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THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
Spring—1965
Birthday Gifts
Project Points
After reading a letter from Miss
W. Laws, chairman of this project,
the following points were empha
sized in the Board Meeting:
1. Each District President is urg
ed to carry out the request of the
chairman completely for get gifts
out in your district. Please send in
time to be there for the birthday of a
boy or girl.
2. If it is not possible for you
to carry out the request, then return
it to Miss Laws and explain why.
Presidents if you fail to follow up
your clubs to see that they do their
part, some child is disappointed. We
are sure you do not really mean for
this to happen. It would be fine to
have your clubs report back to you.
3. Please write “Federation
Club” on each package. Give the
name of the club as well as the name
of the person sending the package,
or give the name of club president
and her address.
4. Put full name of Boy or Girl
inside the package. A nice birthday
card with childs name and club it is
from will add to gift.
5. Address all packages to the
school where the child is.
6. It is not recommended that you
expect or request an answer from
the child. If the package is not re
turned to you it has certainly been
received by the school and given the
child. They may not always be in
position to write. If you include an
addressed card we are sure it would
be returned to you.
7. No gifts will be returned. When
they reach the school they become
property in care of the school for use
as they think best. We can certainly
trust the people in charge there to
use them correctly.
8. It is suggested that each club
appoint a Gift Committee to handle
Birthday Gifts (buy-wrap-and mail
them), this will insure smooth han
dling of the request. The club might
easily keep a record in this way and
make a report yearly to the District
President.
BRAILLE
MAGAZINE
Keep our contributions for the
Braille Magazine coming in. It takes
twice the effort for the blind to
read but they enjoy it twice as much
as we who can see.
I heard a wild bird singing
—so 1 know what FREEDOM is,
I looked in the eyes of a child
-so I know what FAITH is,
I have lost a friend
-so I know what SORROW is,
I watched a bud burst into bloom
-so I know what GLORY is,
I have seen a mother bend over a
crib
-so I know what LOVE is,
Now, that I have seen and known all
these things, I know what GOD is.
-Anon
Happy Springtime,
L. V. Merrick, (editor)
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MRS. A. B. BOLEN
Regional Prexy
Florida Native
Mrs. A. B. Bolen, Fort Pierce,
Florida, President, Southeastern
Regional Association of Colored
Women, is a native of West Palm
Beach, Fla., and her secondary
school work was done there. Then
to Bethune Cookman College and to
Tuskeegee Institute. She now is
teaching in the Mathematics Depart
ment of Lincoln Park Academy, Fort
Pierce, Fla.
She is a member of St. Paul AME
Church where she works as chair
man of the Parsonage Aid and the
Woman’s Day Drive committees.
She has had a great deal of ex
perience in club work, which pre
pares her for the many duties of the
Regional Association. Aside from
years of club membership she is
president of Fort Pierce Federated
Woman’s Club, that completed its
clubhouse March 1964. She is im
mediate past president of Florida
Association of Women’s Clubs and
is now serving as chairman of its
Executive Board. This organization
cited her in 1964 for outstanding
community and state service.
She is the wife of C. E. Bolen, who
is publisher of Chronicle, a local
paper in Fort Pierce. They have
one son.
Some of her affiliations are: Del
ta Sigma Theta Sorority, Order of
Eastern Star, Democratic Club,
Council on Human Relations, Na
tional Council of Math Teachers,
Florida State Teachers Associa
tion, Florida Publishers Associa
tion, Community Association - In
ter-racial group.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
(Continued from Page 3)
which are provided to member or
ganizations.
The State Legislative Council
urges the 1965 General Assembly
to:
1. Amend the adoption law to
eliminate independent adoptions of
children by non-relatives.
2. Allow a state income tax re
duction to employed persons paid for
the care of dependents.
Southeastern Convention Set
Hampton Institute, July 25-27
Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.
23rd - Biennial Convention of South
eastern Association of Colored
Women’s Club Inc., July 25-26-27,
1965.
Theme: “Responsibility of a Club
woman for the Design of a Great
Society.”
The Southeastern Region of the
National Association of colored
women’s club Inc. is composed of
the following eight states: Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Vir
ginia.
Plans are in the making for mass
meeting, workshop, press breakfast,
banquet and other events.
Registration will be Sunday morn
ing July 25th and the Keynote speak
er will appear on Sunday afternoon
followed by a reception.
Delegates will be housed in dor
mitories on campus, having two oc
cupants per room.
Meals will be served in college
cafeteria.
Maintenance for the three days
will be a package deal costing $15.-
50 per person and this includes
banquet for Monday night.
A Post Tour of historic James
town, Williamsburg, and Peninsula
is planned Wednesday, July 28th,
at reasonable cost.
The president, Mrs. Algernon B.
Bolen of Fort Pierce, Florida was
elected to office in the 1963 conven
tion held in Miami, Florida. She is
asking and urging club women from
the eight states of the region to
make early plans to join her in
Hampton for a valuable three day
convention, “Lifting as we Climb.”
Mass Meeting - Sunday; 7-25-65
at 4:00 P.M,
Reception - Sunday; 7-25-65 at
6:30 P.M.
Banquet - Monday; 7-26-65 at
6:30 PM, Speaker - Mrs. Mamie B.
Reese, Pres. National Ass.
Press Breakfast - Tuesday 7-27-
65 at 7:00 AM.
The Youth will join Adults for
Mass meeting, reception and ban
quet.
Youth using and all-over theme:
“As our Culture Grows,” all eight
states of the region has been given a
topic to develop and present in any
way they wish. North Carolina has
“Communications.”
3. Establish district courts which
can provide statewide family court
service.
4. Require periodic motor vehicle
inspection.
5. Extend juvenile court jurisdic
tion to include 16 and 17 year olds.
How can the North Carolina Fed
eration of Negro Women’s Clubs
benefit by membership in the State
Legislative Council?
1. As a member organization we
will be able “to submit legislative
proposals to the council, calling for
revision of an existing statute or
proposing a new one” for the Coun
cil’s consideration.
2. As a member organization we
will “be alerted to the needs and
problems of North Carolinians”
and be given information that will
enable us to study the program
each year that the General Assembly
meets.
3. A knowledge of the needs and
problems of our State will enable
us to discuss personally or through
correspondence the programs of
the State Legislative Council with
our legislator and urge him to sup
port them.
Since “in unity there is strength”
I urge your consideration of our
North Carolina Federation of Negro
Women’s Clubs’ holding member
ship in the State Legislative Coun
cil in order that we may join other
organizations in helping North Caro
lina become even a greater State
through its legislative program.
E. M. Spellmen