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Charity Event of UNWLA Br. 72 Mrs. E. D. Pearce, P resident of G eneral F ederation of W omen’s Clubs NEW GFWC PRESIDENT A n a tiv e o f th e s ta te o f G eo r g ia , M rs. C a ro ly n P e a rc e h a s s p e n t m o s t o f h e r life in M iam i, F lo rid a . H e r clu b c a re e r s ta r te d in th e M ia m i’s W o m e n ’s C lub, w h e re sh e f i r s t g o t a c q u a in te d w ith clu b w o rk . B e fo re lo n g , M rs. P e a rc e w a s e le c te d P re s i d e n t o f th e club, a n d la te r b e c a m e d ire c to r o f D is tric t E le v e n . T h e tw o v ic e -p re sid e n c ie s of th e F lo rid a F e d e ra tio n fo llow ed a n d in 1954 sh e w as e le c ted p r e s id e n t o f th e F lo rid a F e d e ra tio n . H e r te n -y e a rs ’ se rv ic e in th e G F W C in c lu d e s: C h a irm a n , W e s te rn H e m is p h e re D iv isio n o f th e In te r n a tio n a l R e la tio n s D e p a r tm e n t; A m e ric a n H o m e D e p a r tm e n t a n d G a rd e n D iv isio n ; R ec. S ec’y o f th e S o u th e a s te rn C ouncil a n d R ec. S ec’y o f th e G F W C . In 1960 sh e w as e le c ted to fill a v a c a n c y in th e o ffic e of T h ird V ice P re s id e n t. S h e se rv e d a s seco n d V ice P re s id e n t, F i r s t V ice P re s id e n t a n d is c u rr e n tly s e rv in g a s P re s id e n t. A u n iv e r s ity g r a d u a te a n d a m e m b e r o f Z e ta T a u A lp h a , M rs. P e a rc e re c eiv e d h e r e d u c a tio n a t th e U n iv e rs ity o f G eo rg ia , th e U n iv e rs ity o f M iam i, a n d U n i- v e rs id a d de B o g o ta, C olom bia, S o u th A m e ric a . M rs. P e a rc e h o ld s f a s t to fa m - N E W Y O R K , N . Y . — T h e B lue a n d G old co lo rs o f th e U k ra in ia n N a tio n a l W o m e n ’s L e a g u e o f A m e ric a u n fu rle d a lo n g sid e th e S ta r s a n d S trip e s p ro u d ly s a lu te d th e su c c e ssfu l e f f o r ts o f B ra n c h 72 a t its A n n u a l C h a rity E v e n t h e ld a t th e A m e ric a n a H o te l, S a tu rd a y , M ay 7, 1966. T h e la rg e tu r n o u t e x ceeded all e x p e c ta tio n s a n d Ire n e C z arn ec k y , tic k e t c h a irm a n , r e p o rte d a re c o rd sell-o u t. T h e D in n e r-D a n c e w as p re c e d ed b y a C o c k ta il H o u r in th e P rin c e s s B a llro o m w h e re m o s t o f th e g u e s ts in fo rm a l a tti r e w ere g re e te d b y th e p r e s id e n t o f B r. 72 a n d c h a irm a n M a ry L e sa w y e r, a n d R o sa lie P o lc h e, c o -c h a ir m a n , a s s is te d b y N e ttie S aw ick i a n d th e m e m b e rs a s h o ste sse s. T h e p a s t p r e s id e n t o f B ra n c h 72, M ae D em ey , in tro d u c e d M a ry L e sa w y e r. In h e r re m a rk s , M rs. L e s a w y e r th a n k e d th e c o m m it te e a n d m e m b e rs f o r t h e ir d ili g e n t e f f o r ts in m a k in g th is fu n c tio n a m o s t su c c e ssfu l a ffa ir. N a tio n a l C o m m a n d e r W a lte r K la w sn ik a n d N a tio n a l W e lfa re O ffic e r S te p h e n S h e g d a o f th e U k ra in ia n A m e ric a n V e te ra n s w e re th e n in tro d u c e d . H e a r tf e lt th a n k s w e re e x te n d e d to J o h n 0 . F lis, E s q . f o r h is le g a l g u id ance. R ev . P e te r F e d o rc h u k , p a s to r o f A n n u n c ia tio n o f th e B lessed V irg in M a ry , o f F lu s h in g , N . Y . d e liv e re d th e In v o c a tio n . D u rin g th e d in n e r, th e c o -c h a irm a n R o sa lie P o lc h e in tro d u c e d M a ry D u sh n y c k , c h a irm a n o f p u b lic re la tio n s o f th e U N W L A , co fo u n d e r a n d f i r s t p r e s id e n t o f ily life a n d h o m e tie s . S h e sa y s t h a t h e r h u s b a n d , a n o ffic ia l of th e P e a rc e P ro d u c e C o m p an y , a fa m ily f ir m o f p io n e e r to m a to g ro w e rs o f S o u th F lo rid a , a n d h e r so n a n d d a u g h te r-in -la w a re h e r b ig g e s t “ b o o s te rs .” T h e n ew G F W C P re s id e n t c o m p le tes j obs w ith th e sa m e e n e rg y a n d e ffic ie n c y w ith w h ic h sh e b e g in s h e r w o rk a n d h e r s o f t s o u th e r n vo ice b e lies th e firm n e s s o f h e r c h a ra c te r. B ra n c h 7 2 ; B a rb a ra B a c h y n sk y , o rg a n iz a tio n a l c h a irm a n o f U N W L A a n d p re s id e n t o f B ra n c h 8 3 ; a n d m e m b e rs o f th e p io n e e r B ra n c h 3 — p r e s id e n t M a ry M a- ru se v ic h , A n n a D o b ria n sk y , A n n a W asy lcio w , M a ry S a w ic k i a n d M a ry C h u m a. A lso p r e s e n t w e re A n n e M a lan re p r e s e n tin g B ra n c h 53, a n d S te f a n ia S a ld a n r e p r e s e n tin g B ra n c h 64. L e tte r s con v e y in g b e s t w ish e s fo r a su c c e ss fu l e v e n in g w e re re c e iv e d fro m Ire n e P a d o c h , v ic e -p re sid e n t o f U N W L A ; O k sa n a R a k , p r e s id e n t o f N ew Y o rk R e g io n a l C ouncil. T h e d in n e r e n d ed w ith a c lo sin g p r a y e r b y F a th e r F e d o rc h u k . J o h n n y G ay a n d h is o r c h e s tr a p ro v id e d th e m u c h e n jo y e d m u sic. T h e A m e ric a n a a n d th e R o y al B a llro o m s v ib r a te d w ith s p ir ite d U k ra in ia n d a n c es, a n d su c h p o p u la r n u m b e rs a s “ A lley C a t” a n d e v en th e “ W a tu s i.” T h e d ra w in g f o r th e m a n y w o n d e rfu l p riz e s w a s h a n d le d b y A n n e H a y d a , r a f f le c h a irm a n , w ith th e ab le a s s is ta n c e o f O lga Z u ra w e l a n d H e r ta B e re z a . P r o ceed s o f th e r a f f le w ill b e s h a re d b y th e U N W L A S c h o la rsh ip F u n d , th e U k ra in ia n A m e ric a n V e te ra n s N a tio n a l W e lfa re F u n d a n d th e “ S ich o v i S tr ilts i.” F ro m th e m a n y c o m p lim e n t a r y c o m m e n ts re c e iv e d , th is a f f a i r w a s e n jo y e d b y one a n d all, fr o m o u r p io n e e rs to o u r te e n a g e s e t. B ra n c h 72 w ith its h a r d w o rk in g m e m b e rs a n d d e d ic a te d p re s id e n t b e liev e s th is a f f a ir to b e a fo re c a s t o f s im ila r f u tu r e fu n c tio n s . Rosal i e C. Polche ORGANIZATIONAL CHAIRMEN’S CONFERENCE F iv e R e g io n a l C ou ncils (P h il a d e lp h ia , N ew Y o rk , N e w a rk , C leveland, a n d C h ic ag o ) w ill h o ld a n O rg a n iz a tio n a l C h a irm e n ’s C o n fe re n ce th is fa ll. T h e p ro g r a m w ill in clu d e le c tu re s a n d p a n e l d isc u ssio n s a s w ell a s a w o rk sh o p . 20 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ВЕРЕСЕНЬ, 1966 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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