Evening star., 1938-08-28

50th anniversary on October 4 at the
home of DR.. Julia Green Program
plans include pageant depicting
scenes from the clubs early history.
A note from Mrs Edward Nelson
Dingley of Chevy Chase, Md, who is
spending vacation at Montreal,
N. c., calls attention to the reunion
of the Stiles family. which took place
in Windsor, Conn, yesterday and
which was of interest to Mrs. Dingley
and other Washingtonians.
Mrs. Edward B. Huling of Larch-
mont. N. Y, is the family historian,
Mrs. Dingley says. and welcomes cor
respondence about family matters
from members of the Stiles and al
flliated families.
Mrs. Huling is the organizer and
regent general of the Order of the
Three Crusades, 1895 to 1892. Inc.
which is lineal society. Mrs Dingley
Is the secretary of the order.
Club women of Alaska are alert,
active and accomplish a surprising
amount of good work, according to
Mrs. LIE Verne Beales. first vice presi-
dent of the District of Columbia Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, who has
just returned from two months
trip that took her into many parts
of the United States and Alaska.
Unlike the clubs in the States,
many of the Alaska clubs have q
large number of associate members, "
Mrs. Beales said. These are women
who are too remote from towns and
villages to take part in regular club
meetings, who only manage to keep
in touch through bulletins, letters
and newspapers"
Almost every small town in Alaska
has its wOman'S club. Mrs Beales
found, and most of them are Or
ganized along the same general lines
as women's clubs everywhere else.
Much of their work is cultural, she
said, but added that they study poll
tics and follow world events with
keen interest. The members keep an
especially sharp eye on their own
Legislature. study the candidates and
keep track of what is taking place
when the Legislature is in session.
Besides, they follow everything
that is going on down here" she
explained, land they do not like it
if any one insinuates that Alaska is
not a part Of the United States"
Philanthropies are as much a part
of the work Of the Alaskan clubs as
of other women's clubs. They pro-
vide for the needy at Christmas and
Thanksgiving, raise money for schol-
arships. conduct essay contests and
manage style shows.
While Mrs. Beales was in Alaska
the club women got out the seventh
annual club women's edition of the
Alaska Daily Press. which is pub
'lished in Juneau. All of the copy
was written and edited by the club
women, and much of it was con-
cerned with what the various Alaska
clubs were doing. In addition. they
solicited all Of the advertising for
the paper and made a tidy" sum
for their philanthropies, Mrs. Beales
said.
The Alaska clubs are affiliated with
the, General Federation of Women's s
Clubs, with Mrs r. R. Herman Of
Juneau as president of the Alaska
federation.
Mrs. Beales was accompanied by
her husband Mr.. LIE Verne Beales
of the United States Census Bureau,
who was making an Official trip Mr.
and Mrs Beales visited the Bad Lands
in South Dakota, st. Louis, Mo-;
Yosemite National Park. Los Angeles
and San Francisco In California. Seat
tie. Wash, and spent some time in
various parts of Iowa which is their
native State
Members of the Curley Club will
meet today at 1:30 o'clock at the
Continental Hotel to leave by auto
mobile for an outing at one of the
nearby beaches. Definite plans as
to the destination of the group will
semble The usual sports of SWIM
ming, boating and games of various
sorts will be INDUCED in by the men,
bers during the afternoon and early
evening. William Boyd is in charge
of arrangements.