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Show uu OGDEN iliESS WOMEN GATHER Proposal Made For Organization Organ-ization of. Local Club. Elizabeth Fitzcrerald and Mrs. Elizabeth Eliza-beth Coray of Salt Rake, were the principal speakers last night et the I meeting of business and professional j women held tn the city hall for the purpose of organizing a local c!ub of the Business and Professional Wo-I Wo-I men's club of America. At the conclusion of the meeting Mrs. Edward Blchsel, who preside!, was elected temporary chairman and I Ciola Clancy was elected temporary secretary, pursuant to tn.- election of Ai 1 polnt- rnent of a committee on organisa-j organisa-j tion. The time of the next meeting Is to be announced later. In discussing the aims 'Of the or- ganlzatlon Elizabeth Fitzgerald said that during the war it had be-n brought forcibly to the attention .ol the federal officials that wished to reach professional and business women wo-men for the purpose of enlisting their aid. that such an organization w s necessary, following which it came j into existence. Within a few years it had incn .i 1 its membership to more than 86,000 business and proiessional women, she I said and thero wore In the L'nitcd States at present some 36S clubs. Mucli has been accomplished during that time, she said, and the program ( for the coming year was the raising I Ot tho standard of women engage 1 , In the business and professional wori 1 land the apjing of them to become 1 more efficient in their respective call-. call-. Ings 1 Mrs Elizabeth Coray also spoke I of the many things that could be oc-1 oc-1 compllahed by a pltip and urged 1 I organization iu Ugt u. Among ,l"' I other speakors were Mrs. E ( . WattK I Miss Margaret Siewart and Miss Ida EMtssimmons. Among those present were Charlotte Char-lotte M. Kun.. Mrs. Karl Hopkins, I Mrs. Elizabeth J. Bishop. Miss Plor-1 Plor-1 once G. Bowman; Miss Lillian Stah-: Stah-: ley and Mrs Dora Sfortensen. |