The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-06-07
THIRD AND LAST CALL.

THIRD AND LAST CALL.
To- the Biennial Meeting Of the
Northwestern Federation of Coored
| @ Women's Clubs.
June 1, 1919.
, Dear Co-Workers:
l am sending to you the final call
for your representation at the col
| ored Women's Clubs to be held in the
new Court House at Grand Forks,
N. D., July 1, and 3, 1919.
1t has only needed the call to serve,
to bring the spontaneous answer from
Arizona in the Southwest to Ohio in
the East, including Iowa, Illinois, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Wisconsin, Wyoming and Dakota, all
planning to send delegates to. this
most important and OppOrtune meet
ing.
Alive to the issues of the day, and
hearts to the needs of the hour, we
are preparing to come together and
| by united effort as the Northwestern
Federation of Colored Women's Clubs,
advance the work of our women,
strengthen organization and be potent
factors in this reconstruction period.
Each representation may have an
hour on the program. We shall mingle
strenuous labor with the delights Of
| vacation trip to the most magni-
ficent wonder spots of this country
and unexcelled by any abroad, Glacier
National Park, Montana. We will
stop at all principal cities, travelling
via The Great Northern from st. Paul
| and returning through Montana, wy
oming, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and
| Illinois, giving the message we have
to carry.
If you, dear co-worker, cannot join
us, see to it that you have representa-
| ton. If you are to pass drought St.
| Paul on your way to Grand Forks,
please write to Mrs. E. H. Maxwell,
| president Minnesota F. G. w. c., AT
| ONCE. Write Mrs. Bessie E. Turpin,
1907 18th Ave., Grand Forks, N. D., for
| placement. DO 1T NOW.
The present year is the most i'm
| portant in the history of women's or
CARNATIONS. We are expecting you
! to be with us. The women of Grand
Forks and its entire citizenship are
| sparing no pains to make this event
memorable. They are noted for their
| hospitality. It is offered to you free
of charge. They will be disappointed
if you are not represented by a dele
cation from your organization. Be one
! of them. Keep the time, place and op-
portunity in mind and let us hear from
you again and frequently. If you have
overlooked writing, don't delay. Do it
now.
Faithfully your for grasping oppor-
tunities to serve,
JOANNA ;sNOWDEN-PORTER,
President,
1902 Rhodes Ave.,
Chicago.
MINNIE M SCOTT,
Chairman Executive Board
NOTES OF THE SECOND Bl-EN.
NAL MEETING.
Of the Northwestern Federation of
CoIored Women's Clubs.
BY President Joanna Snowden-Porter,
Chicago, Illinois,
Miss Halle @. Brown, vice president
at large of the N. A.-C. W., will pass
through Chicago on her way to the
convention of the Northwestern Fed
GRAFTON of Colored Women's Clubs.
which will be held in the Farmers
Room of the New Court House at
Grand Forks, N. D., July 1, 2, and 8,
1919.
Mrs. Minnie M. Scott will represent
Ohio at the Northwestern Federation
c: W. G. at Grand Forks, N. D., she
Will stop over in Chicago on her way
Northwest: Mrs. Scott is past presi-
dent of the Ohio Federation and chair
man on the Executive Board Of the
Northwestern.
Mrs. M. Moseley Withers, the tai
ented young woman of Minneapolis,
who is deputy organizer for the North
western F. G. w. c., has injected so
much enthusiasm into the work, that
the federation is steadily growing, and
1t was through her efforts that such
an ideal meeting place was secured.
Wisconsin delegates to the North
western Federation Convention will
join delegates from Chicago and points
east, at Milwaukee: The delegates
will be the guests Of the Minnesota
Federation c.. w. G. at their annual
meeting June 25th and Goth, Mrs.
Clara Montgomery, will be the dele
gates from the Phyllis Wheatley Art
Club of Milwaukee and Mrs. Mary
Roach.
Arrangements are about completed
for the convention Of the Northwest
ern Federation of G. w. G.. at Grand
Forks, N. D., under the able supervi-
sion Of Mrs. Bessie E. Turpin of that
city. She has been able to bring to
her aid a large number of the most
prominent people o. the city, among
them Mayor H. M. Wheeler, Hon.
Tracey R. Bangs, noted attorney of
the Northwest, Hon. J. B. Wineman,
former states attorney and DR.. Nellie