Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-18

report on civics, telling of the work
done i'm the crusade against the fly.
for bread covering aud rest rooms
Nj. a II. GrisWuld who has done
NpIehdld work as chairman of press.
read concise report Of her work for
Tue county winch Was largely the =
porting OF meetings
Mr.. j. Il. Garren, chairman of coun e
straightforward humor which was I'M
menstiF appreciated by The whole con
Ncntiou.
Nlrs. Fawcett reported her wears
Work As president of the Ten Thon-
sand clubs Of FL Centre. She rsne,i-
ally mentioned Tho splendid drDaff-
. menial work in cIvics, philanthropy.
: l'tlai"ti Iu and child unfoIdmenf n.
bringing Of such speakers as MR. ied.
son. mr- Davies Mis- Marv 70, ,nd
VII FIuItnet collins Porter had been
s'e2t pitaSure ana benefit to all
, VI -. F"Wttli touched on all phases
OF lht clubs work and icported ne
most splendid progress and SERVE.
from each and all
Nh Brock gaNr Il short innro,,nf,,
,,,ih on The work of thc Heber Ciub
pl especial interest were the 9ppn
IHi31ei,nsS, ii3e l,s Motaers' Day and out
sue SPEAKERS from other valley clubs.
VINO mad favored them with an AFTER
,,.,l.,. Mrs Arthur Williams spoke for the
Io,5ifIltG Si4b IN the absence of the
ITtsiutHu she reported a good year
along the lines Of previous activity.
DiSeiNihg, Of especial mention was
LnG 59IN winch NJ Glasby gave in
win helpful SugS estions and the Suirft
a. club service were her comments
ILnat II r. pity they could not hay
9een heard by every clubwoman in
imperial county. Mrs. Glasby. in her
Ihllmale human and sympathetic man
2gr, tod Of the work of the Calexico
travellers aid work on an oDrretfa
which was given with wonderful sue
Gea# by local talent aud Of an unique
lawn fete. In closing, Mrs. GIasbX
'nphaSTed the Importance of harmo-
NOUS and democratic atmosphere in
'iub work, and Of the desire of her
'1,,,,,,i,,. cIu6 to enlist an the women Of the
community. in its ereat work
AZ the close of Mrs GlaSbVs report
MRS. Nilliams, tho new county presi-
dent, took the chair She was received
with hearty applause.
Naturally Mrs. Lillian Pray Palmer's
speech was looked forward to as the
.raiure Of the DAY. aud 50 ii proved
to be. Mrs. Williams called on Mrs.
Palmer at the opening of the after
noon ses'ion and Mrs Palmer respond
"a With an inspiring and finished ad-
dress, which was in part as follows:
Feo"ratlon work of all kinds begins
win The county As the unit Of organ
#ation. The club idea is to give and
receive aud the training school for
this work begins in County Federation
service. Here women train themselves
tor district state and finally General
Federation efficiency In federation
we have cumulative force. No longer
are eroupS Of Il women asking for
things. they are asking a thousand
strong in the name IF their fedora
ton
Mrs. Palmer spoke of how the I'm
perial county club women made them
selves fclt al the very first conventions
they attended, and how theV had stead |
Nv GROWN IN experience through CON
tact with the greater federation work. !
she also emphasized the fact that a
great spirit of modcstA was develop
ing anon" club women. NJ ore and
more were women refusing offices of
htgh honor because they feared them
selves UNEQUAL 10 the great demands /
of the work
She said that the value of county
federation WAS being felt all ever the
state and nation. The gap left i'm the +
being discussed by clubW omen all over
the country and steps were being tax /
en- "a remedy il in such states as Kan /
saS and Illinois.
OF the General Federation and the !
wOrS OF Marv l. wood at the head of
the Bureau of Information Mrs. Palmer
spokr at length, and in closing She
smoke of George H. MaXwell's book /
peace with honor and pride. Peace /.
through public opinion lies i'm the /
hands Of women's clubs. Women of
tn" world must have peace
Mrs. Fawcett, as chairman of the /
committee for candidate /
for southern District president reported I
the selection of Mrs. Niolette Camp .
Mrs. Campbell responded with a I
graceful speech, but said in closing /
that as much as she appreciated the I
honor which the club women of her
county had sought to bestow on her,
she WAS compelled to refuse.
This was accepted with sincerest re |
gretS and the following committee was