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Report on the 74th Annual Convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs N EW ORLEA N S, LA. JU N E 7-11, 1965 A n astasia V olker — D etroit The them e of th e convention was “Service fo r Freedom and G row th,” w h i ch perm eated th e delegates and guests atten d in g num bered approxim ately eleven hundred, and th e sp irit of good fellowship and S outhern hospi ta lity prevailed everyw here. The rep o rts of th e president, M rs. W illiam H. H asebroock, and th e 51 sta te presidents including th e D istrict of Columbia, w ere m ost illum inating. The collossal scope of com m unity w ork accom plished by th e wom en’s organiza tions was overw helm ing and one fe lt th e full im pact of its m ag nitude. Y our delegate gleaned considerable knowledge from th is experience as to procedure, order of th e convention, tim ing, and discipline. F or exam ple: th e resolutions w ere printed in ad vance in th e Convention Call, and adopted th e firs t day of th e sessions. R esolution No. 13 is w orthy of note fo r th e national ity groups fo r it dealt w ith th e M enace of Com munism . W e are g ra te fu l th a t th e convention w ent on record on th is score. Also, th e tim ing of th e speakers was adhered to and accepted graciously. The GFWC is to be com m end ed fo r th e selection of speakers and panelists. E ach one was ex p e rt in his or h er given field of in terest. The talks w ere m ost inform ative, inspiring, stim u lat ing, and captured th e im agina tion of th e audience. T his tim e we w ere privileged to re p o rt w ith th e In tern atio n al Clubs. The clubs rep o rtin g w ere fro m : th e B aham as, England, C osta Rica, G erm any, Guam, Is rael, L ithuania, Philippines, P u erto Rico, E stonia, th e B altic W om en’s Council, U krainian, N ational W om en’s League Greece, and th e W om en fo r F ree dom from New Y ork. E ach rep resen tativ e depicted th e w ork of h er organization, and your dele g ate w as honored to re p o rt on th e w ork of Soyuz U krainok both here and abroad. W e w ere also especially honored to capture th e in tere st of th e New Orleans press w hich published a picture of your delegate to g eth er w ith th a t of th e M ayor from th e Philippines. We are tru ly g ra te ful to have had th e opportunity to appear in an area w here too few of our people reside, and w here little is know n about U k raine and U krainians. Y our delegate w as also th e g uest of th e Oregon S tate F ed eration a t th e W estern S tates regional dinner, and is m ost ap preciative for th is honor to M rs. John S. Tyler, S tate P resident. W e had a b rief m om ent to ex change ideas on th e w ork of th e UNW LA and how it can cooper ate w ith th e federated clubs. My th an k s also go to M rs. Douglas A. Johnston, chairm an of th e Council of In tern atio n al Clubs, M rs. M. C loutm an of th e GFWC S taff, and to th e International hostess from D etroit, M rs Edw. N oth, fo r th e kindness and the courtesy th ey extended me. It was m y pleasure to m eet M rs. Lydia B alaban, form er chairm an of th e Chicago Re gional Council of th e UNW LA, who is now residing in New Or leans. W e prevailed upon h er to give h er im pressions and com m ents on th e luncheon w hich we attended, and she has prom ised to oblige us in th e n ex t issue of OUR L IF E . M rs. M ary D ush nyck reported on th e w ork of th e New Y ork organization of which she is a m em ber. In 1966, th e Diam ond Jubilee convention of th e GFWC will be held in Chicago. It is m y ferv en t hope th a t th e U N W LA represen- Concluded on page 26) program of th e convention. The Delegates at the 74th convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in New Orleans included Mayor Isabel Alvare (left) of Noveleta Cavite, Philippines and Mrs Anastasia Volker, Detroit. Mrs. Volker rep resented the Ukrainian National Women’s League. They wore native cos tumes to the convention’s international luncheon. 16 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИПЕНЬ-СЕРПЕНЬ, 1965 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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