Woman's Monday Club Scrapbook

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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1948

Monday Club Closes Year With Annual President’s Event

            The club year of Woman’s Monday Club was closed with a traditional presiden’t breakfast yesterday in the Crystal Room of Nueces Hotel.  Mrs. B. W. Klipstein was hostess. 

            New officers installed by Mrs. Sam Rankin were Mrs. Maud French Smith, president; Mrs. L. L. Wagner, first vice president; Mrs. W. E. Pope, second vice president; Mrs. John B. Hardwicke, recording secretary; Mrs. H. H. Watson, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Boyd Brooks, treasurer; and Mrs. Douglas I. Can Ness, parliamentarian.

            The group met in the hotel apartment of Mrs. Frank Lewis prior to the breakfast.  The breakfast tables were decorated with baskets of pink carnations and pink stock.  Similar flowers were used for smaller bouquets tied with streamers.  The flowers were gifts of Mrs. Klipstein and Mrs. Lewis.

            Mrs. G. R. Scott, club founder, gave the invocation.  Mrs. Gordon Lewis was welcomed as a new club member.  Guests were Mrs. Archer Parr, Miss Carrie Allen, Mrs. Lylian Trickett, Mrs. S. G. Borden, and Mrs. Anna McCampbell Fore.  Mrs. Klipstein was assisted by her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Brady.

            Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Wagner gave a report of the TFWC convention held in Austin last week.  Woman’s Monday Club received an award for 100 percent subscription to the “Federation News.”

            The club voted to be a co-sponsor of the new Cervantes Literary Club.

            Mrs. Kate Bluntzer paid tribute to Mrs. Klipstein and presented her with a federation pin from the club. Mrs. William Gerhardt paid tribute to Mrs. Smith, incoming president.

            Mrs. Gerhardt was named press reporter.  Mrs. Hood Boone presented yearbooks.

            The meeting was closed with the club collect read by Mrs. Charles Pugsley and “Blest Be the Tie That Binds.”