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Show National Officer Is Special Dinner Guest Miss Ruth Rich, field secretary of I the National Federation of Business and Professional Womens clubs, of New York City, was the principal speaker at a dinner parfy given at the Gunnison hotel Tuesday evening when the Gunnison Business and Professional Pro-fessional Womens club of Gunnison entertained for the distinguished visitor, vis-itor, together the state and other officials of-ficials of the organization. Miss Rich, who. is making a tour of the West visiting the various clubs, gave a splendid address and was warmly received. re-ceived. With Miss Rich were Mrs. Ora J. Harmston., state president of the Business and Professional Womens clubs, Miss Alta Thurber, state corresponding cor-responding secretary, and Miss Nial Nelson, president of the Richfield club. One of the most noted signs of changing t'mes is the change in attitude at-titude toward the woman who works. Miss Rich told the club members at the banquet. In my visits to the clubs throughout the country I have recently recent-ly had occasion, to inquire of the women wo-men what their girls are going to do after they get out of school. In almost al-most every instance the mother has named some avenue of business or some profession which her daughter is planning- to take up. To my mint' every woman should master some business -or profession, even though her parents be exceedingly well-to-do and it may never be a necessity for her to earri) her own living. Miss Rich gave a brief review of the progress the national organization, organiza-tion, and stated that the membership of the clubs now totaled 55,000 members mem-bers in the United States and the Hawaiian Islands. The speaker urged the local club to get squax-ely back, of their organization and forge ahead and combat obstacles that would retard the work. During the evening a brief program pro-gram was given. Miss Helen Wat son of the hig'h school faculty gave a vocal solo, Mrs. Milton Perkins a piano selection, and. Mrs. Ora J. Harmston, who presided at the meeting, meet-ing, gave a reading. Eighteen were seated at the banquet table. |