Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-19
Mothers Congress
FEDERATION MEETING

Committees for the work of the win
ter will be outlined at the morning
session of the meeting of the Los An
geles Federation of Parent-Teacher
Associations which will be held in the
Olive street schoolhouse September p.
At o'clock in the afternoon Professor
George Leslie, nose ana throat spe-
cialist for the city schools will speak,
outlining the work of the health de-
partment during the coming season.
Mrs. Chalmers Smith, Mrs. Nicholas
Milbank, Mrs. Shephen Mahood and
several others will speak, encourag-
ing attendance and cooperation at
the harvest festival in Huntington hall
grounds October l.
WoMAN's PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION
Paul Wright, the new city librarian,
will speak at a banquet with which
members of the Woman's Playground
association of the Slauson avenue play
ground will entertain in honor of their
husbands Friday evening, September
80 Miss Marie Clark and George Bet
finger. who were graduated from
Polytechnic high school in June, and
whose essays on Housing the Poor"
and Fairgrounds of Los Angeles and
Their Mission" were read at their grad
uation exercises and later before the
City club, will again deliver their es-
says. A delightful musical program
has also been arranged. The regular
meeting of the association will be held
in the clubhouse September 30. Miss
Jennie Donehue, principal of the Hoop
er avenue school, will speak on 1.-THE
Relation of the Playground to the
School,"
SIXTY-sIXTH STREET
Mrs H. B. Little, president of the
Sixty-sixth Street Parent Teacher as
sociation, has called u special meet
ing of the association to be held in the
schoolhouse Friday afternoon. Plans
for the work of the winter will be dis
cussed and committees appointed.
TEMPLE STREET ASSOCIATION
Miss M. E. Elliott, a delegate from
the Temple Street Parent-Teacher as
sociatfon to the national convention OF
mothers which was held in Denver in
June, will address the meeting of the
association in the schoolhouse Wednes-
day. She will give a report of the
work accomplished as we'll as interest
ing accounts of her own personal ex-
periences while there. Mrs. Robert
Granger will sing several songs, after
which there will be short business
meeting.
SIXTEENTH STREET SCHOOL
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state membership committee of the
California congress of mothers, will
address the first meeting of the Six
teenth Street Parent-Teacher associa-
ton in the schoolhouse the second
Wednesday in October. Plans for the
work of the winter will also be dis
cussed.
PRICHARD STREET
Thirty eight mothers and children
were present at a picnic held by the
Prichard Street Parent Teacher asso-
citation in Sycamore grove recently.
Mrs Chalmers Smith, president of the
Los Angeles Federation of PARENT
Teacher Associations, and Mrs Frank
Stoddard, treasurer of the federation,
were present and explained the work
of the emergency committee to which
members of the asspcIation have de-
cided to give most of their time and
assistance during the winter season.
The next meeting will be held in the
schoolhouse the first Wednesday in
SAN PEDRO STREET
Members of the San Pedro Parent
Teacher association will hold their first
meeting in the schooihouse Thursday,
September %. They will discuss work
for the winter and take definite action
on plans made by the executive COM
mittee at recent meeting to give