The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
IMPORTANT MEET
 OF JW( E HELD;
 TALKS ARE GIVEN

Members of the Juneau woman Club, meeting Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Henry Har- mon. were interested listeners when plans for the construction of the | Memorial Library were outlined by B. Frank Heintzleman of the Me molial Library Committee. He told of the purchase of the lot three geals ago and of the plans drawn and stated that subscriptions tc date for the building total $47,000 of which S35,000 are in Govern ment Bonds and S10,000 in pledges. The cost of the building with some important changes in the plans has been placed at $140,00o of which s7O.OOO will be Juneau's share with matching funds from the Commun- ity Facilities Bureau virtually assured, and construction possible in the spring.
 The balance ul S23,000 to com plete Junear's share must be raised, MT. Eeintzleman stated, and the money may be either in cash or pledges. The speaker reminded the club that the sum of Sl 1888 re- ceived from the JWC was the sec ond largest amount received from an organization when the first drive for funds was made, Rotary having given S2,000 and that or ganizations are now being asked to appoint representative to the Memorial Library Committee in order to increase it from three to twelve members. The original com mittee consists of Mir. Heintzleman, E. D. Stewart and pr. James C.. Ryan.
 It was stated in connection with view of the building plans that the Library would be located on the north half of the lot on Main and Fourth and the proposed new City Hall on the south half, and special features included in the present building plans were de- scribed.
 PROGRAM
 Following the talk by Heintzle- man, the Federation program plan ned for the day was opened with the singing of Alaska songs, ar ranged in attractive booklet form by the President, Mrs. Wm. L. Paul, and led by Mrs. Harmon with Mrs. Chester at the piano. This was followed by a talk by Mrs. Betty Mccormick, War Service Chairman for three years under Mrs. Myra Mcdonald of Co,tlova. President of the Alaska Federation, Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, President of the General Federation and Mrs. Gustaf Ketterer, War Service De- partment Chairman of the GFWC, 1942 to 1945.
 Mrs. Mccormick told oi work done by the Alaska clubs and gave special praise to Mrs. Allan Peter son of the Unga Club for her sale of War Bonds, and to Mrs. Myra Rank of Fairbanks. She also gave resume of the many projects of the JWC. Having visited the na- tion's capital during the war years, she was able to give graphic description of work done by the club leaders there and stated in closing that the War Bond quota of $15 million, assigned the Gen. eral Federation of Womens Clubs, reached the vast amount of SIP million because of the effort put forth by clubwomen all over the country.
 Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann, Past President of the AFWC and at pre- sent Co-Chairman of the Division of Consumer Relations in the De- Udl Ol lllllCAl lSall II U HI Y CIVIC, told of the first Womans club of which there is any record Sorosis of New York. It was or ganized by Jennie June Croly, young newspaper woman, she stated, who was angered ty not being invited to the dinner given by the newspaper fraternity for Charles Dickens when he visited the US in 1869 Twenty-one years later, with more women's clubs in existence, a federation was formed which eventually became the Gen. eral Federation, an organization that is international in scope and has the largest membership in the