The Washington times., 1937-12-30

to receive more than 100 clut
every State in the Union who
13, IA and Is, for the annual
This will be the last board
meeting conducted by the ma
tional president, Mrs. Roberta
Campbell Lawson, Of Tulsa,
Okla, as her three.year term
ends in May. There will be
great deal of excitement at the
meeting as a number Of the
candidates for the new ma
tional offices will be present.
PLANS FOR CONVENTION
Preliminary plans for the
triennial convention of the
General Federation, to be held
May 10 to II in Kansas City,
when the election Of new ma.
tional officers takes place, will
be discussed at next months
board session.
At the annual council meeting
held in Tulsa, Okla, last spring
the following candidates were
Informally presented:
For president-Mrs. Sadie
Orr Dunbar, of Portland, Ore,
who is now the first vice preSi.
dent of the General Federation,
and so far is unoppoSed.
For first vice president-Mrs.
John L. Whitehurst. Of Balti.
more, now chairman of the
3ederation's department Of edu-
cation; Mrs. Walter w. Sey.
more, Of Chicago, now serving
Gs second vice president.
OTHER CANDIDATES
For second vice president
Mrs. George w. Adams, of An.
dalusia, Ala, a past director
for Alabama; Mrs. H. G.. Bo.
CERT, of Akron, Colo, now chair.
man of the division of conser-
Vation Of national resources;
Mrs. La Sell Dickinson, of
Keene, N. H., now national
treasurer, and Mrs. John S.
Harvey, of Huntington, w. Va,
now recording secretary.
For recording secretary
Mrs. H. B. Ritchie, of Athens,
Ca, now director for Georgia;
Mrs. jefferson D. Atwood, Of
Roswell, N. Mex, now chairman
Of the American citizenship
department.
For treaSurer-Mrs. ]. L. B.
Buck, Of Richmond, Va, now
chairman of the budget, and
thus far .unopposed.
ACTIVE IN CLUBS
Mrs. Dunbar has a record Of
club service which stretches
over more than three decades
and Is conspicuous for achieve
ments. Seven years before she
became first vice president, she
was a member Of the executive
committee by virtue Of her
other high offices. Mrs. Dun
bar represented the General
Federation Of Women's Clubs at
the White House Conference on
Child Health and Protection.
Mrs. Dunbar is the executive
secretary Of the Oregon Tuber-
culOSis Association, and also
president Of the National Asso-
citation of tuberculosis Secre-
tarieS. She is also a member
of the faculty of the University
Of Oregon, teaching community
organization in the School of
Social Work. Among other af-
filiationS, Mrs. Dunbar is q
member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution and the
p. E. o. Sisterhood.
A widow, Mrs. Dunbar has a
young married daughter and a
son just out Of college.
INFORMAL PARTY
All the candidates who will be
attending next months board
meeting will be entertained at q
party at the Mayflower Hotel,
during the course of the seS-
sions. This informal "get to-
getherss' has been officially listed
on the board meeting calendar.
Bishop James Edward Free
man will address the opening
session of the board. Other
speakers include John Calvin
Brown, Of New York and Paris,
chairman of the National Re
form Club and student of inter-
national affairs; Mrs. Marjorie
Trumbull, of New York, a grad
uate student of archaeology at
Columbia University, and Rep
feSentative wesley E. Disney, Of