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R E PO R T OF “L E S IA U K R A IN K A ” C H A PT E R 37, D E T R O IT A t th e M arch m eeting held a t th e hom e of Olga S huster, M rs. A nna D rebot was selected to re ceive our h and -k nitted afg han th is year. M rs. W alter Strokon and M rs. P eter F edyk m ade th e p resen tation a t th e hospital w here M rs. D rebot w as conva lescing. E ach year C hapter 37 p resen ts a t least one afg h an k n itted by its m em bers to some elderly wom an in th e D etroit M etropolitan area. On M arch 16th M rs. W alter S trokon en tertain ed m em bers of C hapter 37 and guests a t an “E vening in India.” D r. and M rs. H arold T. Slaby show ed th e ir slides of India tak en on th e ir trip around th e world d urin g th e sp rin g of 1967 w hen D r. Slaby ta u g h t m athem atics as a consul ta n t from th e U. S. A gency F o r In tern atio n al Developm ent to In dia a t th e U niversity of P un jab in C handigarh, P unjab. M rs. Slaby wore h er sari and ex hibit ed a rtifa c ts of India, including a cross-stitch work. L ate r Mr. and M rs. Strokon served Indian delicacies prepared by M rs. Shar- m ah of th e D etro it In tern atio n al In stitu te . A silver donation was p resented by guests fo r th e C h ap ter’s A fghan Wool Fund. M ary K rafto n w as selected to be th e C h apter’s delegate to th e U NW LA Convention in Chicago in Ju ly while an o th er m em ber Olga S h u ster w as slated to speak as a panelist on a phase of h u m an rig h ts a t th e Convention. M rs. Zaio W oodford Schroeder of th e F ederation of W om en’s Clubs of M etropolitan D etro it of w hich C hapter 37 is an active m em ber will also be a panelist. Our spring “P ysan k a Games P a rty ” was a huge su ccess! One of th e attra ctio n s of th e evening w as a beautiful P ysank a poster created by L averne Veilleux, our vice president. Now we can fu l fill our $200 pledge to th e B uild ing F und of th e U N W LA De tro it R egional Council. F o r a C hapter of nineteen m em bers we th in k we are doing great. To pay fo r an inlaid U k rain ian wooden plate w hich th e ch ap ter purchased fo r its arch ives, m em bers re n t it fo r one dol la r a m onth. N ettie D olard re n t ed it fo r M ay to share w ith th e Oak P ark B usiness and P ro fe s sional W om en’s Club w hich held its m eeting a t h er home. She gave a talk on U krainian art, m usic and dancing and later d em onstrated th e p y san ka dec o ratin g art. Besides being U N W LA B uild ing F und C hairm an of th e De tro it R egional Council, A n a sta sia V olker has com pleted a long and strenuous series of pysanka w orkshops and dem onstrations. A t th e June m eeting held a t th e hom e of M rs. N icholas Ste- chisen, M rs. Donia D em ray showed th e slides she took on h er v isit to H aw aii in M arch. H er pictures show our fiftie th s ta te as a blending of Polyne sian, oriental, and A m erican cul tu re s m aking it a beautiful, ex otic sta te w hich we are proud to have as a p a rt of our w onder ful U nited S tates of A m erica. PRY ZN A N Y A : — C ongratu lations to P a st P residen t Stella F edyk -— d au g h ter Gloria g rad u ated from th e U niversity of D etroit, B.A. “S um m a Cum L aude” ; to D onia D em ray and h er husband on th e ir 25th wed ding a n n iv e rsa ry ; to a happy m other, our T reasu rer M ary K rafto n — h er only son F ran k is hom e fo r good a fte r tw o years in G erm any w ith th e A m erican A rm ed F o rc e s ; to busy A n a sta sia V olker who had to find tim e to do G rand Ju ry d u ty ; to A nna Nakoneczny fo r keeping up th e “K orovay” trad itio n in our com m u nity ; to Jennie B orden fo r h e r loyal w ork w ith th e D etro it A sociation fo r R etarded Chil dren ; to Olga S h u ster fo r h er apointm ent to th e C om m ittee of C itizenship and In tercu ltu ral U nderstand in g of th e M ichigan S ta te D ep artm ent of E d u c a tio n ; and B est W ishes to our P resi dent A g ath a O sadchuk fo r an enjoyable v isit w ith h er 93-year old m other in Canora, S askatche wan, Canada. M yrtle K. S lab y M EM O RA NDUM o f U n ited O rgan ization s o f W om en from C entral and E a ster n E urope D istrib uted a t U N In tern a tional C onference on H um an R ig h ts in T eheran, Iran , in May, 1968 by D r. W alter D ushnyck personally during his attendance a t th e Conference to delegates p articip atin g in th e Conference. H .I.H . P rincess A sh ra f Pahla- vi, C hairm an of th e Conference. V ery Rev. D r. Theodore Hes- b urgh, C.S.G. (P resident of N o tre Dam e U niv.), who re p resen t ed th e Holy See — V atican. M rs. Ai Kum e, P resid en t of W om en’s B ar A ssociation of Japan, who rep resented Japan. Mme. Zofia D em binska, fro m Com m ission on S tate of W omen, who represented Poland. P rof. P e te r E. Nedbailo, Kiev S ta te U niversity, who w as head of th e U krainian SSR delegation. P ro f. V olodym yr G. Sokuren- ko, D ean of L aw F aculty, Lviv S ta te U niversity, rep resen tativ e of U krainian SSR delegation. P ro f. V. M. Tchikvadze, A sso ciate m em ber of A cadem y of Sci ences of USSR, D irector of In s titu te of S tate and Law of A ca dem y of Sciences, etc., who was head of th e USSR delegation. M rs. N. Y. Sergeeva, Vice- C hairm an of Suprem e C ourt of R ussian SFSR, who w as a depu ty rep resen tativ e of th e USSR. M r. David H. Popper, D eputy H ead of th e U nited S tates of A m erica delegation. M rs. R achael C. N ason, A dvis er to USA delegation. H. E. A rm in M eyer, USA A m b assador to Iran , who w as USA altern ate rep resen tative. Mme. M ara Radich, A m bassa dor to S ecretariat of S tate for F oreign A ffairs, who w as a re p resen tativ e of Y ugoslavia. M iss A ndres T rav eletti, re p re sentative of In tern atio n al F ede ra tio n of B usiness and P ro fes sional W omen, a non-governm ent organization. D r. M aria Chiluye, re p resen tativ e of U nion M ondiale des O r ganizations Fem inines Catho- liques, a non-governm ent organi zation. 20 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИПЕНЬ-СЕРПЕНЬ, 1968 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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