Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

The formal opening of the conven-
ton will take place Thursday night,
August %, at s o'clock, with greetings
and an address of welcome from Gov.
Theodore Christianson and Mrs. Jose.
phine Sizer.
Mrs. Eva G. Wheeler of Los An.
geles will respond to the greetings.
Mrs. ELLA Alexander BOOZE of New
York. president of the union, will de-
liver her annual message at this meet
| ing.
| General discussions of policies will
| feature the session on Friday, August
| 26, while Saturday morning will be
| devoted to routine business. In the
afternoon there win be a program of
demonstrations, followed by a recep-
ton to the delegates and visitors in
| the parlors of the First Baptist
| Church, given in honor of the national
| officers.
Several prominent speakers are on
the program for Sunday evening, In
Guiding Senator Robert l.. Owen OF
Oklahoma and DR.. w. w. Peck. gen
eral secretary, Ontario Prohibition
Union.
Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost Of Washing
ton, legislative representative OF the
union, will give her report Monday
afternoon at the same time that other
department heads review their work
and outline plans for the coming year.
Tuesday will be devoted to a bust
ness session, department reports and
the election Of delegates to the world S
w. G.. T. u. convention, to be held at
Lausanne, Switzerland, July II to
August 2. 1928.
Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads, another
Washingtonian, will appear on the pro-
gram of the final day, August 81. She
will report on the work of the depart
ment of soldiers and sailors. The con-
vention banquet will be held on the
night of the 31st at the Hotel Nicollet.
Post convention meetings of the ma.
tional executive committee and official
board will be held Thursday, Septem-
Der l.
Chairmen Of committees appointed
to handle convention plans have been
announced as follows:
General chairman-Mrs. Josephine
E. Sizer.
Associate general chairman-Mrs.
Bessie Lathe Scovell.
Chairmen local committees - Infor
nation, Mrs. Ella +. Hendrix; regis
tration, Mrs. Nella Hodge; courtesies,
Mrs. Bessie Lathe Scovell; demonstra-
tions, Mrs. Nerva +. Stairway; hotels
and housing, Mrs. Myra Griswold;
platform. Mrs. Florence Ellis; decora-
tions, Mrs. Estelle Mather: ushers,
Mrs. Bonita Bryan Freeburg; pages,
Mrs. Josephine Raft; exhibits, Mrs.
John c. Nodolf; post office, Mrs. Ida
Stretch; check room, Mrs. Ellen He
deem; telephone and telegraph, Mrs.
Stella Cussons; printing. Mrs. Lila
Matteson: pulpit supply, Mrs. Joseph
s.,N ,,cia x.kl,a
Reed: work with young people, Mrs.
Ethel Baker; reception, Mrs. Della r,
Mandigo; banquet, Mrs. Harriet G.
Mortified; train committee, Mrs. r. r.
Brockway; reserve seats, Mrs. Martha
j. Reed; emergency hospital, DR.. Mel
lie Barsness; registered nurse, Mrs.
Ethel White.
Assistance of the American Home
nomics for schools in South Africa,
in finding instructors in home eco
Economics Association has been asked
Ceylon and Turkey. One of the most
interesting Of the schools from which
the call has come is the 100-year-old
girls school in Ceylon. The Constan-
tinop1e Woman's College also needs
teachers as we'll as schools in Inanda
and Adams, South Africa.
A RESOLUTION was introduced
and passed at the farewell tea
honoring the delegates to the National
Woman's Party convention, given in
the historic garden at headquarters
last Sunday. providing that special
message be sent at once to President
Coolidge in the Black Hills, urging him
to give his utmost support to the pas
sage of the equal rights amendment
in Congress.
Stirring speeches were delivered by
feminists In support of the amend
ment. at the tea. Notable among them