Show Plans begin to Organize Basin press unit At a meeting held last Saturday afternoon in Roosevelt of a group of press Ethel of Altonah was named chairman of a temporary committee which will formulate plans to organize a local unit of the Utah National Federation of Press Chosen as co-workers on Ellen Bracken of Ballard and Ardath All three ladies are correspondents for the Uintah State who met with the local press included Betty Fisher of Miss Virginia Salt Lake Margaret Salt Lake Deseret News columnist and program and Shirley Salt Lake sewing columnist of the Deseret and membership chairman of the Utah The Utah Chapter of Press Women was organized in and if a unit is formed in the Uintah it will be the first one to be organized outside state Women from throughout the Basin affiliated with news writing were invited to the luncheon meeting at the Frontier and will be eligible to join the association if they so Purpose of joining a Press Club is to promote the highest ideals of to provide exchange of journalistic ideas and and to coordinate efforts on matters of state and local interest to The National Federation of Press Women was organized in 1937 in Chicago by Helen Miller under the auspices of the Illinois Women's Press As- j Local new writers present at the luncheon were temporary committee Smith of Bertha Angus and Violet Gentry of Viola Jensen of and Cliff who made arrangements for the initial |