Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Thirty First Year - Number 47
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, June 25, 1931
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NEGRO WOMEN'S CLUB
WILL CONVENE IN MARLIN
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About One Hundred Delegates Ex-
pected From All Sections
of Texas.
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Announcement is made that the Texas Federation of Negro Women's Clubs will hold
its 26th annual convention in Marlin July 7, 8 and 9, about 100 delegates being
expected to attend from all sections of the state. Day sessions will be
held at the negro Methodist church on Durr street and night programs will be
presented in the Marlin negro Baptist church on Bennett street.
Aims of the organization are outlined as
for the general uplift of humanity. Included in its accomplishments is a
law passed by the Texas legislature providing for a for delinquent negro girls
and obtaining of improved travel accommodations for negroes on the railroads.
Owning $5,000 worth of property in San
Antonio, the organization has about 1,500 members in Texas and is affiliated
with the national association. Marlin has four clubs affiliated with the
state federation.
Speakers Announced.
Several white speakers
are announced on the program during the session, including three officials of
the state Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. R. F. Lindsay of Mt. Pleasant,
president, and Mrs. J. L. Young of Mineral Wells, chairman of the Better Homes
for America movement, both of whom will be heard Wednesday evening, July 8, and
Mrs. J. L. Brock of Bryan, district chairman, who will speak that morning: Cecil
Glass, president of the Marlin Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Levi Goodrich and Miss
Marjorie Rogers, president and corresponding secretary of the City Federation of
Clubs of Marlin; also Prof. R. M. Woods of Huntsville, interracial committee
worker, while an invitation has been extended to Senator Tom Connally.
The announcement also states that the
program will include talks by President A. B. Dement of the Texas Federation of
Negro Women's Clubs, Mineral Wells; retiring President A. E. S. Johnson of the
organization, Marlin; Dr. A. L. Hunter of Marlin, and others active in the work
of the organization.
Interspersed with the programs will be
entertainment of various kinds for the visitors, it is stated.
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