Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . age, for the young people of Flushing. The Good CitizenshipLeague members are responding to the many calls of duty and servicemade necessary by the war and have revealed their splendid spirit ofcooperation and loyalty. The Club House is given free for all patrioticmeetings when needed. League members purchased over $24,000 ofLiberty Bonds, and nearly all areworking in the Red Cross Society. The United Workers, organized in1892, is supported by
Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . age, for the young people of Flushing. The Good CitizenshipLeague members are responding to the many calls of duty and servicemade necessary by the war and have revealed their splendid spirit ofcooperation and loyalty. The Club House is given free for all patrioticmeetings when needed. League members purchased over $24,000 ofLiberty Bonds, and nearly all areworking in the Red Cross Society. The United Workers, organized in1892, is supported by voluntary con-tributions, gifts, and members motto is to help the poor tohelp themselves, not a charity, justa helping hand. It is non-sectarianand the committees are composed ofrepresentatives from all the various departments under thehead of the United Workers are: DayNursery, Friendly Visitors, Carpet andRug Industry and Clothing Sales. Avery comfortable home has been pro-vided at 30 Monroe Street through thegenerosity of one of its members. TheDay Nursery accomplishes a wonderfulwork. Every morning scores of little 28. Residence Walter I. Willis,Secretary Queens Chamber of Commerce FLUSHING AND VICINITY children are brought to the Nursery and are nourished and cared for allday by competent women while their mothers are employed mothers pay 5 cents per day for each child. The Nursery is im-maculate and in perfect order. OTHER CLUBS.—The Green Twigs is a society of young womendeservedly popular for their many good deeds and splendid work accom-plished. For a number of years the Flushing Hospital has been verymaterially helped by their generous contributions. The Flushing Committee of the Womens League for NationalService is well organized and efficient. The Park Garden Club and the Mothers Club are doing wonderfulwork. Also the Neighborhood Club, Equal Franchise Society, GirlsCommunity Club, and others of equal importance. There is work
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