Williams news., 1922-04-14
MRS. CURETON ELECTED (Continued from first page)

My hostess told me Tn an apOlO-
 getic way that Oatman had no
 Woman's Club-only Bridge
 Club. Whereupon I answer
 ed that a Bridge Club was very
 good for their society life but
 they ought also to have a
 Woman's Club. I thought
 within myself that if the women
 of Oatman knew what lavish
 entertainment had been heap
 ed upon us for the last three
 days that they would immed-
 lately form a Woman's Club
 join with the Federation.
 "Peope like to speak of the things they are interested in
 and now as the newly elected State President of Women's
 Clubs, the thing which is upper most in my mind is the Fedora ton.
 "We have listened to the gentlemen on the platform talk shop for the last few minutes so I will ask the indulgence of the audience for about three min utes while I speak on the sub ject of Federation"
 'No doubt>the people of Oat- man have heard the word Fed eration" several times since the arrival of the delegates, and no doubt they would like for us to tell them the meaning of the term.
 Mrs. Thomas Winter, Pres. of the General Federation, has
 defined Federation as a burn ing glass that gathers all the rays of the individual clubs. | We might carry the metaphor farther and say that these con- centrated rays burn a great spot in our memory and when we return home those about us catch the reflected light and we ,all it inspiration.
 "We often hear the question What do we get out of the Eederation"? II
 First of all we get infor- nation and assistance regard ng our line of work, we get an exchange of ideas. We have he opportunity of belonging to he largest organization of in the world, and more han that we have the oppOr- unity of working in this orga- ization.
 "One of the greatest social or forces in the world is 1orking togtther for common ' ause. Isn't that what we are = oing now? When we work ,gether we become close f .iends and comrades. One ' f the finest things we get from V Federation is the friendships f e make. We know the State etter and the people in the ate by attending these Con- entions. c
 Instead of the question 0 What do we get out of the should like to tbstitute the question, What A m we give to the Fedora = on?" We can give our most Z .rnest endeavor to make our ~ ub better than ever before. o e can only do our best thru S We hear a great al about cooperation these lys, it is very easy to preach F. 1t not so easy to practice.
 'tNow and then the State . .deration officers receive ord that some small club has sbanded or become inactive. hat happened? Mrs. A iticised Mrs. B. Mrs B not ing able to withstand the e criticism and go on with her ,rk, resents what Mrs. A has i'd. 1t follows that one fac n is pitted against another d the club falls.
 "Then there is the question
 personal dislikes. Mrs. c es not like Mrs. D's style of ess or her manner of speech. gre is where toleration comes
 It is a long hard lesson, learn to work in an organiz- on but it is a lesson that must
 learned to insure fruitful eff t. In the case of large lbs altho lack of cooperation s a baneful effect, yet there ? enough who agree, to hold } club together.
 Tn summing up we might 7 that hard work, coopera- n and toleration are the pes for the future." After this the delegates were