The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12

On Monday a luncheon will be given at the Waterbury club fol- lowed in the afternoon by a tea at the home of Miss Marion Hunt at which members of the Placement Committee of the Junior League will be in attendance. Mrs. D. L. Burn ham of Watertown will entertain at 8 dinner in honor of Mrs. Lipscomb in the evening.
 A luncheon will be given at the Elton on Tuesday by Mrs. Clyde Jennings for members of the Ways and Means committee which in- cluded Mrs. Henry Griggs, Mrs. E. Burnley Powell, Jr., Miss Jean En- gelke, Mrs. E. B. Hitchcock, and Miss Marion Hunt. Provisional members will be in attendance at the tea to be given on Tuesday aft ernoon at the home of Miss Amy Butler of Buckingham street.
 Mrs. Eoson B. Hitchcock will give B luncheon on Wednesday with members of the Children's Enter tainment committee, Arts and In- terests Committee and the Child Welfare Committee in attendance. On Wednesday afternoon members of the future policies committee and officers of the league will con- fer with Mrs. Lipscomb at tea at the home of Mrs. Donald Granniss.
 Thursday will find Mrs. Lipscomb at the home of Mrs. Mark Sperry for Junior League members active in outside organizations. Former presidents of the League and their husbands will attend dinner for Mrs. Lipscomb at the home of Mrs. Elton Wayland on Woodlawn Ter race Thursday evening.
 The closing session of the week will be luncheon on Friday for the Board of Managers at the Wa terbury Country club. The program for the week plans to be most ben eficial to all members of the league.
 Mrs. Russell Lipscomb, here from New York to consult with the local Junior League, of which Mrs. Edson B. Hitchcock is president, discussed the organizations welfare work in general.
 As field representative of the welfare department of the associa- tion of Junior leagues in America, she visits Junior leagues in many cities. Her two-fold task is to ad- wise regarding the community ser- vice undertaken by league members locally and to give training courses to expand the value of their work.
 "The Junior league is only a means to an end," said Mrs. Lips comb.
 "It is training school to enable its members to function effectively as citizens. The watch word of every league is Know your own community. its social and civic needs, and participate actively in meeting them. Volunteer service in one form or another is required of all members. Formerly this was for five years only but now a member is expected by most leagues to work during the entire period of her membership.
 "Such service takes many forms, the visitor continued. Activity may center around project which the league itself operates and finances. entirely or in part. Many baby clin- ics, child placing services and day nurseries are maintained by Junior leagues. They raise funds for the necessary professional staff, supply volunteer workers to assist them, and share in the administration.
 "On the other hand, large num- Der of the 30,300 league members in 148 cities render their community service as volunteers in agencies under other auspices. The role of the central association is to increase the efficiency of the leagues volun- teer service and the projects which they sponsor locally. A welfare staff of five trained social workers is almost constantly in the field, rein forcing the local programs.
 Every league is committed to program of training for new mem bers, and some of them give techni- cal courses, such as occupational therapy, in addition to general study of the community and the underly-