Arizona republican., 1915-04-30
W.C.T.U. PUTS
 IN BUSY DAY
Yesterdays Sessions Devot- ed to Reports and Lee tlrcs-Good Speakers oil Program-Close of Con vcnti0n Tonight

Yesterday was a day of reports and addresses at the annual convention Of the Arizona Womans' Christian Tenn perance Union now in session in Tem- pc Possibly as many as thirty of the leading temperance and prohibition workers of the state addressed the body during the course Of the morning and afternoon meetings and the pro- gram for the day closed last evening with splendid lecture at the Baptist church on National Prohibition" by Rev. Claude Jones.
 The convention had it's first formal session yesterday morning at ten o'clock. Nearly fifty delegates, repre- senting all parts of Arizona, were in attendance and each and every one took an active interest in the meeting. The address of welcome was given by Mrs. Quinn of the local department. and was appropriately responded to in behalf of the visitors by Mrs. Benson of Buckeye. Mrs. Imogene La Chance of Phoenix. president of the state un- ion. gave the annual address touching upon the progress of the organization during it's past Year. what it has ac compiishcd. what is proposes to ac-
 
 points of vital interest 10 the members. The banner. annually presented to the department securing the largest nurn- Der of new members during the year, was awarded to the Phoenix division.
 Much of the time in the afternoon session was devoted to addresses. Dr. Tohn WiX Thomas, state chairman of the prohibition party; Colonel Me Clintock of Phoenix; A R. Buckner, superintendent of the temperance feG- eration of Arizona; Mrs. May B. Stew art. a visiting delegate from Alabama; and Mrs. Frances w. Munds of the Arizona state legislature. were inter eiting speakers during the course of the afternoon. Temperance was treat ed from many lights hy the Variol speakers and every one brought a mes sage that was worth bearing. Mrs Stewart, who is here from Birmingham. Ala bame. conveyed greetings to the Arizona union from the union of her home state. Mrs. Munds told of Wo- man suffrage and in her short spicy talk gave a general review of what sui fra ge has done for Arizona since it first gained footway.
 The lecture on National Prohibition" last night was attended by a large representation of Tempe people and the visiting delegates. Rev Jones was in- teresting and talked to one of the same appreciatiVe audiences as always greet ed him during the recent eVangelistic services he conducted in Tempe
 The best has been saved for the last and the program for today. the close of the convention, holds much in store The convention will be called to order at ten o'clock and the most of the time this forenoon will be given over to the hearing of reports. Several papers will be read and at 11:45 the annual mo- morlaI service will bn conducted by Miss Lulu Clifton. The business of the union will be closed up at this af- ternoon's session. officers will be elect ed. the last reports heard and the other odds and ends given attention before the convention adiourns until April 1916
 The visiting delegates and public of Tempe will be entertained at the nor maj auditorium this evenin" under the auspices of the w. c. T. U. bv Mrs Grady Gammage in a literary recital She will give Harold. the Last of the Saxon Kings. and two scenes from the Passion Dlav at Oberammergau. SeV- eral musical numbers are also included on the program.