The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-10-11
Durant Y-Teen Cabinet

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Durant Y-Teen Cabinet
Mabel Claire Davis .- President
Dixie Winborn Vice-President
Bobbye Jean Jones Secretary
Shirley Mitchell Treasurer
Betty Campbell, Social Chairman
Betty Sue Guess, Project Chmn.
Katherine Phillips --- Social
Service Chairman
Trudy Rec Henry -- Chorister
Laura M Bowie Music Director
Estelle Turner - Adviser
Y-Teen Clubs. In Mississippi
Two hundred and fifty Y-Teen
Clubs with a membership of TO-
900 girls are a vital part of the
school life in their communities.
These clubs are seeking to give
every girl help in gaining the
more abundant life. Under the
leadership of an adult the girls
are encouraged not only in devel-
oping their own personalities but
also in sharing this privilege with
less fortunate girls. Programs are
built around the problems, needs,
and interests of the girls them
selves.
Every fall, area conferences are
attended by hundreds of delegates
who carry back to their clubs
ideas and plans that have been
successfully uesd in other clugs. In
workshop and discussion groups
they exchange ideas and expe-
riences and get practical training
in leadership. At the conference
social they enjoy fellowship and
recreation and form friendships
that help to encourage them in
their practice of Christian prin-
ciples.
Y-Teens Share With Others
For several years Y-Teens
throughout the United States have
sent Hershey Chocolate bars to
girls in war-torn countries. Let
tiers from those who received the
candy indicate that for many it
was their first taste of chocolate.
Numbers of clubs have collect
ed supplies for Korean refugees,
Mississippi Y-Teens each Christ
mas send gifts to the girls in the
training school atColumbia. In
many cases the Y-Teen gifts are
the only ones these girls receive.
Some clubs send recreational
equipment for the institution.
Durant Club Outstanding
In District : 81;
Though one of the younger
Clubs in the district, the
Durant Y-Teen Club has gained
recognition for its full and va
ried programs.
AS hostess Club for the l948
fall conference the group gave
an effective choral presentation
of the theme March To Your
Dream The Deed" and led the
worship program at the Sunday
service. Carol Montgomery and
Linda McCullar were readers for
the service.
At the 1949 fall conference five
Durant club members, Trudy Hen
ry, Sally Branch. Pat Watkins,
Linda McCullar, and Miss Tur-
ner, substituting for Barbara
Gibson, presented the Bible play,
The Gift.
In addition to sponsoring two
Halloween programs the girls
have given interpretive programs
for the different study and service
clubs of the town. Mother and
Daughter Tea, and two impressive
Christmas programs.
Durant girls have sold flowers
for the DAV, collected gifts for
the Old Mems and Old Ladies
Homes, and collected money for
the Cancer and Polio foundations.
Each year they have sent Christ
mas boxes to girls in the reform
school and candy to overseas ref
ugees.
Durant Members Area Officers
Since its organization in Octo-
Der 1916, the Durant Club has
furnished several officers for the
area organization. Rose Marie
Counts, 1850, served as Area Ill
president and as Junior staff
member at Gulf Park Midsouth
Conference. Dixie Winborn is the
present treasurer of the area.
Miss Turner is Y-Teen Chairman;
Mrs. A. E. Branch, Public Affairs
Chairman; and Mrs. II. J. Mont
gomery, Board Member.
Durant Member On
Conference Program
At the Fall Conference to be
held at Starkville October 2O-2l
Mrs. H. J.Montgomery, Miss Tur-
ner, Elizabeth Montgomery, and
Joyce Hathorn will present a
playlet before the adult group
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Montgomery To Install
New Officers
At the Sunday morning service