The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-10-28
NINTH DISTRICT
MISSOURI FEDERATION
oF MOMENTS CLUBS.

The sessions Of the meetings OF
the clubs In this district, which were
held In the Christian Church last
Thursday and Friday, were presided
over very gracefully by thepresident,
Mrs. j. S. McGhec, of Cape Girar-
deau. After the president of the
Monday Club, Miss Gladys Rozier,
made her very pretty address of
welcome, affairs were in the hands of
the district officers. The program.
as printed in The Times Of last week.
was carried out, and all the papers
were well written and full of inter
est to club members. The only
State officer present was Mrs. W.
X. Chivis, vice president at large,
and her addresses caused great en-
thusiasm among the club members.
There was II reception at the resi-
dence of Miss Elsie Cayce Thurs
day evening to which nearly two
hundred guests were invited. An
automobile ride Friday afternoon
was the entertainment afforded by
going through the Hospital grounds,
and visit to the magnificent col
lector of Mr.. f. p. Graves at Doe
Run. The recital at the Presby-
terian Church Friday evening, with
Pennington talent, was attended by
n large audience.
The president, Mrs. McGhee, was
elected for two years, so she has
one more year To serve. The others
officers elected were Mrs. John J.
Bowman, Bonnc Terre, first vice
president, Mrs. Philip :. Cole,
Pennington, second vice President;
Mrs. John Gibson, DeSoto, secrc-
tary and treasurer. The next meet
ing will be held at Bonne Tcrrc. the
time to be decided later.
The committee ON resolutions,
Mrs. Moran of Bonne Terro, Mrs.
AT of Cape Girardeau and Mrs.
Gibson Of DeSoto, reported the fol
lowing:
"lt Is the pleasant duty of your
committee on resolutions To express,
for the entire Ninth District, its
sincere gratitude and appreciation
for the delightful meeting which the
ladies Of Pennington have so splcn-
didly arranged for us.
"We wish particularly:tO thank the /.
officers and members of the Chris F.
tian Church for the use of their I
beautiful buildings, with its home /,
like atmosphere; also the musicians |
who have contributed 50 much to /,
our pleasure.
1--WE would like To say, If ii were |
possible, how much we enjoyed the
reception rendered us by the Mon /
day Club at the home of Miss Chycc !
last evening.
Especially are we grateful to
Mrs. Chivis for the beautiful and
helpful talks given us, both yestcr-
N"N 'h' A'-HbN' aAHN We Null llbl
begin to express our gratitude 10
our District President. Mrs. Me-
Ghec, for her untiring efforts, in
establishing this district and giving
us all this rare opportunity to mu-
tually know and help each other.
"Also, we feel that we must not
fail to give special thanks to Mr..
Graves for granting us the privilege
of viewing his splendid collection Of
curlos, and doubling our pleasure
10y personally conducting us through
his museums; and to the gentlemen
who so courteously conveyed us to
Doe Run in their automobiles.
And above all do we desire to
express our pleasure in the hearty
rordiality and hospitality shown us
Dn all sides, and we feel sure we but
echo the feeling of all when we say
the memory of this second annual
of our district Will always
De to us source Of inspiration and
Intellectual up lft.'n