Arizona republican., 1922-02-26
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE STATE FEDERATION or CLUBS.

The annual meeting OF the Arizona
| Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher associations will be held
March 1926, plans for which are be-
| ing perfected by the committees in
charge. The presence of Mrs. Milton
F. Higgins, national president, is
serving as an inspiration to the
members in making arrangements for
the most notable gathering of the
kind ever held in Phoenix. Hereto
fore the annual conference has ex-
tended over a one day period, opening
with a social function the night pre-
ceding the session, but the work has
grown to such an extent that the ten
tative program calls for three days
session with additional sectional
meetings.
The headquarters OF the Congress
will be at the Adams hotel and the
morning of the opening day will be
given over entirely to business. In
the afternoon a reception will be Civ
en- at the Woman's club in compli-
ment to Mrs. Higgins. There will be
an open meeting at the high school
that evening while on the following
day two important sectional meet
ings will be held. Mrs. z. NJ. Smeet,
first vice president OF the Congress,
will preside at one of the meetings
given over to the activities of the
Congress and the associations affili-
ated with it, Other discussions will
have to do with child welfare, juven-
lie courts, university extension course
work, Boy Scouts, Girl Reserves and
Juvenile musical clubs. The other
sectional meeting win be presided
over by Mrs. Otto Tusckha of Globe.
second president, and will be de-
voted to Parent Teacher Association
Mechanics" with discussions on or
ganization, efficiency finances. prog
ress, press and publicity, while CO.
operation between school and homes
and church and school will also be
featured.
That evening a banquet will be
given at the Adams hotel at which
prominent speakers will give address
on subjects of interest to. the organ
ization. The closing day of the ses-
sion will be noted for election Of Of
ficers while unfinished and new busi-
ness will be included on the calendar,
The meeting will be presided over
by Mrs. John Langdon of Clemen-
ceau, president of the Congress.
Following the Better Speech pro-
gram presented by the applied educa-
tion department of the Osborn Wom-
ans club Tuesday afternoon all
mothers of the district are asked TO
meet in the interests of child well
fare. The hour has been set for $3.50
o'clock.
A talk on "Finaneial Conditions"
by w. II. Thomson of the Phoenix
National Bank will feature the meet
ing of the Osborn Woman's club
which will be held Wednesday after
noon. A reading by Mrs. H. C.
Lockett and a group of songs by
Mrs. Doane Merrill will be other de-
lightful features. The reception and
house committee will be presented
by Mrs. c. c. JOY and Mrs. NJ. Finn,
while the hostesses for the afternoon
will include Mrs. Emil Johnson Mrs.
Fred JOY, Mrs. A. Jakabi, Mrs.
George Judson, Mrs. j. f. Johnson,
Mrs. W. H. Knox and Mrs. A. II.
Lawrence.
The Daughters OF the American
Revolution at the annual conference
Thursday reviewed the activities Of
the organization for the past two
years and planned for the future in
CluOlIlS Ill AlS pIOSA dii a NohNhihd~iSAt
of the Americanization work and
carrying on the splendid patriotic en-
deavor for which IL organized. The
meeting was featured by the address
made by Governor Thomas Il. Camp
bell. while the report of the state
regent, Mrs. Hoval Smith Of Warren,
was of interest to the Daughters in
that il covered the activities of the
Daughters here in their work among
those suffering from tuberculosis,
while its various other endeayors was
touched upon. Mrs. Smith announced
that the Sons of the American Revo-
luton had pledged 800 to the
Daughters toward fencing the graves
of the Oatman family, pioneers.
whose resting place near Oatman is
unmarked.
The Daughters, IN response to
plea by Director General Rountree of