The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-04
NEW CLUB RE-
GENTLY ORGANIZED

Yesterday afternoon at a meeting
held in the Public Library, Business
and Professional Woman's Club fol
Valley City was organized by twenty
of the business and professional wo'
men of the city. Plans were made TO,
a supper and meeting to be held Tues.
day evening at the Rudolf Hotel, al
$3.50 o'clock to which all Of the bust.
ness and professional women Of the
city are invited. Mrs. Agnes Rex OF
Grand Forks, well known club wo.
man of the state, who is president OF
the state federation, and national vice
president for. North Dakota, is ex,
pected to be present at that meeting
to address the women on the purpose
and value of a local club. An inter
esting program of two minute talks
will be given by some Of the local wo-
men interested in promoting the club
after which a business meeting will
be held to elect officers and transact
necessary business of organization,
Tickets for the supper may be obtain
ed at cost of fifty cents per plate
Any woman in Valley City interested
in such club is invited to attend this
meeting. Reservations for plates must
be made not later than ten o'clock
sharp, Tue I lay morning by telephon-
ing Miss Mertice Jobe, residence phone
623J,-office phones 202, or Monday
evening at the ticket Office Of the
Grand Theatre, phone SCI.
The local club will become affiliated
with the state and national federation
of Business and Professional Woman's
Clubs. The federation is non-political,
non-sectarian, and self-supporting. Its
object is to promote the interests of
business and professional women; to
increase fellowship among women; to
encourage an interchange of ideas; to
gather and distribute information con-
cerning opportunities. and handicaps
affecting them. and to spend the pow
erful force of the organization towards
the advancement of business and pro-
fessional women as we'll as woman
kind in general.
The National Federation of Busi-
ness and Professional Women's Clubs
was perfected in St. Louis in July of
last year, at meeting attended by
more than 200 voting delegates rep
resenting 43 states. Among the wo-
men present more than forty vocations
were represented. There were doc
tors, lawyers, newspaper and maga-
zine women, teachers, social workers,
women representing banking, bonds
insurance and other kinds Of sales
manship, and many other interesting
kinds of work. Miss Gail Laughlin of
San Francisco, lawyer of national
reputation, and a woman of sterling
qualities, was elected national prest-
dent Other women on the executive
board are highly specialized and have
won great prominence in their respec,
tive lines. The national headquarters
have been established in New York
City, through which the program of
the federation is administered.
This is movement of democracy
among business and professional wo-
men. Its opportunities and RESPONSE
bilities are for them. Through it's
powerful membership among the thir-
teen million business and Professional
women of the United States the fed
Grafton will be able to do and undo
many things for the welfare of women
and children.
All active business and professional
women in Valley City are eligible to
membership, and an invitation is ex-
tended to other women interested in
the organization to attend the meet.
ing on Tuesday evening. Judging
from the interest displayed at the pre-
liminary meeting held on Sunday, and
the plans discussed the local club will
he a live Orpanization