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<b>January 8, 1927:</b> Amendment committee proposals; incomplete minutes<br><b>February 5, 1927:</b> Treasurer report; hostess assignments for District Federation meeting; Silver Tea set for April meeting; motion passed to adopted yellow and white as Occident Club colors; club to put on dance with proceeds to go to building Meridian park; library drive committee appointed; motion passed to give Boy Scouts of America $5 per Meridian Chamber of Commerce request; club determines only fair to give Campfire Girls $5; program on musical (American) composers and discussion on American folk songs; new song "Idaho" sung<br><b>March 5, 1927:</b> Library report--811 volumes in library, 355 borrower cards used; library committee's three fundraisers for March--waffle supper, a card party, and dance; club to also organize a Miss Meridian; $93 dollars made in February park fundraiser; village improvement committee to find mark location; by-law amendment approved allowing President to fill vacancies in offices; program on dyes; Mrs. E.C. Egbert provides examples of work done with dyes on different materials; Mrs. French of Legislative committee gives survey of "Eugenic Law"<br> <b>April 2, 1927:</b> Meeting not held in member home but M.E. Church; $52.70 made from waffle supper and card party, but dance postponed; Public Welfare Department desires health member to bring health topic to club once a month; District Federation of Women's Clubs discussion; Silver offering postponed; motion passed to draft "Resolution of Condolence" to the family of Jeannattie J. Grice on her passing; program talk on gardening<br><b>May 7, 1927:</b> Library committee reports a number of books donated, $42,20 made from the dance and $52.90 for the Miss Meridian; continued discussion of District Federation of Women's Club convention; club president appoints committee for June picnic; list of officers elected for the next club year-Grace; Neal to be president; program with Mrs. Hall, president of the Columbian Club; paper on "discussion of supervised play for children during vacation"; motion made to give silver offerings collected that meeting to flood suffers, and the summer offerings to go to flower and vegetable show<br><b>June 23, 1927:</b> Annual picnic dinner and installation of officers at the Egbert home; Miss Huel from Topeka Kansas discussed the club sponsoring the Chautauqua next year, but club rejected it; $135 dollars raised for flood sufferers; motion passed for Village Improvement Committee and building Committee to be merged into one committee; President Neal assigns new committee members across committees; Thanks given to outgoing club president, Mrs. Miller<br><b>July 1927:</b> Money raised for park to be put aside, used for no other purpose; motion to give thank to Red Cross Committee for work with flood sufferers; Mrs. Stalker gives talk on visit to State convention of Federation of Women's Clubs; dances and readings performed<br><b>August 4, 1927:</b> Motion passed to thank Caldwell Creamery for donation of ice cream for Girl Reserves party; Different organizational matters discussed and motions taken, many losing acceptance<br><b>September 1, 1927:</b> Bills presented for club yearbooks and banner; noted that any person responsible for a meeting program that cannot attend get someone to fill in; vote of thanks given to club program committee; $7.50 raised for the building fund; magazine subscriptions discussed; Mrs. Cobbs provides book review of "Quo Vadis"<br><b>October 1, 1927:</b> Letter read from Mrs. Miller, asking to be relieved from chairman duties in the Program Committee, Mrs. Curtis to take over; Business Women's Club at Boise asks club to help in state Beauty contest, finding and entering a contestant from Meridian, task accepted; Resolutions adopted in the State Federation of Women's Clubs discussed; Building committee reports plans for food stand at fair; Town Beautiful Committee reports on grade school fruit and vegetable exhibit; Rev. Luscombe gave talk on "Holding on to the youth of today."<br> <b>November 5, 1927:</b> President absent, VP Mrs. French presides; thank you letter read for help in beauty contest; motion made to give 10 cents per capita to the Endowment Fund; motion passes to give $35 to library fund previously borrowed from it; Rev. Luscombe and Mrs. Laubaugh give talks on Red Cross work; motion carried for many of the women to help support the Red Cross; discuss on farm products in Idaho<br><b>December 3, 1927:</b> Donations made to both Girl Reserves and Children's Home of Boise in amount of $7.50 each; National Kindergarten Association letter read urging club to circulate a petition for a kindergarten to be started in Meridian, after discussion no action was taken a present time; club president appoints committee to determine interest in starting a club magazine; program of singing and a talk by Mrs. Barton, District Federation of Women's Clubs president

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Title:
Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1927
Creator:
Meridian Occident Club
Date Created:
1927
Description:
January 8, 1927: Amendment committee proposals; incomplete minutes
February 5, 1927: Treasurer report; hostess assignments for District Federation meeting; Silver Tea set for April meeting; motion passed to adopted yellow and white as Occident Club colors; club to put on dance with proceeds to go to building Meridian park; library drive committee appointed; motion passed to give Boy Scouts of America $5 per Meridian Chamber of Commerce request; club determines only fair to give Campfire Girls $5; program on musical (American) composers and discussion on American folk songs; new song "Idaho" sung
March 5, 1927: Library report--811 volumes in library, 355 borrower cards used; library committee's three fundraisers for March--waffle supper, a card party, and dance; club to also organize a Miss Meridian; $93 dollars made in February park fundraiser; village improvement committee to find mark location; by-law amendment approved allowing President to fill vacancies in offices; program on dyes; Mrs. E.C. Egbert provides examples of work done with dyes on different materials; Mrs. French of Legislative committee gives survey of "Eugenic Law"
April 2, 1927: Meeting not held in member home but M.E. Church; $52.70 made from waffle supper and card party, but dance postponed; Public Welfare Department desires health member to bring health topic to club once a month; District Federation of Women's Clubs discussion; Silver offering postponed; motion passed to draft "Resolution of Condolence" to the family of Jeannattie J. Grice on her passing; program talk on gardening
May 7, 1927: Library committee reports a number of books donated, $42,20 made from the dance and $52.90 for the Miss Meridian; continued discussion of District Federation of Women's Club convention; club president appoints committee for June picnic; list of officers elected for the next club year-Grace; Neal to be president; program with Mrs. Hall, president of the Columbian Club; paper on "discussion of supervised play for children during vacation"; motion made to give silver offerings collected that meeting to flood suffers, and the summer offerings to go to flower and vegetable show
June 23, 1927: Annual picnic dinner and installation of officers at the Egbert home; Miss Huel from Topeka Kansas discussed the club sponsoring the Chautauqua next year, but club rejected it; $135 dollars raised for flood sufferers; motion passed for Village Improvement Committee and building Committee to be merged into one committee; President Neal assigns new committee members across committees; Thanks given to outgoing club president, Mrs. Miller
July 1927: Money raised for park to be put aside, used for no other purpose; motion to give thank to Red Cross Committee for work with flood sufferers; Mrs. Stalker gives talk on visit to State convention of Federation of Women's Clubs; dances and readings performed
August 4, 1927: Motion passed to thank Caldwell Creamery for donation of ice cream for Girl Reserves party; Different organizational matters discussed and motions taken, many losing acceptance
September 1, 1927: Bills presented for club yearbooks and banner; noted that any person responsible for a meeting program that cannot attend get someone to fill in; vote of thanks given to club program committee; $7.50 raised for the building fund; magazine subscriptions discussed; Mrs. Cobbs provides book review of "Quo Vadis"
October 1, 1927: Letter read from Mrs. Miller, asking to be relieved from chairman duties in the Program Committee, Mrs. Curtis to take over; Business Women's Club at Boise asks club to help in state Beauty contest, finding and entering a contestant from Meridian, task accepted; Resolutions adopted in the State Federation of Women's Clubs discussed; Building committee reports plans for food stand at fair; Town Beautiful Committee reports on grade school fruit and vegetable exhibit; Rev. Luscombe gave talk on "Holding on to the youth of today."
November 5, 1927: President absent, VP Mrs. French presides; thank you letter read for help in beauty contest; motion made to give 10 cents per capita to the Endowment Fund; motion passes to give $35 to library fund previously borrowed from it; Rev. Luscombe and Mrs. Laubaugh give talks on Red Cross work; motion carried for many of the women to help support the Red Cross; discuss on farm products in Idaho
December 3, 1927: Donations made to both Girl Reserves and Children's Home of Boise in amount of $7.50 each; National Kindergarten Association letter read urging club to circulate a petition for a kindergarten to be started in Meridian, after discussion no action was taken a present time; club president appoints committee to determine interest in starting a club magazine; program of singing and a talk by Mrs. Barton, District Federation of Women's Clubs president
Subjects:
libraries public libraries clubs women-societies and clubs library clubs private clubs
Location:
Meridian, Idaho
Latitude:
43.6094542
Longitude:
-116.3931117
Source:
Occident Club Minutes Folder 1927, Meridian Library District History Center
Source Identifier:
col002_ocminutes_1927
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Format:
application/pdf
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For educational and research use only. Copyright restrictions may apply. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. Please contact the History Center at history@mld.org or 208-888-4451, ext. 1023 for further information. The Meridian Library District is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
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"Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1927", Meridian Occident Club, Meridian Library District
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Rights:
For educational and research use only. Copyright restrictions may apply. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. Please contact the History Center at history@mld.org or 208-888-4451, ext. 1023 for further information. The Meridian Library District is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
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