The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-25
Key Vest w O1aan's
Club HO,tored
Isadore W. Bowser


Key West. and the Key West
Woman's Club in particular,
were signally honored on Satur-
day, by the visit of the grand
officers of the General Fedora
ton of Wonaen's Clubs, now in
convention at Hollywood, Florida.
As everyone must know by now,
the General Federation includes
in its membership some eight
million women from all over the
world, and is the largest organi-
zation of women in existence. Its
conventions are very large, and
the interesting program is tight
ly scheduled to get in all the
activities in which the Fedora
ton is Interested; it is therefore
a most unusual event when the
grand officers attend any social
occasion en- masse, and the lunch
con which the Board Of the Key
West woman's Club gave for
their visitors must be marked as
d memorable function.
The management of the Casa
Marina was kind enough 10 open
lis dining room for the luncheon,
aud the table, which was deeufa.
ted by Miss Eta Patterson, was
d conservation tjieeeD itseif, sci
IN the windows overlooking the
beautiful grounds III The Casa
The Lang table was bahked viii
every variety III eeieFfui hibiss
Gus Ne island RReWsl and the ek i
qulsltile luncheon crowded the
visltefs With many hey VEST
aeileaeies, EFena ieliied turtle
eehsAlAnee 10 gnaVa and cream
cheese ale ensure that the Grand
officers remember u as q culinary
a. well as a social occasion, Mrs,
Back was presented with a COPY
OF the now famous Key West
Cook Book, which she accepted
with an extremely gracious little
speech,
To add to the collar of the &C.
casion the Board of the local club
all wone hibiscus, stephanotis and
galan de noee. and Mrs, Edgar
Starke had made up original and
ontstandingly beautiful corsages
for the following guests:
Mrs, i. L. Blair Buck, Presi-
dent, from Richmond, Virginia;
Mrs. Oscar Ahlgren, I'd Vice Pre-
sident, from Whiting, Indiana;
Mrs. Earl B. Shoesmith, Secreta-
~; San Leandro, California; Mrs.
Charles +. Fuller, Treasurer,
Brockton, Mass; Mrs. r. I. C..
Prout Chairman of the budget,
Minneapolis, MINI: MRS. c. Whit
field GoWrie, president of the
presidents council Hamden,
Conn.
In addition to these grand Off
GERS the Key West Woman,s Club
welcomed Mrs. Briggs, of the
Hollywood Woman,s Club, and
Mrs. Steven. from Miami Shores,
who accompanied the officers to
Key West.
Mrs. Lee Goddard, president of
the Key West Woman's Club, pre-
sided at one end of the luncheon
table, and Miss Minnie Porter
Harris, who has herself been ac-
tive in the national organization,
at the other.
Mrs. William Warren and Mrs.
Dan Navarro, past presidents of
the local club, were in charge
of the luncheon, and visitors and
members alike agreed that they
had achieved a really tropical
luncheon.
To add to the charm and digni-
ty of the table the committee had
marked the places with Mrs. Wal
lace Kirke's Key West place
cards, and the visitors were to
be seen at the conclusion of4the
luncheon accepting a full tcollec-
ton of these unusual line draw
ings to take home lin remem-
brance."
Since their time was SO very
limited, only brief sightseeing
tour of the Island could be ar
ranged, including, of course, The
Little White House, I but the, dis
tinguished guests left reluctantly,
and with many promises to- re-
turn again to the. southernmost
city and the southernmost Wo-
mans Club in the United States.