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=History=

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The Mothers’ Club of Carrick was a philanthropic organization founded by [[Harriet Duff Phillips]].

<blockquote>"On Friday afternoon, in February 1913, the exact date uncertain, a group of mothers whose children were in the Concord School, held a meeting to talk over ways and means to improve school conditions and to stimulate interest among parents.  ...In October, a reorganization meeting was held and it was decided to have women's club which would be open to all women of the community.  The meeting was held at the Phillips home, and the name of the Mothers Club was decided upon."  (The Mothers' Club of Carrick History - Up to 20th Anniversary 1933)</blockquote>

== Club Facts ==

<b>Club Motto:  Mutual helpfulness

Club Colors:  Yellow and White

Federation:  1916

Congress of Clubs:   1919</b>
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{| style= border="0" width="850pt"
|align="center" |<b>HONORARY PRESIDENT</b>
|colspan="2" align="center" |<b>PAST PRESIDENTS</b>
|colspan="2" align="center" |<b>OFFICERS 1919 - 1920</b>
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|align="center" | Mrs. John M. Phillips
|align="center" | Mrs. John M. Phillips 
|align="center" | 1913 - 1918
|align="center"|Mrs. Ellsworth C. Trott 
|align="center"|President
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|align="center" | Mrs. Daniel Pierce
|align="center" | 1918 - 1919
|align="center"|Mrs. M. J. Gannon
|align="center"|First Vice President
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|align="center" |Mrs. Ellsworth C. Trott
|align="center" |1919 - 1920
|align="center"|Mrs. Edward R. Davis
|align="center"|Second Vice President
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|align="center"|Mrs. Leonard J. Seiferth
|align="center"|Recording Secretary
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|align="center"|Mrs. William Steward
|align="center"|Corresponding Secretary
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|align="center"|Mrs. George L. Gearing
|align="center"|Treasurer
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|align="center"|Miss Marie Gurtner
|align="center"|Pres. Young Ladies' Auxillary
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|+<b>Mothers' Club Booklet 1919 - 1920</b>
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  --><br> Executive Committee <br /> and Committee Memberships<br />
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  --><br>Constitution and By-Laws<br />
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{| style="float: left; border: 0px solid #BBB; align: right; margin: .46em 0 0 .2em;""
|- style="font-size: 86%;" 
|+rowspan="2" |<b>Events of 1922</b>
|[[Image:1922 Events.jpg|350px]]
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*United States Supreme Court upheld the suffrage movement.
*Oil scandals made their appearance.
*Mrs. Millie Penfield was the first woman juror drawn in Allegheny County.
*Pope Benedict XV died.
*Carrick High School built.
*Anderson bought their home.
*M.C.of C. got their home.
*Congress of Clubs opened its building - "we gave them $15.00 they ask[sic] for 50. 
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==Mothers' Club Houses==


{| 
|<b>Toast To Our Club House</b>
|- valign="top"
|rowspan="2"|By:  Frieda McKelvey Anderson, June 1924 <br>"(with apologies to Edgar Guest.)" <br />
<blockquote>
It took a heap o'fixin', to make that house a Home, <br>
First of all, a place to put it, never more to roam. <br>
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Partitions taken out: more windows put in, <br>
Plaster, paint and flooring, and even some new tin. <br>
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It took our Mrs. Gearing to see the whole thing thru,<br>
And all on her committee were faithful and true. <br>
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Furnishings and draperies, attention needed too<br>
So Mrs. Trott and her committee had their bit to do.<br>
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By your generosity these dreams were realized <br>
The Club House stands completed, a treasure to be prized.<br>
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A Symbol to our city of greater things to come,<br>
It takes a heap o' fixin' to make a house a Home.<br>
</blockquote>
|[[Image:Postcard Front.jpg|200px]]<!--
  --><br> First Mothers' Club meeting house.<br />
|[[Image:Carrick High School Parkfield and Spokane 2.jpg|200px]]<!--
  --><br> The current view of first house site<br>Carrick High School.<br />
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|valign="top"|[[Image:House postcard.jpg|150px]]

|valign="top"|[[Image:House 1997.jpg|150px]]
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=Mothers' Club Events and Activities=

==Anniversary Events==

<i>"...and so it seemed wise to attempt a civic club inviting the men into membership, <br>and having the Mothers Club as a department specializing particularly in the things of interest to women."</i>

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{| style="float: left; border: 0px solid #BBB; align: right; margin: .46em 0 0 .2em;""
|- style="font-size: 86%;" 
|+ <b>Mother's Club History Up To 20th Anniversary, 1933</b>
| valign="top"|[[Image:Club History P1.jpg|300px]]

| valign="top"|[[Image:Club History P2.jpg|300px]]
<!--
  -->Events 1917 - 1921 
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  -->Events 1921 - 1932
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| valign="top"|[[Image:Club History P4.jpg|300px]]
<i>"Plans for Club House"</i>
| valign="top"|[[Image:Club History P5.jpg|300px]]
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{| style="float: left; border: 0px solid #BBB; align: right; margin: .46em 0 0 .2em;""
|- style="font-size: 86%;"
|+ <b> 35th Anniversary, 1948</b>
| valign="top"|[[Image:Tea Party 1948.jpg|150px]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:35 Years.jpg|275px]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:Thirty-fifth Anniversary.jpg|500px]]

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{| style="float: left; border: 0px solid #BBB; align: right; margin: .46em 0 0 .2em;""
|- style="font-size: 86%;"
|+ <b> 40th Anniversary, 1953</b>
| valign="top"|[[Image:40th Anniv Part 1.jpg|450px]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:40th Anniv Part 2.jpg|350px]]

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==President Receptions==

{| style="float: left; border: 0px solid #BBB; align: right; margin: .46em 0 0 .2em;""
|- style="font-size: 86%;" 
|+ <b>October, year unknown</b>
| valign="top"|[[Image:MCC0044a.jpg|350px]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:MCC0044b.jpg|200px]]
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{| style="float: left; border: 0px solid #BBB; align: right; margin: .46em 0 0 .2em;""
|- style="font-size: 86%;" 
|+ <b>Mrs. George Korpa, 1955</b>
| valign="top"|[[Image:Mrs. George Korpa 1955.jpg|350px]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:Mrs. George Korpa July 13 1955.jpg|400px]]

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==Service Activities==

===Letter and Ordinance for Soldiers' Memorial, 1927 ===
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===Soldiers' Memorial Dedication, May 1928 ===
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|- style="font-size: 86%;"

| valign="top"|[[Image:Dedication Invitation.jpg|275px]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:Memorial Dedication.jpg|350px]]

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===Tree Dedication Letter, September 30, 1936===
{| style="align: center; border: 0px solid #BBB; align: right; margin: .46em 0 0 .2em;""
|- style="font-size: 86%;"
|[[Image:Tree Dedication.jpg|350px]]
| valign="center"|"The Mothers' Club of Carrick <br> has established the custom <br>of marking a tree in the Carrick Park <br>in memory of those who served it as president."
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===Letter to the Editor, The Pittsburgh Press 1947===
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|- style="font-size: 86%;"
|[[Image:Letter to the Editor 1947.jpg|150px]]
| valign="center"|<blockquote>"I was so interested that I presented it to the womans' club of which I am a member<br> in another part of the city, which, after a serious discussion, voted to co-operate by <br>making a $10 contribution." - Mrs. Frieda M. Anderson</blockquote>

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==Mothers' Club Notables==

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|- style="font-size: 86%;"
! March 8, 1916
! March 11, 1928 
! October 8, 1931
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  -->[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tcMaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QEkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3524%2C2470192 Pittsburg Press]
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<!--
  -->[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F_oaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L0oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2787%2C5766995 Pittsburgh Press]
| valign="top"|[[Image:Harriet phillips 1931.jpg|250px]]
<!--
  -->This 1931 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, <br> notes Harriet Duff Phillips as the founder<br /> of the Mothers' Club of Carrick. <br />
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{| style="float: right; border: 4px solid #BBB; margin: .46em 0 0 .2em;""
|- style="font-size: 86%;"
|+colspan="3"; align="center"|<b>Mrs. John M. Phillips, America's Mother, May 1944</b>
| valign="top"|[[Image:Americas Mother 1944.jpg|300px]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:Gardening 1944.jpg|350px]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:Sun Telegraph May 12 1944.jpg|350px]]

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====Carrickulum Vol. 10 - January 23, 1935====
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<!--
  -->"Bird House Contest for Hill-Top Students <br> Sponsored by the Mother's Club of Carrick"<br />

===The Club Journal===
====Vol. 1 No. 1 - April 3, 1940====
[[Club Journal Vol. 1]]<br>
<b> Headlines </b><br>
<i> M.C.C. Progress Traced from 1913 - Pages 1-2</i><br>
<i>Meet The Mothers - Page 3</i><br>
<i>Mrs. Phillips Forms Boys' Recreation Club - Page 3</i><br>
<i>Fifteen Women Enter, Swell Club Membership - Page 4</i><br>

====Vol. 1 No. 3 - Sept. 4, 1940====
[[Club Journal No. 3]]<br>
<b> Headlines </b> <br>
<i>Neighboring Clubs To Be Honored At Guest Day Next Wednesday</i><br>
<i>One Hundred Garments Completed For Red Cross At Summer Sewings Page 1</i><br>
<i>Committee Chatter Page 2</i><br>
<i>Meet The Mothers Page 3</i><br>
<i>Club Represented By Six Delegates At State College Page 4</i><br>

=Photo and Media Gallery=

===Video Clips===
This video was transferred from a 16mm reel found in the home of the former Mothers Club of Carrick, PA. This reel was donated to the Carrick-Overbrook Historical Society and then converted to DVD. Currently this footage is the only home movie of the Carrick Community in this early time period of the 1940s. This movie also contains the original entrance to Carrick Park which was later renamed "Phillips Park."  Also featured is the original Mothers Club house which was demolished for Pittsburgh Carrick High School’s first addition.  This film was very rare for its time since it was in color and originally there was sound recorded onto a phonograph. At this present time we are unable to locate the audio that was recorded.

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![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV6hMJ2GW0g&feature=related Part 1] ||
![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIXfkVv1his&feature=related Part 2]
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===Photos===

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|valign="top"|[[Image:Photo Album June 1953.jpg|325px]]

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