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77th GFW C Convention The G eneral F ederation of W om en’s Clubs held its 77th an nual Convention in Boston, M ass. on June 9-15, 1968, a t which tim e a new E xecutive B oard was elected. GFWC Conventions are held annually b u t th e election of officers is held every second year. In speaking about h er term of office E. D. Pearce, outgoing president, called it “Two P ro g ressive Y ears.” She noted th a t th e excellent w ork done w ith youth in th e “Build Up W ith Y outh F or A B etter W orld” pro gram testified to th e success of GFW C’s activities in th is field. M adam e president stated fu r th e r th a t g re a t atten tio n was al so paid to public affairs, legisla tive cam paigns, in tern atio nal re lations and th e like. P ro gress was also noted in th e field of ed ucation. E arly education fo r chil dren, surveys of th e educational needs of young people, and con tin u in g education fo r m en and women w ere only som e aspects of th e w ork done in th is area. C rusades fo r L ight, linked w ith preserv ativ e m easures ag ain st th e use of drugs and narcotics, w ere led by wom en’s clubs in m any cities. Special em phasis was laid on th e h ealth program , w hich com prised an attac k ag ain st air and w ater pollution, th e prevention of venereal dis eases, and stro n g support for sp o rts program s. The Hom elife D epartm ent, a consum er advis ory body, and th e Fine A rts De p artm en t, w hich financially sup p o rts various cultural u n d erta k ings, also exhibited g re a t ac ti vity. The U krainian N ational W om en’s League of A m erica has been an associate m em ber of GFWC since 1947. On Ju ne 12, 1968, M rs. M ary D ushnyck, Public R elations C hairm an greeted th e Conven tion on behalf of th e UNW LA and gave a b rief synopsis of th e organization’s work. The W orld F ederation of U krainian W om en’s O rganiza tions becam e a m em ber of th e In tern atio n al Section of GFWC in 1966. M rs. S tefan ia P u shk ar, UNW LA presid en t and W FUW O P ro g ram C hairm an, represented th e la tte r organization a t th e Convention in Boston. The U krainian group presented an exhibit of U krainian folk a rt a t th e In tern atio n al F ie sta w hich was held on June 14 fo r all th e ethnic m em bers of th e F ed era tion. The ex hibit w as m ade pos sible largely th ro u g h th e effo rts of UNW LA B ranch 79 of B os ton, whose president, M rs. Olha B aranyk, and o th er officers col lected th e b eautiful em broid eries, w oodcarvings and cera m ics. M rs. Sofia W indsor, B ranch S ecretary, dem onstrated th e a r t of decorating U krainian E a ste r eggs. Thus, U k rainian women not only took p a rt in th e w ork of th e Convention b u t also exh ibit ed th e ir rich cultu ral h eritag e before a large forum of women (1,100 d eleg ates). The U krainian delegation also issued press re leases to local new spapers. M rs. Jessie June M agee, fo r m erly vice presiden t of GFWC, was elected presid en t of th e Fed eration. W isdom is so m e tim e s n earer w hen w e stoop th e n w h en w e soar. Ivan Franko T H E C R A N B E R R Y “C ranbery crim son, w hy dost thou bend low? W hy dost thou bend low? Lov’st th ou not th e light, th e sun dost not know, The sun dost not know ? “A rt thou not afraid fo r th y buds’ ten der hue ? T hy buds ten d er hue? The storm dost thou fear, a bolt from th e blue ? A bolt fro m th e blu e?” “My buds th ey are stro n g , no storm s me affrig h t, No storm s m e a ffrig h t; The sun is m y friend, I’d b ath e in his light, I’d b ath e in his light. “U pw ards to grow I ’ve no stre n g th to sp e n d ; I ’ve no stre n g th to spend; T herefore m y branches I dow nw ards m u st bend, I dow nw ards m u st bend. ’T cannot grow stra ig h t, fo r lo, th ou h a s t spread, O oak, tho u h a st spread Above m e like cloud th y shade overhead, T hy shade overhead.” T ran slated b y P e r c ifa l Cundy НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИПЕНЬ-СЕРПЕНЬ, 1968 19
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