The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-07-28

list church. Meetings will be held
at Garfield high school, Peoples
church and the Plymouth Congre-
gational church.
Gov. Mon G. Walgren of Wash
ington and Mayor William F.
Devin of Seattle will welcome the
convention delegates August l at
program at Plymouth church.
The subject of the non-partisan
forum, to be held August at
l1:30 D. m, will be "Civil Rights
and Party Action" Mrs. Jane
Spaulding of West Virginia and
Mrs. Lucy Harth Smith of Ken
lucky will preside. The Rev. Irv-
ing K. Merchant will introduce
the guest speakers.
The coordinator, Mrs. Thomasina
Johnson, Is we'll known for her
political activities throughout the
country. So is Mrs. Estelle Rid
idle Osborne of the Progressive.
Mrs. Mildred Sberhard Younger
|of the Republicans is recognized
lon the west coast for her schol-
|astic achievements as well as her
activities as the Chairman of the
California Republican State Cen
trial Committees Southern Division
Speakers bureau.
She is the mother of one child,
land the wife of Evelle j. Young
Ter, who became a major in the
loss. She is a professional ceram-
list. oil painter and decorator.
She was the first girl to be-
come president of her junior high
school student body in Los An
geles. She also earned debate
scholarship to the University of
Southern California, and was the
outstanding woman graduate of
her class. She graduated Phi Beta
Kappa, magma cum laude.
Other special events of the con-
vention will be the school for
Isocial action, Douglass night.
formal reception, a concert by the
National Association of Colored
Igirls and a fashion revue.
Mrs. Annette Harris Officer, sec
ond vice president, will preside
over the school for social action
to be held at 1870 p. m. August
g. Mrs. Officer, who is president
of the Baptist General Women's
convention of Illinois, was a dele
lgate to the Worlds Baptist allan
ce in Copenhagen, Denmark, in
1947.
Mrs. Irene Mccoy Gaines, Sec
ond recording secretary, will brief
the school which will de divided
into six groups. Group leaders
will be Mrs. l. w. Rowan of Texas,
mother, Home, Child" Mrs. Rus
sell Caution, New Jersey, "Legis-
llation;" Mrs. Hanna Corinne Low
Try, Colorado, women in Indus
try" Mrs. Rosa M. Gragg, Mich
igan, "Public Relations;" Mrs. Ma
bel L. Nicely, Alabama, "Press and
Publicity" and Mrs. Vivian o.
born Marsh, California, National
Association of Colored Girls"
Presiding over Douglass night,
August 4, at p. m. will be Mrs.
Sallie w. Stewart, president, Dou-
glass Memorial and Historical as
ISOLATION. The formal reception
will be held at the Central YWCA.
The National Association of Col
ored girls concert and the fashion
revue will be held August in
the evening. The evening of Aug
ust 3 will be Pioneers night. The
first president of the NACW, Mrs.
Mary Church Terrell, will speak.
The keynote address of the con-
vention, Social Action through
Club Participation" will be deli
vered by Mrs. Suits Lyell, Missis-
sippi state presiding, August 2.
Mrs. Christine S. Smith Of Wash
ington is president of the NACW,
and Mrs. Ruby M. Kendrick of
Washington is executive secretary.
The group will conduct its re-
gular business activities during
the convention Among these will
be various reports by officers and
committees and the election of
officers.
The host group will be the
Washington State group, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth McCabe of Tacoma, presi-
dent.