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Show SPR1NGVILLE GETS SPRING CONVENTION The endorsement or Mrs. C. E Maw of Provo for re-election to the office of state president, the selection selec-tion of Springville as the place for the April convention, and the admittance ad-mittance of the Alta club of Spanish Span-ish Fork to membership, were outstanding out-standing features at the morning session of I''i First District Federation Federa-tion of Women's clubs' convention held at Mono Trope hall, this city. Saturday. Mrs. Eliza Christensen, president of the first district federation, pre sided. The meeting opened with Ihe singing of ''America." with Mrs H. C. Hicks playing the piano accompaniment. ac-companiment. The invocation wa? by Mrs. J .P. Boyd, chaplain. The roll was called and minutes read by Mrs. A. V. Roylance, district secretary. sec-retary. Mrs. J. T. Farren. president of the Nineteenth' Century' club, spoke briefly, which was followed by congressional con-gressional singing, "America, the Beautiful." ' '' - " ' -' j "While the growth of the stab' federation in recent years lias bee". (Continued on page two) more rapid than if was during the pre-war period, there is yet much room for improvement" State President Presi-dent Maw declared. She reviewed the accomplishments of the fed 'ration 'ra-tion and made a plea for a membership member-ship committee in each district '"to replace the office of state organizer. . Mrs. Maw further' stated ;that it is no longer necessary to have the presidents' convention in the spring, b V deemed it advisable to have one stale convention in the 'spring, al-! , lowing one day for presidents to make their reports and attend to! all business, and do away with the general convention in the fall. MaV was suggested the month best suited to all. ' "The time is near at hand when district conventions will replace the general federation conventions," Mrs. Maw delcared. Mrs. Christensen. took, the floor ,and spokes iii glowing terms of the .work of Mrs. Maw. and made a mention me-ntion that the first district federation federa-tion endorse .,herj fjnj-r-elootion to, . the office of state 'president. Mrs. Ada Hasler. . seconded. . ;the- Jiiotiun. .which: was unanimously fC,ari;ied.' At noon ji . delightful $ Hmhoon was ; served ainder Uie . dircton of t be-WoiuejVy Mttijii;ip;tl'- covuit'il f iProvttv.:, - ,; . , ,- , r - j - I "Women are thinking much more seriously . Oyii social problems tJian nien' docIa-red-MiKS CharlotW Stewart;, Stew-art;, -of; the Salt Lake jreorqu-tionid, center, in giving the keynote address ad-dress of the convention. "But. we have all gone materially mad. and need something to stop us before, we go over (lie pinnacle of civilisation. We -give a twelve year boy. or girl an automobile to -drive that took ".()00 years to develop. We haven't accumulated the culture; of. -those .",000 years along with the industiial development of that' same ; period. We just ride to ride, not to get anywhere." any-where." Miss Stewart declared that work has become monotonous, and to break that monotony recreation should be varied, and the yonng people taught bow to improve leisure leis-ure time. . .; - In conclusion Miss Stewart urged t lie ni'cd of intelligent supervised play. Delegates to the state convention to he held in Salt Lake in October were chosen as follows : Mrs. j Dorothy Jensen, Payson, and Mrs. i.T. T. Farrer of Provo; alternates, I Mrs. Marie Bigler, Paysun, and Mis. .Milan Straw. Springville. Mrs. II. C. Hicks, slate song director, di-rector, who led in Q demonstration of singing. |