Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-12
Executive Body
Of Maine BPW Holds
Meeting at Gardiner

Twenty members Of the State
Board of the Maine Federation OF
Business and Professional Women's
Club met in executive session at the
Gardiner Club rooms Saturday at
which time plans for the State con-
vention to be held at Houlton, May
20 and % were discussed at some
length and a tentative program of
speakers and meetings was announc-
ed. Representatives of various Clubs
throughout the State including,
Houlton. Portland, Waterville. Au-
gusta, and other nearby places.
At Saturdays session the name of
Mrs. Sarah Latin Hammons, former
president of the Belfast B. z. w.
Club was accepted as nominee for
the office of president of the State
Federation. Following the morning
session lunch was served to the visl-
tors at the Johnson House, the hos
liability committee from the local
club consisting of Miss Julia Clason,
Mrs A. r. Carter. Miss Alice ID. w.
White, and Mrs. Edith Barber.
The program as announced for the
State convention will be featured. by
the presence of the National EXecu-
tive Secretary, Miss Emma Dot
Partridge, who will probably be
heard on Friday evening, May rs.
The convention viii lopen with reg
istration and an formal session at
nine o'clock Friday morning. Lunch
con will be served at one o'clock.
Welcoming messages to the new
clubs of the Federation will be given
by Miss Mabel S. Merrill of the Lew
iston Club, and a delegate from each
of the new clubs will respond. Mem
bers are anticipating the luncheon
speaker. Mrs. Allen Libby Eastman,
of Sanford, who assisted in the or
ganization of the Gardiner Club. Her
talk will be concerning her recent
trip to Greece where she was sent to
audit the books of the Woman's Hos
pital.
AT tho afternoon session the dele
gates will be welcomed by the Presi-
dent of the Houlton Club and the
mayor of Houlton. Miss Flora +.
Weed, State president will deliver
the annual presidents address at this
period.
Mrs. Jennie Flood. Kreger of Wa
terville will act as toastmistress at
the evening banquet at which prin-
sipal speakers will be Judge Charles
2. Barnes of Houlton. DR.. Clarence
Colvin, dean of women at the Idli-
Versity of Maine, and Mrs. Florence
a. Stevens, a member of the city
council of Portland.
Other speakers who will be heard
from during the convention will be
the various chairmen of standing
committees, these will include. Miss
Mary Arleite Penney of Portland who
will talk in the interests of The IN
dependent Woman Miss Tesera
Mclean of Portland, chairman of the
State Emblem committee; Miss Mar
.aleu Chase of SkoWhegan, one of tne
editors of the Pine Cone, the ofticia!
State publication, and Miss Helen
Havener of Portland, who will be
heard in the interests of the Ma
tional Convention at Des Moines this
summer. An interesting State wade
cotest to select the Club which has
been most successful soliciting sub
scriptions to the National Magazine
during the year has been conducted
! and at this time an appropriate
| trophy will be awarded to the Win
ing CLUB.
Evidence that interest in emblems
will be stimulated was manifested al
Saturdays meeting by the offer OF
! Miss Weed. The state president tc
! put up a trophy to go to the Clut
offering the most emblems. The
! ItSlS ia ZION VI MIS-. IIiieiI I-IbpN i@d9t
man as organization chairman was
! accepted at the meeting, and -heI
| work will be carried on by an APP
! pointee of the president.
| The National convention at Des
! Moines. IoMas was discussed. and il
was urged that Maine send a large
delegation. The suggestion of ad
Nertising Maine products was re-
! ceived, and plans made fer the pro
! ject.
The guests were enthusiastic IL
| their praise of the work accomplish
| ed by the local club in the short
! space of time in which it has exist
| cd. and declared the Club rooms tC
| be among the best in the State. The
| rooms were made even more pleas
ant by several bouquets the gift OF
| the Gardiner Flower shop. The
meeting adjourned in the afternoon
after "a most interesting and profit
| able session.
| The Free Baptist and Randolph NJ
| E. churches were once more crowded
to capacity on Sunday evening wher
| the pageants presented by cast OF
evening were repeated by request
| Several innovations were introduced
at the Free Baptist church, the pa
geant being the work of the pastor
of the church. Easter music was re-
peated in several of the other church
es in the city at the Sunday services
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There will be special convocatlon