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Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1977 Item Info
- Title:
- Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1977
- Creator:
- Meridian Occident Club
- Date Created:
- 1977
- Description:
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January 3, 1977: Program on the topic "Looking Toward Our Tricentennial"; committee reports
February 7, 1977: Meeting opened with a sophmore chorus from Meridian High School singing several songs; correspondence on the blood bank and Girls State; motion carried to give money to the blood bank and Girls State; emergency loan received three new mattresses; Mary Alice White explains the changes necessary to club's Articles of Incorporation to comply with IRS regulations for non-profit organizations
March 7, 1977: Program on Valentine's Day and Presidents with guest Ruby Brown, past president of the Idaho Federation of Women's Clubs; committee reports; Youth Ranch discussion, with club possibly helping in a future date
April 4, 1977: Program by Mary Boice who shared her 74 day journey around the world; committee reports; President Mary Alice White showed the club their Certificate of Incorporation from State of Idaho, and finally their problem proving to the IRS they were a non-profit as they pushed for new grant money was solved; safety committee discusses research showing the "Buddy System" works and those receiving the Retired Senior Volunteer Program newsletter would find helpful suggestions; nominating committee puts up possible names for new officers with election to be in May; plans to help insulate the library
May 2, 1977: Program full of musical numbers; Club made a $5 donation to the Cancer Society in the memory of Mildred Botkin; committee reports; club officer elections, Mary Alice White re-elected president
June 6, 1977: Committee reports; four club members have worked at the Veterans Home during the year; annual pancake breakfast discussed
September 7, 1977: Pancake breakfast report; club did, after a lot of work with the IRS, get the $1000 grant, and ordered $600 worth of equipment; committee reports
October 3, 1977: Program an encore of Gladys Kelley's previous "Looking Toward the Tri-Centennial"; committee reports
November 7, 1977: Program by girls who attended Girls State; committee reports; motion carried to buy one more hospital bed for the emergency loan; Senior Citizens Turkey Dinner announced
December 5, 1977: Christmas carols sung; committee reports; motion carried to petition Valley News to cover more local events, the petition was the circulated; motion carried to have clubhouse piano tuned - 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 1977, Meridian Library District History Center
- Source Identifier:
- col002_ocminutes_1977
- 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 1977", Meridian Occident Club, Meridian Library District
- Reference Link:
- https://mldhistory.github.io/occident_club/items/col002_oc_54.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.