Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-01
GIRL RESERVES
WELCOME MISS
LIPPITT HERE

Timing her visit to the Douglas Y.
w. c. A. so as to be helpful, if possi-
BILE, in the work of getting the budget
cash together, Miss Lucille Lippitt of
the national board of the Young
Women's Christian association attach
ed to the western offices at San Fran
cisco, arrived in Douglas yesterday
afternoon for four-day stay. She
Immediately started her work with the
local association, going directly to the
building where she was the honor
guest at happy little party arranged
as a welcome to her by the Girl Re-
serves of the Y. w. G. A.
Miss Lippitt has charge of the work
of the Y. w. G. A. in California, Ne
vada, Arizona and New Mexico and
makes tour of the territory at least
once year. She was in Douglas last
March 8 when the local association
arranged a banquet at which she was a
speaker. She will be here four days
and then visit other sections until
Feb 24-25 when she will again return
to be present at a general conference
of the Y w. G. A. workers of Arizona,
W COll4CICllCC oil lllVIOdO1O11 11cO
been extended to Ell Paso and Albu-
querque,' NJ M, that they send dele
gates.
There has been a general growth of
the Young Women's Christian associa-
ton during the past year." said Miss
Lippitt. 1T could not be described as
anything sensational; not at all. Rath-
er it has been steady accretion of
members to the various branches and
strengthening of the organizations
through secretarial personnel and in
their finances. One of the things that
ccnfronts the association work the
country over just now, is the fact that
there is not sufficient number of
trained workers ready to be assigned
into the field that is calling for COM
petent aides.
"In Arizona, we regard the work as
in a healthy state and going forward.
We are proud of the record in Doug
las. You have some wonderful women
here. They are determined and un-
firing band of workers 1t is graft
flying fact that since I was last here
they hive made another step of prog
ress in getting their organization lit
tie better established with an execu-
tive section, Miss Gobel who, we are
sure, will be able to bring about eX-
cellent results.
Tucson has a healthy and active
branch. Phoenix has just concluded
it's building campaign and the con-
tract will shortly be let for Struc-
ture that will represent, eventually,
about 100000 investment The other
branches in Arizona, Bisbee, Miami
and Globe, all are carrying on with
success and Douglas, of which you
know about, is headed into a year in
which they expect to record many new
achievements / have no heSitancy
now in forecasting a successful con-
clusion of their budget campaign
which started today
When Miss Lippitt got to the "Y. W."
building yesterday afternoon the Girl
Reserves were waiting to extend her
welcome to the city They had planned
the entire program on their own
initiative and it was somewhat of a
surprise tC the local leaders but a
pleasant one.
Mary Crowell, president of the Girl
Reserves, made the address OF well
come to Miss Lippitt, and it was an
address that would have reflected
credit on a girl many years older. Miss
Lippitt replied briefly thanking the
girls for their cordiality and thought
fulness.
AT the conference which is to be
held here Feb. 24-25, according to Miss
Lippitt, the topic for consideration will
be interpreting the Y. W. G. A. to
the Community" 1t will bring to the
city Miss Julia Tolman Lee, secretary
of the national board for the western
region and also Miss Esther May Cart
er, Arizona secretary of the Girl Re-
serve work.