The Bellingham Herald from Bellingham, Washington • 9

THE BELLINGHAM HERALD TWENTY PAGES PACES 9 to IS CLUB IN ITS HOME The neat bom of the dab moot economical and effective way la i i 1 VJ MISS CATHERINE CAMPBELL completed during the prevent year at Garden and Holly streets baa brought thla organ laatlon prominently before the public It waa the aecond auch dub bouae erected In the atato of Waahlngton atanda aa a monument to the enterprlae of it bulldera and mabee the dnb take a recognised place aa an Institution in the Ufo of the community With the Aftermath now constructing a home on extensive scale at West Holly street and Broad way Bellingham will be able to boast two of the beat edifices of the kind In the northwest The club was organised September I 1100 with seven charter members Mrs Axtell Mrs Darwin Mrs Roray Miss Nellie Lee Miss Mabel Donovan Mias Ida Agnes Baker and Mias Catherine Montgomery It waa federated with the state federation of women's clubs October 20 of the same year and was Incorporated under the laws of the state of Washington September 4 1004 At the close of Its first year Its membership had groan to thirty-nine at present Its number Is fifty One of the leading events In the social world of the present week has been the sale of Mexican fancy work and other articles carried on by members of the ub at their home This has been largely attended and the means of producing considerable rev- the keynote to success In the united efforts of women A live club must not only do good literary work but must be a potential factor in moulding public opinion and must be Interested In the sociological and humanitarian development of the community In which It exists otherwise It has only half fulfilled Its mission "It la natural to expect from the altruistic work of club women Immediate tangible results This Is such a give and take world that club women should be willing to sow for others to reap Ethical changes cannot be shown like a sum In arithmetic with the right answer at the end of the book In short Mrs definition of a club woman's applies not only to the I- club members but to all sister organisations as well: A true club woman Is not a selfish self-seeking emotional tangent woman but rather the gracious home loving humanity loving thoughtful patriotic woman dtlsen working ever toward better things" "Club work Is oft times strenuous but when busy housekeepers society women authors artists musicians teachers etc all meet together In the study of child-life science literature history art civics household economies language and religion all reasoning together with tolerance and liberrllty for each other's opinions all this certainly means something for the future culture of a nation for It must be Instrumental In making all our women cltlsens larger In their Ideas broader In their sympathies nobler In their The officers of the club at present are Mrs A Muir presl- ft- MRS BLANCHE JEWETT I I MRS AXTELL First president of club nowpresldent of business Incorporation CLUBHOUSE INTERIOR VIEW OF CLUBHOUSE MRS PETTI BONE ilent Miss Nellie Lee vice-president Miss Cutherlne Campbell secretary Miss Mary Carpenter corresponding secretary and Mrs (' Pettlbone treasurer Mrs Pettlbone Mrs Axtell and Miss Montgomery compose the auditing committee Miss Carpenter Mrs Jewett Mrs Boeder Miss Campbell and Mias Johnson are members of the program committee The associate membership list Includes Mrs Ella IJIgglnson Mrs Richard Wlusor Mrs Jeanette Baker Hibbard Miss Anna Oraham Miss Ina Pratt Miss Carrie Wllinore Mrs Laurel Harper Seeley Mrs Mlttle Myers Chapin and Mis Sou per The regular club members are: Mrs Axtell Miss Nellie Abbott Miss Ida Agnes Baker Mrs Berena Mrs Alice Biggs Miss Cora Bratton Miss Mary A Rrownlow Mrs (leorge Burke Miss Catherine Campbell Miss Emma Campbell Miss Mary Carpenter Mrs A Clark Mrs Darwin Mias Mabel Donovan Mrs Earje Mias Evva Eckerson Mrs Rose Ferandlnl Miss Ludle Fobes Mrs Blanche Jewett Miss Feronla Johnson Mrs Anna Hunt Miss Jessie Knight Miss Nellie Lee Miss Anna McRrlde Miss Catherine Montgomery Miss Mlnta Adams Morgan Mrs A Muir Mrs 8 Nolce Mrs Pettlbone Mrs John Poison Mrs 8 Roray Mrs Henry 8tan-Islawski Mrs White Miss Miriam Darwin Mrs Morgan Of the corporation organised for the purpose of holding and controlling the property of the club the officers are Mrs Axtell president Miss Lee ecretary and Mrs Peltl-bone treasurer I enue to apply on the investment of the building The cosy interior of the little house u-as never made more attractive than it Is at the present time The motto of the club is "The world is advancing Advance with It" The letters by the way stand for Progressive Literary and Fraternal In discussing the history of the building and the progress of the club Mrs Axtell presl-uem of the society for the first three years of Its existence and now president of the business Incorporation said that It was found Impossible to carry on successfully the two phases of the work literary and altruistic without a club house Falling In Its effort to secure a union building which might be used by the various women's organisations of the city as is done in many communities it undertook the erect'on of the modest clubhouse now completed Is hoped by our said Mrs Axtell al that many women within and without the club may derive much pleasure and profit from the building and that It may become the center of many educational and philanthropic Influences "The Industrial School's kindergarten class now finds within the club rooms a most desirable place for work and the club hopes to extend Its usefulness tar beyond the limits of its own membership "Doing something for others In the -V MRS WHITE MRS A CLARK A 4 -ft i- ft 4 ''w1 1 s-v MISS IDA AQXES BAKER evil? t-l ta I MRS EMRT8 MORQAN President Club john roLsox.