White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02
Wonnen's Clubs
OF Nation Will
s Meet in Seattle
WHITE BLUFFS WOMAN WILL BE
A HOSTESS AT THE FINE
ARTS LUNCHEON

Git ponen of the state will gather
in ,s,s,.y hostship in Seattle from
TIL. say, June 9th, through Saturday,
Jaiie III, when they welcome dele
gates from all over America to the
tWenty-first biennial convention of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
in the Seattle Civic Auditorium.
The opening session presided over
by Mrs. Charles G. Miller, Washington
president, follows the morning and
afternoon annual meeting of the state
Federation of Women's Clubs in Fred
erick and Nelson's auditorium.
Two tree planting ceremonies, one at
Woodland Park, Friday afternoon, Jufie
10th, at 4 o'clock, and the other on the
University of Washington campus on
Friday afternoon, June 18th at 4:30
p. m. are interesting outdoor cere-
monies.
On this day, also, will be given the
luncheon of the Fine Arts Department,
at which Mrs. F. A. English, president
of the White Bluffs Woman's Club,
will be hostess.
The Junior program is set for Sat-
urday morning, June 11th led by Mrs.
Edwin Bevens of Helena, Arkansas.
Among speakers of national note, Mrs.
Gilbert A. Peck, of Yakima, will speak
briefly on what Club means to a
Young Matron"
Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, OF
Washington D. c. chairman of the
American Home, heads an interesting
program Monday morning, June 18th.
The convention address of Mrs. John
F. sippel, General Education president,
on Tuesday morning at 11:45 O'CLOCK
will be broadcast nationally.
Dr. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, pres
ident of Mills College, oakland, Ca-4
fornia, speaks Tuesday evening, June
18th on 1.-The American Community
and the International Mind She is
considered a speaker of rare distinction.
Friday afternoon, DR.. Estella Ford
Warner, of the United States Public
Health Service discusses "Some As
sumptions and Facts in Community
Health Program"
That evening George Aubrey Hast
ings, extension director of the White
House Conference on Child Health and
Protection talks on "The Challenge of
the Child in Changing Civilization,
preceded by brief concert by the Phil
omel Singers of Seattle, directed by
r. H. kendrick and accompanied by
Ethel Paine Collins.
Saturday morning among many bright
features is an address on the Indian
Service work done by the General
Federation by Mrs. Henrietta K. Bur-
ton, head of the Home Extension Work
of the u. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
At the noon luncheon in the arena
she speaks again on Indian Arts and
Crafts" followed by Mrs. Margaret
Wells Wood, field worker in the Am
erican Social Hygiene association.
The closing nights session is dis
tinguished by an address by Rev. Ed
mund A. Walsh, S. j., ice-president
of Georgetown University and Regent
of the school of Foreign Service where
the United States trains diplomats fo1
Foreign Service. A musical feature Of
the evening will be the singing of the
Hallelujah Chorus from Handels "Mes-
siah" by the Convention Chorus.
Convention sessions take place on the
floor above the Home Makers Expo
sition, vast and colorful trade fair
which runs the last six days of the
biennial convention and is expected te
attract thousands to the Auditorium