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by the Sesame Club to which representatives from various other clubs, such as the
Philomathean, Irving, Saturday, and Municipal Art Clubs were invited. The purpose of this meeting was to form a large organization, one which should through united action in common interests work steadily toward a
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better knowledge of civic conditions and for the development of sympathetic good fellowship among women. When on April 23, the proposed constitution and by-laws were accepted, the
Contemporary Club was officially founded.
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was held. This had its permanent outgrowth in the organization for pageant purposes of many foreign groups who perpetuated, in this city, their charming old-time customs, festivals, and pageants.
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