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the auspices of the club. These made possible a pleasant eve- 

 ning entertainment to a large number of people and at the 

 same time helped to augment our club treasury. In August 

 we gave an ice cream social which proved successful both in a 

 social and a financial way. Our third annual reception was held 

 in October and about seventy were entertained this year. This 

 feature seems to be gaining in popularity each year. 



Before we close the year's work we have decided to give 

 an oyster supper, which will probably conclude the social 

 events for this season. As is our usual custom, we again aided 

 the Farm and Home Improvement Club with its annual picnic 

 and fair which was held in September. J. Kelly Wright, 

 institute lecturer for the State Board of Agriculture, was secured 

 to deliver the principal address. We also presented the Farm 

 and Home Improvement Club with a large lamp, which aids 

 in lighting the building in which meetings are held. At Christ- 

 mas we sent small donations to the International Sunshine 

 Society, the Florence Crittenden Home and the Antitubercu- 

 losis Society. By appointing a committee to solicit donations 

 over the telephone we secured $75 in twenty-four hours from 

 club members, neighbors and friends, which amount was promptly 

 forwarded to the Red Cross Society, to be used for the benefit of 

 the flood sufferers. 



Our youngest club member was sent as a delegate to the 

 biennial meeting of State Federated Clubs, which convened in 

 Columbia in May. 



The annual meeting of the Fifth district was held in Ap- 

 pleton City in November, and many of our members attended. 

 At the International Dry Farming Congress, held at Tulsa, 

 Okla., in October, we were represented by Miss Delia Blew, 

 who returned to us with a very interesting report of this as- 

 semblage. And lastly, four of our members have traveled the 

 intervening 125 miles that they might be in attendance at this 

 convention of the Home Makers' Conference. This is but a 

 brief review of the things accomplished through the Country 

 Culture Club during the past year. 



We now number thirty-five members and the interest is 

 increasing. Our aim is to do more and better work in the 

 coming year than we have in the past. With the poet we 

 believe, 



"Give to the world the best you have 

 And the best will come back to you." 



