DOB Chapters Formed

SAN FRANCISCO IS NO LONGER THE SOLE CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS.

TWO NEW CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED

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IN RHODE ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. A THIRD GROUP WILL MEET IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA DURING NOVEMBER TO TRY TO FORM A CHAPTER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

FOLLOWING THE NEW YORK MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 7 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DEL MARTIN, DOB PRESIDENT, AND PHYLLIS LYON, EDITOR OF THE LADDER, PROVISIONAL CHAPTER STATUS WAS GIVEN TO RHODE ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY.

THE NEW YORK CHAPTER IS SHARING SPACE WITH THE MATTACHINE SOCIETY AT 1183 SIXTH AVE., NEW YORK 36, N.Y. (TELEPHONE: CIRCLE 5-1868). NEWLY-ELECTED OFFICERS OF THIS GROUP ARE BARBARA GITTINGS, PRES)DENT; JODY SHOTWELL, SECRETARY, AND MARY DORN, TREASURER. THEY PLAN TO HOLD MEETINGS TWICE A MONTH, A SOCIAL TO FOLLOW ALTERNATE MEETINGS. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2:30.

ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE RHODE ISLAND CHAPTER ARE FRANCES LASALLE, PRESIDENT; MARJORY LEARNER, VICE-PRESIDENT; JANE CARR, SECRETARY; MAY TYLER, TREASURER, AND JEAN CHARLES, LIBRARIAN. TEMPORARILY BUSINESS MEETINGS WILL BE HELD ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH. FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS WRITE TO THE DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS, BOX 14, WEST WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND.

SOME TIME IN NOVEMBER, A MEETING AND SOCIAL GET-TOGETHER WILL BE HELD IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA. ANYONE INTERESTED SHOULD TELEPHONE DU 7-3791 (A LOS ANGELES EXCHANGE) ANY EVENING EXCEPT FRIDAY BETWEEN 9 AND 10:30 P.M., BEFORE NOVEMBER 10.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER WISHES TO WELCOME THESE NEW ADDITIONS TO THE DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS. IT HAS BEEN A DREAM OF SOME THREE YEARS THAT ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS COULD BE FORMED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND AT LONG LAST THE DREAM IS BECOMING A REALITY. THOSE OF YOU WHO RESIDE IN RHODE ISLAND, NEW YORK OR LOS ANGELES, WE STRONGLY URGE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THESE NEWLY-FORMED CHAPTERS. THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT.

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