Holmes County herald., 1963-07-11
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authorities TO OBTAIN equal
rights and privileges for the
female as for the male. This
retaliation should make B. P
w clubs grow by leaps and
bounds.
One of the main features OF
4 the convention was the work
shops, which yielded much in
formation. The Civic Partici-
1pation workshop which en-
phasized Civil Defense and
insisted that every B P w
ICluD member participate in {
First Aid Course and Mrs.
Truitt stated was most in
tereSting.
Miss Johnson reported OF
the Membership workshop
which she attended. The fact
that there are many potential
members for Business and
Professional clubs and that
they can be reached by max
ing the club programs more
Interesting andt worthwhile.
Talk B P Wwas emphasized;
let the working woman know
that she can better herself
and her career by working
with the club which seeks to
elevate the standards of the
working woman. The slogan
stated by the State Member
ship Chairman, Mrs. Rubye
Laird, is: $4,000 or more
by '64."
Resolutions pushing fo1
equal rights for women were
:lpassed by the convention DO.
Idly on Saturday morning, and
all clubs were asked to con.
tact candidates for office ask.
ling them whether or not they
will support such Legislation
and if not, WHY? The right
to serve on Juries which is
denied Mississippi women was
also reviewed with new effort
A Equal Rights Amendment
to the U. S. Constitution pro,
vidxng that equality under
the law cannot be denied or
account of sex and uniform
benefits under The Social Sc.
curity Act and the removal
of limitations on the amount
of earned income permitted
to a person drawing Social
Security. No
Mrs. Brunette Y. Henning.
ton was Chairman of TIN
Legislative panel and she pre-
IIsented women who had sat or
Federal Juries and also the
women VINO are candidates
zoo siute offices, among Wnolli
Vas MASS Evelyn Gdnuy, caIl
dIuaLe IOr lieutenant cover
lOr ana VINO is d past preoi.
dent vi the MISSISSIPPI reue'
raIIo1l or BUSINESS ana rIo'
-IieSSlonal Women.
rrUsrdfiS were Iuily ais
lcuoSeu at lne convention allU
lit was ADVISED that each cIuL
Choose: l.. a project related
20 community interest, z. one
prOlect related to national IN
terest, 3. one related to the
individual club.
4 Two outstanding guest spea'
Ikers were entertained thrOu'
'Ighout the convention.
Mrs. Lorraine Mule, out
'Igoing president of the Louis
Llama Federation used as her
theme Leadership Achieve
She sail paraphasing
Ia quotation concerning a lad
lder to Heaven by saying:
1.-The progress of women is
mot reached in a bound; Du1
1--we build a ladder by which
1--we as women rise" She re-
Viewed the accomplishment
.Iof women since the organiza'
-lticn was founded in 1919.
The highlights of the con
vention was the annual pan
|quet. The key speaker was the
National Representative, MISS
Ellen Reihms of Smyr-
Delaware. The theme OF
llher address was Rendezvous
Responsibility VINO
.lcompared business and pro-
.Ifessional women OF other
countries, especially those De-
hind the Iron Curtain with
LiAmerican women. She met
woman in Russia VINO
Twas director of a factory, one
.Iwho was a leading architect,
Lanother who was editor OF a
Woman's Magazine with a
circulation of over 10 million.
lShe said they were obviously
livery intelligent; but it was
Apparent they had little free
ldom of choice in what they
Ibid personally in their work
,lMiss Reihms said American
!. women should contribute their
individuality and exercise
their freedom of choice. She
emphasized that they should
-return to the pioneer splrl'
of early Americans and he
lon guard against too mucf
government control and wage
a continuous fight against com
-placency. Miss Reihms install
He'd newly elected officers.
:. On Sunday morning, Mrs
Frances Braswell of Koscius.
Ike conducted the Memorial
lServices for the members who
flhad died the past year. Mrs
Truitt says that if all club
members could attend the