The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-12
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state and national club work. In
her keynote address she stressed
the two-fold program of the
CIVIC of helping to bring peace
to the world through the promotion
of international friendship and
understanding, and through the
strengthening of our own demo-
cracy at home.
Another speaker, Mrs. Lydia
Van Zandt, journalist told of. her
air trip to the UN Commission on
the status of women and the con-
ference of Arab women.
Perhaps the most glamorous
speaker was Lady Higgins, wife
of the governor of Jamaica, BWl
IA flawess natural blonde with a
most charming voice. She told of
her federation buying 5000 wedd-
ing rings and planning mass wedd-
ings in the islands to help reduce
the terrific illegitmacy rate.
Mrs. Esther Whang Park and
Mrs. Helen Sob Chang, officers of
the Korean Federation in native
dress, and standing under five feet
tall, endeared themselves to the
convention with the eagerness with
which they received the friend
illness offered them. They were
grateful to the CIVIC for having
brought them here and had endless
reports of interest about Korea.
WHAT'S COOKIN'?
Space will not allow description
of the food served at the sumptious
banquets and luncheons during the
convention, but it would not be fair
to omit telling you about the
Florida Dinner, called the Orchid
Banquet on the opening night. The
convention committee numbered
about 900 Florida clubwomen and
at this opening banquet they all
wore orchids as well as did all of
the distinguished convention visit
ors.
The speakers table was adorned
with huge bowls of cut orchids
with smaller orchids festooned
along the edge of the tablecloth.
Every table in the huge banquet
hall, which resembled one from a
huge castle, was decorated with
orchids, not one or two, but num-
bers of them. There were over
1000 women, all in evening dress
at this initial Florida dinner. The
excellent dinner was climaxed by
the desert which was ice cream
nodded in the form of an orchid
for each person.
For the final banquet in honor
of Mrs. Roosevelt a sea shell motif
was used. The exotic tropical flow
ers and foliage was arranged in
giant conch shells as a background
for a seafood banquet. The favors
were shell jewelry, shell ashtrays, !
and shell place cards. The Key
West Club sponsored this, while
the Orchid Banquet was done by
the Miami women.
When Forida's women's clubs
were asked by the convention chair
man to provide favors for the dele
gates they never dreamed the re-
sponse would be SO gerat. The hotel
was inundated with souvenirs from
all over the state. Every club gave
or made 1900 each Of the favor
they selected.
There were beautiful gold com
pacts with the map of Florida
etched, there were gold lipsticks,
nail polish, jars of orange blossom
honey, jars of guava and citrus
jellies, corsages Of native shub-
berry, orange blossoms dipped in
wax, orange blossom perfume, In
dian doll lapel pins, bridge tallies,
sticks, sets of coasters
and bags Of raw sugar, Cans of
citrus fruit, Seminole dolls, hand
woven mats, shells of every des-
cription, aluminium ash trays, small
thimbles with plants, pens and
pencils and pads. The list went on
and on. and all the pages and aids
wore the Seminole cape for inden-
.ification.