Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-02-28
A NOTABLE DAY FOR
PHOENIX CLUB WOMEN
Devoted 20 Arizona History ard a
Beautiful Ceremony EnbIcmatic CT
Women's Work and Club Cooper
alton.

The Harmony club yesterday after
noon entertained the Woman's clun
and the Friday club at MelcZer's hail
The hall was beautifully decorated
with pepper boughs in Indian baskets
and with Indian blankets and Mexican
zerapes. and long festoons of green
draped most artistically over the win
dows and across one corner Of the
room. Two large flags We're draped
At either end Of the room, and the en-
tire place made a most fitting scene
for the celebration of the first Arizona
day held by the Harmony club.
Mrs. T. NJ. Elder. president OF the
Harmony club presided and delight
ful program had been arranged. The
hall was well filled with the members
Of the three clubs and with invited
i guests. il had been desired TO make
this day a tribute to the pioneers OF
the Salt River valley as well as to the
two invited clubs-and an invitation
had been extended to al the older res
l idents Of the valley and city.
The program opened with an instru
mental duet by Mrs. Thalheimer and
! Mrs. Dunmel-which was greatly en-
joy ed. Miss Utter than sang a solo.
land Mrs Toney read q delightful ex-
tract from Ross Brownies witty story
of his travels in Arizona with Colonel
! Charles D. Poston. This was followed
/ by a vocal solo By Miss Osborne.
/ Miss Shariot ". Hall then told the
story OF the first emigrant train to-
leave the east with the purpose Of
settling in Automatic Inflated Oat-
man party whose original purpose was
20 form n colony in the valley OF the
| colorado near the present city OF
Yuma. Miss Han told the tragic his
tory Of the massacre Of the Oatman
family at Oatman's Flat near ella
Bend and OF the captivity of the two
eirls. Olive Ann and Mary Ann with
the Apache Indians. Mary Ann died
in captivity but ne older sister was
1t last restored 10 her friends. The
story Of her marriage to Col. J. r.
Fairchild of Texas was told by Mrs.
-. T. Dennis. former president Of the
Harmony club. who knew Mrs. Oat-
man Fairshild in her later life. Pic
lures were shown OF the home of Mrs.
Fairchild and Of her grave: and a let
ter. now in possession OF Miss Hall. /
written by Col. Fairchild. was read !
and sets AZ rest the story that Olive !
Datman died in an insane asylum in |
New York. She was never Insane and +!
her later life was beautiful and de- |
voted to noble ends. and as happy and !
remote from all sad memories as a /
devoted husband and adopted daughter !
could make Il.
a song by Miss Murray followed |
and was greatly enjoyed After this
came the surprise OF the afternoon. a !
long festoon Of greenery reached |
across one corner OF the room and /
from it depended two slender ribbons |
Of red white and blue. Sousa's Amer .
lea was played as a piano duet and |
while il was playing the audience rose \
10 their feet Ms Dennis and Mrs. 4
Melczer stepped under the green arch !
and as each pulled a ribbon a beauti- 4
ful flag. slowly and impressively IN \
rolled until the stars and stripes hung II
full across the green-arched space. II Il
was greeted with cheers and salutes
rs the music ceased and Miss Sharlot II
Hall stepped forward and in the name Il
Of the Harmony club. In behalf Of \
three Of its members presented the
beautiful flag to the Woman's club To
llbdi over lllt Lp-4lNASt " Alth iildl
club has in contemplation.
Miss Hall spoke Of the fact that
through all the past women had been
the flag makers-their hands had
fashioned the banners that were 10
wave over battlefields whose strife
they could only stare in the anxious
care for some beloved one fighting
there.
II was a woman who sewed the
stripes and set the stars Of the first
flag. and It is a fitting thing
that at last a body OF women should
present to another body Of women
lag TO float over a building devoted
% the finer Victories Of peace and
With the flag was given two extra
stars which are to be sewed to the
lag when Arizona and New Mexico
inter- the union separate common
vealths IL
The flag was received with cheers
md the Chautauqua salute and Mrs.
3. A. Fowler. in behalf Of the Woman's Y