Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-22
CONVENTION SELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
W. C. T. U. SESSIONS SCENE
OF GREAT ACTIVITY
Delegates View Beauties of Santa
Ana and Vicinity, Day Finally
Closing with Jubilee"
Concert
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SANTA ANA, May 21.-The third and
most important day of the silver Jubi-
lee Womans Christian Temperance
union convention ended this evening
with the selection of officers for the
year TO come. The delegates We're
taken this afternoon for drive around
the kite" taking in Orange, Hewes'
Hill and Tustin. They came back laden
with flowers and oranges donated by
residents of the villages visited.
The state superintendents met in con-
vention at S:45 this morning and dis
cussed the following departments;
Parliamentary Usage" Mrs. j. w.
Gleason; "Anti-Narcotics," Mrs. r. j.
West; Temperance and Labor, Mrs.
M. E. Garbutt Work Among Foreign
ers," Mrs. S. C. w. Bowen; Penal and
Reformatory," Mrs. Hester T. Griffith;
Purity in Literature and Art" Mrs.
Lillian Bense; institutes" Mrs. l.. ii.
Mills: Health and Heredity." Mrs. Ada
r. Hand.
The convention proper was called to
order at 1890 and a fellowship meeting,
conducted by Mrs. Marian T. Boyd,
followed Then came jubilee notes by
county 'Y" secretaries, for while the
w. C. T. u. is doing great work 1t
must not be forgotten that the younger
women are not far behind and are a
worthy auxiliary to their older sisters.
Miss Mary Z. Voc, bright and capa-
BILE young woman and state "Y' Sec
rotary, conducted this department.
The appropriation and credenial COM
mittees presented their reports, and
after singing THE Orange County
Song" written by Mrs. Mary Hill of
Garden Grove. Mrs Julia D. c. Phelps
of San Bernardino offered prayer
Session Closes with Prayer
The session closed with noontide
prayer, the report of the finance conf
mittee and pledges for state work. Ad-
journment was taken at 1890, and after
an hours work the afternoon session
opened with an official board meeting.
The resolutions committee presented
it's report and Mrs. NJ. c. Barber, state
superintendent, told of the Ransom
home and it's work, which she said is
ably accomplishing it's mission.
Miss Elizabeth Kenney, Mrs. Mary
Conan, state superintendent and edi-
tor of the Southern California White
Ribbon, and Mrs. Fannie King. state
organizer, delivered interesting adj
dresses. one on 1.-The Next Legislature"
the other on Status of Scientific Tenn
perance instruction in Our State" and
the latter took for her subject White
Ribbon Brightness
Report of the committee on local con-
stitution was heard and with the cleo
ton of state superintendent the busy
day ended.
This evening will be Jubilee" even
ing, the county superintendent fur
nishing the program. The Madrigal
ladies' quartet of Long Beach will fur
nish the music and banners will be
awarded. Tomorrow forenoon will fin
ish the business of the convention, the
principal item of which will be the
selection of the next annual meeting
place. Nothing definite has been given
out on this point, but it is conceded
that Pomona will have the honor.
Los Angeles Girl Wins Medal
Last evening at the opera house the
gold medal contest, conducted by Miss
Margaret Wiley. state superintendent,
was held and Miss Hattie Foster of
Los Angeles was awarded the beauti-
full prize. She has won the medal,
gold medal and grand gold medal, and
next will try for the diamond medal.
Her subject was "a Christmas Story"
which also won for her the gold medal.
Senator John N. Anderson presented
the gift. He with Superintendent j. A.
Cranston and H. j. Forgy were judges.
The other contestants wers E. E.
of Claremont. who was
given second place; Mrs. G. N. Rich
ardson of Long Beach, Mrs. BERTHE Shell
don, Riverside. and Miss Etha Head of
Bolsa, Orange county, whose subject,
How Mrs. Hennessey Saved Her Boy"
in Irish dialect, brought down the
house.