Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-02-22
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

y Hdppy NCN car 10 you, Olc anu
all.
As | look over the field, | see that
there Is much OF encouragement TO re
port. Every officer is at work; each
chairman is busy; there are no drones
in our official family While it was a
great disappointment that we could
not hold the conference of chairmen
IN December, yet we are making the
best OF the situations the chairmen are
preparing their outlines for booklet
which we hope to have issued by the
time you read this As all material
will be sent to Mrs Sheath, the chair
man OF the Reimbursement Committee
as well a. to the President. we hope
by working i'll unison to avoid duplica
ton. Few clubs begin to plan or next
wears work before March, it is our
purpose to have in your hands within
one cover, the work of each committee
clearly and concretely expressed. This
will enable YOU TO have a more com
prehensive view of the whole field OF
Federation activities, and therefore
you will be able to choose more wisely
the especial work that YOU will un-
dertake for l9l3-l4 OF course. an eX-
traordinary crisis NAV come in the life
of a committee. where an extra appeal
must be made, but the Board and
Chairmen feel that ii is quite worth
while to experiment with the booklet
idea. | hope you will let me know
freely how the idea impresses you
| cannot refrain i'll this connection
from paying a grateful tribute 10 your
chairmcn of departments: these wo-
men give themselves unsparingly, and
are doing such fine work that you will
be most proud of their record wher
they come before you at the Council
meeting in Washington | am glad
that Mrs. Grace Julian Clake, the gift
ed chairman OF the Press Committee
is devoting an especial article to each
chairman; her treatment of Mrs
Croker and Miss Helen Louise John
son shows rare insight into their work
and a most sympathetic understanding
OF their personality. hope you are
seeing and reading these sketches.
In my great desire to bring every
reader of the General Federation
Magazine into close relation with the
General Federation, and to make clear
the varied duties OF the Board, have
asked each member of the Federation
cabinet to write an article for the
Magazine outlining all the work in
trusted to her care. Mrs. Reilly has
done this most ably (but Mrs. Reilly
does whatever she undertakes WELD in
the November issue. However,
must tell you that in addition to the
tasks there described she serves on
the membership committee, and is
chairman of the Council program com
mittee
Some of the most pleasant letters
that have come during the last thirty
days have been descriptions of the
evening at the Conservation Congress
at indianapolis, when Mrs Moore pre-
sided and Mrs Crocker and Miss Julia
Lathrop spoke The sincere praise
from the highest critics in the land of
this o casion. should tend to make us
all more proud and more grateful than
ever for such women as these.
Mrs. Williams, of Lapeer, Mich
gan, has accepted the treasurership
made vacant by the resignation OF
Mrs. hreadgill. Miss Georgia Bacon.
Dean street. Worcester, Mass. be
comes a director in the place OF Mrs.
Williams. Miss Bacon has kindly con
scented to take the Craftsmanship OF the
finance committee. and to act as adj
visory member to the Household
EcoI omics committee, and to the six
New England States.
! wish to acknowledge through
these columns the receipt of various
club and State year books. You will
be interested to know that Rhode
Island has an exceptionally fine ar
rangement of her General Federation
material save that she forgot to in
scrt the names and addresses of De
partment chairmen, | heartily rec
ommend that other presidents and
printing committees examine this vol
ume May also make a plea that
every year book have an index; you
can scarcely realize how much time
this saves an officer
am planning my itinerary for the
new year Late in January | am to be
the guest OF Arizona at the State meet
ing III Douglas. At the risk of being
a BIT personal, | am going to give you
an example of the plu k and gener