Evening star., 1938-05-24
Ballot Leads
Convention
Business
Club Federation
Votes Today on
New Officers.

n ELECTION OF OUcerS 1Or
- three-year term and reports OF
member clubs and Of depart
- mental chairmen, comprise to-
days program for the State conven-
ton Of the D. C. Federation of
Women's Clubs at the Roosevelt Hotel.
The polls will be open from 10 am. to
2 pm. and the voting will be done
through voting machine. The report
Of the election results will be made
at 2:3O pm, with adjournment Of the
two-day session at pm.
While most of the candidates for
reelection are unopposed, there is a
contest for the Office Of president. The
name of Mrs. Ernest Humphrey
Daniel, now first vice president, pre-
sented by the Political Study Club,
was reported by the Elections Commit
tee. Mrs. Arthur Charles Watkins,
now second vice president, indorsed
by the w. c. T. u, was nominated
yesterday from the floor by Mrs. Marie
Brinley.
Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle, retiring
president, is the unopposed candidate
for the Office of director to the Gen.
eral Federation. The name of Mrs.
John L. Frizzell was presented in op-
position to Mrs. Biddle, but was with
drawn.
Other unopposed candidates are
Mrs. lie Verne Beales Of the Petworth
Club, for first vice president; Mrs
Ruth Snodgrass of the Woman's
Clinic, for second vice president; Mrs
A. A. Ludwig of the Woodbridge Book
Club, for recording secretary; Mrs
Pierce Ashburn of the Park View
Woman's Club, for corresponding Sec
retary, and Mrs. Charles P. Keyser OF
the Entire Nous Club. for auditor. Mrs
Henry Fenno Sawtelee, candidate fol
treasurer, is opposed by Mrs William
M Collins
Among the subjects discussed yes
terday were the milk fund, the penny
art fund. money being raised for the
use of the General Federation and the
series of teas that have been givn by
the clubs for the women of the w. P. A.
sewing rooms.
Mrs. Howard L. Hodgins, director to
the General Federation. announced
that S700 had been raised for use of
the General Federation and it also was
announced the 81 200 scholarship fund
recently established, had been
awarded.
Mrs. Inez Sheldon Tyler was elect
ed president of the D. c.. Branch Of
the League of American Pen Women
last night at the Grafton Hotel. She
has served as first vice president for
the past year and is editor of the
Blue Moon poetry magazine.
Other officers elected, at which
Miss Marguerite Merigcld, the retir-
ing president, presided, are: Mrs.
Evelyn Norcross Sheriff., first vice
president; Mrs Minnie L. Briggs. sec
ond vice president; Miss Clara Man.
derscheid, recording secretary re-
elected; Miss Margaret Jean Bailey,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Nellie
Walker Irish, treasurer reelected;
MISS ftuDy NeVlIlS, historian Ie-eleCL-
ed; Mrs. Helen Orr Watson, regis
trar; Katherine Hinton Wootten,
librarian; Mrs. Augustus O. Thomas,
auditor; Mrs. Mary Meek Atkeson
Moore, legal adviser, and Mrs. Edna
knight Gasch, parliamentarian.
A diamond-studded wrist watch and
a memory book were given to Miss
Merigold by the members in apprecia-
ton of her services. The memory
book" contained newspaper clippings
of the branch activities during her
administration.
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