In ihe home who needed an operation for adenoids or 'onsils hae had them removed. Ihe record? sho r a marked Improvement in the heaiih ol the children at the heme since the wet-fare wet-fare work has been inaugurated Non sectarian Sunday hool classes have been established at he home, and are under the direction :f canaole leach ers. n addition has been lided to the home th's summer, beuiiful and healthful Bleeping poiches have b-en built, .unl through 'ne kindness of th merchants of Ogde'J have paid f"r. The merchants made a canvass of the clt.-and clt.-and raised the necessary amount to cover the cost of ou. ding. New beds and beddinc have been purehased. and from sixty to sixty rive children aw , taken care of ve: day an 1 night. |