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Warm$nt cen-om left,D. Wat-(WomanSunday, October 19, 1975GARLAND DAILY NEWSPage 11charters(The following article is from the Golden .Jubilee Edition of the Garland News, Friday, April 9, 1937. The headline reads: Mrs. Peter Handley One of Lead-wers in City Club MovemenIn every community we find persons with visions and the tenacity of purposeto make the dreams cometrue. 'Phe origin of the study club movement among the women of ourtown can be traced to sucha progressive, persevering character.In the summer of 1898,Mrs. Peter Handley inviteda study club from Wylie and a few Garland women to meet at her home. The results of this enthusiastic gathering was the organization of the local women into a study club called The Shakespearean Twelve. ” The charter members of this club were Mrs. Handley, Mrs. W C. Witwer, Mrs N. S. Newland, Mrs. .John McDurmitt, Mrs. T. B. Floyd, Mrs. Maude Kingsley (now Mrs. Maude Daugherty), Miss Sal lie Harris (now Mrs. SalliePeck), Miss Dora Harris, Miss Marv Jones (nowMrs. Mary Halsell), Miss Mattie Jones (now Mrs.Mattie Sumners), Mrs. L. E. Watson, and Miss Lizzie Stephens (now Mrs. R. L. Kincaid.)After flourishing for awhile, the club was forced to disband on account of a number of the membersmoving away. But changing population brought changed conditions, andagain Mrs. Handley invited a group of women to her home to consider plans for organizing a study club. Some of these had been in the former club and some were newcomers The re-Poliice Wivesaid communityGarland Police Wives Auxiliary organized inMay, 1961, and have the following purposes: lo pro-and other necessary items? and to strive to combat organized efforts which seek to discredit police officersstudysuit of the conference was the founding of the Bay view Century Club The organization functioned for a short period, but not a sufficient number could be enlisted to make it permanentStill with undaunted faith, Mrs. Handley waitedfor a brief time and then for the third time asked some interested women to come to her home for thepurpose of organizing a study club This time, early in January of 1917, ThePoet Followers” (later changed to the Woman's Study Club) came into existence and has since proved itself a vital part ofthe community life.The charter members were Mrs. R.E. Alexander, Mrs E C Allen, Mrs. Z.S Armstrong, Mrs Elizabeth Beaver, Mrs. C. S. Brown, Mrs (i W. Crossman, Mrs. A. Davis, Mrs. G. L Davis, Mrs Maude Daugherty, Mrs. .1 L. Dickson, Mrs .1 V Fincher, Mrs. (clubsY. Garrison, Mrs L O. Godley, Mrs Peter Handley. Mrs. H W Jones, Mrs Claude Joyce, Mrs. W C Kingsley, Mrs. fxigan Martin, Mrs. R. I) Murphree, Mrs E. P Squibb.Mrs. C. L. Ward, Mrs. .J I Williams (line incomplete.)The club changed its name from Poet Followersto the Woman’s Study Club in 1924, and it was federated in 1931.The ciub has for itsmotto, Our happiness ismeasured by what we pass on to others.” In harmonvwith its motto, the club each year tries to do some phase of civic or humani tarian work, such as cooperating in clean-up cam-* paigns, donating funds forbeautification around the memorial fountain, and sponsoring the planting of shrubs along the highway in front of the cemetery This year the club donationwent to the flood relief fund.
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Garland Daily News
Garland, Texas, US
Sun, Oct 19, 1975
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