Evening star., 1927-12-04

date for this office. and the fact that
| she is a Maryland woman will mean a
great deal to the clubwomen of the
| State should she be successful in
winning this high office. And the
support Of every clubwoman in the
county and State is being urged to
make this possibility a. reality.
| Miss Moore also announced, with
deep regret, the resignation of the
! Woman's Club of Poolesville from
| the federation and stated that this
+ club had dissolved.
| The subject of the State fedora
ton paper was mentioned and an ap-
| peal again made for subscriptions.
! The paper has now been distributed
| throughout the State and the clubs
! are urged to support 1t by getting as
many subscriptions as possible.
Mrs. F. l.. Thomas, treasurer, re-
ported that there Is now $S16 in the
county loan scholarship fund, and
| that recently 1853 was turned over
to the social service from the clubs.
Mrs Archibald Small, past president.
| is now the custodian of the history.
which has been in the possession of
| Mrs. Eliza Bennett Hartzhorn, and
| intends to continue its compilation.
Mrs. Ivan Weld. chairman of edu-
| cation, stressed the need for the sup
| port of the Red Cross campaign now
! being carried on throughout the
county. She brought out the fact
| that one-half of the money collected
! in the county by the Red Cross stays
| in the county. And the Red Cross
has agreed to use this money in
| nutrition work and the maintenance
! of health centers throughout the
| county. thus continuing the work
started by the federation last year.
In her report. she also mentioned
three books recommended by Mr..
Broome, for study on the subject of
| education, Education and the Good
| Life" Dean Martins Meaning of n
Liberal Education" and DIR. II. s.
Miller's Creative Living" Mrs. Weld
also mentioned the art exhibit now
being shown throughout the county,
and the dates and places of these eX-
hibits may be had on request to her.
Mrs. George w. Morey reported on
the Legislative program of the General
Federation and said that these pro-
gri1ms had gone out to the club chair
men for individual club study and
action. Miss Annie Wilson gave her
usual interesting report, and Mrs.
Peters reported on the play contest
recently conducted in the county.
Mrs. Fl. B. Humphrey spoke on the
subject Of the Capper-Ketchem bill:
and also extended an invitation to
hear DIR. Thomas Walton Galloway,
author of "Parenthood and Character
Training" lecture at the Takoma
Park Library, December 6, at 2 pm.
At the semiannual meeting Of the
federation in Rockville last month,
number Of leaflets were given out by
the Social Service League. and Mrs.
Bowman again brought a supply with
her and urged their distribution
throughout all clubs in the county.
Mrs. Earl w. Chafee, chairman of
the endowment fund, reported that
her committee had set it's goal at
s10, 1000, one-third of which Is now
collected. Mrs. Chafee has but re-
Gently been appointed to the chair
manship Of this committee and will
report more fully with a program for
continuing this work at a future meet
ing.
A report from the woman's board
OF the Montgomery County Hospital
shows that on Donation day, last Sat.
urday there We're over a hundred in
attendance, with seven clubs making
donations, as clubs. in addition to the
many contributions of individuals.
According to a statement by Mrs. F.
L. Thomas, this was the best Donation
day in the history Of the hospital and
the woman's board is very appreci-
ative of the cooperation shown by all
the clubs throughout the county.
Among the contributions were 39S
articles of linen, 1,117 quarts Of home
canned foods, 267 glasses Of jelly, 1863