The Lexington advertiser., 1963-07-04
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--siaeSs Ard Professional Women's Club
delegates Report On Annual Convention

me Durant Business and
rA~1esslonal Women near d
convention reports gwen by
ci@o delegates, Mrs. Luc.,1,
4.oitt, president and MISS
Allie Johnson, melnoersnlp
co-nmittee.
Delegates were elected bv
Tue Durant Club to attend the
oh annu, Conventlon or
business tnd d Professional
v omen Winch convened IN
meridian at the Lamar Hotel
June z, 8 aid 8.
Mrs. Trullt and Miss John
son made their report when
Tie Durant Club met in the
-ome of Mrs. Maple Nor
wood, Civic Participation
Chairman, on North jackson
Street at a regular business
Aleetlng of the Club.
The convention Til eme
Grow Mississippi Fedora
tlon' was kept pefore the
convention body throughout
The convention. Mrs. Iru1tl
stated that mucn progress
was shown and a spirlt OF
Women marching ard
was most prevalent. Mrs.
1rultt cites that if all the
working women realized that
most OF the advantages which
are enjoyed by the working
women were not presented to
them on silver platter but
came about because of the
tlrelesS efforts of Business
and Professional Women and
are the fruits of long and |
tedious hard fought battles
against discrimination of the |
sex = nor is the bat |
lie finished = now = there
are women lobbying and
working with authorities. to
obtain equal rights and privi-
l1ges for the female as for
the male. This realization |
should make B. and P. w.
clubs grow by leaps and
One of the main features
Of the convention was the
workmanShlpS, which yielded
much information. The Civic
Participation workshop which
Civil Defense and
INSISTED that every B. and P.
". Club participate in a
Irst AID Course and d Mrs.
Iruitt stated, was most in
MISS johnson reported on |
n e MemDerSnlp workshop {
vnIcn Sne attenaed. Inc tact
nat rlere are many potentIai I
1emDerS Tor the BUSINESS and !,
Professional clupS ana tnau
hey can be reached by max
ng the clups programs more
ana WORTHWHILE. !
1alk b. and P. W." was erl- |
let the working
woman know that she can
letter herself and her career
~ working with the club
Which seeks to elevate the
tandardS of t h working
women. The slogan stated by
ne State Membership Char
nan, Mrs. Rubye Laird is:
z,OU0 or more-by '64."
Resolutions pushing for
quail rights for women We're
'aSSed by the convention
morning, and all
lubS were asked to contact
.andidates for offices asking
hem whether or not they
vii support such legislation
md if not, why? The right
o serve on jurIes which is
lenied Mississippi women
vas also reviewed with new
'ffort. An Equal Rights /,
amendment to the U. S. Con-
tltutlon providing that equal
ty under the law not be
enied on account of sex and
Uniform benefits under the
social Security Act and the
emoval of limitations on the
of earned income
ermitted to person draw
lg Social Security.
Mrs. Burnette Y. Henning-
on was chairman of the
legislative panel, and she
resented women who had
at on Federal juries and also
he women who are candi-
ates for state offices, among
whom was Miss Evelyn
candidate for Lieu
enant Governor and who is
past president of the Mis-
lsslppi Federation of Busi-
less and Professional Women.
Programs were fully dis
used at the convention and |
was advised that each club
hoose first, a project related
0 community interest, second,
project related to National
interest, third, one related to
ne individual club.
Two outstanding CUES
peakerS were entertained
the convention