The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-11-21
Banquet GiUen Honoring
Officers Wonen's Clubs

know the great common woman's
heart of US all, and o Lord God
let us not forget to be kind"
In closing her address Mrs.
Love asked that club women cor
rect as far as they are able, a
statement that went forth from a
Miami newspaper, that the Florida
federation refused to endorse Mrs.
! Ruth Bryan Owen for position in
President, Roosevelt's cabinet. This
was not correct, according to the
federation president, who said that
the request for this endorsement
came to the federation directors
from Dade county, and was not
put to a vote. She explained that
the federation is non-partisan and
while it may endorse policies, 1t
cannot endorse persons, and the
directors adhered to the rule gov
erning the federation.
Thanks were expressed for
handpainted copies of the club
collect which were pointed by Mrs.
La Place Bostwick and presented
by the club to the visiting officers.
A poem, Because I Have a
Daughter" by Mrs. Miller, which
appeared in the "Clubwoman," Of
ficial organ of the Florida fedora
tion came in for great praise, Mrs.
Love stating that she had met
many women at club meetings and
even out in Seattle, where the
general convention was held last
summer, heard them say they had
clipped this beautiful poem.
Mrs. Shearer, vice president at
large, spoke of the "Clubwoman"
and told that she tries to make it
interesting to all women, and that
her messages are intended as per-
sonal to all those to whom her
thoughts travel, both those she
knows and those she hopes to know
during her time as vice president
at large. She said the dream of
her heart was realized when she
arrived in Key West, and that the
memory of Key Vests blue waters
will always remain with her.
Mrs. Bennett told of the 20 clubs
in the counties of Broward, Dade
and Monroe, which make up sec
ton eleven, and promised to give
a report of the Key West club at
meeting today in Hollywood.
when representatives of the clubs
in her section will meet for sec
tional convention. She told that
Key West is one of Florida's most
interesting cities and that she
had been so delightfully."- enter
tanned on previous visits that she
was anxious to be back with the
Key West club once more Mrs.
Schumacher stated. that now she
had seen Key West she could say
she had seen all Florida. She was
pleased to be here.
After the meeting the visiting
women were taken on sightseeing
tour Of the city and left at s.
o'clock for Miami.
Those present at the meeting
were Mesdames Frank H. Laid,
Arthur Pastorini, Stephen W..
Douglas, C. S. Johnson, Charles
Taylor, A. E. Sharpley, Carl Ber-
valdi, Jay L. Watrous, Haydn IL
lingworth, w. v. Millington. Roy
Faulkner, Robert B. Ingle, B. L..
Grooms, H. B. Boyer, Charles
Falk, v. A. johnson, A. d. Leuthi,
Charles R. Curry, c. G. Hicks,
Chester Curry, j. c. Key, Willard
Albury. E. F. Trevor, NJ. s. Lom-
bard, Clara Curry. La Place Bost-
wick, L. r. Warner, Norherg
Thompson, w. II, Norman
Mesdames viii Norman, Allan
B. Cleare, John Gekeler, James
Adams, w. H. White, Andrew Mill
Ter, J. F. Leach, A. c. Elgin, Hugh
Taylor, S. E. Auxier, H. NJ. Baker,
Godfrey Thompson, Harry Prindle,
w. H. Piodela, J. S. Roberts, H..
Galley, E. Zurhost. B. c. Moreno,
o. S. Long, Jerry ]. Trevor, c. w.
Goethe, John Wardlow, Robert F.
Lord, Z. ]. Bayly. Meade A. Love,
r. NJ. Shearer, /. A. Bennett,
Schumacher.
Misses Leila Pitcher, Lottie
Green, Grace Roberts, Marie Cap
pick, Claribel Contreras, Florence
Sawyer, Tessie Falk, Cornelia War
rem, Elenor Davis, Eta Patterson,
Mary Wardlow.