Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-25

Two state chairmen, Mrs. Rich
ard M White and Mrs. Joseph
Wenger. and one district chairman,
Mrs. Clark McEuen, brought to the
club women of the Southern Dis
trict and of Imperial county mes
sagas of vital interest and import
ance in their talks Wednesday be-
fore the joint board meeting of the
Imperial County Federation of
Women's clubs, and the Southern
District California Federation of
Womens clubs.
This joint board meeting took
place in Brawley with the BraWley
Woman's Community club as host
eSs, the morning session being held
in the Presbyterian church, and
the luncheon and afternoon meet
ing in the Brawley clubhouse.
Mrs. White. state chairman of
motion pictures, was the morning
speaker and proved herself to be a
woman of outstanding charm and
personality as we'll as an able
speaker. Her talk was in reality
a plea for a better working to-
gether in international relations
with motion pictures as a medium
for aiding in this goal Pictures,
she said, are an emotional expe-
rience never entirely forgotten, and
some parents choose wisely in Sc
lecting for themselves and their
children-to see poor pictures at
this crisis is a sinful waste of
time
In the afternoon Mrs. Wenger,
state chairman of drama, who has
had professional training and eX-
rerie1ce. and who has appeared be-
fore many of the large Los Angeles
clubs in readings and pianologues
deliehted hel audience with some
expert readings and also with what
she has termed spoken sangS'
with sparkle or with pathos to fit
the mood of the composition.
PEACE PLANS
Peace Plans in a Postwar
World" was the subject for the
penetrating talk by Mrs. Clark Nc
Euen district chairman of inter-
national relations, who first gave
a resume of the Goth Institute of
World Affairs at Riverside last De-
cember, devoting much of this part
of her discussion to plans offered
by speakers there.
Secondly Mrs. McEuen discussed
some of the plans advocated by
such authors as Clarence Streit,
Union Now; Louis Adamek,,
Michael Strange, the Hoover-Gib-
son Problems of Lasting Peace
and Norman Angels let the Peo-
pile Know" quoting from him as
follows: IF our attitude is the
same as after the last war Ger
mans and Japs need only bide their
time"
Mrs. McEuen concluded with
mo other weakness has made us so
vulnerable to Hitler as the degrad-
ing of politics. This time the
churches must cooperate in Great
ing a public opinion which will
compel the United States to take
its place in a lasting and durable
peace
Chief business consisted of dis
cussion of LEGISLATION. Letters were
read from Senators Hiram John
son end Sheridan Downey and from
Paul McNutt, written in answer to
resolution passed by the fedora
ted women's clu'1 that service men
be rot permitted to consume liquor
while in uniform: club women were
aSked to inform themselves on
Senate Bill No. 339 in the state leg
iSlature, in regard to the Califor-
mia RedWoodS.
AWARDS OFFERED
Announcement was made of
three civic awards. of S25, SIS and
SIC, respectively. to be given to
the clubs for the most outstanding
accomplishments in war work.
Mrs. R. L. Glasby of Calexico, dis
trict president. asked the clubs to
report their war work to her in
definite figures.
Mrs. Glasby as district president.
and Mrs. L. E. Sinclair of Calipat-
ila, county president. presided.
Mrs, j. c. Archias, president of the
Brawley hostess club, welcomed the
group, as cid Mrs. Sinclair.
In addition to Mrs. White, Mrs.
McEuen and Mrs. Wenger, other
clro officials present were Mrs.
Henry Gable, San Diego, district
treasurer; Mrs. Adolf Binder, Ca
leXico district corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. j. W. Lawson, CaleX-
ico, district accompanist and plat
form chairman; Mrs. F.. d. Jacobs,
Ell Centro, district budget chair
man-el2ct; Mrs. George K,ing
Brawley, district American citizen
ship chairman and district auditor
n'"ct Mrs. Isabella Churchill, San
Diego, newly y-appointed history and