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THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
April, 1949
THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
“Lijting As We Climb”
ISSUED BY
The North Carolina Federation of
Negro Women’s Clubs
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
MRS. ROSE D. AGGREY Salisbury
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
MISS RUTH G. RUSH Durham
MRS. O. R. POPE Rocky Mount
MRS. ANNIE E. BERRY Wilmington
MRS. NORMA DARDEN Wilson
MRS. EDNA B. TAYLOR Southern Pines
MRS. H. B. BYNUM Kinston
MRS. FLORA B. FLACK Salisbury
MRS. CLARA W. NESBY Statesville
The Federation is to be congratulated
for its success in securing two outstand
ing speakers for the annual convention in
Kinston. They are Dr. Rose Butler Brown,
distinguished lecturer and teacher of Dur
ham; and Attorney Ruth Whitehead
Whaley of New York City.
At 11 o’clock Saturday morning, Feb
ruary 5, 1949, Dr. Ellen Winston State
Commissioner of Public Welfare, very
graciously received in her office twenty
members of the State Federation Execu
tive Committee who were meeting in Ra
leigh for the purpose of making plans for
the Convention, and for studying ways
and means of improving the work of the
Federated clubs in our State. The Elxecu-
tive Committee opened its meeting at 10
o’clock in the lounge at the Arcade Hotel,
but adjourned in time to meet Dr. Winston
in her office at 11.
The conference with Dr. Winston cen
tered around the following topics, espe
cially as they relate to Negro citizens: Aid
to dependent children, the great need for
more nursing homes and the require
ments for licensing them; aid to aged per
sons; new legislation regarding birth cer
tificates; the compulsory school attend
ance law; improvements needed in County
Homes; the prospect for better care of the
mentally ill persons confined at Golds
boro and the contract for new buildings
there; Juvenile Courts; child placing
agencies; the State Sanitorium and the
improvements needed there; especially in
caring for children as well as other sub
jects that concerned the Executive Com
mittee members who had gone to Ra
leigh from various parts of the State.
Present as guests at the Arcade meet
ing were Prof. P. R. Brown, Superintend
ent of the Morrison Training School at
Hoffman, N. C.; Mrs. Pearl Middleton of
New York, guest of our secretary, Mrs.
Barnes; and Mr. John R. Larkin, of the
staff of the State Welfare Department.
THE BANNEKER
WOMAN'S CLUB
Sends a Hospitable and Happy Welcome to
the State Federation of Negro Women’s
Clubs of which our club is a member
MRS. S. E. CLARKE,
Secretary and Chairman of the
Housing Committee
"The busy day is over
The night begins to fall
Then conies for every mother
The sweetest time of all.”
The prophet of woeful lamentations was
truly gracious when he omitted from his
Jeremiad what he must have observed
every day of his life—that there is no
rest for mothers, and perhaps there never
will be even at nightfall as the above
stanza suggests.
The Federation Journal sends its greet
ings to busy mothers the world over. A
prayer follows—a prayer for patience and
strength as you circumnavigate your
heart-bound world—from crib to arm
chair, to stove, to table, to tub, clothes
line, ironing board, to porch, to yard, and
to bed, proving anew each day that the
world is really round because you ar
rive each morning at the same place
where you began your journey the day
before.
But there is a balm in Gilead to soothe
the care worn soul of mothers. It is found
in an unusual pharmacopoeia—the Bible,
which says, “Take this child and rear it
for me, and I will give the thy wages.”
What a blessed privilege of working for
the Divine Paymaster! What perfect
security! No terms as to length of service,
no stipulation as to hours or as to the
amount per day. A great privilege too, it
is for mother, first of all to help the Crea
tor to bring human life into being; then
ineed, what joy it is to realize that the
responsibility for the physical, the intel
lectual, and the spiritual development of
our children is a God given responsibility,
and is therefore divinely rewarded. That
is the balm in Gilead.
Theodore Roosevelt said at one time,
“When all is said and done, it is the
mother and the mother only who is a bet
ter citizen than any other person in the
country. 'Ihe successful mother, the moth
er who does her part in rearing and train
ing aright the boys and girls who are to
be the men and women of the next genera
tion, is of greater use to the community,
and occupies, if she would only realize it,
a more honorable as well as a more im
portant position than any man in it. The
mother is the one supreme asset of na
tional life; she is more important by far
than the successful statesman, or busi
ness man, or artist or scientist.”
“Into our hands their hearts are given.
Lord help us make them strong and true.
Steadfast of spirit all life long. Upreach-
ing tree like, toward Thy heaven.”
—R. D. A.
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The 5 Federated Clubs
The Banneker Woman’s Club was or
ganized several years ago for literary and
social activities in Kinston. Through the
untiring influence of Mrs. Etta Banton
Lane our pioneering in this type of club
activities soon developed into a wider area
of activities including greater services to
our city. Long before recreational facilities
were available the interests of the youth
of the city had become a major considera
tion. Scholarships were given to high
school graduates for college work, and in
terest in the development of the library
was built up, and the promotion of good
health in the community became for us
one of our main subjects of study and one
of our continual projects. Mrs. G. K. Bat
tle, Public Health Nurse being a member
of our club, has been ever on the alert to
keep us wide awake to this very important
activity. In our library activities the club
is much indebted to Mrs. L. W. Hardy,
the city librarian, who is a member.
Our new project for the year is activated
and led by Mrs. H. B. Bynum whose in
terest centers around “Youth Guidance
and the Emotional Controls.”
The Kinston Bridge Club is composed
of our young women who are to “carry
on” when our time is limited to the arm
chair. They are now being recruited into
the Womans’ Club. Believing that noth
ing is impossible, this club with many of
its members busy as teachers, neverthe
less can be depended upon to bear their
share of community responsibility. Under
Mrs. Marian Womack, Girl Scout leader
and counsellor aided by other faithful
women, the achievements of this club
have been most encouraging.
The Auxiliary to the Civic Welfare with
Mrs. Yillian Cox, President is a proud,
civic-minded busy group whose name re
veals a variety of interests. Service to
those in need is their prime function. One
of their most highly appreciated services
has been furnishing the wheel chair for
community use. They were the sponsors of
the Girl Scouts and they continue to be
on the watch for opportunities to render
genuine service anywhere it is needed.
The Bonnes Amis Club is composed of
leaders in the field of music, education,
and commercial professions. Miss Elaine
Gardner, their president, a Pennsylvanian,
is alert and ambitious. This club is also
interested in the Girl Scout program.
The Entre Nous Club is composed large
ly of daughters of the Banneker Woman’s
Club, standing ready for recruitment
when the Bannekers become “arm chair
models.” Health and Senior Recreation are
their major interests, but no task whether
local, State or national seems too great
for them to attempt. Their president, Mrs.
Sallie C. Hill is leader of our city health ,
program and she is our Nursery School
manager. All of these clubs join in the
welcome chorus.