The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-01
Federated Women Clubs Begin
New Year, District Meets Planned
BY MRS. CHARLES G. DOAK

By MRS. CHARLES G. DOAK
Officially the 1946-1947 club year
of the North Carolina Federation
OF Women's clubs was launched at
the council : institute meeting held
in Raleigh August 1922. Actually
a great amount of work has al
ready been done by the president
of the organization, Mrs. Karl Bis
hopric, and the chairmen and COM
mittees responsible for planning
and developing he program for the
year ahead. The clubs will begin
holding meetings during Septem-
Der, and district meetings will be-
gin on the 18th, continuing at in
tervals through October 18th.
The carefully planned programs
of the departments, to be carried
out under division chairman we'll
chosen, capable women : if under
taken by the clubs with me en-
thusiasm and determination as
therefore, displayed, will make Of
Mrs. Bishopric's second year as
president an even more notable
one than her first. She has every
assurance that throughout the Fed
Grafton there is a spirit of willing
ness to undertake the important
and necessary tasks outlined.
An additional objective adopted
at the council business session was
endorsement of the recently begun
Social Hygiene Society. The clubs
are expected to support the Society
and help it in every way possible
to become an effective agency
in the health field of the state.
John Lang presented the appeal for
the society.
The program for each depart
ment was presented at the insti-
tute and these were designed to
carry out ~long-range detectives OF
the federation and those presented
in resolutions adopted at the last
convention. The departments of in
ternational relations, education and
public welfare presented out
side speakers to help in emphasiz-
ing their programs.
The international relations de-
partment chairman, Mrs. Gordon
Maddrey Of Ahoskie, presented
Donald C. Shoemaker of the edi-
torial staff of the Asheville Citizen
Times. He gave a m%asterfull re-
view Of the first years efforts at
building the peace and gave his
audience convincing facts and
ideas to stimulate continued work
for peace-a daily, never = ending
task that must be undertaken as
one undertakes making a living,
something that must be done if
one is to survive. The department
this year will have two divisions.
Mrs. Taul B. White of Chapel Hill,
will head the division of study,
United Nations and Atomic Infor.
nation being the subjects. The di'
vision of action is headed by Mrs.
S. B. McPheeters of G%oldsboro. Al
the institute, Mrs. Ed M. Ander.
son, first vic%e-president Of the fed
Grafton, reported on the re
cent Atom Control conference held
in Washington, which she attended
as the federation's representative.
Mrs. w. Allen Kindel, Junior vice.
chairman of the international re
lations department, directed the
presentation of a playlet, 1.-THE
Atom and Oak RIDGE and also
film, sketches "How to Live with
the Atom" Mrs. McPheeters re-
viewed Carlos P. Romulo's book,
81 See the Philippines Rise" and
urged continued efforts on the part
of clubs to help the Philippine fed
GRAFTON, a project adopted by North
Carolina clubwomen last year with
splendid support.
The Education department, Mrs.
George W. Gold Of Whiteville,
chairman. and Mrs. l.. w. Ed
wards of Greenville, Junior vice
chairman, will again stress Bible
instruction in the public schools,
with Mrs. George H. Currie of
Clarkton in charge; Industrial
Problems and Opportunities, Mrs.
Maude Baynor Foy of Kinston,
chairman; and library service,
Miss Clyde F. Smith of Raleigh,
chairman. Mrs. Currie and Miss
Smith spoke at the institute, and
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