The San Francisco call., 1907-02-09
Convention Of 1908
VIII Be Held in
Athenian City
BY Mary Ashe Miller

bAkERSFIELD, Feb. S-The sixth
annual convention of the State Fedora
ton OF Women's Clubs tfe most sue
eessful and interesting Assembly ever
held bE the organization, was con
Guided this evening. On every side
there We're expressions Of enjoyment of
We past three days. which have been
y / OF the charms dear 70 the hearts of
y ubwomen. The weather has been
perfect harmony has prevailed
and there has been Just enough
difference Of opinion to make affairs
interesting. The Women's Club of Ba-
kersfeld proved By the perfection of
arrangements for the comfort and con-
Eenience Of the visitors that there was
an unusual amount Of energy and leg
isiative ability among its members.
A large amount OF business was
transacted today, ranging all the way
from electing an executive board to
passing resolutions on Bird Days"
When the nominating committee met
this morning before making their re-
port to the convention they found that
they had changed their minds over
night on some OF the nominations made
yesterday and the ticket was recast
somewhat
Instead Of hIrs. oliver c. Bryant of
Los Angeles FOR vice president Mrs. ].
w Bishop of Santa Ana was named.
Mrs G L. DonohOe OF Willows was
nominated for treasurer instead Of Mrs.
Blee while in Mrs. DonOhoe's place as
auditor Mrs Henry ". Bridge Of Mill
Valley was named.
FEDERATION ELECTS OFFICERS
The ballots were cast by the dele
gates just before the close of the
morning session, with the following
result. which shows the State officers
who viii seNe until the next annual
meeting fifteen months hence:
Presidept. Mrs. z, ?. Buss Of Bakersfield;
Of Oakland: recording secretary, Mrs. J. Ben
son Wrenn Of Bakersfield: corresponding secre-
e J. Donohoe q Willows; auditors; Mrs. Dixon
J. Phillips Of Eanford aud Mrs. Henry Bridge
IF VII valley; president northern district Mrs
B T. walton: president San Francisco district,
Mrs r. Q furT: President Alameda district.
Mrs. II. L. Eastman: president Los Angeles dis
frict Mrs Florence Collins Porter: president
San JOAQUIN district Mrs. y. s. SnOdgrass;
president southern district Miss Kate Lem
i,s-rer general federation secretary. Mrs Robert
Potter IIfli Of Eldrdge. Soncma Comfy
one Of The disappointnents OF the
convention came today IN the form of
a telegram from ". l. George. founder
Of the George Republics for school chill
6ren. announcing that he was in
train wreck in the desert and could
not possibly reach here before late
tonight He was to have delivered an
address TO the convention.
A feature Of the day. and. in fact. of
the whole meeting were the Round
Tables held this morning while the
voting was going on. This was some
thing entirely new in the annals of
conventions and was the result OF a
happy Inspiration of the eN-president,
Mrs Robert Potter Hill. Instead of
having a paper read or other business
Of like sort going on while the vot-
ing was in progress groups of women
were formed in various parts of the
building. and they discussed in an en-
rirely informal way the subjects on
which they were interested particu-
larly.
OAKLAND WINS HONOR
Under the head Of new business came T
NJ quite Unexpectedly this afternoon
~ invitation from Mrs, c. J. Wood !
b1ry. president Of the Oakland Ebell (
Club. to the federation to hold their
next annual meeting in May, 1908, Pm
Oakland. All Of the clubs of Alameda
with one or two exceptions,
signed the Invitation as we'll as the