Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-03-17
NEVADA FEDERATION
OF WOMAN'S CLUBS
(By Miss Clara Crisler.) }

Ido iCASiNNu d iSttNl II Oiil wi JOoici
Evans Cowles, President of the Gen
eral Federation, in which she call:
special atntion to Art. V, Seton |
OF the bylaws of the General Fedora
ton, relative to the membership o
the council which convenes in New
Orleans, April 9-l3. AS Mrs. Eli:
has received many communication:
asking for the same information, Ar
ticle V, Section |. is given here in tho
hope that it will be read by all those
desir 'ng the information.
ARTICLE V.
Section |. The Board of Directors
Past Presidents of the General Fed
Grafton of Clubs, Presidents of State
Presidents of Territorial Federations
of clubs and of kindred organizations
and Chairmen OF departments of wori
shall constitute council to conside
and promote the interests of the Gen
eral Federation of Clubs.
In the same letter Mrs. Cowle.
writes that the following topics ar
/ TO be discussed at the Council: TIL,
budget for State federations; con
solidation OF the numerous commit
tees; uniformity in the work of vari
Gus clubs: club extension; financin
] the board; reducing representation al
biennials; relation to rural clubs; ar,
biennial state meetings preferable
annual ones; weak and strong point:
of the Federation: publicity methods
| the value of director from eacl
state; the value of a monthly letter
to President OF the General Fedora
tion.
Any club woman can attend tn,
Council as visiting member, so Mrs
Ellis requests that all those desiring
to attend the Council will notify he.
at once so that they may receive the
proper credentials or visiting card>
Miss Vanderleith reports receivin;
the following sums for the Studen
Loan Fund: Pythian Sisters, Carson
City, $500: Hawthorne, $500; Custe
Relief Corps and Parent-Teachers
Association, Carson City. $500; Haw
thorne Literary Club. $500. The
Pythan Sisters of Tonopah were sen
bank at Their request. Mr.. Ed
Vanderleith, brother OF the popu
lar custodian of the Student Loai
Fund. who always coaches the stu
dents of the High School in Their
class plays. received the first fille'
Student Loan Bank from the Carson
High School students. Accompany
ing the bank was the following touch
ing letter:
Cahson City Public Schools, Car.
son City, Nevada, February 8, 1917
This little bank is sent to Mr.. Van
derleith by the Carson City Higl
School Student Association as very
small token of their appreciation o
his great loyalty and generous hell
in their educational progi ess. His in
terest in the Student Loan work Sc
splendidly carried on in this Stat'
suggested this means OF expressing
the appreciation OF the members OF
the Student Association. May thN
little bank carry its message and dc
its work. Signed, Ralph II. Cowing
President; Adelaide Humphrey, Sec
retary.
The Twentieth Century Club OF
Reno and the Goldfeld Woman's Clul
have sent in checks for $500 eacf
for the Federation treasury. Then
promptness is very much appreciated
as the money is needed to carry OF
the work of some of the department
which have been crippled severely fo'
lack OF funds.
On March 3 the board of directors
held a meeting in the Twentieth Cen
truy Club House, Reno, for the pur
pose OF discussing matters to be
brought up the council meeting
held in New Orleans, and to provide
waws and means for the compiling
and publishing of the year book
The following members of the board
were present; Mrs. Ellis. Miss Van
derleith, and Miss Crisler of Carson
City; Mrs. r. d. Eichelberger, Mrs
il. r. Meskimons, Mrs. Mand Gasoway
Mrs. +. O. Norton. Mrs. +. Norcross
Miss Flanagan. Mrs. F. Humphreys
and Mrs. ]. f. Church of Reno. Ev-
cry member present reported on the
work accomplished by her department