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- Lena Stone Criswell
THE DAILY
DEMOCRAT
Thirty First Year - Number 58
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, July 9, 1931
DINNER GIVEN FOR TEXAS
CLUB FEDERATION HEAD
President Appears on Program at
Negro Women's State Federation
Meet
Mrs. R. F. Lindsay of Mount Pleasant, president of the Texas Federation of
Women's Clubs, was guest of honor at a dinner given by the City Federation of
Women's Clubs of Marlin in the private dining of the Hilton hotel Wednesday
evening.
Other out of town guests included in the 18
attending the affair were Mrs. J. L. Brock of Bryan, president of the fourth
district of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs; Miss Kate Friend, active in
women's club work at Waco; Miss Mary Louise Allen of Washington, D. C., and Miss
Katherine Roberts of San Antonio, the latter two being guests of relatives in
Marlin.
The occasion of Mrs. Lindsay's visit to
Marlin was to address the annual convention of the state federation of negro
women's clubs in session here this week. A number of those attending the
dinner accompanied Mrs. Lindsay to the Marlin negro Baptist church where she
spoke. She was presented to delegates attending the convention by Mrs.
Levi Goodrich, president of the City Federation of Women's Clubs of Marlin.
Appearing on the program also was Prof.
Woods of Huntsville, interracial commission field worker, who discussed his
activities after being introduced by Dr. N. D. Buie of Marlin. Mrs. Brock,
Miss Marjorie Rogers of Marlin and Miss Lois Souther, Falls county
superintendent of schools, had made talks at the convention earlier in the day.
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