The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-19
January Is Busy Month For
NC. Federated Women's Clubs

After the adult education council
meeting on Tuesday Mrs. Robin
son and her general federation
guests will attend the new member
tea in the Charlotte Woman's club,
a dinner party in the Charlotte hotel
industrial visit to the rug mills at
Leaksville.
Visits to the Karastan Rug Mill
will be made on four separate days,
January 23 and "a, and January
80 and 81. Visits have been ar
ranged for on separate days so
that the crowd will be broken up
and no more than 40 will visit the
mill at one time.
Mrs. Karl Bishopric, of Leaks
ville-Spray, formerly chairman of
juniors, will meet the groups that
come at the Carolina Drug store in
Leaksville at 12:45-1 p. M. on all
of these days and look after them.
Copy has gone to the printers for
the February edition of The Club
woman, which is to be a junior edi-
ton. Copy has simply poured into
the office for the issue, copy and
pictures, and the number is ex-
pected to be one Of the best of this
club year. 1t has given the editor
much pleasure to turn the number
over to the juniors and they have
responded wonderfully.
Club women from all over the
country attended the council meet.
ing of the General Federation in
'.'ashington the past week. The
the homes of the country through
good health, happiness and securi
ty Of Christian living, to raise liv'
ing standards, to expand communi
ty public health and public health
nursing and to put into effect the
recommendations of the White
House conference on Children in
Democracy. The development Of
consumer education program is an
other important phase Of woman's
work and Mrs. Dunbar, president Of
the General Federation, strongly
recommended initiating discussion
groups and forums keyed to present
day developments, as well as close
cooperation with the state councils
of defense.
Discussion of these and othel
problems of Importance by national
ly known speakers and writer's ano
club leaders from every state in
the union featured the meeting
DIR. Harriet Elliott, consumer com
missioner of the National Defense
Advisory commission, was the first
and principal speaker in the con
sumer forum, titled ASK the Elk
perts.
One session of the board was de
voted to the federation's interest in
Pan America and was held in that
beautiful building. The federation's
tour to Latin America the pas,
summer was discussed.
The Golden Jubilee of the Fed
GRAFTON at the convention in At
lantic City next May was the sub
ject of one session. Tea at the
White House with Mrs Roosevelt
hostess was an outstanding event
of one afternoon. A second proml'
nent event was a visit to the de-
partment of labor.
The Sarah Taylor Hassell music
scholarship, offered by Mrs. j. M.
Hobgood, of Farmville, in memory
of her mother, is being offered
again by Mrs. Hobgood, transferred
to a new development for the
promotion of music in the state, the
Southern Choral school, which is
held during the summer at the
Woman's college, U. N. c., Green's
boro. Last year this award con-
sisted of a ten dollar tuition scho-
larship. This year in addition to
the scholarship Mrs. Hobgood also
offers through the music division
a cash donation of $3.50 to the
woman's club nominating the sue
cessful candidate for the Sarah
Taylor Hassell scholarship. All
nominations must be submitted to
your state music chairman not lat
er than March 81.