News you can use
News you can use
by Emily Mayer
Just as it is today, Havre has always had a lot of clubs and organizations. Here are some of the club news that were featured in the Havre Daily Promoter this week 100 years ago.
In the March 2, 1924, edition:
ELWELL REELECTED PRESIDENT HAVRE GOLF CLUB
Last year’s officers of the Havre Golf club were reelected at a special meeting of that organization last night.
The officers are C. B. Elwell, president, and S. Larson, secretary-treasurer, and the following committee were appointed: grounds committee-B. H. Edminster, Frank D. White and Frank Covell; membership committee-J. C. Christianson, Georgia Allen and Victor R. Griggs; rules committee-S. Larson, H. W. Stringfellow, and A. E. Wilke.
The report of the committee which was appointed to investigate the possibility of using the old course and which found it advisable was adopted and it was decided to relocate greens five and nine in order to prevent damage from water. The old course will be burned off and cleared of all weeds. It was voted unanimously to charge $10 for a membership in the club with the exception of the single women who will play, who will be charged $5.
In the March 4, 1924, edition:
“PROGRAM OF IRISH MUSIC FOR HAVRE CLUB MEMBERS
An Irish program consisting of songs, instrumental music and a paper on “Irish Music” was the entertainment at the regular meeting of the Havre Music club last night.
Dr. R. M. Clark played a violin selection, “My Wild Irish Rose,” followed by “The Wearing of the Green,” Mrs. George Guenser sang to Irish songs; Mrs. Phil Clack read a paper on “Irish Music” written by Mrs. A. J. Broadwater, Miss Virginia Olsen sang “Roses of Picardy” and “The Night Wind,” and Guy Funk sang “A Little Bit of Heaven” and “Mother Machree.”
Refreshments were served by L. R. Sherwood and Robert Lucke.
The Misses Halbersieben and Dahlquist will be in charge of the program for the next meeting which will be devoted to Norwegian music.
In the March 5, 1924, edition:
O. R. C. AUXILIARY ORGANIZED WITH 31 MEMBERS
Havre division No. 34 of the Auxiliary to the Order of Railway Conductors was organized last night and officers of the lodge were elected and installed.
Mrs. Rose Smith of Whitefish acted as installing officer. After the work of installing the officers, Mrs. Smith went through all of the ritualistic work of the order with them.
There are 31 names on the charter list of members of the new lodge. The Havre lodge is the first to be organized this year.
Mrs. Smith was the honor guest at a dinner given by the members at the Coffee Cup before the lodge meeting.
In the March 7, 1924, edition:
COLLEGE WOMEN ORGANIZE HAVRE BRANCH
The Havre branch of the American Association of University Women was organized at a meeting last evening attended by 13 university and college women.
Following the adoption of the national constitution the following officers were elected: Miss Elizabeth Ireland, president; Mrs. L. R. Sherwood, vice president; and Miss Gladys Robinson, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. V. R. Griggs was appointed chairman of the membership committee and she named Miss Elizabeth Reck, Miss Catherine Comb, and Mrs. C. F. Morris as her associates on the committee.
Mrs. Martin Hutchens, director of the Rocky Mountain division of the A. A. U. W. was in Havre some time ago from Missoula. Mrs. Hutchens urged the organization of a branch in Havre and discussed the national and international policies of the association stressing particularly work toward world peace.
Mrs. Hutchens, in a letter recently received by Miss Ireland, states that four state branches have been organized recently, including Helena, Dillon, Billings and Red Lodge. There have been branches in Missoula and Butte for a number of years.
The charter members of the Havre branch, and the institutions from which they have received their degrees, are:
Ida Witteman Sherwood, University of Washington; Alice Manwaring Morris, University of Michigan; Elizabeth C. Reck, West Texas State Teachers’ college; Annie Donnelly, Missouri Northeast State Teachers’ college; Jean Maris Rhoades, Northwestern University; Irma L. Griggs, University of Wisconsin; Myrtle Judd, University of Nebraska; Margaret E. Kerr, university of North Dakota; Cahterine B. Comb, University of Minnesota; Elizabeth Ireland, University of Montana; Rita White, Boston School of Expression; Grace Cowan Jones, Hamlin University.
While graduation from a college or university is required for membership in the national organization, women who have attended such institutions for one year or more, are eligible to membership in the local branches.
I had never heard of the Boston School of Expression, so I looked it up. It was originally the School of Elocution and Expression from 1879-1885, the School of Expression from 1885-1943 and is now Curry College, located in Milton, Massachusetts, which is a mere 7 miles from downtown Boston. The college remains a private institution.
These are just a sampling of what was going on in Havre. There were other civic and religious groups that met, along with many smaller local, social clubs. As my friend and mentor, Antoinette “Toni” Hagener, once boasted “Havre is a small town, but it’s a busy town.”
And I couldn’t agree with her more!
And then there’s “that guy,” featuring the Volstead Act creating criminals out of normally law-abiding citizens. This was found in the March 4, 1924, edition:
KEIFER SENTENCED FOR BEING INTOXICATED
C. Kiefer appeared in police court yesterday morning and plead guilty to a charge of intoxication.
Judge W. B. Pyper sentenced hi to 30 days in the city jail and fined him $50. Keifer has appeared in police court twice before in similar charges.
That same fine would be $886.55 in today’s dollars.
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