The globe-independent., 1952-10-02

dred Perham, the retiring president,
presided at the dinner after which
she turned the gavel over to the new
ly elected president, Miss Dorothy
Springer.
Other officers elected to serve with
Miss Springer for the ensuing year
are: Miss Helen Lyon, vice-president;
Miss Helen Arnold, secretary; and
Miss Elizabeth Ehlers, treasurer.
Miss Elizabeth Krebs was welcom-
ed as a new member.
Two of the members present at
the dinner-Miss Mary Storey and
Mrs. Ruby Yost-have been mem
bers of the club almost from the time
it was organized. Mrs. Yost has a
26-year record.
Guests at the party included: Miss
Mary Byer, president of the Amer
lean Association of Unive er t y
Women; Miss Miriam Hoffman, pres
ident of the Business and Profess
sional Womens' Club; Mrs. Home
Miller, president of the Mrs. Opt
mist Club; Miss Dotte McGraw, pres
ident of the Zonta Club; Mrs. Eta
Grice, president of the Womens'
Club; and Miss Frances Perham, Miss
Irene Burger, Miss Mabel Burger,
Mrs. Jane Norford, Miss Mary Anna
Fahrney, Miss Pauline Poffenberger
and Mrs. Marshall Wolinger,
Miss Margaret Ewald introduced
the guest speaker of the evening,
Mrs. Leila Bowman, Hedgesville, w.
Va, wife of the Rev. Lloyd S. Bow
man who served as a Missionary of
the Evangelical United Brethren
Church in Africa for IS years, MAX
ing their home in Freetown in the
small county of Sierra Leone.
Mrs. Bowman, in a very unassum-
ing and gracious manner, gave a
most enlightening and interesting
talk, using as her subject, "That We
May Understand"
For seven years, Mrs. Bowman
told her audience, she taught Home
Economics in Girls School of over
100 students, ranging in age from 5
to 20 years, who did much weaving
Of cloth for their own clothing. The
girls were eager to learn the Amer
ican way of cooking, even though
they did not have the facilities with
which to do it. She then told of the
beautiful country in and around
Freetown and pointed out that over
thirty languages were spoken by the
natives of the town. Freetown is a
seacoast town, but has no piers or
wharves. People arriving by water
had to come in on very small boats
and at times there would be boats,
flying between thirty and forty
different flags, anchored at one time.
The town has no paved streets,
Just red clay, and some of the houses
were built round and out of mud.
Trains on the narrow guage rail-
way out of Freetown Travelled ap-
proximately seventy miles in six to
seven hours. At each stop along the
railway the passengers would get
off the train and talk to the natives
who had gathered there to meet it,
as they were anxious to get the news
from the other towns and would
give the news of their town for the
passengers to take along. This was
their way of getting news of the
various towns along the railway.
Rice is the principal food of the
natives and cooked in many differ
ent ways. During the Mohammedan
New Year in July there would be
large celebrations, including parades
of beautiful floats and native dane
ing. Living there, and understand
ing the inhabitants, brought much
10y and pleasure to Mrs. Bowman
and she expressed her desire to make
another trip to Sierra Leone.
Crystal bowls of yellow and bronze
chrysanthemums and crystal can
delabras with bronze twisted tapers
entwined with SIMILAR, formed at
tractive and beautiful decorations
for the dinner tables. Various other
fall flowers were used in the decora-
tions throughout the room.
Miss Agnes Funk delightfully."- en-
tertained the group with beautiful
piano music during the dinner and
she also accompanied Miss Evan
geline Heyworth, who sang with
out A Song" by Vincent Youmans.
Miss Funk also accompanied the
group singing the 30th anniversary
verse of the Meridian Club song.
Committees on arrangements for
the anniversary dinner party were:
Program, Miss Margaret Ewald,
chairman; Miss Frances Mumma and
Miss Frances Poffenberger. Decorat-
ing, Miss Alice Leckrone, chairman;