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UNWLA Highlights A s th e X III Convention of th e U k ra i nian N a t i onal W om en’s L eague of A m erica w ill be held June 29, 30 and Ju ly 1, 1962 in P h ila delph i a, P a., th is d ate w ill rem ind all B ran ch es to prepare th em selves to m eet th e ch allen ge. * A ccord ing to B y-L aw s you m ay send one delegate for every 25 m em bers o f your B ranch. P lease, ch oose th em carefu lly. Y our dele g a te h as to report you r w ork, and tak e p art in th e d isc u ssio n s; and should be able to b rin g you back all n ecessary d irections. * T he C onvention’s P rogram Book w ill include g reetin g s o f all U N W L A B ran ch es, as w ell as ad vertisem en t. Could you contribu te th rou gh your effo rts ? T he P rogram B ook is a v ery im p ortan t m eans of h elp in g to balance th e C onvention b ud get. ed. W h at a th o u g h tfu l and prac tical g ift from th ese ind u striou s la d ie s!” M rs. Slaby, C hairm an o f C hap ter 37, com m ented th a t la st sp ring, th e C hapter m em bers planned a G am es P a rty in th eir com m u nity, w ith w h ich to earn m oney to p urchase th e n ecessary w ool. D ifferen t w om en ’s organ i zation s in th e G reater D etroit area w ere invited to th e hom e of M rs. W alter Strokon, 5701 D a- C osta, D earborn, one o f th e m em bers, and n in ety attended th is fu n d -raisin g event. “T h is k n ittin g a ctiv ity had an oth er ad van tage as w ell,” com m ented M rs. Slaby, proudly. “T he ladies n ot too w ell acqu ain t ed w ith th is sk ill found th a t th e n ecessary w ork w as a real learn in g exp erience. Our C hapter, w h ich ordinarily m eets bi-m on th ly , planned m on th ly m eetin gs recen tly in order th a t w e could accom plish th is effo rt fo r th e N orth view p atien ts b y C h rist m as tim e. I th in k w e gained as m uch from sh arin g to g eth er in th is effo rt, as th e p a tien ts w ho w ill receive th e fin al products of our labor.” WINNER OF 1961 YOUNG TALENT A s th e m ost ou tstan d in g U k rainian ta len t in 1961 th e E d it orial B oard of O U R L IF E ch ose th e sin ger, M arta K okolsky. L ast fa ll sh e san g th e role o f G ene v ieve in P u ccin i’s O pera “II T ri- tieo ,” on th e sta g e o f th e N ew Y ork C ity O pera. Im m ed iately th a t O pera en gaged h er to sin g th is season in foreign operas. THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL W.M.M. T he W orld M ovem en t o f M o th ers sum m oned a conference o f its In tern ation al C ouncil on N ov em ber 27, 1961 in P aris. T he W orld F ed eration o f U k rain ian W om en’s O rganization (W F U - W O ) w as represen ted b y M rs. A n gelin e K ovalsky. Renew your subscription of O U R LIFE! SYNOPSIS of the UNWLA President report at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Women of America, as printed in the Bul letin of NCW, November 1961. “U k rain ian N ation al W om en’s L eagu e o f A m erica, In c.: “Our L ife” — a m agazin e published in U k rain ian and E n g lish h as a g rea tly increased circulation . W e are now preparing a cook book for circulation . . . S even o f our b ran ch es h ave w om en ’s choru ses. W e are a sk in g U k rain ian com p osers to w rite m u sic to lib retti g iven th em to fill our d efin ite need. Our bran ches con tin ue to ex h ib it w om en ’s p ain tin gs and to sponsor folk art and costu m e ex h ib its. Sem in ars and d iscussion groups on fa m ily life and th e p a rent-ch ild relation sh ip are popu lar. W e support a p rogram for th e support and com fort o f th e lonely old. W e m ain tain ch il d ren’s su m m er cam ps and give school sch olarsh ip s . . . W e h ave erected a sta tu e o f th e U k rain ian p oetess, L esya U krain ka, in th e C ultural G ardens in C leveland. W e sh all hold our 37th A nnual N ation al C onvention a t P h ilad el p h ia in Ju ne.” MARY BECK WINS A NEW TERM M ary B eck w as re-elected to an oth er fou r-year term in D et ro it’s C ity C ouncil, in th e recen t election s. B y v irtu e o f h er re- election sh e w ill be able to con tin u e h er fin e w ork fo r th e citi zens o f D etroit. H er record as a public serv a n t is im p ressive. S he holds th e d is tin ction o f b ein g th e fir st w om an ever elected to th e C om m on C ouncil of D etroit. A nd also th e fir st w om an ever elected p resi d ent of th e C om m on C ouncil. U k rain ian w om en rem em ber h er stim u la tin g cu ltu re am ong th em b y fou n d in g th e L iterary C on test of W FU W O . D u rin g th e tw o con tests in 1960 and 1961 w om en au th ors w ere challen ged to n ew a ctiv ity , and produced in terestin g sh ort stories and n o vels. T h e L iterary C on test fo r 1962 is b ased on a travel descrip tion . In 1960 M ary B eck h elped or gan ize an ex h ib it o f U k rain ian art in th e free w orld. T h is w as h eld in D etroit, w h ere som e 40 U k rain ian p ain ters exh ib ited . T h ese en terp rises ind icate h er deep in terest in th e ad vance m en t o f cu ltu re am on g U k rain ian s. O U R LIFE Edited by Editor i al Board Published by the Ukrain i an National Women’s League of America, Inc. 4936 N. 13th St. Philadelphia 41, Pa. DA 4-7304 18 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛЮТИЙ, 19'62 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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