Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-23
NOTES FROM THE
NEVADA FEDERATION
OF WOMAN'S CLUBS

!N'NdH'i r'utEOllOH Ol W OnlpnS CLUBS
consisting OF news from the various
wo.Hvn's clubs of the state compiled
by the press department OF the fedora
/ tion of which Miss Clara NJ. Crisler
OF Carson City. is chairman. The of
fccrs of the federation are:
President, Mrs. G. +. Squires. Las
Vegas.
Fret Nice-President, Mrs. Z. b.
Ellis. Carson City.
Second Vice-Presidcnt. Mrs. +. NJ.
Lee. Reno.
Recording Secretary. Mrs. L. Z.
Hull. Yerington.
Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. II. w.
Martin, Las Vegas.
Treasurer, Miss NJ Flanagan. Reno
Auditor. Mis-. Corda Il. Stcningcr.
Elko.
Gen. Fed. State Secretary, Mrs. o.
II. Mack, Reno.
Its membership is made up OF %
wOman's clubs from all parts OF the
and represents some 500 Nevada wom-
, en-. The Elko county clubs holding
membership are the Twentieth Cen
! tury Club of Wells and the Parent
! Teacher Association OF ElEo.
The work is carried on through the
! following departments: Arts and
Crafts. chairman. Mrs. Nevada Wilson
Rcillcy, Reno.
Civics and Public Health. Mrs. j.
II. Meskimmons, Reno.
Club Extension. Mrs Chas =.
| Squ,rcs. Las Vegas.
Conversation. Mrs. VIM. Rawles. Fal-
| Ion.
Education. Mrs. p. Il. Ellis. Carson.
Home Economics. Mrs. Geo. West,
Ycrngton.
Legislation. Miss Bird Wilson, Gold
field
Library, Mrs. f. &. Patrick, Reno.
Bureau of Information. Mrs FranI;
Norcross. Carson.
Music. Miss Mildred Whitman
Press. Miss Clara Crislcr. Carson
City.
Social and Industrial Conditions.
Mrs. Frank Humphreys. Reno.
Student Loan. Miss Emma Wander,
licth. Carson City.
Local people ON these committees
are:
Student Loan. Mrs. Il. Roman, Elko.
Social and Industrial Conditions,
Mrs. IIigginbotham, Elko.
Bureau of Information. Mrs. p. G.
McWhinnoy, Elko. and Mrs. Geo.
! Brands, Wells.
Education. Mrs. c. Griswold. ElkO,
and Mrs. !. J. Schocr of Wells.
Club EXtcnsivn, Mrs. +. NJ. St"nin-
ger. ElkO.
The bureau Of information and reel.
procity has been given space in the
| state library at Carson City. 1t is the
[ aim of this department to establish a
! cooperative reference library and
members throughout the state are re-
duested to send papers read in their
clubs, clippings OF interest. etc, to
place in the bureau. The chairman
I has received some valuable material
from the university and some of the
professors have been most kind in
/ forwarding some of their own mater
ial. The papers and references are
] available for use by any club member
of the state who will write TO the
chairman and pay the postage on
same.
NJ fT,,ig nT
: City has donated the use Of her very
extensive reference library to the use
of the federation.
The Legislative department will en-
dcavor to encourage the passage of
/ such laws of interest TO women,
recommended by the federation and
I its members.
The major aim of the department
of education will be to interest the
children of the state in the study of
native flowers and birds. with this
end in view the department will offer
three prizes in money for the best
article on native bird or flower. a
description and classification of same
will be required with the mounting of
the flower. These prizes will be con.
fined to the children of the grammar
schools. Further details and particu-
lars will be announced later.
The student loan fund is now help
ing girls through the University and
two applications have been made for
next September. There will be moro
applications before that time and an
increase of the fund Will be necessary.
Several of the clubs of the state are
making plans for contributing TO this
worthy cause.
Miss Norma Davis of the homo
economies department has been lcctur.
ing before III" farmers institute of
Buukcrsyilln and has formed six clubs
among the women of that district II
Is hoped that the parent teacher as
soCiation of that place will soon anili.
ate with the federation