Federated Garden Clubs' Annual Conference Set - Local Group To Host Meet
Tuesday, September 29, 1959
Federated Garden Clubs' Annual Conference Set
Local Group To Host Meet
More than 200 members of the District 2A, Federated Garden Clubs of Michigan, are expected to attend an annual conference Monday in the Michigan Union.
A coffee hour and registration are set for 9 a.m., with the conference opening at 9:45 a.m.
Speakers will be Mrs. Ethel G. Mullison of Midland, Ann Arbor News syndicated columnist on horticulture, and Miss Elzada U. Clover, University professor of Botany and curator of the U-M Botanical Gardens. Prof. Clover’s topic will be “Knowledge of Flowers.”
President of the hosting Ann Arbor Garden Club, Mrs. James Hayward, will welcome those attending the conference.
Roll call from member clubs in Monroe, Jackson, Lenawee, Hillsdale and Washtenaw counties will be answered by presidents or delegates, each of whom will give a short report.
Mrs. Charles T. Campbell of Adrian, director of the district, will preside at the morning session.
Educational films will be shown. Mrs. Raleigh Schorling assisted by Mrs. Herbert Sager and Mrs. Joseph Farboux are in charge of arrangements for a chrysanthemum exhibit.
State board members will be introduced by Mrs. George A. Coulton of Detroit and president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Michigan, at the 1 p.m. luncheon.
Mrs, F. A. Filie, general chairman, is being assisted by Mrs. E. L. S. Goodwin, films; Mrs. Peter Olmsted, luncheon, and Mrs. Stanley Thayer, signs.
Mrs. Morley Beckett, hostess chairman, will be assisted by Mrs. Robert H. Stimpson, Mrs. John Carey, Miss Florence Mc-Louth, Mrs. Seward Miller, Mrs. Walter Badger, Mrs. Ralph Berry, Mrs. Robert Berry, Mrs. Lee Young, Mrs. James England, Mrs. C. Merle Dixon, Mrs. James Grace, Mrs. Russell A. Stevenson, and Mrs. J. P. Wer-nette.
Mrs. Clinton Purdy and Mrs. Herbert Hall, co-chairmen of decorations, will be assisted by Mrs. Herbert Johe, Mrs. Ralph Johns, Mrs. Herbert Sager, Mrs. Larry Robertson, Mrs. Charles Tieman, Mrs. E. H. Leslie, Mrs. William Hiser, Mrs. Carl N. Hanke, Mrs. Fred Black, Mrs. Rudolph Bergsma, Mrs. F. Clever Bald, Mrs. Russell O. Everhart, Mrs. William Dorrance and Mrs. Hayward.
Mrs. Otto R. Greschke and Mrs. William Giefel, past presidents of the Ann Arbor Garden Club, will pour at the morning coffee hour. Mrs. George Wild will deliver the luncheon invocation.
Reservations will be received through Thursday by the University Extension Service, Conference Department, 1610 Washtenaw Ave.
TABLE CENTERPIECE: Mrs. James Hayward, president of the Garden Club of Ann Arbor, works on one of the many centerpieces to be used at the conference. The dried arrangement is made with an interior of sphagnum moss which is soaked in water, formed into a ball, and then covered with chicken wire. The "branches" are made from wild weeds. A small branch is covered with florists' tape to form the "stump" and then placed in the pot of dirt. At left is a finished centerpiece.
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University of Michigan - Faculty & Staff
Lectures
Gardens & Gardening
Federated Garden Clubs of Michigan
Conferences
Clubs & Organizations
Ann Arbor Garden Club
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Old News
Ann Arbor News
Mrs. William Hiser
Mrs. William Giefel
Mrs. William Dorrance
Mrs. Walter Badger
Mrs. Stanley Thayer
Mrs. Seward Miller
Mrs. Russell O. Everhart
Mrs. Russell A. Stevenson
Mrs. Rudolph Bergsma
Mrs. Robert H. Stimpson
Mrs. Robert Berry
Mrs. Ralph Johns
Mrs. Ralph Berry
Mrs. Raleigh Schorling
Mrs. Peter Olmsted
Mrs. Otto R. Greschke
Mrs. Morley Beckett
Mrs. Lee Young
Mrs. Larry Robertson
Mrs. Joseph Farboux
Mrs. John Carey
Mrs. James Hayward
Mrs. James Grace
Mrs. James England
Mrs. J. Philip Wernette
Mrs. Herbert Sager
Mrs. Herbert W. Johe
Mrs. Herbert Hall
Mrs. George Wild
Mrs. George A. Coulton
Mrs. Fred Black
Mrs. F. Clever Bald
Mrs. F. A. Filie
Mrs. E. L. S. Goodwin
Mrs. E. H. Leslie
Mrs. Clinton Purdy
Mrs. Charles Timan
Mrs. Charles T. Campbell
Mrs. Carl N. Hanke
Mrs. C. Merle Dixon
Florence McLouth
Ethel G. Mullison
Elzada U. Clover
Duane Scheel
Michigan Union