Mrs Roland Swaffield, 1932 Little Club President
The previous post on the “Over Here” Girls mentioned that the women of Los Cerritos created the Little Club to continue their charitable work. 1932 was the first official year of the Little Club and its president was Grace Swaffield (Mrs. Roland Swaffield). To raise funds to support making layettes for newborn babies, they held a variety show at the Pacific Coast Club called Hooey. It was musical numbers, dancing, gags, wisecracks, burlesque, and jokes, all performed by the well-known men and women of Long Beach. The show ran for two nights and sold out both nights.
It was the Club’s biggest fundraiser of the year. They raised $398.12. Another fundraiser according to the budget was the sale of Little Club Cookbooks at Buffum’s department store. Mrs. Harry Buffum was, of course a member of the Club.
A very involved community. Quite a bit of money for 1932 – middle of the depression.
(The LCNA doesn’t raise that much more each year – though we don’t need to raise a lot.)