The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-20
WOMEN PREPARE
FFORCONvENTION
ANIMAL MEETING OF BuSi-
FIRs. WOMEN IN TAMPA NEXT
WEEK.

WEEN'
,..ord Saturday. May p and %,
'."'- ,roual convention of the State
the M ri Business and Profession
Pears club will meet in Tampa.
a. Ny..@rt3,ives of circles from all over
Rep!'s,.. are expected. The member
!ae 50 .bo - clubs in the federation
snip sa,r,e Of the brightest and most
.o-'l11-,, Florida women. The feder-
!H'e'"s s-as organized early in June. 1919,
a-p" c,s c,Dbs as charter members.
WIZ Lions based on the character,
,,:-s,ae and high moral standing,
,"' '.o ,h,s a body Of keen thinking,
NAM .s,,ol women to be reckoned with.
me-. r.. ~r,noe object of the organization
-. .5ster. forward, encourage and
Is .. Conditions tending to the better
'l-~3 advance of business and pro-
II--ssf,a.l Uomen's welfare.
~, invention, however, is not con-
- the membership. Invitations
--s be.ng issued to young women all
a. tho state TO attend the meetings.
. , brighter, healthier, happier
d. 2s.-.rtood is the goal toward which
no club will strive.
trss Ruth Rich. Women's Club edi-
. - tho Times Union of Jacksonville,
~ member of the executive board
~ +sa Florida Federation of Business
Va professional Women's clubs, will
- leading figure at the convention.
viss Rich has been prominent in club
--,~t and the woman's suffrage move
wv in the state and to her is due
-,,,rn credit for the successful consum-
lion of the state federation.
The program for the convention,
a.es-ad by committees from the Bust
~.ss and Professional Women's Club
avid the Business Girls Club of the Y.
" c. A., provides not only for bust
ness sessions but also for several recre-
a,icr features. The Tampa club women
| bone 10 make this meeting a red letter
OCCASION in the history of Florida's fed
GRAFTON.
The convention will convene Friday
morning at 10 o'clock on the third floor
Of the City Hall, following an executive
meeting Mrs. c. E. Patillo will deliver
The invocation, followed by addresses
Of welcome by Miss Mary Hopson
president of the Business Girls Club OF
Inc Y. W. c. A. and Mrs. Nellie H. Mac
tarlane president of the Business and
Professional Womens Club of Tampa.
| The response will be given by Miss Lii
Ia NJ. White, president Of the Florida
Federation Of Business Women's clubs
The Business Girls Club will be hos
zzI=
luncheon at the Y. w. c. A. Friday
afternoon, the main speaker of the con-
yention, Miss Lena Maidesden Phillips
executive secretary, National Fedora
ton of Business and Professional
Womens Clubs, will be heard
At p. m. a banquet will be given
at the Hillsboro under the joint aus
pices Of the two Tampa clubs.
The last business session Of the con-
vention will be held Saturday morning
at which the state officers will be elect
| ed and the next convention city Sc
lected.
The Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club will entertain the delegates
with luncheon at the Tea Cup, Satur-
day at . o'clock, after which the Bust
ness Girls Club has arranged for an
automobile tour of the city ending at
Ballast Point where the other club will
close the entertainment with a garden
party.
The committees in charge of the
convention are as follows:
Business and Professional Woman's
club: Miss Maud Beech, chairman;
Mrs. Ruth w. Atkinson, Mrs. Kate Fer
rs Miss Grace Lay, Mrs. Nellie H
Nacfarlane, president.
BUSINESS Girls club Of the 7. W. C
a; Miss Louette, chairman; Miss rJes-
Sic Wauchope, Miss Edith Price, Miss
Jane Blackburn, Miss Mary Hopson
| president)
registration headquarters, board OF
raae rooms, first floor, city hall.
"hen? AS soon as you arrive
"Opens 1880 Friday morning,.
U1ncIal hotel, DeSoto hotel. Marion
and Zack SITS.
BUSINESS sessions, council chamber
tArd floor city hall.
>, events informal All social events OF
'"g convention are informal.
FOR general Information phone reg.
"ca.loA headquarters, No. 4333.
g. oH4cers' headquarters, board. of pub
~ WORKS room, third floor city hall, ad.
''H-Ag council chamber.
finally DECIDE THAT