The Winslow mail., 1926-10-29
CLUB WOMEN OF
NORTHERN DIST.
ENJOY 2 DAY MEET

A district convention, which was
pronouncedone of the most success
ful in the history of Women's clubs
of Northern Arizona, was the Min
tn District Convention held in Pres
colt, Friday and Saturday, October
% and %. Approximately seventy
five delegates and officers, repre-
senting ten out Of the eleven clubs
in Northern Arizona, were present,
and included in the names OF dele
gates were those OF several state
officers and national chairmen. -,
From the first evenings. progrlljsa.
at the Prescott High school. l|lIU
day evening, to the closing bai
quet, at which 1870 club women Aai,
on Saturday evening, the @fltflG
convention was a decided suctsEss
and the general theme Of Iq'he
American Home was brought to
a fitting close, when club women
Of the past and present genera
ton, eulogized the American woman
and her relation to the home.
The first program, open to the
public, was presented to a full
house at the high school auditor
ium. Several beautiful musical
numbers and a reading, Hanging
of the Crane," were included, an
interesting address by Mrs. Estelle
Aubrey Brown of Prescott, on PRO
fessional Courtesy" was discussed
in a most efficient and clever man
ner The Introduction of profess
sional courtesy III women's organi-
zations, was talked about and tho
speaker urged this courtesy to q
greater extent, and the laying aside
of petty selfishness.
The evenings entertainment was
closed with two one-act plays, pre-
sented by the Clarkdale club nat
met with much approval
The Saturday morning session
opened promptly at nine o'clock,
the principal address on the pro-
gram being that of the presiding
officer and president of the North
ern District, Mrs w c. Todt. Mrs.
Todt took as her subject, the gen
eral one Of the convention, and dis
cussed Building a Home" ID her
charming manner, she brought in
to her talk excecpts from inter
views and from The pen, of noted
men and women of the day Fol
lowing the very interesting address.
club women were. convinced that
the home of today, with it's aids
to labor, comfort, sanitation, and
presided over by the housewife, who
has had the opportunity to learn
how to run a home in more cf
ficient manner, is much better than
the home Of the past generation.
generally termed the good old
days." in spite of statements made
to the contrary. She urged the en-
couragement of family relationship
and the need of high class liter
ature, art and the use of good Ian
guage in the home.
An interesting feature OF the
mornings program was the report
given by the president or dele
gate from each of the clubs in the
northern district. These articles
brought to light the work being
done in each little community and
the good derived from each under
taking
A reception was given two new,
ly Federated clubs, the Montezuma
Castle Community club, of Caml.
Verde and the Oak Creek clus.
Each has accomplished much dur-
ing its brief existence and repr2-.
sentatiyes were highly compliments
ed on their feats in community
work.
A very interesting paper and one
which received many favorable
comments from delegates and mem~
bers present, was the one on Sci
ence in the Home" given by Mrs.
V. M. Slipher of Flagstaff. The
article gave very interesting sta
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