Club Booklet - Wellington Book Club, 1938-1939 Wellington, Kansas

Title

Club Booklet - Wellington Book Club, 1938-1939 Wellington, Kansas

Subject

Wellington, Kansas--History

Wellington, Kansas--Civic Organizations

Wellington, Kansas--Community Clubs

Description

Club Booklet for the Wellington Book Club of Wellington, Kansas, 1938-1939

Creator

Wellington Book Club Wellington, Kansas

Source

Wellington Public Library, Wellington, Kansas

Publisher

Wellington Public Library, Wellington, Kansas

Date

1938-1939

Relation

Sumner County Club Booklet Collection

Wellington History Collection

Format

application/pdf

Language

English



Citation
Wellington Book Club Wellington, Kansas, “Club Booklet - Wellington Book Club, 1938-1939 Wellington, Kansas,” Wellington Digital Collections, accessed December 22, 2024, https://wellington.digitalsckls.info/item/104.
Text

----THE---
Wellington Book Club
1938 - 1939
THE
Wellington Book Club
1938 - 1939

ORGANIZED 1929
CLUB COLLECT

Keep us, O God, from pettiness, let us be large in thought, in word, in deed.
Let us be done with fault finding, and leave off self-seeking.
May we put away asl pretense and meet each other face to face—without self pity and without prejudice. May we never be hasty in judgment, and always generous. Let us take time for all things; make us grow calm, serene, gentle.
Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightforward and unafraid. Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create differences: that in the big things of life we are as one.
And may we strive to touch and to know the great, common woman’s heart of us all, and oh Lord God, let us not forget to be kind.
—MARY STUART
OFFICERS
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Call to Order Roll Call Minutes
Unfinished Business New Business Book Review Discussion Critic’s Report Adjournment
President Miss Katharine Knowles
Vice-President - - - - Mrs. Grier Stewart
Secretary - - Mrs. Wilbur Felt
Treasurer - - - - - - Mrs. W.H. Rush
Critic - - - - - Mrs. Lawrence Cummins
BOOK COMMITTEES

1938 - 1939
Mrs. Grier Stewart Mrs. Merle Ward
Mrs. W. M. Ferguson 1937 - 1938
Mrs. A. A. Belsley Mrs. Charles Garland
1936 - 1937
Mrs. W. H. Pankhurst Mrs. Tom Stewart
Mrs. G. C. Bellinger 1935 - 1936
Mrs. Wilbur Felt Mrs. W. H. Rush
Miss Juanita Horner 1934 - 1935
Mrs. F. A. Brooke Mrs. A. J. Munneke
Miss Katharine Knowles 1933 - 1934
Mrs. S. M. Stayton Mrs. M. E. Lehmann
Mrs. Myron Vandenburg 1932 - 1933
Mrs. W. H. Schwinn Mrs. Tom Stewart
Mrs. Charles Garland 1931 - 1932
Mrs. A. A. Belsley Mrs. Grier Stewart
Mrs. Eld Charles 1930 - 1931
Mrs. F. A. Brooke Mrs. W. M. Ferguson
Mrs. John Bradley 1929 - 1930
Mrs. W. H. Rush Mrs. Grier Stewart
Mrs. A. A. Belsley Mrs. Frank Gambrill
ROLL CALL
MEMBER PHONE ROLL CALL
Mrs. A. A. Belsley 602 Mark Twain
Mrs. John Bradley 1533 Wordsworth
Mrs. Lawrence Cummins 601W O’Neill
Mrs. A. R. Edwards 1464 Whittier
Mrs. Frank Fellows 1208 Shelley
Mrs. Wilbur Felt 104F2 Poe
Mrs. W. M. Ferguson 450 Shakespeare
Mrs. Charles Garland 265 Homer
Mrs. E. F. Hoff 1481 Tennyson
Miss Katharine Knowles 167 Browning
Mrs. W. H. Rush 611 Franklin
Mrs. W. H. Schwinn 1029 Byron
Mrs. L. O. Seley 1514 Keats
Mrs. Grier Stewart 261 Dickens
Mrs. Tom Stewart 1263J Riley
Mrs. Merle Ward 1333 Emerson
OCTOBER 13

Roll Call
Book Review ------- Mrs. Ward
“Audubon,” Constance Rourke
Hostess: Miss Knowles

OCTOBER 27

Roll Call
Book Review - -- -- -- - Mrs. Hoff
“The Arts,” Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Hostess: Mrs. Grier Stewart
NOVEMBER 10

Roll Call
Book Review ------ Mrs. Belsley
“My Austria,” Kurt Schuschnigg
Hostess: Mrs. Schwinn

NOVEMBER 17

Roll Call
Book Review ----- Mrs. Tom Stewart “With Malice Toward Some,” Margaret Halsey
Hostess: Mrs. Fellows
DECEMBER 8

Roll Call
Book Review ------ Mrs. Schwinn
“Edwin Drood,” Charles Dickens
Hostess: Mrs. Belsley

JANUARY 5

Roll Call
Book Review ------- Mrs. Edwards
“Bebecca,” Daphne du Maurier
Hostess: Mrs. Cummins
JANUARY 19

Roll Call
Book Review ------- Mrs. Rush
“Promises Men Live By,” Harry Scherman
Hostess: Mrs. Tom Stewart

FEBRUARY 2

Roll Call
Book Review ----- Mrs. Grier Stewart “Fanny Kemble,” Margaret Armstrong
Hostess: Mrs. Bradley
FEBRUARY 16

Roll Call
Book Review ------ Mrs. Bradley
“Hell On Ice,” Commodore Edward Ellsworth
Hostess: Mrs. Hoff

MARCH 2

Roll Call
Book Review ----- Mrs. Ferguson “Journalist’s Wife,” Lilian Mowrer
Hostess: Mrs. Edwards
MARCH 16

Roll Call
Book Review ------ Mrs. Garland
“Andrew Jackson,” Marquis James
Hostess: Mrs. Rush

MARCH 30

Roll Call
Book Review ------ Mrs. Fellows
“Edwin Arlington Robinson,” Hermann Hagedorn
Hostess: Mrs. Ward
APRIL 13

Roll Call
Book Review ------ Mrs. Seley
“Transgressor In The Tropics,” Negley Farson
Hostess: Mrs. Felt

APRIL 20 -- 8 P. M.

Guests
Selected Drama ----- Mrs. Cummins Hostess: Mrs. Ferguson
APRIL 27

Roll Call
Book Review ------ Mrs. Felt
“Autobiography,” William Butler Yeats
Hostess: Mrs. Garland

MAY 11

Roll Call
Book Review ------ Miss Knowles
“Pere Goriot,” Honore de Balzac
Hostess: Mrs. Seley
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

Article One. Name
Wellington Book Club.
Article Two. Object
The primary object of this club shall be to study such books as shall be chosen by the program committee.
Article Three. Members
Section One: Any woman may become a member of this club by election to membership by vote of all but two members present; election to be by ballot. Membership shall be by invitation.
Section Two: Membership shall be limited to sixteen members.
Article Four. Officers
The officers of this club shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Critic. Officers to be elected biennially by ballot at the second meeting in January, and shall assume their duties at the close of the last regular meeting of the year. No officer may succeed herself.
Article Five. Meetings
The club shall meet every alternate Thursday afternoon, beginning with the second Thursday in October, at 2:30 o’clock.
Article Six. Annual Dues
The amount per capita of annual dues shall be determined by vote of the members at the first regular meeting of the year, and the said dues, together with such assessments as may be recommended by th executive committee, shall b paid within one month thereafter.
Article Seven. Quorum
Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Article Eight. Amendments
The constitution may be amended at any meeting by a vote of two-thirds of those present, but the amendment must be proposed at least two weeks before action is taken upon it.

BY-LAWS
Article One. Duties of Officers
Section One: Of the President: The President shall preside at all meetings; shall appoint any committees, and exercise a general supervision over all the affairs of the club.
Section Two: Of the Vice-President: In the absence of the President she shall assume the duties of President.
Section Three: Of the Secretary: The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all proceedings of the club and of the executive committee.

Section Four: Of the Critic: The Critic shall, at the close of each meeting, offer her criticisms of any part of the program.

Section Five: Of the Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have charge of all funds belonging to the club, and shall draw on the treasury for all orders for the payment of money approved by the President.

Article Two. Miscellaneous
Section One: Members must prepare assigned work, or provide a substitute, and two successive failures forfeits rights to membership.

Section Two: Each member is to familiarize herself to some extent with every program.

Section Three: A failure to pay dues or assessments within the prescribed time shall be considered a withdrawal from the club unless a satisfactory explanation be given.

Section Four: A fine of 25 cents shall be imposed for absence.

Original Format

Small bound program booklet approximately 3 3/4" wide X 5 1/2" tall, in handprinted cover, with typewritten pages, and bound with a ribbon.