The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12

board of directors of the Nevada
Federation of Women's Clubs on
Jan. IL, at the Twentieth Century
club Reno. Any club desiring to
bring communications before that
body will address the same to the
corresponding secretary Miss Rose
Stewart, Carson City.
The General Federation magazine
has been purchased by the General
Federation and Miss Helen Louise
johnson, formerly chairman of
home economics (under Mrs. Pen
~nybacker) is to be the editor.
Mrs. Webb, chairman of social
and industrial conditions has resign
ed and Mrs. Wilkerson of Shreve-
port, La, is her successor.
The civil service department of
the General Federation announces
valuable pamphlets: Protect the
Boys at the Front and the Girls at
I1OUuc, 1NcWSI NlCtHOuo " SttAl
Service Examinations" THE Com
mon Sense of Civil Service" Get
them from Mrs. Frederick Cole,
chairman, University, Omaha, Neb.
The art department booklet on
Sketches of American Artists"
may be procured by application to
the chairman, Mrs. Cyrus Perkins,
1927 Washington ST., Grand Rapids,
Mich.
A lengthy list of leaflets or must
cal subjects has been issued by the
music department, and are to be
had by sending for them, to the
chairman of the department, Mrs.
William Steele, Sedalia, Mo. The
legislative department has issued a
leaflet containing a reference list
on legislation concerning women.
Write to Miss Mary Wood, $50
Archay Building, N. Y.
Mrs. P. H. McCarren of Carson
City has been appointed chairman
of music. Mrs. Lloyd B.. Thomas
the former head of the department
having taken up her residence in
California. Mrs. McCarren is a
musician of marked ability and a
very ardent student of the piano.
The Woman's Civic Improvement
-r.A 80 0uI4n1y hanoD hnIdfn n
regular meetings in Sept. At the
first meeting Mrs. H. E. Burnett,
presented a splendid paper on "Our
Community. Its Needs and how
Our Club Can Meet Them" A
Liberty Bond was purchased in Oc-
tober and on Nov. 2S Thanksgiving
was observed by a very interesting
paper on that subject by Mrs. B. B.
Goodman also a paper by Mrs. R. ],
Person, the subject being THE
Purchase of the Danish West In
dies"
Mrs. B. E. Stocker lately appoint
ed General Federation state secre-
tary, requests that the secretary OF
each federated club send her a re-
port on what her club is doing in
the interest of the Red Cross. Mrs.
Stoker's address Is Lovelock, New.
The first meeting of the Mesquite
club for the year 1917-191S was
held in October. 1t was a lun-
cheon and the menu was strictly a
war menu" Mrs. Brookman the
president, presided and after her
address introduced the following
ladies': Mrs. Stewart, acting presi-
dent. who pledged the loyalty of
the club to the new head; Mrs. c.
C. Corkhill, who spoke on Red Cross
work; Mrs. C. P. Ball, the new vice.
president and chairman of program,
who outline the years work; Mrs.
C. P. Squires, who talked OF the
War Libraries and the Student
Loan Fund" and Mrs. Phillips,
county agent of the department of
university extension who spoke on
Home Economics and Conserva-
ton"
1.-THE club will devote one meet
ing each month to Red Cross work.
Five dollars were donated to the
war library fund. The second meet
ing was devoted to a Red Cross pro-
gram which was listened to while
the nimble fingers of the members
sewed for the soldiers. A lawn fete
given under the supervision of Mes
danes Martin, Schuyler and viii
liams netted a goodly sum to the
Student Loan fund.
The last meeting of the Tween
tieth Century club, Reno, was Civ
en- over to the Arts and Crafts club
Mrs. F. o. Norton chairman AND