Donetta Crawford, left, and Ann Melton, right, of the Beaver Dam Woman's Club presented a check to Beaver Dam Mayor Paul Sandefur for $2,000 for community benches on Monday, March 17 at the Beaver Dam City Commission meeting.[/caption]
The Beaver Dam Woman's Club presented a check to the Beaver Dam City Commission at its March meeting to pay for benches to be placed in Beaver Dam.
Anne Melton and Donetta Crawford of the Beaver Dam Woman's Club came before the commission to first give a bit of history of the Woman’s Club and to present a check to the City of Beaver Dam.
The Beaver Dam Woman's Club was founded in 1935. The club holds fundraisers each year with the main goal to provide scholarships for young girls, though boys have also received scholarships from the club. Commissioner Charles Patton informed the women that he, in fact, was a former recipient of a scholarship from the Beaver Dam Woman's Club. The club usually gives $500 to two recipients, but this year the amount will be raised to $700.
Over the years, the Woman's Club supported a traveling library in 1935, purchased school supplies for students, helped with the war effort by buying war bonds, sponsored the Beaver Dam High School with band instruments, furnished a room at the Ohio County Hospital, planted rose bushes at Beaver Dam Elementary and most recently contributed money for the new "Welcome to Beaver Dam" signs.
Melton then presented Mayor Paul Sandefur with a check for $2,000 to purchase four benches, with two placed in the Beaver Dam Family Park and two on the corner of U.S. Highway 62 E and Main Street. The city will place plaques on the benches stating the benches were donated by the Woman's Club.
Sandefur thanked the Woman's Club for their donation and all they have done for the city.
“One thing we have talked about with our park, and everything that has been going on in the city over the last few years, it’s been a community effort,” Sandefur said. “This just goes to show it’s definitely, truly, a community effort. We would be nowhere near where we’re at (with the Beaver Dam Family Park) without the support of the community. We appreciate your generosity.”