Evening star., 1926-10-17

Stevens; second vice president, Mrs
F. c. Brindley; third vice president
Mrs. c. H. Filley; fourth vice presi
dent, Mrs. r. S. Whaley: treasurer
Mrs. N. M. Minnix; recording secre
tary. Mrs. Edward Norwood; CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. Roberta
Thomas.
A membership committee was ap
pointed, with Mrs. kernodle. chair
man. and Mrs. Riordan was appointed
chairman of the hospitality commit
tee. Delegates were chosen for the
coming District convention. and a
short social hour was enjoyed.
Chaplin Union, w. c. T. T., held its
October meeting at headquarters and
elected officers: President. Mrs. Fran
ces ST. Clair; vice president, Mrs. 7.
A. Williams; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Luther Pettus; recording secre-
tary. Mrs. Susan P Richards: treas
urer. Miss A. NJ Nichols: auditor,
Miss L. I. Weightman. Directors
Americanization. Mrs. Sally Gates;
circulation official organs. Miss
Weightman: evangelist. Miss Weight.
man; literature, Miss Nichols: music.
Mrs. Williams; parliamentary usage
Mrs. Williams: press, Susan p. Rich
Mrs. Bonner; Sunday school. Mrs.
Anna Barnhart: flower mission. Mrs.
James Tibetts; medal contest. Mrs. P.
w. Keyes. A memorial service was
held for Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton,
who was District president Is years.
Many testimonials were given of her
life, so devoted to the cause OF
temperance.
The Montgomery County Fedora
tiOn of WOmen's Clubs met in execu-
tive session Tuesday at the Mont
gomery Country Club in Rockville.
The day was devoted to the discussion
of plans for the semi-annual meeting
to be held in Rockville at the court
house on November l, and to the
reading of chairmen's reports Of the
work to be undertaken in the county
this year by the federation. Two new
chairma nships were created and desig-
mated as American citizenship and
international relations. Mrs. Peter
Remsen has been invited to take the
Craftsmanship Of American citizenship
and to work in cooperation with the
chairman Of a similar committee in
the State federation. Mrs. William
C. Dennis Of Chevy Chase has been
appointed to the craftsmanship OF
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report her plans at the next meeting.
The reports of committee chairmen
were especially instructive. Mrs.
Lewis w. Call chairman of library
extension, spoke briefly on the need
Of more libraries in the county and
outlined her plans for the coming
year.
Mrs. Ivan Weld, chairman Of edu.
cation. said that she had had a meet.
ing Of the chair1nen Of education Of
individual clubs in the federation and
had invited the superintendent OF
schools to be present. One important
point brought out at that meeting was
the matter Of school attendance. Mrs.
Weld said that she felt that this was
the parents problem, because, per-
haps in many instances, the parent
did not fully realize the necessity Of
perfect school attendance. And the
education committee this year will
stress 100 per cent school attendance
arb make 1t the goal Of the COM
mittee's endeavors. The problem Of
health was also brought up, as was
the fact that the kindergarten move
ment has gotten well started in the
county.
There is a great need, Mrs. Weld
said, for reference and class books in
school libraries, and also for copies Of
Nature Magazine. Speaking Of the
problem of the rural teacher, she said
that she felt that they were neglected,
and that that was the reason for the
difficulty of keeping good teachers in
the rural schools. If they were given
social advantages and made a part Of
the community. instead of separate
from it, she felt that this would go
far toward solving the problem.
Miss Annie Wilson, chairman Of
fine arts, announced the appointment
of two sub-chairmen for literature and