The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-20
Clubs Participate L C3Vic Contest

Manuscripts describing civic ace tivitioB which ranged from projects to establish one.rOom libraries in rural communltioB to the sponsor. ship of welfare campaigns for hun- dreds of thousands of dollars In large cities we're examined by Judges in tho civic achievement contogt of the Ladies' Home Jour. mai yesterday in Philadelphia.
 An award of 5000 will go to the organization which submitted the manuscript describing the most significant project. ,l'he dccIs,on will be made by . board of judges consisting of Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. uclino Macdonald Bowman, president of the National Federal Of Business and Professional W0ni. en'S Clubs; Mrs. Minnie Bradford, president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers; Il. A. Hayes, national commander Of the American Legion; and John A. Lang, president of the National student Federation.
 Tho National Congress of Par. onts and Teachers submitted tho largest number of entries. Tho General Federation of Women's Clubs was next In iine, American Legion Auxiliarios were third and of organized groups tho National Federation Of Businegg and Profcs. si0nai W0men's Clubb came fourth. Thore were, however, many entries from health associations and hos. pitals, and these, grouped together, exceeded tho entries from tho bus mess and professional group.
 Representatives of practically every large wOman's organization in tho country submitted ono or more projects in competition for the award, Included among them being the Girl Scouts, the National Council of Jewish Women, the National Young Wotnon's Christian Association, tho LeaRue Of women Voters and tho American Ass0cla. ton of University Women.
 Forty.twO out Of tho forty.o eight states sibmittod entries in tho con. tost, California came first among them with entries from nineteen tltIUBs hUtUViD WuD BeSVuu tH hh" with clubs in 1b cities competing. New York, Pennsylvania, Wash. ingt0n and Texas were other states from which there were largo num- berg of entries.
 Tho entries presented Q comprc. honsIve cross section of tho press ent day activities Of wOmen's orgnn' izatlons and emphasized the new focus for their work which has arisen from tho depression. 4 largo proportion Of tho projects oin' braced such activities as establish. mont of school soup Kitchens, the furnishing Of free school iuncheons, the creation OF subsistence gardens for the unemployed, and tho op. crntlOn of community, conterB Co Furnish free.tine education and reereatlon for those who were out of work--ali Of them projects orig. mating as n result of tho economic crisis.
 Such novelties figured in the series as cocoon collecting to save the trees Of the community, com' munIty blowing matches, toy distrl- button t0 underpriviieEed childrcn uHU VuUIVufKU hVt " "SbtSsPsss astronomical observatory. 9t
 Tho, Young Peoples branch Of the W. c. T. U. hold picnic on Saturday at the cottage of MT and Mrs C. Ray danung at IInntnm lake. During tho day boating and bathing were enjoyed and . picnic wGs served out of doors. Among those attending were MT and Mrs danung and family. M and Mrs E. TIilInghast of Nynck, N. Y, Elton AIexahder. Rev II. Gertrude Coo, Elmer Coo, Mlsses Betty Manuel, Alice Green. IcIien Howell, Virginia Roberts. Mnrjoric 0ouid, Dorothy Cooper. Phyllis dfNy. Betty 'coe, Florence Coo, Pauline Gray, Ruth Johnson. orpca Johnson, Norman and Rusbell Farniof. Edgar T'arni0f. Kenneth Alexander, Robert HI, Robert Todd, Eugene Todd, Warren Coo and Aibert Coo. z 4 ,f.