Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Contention Plans For
State Federation Are
Discussed
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tion have been secured for this
meeting which will include a panel
on International Understanding
moderated by Mrs. J. Allen Frear,
Jr. Glasses in Public Speaking,
Program Planning and Parliamen-
tary Practice, called Gong and
Gavel which will be offered.
Due to the illness and subsequent
resignation of Mrs. William Reilly
Brown, of Wyoming, Delaware, Mrs.
Oscar T. Roberts, of the Harring-
on New Century Club, was ap-
pointed as the new Chairman of
Bylaw Revisions.
The Presidents, Mrs. Storey,
message was entitled, Review and
Renew. In reviewing her calendar
Of the club year, she has spoken on
federation matters before ten clubs
md will speak to fifteen additional
;lubs this spring. Mrs. Storey COM
.nented that in regard to educa-
ional legislation, every clubwoman
should follow carefully the pro-
3eedings of the State Legislature
n order to be aware of possible
:hanges in educational programs
hey have long upported-such as,
Student Driver Training, Art, Mu-
sic, and Special Services for the
handicapped and Gifted Children.
Mrs. Storey announced that the
lext statewide meeting of the
Federation following the Conven-
ion in Seaford will be September
10, The Fall Conference, to be
aeld on the campus of the Uni
Fersity of Delaware with members
# Newark New Century Club as
lOstesses. Board meeting dates for
t959-60 are: October Is, January
and March II. The 1860 Conven-
ion will be held in Wilmington
With the Wilmington New Century
;lub members serving as hOstesses.
Mrs. Eugene Hackendorn, Jr,
State Chairman of Conservation,
announced a Know Your Della
ware" Tour to be taken by the club
women on Tuesday, May 5. Buses
will leave Wilmington at 700 a. m,
picking up the people as they go
lownstate. The Village Improve
nent Association of Rehoboth will
serve coffee to go with the box
lunches club members bring witt
hem. Call or write Mrs. Hacken
lorn, 13 Lexington Drive, Rolling
Park, Claymont, Delaware, for ad
litional information.
The guest speaker of the after
noon session of this Board meeting
vas Miss Bettina Sergeant, of the
Public Relations Department of the
luPont Company. Miss Sergeant,
Who is a clubwOman herself, pre-
;ented many excellent suggestions
On how to promote and publicize
he best possible public relations
or the State Federation and local
:lubs. She graciously answered the
many questions presented on tech
liques of presenting information
% the public and the various media
Ivailable. Specific suggestions were
given the clubwomen on how best
promote Federation Week" on
he local as well as the state level
iible displays were most attractive.
Special music for this occasion
was presented by Miss Zola Mae
Shaulis, a sixteen-year-old Della
ware City High School student,
who has had considerable concert
experience. Miss Shaulis played the
irst movement of the Beethoven
'AppaSSiOnata Sonata" and the
Chopin "Etude for the Black Keys"
Mrs. Norman E. Frick, State
Chairman of Crafts, 1410 Athens
Road, Green Acres, in Wilmington,
announced that reservations for the
luncheon-Fashion Show of the
State Federation to be held in Will
mington Wanamaker's Auditorium
on Thursday, April Is, are coming
in so rapidly that only a few more
persons may be accommodated.
Mrs. Thomas Herlihy, Jr., State
Chairman of Legislation, called to
the attention of all Delaware club
women certain bills in the current
Legislature pertaining to projects
for which the State Federation has
worked in the past Following her
explanation of the details of each
bill, the Executive Board voted to
send letters to the Speaker of the
House and the President Pro Tenn
of the Senate protesting and oppos-
ing House Bills number 81, 73, and
Senate Bills 81 and So because they
felt that this. was in the best inter-