Bay County past and present . way. The Civic League, in which all of the women of the city areinterested, is doing wonderful work by means of its many departments,and it is increasing its activities each year. At present it has the fol-lowing departments: Visiting Nurse and Free Dispensary, which car-ries on a variety of work, including that of a sewing circle, childrensChristmas cheer, anti-tuberculosis, and milk fund; Social Service,which attends to the collecting and distributing of food and clothing;the City Beautiful; Mothers Club; Sanitary; and Junior departments. Recreation: There have


Bay County past and present . way. The Civic League, in which all of the women of the city areinterested, is doing wonderful work by means of its many departments,and it is increasing its activities each year. At present it has the fol-lowing departments: Visiting Nurse and Free Dispensary, which car-ries on a variety of work, including that of a sewing circle, childrensChristmas cheer, anti-tuberculosis, and milk fund; Social Service,which attends to the collecting and distributing of food and clothing;the City Beautiful; Mothers Club; Sanitary; and Junior departments. Recreation: There have beenwonderful opportunities for re-creation and sport of all kindsfrom the earliest years in thesettlement on account of thelocation near the river and used to come here on theirvacations from the southernpart of the state for hunting andfishing trips. Summer resortshave long been popular alongthe bay shore, offering excellentbathing, boating, fishing, andother pleasures. There were or-ganizations to assist the people. 166 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND PRESENT. to get full benefit of opportunities for pleasure, at a very early 1867 there were a Rifle Club, Nautical Club, and a Baseball Club.


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