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Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1968 Item Info
- Title:
- Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1968
- Creator:
- Meridian Occident Club
- Date Created:
- 1968
- Description:
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January 1, 1968: Program guest speaker Rev. Fothergill of Methodist Church gave talk on "After Christmas Thoughts"; committee reports
January 10, 1968: Club executive board and library board joint meeting documented
February 5, 1968: Program by Mrs. Earl Harmon, Second District President of the Federation of Women's Clubs, who spoke on Patriotism; motion carried to continue renewal payment of insurance; committee reports; legislative committee brings up social security and urges members to make sure they are getting all the benefits they are entitled to
March 4, 1968: Committee reports; program consisted of Mr. Nye owner of Nye's Floral and Gifts on Ustick Road who demonstrated making flowers from plastic; Blanche Wolff to be on library board filling Ethel Soucie's vacancy
April 1, 1968: Program by Mr. Lester McCracklin of Union Seed and Fuel of Boise, who focused on a discussion of insects and bug pest problems; committee reports; Girl Scout Troop #10 earning their library badges by assisting the librarian
May 6, 1968: Presented awards to the children in the art exhibit; program guest speaker Mrs. D.M. Spalding of Boise spoke on "Cookies for Courage," about sending packages to servicemen in Vietnam; committee reports; election of club officers, Sally Lee elected president
June 3, 1968: Committee reports; installation of new club officers, Sally Lee president
August 8, 1968: Annual Pancake Breakfast report
August 20, 1968: Four members of Occident Club board meet to discuss Mountain States Telephone Co.'s desire to purchase a portion of club land which is next to some of their current property
August 27, 1968: Same four members of club board meet again to discuss possible sale of portion of their property
September 2, 1968: Program with high school girls reporting on Girls' State; committee reports; comprehensive report on the potential sale of a portion of club property
September 18, 1968: Occident Club executive committee and house and grounds committee meet together to discuss property sale
October 7, 1968: Special Guest Mr. Charles Stevens, president of the Meridian Jaycees discussing a Jaycee project to aid in building an addition to the present library room; $3,000 expected cost of library addition; motion carried to allow Jaycees to proceed with project plan; committee reports
November 4, 1968: Program by Mrs. G.M. Brown of Nampa on "Thanks for Freedom"; report on club service to Veterans Home in Boise; committee reports; motion carried to collect contributions for Christian Children's Home
November 18, 1968: Executive committee and house and grounds committee meeting discussing the sale of clubhouse grounds to phone company
November 20, 1968: Executive committee and house and grounds committee meeting discussing the sale of clubhouse grounds to phone company; representative from telephone company present; sale amount asked for tract of land $4,500
December 2, 1968: Program on "Christmas legends"; potential Federal grant for the library, and too obtain it the Jaycees will be working with the club and the city of Meridian; motion carried to go after the grant
- 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 1968, Meridian Library District History Center
- Source Identifier:
- col002_ocminutes_1968
- Type:
- text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- 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.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1968", Meridian Occident Club, Meridian Library District
- Reference Link:
- https://mldhistory.github.io/occident_club/items/col002_oc_45.html
Rights
- 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.