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[Page 1] 1902

Jan. 31st, the Secretary, arriving late, found the ladies already seated around Mrs. Sloan’s pleasant sitting room. As a substitute for our only absent member, the President brought Miss Daniel a welcome visitor. In response to roll…

[Page 1] The sun shone upon the Book Club upon the afternoon of March 30th, as ten members and two guests assembled with Mrs. Currie. Our visitors were Mrs. Kirkpatrick and Miss Louise Dupuy the and the Club would be glad to welcome Miss Dupuy to our…

[Page 1] January 30 -

At no meeting in this series have all the members been present-the roll shows one absent each time and not more than two absent from any meeting. Mrs. Black was the absentee Jan. 30th when we met with Mrs. Grey. As the items…

[Page 1] List of Books 1932-33

Mrs. Shewmake-----What We Live By
Mrs. Watts--------The Sheltered Life
Mrs. Vowles-------20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Mrs. Cumming------In Search on Scotland
Miss Douglas------Uncharted Seas
Mrs. Black--------The…

[Page 1] March 3, 1905.

The Club was called to order in Mrs. Currie’s parlor on Friday afternoon Mar. 3. The festivities of Junior speaking were in full blast but had no power to diminish our usual good attendance. The charm of our club there is…

[Page 1] Jan. 3rd 1903-

For more reasons than one we might call this the Holiday number. Coming as it did in the holiday season and with the rest (Mrs. Dupuy, our hostess) gave us a rest from regular routine. In spite of recent festivities, which…

[Page 1] 1902

Club met Jan. 3rd with Mrs. Dupuy. She having exchanged evenings with Mrs. Martin by request. At the Charleston Exposition products of home silk manufacture are on exhibition woven before the Revolutionary War. Also some copies of…

[Page 1] November 29.

For good & sufficient reasons, needless to enumerate, the meeting due on Nov. 25th, was omitted for the present. On the Tuesday following, Mrs. Harrison & Miss May Williams having the same book in their respected clubs,…

[Page 1] Treading along on the beautiful snow members of the “Ladies Book Club” wended their way on Jan 29th, 1904 to the pleasant home of Mrs. Dupuy. The “minute member” being absent our hostess was called upon to read the minutes which added much…

[Page 1] Our last meeting in February was called to order in Mrs. Martin’s hospitable parlor on Monday, the extra day of this leap year, the preceding Friday; our regular day, having been so inclement as to make a postponement advisable. Only eight…

[Page 1] On the evening of November the twenty-eighth, the Book Lovers met with Mrs. Hood. Every lady enjoyed the lecture given by Mr. Richards on the Wileys. During the social hour which followed, such good refreshments were served – the kind Mrs.…

[Page 1] Just across the street from the home in which we were meeting March 28th, a ball game was to be played; and if anyone, not a member of our Club, could have heard and not seen us they might have though ours s club of college girls, from the…

[Page 1] Feb 28th

For the second time in this series, a deluging and persistent rain prevented the assembly of the club members in the date appointed. The disappointment on Friday made keener the pleasure of meeting with Miss Julia Holt on…

[Page 1] 1902

Sickness and bad weather caused the omission of the meeting with Mrs. Smith February fourteenth. Nine ladies gathered with Miss Thompson February twenty eighth - four being detained at home by unavoidable circumstances. Mrs. Gray…

[Page 1] No pleasanter afternoon of the Club’s winter could have been furnished than the closing meeting held with Mrs. Price on April 28th. It was a night meeting & here we pause to breathe a sigh that this delightful time for club [cominality] has…

[Page 1] March 27th

Every member responded to the roll call 27th of March at the house of Mrs. Sloan. This meeting had been anticipated with much interest and pleasure as its subject was Jacob A Riis and his book the Making of an American. Mrs.…

[Page 1] Minutes of Book Club
1904-5

The task of selecting our books seemed more than usually difficult this year. Three business meetings were held, & at last weary of the search for attractive books, the ladies turned the thankless job over to…

[Page 1] Minutes of the Book Club Winter of 1901-2

Book club met Oct. 25th at Mrs. Martin’s to elect new officers and also to choose books for the year. By ballot Mrs. Grey was made President- Mrs. Black Vice Pres. - Mrs. Dupuy Sec. First meeting…

[Page 1] The Secretary regretted very much that she was unable to attend Mrs. Black’s meeting, Jan. 25, especially after hearing how pleas- antly everything passed off. Mrs. Richard Grey was asked to take notes of the meeting. This aft. she & the…

[Page 1] 1929-30
Treas. Record
May 1929 Amt given to Miss Vinson by Mrs. Harding. . . . . . . . . . . $14.34
May 1929 Check to Miss Shaw for Civic Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.00
Sept. 4th Check to White Drug Co. for flowers for Mrs.…