Warner Woman's Club

History

Upon the demise of the Tory Hill Woman's Club in 1932, the Warner Woman's Club was founded.

A group of ladies met at the home of Mrs. Alfred S. Clouse (present home of Lynn and Chris Perkins). As a result of this meeting the WWC was founded.

The first meeting of the WWC met on April 8, 1932 at 2:30 PM in the Baptist Vestry (now the Masonic Lodge) with 24 ladies in attendance. Officers were elected, they voted to meet on the 1st Monday of each month and agreed that membership dues would be $1 per year.

To expedite organization, a meeting was held the following Monday with 30 ladies in attendance. The question of Monday meetings was thoroughly discussed for "Monday was no day for a woman's club meeting. To them, it was wash day - as if they couldn't get their washings out and change their clothes before 2:30 PM!"

Refreshments were served two or three times a year. Meetings were held alternately in the Baptist and Congregational Churches. It was voted "to give each Church $5 per year for wood and light."

Regardless of customs and mores, the aim of the Club was then, as it is now, "to increase public spirit in the Community, to broaden and strengthen the social and intellectual life of members, and to promote education, literary and philanthropic work." And the spirit of our Charter members has developed and flourished since that April 8, 1932, and is alive and well on this April 8, 1982.

-Excerpts from "No Small Plans"
Warner Woman's Club