Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1920 — Page 10

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Section Two.

FOB THE GIRLS The Elex Club Organized in 1915 at Fort Wayne Works Has OVER 500 MEMBERS Club is Affiliated With Y. W. C. A. —Is Active in Social Way Since there are to be girls employed at the G. E. Decatur plant, it will no doubt be of some interest to them. as well as to the general pub lie, to know of some of the big things that are being carried on by the girls cf the Fort Wayne Work.-, through a girl’s organization known as the Elex club.

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k This club was erganized In 1915 k with u membership of about 40 girle P The fact that the present membership numbers almost 600 girls is co-e • clus.'ve evidence that it. is teaHy * something worth while. Membership campaigns are inaufereted at tbc beginning of each fall term. “Th7l->X Club is affiliated with the i Y W. C. A. and together with four 1 other clubs have irganlzed the Federation of Industrial Clubs of the Y. W. C. A. Two other clubs expect to come into the Federation in the near luture. Similar clubs nave beea orantzed by the Associations al over the country and the Fort Wlayne federation is the sec on", largest in the Cent'al Held, which includes Ohio, Indiana, ’ linois and Michigan. So y ci ran readily see what a la-ge organization a girl becomes a part of when she joins a Y. W. C. A. Indue trial Club. Miss Minnie Blue, a mem ber of the Elex Club, is president of ( the Central Field Federation.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1920.

' The purpose of the club Is to promote social and educational activities to foster the spirit of friendly serv-' Ico, and to stand for the highest Ideals of womanhood. " Regular club meetings are held every Tuesday evening immediately! after working hours, in the Works club rooms. Supper is served in the cafeteria for a nominal sum of twenty cents, the menu being prepared by a special committee. Educational clases such as sewing, basketry, character study, music, gift making and interior decorating English and “Home care of the sick." follow the supper hour. Some of! these classes are offered through the Vocational School and others are paid classes. The class in “Home! care of the sick" is offered through I he Red Cross. It is taught by a Red Cross nurse and is proving very successful. There are seven standing committees, which are membership,, educational, publicity, social, service, editorial committe for the Works News and the “Lookout” committee. The chairman of these committees, together with the club officers and 'he representative to the Federation Council form the executive body.; Special committees are appointed by. the president from time to time asi becomes necessary. All executive neetings and special or standingi -ommittee meetings are attended by j •he Y. W. C. A. secretary and the club; sdvisers. i Business meetings are held once a nonth either before or after classes end are always well attended. On the alternate Tuesday a social itfair of some kind is Iriven. One would have to witness one of these .ffa.'rs to realize the lot of fun and aal recreation they afford. Although ill other regular meetings are suspended during the summer months, the social activities are continued. Some o£ the summer activities in the .vast have been picnics, for which rucks wre furnished by the company o carry the crowd to a shady spot »long some creek, wienie and marshmallow bakes, picnic suppers at nearly parks, and last summer a crowd of rirls even spent three days at Clear! mke. chaperoned by Mrs. Mabel; iVhitbeck. Industrial Secretary of f. W. C. A. No need to explain this; rip as anyone can use his imagina ion to the extent of what forty some jirls would do when given the priviege of three days of camp life. Another interesting .feature of this lub is the service work which it is' nterested in. Every year at Christ mas time a donation of new garments md money is turned over to the Needlework Guild, for the destitute hildren of the city. Last year a’nost 200 children at the State School •ere made happy with bright colored Lockings, filled with candy, nuts nd popcorn. Service work requires ’unds as well as willing hands and ■earts, so money making are iven occasionally for the purpose of ’nar.cing the “Lookout” committee, .hose duty it Is to take care of all vorthy cases brought to their attetiion. They also visit the sick and -end flowers to those patients sufferig from an extended illness. If pon investigation a case of poverty >r misfortune is found too large and impossible for this committee to andle, it is immediately turned over to some larger charitable organization of the city. While the “Look out” committee has only been is ex istence for several months, it has al--eady accomplished a great deal of good and expects to do even more in he future. The success of this club is the died result of some very hard work nd careful planning on the part of the Y. W. C. A. secretaries, as well as the different officers, committee ’.embers and the club advisers. But it is pleasant work after all because gi the wonderful results obtained. ‘l . CLARK J. LUTZ Attorney who has rendered splendid service in securing the factories for Decatur and working out the details.

1 / ■«*; j • ‘ ■> JOHN T. MYERS Who gave most of his time for many weeks to secure the new industries for Decatur and who Is always to be depended on. A FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP EXISTS (Continued from page 1. section ■courage them to come first to us with their troubles of all kinds. i We maintain a works band which is . conceded to be one of the best ini dustrial bands in the country, Every [member of this land is an employee iof our works, and in most cases a {expert in some mechanical line. Athletics are looked upon wit; favor. This develops a clean, nianlj spirit among our younger employee who feel that as long as the manage ment is interested and back of their enterprises they have an additional in centive to show their prowess in then different seasonal activities. Last but not least we have ouclubs. The Quarter Century club cor. sists of employees who have been witl the company over twenty-five years There are sixty-eight members in thi club. There is the Electro Technic c which consists of young men in the shop, and formed for educational. at/ i letics and other kindred achievements iThis club has a membership of about ! 1200. The foremen, of which there are about 150 engaged at our plant, have their foremen’s association—the ob-

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ject being to work together for the interest of themselves and their employer as well as to promote discussions on modern topics of interest. The Elex chib is a club exclusive!? for young women employed in the of lice and factory. The membership at rhe present time is over 500. These girls have a club room and meet in the winter time about twice a week, getting together for a good time with basketry, sewing, music lessons, am! stunts of all kinds. The firemen also have arrangements for sports, good times and debates, ! physical training, pool, cards, etc., four . years ago the company provided the firemen with headquarters in which i pool tables, card tables, shuffle-board land other games were installed. About five years ago the General j Electric company installed in the baseIment of one of its new buildings an UP-to-date rifle range with five sepa- ! rate shooting points. This range is ■equipped with equipment for retrieving the targets, lights for spotting the hits, and other features that characterize a modern, indoor rifle and revolver range. This range is not [only fur the use of our employees, but

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the Fort Wayne Rifle 4 Revolver club. a city organization, have the privilege of using tliis range for practice and competitive matches any time outside of working hours. We are at present inztalllng a mod ern restaurant, and are equipping two floors of a building for cafeteria meals, and by arrangements banquets for our employees are being arranged. The advantage of these department banquets is being recognized by our employees who are availing themselves to the fullest extent of the facilities , offered by this works restaurant. 1 which is organized to provide meals ■ tor 2500 people, and furnishes break ;' fast, dinner and supper to a large 11 number at the present time. In other words, ou remployeee have I themselves come forward and pro- ■ moted these clubs. The management > backs them up and encourages them ■ to the limit, but is interesting to re- ’ iterate that these clubs have their In- ■ ception and are managed by the employees themselves, and they have, is t no sense of the word, been suggested 1 to or forced upon our employees. * Many of these clubs and kindred ' associations should be considered and

Started’ later’ on by the’ Deeat Ur *3 ployees. The advantage. O s 2’ clubs and associations will be r ° nlzed. together with the fit, service bonuses and other rew a i for time of service. And flnally ' ’ watchman or policeman will get if you don’t watch out, as he ls for some purpose. The people of flecatur, and cg pexinlly the employees of the General Electric, company of Decatur ui!! therefore, appreciate that they a ' working for an institution that v their every interest in mind, fiJ last and all the time, in the last ' alysis their employer Is their i,'u S . ’ friend, an dthey should always con aider his interests and feelings ,■ long as the machinery l s prov ’ i(i ; » whereby suggestions, complaints and • questions of all kinds can be taken nn ‘ quickly and conscientiously with th a 1 management. Our employees shotfd ” certainly not overlook this vital point ' nor allow themselves to be influenced ( by advisers who cannot possibly have 1 the same interest tn their welfare as have their employers, with whom they d work. J j > E. H. BARNES, General Supt.