City and County Federation of Women's Clubs
San Francisco 1918 - 1920
Needlework Guild of America, San Francisco Branch
Transcribed by Elaine Sturdevant
 NEEDLEWORK GUILD OF AMERICA
    SAN FRANCISCO BRANCH
Mrs. John LEALE, President
Organized 1894
Federated 1917
Meets once a year
The plans and policies of the Needlework Guild of America remain the same from year to year, save in time of disaster or emergency. The past two years having brought to the Pacific Coast neither great disaster nor special emergency, the biennial report which the San Francisco branch offers to the Federated clubs is one dealing solely with statistics. Happily these statistics are gratifying to our entire organization and an asset of encouragement to each member, and it is with no apology, rather it is with a feeling of ample justification for existence and continued effort - that we present tabulated facts to the community whose institutions benefit through our agency.

In the report made two years ago, we ventured to express the hope that we might reap compound interest in our work. We feel that that hope has been realized along every line. In the two years we have more than doubled the number of garments collected. In order to appreciate the force of this statement we must remember:

1. That the foundation of membership is the annual contribution of two new garments or the donation of their equivalent in money.

2. That the one-hundred per cent increase meant the additional collection of two thousand garments the first year and more than three thousand the second and,

3. That this increase in numbers was accomplished through a proportionate increase in number of contributing members.

In 1917 we collected forty-six hundred and twenty garments; in 9181, sixty-seven hundred and eighty-six garments, and in 1919, ninety-five hundred and fifty-two garments, which were distributed amongst fifty-five institutions. During the past two years, we have added twelve new sections and forty-two new directorates, in addition to which we already are assured of five new sections for the current year. This gratifying result has been accomplished - not by spasmodic effort, but by a steady, healthy growth, in umber of contributors, in enthusiasm and in genuine interest in and for the work.

Our yearly report has just been published and may be had upon request. It contains the name of each of our thirty-one sections - presidents and each of our hundred and sixty-nine directors, any one of whom will be only too glad to enroll members. The road to our future success and
continuous growth looks bright and inviting and there is room for many in the broad highway. Once again we venture to plan for compound interest in our work - a record easy of accomplishment should each member of this Federation become a member of the San Francisco branch of
the Needlework Guild of America.

OFFICERS

Mrs. E. G. DENNISTON, Honorary President
Mrs. John LEALE, President
Mrs. Almeron SKINKLE, First Vice-President
Mrs. E. R. LILIENTHAL, Second Vice-President
Mrs. George REED, Third Vice-President
Mrs. A. O. DOREY, Fourth Vice-President
Mrs. Milton H. ESBERG, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Edward G. CAHILL, Treasurer
Miss Edith Elizabeth LEALE, Corresponding Secretary

SECTION PRESIDENTS

Mrs. S. SUSSMAN
Mrs. E. G. DENNISTON
Mrs. E. R. LILIENTHAL
Mrs. Marion O'CONNELL
Miss Blanche MURRAY
Mrs. Milton H. ESBERG
Mrs. Eliza C. HORTOP
Mrs. Edward G. CAHILL
Mrs. W. C. MORROW
Mrs. McKinley BISSINGER
Mrs. Robert Hugh DONALDSON
Miss Jessie WIGGINS
Mrs. John LEALE
Mrs. E. H. HOWELL
Mrs. E. E. WILLIAMS
Mrs. Henry MEYER
Mrs.Edward G. CAHILL
Mrs. Robert WALLACE
Mrs. Leon GUGGENHIME
Mrs. G. F. TERSCHUREN
Miss Laura McKINSTRY
Mrs. J. D. JESSUP
Mrs. Almeron SKINKLE
Mrs. A. O. DOREY
Miss Virginia GIBBS
Mrs. George REED
Mrs. L. T. SAMUELS
Mrs. E. E. BURR
Mrs. George MULLIN
Mrs. E. M. HOGAN
Mrs. S. L. REISS 

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