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Waco Tribune-Herald from Waco, Texas • 29

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Waco, Texas
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29
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Waca Sunday August 1 1954 4 I 9 V' A Bn Kl ife A I fs points Si 'S NEW CLUB HAS PREVIEW 16 1 with styled room iwK 4 4 it I I it 1 4 T'tf W'j 'J 1 ft 5 jf lito i rl aS St 1 Mg S0 U' i XJjRi JU St It rX I I 1 SfSl tM Ills Valentine A garden club Mrs Valentine have the first tea in the new home nr Mrs Robertson another life member chats with Mrs Lockwood and Mrs rank Jackson in a window seat alcove Rose satin cushion uphol stery and window drapes will remain among the furnishings lb' rri? So Sjl ISH A In the dining room are ederation trustees: Mrs orson Mrs Rosson Jr chairman of the building committee Miss Mamie Schaper edera tion treasurer for many years Mrs Primm Har ederation of Women's Clubs officers look ct the ederation's new home 2900 Bosque Boule vard Mrs Swigert fourth vice president stands ct one side of a decorative marble mantel jU I A Mrs A Goldstein ederation president out parking space that has been added to the grounds to Mrs O'Dowd first vice president This will give ederation members off street park fc 'XV i Opposite are Mrs Goebel auditor Mrs Latimer recording secretary Mrs Sligh sec ond vice president The mantel installed by a former owner will remain is designed by Birch Easter Bj HELEN BALDWIN Tribune Herald Staff ing Exterior details of the English Tudor clubhouse are visible from a spot on the grounds near the cor ner of Twenty ninth and Bosque Parking facilities are being increased by the new owners to have for a sev rnch Sea reserva tinns chairman is mak ing dates for a season which opens Oct 1 What Price reedom" a panel discussion will be 'A Compton Lockwood Martha owlkes Haun Jim Clark Miss Alilea Muldrow Mrs Dewitt Clark Mrs heads will walls of wood paneling which ederation trus tees will use as their headquarters It also has two other rooms one of which will be converted into a playroom with an a tt endan for use of mothers who wish to leave small children there i 1 attending some function at the clubhouse Mrs Morgan is remov ing most the furnish ings now in the club house which was former ly her home She is leav ing S600U worth of car peting most of it down stairs with some on the stairway and in one sec ond floor room Several handsome gifts of furnishings are in prospect for the new club home Beaux Arts club has asked to replace the over mantel mirror shown in the upper picture ar the left of this page 1 and or ward" is what Waco ed eration of Clubs will entitle its first fall luncheon Oct it will honor and past presidents and will be a housewarming for the ederation's new home at 2900 Bosque Boulevard New home of the ed eration will apparently be popular with ederation member clubs and the women who belong them Reservations already been made wedding reception era! club meetings 1 eons and teas Mrs ver Spencer mW 1 gix en at the Nov 4 lunch eon Waco Euterpean Chorus will give a pro gram of Christmas carols at the Dec 2 luncheon Bought from Mrs Byrd Jane Morgan who took the ederation home at 1400 Washington Avenue as part of the transaction the headquarters is much fur ther from Waco It was Architect wood now living in ort Worth for Mrs Ben Cle ment and the late Mr Clement It is believed to be one of the best con structed in Waco with big basement first floor rooms that can be closed off or opened together a second floor with five bedrooms They will be made into meeting rooms The third floor has a Gothic 1 fa 1 Ara 1 WWS eUf f4 ris Mrs Torrance Mrs Edward'Goddard past president Mrs Harry Wood They plan to open the clubhouse in October Goldstein igel Com pany is giving the first floor draperies Council of Jewish Women will furnish an upstairs room Shakspere (Tub is moving its properties from the present club home to the new one and will furnish a second floor room Eight clubs have pledged to give metal folding ta bles and each trustee will give a metal folding chair ederation officers and trustees hope that wom en interested in federa tion activities will make gifts which Avill be neces sary for its furnishings They also hope the prac tice of making memorial gifts in the names of friends no longer living xv ill be established Present plans are to have the chib open each Tuesday after it begins operation for card games and refreshments This will be known as for members and their out of town guests will necessitate find ing a resident caleress Third Wednesday book reviews which the ed eration holds each Wed nesday will continue this season A class on parlia mentary law is another attraction being planned Nine new life members have joined the edera tion and their contribu tions of $100 each will be added to funds to further equip the new home for club activities Several other life memberships are anticipated ederation Garden Club has made the first reser vation for a benefit tea Sept 3 Accredited mem bers who have formerly paid rent for use of the clubhouse will not he charged to entertain in future If they make use of the cateress Clubs will not pay rent if benefits they give are for club house improvement eo for belonging to the ederal ion'as an indi vidual member yill be raised from $2 to $5 per year trustees decided at their meeting Thursday In the new clubhouse Tim ederation will participate in Heart Texas air and riday Oct has been named special Waco ederation of Clubs day at the fair Mrs A Gold stein president will namo a chairman of fair ar rangements for the day hu JOHy BEWETT 4 4 A A arouo of life members women who have contrib uted $100 each toward ederation interests are gathered around the piano where one of them Mrs rank Jackson is seated Others are Mesdames PVT Sfff I fc A 'Z JB WfeuwWBWtoff If KmIUUHIU I I ISomw imr 4 i If i aMk jfog JWBlBKy2dk 411 a gj BIBHBBkSA 5 'W 5 Li Lc 9 1 I I Bit IW tefl ife I I.

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