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Nashua Reporter Centennial Edition, 1955
In 1900 a group of Nashua women organized the Emanon Study Club. This club was Federated in 1901, and remained an active organization until May 14, 1942, when, at the home of Mrs. Merit Bishop, the books of the Emanon Club was [sic] closed and a new Club to be known as the R.E.S.T. was born.
The change was made because many of the members were mothers of young children, and it was not always possible or convenient to secure "Baby sitters." The new Club was designed to provide recreation for both mothers and children.
Eight members of the disbanded Emanon Club became charter members of the new organization.
They were: Callie (Mrs. Merit) Bishop, now of Trinidad, Oregon; Ida Jane (Mrs. Clarence) Sundahl, Santa Rosa, Cal.; Lucille (Mrs. Walter) Meyers, Charles City; Matie Blake deceased, Marion Chandler, Mary Ligget, Mae Watson, and Maude Emmons. The last four, still Nashua residents. Seven others were soon added. The present membership is twenty, and through the years has continued to include many young mothers. For the convenience of these young women, the group today has breakfast meetings on the second Friday of each month.
Each year a book is presented to the local library, and contributions are made to the Red Cross, Boy Scouts, cancer and polio drives, and various other service projects. During the Second World War quilts and robes were made for use in Veteran's Hospitals.
Of the Charter Members, Maude Emmons and Mary Ligget are still with the group.
Present officers are: president, Jean Sorensen; vice-president, Harriet Carpenter; secretary-treasurer, Doris Maring.
(Written for R.E.S.T. Club by Mary Ligget).
Contributed by Claudia Groh. Transcribed by Mike Peterson. |
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