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[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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] March 31 -

Our meeting on March 31st with Mrs. C.L. Grey showed a divergence from our accustomed program, which can by no means be taken as an explanation of the very pleasant evening afforded. The book for the day was “Wayfarers in…

[Page 1] April 4th 1907.

On account of a Baseball game on the “Sprunt Athletics Field,” the meeting of the Woman’s Book Club was changed from April 5th to April 4th. Miss Young was hostess & we enjoyed hav- ing as visitors Mrs. Young, Mrs. Felzer…

[Page 1] December 4th 1903 -

On Friday afternoon Dec. 4th the club met with a warm recaption in Mrs. Black’s spacious parlor. There were only eight members present but we had the pleasure of having one visitor. At a quarter to four, the…

[Page 1] February 4th found many of the ladies of our Club who are never behind in matters of hospitality entertaining members of the Grippe family and while it is an unwritten law that visiting friends are always cordially welcomed at our meetings,…

[Page 1] Dec. 5th

After being house bound by several gray and rainy days the members of the club met each other in Mrs. Black’s parlor Dec. 5th , with more than the usual degree of interest and pleasure. Evidently the rainy days had afforded…