The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
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BY SUSAN IDEN

At the meeting of the executive
board of the North Carolina State
Federation Of Women's clubs in Ra-
leigh Miss Susan Iden was appoint
ed executive secretary of the State
Federation of Women's clubs sue
ceeding Mrs. J. w. Bum, who has
been secretary and press reporter
for four and a half Years Mrs.
Bum has done much to put the
federation on the map with her eX-
cellent press reports and her keen
interest in club affairs. After four
and a half years in the work Mrs.
Bum felt she should give more of
her time to home duties and some
other interests. She is a graduate of
Meredith college and for a number
Of years has been on the board of
trustees of the college.
Your new executive secretary took
up the work the first of December
in place of Mrs. Bum and at the
meeting of the executive board in
Raleigh, January -, was officially
appointed as Mrs. Bunn's success
or. She was for more than 20 years
reporter, city editor and feature
writer on the Raleigh Times, is a
life member of the Raleigh Won.
ans club which she Joined in 1909
and is a life member of the Ra.
leigh Garden club, which she orga.
nized in 1925. She has for a number
of years edited a garden column,
"Over The Garden WALL" in the Ra'
leigh Times.
Many matters of Importance came
before the board at the meeting
which was attended by Mrs. John D.
Robinson, president, of Wallace;
Mrs. D. D. Carroll, first ~vice-presi.
dent, Chapel Hill; MRS. Greasy Proc
tor, second vice-president, Oxford;
Mrs. Geddie Strickland, third vice.
president, High Point; Mrs. P. R.
Rankin, treasurer, Mount Gilead;
Mrs. T. E. Browne, recording Sec
rotary, Raleigh; Mrs. Steadman
Carr. corresponding secretary, Wal.
lace. Mrs. Bum and Miss Iden the
retiring and the incoming execu-
tive secretaries, both of Raleigh,
and Mrs. Charles Pearde, of Char
lotte, president of Junior clubs also
attended the meeting. Mrs. Howard
G. Etheridge, of Asheville, general
Federation director, was unable to
attend the meeting.
On Thursday, prior to the meet
ing of the senior board the Junior
Executive board held its first Off.
cial board meeting and drew up
and adopted it's constitution and by
laws. Mrs. Charles Pearce, the presi-
dent, presided over the meeting.
Following are the members of the
Junior board, o of whom were
present at the meeting: Mrs. Chas,
Pearce, Charlotte, president; Mrs
Roland Geddie, Charlotte, Junior
secretary; Mrs. Henry Harris, Ra-
leigh, editor Junior page in the Club
woman; and the following chairmer
of departments: Mrs. Jack James
M .rion, American Home; Mrs. Wy
mann Scarborough, Lumberton, edu
cation; Miss Elizabeth Smith, Wal
lace, fine arts; Mrs. Patrick Healy
Raleigh, International relations
Mrs, Robert Warwick, Winston-Sa
lem. American Citizenship; Mrs. r
I. Calling, Ahoskie, public welfare
and Mrs. Karl Bishopric, Spray
chairman of juniors.
Following t h e executive boar6
meeting in Raleigh, the president
Mrs. Robinson went on to Washing
ton to attend the sessions of the
General Federation board, January
1920 at the Mayflower hotel. The
meetings will be presided over by
Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, president Of
the General Federation News from
the board meeting will be broadcast
to the North Carolina club womer
through further news releases
through Mrs. Robinson's reports OF
. the meetings and through the N. C
Clubwoman.
The Clubwoman in its Februar!
edition is to appear in a new dress
a cover of blue with a picture Of
the N. C. State Capitol and further
copies will have lovely scenes OIL
North Carolina on the covers.
Clubwomen of America who made
possible the organization Of the
General Federation of Women's
clubs will be honored as one of the
features of the Golden Jubilee az
Pioneer Club Women.
Every club, district, and state
will want to honor their w pio-
/ neers in 1910 and to have the three