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Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton MAIN SPEAKER The Main Speaker at the Con vention Banquet was Lady Mal colm Douglas-Hamilton, C.B.E., a distinguished women’s leader. She is universally known as founder and president of Bun dles for Britain, a leading Amer ican relief organization in World W ar II. Born Natalie S. Wales in Mas sachusetts, Lady Hamilton is a pioneer in the field of educating the American public on the na ture of international commu nism. In 1947 she founded and was president of Common Cause, Inc., the original American citi zens’ organization to combat communism. Recently she has organized a non-partisan middle of the road anticomm unist or ganization, Citizens for Free dom, Inc., of which she is pres ident. Lady Hamilton holds an hon orary degree of Doctor of Hum a nities from Rollins College, Flo rida, and the title of Commander of the British Empire, awarded her by King George VI for serv ice to the British government. GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS November 30, 1965 Dear Mrs. Dushnyck; My pleasure о б Saturday eve ning when I attended the 40th anniversary banquet of the Uk rainian National Women’s League of America m ust have been evident, for I thoroughly enjoyed the function! My special thanks to you for your personal urging which convinced me I should alter my previous plans and return from Nebraska in tim e to join you. . It was a joy to experience the sterling attention which was given in the program to the na tional ideals and Ukrainian cul tures. The colorful costumes even exceeded my anticipation of a dram atic display. We do hope th at it will be our favored opportunity to work with the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America as an affiliated member of the Gen eral Federation of Women’s Clubs. If there is any fu rth er assistance which m ay be fo rth coming from the General Federa tion H eadquarters, please re member th a t you have only to call upon us. W ith every good wish for peace and happiness during this Yuletide season! Most cordially, Mrs. William H. Hasebroock President of General Feder ation of Women’s Clubs. GREETINGS AND CONGRATULATIONS I wish to extend my very best wishes to the delegates for a suc cessful and m ost fruitful Con vention. Sorry I could not be w ith you. A nastasia W agner P ast President Martinsville, Nov. 27, 1965. THE GRAND LADY OF TENNIS Mrs. Mary Dushnyck is shown receiving a plaque on September 6, 1965 from Mr. Daniel Slobo- dian, m anager of “Soyuzivka,” while Mr. Bohdan Rak, director of the Association of Ukrainian Sports Clubs of N orth America sponsored tennis tournam ents, looks on. Mrs. Dushnyck received the plaque for her tenth consecutive year of playing in the tennis tournam ents held annually over the Labor Day weekend at “So yuzivka,” resort of the U krain ian National Assn., at Kerhonk- son, N. Y. Mr. Rak also received a plaque for his 10th consecutive year of conducting the tourna ments. The first women’s champion of “Soyuzivka” in 1956, Mrs. Dushnyck was a finalist four other tim es and a semi-finalist for the past five years, placing third this year. “Iron M ary,” who is also known affectionately as “the grand lady of tennis,” is one ’’who jests about her birth certificate.” For the past two years she has presented a Sportsm anship Trophy to a young player for sportsm anship and playing ability. Ivan Durbak and George Minchenko were the two recipients. It is Mrs. Dushnyek’s hope th a t more young Ukrainians will take up tennis and she suggests beginners take lessons from a professional to develop sound strokes and learn court strategy. She would like to see more young women entering competition and is looking forw ard to the day when the UNWLA will inaugu rate a sports program with ten nis, swimming., bowling and other sports. Mrs. Mary Dushnyck receiving a plaque from Mr. Daniel Slofoo- dian, manager of “Soyuzivka” 16 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ГРУДЕНЬ, 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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