The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-08-01
By MRS. N. 0. JOHNSON


in next weeks Sentinel.
By MRS. N. 0. JOHNSON
A request from an editor is viz
tually a command and so, briefly as
possible. 1 shall tell of a three
months trip shat covered half of the
United States and included a con-
vention of the largest organization
of women in the world, held at the
biggest convention hall in the world.
We were in Seattle only long
enough for necessary arrangements,
tickets, shopping, a glimpse of my
family, and left Sunday morning.
May 2. Twelve days later we looked
at the blue Atlantic gently tapping
the white sands of the Atlantic City
beach. Enroute, we had visited re-
lations and old friends in Montana,
Minnesota. Wisconsin, Michigan and
New York state. We had noted great
changes in our respective childhood
homes, last seen in 1907, but had
found some familiar spots. Parks
were more beautiful. There were
highways where we had driven be-
hind horses over dirt roads; modern,
beautifully simple buildings in the
cities as compared with the old, or
nate structures. Our contemporaries
had grown q little older, and we had
met children and grandchildren
whom we had never seen. Now We
were to spend a full week in the
country's playground, picturesque
Atlantic City.
Western Federation
Comfortably located in the Dennis
Hotel, headquarters for the General
Federation of Women's Clubs Col
den Jubilee Triennial I spent Satur-
day Nav II, as delegate to the Wes-
tern Federation which consists of ell
even Western states and Alaska, its
meeting preceding that of the ma
tional body by lust one day. Miss
Josephine Seaman of La Jolla, Cal
ifornia, a woman of charm and abil-
ity, presided. The keynote of the
convention was youth Welfare in
Our Western States and as each
delegate gave a report of work done
in her section, one realized the scope
of the survey that had been made.
In Alaska, 1t had been completed un-
der the leadership of Mrs. Robt. B.
Atwood of Anchorage, and Mrs. Leo
Osterman had been the local MEM
Der of the survey committee. Alaska
was honored at this convention by
the election of Mrs. Mildred Herm-
ann of Juneau as Auditor for the
Western Federation, marking the
second time that Mrs. Hermann has
been given an office in. that organ
ization. The day ended with an in
formal dinner attended by all the
western delegates. Later in the week,
when sectional dinners were held,
the Western Federation held a formal
dinner at the Dennis Hotel and AL
aska place cards We're distributed to
the delegates and Alaska. bookmarks
to the officers.
Sunday was marked by a tea CIV
en- by the New Jersey Federation for
Mrs. Saddle Orr Dunbar, president
of the General Federation, and her
Board of Directors. 1t was followed
by a beautiful memorial service for
the 81 prominent clubwomen of the
country who had passed away dur
ing Mrs. Dunbar's three-year term
of office.
Golden Jubilee
haf
day morning was outstanding in eV-
cry particular. Concentrating as II
did the Golden Jubilee of the Gen.
eral Federation, those who had serv,
81 long and faithfully and had seer
the organization achieve a growth
- 5000 units with over 100000
members in so years, were honoret
that evening following day-long re
Gistration of thousands of delegates
and a formal dinner for State Di
rectors and State Presidents at 5:45
The dinner was later than scheduled
and 1t was only by sacrificing par
of the fried chicken and all of tn
dessert that l was able to don m,
pioneer gown and find my place il
Convention hall for the parade o
the pioneers. (Not getting lost il
that hall is worthy of note for
has a seating capacity of 1900 an
250.0GG square feet Of exhfhffio