Malvern daily record., 1917-10-18
COUNTRY CLUB HOLDS
 OPENING MEETING

Mrs. E. H Vance entertained the first fall meeting of the Country Club We'd nesday afternoon On account of much business to be transacted the program was thereby shortened The Club ladies were much gratified to learn that all bills for material and labor for the construction of the pa- villion and seats, for the Court Square had been fully paid. Mrs. Hannum read a letter addressed to the club members urging personal service in carrying out the instructions of MT. Hoover in the matter of saving food. If we did not render more self-sacri- fieing personal service, we would not be very much more fortunate than the women of other fighting nations, now are.
 Mesdames E. H. Vance and F. H. Mccormack were elected delegates to the annual State Convention in Fort Smith, Oct. 30, to Nov. 2, inclusive.
 After response to roll call-"Sum- mer "Reminiscences" the president, Mrs. P. s. Garden gave the address of welcome. At the conclusion of the program delicious luncheon was served by the hostess.
 The address of welcome, delivered by the President of the Club, Mrs. P. s. Garden, was as follows:
 Dear Club Members :-
 We have passed another mile stone in club work, and are again assembled together to offer greetings and good wishes. From Sunny California. from Florida to Maine the same echo of good wishes are waited through the atmosphere Of this dream-lit womanhood, this sister band that knows no north, no south, no east, no west, in this great work of uplift, and human betterment. Ideals are like stars. We may never be able to touch them with our hands, but like the sea-farng man on the desert of wat CTS, we may choose them as our guide and following them reach our destiny. Having these kigh ideals for our club. let us follow them and make our work of the very highest character. We do not want any stiffness or formality, but just family reunion, where we all come together for mutual benefit.
 Let everyone come radiating good Will and helpfuuness, and this air permeate each meeting. May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face without self pity and pre- judice, never be hasty in judgment and always generous. May we real ize it is the little things that create differences; that in the big things of life we are as one. The object of the federated club, is to promote mutual helpfulness, just as my own sister and 1 would help one another Help the nf bn foz. living far in the country with no way to get from her home, and whose life is a ceaseless round of toll with not even the contact with other wom- en and to whom community club would be an oasis in the desert of her isolated life The time has passed when an argument of Wom- ans Club IS necessary. It's worth to the individual woman and society has been fully demonstrated over and over again also to broader and more useful life, and school to those of limited education. It has trained wom- en to think for themselves and the tinid to speak and to measure life by service, not how happy they may be, but how useful. Club Women 1t Is said are the best home makers and devoted wives and mothers. One great purpose of the women of the federation is education of public opin- ion, by joining hands with the clubs in carrying on campaigns of education. In the school they work for health in- spection, classes in manual training and domestic science. For the use of schools as community centers, where the people can come together for dis cussion of matters of general con- cern. The spirit of federation is to work for a common cause, the better ment of conditions under which men, women and children live and work. We may expect few cases of wom- en who have become so accustomed to the grind that they never think of better things, but will resent and effort to help them to brighter and happier