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Show WOMEN'S CIVIC CLUB NAMES NEWOFFICERS March meeting of the Women's Civic Club was held Wednesday night at the Civic Center. The meeting which was conducted by Mrs. Elmo A. Nelson, president, began at 7:30 Prayer was given by Mrs. Harley English, and Mrs. C. A. Curtis, club member and Red Cross home service worker for Bingham district, gave a very timely and interesting talk on Red Cross work which included an article from a recent issue of Readers Digest. She urged all members to support the drive. Members voted to send $10 to the Utah State Federation of Women's Clubs to aid their nurs- es scholarship fund. Election of officers was held under the direction of the nominating nom-inating committee. The new officers of-ficers are: Mrs. Dale Johnston, president; Mrs. Wayne Sorenson, . first vice president; Mrs. Tom Carrigan, second vice president; Mrs. Sam Feraco, recording secretary; sec-retary; Mrs. Bob Jimas, corresponding corres-ponding secretary; Mrs. T. Earl Kelly, treasurer; Mrs. William Swamston, historian, and Mrs. Nelson, member at large. 1 The Central District convention conven-tion will be held on Saturday, March 22 at Magna. All members mem-bers are urged to attend, reservations reser-vations for which must be made to Mrs. Wm. Page by March 16. The program under direction of Mrs. Boyd J. Nerd in, program chairman, was introduced by an original poem of welcome, and included: Vocal solos "Wonder Why" and "Unforgetable" by Tommy Johnson accompanied on the piano pi-ano by Janice Hocking; Indian Dance by Aria Olsen and Denny Simkins, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ed-ward Okazaki, native Hawaiians, played and sang island music. Mrs. Sophronia Forsberg from the Salt Lake Council of Women, who has also" served orr the lcgis- ' " lature, was guest speaker. She talked on emancipation of women wo-men which included a review of the struggle women have had to obtain their rights and their place in the world today. She named many Utah women who have become famous for their accomplishments. She was pre-sente pre-sente da lovely violet corsage by Mrs. Nerdin. Mrs. Okazaki read a poem and she and her husband played and sang while refreshments refresh-ments were served. Delicious refreshments were served to 22 members and five guests by the hostesses, Mrs. Odell Peterson, chairman; Mrs. Elwood Johnson and Mrs. Ray Watson. Decorations followed a St. Patrick's day scheme. Other out of town guests were Mrs. F. A. Miller, mother of Mrs. Nerdin and Miss Mary Bernado of Salt Lake City. |