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O ld W o rld Customs O ccu p y C h apter 3 7 Having previously decided to explore Old World Customs this year, Chapter 37 began its fall activit i es in October with a talk on the U krainian costume of the Poltava region. Mrs. William which we will report on separ ately) . Com m entary: As national chairm an for the Public Rela tions Committee it is a monu mental task to coordinate a pro gram in your region, or to tran s form elsewhere w hat has been developed in Detroit, or cultivat ed in Chicago. We can only sug gest, and you will have to study, observe, and dedicate yourself to the task in your locality. Your Regional Council and Chap ter publicity chairm an will find it a rew arding experience in fol lowing up public contact pro gram s, but a word of advice — go into it w ith the idea of w hat you can do for your organiza tion, and not w hat the organiza tion can do for you. You will then reap gratifying results. I have observed, and recent visit w ith the Chicago Regional Council and Chapters confirms this observation, th a t our “is lands of isolation” are vanishing. Our women seem to be crying out of their U krainian “ghetto” and w ant to participate, be a p art of, belong to and be accept ed into larger American com m unity. It is a good sign fo r ethnic women are not second rate citizens, and as women in the free world have a mission to fulfill and a contribution to make to their adopted country, America. We m ust seek an audi ence to hear, and to be heard yet m aintain our identity. If this is the trend and a beginning of a new epoch in our organizatio nal life, then Soyuz is on the road to greater grow th and progress than ever . . . our women are accepting the challenge to build one of the strongest women’s or ganizations in the world. Volker discussed parts of the dress, fabrics and embroidery patterns. She used a doll in a Poltava costume as a study aid. She also described the apparel of her new doll dressed in the costume of the Zurawno region. This doll was a thrilling find for Mrs. Volker because the doll’s attire represented the U krainian costume worn in her native vil lage. To fam iliarize the members w ith U krainian costumes, short talks on folk dress have been scheduled throughout the club year. As one of our long range projects each member plans to dress a doll depicting the apparel worn by her forefathers. In this way the chapter will not only have dolls for display purposes, but will have members who are informed in regional costumes of U kraine as well. A t the November m eet i ng members and guests took “A Journey to U nderstanding” with Miss Gloria Fedyk, daughter of Chapter 37’s Vice President. Gloria spent ten weeks in Aus tria under the auspices of the American Field Service E x change, living w ith an A ustrian fam ily in St. Polten about th ir ty miles south of Vienna. A ttired in an A ustrian “dirndl” and w earing the M aria Theresa med al given to her by her hosts as a going-away present, Gloria showed colored slides of her trip and of her adopted family. All who heard her tell of her ex periences came away w ith a broader international outlook. To prepare for the Old World M arket at the D etroit Interna tional Institute and the ap proaching Christm as season, Chapter 37 and guests from Chapter 58 participated in a T ra ditional Ukrainian Baking Semi nar in October. Mrs. John Hu- sak showed the group how to make fru it filled pampushky. A f ter the dem onstration, a dessert of pam pushky and coffee was en joyed. The club participated in two areas of the Old World M arket this year. For three of the M ar ket days some of the members prepared traditional U krainian baked goods and sold them at the N ationality Coffee Shop. There guests and volunteers could sit and enjoy refreshm ents of many nations. Meanwhile oth er members helped to sell Uk rainian handicraft in the U krain ian booth. In keeping w ith the them e of the m arket, which was old world crafts, Mrs. William D em ray’s N eedlecraft Commit tee prepared 100 cross-stitched embroidery kits for sale and de m onstrated cross-stitching. The kits contained a pattern, detail ed instructions on how to cross- stitch, a felt needle-book w ith canvas basted on its cover, em broidery thread and a needle. Mrs. William Demray, Mrs. John Nakoneczny, Miss Elaine Keryluk, and Miss Loraine Stro- kon dem onstrated the use of the k it during the four Old World M arket days. The successful sale of the kits would seem to indi cate th a t the old world a rt of decorating clothes and furnish ings is enjoying a rebirth. The committee was inspired to pre pare a new kit for nex year's m arket. “Ukrainian Carols,” a talk by Mrs. William Demray began the chapter’s observance of the Yule Season. While U krainian carols НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛЮТИЙ, 1964 21 Mrs. P aul Hugel, and Mrs. W alter Strokon, president of C hapter 37 packing food baskets for a needy fam ilv.
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