Business and Professional Women’s Club
Year Book 1930-1931

These images are of the "1930 Yearbook from the Business and Professional Women’s Club" from Warren,
Arkansas, which came from the estate of Mrs. Hattie Lou (Edwards) Berry. I have attached her portrait, (below).
She was my Big Mama’s (Mrs. Pearl Maude (Edwards) Greenwood) sister. ~~ Johnny Greenwood

(The images contain the following transcribed information only - sorry - no pictures! ~~ Barbara Logan)

Image 1 Front and Back Covers (469 KB)	Front Cover Business and Professional Women’s Club   Member Arkansas Federation And N. F. B. P. W. C.   Year Book 1930-1931
Image 2 Inside Front Cover and Page 1 (482 KB)	Handwritten Inside Front Cover: Agnes Mosely Mrs. Vandervoort Margaret Elizabeth H – Mrs. B. Cowan Lillian Russell Mrs. Clyde Dans Clara Ward Margaret Pope   Page 1 Better Business Women For A Better Business World.   Club Colors - - Green and Gold
Image 3 Pages 2 and 3 (552 KB)	Page 2 Past Presidents Bess Outlaw Nannie Bowe Lucille Cooper Sue Feaster President ----------------------------- Hattie Lou Edwards First Vice-President ------------------ Mildred Thomas Recording Secretary -------------------- Pearl Oakmail Corresponding Secretary -------------- Carrie Crowell Treasurer ---------------------------------------- Leah Dunn Parliamentarian --------------------------- Alice W. Amis Directors Sue Feaster Lanie Carr Minnie Holderness Gladys Mae Alexander Elizabeth Upton Della Porter   Page 3 Committees and Chairman Membership ---------------------- Rose Marie Brummett Program --------------------------------------- Maude Smith Finance --------------------------------- Emily Sue Matlock Education ------------------------------- Eleanor Berryman Research -------------------------------- Lucy Southerland Publicity ------------------------------------ Carrie Crowell Health ------------------------------------------- Estha Adams Social ---------------------------------------- Mattie Moseley Emblem -------------------------------- Minnie Holderness Transportation ----------------------------- Lenora Bryant Friends ------------------------------------ Ressie Wardlaw Membership Estha Adams                 Cordia Hall Eloise Abernathy                 Minnie Holderness Louise Abernathy                 Rowena Koonce Faye Alexander                 Emily Sue Matlock Gladys Mae Alexander                 Mattie Moseley Justine Alexander                 Pearl Oakmall Alice W. Amis                 Della Porter Mildred Anderson                 Ethel Scott Eleanor Berryman                 Fannie Smith Jennie Betts                 Maude Smith Ruth Brandon                 Lucy Southerland Lenora Bryant                 Helen Russell Rose Marie Brummett                 Helen Terry Lanie Carr                 Vadis Parnell Carrie Crowell                 Mildred Thomas Leah Dunn                 Elizabeth Upton Hattie Lou Edwards                 Ressie Wardlaw Sue Feaster                 Faye Wendell Helen Graham                 Genie Wood Louise Graham                 Hazel Wood Mamie Gray
Image 4 Pages 4 and 5 (561 KB)	Page 4 “Women and Their Work” JULY 8, 1930 LUNCHEON Methodist Church Leader—Carrie Crowe Vocational Program “Survey of Vocational Books in Fordyce Librar- ies” ---------------------------------- Carrie Crowell Book Review—”Lantern in Her Hand” --------- ------------------------------------------- Fannie Smith Musical Number JULY 28, 1930 BUSINESS MEETING Leader—Mamie Gray Women Writers—Novelists Roll Call—Woman Novelist Life Review of Edna Ferber -------- Mattie Moseley Book Review—”Scarlet Sister Mary” -------------- ------------------------------------------- Eloise Abernathy Hostesses: Louise Abernathy, Eloise Abernathy, Faye Alex- ander and Faye Wendell AUGUST 12. 1930 LUNCHEON Baptist Church Leader—Emily Sue Matlock Supervision of Finance Committee “Women and Investments” ----Emily Sue Matlock “Are Charge Accounts a Convenience or a Tempt- ation?” --------------------------------------- Jennie Betts Musical Number   Page 5 AUGUST 26, 1930 BUSINESS MEETING Women Social Workers Leader: Elizabeth Upton Roll Call—Woman Social Worker Jane Adams (Hull House) ---------- Alice W. Amis Julia Lathrop (Children ‘s Bureau) ------------------ -------------------------------------------- Mildred Thomas Hostesses: Gladys Mae Alexander, Eleanor Berryman, Leah Dunn and Mamie Gray SEPTEMBER 9, 1930 LUNCHEON Methodist Church Supervision of Program Committee Leader—Maude Smith “The Educational Side of the Club Program” --- ---------------------------------------------- Della Porter “Social Features of Club Program” --------------- --------------------------------------------- Faye Wendell Musical Number SEPTEMBER 23, 1930 BUSINESS MEETING Leader—Helen Graham Women Educators< Roll Call—Woman Educator “A Crisis In Women’s Colleges” ----Helen Graham Alice Freeman Palmer ----------------------- Ethel Scott Hostesses: Jennie Betts, Lanie Carr, Carrie Crowell, Hattie Lou Edwards
Image 5 Pages 6 and 7 (563 KB)	Page 6 OCTOBER 14, 1930 LUNCHEON Baptist Church Leader—Rose Marie Brummett Supervision of Membership Committee “The Purpose of Our Organization” ------------------- -------------------------------------- Rose Marie Brummett “Our Federations—State and National” --------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Genie Wood Musical Number OCTOBER 28, 1930 STEAK BROIL Arrangements in charge of Social Committee Hostesses: Hazel Wood, Alice Amis, Ruth Brandon and Cordia Hall NOVEMBER 12, 1930 LUNCHEON Methodist Church Leader—Minnie Holderness Supervision of Emblem Committee “Ideals for Business Women”Minnie Holderness “Short History of Emblem as Federation Symbol” -------------------------------------------------- Sue Feaster Musical Number ------------------ Justine Alexander NOVEMBER 25, 1930 ANNIVERSARY BANQUET Kilgore Hotel Toastmaster ------------------------------ Alice W. Amis   Page 7 DECEMBER 9, 1930 LUNCHEON Baptist Church Leader—Eleanor Berryman Supervision of Educational Committee “Does a Girl’s Business Success Depend More on Her Schooling Than on Her Personality?” ---------- ------------------------------------------ Eleanor Berryman Current Events --------------------- Mildred Anderson Musical Number DECEMBER 23, 1930 “At Christmas play and make good cheer For Christmas comes but once a year” —Tusser Entertainment Committee: Hazel Wood, Louise Graham and Maude Smith. Hostesses: Maude Smith, Louise Graham, Fannie Smith, Genie Wood and Justine Alexander. JANUARY 13, 1931 LUNCHEON Methodist Church Leader—Leah Dunn Thrift Program JANUARY 27, 1931 BUSINESS MEETING Leader—Pearl Oakmall
Image 6 Pages 8 and 9 (550 KB)	Page 8 Women in Congress Roll Call—Woman in Congress Ruth Hanna McCormick ----------------- Vadis Parnell Ruth Bryan Owen ------------------------ Louise Graham Musical Number Hostesses: Mildred Anderson, Rose Marie Brummett, Lucy Southerland and Helen Terry FEBRUARY 10, 1931 LUNCHEON Baptist Church Leader—Mattie Moseley Supervision of Social Committee “Social Features of the Club Program” ------------- --------------------------------------------- Faye Alexander Selection from Independent Woman ------------------ --------------------------------------------- Rowena Koonce Musical Number FEBRUARY 10, 1931 BUSINESS MEETING “There is music in all things if men had ears.” —Byron Leader—Vadis Parnel Roll Call—Women Musicians Louise Homer ------------------- Justine Alexander Lives of Girls who became Famous Musicians -- ------------------------------------------ Elizabeth Upton Musical Number Hostesses: Lenora Bryant, Sue Feaster, Helen Graham and Emily Sue Matlock   Page 9 MARCH 10, 1931 LUNCHEON Methodist Church Leader—Estha Adams Supervision of Health Committee Methods Suggested for Normal Health for Busi- ness and Professional Women ---- Estha Adams “How Much Recreation Does a Business Woman Need?” ---------------------------------- Pearl Oakmail Musical Number MARCH 24, 1931 BUSINESS MEETING Leader—Louise Abernathy Adventure and Science Mme. Curie (Physicist) ---------- Lenora Bryant Mrs. Martin Elmer Johnson (Adventurer) ------ --------------------------------------------- Cordia Hall Musical Number Hostesses: Rowena Koonce, Minnie Holderness, Esther Adams and Ethel Scott APRIL 14, 1931 LUNCHEON Baptist Church Supervision of Parliamentarian, Alice W. Amis
Image 7 Pages 10 and 11 (529 KB)	Page 10 APRIL 28, 1931 BUSINESS MEETING State Convention reports by Delegates Hostesses: Mildred Thomas, Helen Russell, Elizabeth Up- ton and Mattie Moseley MAY 12, 1931 LUNCHEON Methodist Church Leader—Ressie Wardlaw Women in Exceptional Work “Exceptional Work” -------------------Ressie Wardlaw Lady Astor ---------------------- Gladys Mae Alexander Judge Florence Allen ------------ Hattie Lou Edwards Musical Number MAY 26, 1931 BUSINESS MEETING “Every artist was first an amateur.” —Emerson Leader—Faye Alexander Women and Art Neysa MeMein (Illustrator and Designer) ------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Maude Smith Malvina Hoffman (Sculptor) ---------------- Lanie Carr Musical Number “Dutch” treat—Social Committee in charge of arrangements.   Page 11 JUNE 9, 1931 LUNCHEON Baptist Church Leader—Ruth Brandon History of Arkansas Roll Call—Great Women of our State State History --------------------- Louise Abernathy Talk: Historical Landmarks of the State ---------- --------------------------------------- Lucy Southerland Musical Number Song—Arkansas JUNE 23, 1931 BUSINESS MEETING Women and the Cinema Leader—Genie Wood Roll Call—Movie News Greta Garbo ---------------------------------- Hazel Wood Ruth Chatterton ---------------------------- Helen Terry Review of late picture ------------------- Helen Russell Musical Number Hostesses: Pearl Oakmail, Della Porter, Vadis Parnell and Ressie Wardlaw
Image 8 Page 12 and Inside Back Cover (528 KB)	Page 12 OUR CLUB COLLECT Keep us, O God, from pettiness; Let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off self seeking. May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face Without self-pity and without prejudice; May we never be hasty in judgment and al- ways generous; Let us take time for all things; Make us grow calm, serene, gentle, Teach us to put into our action our better im- pulses, straight-forward and unafraid. Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create differences, That in the big things of life we are as one. And may we strive to touch and to know the great, common, woman’s heart of us all. And, O, Lord God, let us forget not to be kind. —Mary Stewart   Handwritten Inside Back Cover - Blessing - Program Leadewr Miss Minnie Tickets for picture Show at least 10 Banquet We want everyone to turn in their names for banquet now or at least by Saturday $1.00