Spring—1963
THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
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Northeastern
District
Mrs. V. T. Bishop — Reporter
Southeastern
District
Mrs. Callena Williams — Reporler
"LETS TELL THE WORLD"
The Jolly Worker’s Club of Wood
land, N. C. our newest addition to
the District has had a very full
program this quarter. Starting off
with a banquet, they followed this
with a Women’s Day program pre
senting a guest speaker. Various
money-raising projects have been
conducted and the proceeds were
used to help pay the debt on the
church cemetery; send baskets to
the sick and contribute a scholar
ship to a high school senior.
The Business and Fraternal Club
of Weldon, N. C. reports increased
membership, renewed interest in
their meetings, and cooperation in
their various communty projects.
The Silverlite Club of Rich
Square, N. C. is sponsoring their
annual Sweetheart Ball on May
second. The club is presenting two
one - hundred - dollar scholarships
again this year to the guidance de
partment of the high school.
Bona Finitini Incorporated of
Bertie and Martin counties present
ed seventeen young ladies at their
ninth annual cotillion held in the
E. J. Hayes gymtorium. It had
the services of two professionals
from Los Angeles California to con
duct the clinic for their debutantes.
As we go to press, the club is per
fecting a fashion show featuring a
professional model and apparel
from Jean’s Shopp in Richmond,
Va. Little Helena Wynn, daughter
of a club member was Queen of the
Sub - Deb Cotillion sponsored by
the Links, Incorporated of Rocky
Mount, N. C. We’re glad to know
that the Bona Finitini is stUl
sponsoring their splendid shoe
project and has helped many
needy persons along this line.
Since our last report, the Flower
and Art Club of Rich Square, N. C.
has carried out several very ef
fective community activities.
Thanksgiving baskets of goodies
and clothing were given to fifteen
Western
District
Mrs. R. S. Tillerson
Reporter
The club women of this district
look forward with great interest to
April 20, 1963 when their Seventh
Annual District Meeting will be
held in Fayetteville. They will pay
homage to the Mrs. Rose Douglass
Aggrey, one of the past State Fed
eration Presidents. As a communi
ty project, the district is contribu
ting robes to the Lennon Training
School Glee Club.
Mrs. L. E. Phillips of Mt. Zion
Club in Carthage — Moore County
— is happy that their club is meet
ing regularly and is engaged in
such activities as supplying the
Hoffman Training School for Boys
with a large number of Christmas
cards before Christmas.
They also remembered the chil
dren of O’Berry School last fall
with books and clothing.
shut - ins; a motor - cade of mem
bers and Y-Teen girls traveled to
the homes of twelve shut-ins and
sang Christmas carols; A large
box of clothing, books etc. was
sent to the O’Berry school and a
donation was given to the high-
school-guidance scholarship fund of
Creecy School.
The Rich Square Book Club got
off to a good start for 1963. The
members attended in a group the
program which presented Martin
Luther King, Jr., in Rocky Mt.
The club also presented a T. V.
extravaganza in the high school
auditorium and featured many stu
dents from different towns. A Ne
gro History Program was spon
sored at the Baptist church and a
contribution given to the B. T. U.
A very interesting display on the
Negro was placed in a store win
dow with help of the public libra
rian in observance of our Centen
nial. A scholarship has been given
to Creecy school and a Care Box
has been purchased.
made the following report of Club
Activities since the fall issue of
Journal.
A very enjoyable Christmas Din
ner Party was held.
Contributions were made to sick;
Y.W.C.A. So. French Brood
Branch; March of Dimes, County
Tuberculosis, and others. Mrs.
Thella Cunningham, Pres.
THE CITY FEDERATION
The Citizen - Times prints the
monthly meetings and special
events, such as the Pink Tea a
benefit affair to raise funds for
state convention expenses.
The club spons o r e d a Miss
Y.W.C.A. by selling tickets and
having a bake sale, this helped to
swell the building fund of the new
Branch building.
We played an important and suc
cessful part in integrating the City
public rest rooms, Eckerds Drug
Stores and Howard Johnson’s Res
taurants. Functioned in the birth
day gifts suggested by the state
federation.
Christmas donations were sent to
three institutions. One scholarship
loan in 1962. This is one of our
main objectives.
ASHEVILLE BEAUTICIANS
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MRS. LEONA MEANS,
PRESIDENT
This club is helping sponsor Miss
Jo Ann Branch of Asheville who
is now about to complete her
training in beauty culture at Bonds
Beauty School in Charlotte North
Carolina.
During the holiday season the
club sponsored a dance at the City
Auditorium with approximately
(800) eight hundred attending.
’The Annual Tc'a was recently
held at the New Y.W.C.A. building
which was a very nice affair,
and well supported.
Club Women
Begin industry
“The Economic Industrial Devel
opment’’ is an organization of
Rocky Mt. N. C. from which many
people are benefiting.
'The Federated Club woman back
of the whole idea is Mrs. L. Y.
Brown, a member of the Board of
Directors of the organization. She
is now Vice President of N. C. Fed
eration of Negro Women’s Clubs.
Following is reprint from local
paper:—
Former Mayor Allan Mims and
Ben Greenberg were awarded
plaques for the services they had
rendered since the formation of the
organization in 1960.
Both men, along with a number
of local Negro citizens, began lay
ing the ground-work for the de
velopment of the Corporation back
in March, 1960 and from their ef
forts more than $65,000 have been
raised and an industry employing
between 65-90 Negoes has been in
operation here for a year.
The birth of the idea had a pe
culiar be.ginning. It aU started
when Mrs. L. Y. Brown, special
education teacher in the Rocky
Mount School System, took her
class to visit the industry which is
headed by Greenberg. The idea
struck Mrs. Brown that this would
be a fine thing to help the employ
ment situation among her people
here. She discussed the matter
with the women in the Mary B.
Talbert Federated Club and for
several weeks they went into de
tails of the possibility of getting
the. job done. From March until
September in 1960 a planning
group met each Saturday morning
surveying the possibilities and
working out aU the angles that
would be involved. With the
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Leitao presided. The meeting was
well attended by members from
Wilson—Ahoskie and Selma.
Club activities are rewarding ex
periences for the women who take
part in them. So let us hear in a
concise form what your club is do
ing that we can “TeU the World.’’
Our District Executive Board
met in the home of Mrs. V. M.
Payton, Kinston, N. C. on Sunday,
February 24th to formulate plans
for our annual session. Many plans
were discussed that should be of
interest to the group when the an
nual meeting is held. Mrs. M.
We hope all clubs are planning
to send a large representation to
our district meeting on March
30th beginning at ten a.m. The
session will be held in the W. S.
Etheridge High School in Windsor,
N. C. Our theme wiU be; “Wom
en’s Vision In These Changing
Times.” Mrs. Juanita Taylor Pey
ton of Newport News, Va. will te
guest speaker. A very interesting
program for both adult and youth
groups has been planned. We’ll be
looking for you.
Viola T. Bishop,
Reporter.