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Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1972 Item Info
- Title:
- Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1972
- Creator:
- Meridian Occident Club
- Date Created:
- 1972
- Description:
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January 3, 1972: Program on topic of "Home Life" and a talk by Rev. Carley; committee reports; discussion of legislature issues
February 7, 1972: Program by Mr. Dahl discussing current legislation issues in the current legislature such as school financing and the lowering of the legal age limit from 21 to 18; committee reports
March 6, 1972: Program by Mr. Donald Brigham discussing hand crafts and displaying the work of students from the junior high school; committee reports; Nancy Sage presents matter of a "Friends of the Library" movement to the club, and says it will be necessary to incorporate
April 3, 1972: Program on "Elite Fashions for 1972"; committee reports; city has installed a telephone in the library; "Friends of the Library" movement discussed again
May 1, 1972: Program by Mary Alice White who read a collection of original poems; committee reports; nomination and election of officers, Ethel Pilkington elected president
June 5, 1972: Committee reports; legislative committee calls the current legislature the "inactive legislature" and urges people to register to vote; installation of club officers, Ethel Pilkington president
June 19th, 1972: Executive officer meeting; emergency loan item stickers discussed; new committee formation
September 4, 1972: Program featuring the delegates to Girls State; Mildred Botkin reviewed briefly the beginning history of the club due to occasional "What is Occident Club?" questions being asked; pancake breakfast report; legislation committee discusses the 18 year old vote; committee reports; annual financial reports attached to the end of the minutes
October 2, 1972: Club treasurer and secretary resign; Oral Coleman to fill the spot of treasurer, Mary Alice White to be secretary; committee reports; Eagle Scout project of handmade library shelves and shelf installation occurred on September 30, Meridian Library financial report attached to end of minutes
November 7, 1972: Program by Mr. Lawrence Wood, AARP President, discussing the activities of AARP and its purposes in relation to shut-ins and senior citizens; committee reports; Meridian Library financial report
December 4, 1972: Program quest Helen Cable who had corneal transplants and acted as a test subject for the development of contact lenses, and made a plea for the dedication of transplanted organs for future use after donor death; committee reports - 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 1972, Meridian Library District History Center
- Source Identifier:
- col002_ocminutes_1972
- 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 1972", Meridian Occident Club, Meridian Library District
- Reference Link:
- https://mldhistory.github.io/occident_club/items/col002_oc_49.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.