Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-04-08
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 9 a. m.
Community House.

\ Invocation ~ Mrs. G. l.. JesSup
Presentation Of State Work-Civ-
] les, Mrs. Alex Adams, Kingsville
Food Sanitation, Mrs. X. F. Robbins,
l Cleburne.
Public Health Address. ....
Mrs. Ethel Parsons, State Dept.
Thrift Round Table c..
Miss {. NJ. McGillivray, Govern
ment w. S. Division.
Presentation of State Work-Li-
brary Extension. Mrs. n. II. jenkins,
Bastrop; Fire Prevention, Mrs. +. c.
Murray, Houston.
Adjournment.
1890, Luncheon at Country Club.
Reports Of the individual activities
Of clubs that comprise the Fifth Dis
trict and discussions of activities by
the various district chairmen com
prised the principal activities of the
morning session Of the Fifth District
4 Federation meetings. When the dele
gates had assembled Miss Anna r.
! Kelly, general chairman for the con
vention and president of the City
I Federation in Brownsville, welcomed
\ the delegates TO the city.
4 Miss Kelly told the visitors that
Brownsville had been a club town
since the late 70's when the old
Philharmonic society. the grand
mothers and grandfathers of today,
4 formed an organization and erected
the building in which the clubs were
now holding their meeting. Miss
Kelly touched on the growth Of the
organizations since that date when,
as she expressed it, Brownsville was
! 100 miles from its railroad station,
Alice.
In response Mrs. S. J. Wright Of
San Antonio spoke of the pleasure IL
was to visit town Of such historic
associations as Brownsville Fort
Brown with its "reminiscences Of Tay-
Tor. Grant and Sheridan, the battle
fields Of Palo Alto and Rcsaca dc la
Palma, Matamoros with its heroic
past, and the Magic Valley.
The Valley is magic" she said,
magic has converted the sagebrush
TO the grapefruit tree and the cactus
to the cabbage. BY your magic you
people have wrought this transforma-
ton. By the same magic you can
transport US backward TO the old port
at Brazos de Santiago, you can show
Us the old town Of Clarksville and the
city Of Bagdad wncre once hundreds
Of ships from all parts Of the world
anchored You have indeed brought
the Valley Of the Nile here to the
border in, to use the quotation from
Poe, the greenest Of our valleys, by
good angels tenanted.'
Mrs. Lille Terrell Shaver, presi-
dent Of the Fifth District outlined
the purpose Of the convention as be-
ing educational to equip them for
' greater service.
We realize that only through ed
ucation can equality or justice come
and we want to serve SO that the
teachings Of brotherly love can be en-
gendercd. Every soul has in it the
germs Of development. The task Of
I; the present generation Is 10 vitalize
talent, educate the poor and the ig-
norant TO preserve ideals, train the
youth and brighten the dar darken-
ed life. ="
Mrs. +. 7. Yates Of the credentials
committee. reported that Sc delegates
representing forty-one clubs had reg
istered and read the names of the
delegates. Mrs. Florence c. Floore
president of the Texas Federation,
responding TO request from the
floor, made a brief talk on the good
the federation would accomplish foI
its members and its communities.
Mrs Floore said that this was her
first trip 10 the Valley and that she
did not know that in Texas we had
better California than Los Angeles
fand that last night she had written
letters to North Texas describing heI
sensations at walking out into the
yard and seeing grapefruit. lemons
and dates growing and the feeling OF
pride that this is our very own
This is Texas.
Mrs. Floore told the delegates tina.