Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-26
DONATIONS MADE
To WHITE RIBBON
SCHOOL At BELEN
Frances Willard Industrial
Home Receives Gifts From
State Unions; DR.. VaIeria
Parker Is Coming.


4 gift az Sl0G.3S has been sent
in from Estaucia to the Frances
willard school for guls at Belen
ana another gift Of $Sf has been
received from the local union at
Mountaiuair, by Mrs p. a. Porter
field, treasurer Of the Albuquerque
union. Since its establishment the
school has attracted attention in
The eastern states and has re-
ceiyed not a little publicity
"The White Ribbon Banner" of
Scotland Conn, says:
Or, Naleria II. Parker is the new
director of the department of So
Cial morality Of the National Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union.
DR.. Parker has already established
for herself an enyiable reputation
as a work in the field of social
morality and comes to the w. c.
r. L. with a rich fund of expert
ence coupled with a great enthu-
siasm for work.
Among the variety of activities in
this department Of W. c. r. L.
work is the building and furnishing
Of the set of buildings whose con
structiOn has begun at Beien, n. NJ.
where the Frances +. willard
school for girls is being estab-
lished.
This school supplies vocational
as wen as academic training for
dependent girls 1t has all the ia
ciiities for teaching various phases
of agricultural work as well as for
the domestic and industrial train
ing needed to fit the pupils to be
come self-supporting and self-re-
Spccting citizens
Relen is the junction point of the
two railway systems i'm New Mex
leo and has a promising future be-
fore it. The prospects Of the new
school, built and founded by the
National W. c. r. L. and named in
honor of the founder of the great
temperance organization, the
Frances f.. willard school for girls,
are likew Sc bright. 1t furnishes a
fertile field for work among
young women in need of help!
ing hand,
The Flying Squadron Of W. C.
r. L. speakers which will come
here on February 2S will he
headed by DR.. Valera Parker, who
has succeeded Mrs. Gertrude Mar
tin as head of the department UNI
der which the Belen school oper-
atcs, and who will be remembered
from here visit here last year. Dr.. |
Parker will send few days in adj |
vance her assistant, Martha ?. |
FalcCncr. to visit the school and ,
organic" pans for work when the |
larger building and larger enroll
ment are ready.
Among the speakers will be Mrs |
Frances =. Parks, national COrre-
slUnding secretary, and head Of |
the organization department.; Mrs I,
Cul'a Vayinger head of Americana !
cations department.; Mrs. Eliza !
beth Perkins head Of child vel |
fare departments; Mrs. Deborah |
Knox Livingston. department of
Christian citizenship; Mrs. L. o.
Middleton. director scientific tenn |
peranCe instructions; Mrs. Maude |
Perkins, national secretary of the
young peoples branch; Miss Mon !
tana Hastings, director of child |
welfare for New Mexico. will coma
down from Santa Fe to take part in
the program,
Denver will he the center Of the |
southwestern regional conference |
to be held by the w. c. T. L, for |
three days beginning March /. and
all state superintendent and Off |
GERS are urged to attend if posi-
BILE.