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THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
Fall, 1958
THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
“Lifting as we climb”
Issued by
The N. C. Federation of Negro
Women’s Clubs
Editor: Mrs. Fannie T. Newsome
Rich Square
Contributing Editors
Mrs. Mocille Spellman
Elizabeth City
Mrs. Alice Collins Smithfiela
Mrs. V. T. Bishop Rich Square
Mrs. Sodie Griffin...Elizabeth City
Miss Donna L. Daniels Wilson
Mrs. A. W. Pridgen Raeford
Mrs. Sallie Orr Asheville
Editor's Note
Now you have the Fall Issue of
our Journal. Following the pur
pose of the Journal, “to dissemi
nate events and information,” you
will note that we are trying to
give here something of both our
State and National Association of
Federated Clubs. We all look for
ward to our Golden Anniversary
in 1959. The History Committee
has been named and they are ask
ing for any materials and infor
mation dating back as late as 1909
and up. Programs, pictures, min
utes, news articles, etc., will be
helpful in forming the history of
our Federation. Please send same
to Editor as early as possible.
come to fear pity, and long in
stead for a clear-sighted compas
sion on the part of friends and
acquaintances. For pity often is
selfish in origin in that it fur
nishes an emotional outlet for the
one who uses it. By no accident,
pity for others is closely related
to self-pity, that most negative
of all emotions.
In a world in which so much
needs to be done to solve pressing
problems, there is no room for
either pity for others or self-pity.
Any such emotions should be re
placed by hard work in attacking
the problems to be solved.
The man who is hungry cannot
feed on pity, but on the food pro
vided through a donation to a
local charity.
A woman whose heart is de
pressed because a mate has sought
a divorce does not need pity so
much as a suggestion as to how
to try to rebuild her own life
through a new consecration to the
needs of others.
Reliance on pity is a poor sub
stitute for the much more diffi
cult art of encouragement and re
alistic facing of circumstances
which need to be remedied by
constructive Christian action.
Wake Up
And Read
Editorials
One Sure Way To Make Friends
You know how good you feel
when someone says a word of ap
preciation well, it works both
ways.
Appreciation is a warming
thing—it creates a flood of hap
piness which is more than re
ward for the effort expended.
We wonder why appreciation is
not better recognized and more
ardently worked. It is one of the
gifts everybody loves, and it
doesn’t cost a cent. And certainly
there are endless opportunities
for expressing appreciation to
your husband, your wife, your
children, your neighbors, your
grocer, your employees. I cannot
think of anything which brings
greater reward.
One of the inevitable results of
apppreciation is that you get more
of the same good you so kindly
recognized. Your appreciation was
a spontaneous gift. But the re
sponse is more of that which you
appreciated.
It is a grand verification of the
old adage, “The more you give the
more you get.”
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Pily
One of the most maligned and
overworked words in the diction
ary is the four letter “pity.”
Those who have faced physical
disaster or emotional heartache
back, who is honorary president
of the Koinonia Foundation, Lau-
back Literacy and Mission Fund
opened with a prayer and plea for
those who are descendants of
slaves to help effect a better
understanding between the white
and darker races of the world. As
the speech ended women of the
Convention contributed more
than a thousand dollars toward
the plans he presented. The plans
included sending the Negro Fam
ily of Douglas Oliver, to India to
live and help counteract the exis
tent hostility and antagonism now
found in the darker races of the
world toward the Caucasian race.
Tuesday presented a battery of
addresses from outstanding folk
in U. S. A. Activities in which
the National Association manifest
great interest.
1. Mrs. Ada S. Mucklestone on
Federal Civil Defense, suggested
that women strive to understand
Civil Defense and encourage local
participation.
2. Dr. Bernard H. Fox, Depart
ment of Health Education, as it
relates to public safety. He point
ed out the fact that 1 out of every
18 accidents in our country oc
cur in the home. Accidents cause
more deaths than any other
known cause. He urged each state
to promote a Safety Education
program by publicity, lectures,
movies, workshops, posters, and
literature among the women.
3. Dr. Geoge’ Johnson of the
National Advisory Commission on
civil rights, is concerned with
voting, housing and employment.
“The Complete Book For Club
women,” by Edith W. McElroy and
Dorothy D. Houghton, will be a
valuable addition to your club
library. Both authors are distin
guished women. Edith McElroy
was for many years Women’s Club
Editor for Better Homes and Gar
dens. Dorothy Houghton was presi
dent of the General Federation of
Women’s Clubs in 1950-52.
This is an unusual book, one
quotation, “Excitement, ideas, and
efforts are what bring energy.”
You will find many pointers for
making your club a force for good
in your community. It has 36 chap
ters that cover everything from
choosing a club—election of offi
cers, to what to do about legisla
tion.
(The Ronald Press Company, 15
E. 26th St., N.Y.C.—$3.75.)
All of us are active in church
work and we know that large num
bers of people turn to the church
for guidance, even on economic
matters. There is a publication
called “Dateline”; it is issued eight
times a year by the NAM Clergy—
Industry Relations Dept. It is issued
to provide related news and infor
mation to church areas on eco
nomic matters. It is a new bulletin
that over 3,000 religious leaders are
receiving. (Write Mr. Victor Camp
bell, Clergy-Industry Relations
Dept., N.A.M., 2 E. 48th Street,
N.Y.C. 17.)
Religious
Emph asis
j God is alive, and God is at
i work in his world today.
One of the most glorious truths
revealed in God's Word is that
God does project himself into
human experiences. He came in
the person of Christ to live with
men on earth and to save men for
time and eternity. He is here now
in the person of the Holy Spirit
to teach, to guide, to comfort, and
to help all of his children along
life’s way.
Why Not Join a Club?
1. For an all-over, up-to-date view
of your own field through meeting
people who represent the various
branches of it, you’ll be getting a
broader perspective than your own
one-angle view could possibly af
ford.
2. To meet people who can help
.you, who can hand you a tip or a
lead or the information you need.
3. To help do these same things
for other people.
Though some of us manage jobs,
and many of us manage families,
too few of us manage to have much
time left for relaxing. Yet time is
a thing we make for things that we
consider worthwhile. A club wiU
take some of your time, but you
can only measure the worth of the
whole by the yield to you as an
individual. Many clubs set out to
be the service type. If you join
these the service is returned with
even more than the satisfaction of
an unselfish job weU done.
In the Sermon on the Mount,
Jesus makes it clear that God
cares for us. He has a deep per
sonal concern for our welfare. He
does not want us to set our lives
standards which are fleeting and
temporary. Rather, he wants us
to seek the kindgdom of God and
his righteousness, and if we do
that he assures us that all of the
things in this world that we need
will be added to us. God’s care for
us does not concern itself just
with the satisfaction of physical
appetite, but wnth eternal values.
We are not to worry about things,
but we are to have a deep con
cern for him.
He wants us to realize that he
is concerned for our physical wel
fare and for our spiritual welfare.
He has a deep concern for every
person who has committed his life
to him through faith in Christ,
and also has a genuine heart con
cern for every lost person in the
world. He came to seek and to
save that which is lost.
We have all had the experience
of feeling that the words of our
prayers did not get beyond the
ceiling. They bounced right back
into our faces.
When we read our Bibles each
day and then pray with sincerity,
we are forming an intimate con
tact with God because he hears
what we say. God hears our pray
ers. When we pray earnestly for
guidance and spiritual help, he
responds to our prayers. When we
pray for the lost he opens up the
way for our witness to the lost.
When we pray for help in time of
sorrow and trouble, he hears and
answers our prayers. When the
crisis times comes in life, he is
near to us to help us and to
strengthen us.
Dr. Johnson is a former Dean of
Howard University. She said Ad
visory Commissions have been set
up in Texas, Florida, Virginia,
Indiana, Michigan and others to
follow, and she urged that the
women of each state become ac
quainted with the commissions
and work where ever possible.
4. Dr. James M. Nabrit at pres
ent Dean of Howard Law School
and Vice-Chairman of U. S. Com
mission on Government contracts,
emphasized the training of youth
if they are employable and ready
when the opportunity comes.
5. Hon. Archibald J. Carey, Jr.,
Chairman of Commission on Gov
ernment Employment Policies, is
a Minister of Chicago. He explain
ed the working of his commission
as;
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