Show Club Hears Marriage 1 C Counselor u in National Cont Contest st tl I The The W Woman m mi a Athenaeum hold frt their teg regular ar on November No No- i bull Ml-i.- vember 3 t T. T t Ing After the regular ar order orde of business bus bus- mess iness MI Mi's Mis s Cai Carot I n n Terry sang Ill Whistle a Happy Tune n was vas by Mrs Tat Tat- bot n fl I Mrs Vern Brunyer Introduced Mrs Mn Kathryn Dalglish Marriage Marriage Marriage Mar Mar- Counselor from SaI Salt Lake City and represent representative he of i No th the Xo fo lor loru 3 3 District as M the speaker u 3 the evening Mrs stated I that since the marriage counsel coun- counseling ing law had become effective In 1957 and as of ot June 30 1959 j 1739 cases essES had been referee j to 0 them Tar Tor advIce are are made to the counselors by t the I courts attorneys welfare agen des cles or by the individual She I also told of the pre marriage counseling f for r the younger pet peo pie Mrs she's experiences were very Interesting and we I Ih h hope pe to h hear aZ from flom her again In Insoon soon Club to Compete COmpe The Womans Woman's Athenaeum re received received re- re to day November 9 1959 acknowledgement from Washington Washing Washing- ton D C. C of Its official entry in the 1960 1958 Community Achievement Contest spon do-spon spon o-spon- by the General Federation of Womans Woman's Clubs and The Sears Sears- R Roebuck Foun Foundation i The club will wilt compete with thousands of other federated women's women's women's wo wo- wo- wo mens men's clubs throughout the country for in prizes In Including Including Including In- In I a top ha national lonal prize of All cash aw awards won by I clubs must be spent for the e benefit benefit bene bone fit of ot the community according accord accordIng accord accord- Ing to contest rules The contest is an incentive i lO foe all women's clubs to pru pru 1 vide leadership In meeting corn com com I I I z heeds need t It lL places great on wo with the community J with local civic and social 11 groups grouP'S In all phases of planning and executing coni com projects projects' In the last last- contest completed In June 19 1953 3 wom women's ns n's clu clula reported successful action t. t tj 1 meet local needs is with achievements Including improved improved im im- im- im proved education health and recreation recreation recreation rec rec- rec- rec facilities formation of nf community councils and many ut others ers As the basis for judging every club must submit a written re report report re re- port by by March 1 I 1960 detailing Its ils community achievement between between be be- tween the date of June 1 I 1953 and June 1 1960 1900 New Sew Chairman Mrs Mildred Baxter newly appointed Community Achieve hent Contest Chairman n for the Womans Woman's Athenaeum reports I that Mrs Katherine l ansen has hu been appointed as her assistant The club has joined with the Salt Lake City clubs in providing g recreation for the psychiatric ward of the Veterans Hospital A group of mem members rs visit this Institution once a week weak The club also sponsors a Girl Scout Troop contributes tes to the City 1 Health Council and the Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Public Welfare and is continuing the u tJ work at the I Public Library A group of ladles ladies from the Womans Woman's Athenaeum visited the Fort Douglas Veterans Administration Adminis Adminis- Hospital on Friday November November No No- vember ember 6 6 I Volunteers Volunteer I. I i These ladles ladies volunteered their services at this hospital On arI arrival ar ar- f ar-f I rival they were subjected to an ani i hour of of orientation so that they would b be slightly familiar with what was expected of them This group W was III assigned to help helpIn In inthe the geriatrics division that being being be be- ing lug the the unit nit where the eld elderly patients are cared for They were to help tt tb the patients 11 ID to feel the security of ot k Ing that some one on op the outside outside- Mill cares for them and and- to help crea create opportunities for the patients to use interests and Intelligence constructively The ladles spent three hours he helping ing with crafts playing check checkers checks chec chec- k kers ks rs and other games building puzzle and and just talking as friends with th the patients Some Borne of the I I group group even even attempted to learn to play pool I Willing to Help The ladles ladies felt that they had so little to contribute toward the welfare of the patients in this unit but but were very willing to give of the talents they have hav They al also felt that they th themselves would gain a 8 great deal from this work v Members rs who volunteered for this were Mrs Mn Arthur Gray Oray Mrs Horan Koran Mrs Eldon Mrs Robert Hyde and Mrs Thomas Ttomas Burt Every Friday as II tie the weather permits group will go to the VA Hospital to to- help in the he geriatrics geri gerl- unit The original group will In all probability be augmented augment augment- I ed fd by other v volunteers lunte ra from the Womans Woman's Athenaeum 1 Club |