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Orifnjzcd to create and sustain tbc work of the variow Syrian clubs through componionship of its members in unified effort, by upholding Syrion
in stlutions, cherishing and preserving Syrian ideals and traditions, 2nd taking an active part in oil projects for the mutual benefit of Syrians
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of , +Jrian Qtluhs
(OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
VOL. IV, NO. 7 • HOME OFFICE, HOUSTON I TEKAS, JULY, 1936
PAGE 1.
DALLAS IS READY
Calculated to eclipse in attendance and novel arrangements
all bygone conventions, our fifth annual meeting at Dallas, Texas,
on September 6 and 7 has been p l~nned with precision and is ready
to be un-t'eeled to the Syr ian ·-Arr.erican publico Not only have the
members of the 1936 host club , the Syrian American Ladies' Ed ucational Ass'n ., been extremely a ctive in the preparations, but this
year 's Dixie Convention ha s held the interest of the Texas Centennial authorities, who are a lso cooperating in this great brotherhood assembly . Dallas is ready: The question is: ARE YOU READY?
Let I s see if you are . Check the following items:
HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR RESERVATIONS ?
It is to your invidivual advantage to make reservations
at the Adolphus Hotel in order to insure you a room in the same
building as convention headquarters . The rates will be no higher
than staying at a lower-priced hostelry during this Centennial,
whi ch move will be forced if you do not write in now. The address:
Adolphus Hotel , Dallas, Texas .
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YOU ELECTED DELEGATES?
This year the convention committee will be exceedingly
strict in enforoing the mandate of the constitution in that all
names of delegates and alternates must be in the Secretary-'i' reasurer 1s hands by August 7th. Upon receipt of such names at the Home
Office, credentials will be forwarded to the alternates and delegates therein named, said credentials to be verified by the convention connnittee at Dallas upon personal appearance of the representatives.
Many will remember the technicalities aired at the Ja ckson
convention last year, men the importance of the votes became the
prime factor in determining the results on certain issues.
As a reminder, each club is entitled to one vote for each
ten members of its membership, with a minimum of(~, votes. As
many delegates may be elected to cast those votes as the particular
club might decide. In other words, a club with 22 members is
allowed the mintmum of three votes. It may elect one person to cast
its entire vote or olso one person for oaoh vote, or even six person r
to bo vested wi th one-half vote oach. But ONE ADI'ERNATE r,msT BE
ELECTED FOR EACH DELOOATE .
The clubs entitled to representation , and tho number of
votes to which they are entitled ar0 herewith listed:
(According to rendition of duos as of January 1st, 1936)
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Name:
City:
No, Votes
American Syrian Ass'n.
Syrian Girls' Friendly Club
El Awanis Club
Syrian Young MGn's Soc.
Phoenician Club
Good Citizenship Club
Azara. Club
Sor0lya Club
Syrian Ladies Club
Syrian American Club
Syrian American Society
United Syrian Amor . Club
Austin,Texas
Austin, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Birmingham, Ala.
Bi11mingham, Ala.
Birmingham, A la •
Birrningham, Ala.
Birmingham; Ala~
Clarksdale; Miss~
Clarksdale, Miss.
Columbia, s.c.
Crovrlcy, Lafayette,
New Ibcri~, La.
Syrian Amor, Lad. Educ . Ass 1 n .• Dallas, ·•roxas
Young M0n 1 s Syrian Ass 1n .
Houston, Toxas
Syrian Ladies Society
Hou qton, Toxas
Syrian Sorority
Houston, Toxas
L 1Entasar
Houston , Texas
Cedars of Lebanon
Jackson, Miss.
Syrian American Club
Jacksonville, Fla ~
Mo laka Club
Jacksonvi:'.:J_o, Fla.
Syrian Gala Club
McComb, Miss.
L 1 Sabaya Club
Mobilo , Ala .
Syrian American Club
Now Orleans ., La.
Syri~n Amor. Lad . Educ.Ass'n,Oklahoma City, Okla.
L'Monar
Pt. Arthur ., Toxas
Syrian Ladios Charity Guild Pt. Arthur , Texas
Syrian L 1Fat0tte
Pt. Arthur., Texas
Syrian Civic Circle
Pt. Arthur, Texas
Amosyr Fraternity-1
San Antonio ., Texas
Bey Aleph Club
San Antonio, Texas
Syrameg Sorority
Shrovoport, La.
Syrianottes
Shrevopor~, La.
Lebanese Sorority
Tyler, Toxas
Syrian Progressive Club
Vicksburg, Miss.
Syrian Girls' Club
Vicksburg, Mis s.
L 1Bannetto
Waco, Toxas
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1Q.!IB CLUB DECIDED ·UPON THE ISSUES?
Has your club in general, or your prospoctivo delegates
in particular, discussed the issues bofore us: (1) Tho stand to
take in regards the Dies' Bill. {2) The efforts to be continu0d in
beralf of tho Syrian Room in tho University of Pittsburgh. (3) The
continuance of Syrian Radio programs. (4) Tho possibility of ovon tual morgor into a u.s. Fodoration. (5) Tho selection of officers.
(6) Tho solcction of t~o 1937 convention city.
It will bo well to discuss all those things in ordor that
might intplligontly dispose of them at th~ convention with a
thorough understanding, and not merely for tho sake of empty talk.
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HAVE YOU DISCUSSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION'?
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On tho floor of tho convention is tho only placo that amend ments to tho constitution can bo actod upon. Have you over thought
of any romodial additions to tho constit~tion, and wondered how
any inadoquato or doficiont section could be mado ample to cop0
with our problems? Got a copy of the laws a nd discuss same a t
your noxt mooting. Don't just hopo for tho opportunity to amend ,
DO IT·.
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Somo of tho itoms that have provoked discuss i on are: Yearl y
payment of duos, thue roli0ving the tons~on of possibl e suspensions ,
which th0n could only bo acto1 upon a t tho convention, and also
oliminatir..g mueh socrota.rial wo::-·k . (2) Indivi dual momborship to
thos u who havo no S:,,ris.n cL..1bs in their city. (3) Guaranteeing of
a Di.nu of monoy to ti1c Fcdoratiori by tho city winning tho convention.
( 4) Ib.o hilr.ing or lowering of registration f cos at tho cor..von·cion .
( 5) '1 h o limiting of o.ttondanoo to those poopl o o.ff i l i atod in some
way with the Fcdoro.tion .
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do well to study those
make a more deliberate
proach thoso issuoa at
other itoms, and any pr ogr cssivo club will
things bofor o it goos to Dallas . It will
assembl y of us than if wo wore only to ap random and wi thout forethought.
If you will answer a l l those questions " YES" , t hon you aro
ready for the convention . So lot's begin prepar ing our sel ves . Tho
Home Of'f:!.co will be glad to o.uc;mont this information with any other
for wt.ion. you might o.sk. Simply write: Homo Office , 2220 Gont!'y,
Roust ur., Texas .
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DI RECTORS
Prosidont El kouri o has call ed a mooting of the Exocut i~o
Board and other offi cer s , t o tak o pl a oo i n t h e Pr osid0nt's suit e
at the Adol phus Hotol on Sopt. 5 . All affected by this call aro
hc:roby notified .
LATEST
Brought Forward
Syrian -American Club
New Orleans , Lo..
CONTRIBur IONS TO SYRIAN
ROOM~
$988. 73
Collection at tho Mountain
View Hotel B~nquot for
Syrian Graduates
33 . 7 t
Bey Aleph Club
8an Antonio , Toxas
10 . 00
Sons of Syr ia
Gr eensburg, Penna.
Syrian-Ame rican Club
littsfi ol d , Mass .
$25 . 00
25!it00
Fr om Bridgeville Outing
Or ontos Girl' s Club of
Groonsbur g, selling flowers
for tho room benefit
37 . 4t
Total •• • •• •
$1144 . 83
C~ RKSDALE
Dcdico.tion of tho now cl ubhouse built by tho Syrian American
Club of Clarksdale , Miss . wil l tako place on August 3rd.· Dr. H. A.
Elkourio , at tho instance of Abe Sherman , club president, ha s a c0optod invitation to bo tho pri ncipal spoakor .
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.'!WI CE A YEAR
Semi - annual conventions, dosignod to suppl ant tho present
yearly arrangement, has boon suggested to this bulletin .
Charl es Nacol, proponent of tho idea, contends tha t the
inconvenience of members attending from distant states would bo
oliminatod by this re- vamping . Also, ho adds , persona l con~uct
will replace corrospondonco as a modi um of atta i n~.ng our oo j octiv os .
Your :t>o- aotion to this matter should be ma.ilod to t:10 Hoi'.llO
Office .
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O rgani2.cd co create and suscain chc work of 1hc various Sy rian clu bs through companionship of its members in unified etfon , by uphold ing Sy rian
institut ions, cherishing and preser ving Syrian idea ls 2nd trad i1·ions, and tak ing an acrive pa r t in all project~ for chc mu t ual benefit of Sy rians
ffe.out~.ern ~.eh.erati.on
.of j ~r i an QI:luhs
(OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
VOL. If, NO. 6, HOME OFFICE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUNE, 1936
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MEMBERS
The following clubs have joined the Federation and are now
a part thereof:
The Syrianettes cf Shreveport, Shreveport, La.
Syrian Ladies' Club, Clarksdale, Miss.
Both Shreveport and Clarksdale now have two clubs each
in affiliation with us, and we feel proud of their plural membership.
NORTH CAROLINA A1'.1D GEORGIA
President H.A. Elkourie, Vice President for Alabama, Rogers
Bite and M. Zenaty, journeyed to Nor t h Ca r olina on J Jn0 14th to
attend a huge club gathering~at C:.-. :'. J.i n~ Pi ?1.:;s 1.1:-,d ,·. 1:.:.,c to make an
effort to enter Nor· t h C:.:.rol inu. en c r.r r ~.s t ..r o:i. s ,vt'..·i•,,.u • As reported
by P·.{·esif cnt E l k :n~ :-ie, on their we.y to N:,rth C:· 1'.'~; li n~.~, they h ad to
st~y over for an hour at Atlanta, Ge ., where they were met by a large
delegation, ·Qu cti::.;t:, Gar P:cesident, "W'c were assured that on the
1st of J·.1ly, t h e A'c lR,nt~ Cl ub ';?ill clnct its new of f icers, and that
at that time, we c an be sure the.t there will be at 1 e~st one uffiliD.te from At l ~.n t ~ f ,:-2' the Fcd..:ra.tion."
Th~ p :;.~,;; s ident further states that since his r eturn to
Birmingham, he received a letter from the Pr·,=: oid.cn t-elect, Mr. s.
B-s.ddour, of the Nc1·th Cc.r olina As sociation in wh -:l. ch he states thc.t
the e.ffiliati on to the F00.er.:-.tion of s aid orga nization wa s a foregone conclusion.
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DELINQUENT CLUBS
T:.o ::\. ]J.o·;,;L-.~.~ cl r.b s , whoae extent of delinquency i n dues
puts them into two groups, ar e subject to imme d i a te suspension.
AJ. rc als ha vc been made through the H :Jme O:i:'f ice for payments, 'J,nd if
no resp onse is had, it wi l l be our displea sure to suspend these
affiliates. Tr_..; _,_. .. yment of the dues in itself is relatively unimpo r tant, but failure to do so refleots the lack of interest upon their
parts. Lot's cooperate]
GROUP 1 - (Delinquent in payment for the 1st }lµ,lf of 1936)
Young Mi.m ' e SyriE..n
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Syrian Americe.n Club, Jacksonville, Fl~ .
GROUP 2 - (D0linqucnt for last half of 1935 and first half
of 1936)
L'S o.b r~ya. Club, Mobile, Al~.
Syri.-;, n ~:uncr ica.n Club, Ch~rksdal e, Mi ~; s .
M'.:' l ,"2ra Club, J r=.ck s c nvi lle , Fh t. •
r· :.:r.~d.i. .~te p&yments must be f orthcoming in orde r to entitle
above to repre s entation in the convention.
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SAN ANTOMIO
One of the most fertile fields for the further development
of the Federation lies in San J.ntonio 1 the Alamo City. The f ollowing facts testify to the statement:
· The J.:raesyr Frc.terni ty held a softball tournament of Ti.,.; xns
clubs, in which J..ustin, Victoria, Port Arthur and San l1.ntonio competed, and in which L'Monar of P ort l~rthur vm.s victorious. In connection with that affair v,r as held an 11 0n to Dallas"re.lly, after
1iv hich a ba,11 v1as given on the roof of the towering Plaza Hotel.
San ,\ ntonio 's :Onthusi£1.sm knows no bounds, and when t ,•; o or three
Syricns are gathered, the conversation invc:.riable drifts t o "Federation. 11
The San Jntonio Chamber of Cormncrcc has tendered an invitation for us to hold our 193? convention in that city, ostensibly
a prelude to the Amcsyr and Bey J~leph bid to be made.
SI STER THERE§A JOSEPH
Indicctivo of the vas t interest that our Federation is
eliciting among non-Syrians everywhere is the kindly request of
Sister Thcrcsn. Joseph of Sherrn.c:t.n, 'rexes, for information regarding
the Syrie.ns of Texc.s, which m.-:i.tcrial will be put into convenient
form for study by the childron of her convent. This progrrun ia c
part of the Centennial Celebrations. Sister Thoresa, so overwhelmed
by the thought of such a federation, requested further a short history of it to bo studied by her pupils. ONVli~D SYRI.AN-AMERIC:1.NS !
DlJ.LAS RATES
In line with a resolution introduced at the last convention, th~t convention rntos be posted in the bulletin, we n.ro
herewith listing the rates as given u~ by the Adolphus Hotel at
Dalla.a, our headquarters for the convcirtion. All guests nrc requested to 111El.kc immediate reservations:
One person
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$2.50
Two persons, double bod •• 4.00
Two persons, twin beds ••• 5.00
Each additionnl pcrson,cach 2.00
Other rooms will be available from 25¢ to $1.00 higher •
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NOTICE IJ
IKPORTANT J J
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Your Southern Federation, in order to definitely aaccr•
tain the truth of rumors thr-.t Dallas would be urnblo to handle
the Syrian convention duo to tho Centennial crowds, commissioned
Mr. H.A. limunyJ Chairman of the Convention Committee, to go to
Dallaa in that rcgcrd, and his conferences with both club and hotel
authorities have given us assuraroc that the Texas city will be
able to accommodate tho conventionecrs.
The SAL.EA, host club for 1936, has not overlooked c single
item in its vast scope of prcpe.ration. J-.. suggesti on tlw.t the convention site be transferred brought ~ngry retorts and assurances
the.t they would take tho visitors to private homes should a room
shortage devolopc •
. Officials of the Adolphus Hotel, though they suggested
that curly reservations be made through our bulletin, advised us
that thoy will place all surplus guests in either the Bnkcr Hotel,
directly across the street, or in one of the other downtown hostel•
rica. IL\.TES ii-, ILL NOT BE HIKED.
The e.udi tori.''llll of the Adolphus has ro om for 1500 pc oplc,
and our convention cnn thus bo held with greater case then hcrc~ofore.
MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY:
WRITE ADOLPHUS HOTEL.
DALLAS, TEXAS.
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ini1,.,utions, cherishi ng and preserving Syrian ideals and tradiri uns, and taking an ,ctivc part in all project-s for the m utual beuefit of Syrians
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of /§ ~ri~n QI:luhs
(OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
VOL. IV, N0.5 1 HOME OFFICE, HGUSTON 1 TEXAS, MAY, 1936___P_A~G=E_l_._
OFFICER
Mr. E.S. Mack of Lexington, s.c. has been appointed Vice
President for the State of South Carolina by President, H.A. Elkourie.
Mr. Mack is a member of the Syrian American Society of South
Carolina, with headquarters in Columbia. The club is the ·1atest
addition to the Federation.
NORTH CAROLINA
Following the precedent set by its southern neighbor, the
organization of North Carolina has planned an elaborate reception
for the Federation's pr esid.ent to take place on June 6th, and which
will serve as a probable prelude to that unit's enlistment within
our ranks.
CONGRESS
The Eastern ~ederation and Joseph w. Ferris of New York City
are to be commended for thier activities in giving the Syrians
national importance. Through their enterprise and influence, these
two commandeered the aid of Congresswoman, Molly O'Day,of the Immigration Corrnuittee in passing a bill which definitely affects us
Syrians. A committee hearing was held last month at which Eastern
leaders a1'd Mr. Ferris were pr es ent, and to which President Elkouri-e
was invited.
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The bill, in short, provides for the removal of the status
of "alien enemy 11 from alien Syrians who fought in the American Army
during the Great W2-,r. At that time, Syria Yias a province of Turkey,--Turkey was a member of the Central Powers, and ostensibly an enemy
of .America. However, there had never b een a. declaration of wa:r
between .Ame r ica and Turkey, s o the bill would g ive the equal of an
honorable discha~ge to those Syrian soldiers who were nei t her honorably or dishonora~ly discharged.
Incid entally, the Southern Federation's fight against Dies'
bill, whi ch would deport foreigners, was carried t o the press in an
s,rticle, "Is There An Alien Menace?", which appears in the Syrian
Voice for Jrne •
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TEIDmSSEE V..- LLEY
A radio address beseeching the aid of all true Americans in
the Roosevelt Memorial Ho s~ital pro ject was delivered by Dr. H.A.
~lkourie over ~ .B. R.C. Birmingham, Ala.
The eloquent dissertation whi ch praised Roos evelti a n ideals
was suggested as part of the Federation's effort to aid the building
of the structure in the Tennessee Valley.
Mr. Ralph Saliba is Director General of the corporati on
destined to create the million dollar hospital.
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NE\Y COM1.! ITT~lm;N
Mr. Abe Sherman, Clarksdale, Miss. and :Miss .A. thalen0 Viackym,
Columbia, s.c. have been offered appointments as members of the
-:;ducational Committee. Ot her members are: Misses Idella Ja1;. ail,
Huston, Texas, Sophie Abdnor, ···aco, Tex.?,s and Olga Kelley, Dallas,
Texas.
The corrnni t tee is working on club constitutions and rul e s of
order to be forwarded all a:fi l i a tes as bulwark for parliame ntary
procedure in our clugs' mc cti 11gs.
Thorough and specific is the Re s earch work of the Committee
on the Syrie.n census, as handled by our Miss Inet t a. Abdnor of 'li/aco,
Texas. She has reported the dis pat ching of sixty-five census for ms
to as rm.ny cities in ::?loridc::., L:::iu isiana , Mi ss issip pi, Okla hom2..,
S -:iu t h Carolina and T ::x.as. The s e cities ~re new ones which ve ,""id
not have in our 1933 Census .
T~o articles of Research v2lu c ~p pear cd in the Syri a n Voice
in Dec an ber, 1935 and April, 1 £36, b o th a uthored by Miss Abdnor.
PEND...11:fil. S USPENSION
The clubs listed below are subject to immediate suspens ion
for non-payrne nt of federation du es. tle are sure t ba t it is only
neg l igence which has caused these organizations to be placed in t h is
posi tion; therefore, club s ec re tari es, p lease t ake not ice a nd rectify
this condition at once.
L ' Sabaya , :Mobile, Ala.
Mola ka Club, Jacksonville,Fla.
Syri~n Young Men's Society, Birmingham, Ala,
P h oe nicis n Club, Binning ham, Ala.
Syrian Ameri ce..n Club, Cla.rksdc.le, Miss.
OTHER REPORT S
]'e d erat i on Convent i on Committ e e, H .A. A.muny, Cbairm:.:i.n -- Working on: Se le ct i on of registration he a dquart e rs, s ele c tion of speakers
for conven t ion se s sions, a nd reg is t rations.
The Adolph us Hotel, Dalla s, Texa s, is the tentative headquarters of nur 1936 conclave.
Vice P resident for Louisi a na, " . A . Kelley, New Orleans, Census
of Lo uisiana Clubs.
No reports from following -- May we hee..r from you'(
Rogers Bite, Birmingh2m, Ala.
Ku y E. Hederi, Jackson, Miss.
Albert B. Koorie, N·~:w Or l 0ans,La.
Herman G. Nami, San Ant onio,T ex .
PITTSBURGH
Latest Contributions toward our Syrian Room i n t h e Ca t hed r a l
of Lea rning :
Dr. George Th omas, Pittsburgh, Pa.
$ 5~. 00
Syrian-American Lebanese Society, Mc Ke esport, Pa.
50 . 00
Syrian American G. Soc i ety, Shreve po rt, La.
5 . 00
Syrian Ameri can Lad . Educ. Soci ety, Oklahoma City,Ok'la.23. O
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs, 1936-05
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The official bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs Vol. IV No. 5 dated May 1936.
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1936 May
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Clubs
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Text
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Organiud co creore and sustain the work of the various Syrian dubs through companionship of its members in unified effort, by upholding S~an
7urur.ions, cherishing and preserving Syrian ideals and traditions, and taking an active pan in all projects for the mutual benefit of Synans
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(0 FFI C IA L 8 LI LL ETI N )
VOL . IV, NO. ) 0 , :-IOME OFF ICE .. FOUS'ION 2 rur.X.AS, ocr.r oBER, 1936
PAGE 1
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F IVE YEARS
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We b egin our fifth ye ar of life with nearly fifty
affiliates and a pr omise of eve n nore .
We look back five years and see five annual conventions ,
each held in f ive dif f e rent citi es , and ea ch one a credit t o its
backers a nd t he Federation vhich it repr e sents . In these fi ve
cities -- Beaumont , New Or leans , Uousto n , Jackson and Dalla s ,
the citizenry ha s r ealized t h e p resence, if not t h e importance ,
of its Syria n e le ment. Th at alone is r1orth t he p rice of t h e fight .
In t h e dawn th at opens before us, we take renewed courage
in our task, an d un der the l eadership of our a ggressive President
and titular head of t1e Syria s of t h e South , Dr . H.A. Elko ri e ,
we defy a ny s emb la n ce of defeat to interrupt our forward ma r ch .
NE ~ MEMBER
Th e F ederatio n we lcomes its first new member of the
year -- Youn g Women's Syrian Associat i on of Houston , Texas ,
vangua rd or t e 1936 - 37 recruits .
Th is addition to our roster tends to strengthen our
hold in the South, a nd we nope that its membership with us will
cause it no regret .
NEVJS ORGAN
The possib ility of an~ s organ to replace the b u letin
1s being studied by a Federa tion committee which is headed by
J . K. David of Jacksonville , Florida . Either a newspaper or the
adopti on of some existing Syrian- American paper is the aim of
t he g r o up ihic h was appointed during the last conventi n .
evelop ments a long this line will b e posted from time to time . Other
members of the committee are Abe Sherman of Clarksdale , Miss ., and
Mrs . Joe Adwon of Oklahoma City, Okla .
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
The following message a s received in
convention's t e legram to President Roosevelt :
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My
eply to th e Dallas
dear Dr . Elkourie:
It is ind eod encouraging to receive the
assurance of suppo r t and loyalty conveyed in
your t e l egram of September 7th sent in behalf
of tre Sou ther n Fed e ration of Syrian Clubs .
Please a su re a ll of your members of my p er sonal appreci at ion of the confidence in my
lead e rsh ip , which th e tGlegram implies .
Very s:incerely yours,
( s) Franklin Delano Rooseve l t
11
�Oil a,nd roses d ~, n '.) t mix - - not the crude variety &t any
rate; but the im: robable does of a feet exist side by side, each
an industry in ~itself, and ~ach oblivious to the presence of the
other. \-f e refer to the gree,t rose industry which has flourished
in Tyler, center of the g reat Bast T2xas oilfiel d . ~very year,
the rose festivel attrac ts thousends of visitors with its floats
and other ceremonies .
The lebanese Sorority, our Tyler affiliate, is v1orking
on 2, pl2.n to ca,pi talize on the publicity which is he,mmering &.t
its gate; that is, the idea of enterin~ a "Southern Federati on of
Syria n Clubs" floa,t at the next festivel which will be held in
October, 1937.
'.'"le,ns for the i;:,articipation of the SFSC are being made by
a c ommitt0e headed by Jt rs. C.J. Ge.leh, with the e..dded pOS$ibility
of a. beG.uty cont~st, and the cer "i-c,,inty that the whole :e.1 eder2.tion
V!ill he..ve ?. voice in the affa. ir .
5 YRI!..N ROOl.ii
J.11 information ap:pertf... ining t c• our "Syria n ?.oom 11 in the
Fni ve r si t y of J? i ttsburgh 's Ca, thedre,l of Lee..rning will b e inserted
in ou r next c f i ici2l bulletin as of the month c f November -- to gether with e. complete, a.lphab0tic2,l list of al l donors ,
BE!EiliGH.'.~ M
It mi ~ht be a little too earl y t o hazard any op1n1ons on
the coming c onventi on in Birminghe,m, but \'l e cast c:.side .s.11 rcstre,int in our enthusiasm for the greatest of a,11 meetings . A
c · mrnittee of the Birmingham clubs has already been a1;,i-, o inted a.nd
i s n:.w f uncti oning . There are many Stn'.P:~I S:SS in store f or next
year's convcntioneers, -- things which hrve never b e en e pa rt o f
our past conve n t i ons . This will trul y b e th e: tri umphc.cnt celebre,tion of a great So c iety of Clubs .
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs, 1936-10
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1936 October
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Clubs
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English
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Text
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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Through Its Dallas Affiliate:
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Pre-Convention Activities
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1936
3 P. M. to 6 P. M.-Registration, Adolphus Hotel lobby.
4 P. M.-Officers and Executive Board meetings.
9 P. M. to 12-Open house and informal dance, SALEA Club host
to delegates and visitors, Junior Ballroom, Adolphus. No ·
script.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1936
8 A. M. to 6 P. M.-Registration, Adolphus Hotel lobby.
10 A. M.-Special Mass, St. Patrick's Church, Msgr. Abraham
officiating.
Special Protestant services. Inquire inforn1ation desk.
2 P. M.-First session, Fifth Annual Convention, Adolphus Hotel
convention room.
SESSION ROUTINE
Invocation-Msgr. Abraham, Michigan City, Ind.
Orchestra-Star
Spangled Banner, The Eyes of Texas and
Khedeval March.
Welcome Address-Mrs. J.M. I-Iaggar, president SALEA,
Dallas.
Welcome Address-Mayor George Sergeant, Dallas.
Response-Albert B. Koorie, vice-president SFSC.
Principal Address-His Excellency, James V. Allred, Governor of Texas.
Response-Dr. H. A. Elkourie, president SFSC.
Introduction of Notables.
Order of business.
Benediction-Rev. Chas. E. Redfern.
7 P. M.-Banquet, Junior Ballroom, Adolphus Hotel.
Master of Ceremonies-Sam Wasoff.
Address-Judge King Williamson.
Address-Dimitry
Saad, Hot Springs, Ark.
Address-J os. Bo"'rab, New Orleans.
Entertainment-Olga
Maroun, Shreveport, La.; Josephine
Sharbel, Birmingham, Ala.; Louise Yazback, Shreveport, La.
SURPRISE? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Syrian entertainment, after banquet, Mrs. Mamie Simon,
hostess.
Bridge party during afternoon, prizes.
10 P. M. to 2 A. lVI.-Dance, Junior Ballroom, Adolphus Hotel,
Carl Allen and his orchestra.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1936
ALL DAY-OFFICIAL SYRIAN FEDERATION DAY AT THE
TEXAS CENTENNIAL.
Second session at time set previous to adjournment of
first session.
9 P. M. to 2 A. M.-Dance, Script, Spanish Gardens, El Tivoli
Night Club, Fort Worth Pike.
NOTICE-Positively no one admitted to any Federation function,
either business or social, without badge. Lost or stolen
badges, no exception.
A rare opportunifJ; to attend a Con1'ention and W or/d's Fair in one trip!
M eel your friends among the thousands to be here at this historic event.
Register immediately upon arri1'al at the Adolphus Hotel.
Jee $1.25.
Registration
AnJ; information can be secured from Miss Margaret Razook Convention
Secretary, 5722 Junius Street, Dallas, Texas.
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Syrian-American Ladies Educational Association (SALEA) Invitation to Fifth Annual Convention of SFSLAC
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An Invitation for the Syrian-American Ladies Education Association's Fifth Annual Convention at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas on September 5-7, 1936.
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1936 September 5-7
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Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs
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Clubs
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English
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Text
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0 anized to create and sustain the work of the various Syrian dubs through companionship of its me.mbers in uniried efforts, by upholding S~an
ins~tutions, cherishing and preserving Syrian ideals and traditions, and taking an active part in all projectS for the mutual benefit of Synans
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~ptian <s:lubs
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
VOLA
V.,
NO . -!..t._HOME CFFIUE, HOUS 1rON...z_ TEXf.S_,_APRI½.L___l93 7
PAGF. 1
IT'S UP 'l10 THE CLUBS
The opportunity to have the first contest to be sponsored by
the Fede;.-·r. .: '-en has b een put s c1 uarely into t ~e h a nds of our af filiate clubs. The contest to ele ct a ;;Miss Southern Federation
of Syrian Clubs'; which -rvol: ld be j_nc:!.dont to OUl" e nte ;:-ing a float
in th~ T1ler Rose Fe8tival in Ontcb ar: depends ent irely upon our
vat>int.is :nnmber c1.ubs Tho will 1·eceive ballots shortly fr om this
offir.e for the .p t~rpoae of voting upon the issue .
Although the plans will be detailed minutely in our lett ers
to the U:,-ilt;s, the hi[!;hlights o:' the pJ.an / Vlhich is espoused by the
Lebanese Scro~ ity of Tyle~, Te~as , are to Bhte r a f l0at in the
name of t he Fad0ration with a d113.y alo ct ed Syrian Duchess reigning
over it . Such Duches is to be o:e oted by the votes of each city
which co-s ponsorc the cont 0st -- the cost of each vote to be one
cent , payable co th e FedGrc:t :L:m . S'..1ch proceeds are to be used in
defraying t h e cost of the ~ J25~00 float . The semi-finals wil l be
held :!.n Bi::-mingham, Ala ., dur ing the convention, where each winn ing
coni;r;rntant fr-om the various ci·c i0s would bo eligible for the final
ball')tting , and then and there dusignated as 11 duchess 11 • Incidentally, thi s will bring an entirely new zest to a Syrian Convention-the excit0ment of t ne new contest sharing a nearly equal importance
with the e].ee-t ion of officers and conve ntion cit y .
AFFILIATE CLUBS -- PLEASE CONSI))E R YOU R BALLC1I' ON THIS ISSUE
SERIOUSLY , AND IF YOUR CLUB VOTES TO SP01TSOR THIS CONTEST, DO NOT
U1JDE:l1!:S'l' IMNl1E THE INDIVIDU/\.L RESPONSIBILrrY VJHICH WILL DEVOLVE
UPON YOU l
NEW AFFILIATE
The Friendly Club of Laure l, Miss., has tendered its ap plication
for membG r s i.1ip in the SFSC and hns bee n accepted .
We cordially welcome this new member and want its members to
feel that they are as important as a unit of the Federation as the
oldest club within its rank.
This new entry makes a total of seven affiliates in the State
of Mississippi, now truly a leading Federational state . Congratulations l
BROADCAST
The third of this year 1 s series of radio broadca sts was given
this month in Hou ston, Texa s, sponsored by the L ' Ent asar Club .
The prog ram which was broadcast over Station KTRH was as follows:
11
Opening address - Kamal E . Antone , Ma ster of Ceremon:!.es .
Soorea al Wattaa n - vocalist, Mrs. Josephine Solomon .
Wilee Hena l Gharami - piano solo-Mrs . Lucy McCarble .
Shamsi ya Shamsi - Mrs. Josephine Solomon , accompanied by
Mrs. Lucy McCarb le
�VO.h.L NO. 4 ;· HOME OPF I ~ )iOUSTO~__TEX A. 8 .~-APRf~-fq3_7__
PAGE 2.
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BROADCAST, Cont rd •.
So Do I - vocalist, Ferris Habbit
Ghandoora - ( payed and sung "&y Mrs. Lucy McCarb le • 11
The next program will be broadcast from New Orleans under the
auspices of our Syrian-American Club •
.. -----NORTH CAROLINA MAHRAJAN
Our worthy affiliate in North Ca~olina has honored this Fedora- ·
tion with the invitation of the titular head of the Southern Syrians,
President Elkourie, to be the principal speaker at its annual Mahrajan to be held in Raleigh on June 21. We attach groat importance
to Raleigh 1 s kind consideration, and we aro proud of the fact that
our President has accepted.
We urge all our follovrnrs to attend this mooting from near
and far, for we feel much will come of it both for the Carolinians
and the Federation in general .
BIRMINGHAM CONVENTION
It is very likely that the President of
will talk five minutes on a National hook-up
to the Sixth Annual Convention to be ehdl in
4th, 5th and 6th, according to word received
Elkourie.
the Lebanon · Republic
from Beirut, directly
Birmingham, September
from President H.A.
Dr . Elkourie also stakes his veracity on the promise that the
convention in Birmingham will be the best ever . Twenty-two committee .
have been assigned special duties and every one is functioning.
The affiliates may be assured that the hotel rates will be r easonab le. -- Not only do tho Birmingham Host Clubs assure us that convonionce, as set out in writing with hotel signatures attached,
but also the special stipulation made at tho last convention
11 that hotel rates shall be pub~ishod in tho bulletin prior to tho
convention" will be invoked.
The entertainment foaturos will boa number of pleasant surprises. Ono might be easily astonished by t ho multitude of novel
features in store for the participants of tho greatest convention
yet to be held by tho Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs.
Many now are arranging their vacations in order to be able to
attend t ho approaching convention. HAVE YOU BEnUN MAKING YOUR PLANS'?
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs, 1937-04
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The official bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs Vol. V No. 4 dated April 1937.
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1937 April
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Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs
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Clubs
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English
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Text
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Text/pdf
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Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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?~~ to cre_ate_ and sustain the_ work ~f th~ various Syrian dubs through companionship of its members in uniried efforts, by upholding Syrian
1nst1tut1ons, chen.shing and preservrng Syrian ideals and traditions, ond trucing an active part in all projects for the mutual benefit of Syrians
~outbern jf ebera:tion of
~ ptian <tlubs
OFFl~IAL BULLETIN
The ~-.d - 'iinter ConferenJe apon. ored by the Syrian - merican
Club of New O:rJ.o ans, and held in t;h£\t c'!.ty , proved entire l y suc ce rs~fu l . Attfl.ided by many of the 0ffic.;rs of the Federation, as
9ll a3 othe:;:- visitors f 1•om over the South , the C nference was
replete 1f. i th new ideas and recommendations , some of which are here
enumerated :
1.
The sec uring of a Fe oration pin .
2.
3.
The a.d -:- ption of a Fed eration anthem .
4.
The extens::.on of the authority of the State Vice
p_ fJ sic:;er.t s to t'1e ex~ent that they might divide
the i r respective st a~ es into distticts , and
a.pp int a.ss iatant s in these new regions .
To est.ablisl a ne, education fund for the benefit
of will:i.ng,.but financially - unable Syrians , f'">r
college training - - such funds to be secured through
popul· r subscription .
-CONCERT
- -- -TOUR
In accordance to Pr position No . 4 -- that of an educa tional fund -- Mrs . Josephine Wehby Sharbel , talented Birmingham
v~calist, has graciously offere to dev te her entire time to a
concert tour , visiti ng the di ffe re t cities where e have affiliates
and putting on the se concerts fJr the benefit of the Federation .
Actual traveling expenses are all that the Federation would be
required t rei mburse b s . Sharbel .
The Federation is grateful t o Mrs . Sharbel , and regardless
of the decision we make in this matter , each affiliate, club and
individual owes her a great big 11 THANK YOU11 for her unselfish desires ,.
BIRMINGHAM AN
SA
ANTJNIO
From two points on the SJuthern States' map this month ,
Syrian prugrams were broa cast :
Birmingham ' s Good Citizenship Club broadcast a Syrian
p r gra m ever l .B . R. C. on Feb ruary 19th . On t he other en of the
map, San Ant oni 1 s Amesyr Fraternit y and Bey Aleph Club we re sponsors of ano t her program in a series conducted by the S, F . s . c .
The San Antonio program, vhich was clearly heard here at
the Home Office, was very ably put ovor , - - the talks b eing pertine nt to the Syr ians in the C untry, and t he songs rendered in a
pr fe ssional manner.
This division of our w rk is under the supervisiJn of t he
Rad io C~mmittee, headed by niss Loui se Ya zbeck of Shreveport, La .
The Marc h pr gra m ·ill emanate from Houst n -- to es p nsored by
the Lr Entasar Club , composed of a gr oup of _roung b ys a.nd girls
of th · s city .
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ST ATE MEEr ING
Our San Antonio affiliates are preparing for their Second
Annual State Softball Tournament on July 4th, and also a meeting
of the Texas units of the Federation .
Last June, the Amesyr Fraternity and Bey Aleph Club had
several Texas cities in competition for the first softball award
which was won by Port Arthur. Further details of this year's
meeting will be forth c oming .
Surely and steadily, pro8 ress on the completion of our
quota for the Syrian Room in Pittsburgh is apparent . We take this
means in thanking our member clubs for their contributions to this
movement .
The fast er we got t his money in , the sooner can we swoll
with pride by pointing out and saying: "Wo Syrians are enshrined
in America . " GIVE -- don't be a by-stander in this project which
will benefit y ou .
-DUESPLEASE REMIT - - Dues are payable in advance new for all
of 1937 . DO NOT wa it until you a re delinquent . Please be reminded
that the Constitution was revised in Dallas last year, making dues
payab le P. ~N UALLY in stead of semi-annually as heretof ~re . We refer
you to Section 2 , Article III of the By-Laws of our Constitution.
ROSES
The Texas Rose Festival of Tylor has extend ed official
invitation to us to take part in their celebration this coming Cbtober ,
John Womble, Secretary-Manager of the association,in a
lotter to Pres . Elkourie , detailed the advantages of our entering
a duchess and a float. Tho plan is being negotiated by our Tyler
Club, the Lebanese Sorority .
Tho cost of our participation will be $125 . 00 which expense
will b e defrayed by money derived by popularity contests to be
conducted by our clubs . Each cit y is to d etermine its own representative who in turn will compete with others likewise ~elected
from ot her cities for the title of 11 SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF SYRIAN
CLUB S DUCHESS 11 at the Birmingham Convention . Tho winner there will
represent us en the float in Tyler .
Our clubs are to be p• lled on this proposition.
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs, 1937-02
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1937 February
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Clubs
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English
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Text
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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1930s
Texas
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~Organiz~ ro create and sustain the work of the various Syri.an dubs through companionship of its members in unified elfo1:t, by upholding Syrian
institutions, cherishing and preserving Syrian ideals and traditions, and taking an active part in all projects for the mutual benefit of Syrians
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(OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
VOL . V, NO . 1, HOME OFFI_CE,
IOUST9N, 'I·EX:AS, JANUAR~,_ 1037
PAC'TE 1
In New Orleans, the Syrian-American Club of that city
will be hosts to the first Mid-Winter Conference of the Southern
Federation of Syrian Clubs on February 7th and 8th.
Many important matters pertaining to Federational
activities will be brought up, and although no rules or laws
affecting the Federation can be made, the recommendations of the
officers and affiliates will have no little bearing on our future
policies .
Besides speakers of authority on hand, an executive
meeting and a banquet in honor of President H.A. Elkourie will
be given, as well as a danee .
Our New Orleans affiliate has mailed hundreds of invitations to the event, and inasmuch as Mardi Gras will fall on
the ninth, a large attendance is expented .
The Federation congratulates its Louisiana unit upon
its noble venture.
RADIO WAVES
An ambitious program in connection with the Arabic Syrian programs to be broadcast by member clubs has been outlined
by the Radio Committee , headed by Miss Louise Yazbeck of Shreveport,
Louisiana . The programs will be strictly Syrian.
Each assigned program is so arranged as to give its
respective sponsors sufficient time for planning. In conformity
to the constitution , the months of the year have been so assigned
to the clubs' sponsorship. Appropriate notices will be mailed
to persens in the broadcast range of the programs in order that
such programs may reach them .
The year's program follows :
M.: mth:
January
February
March
April
May
,TUYJ.e
July
August
;':\ e:ipt E'ltHh !3Y.
Club:
Good Citizenship Club
Amesyr Fraternity
L 1 Entasar Club
Syrian American Club
Cedars of Lebanon
Syrian American Club
Syrian American Lad . Educ . Ass 1 n .
Syrian American Society
Lebanon Syrian American Ass'n .
City:
Birmingham , Ala .
San Antonio, Texas
Houstan , Texas
New Orleans, La .
Jackson, Miss .
Jacksonville, "Fla .
Oklahoma City , 0kla .
Columb ia , S . C.
Raleigh , N. C.
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PAGE 2 ,
COUPONS
We ur ge ou r clubs to rush th e pro ceed s of t h e ir coupon
sales for the benefit of the Syrian Room , o r , on the other hand ,
n~tify us is to the dispositi 0n of the books .
: J.: is ur 0 c:mt th a _._ we w~.nd up this phe. ~e of the campa.~.gn
at once. Address the Home Of fice, which in turn will report to
the Syrian Room Committee in Pittsburgho
HANDROCK
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This week , five hundre - copies cf the first Federa tion
Handbook were mailed to Sy.c>ian Clubs and individuals in the South ,
aJ.so to people in othflr part::i of the United States .
The twenty - eight page booklet contains a brief resume 1
of the history , intent icns and acc omp l:L shment s of the Federa.t ion ,
together with a lfst of offj_G ~rR_. cor,mi t tees ~ an:'! affiliates . It
is b <Jlieved that the handy pa.mr,hJ.et wj_ll provide a convenient
method of carrying the r·onstitution and By - Laws in a per·nanent
volume.
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Materials in this series are arranged chronologically by year.
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1933-1990
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sfob1937-01
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs, 1937-01
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The official bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs Vol. V No. 1 dated January 1937.
Date
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1937 January
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Clubs
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English
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Text
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Text/pdf
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Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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1930s
Texas
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HOUSTON,
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OFFICIAL Btiliibln'JNTI01" OF
VOL. VII, NO . ~ HO
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SYRIAN LE
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CLUBS .
OF~rc= , vrc-~SBUHG , ISS . APRIL,l 38.P GE r .
Your Ii'c era .,ioL h' s steered a successful course away from
the rocks of controv ~rsy , nd has ccordingly gone forward ploddin,g
its way to its destiood go l . v ith the comine of spring all life
is r ejuvena ted , an
11 ~n · ,_. te o bj e cts bestir themselves and actively pt1rsue their obj ect· vrJ s . -,e hope tha t our aff ili tes and
fri en ds will now wok more diligent-l y on convention obj ec tives . we
hope that in those communities •,here we do not now have aff'ilia tes,.
our fr i ends will work •:. i th such comr. i ties and brin them in to
the fo ld.
N · :r,
Ol·IO
The seventh annu. 1 convention of he Southern Federation
to be held in San antonio,Te s,on September 3 ,4 and 5 i s de st ined
to be one of the largest gatherings of ny organization in America .
Due to the fact that the lamo City is in close proximity to more
than a dozen large ci t ies and tovms , an also to a scor e of smaller
communities where in reside m ny membero of our race . Ov ern i ght trip
are possible , and consequently thousands will be drawn in attendano ~
f rom thi s ar ea alone .
It has been said before that there are three cities in the
United states which differ entirely from any of the other thousand~
citi ~s that are unique in the ir architectures and old world flavor
and these a re
n Fra ncisco,New Orleans,and our Host City,S n Antonio . The Zest an d mirth of the Sp niard and his mus ic land a charr
of gay abandon,and our Texas affiliates ,the A.mesyr Frater n i ty and
the Bey leph 1 will spare no efiort to make the 1938 convention
stand out in the history of the Federation.
It is not too earl
to write for r ooms . Mo r e detai l s will shortly emanate from San Antonio's convention commit tee or the su cceedi ng bulletin of the Fede
ration.
CITI Z SHIP PROBL
re are happy to advise our people that the Uni~ed States
Government has entered into definite negotiations for the purpose
of entering into an understanding wi th the Turkish Government to
reco nize the expa. tria t ion of tho e ~1 o have become
erican ci tizens ;or those who ha ve applied for Amer ican Citizensh ip. We further
advise thos e falling in thee tvo catGgori es not to register as
citizens of any other country. To do so mi ght jeopardize their
rights as Amer i ca Ci tizens .Our advis e to all othe rs i s to registe
their preference to the home land. The oregoing is predicated upon
a thorough i nvestigation of the status of the problem.
SPRH.JG CONFEREN CE
M ny requests hav u come to t1e President suggesting the
holding of a Spring Cor-..f erence of the off ic e rs ·- nd interes ted members of the Federation. In ftct an invi ta tio to hold such a conference in hreveport,La., h s been reciGved. Your officers look i ·i
favor upon this proj c c t , but would like to hear from the aff'iliates,
the state Vice Presidents,and the members of the Executive Board
before calling such
conference . It i ,therefore suggested that
clubs and individuals mention~ d immediately notify the President ,
--706 Brady Building , San Antonio ., whether such a conference is desir
lf the expressio s justify i t , it will be called for soon . Please
send in yo r response immedia t ely.
R.
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OFFICIAL BULLETI N
SOUTHERN FEDERP.. TION Oii, SYRIP.1·~ LjtBANON AN1E£l.ICA.t'\J CLUBS
VCL,VII, N0, 4 1IOI•£a: O~ICE , VICKSBURGsMISS • .APRIL,1938oPAGE
2c
OFFI~IAL BULLETIN
Easte rn States Fcd0r ati on
The Eastern States Fe:d~ration. i s holding its mid-year conventi on
in Bridgeport, Conn , , on the ?th and 8th of next month.,Adv-ance info r mation i ndicates tha t the Nati onal Aosociat ion movement ,1ill
tho!l recicve due attention. Our own af:tiliaJGes are r e~u0ste<l t c
study this question as full v as uossi olo in o:-de r tl-:.:; ·i· we =night
properly de t ermine our courne i n- our next conv-entio~.
New
Uni t
The Lebasyr Club of Corpus Chri sti , Texas ,has ma de application for
Membership i n the Feder a tion. We wclcom0 the now member i nto our
midst and trust we can be of benef 1 t and help to i ·t as .. -'.-; - onrollment has been an encouragement to us .
BOOK
The Executive Board i s planning a booklet wh i ch will contain i nformation perti n ent to the Syrian and Lebaneese- Amcrican. Bulk of
the brochure will be salient f ticts of popula tion in various Southern communities .of member s of our race; vocations and professions of our adul ts,and a census on the 0ducational progress of l
our youth in s everal Southe rn Unive r s ities . Publication will aw-ai t
the gathering of the info rmation from the Resea rch Committee , and
the a pproval of our Pres i dent.
Novembe r ,1934.
I t Has in November 1934 that th0 Southe rn Fe deration gr as pe d the
idea of "joining th0 f amily of American Nationa lities by maki ng
appli cation to institute a Syrian Room in the Ca thedral of Lear ning in the t ov,ering buil ding of the Univors i ty of Pittsburgh. The
Cha nce llor of the Univer s ity a cce p ted our application , and we , the
Southern Foderation , in behalf of all the Syrian- America ns in the
United States , undc rtook t h is firs t united venture for a pcrma nont structure as a memor i al to our race. Since t h.: m we have amende d the name of' t he Room to Syrian Lcbanon , to incluue those
people who choose to be known by a name other than Syr ian. That
cha nge was i ntende d t o 6bvia t e any obj ection to ~h e Room that
our peopl e migh t have. To day th0 Room Fund in the Mollon Na tional
Ba.~k of Pi tts burgh , Pcnna . ,is in the n e i ghborhood of $3000 . 00----; 2000.oo shy of t h e ne cessary amount. Now i s there any r easop why
any pnrson ca.n no t do nate some li t t l e amount to the construction
of that room. $,403. 98 i s the total amount donated by Dr. Bitar fo r
the Room.
Asi de f rom the multitude ,the r c a r e m&ny of our
race who are wea lthy. What other contri bution can these peopl e
make in the ir lifotL~e that will r cndGr so much to them , th~ir
f athers and postcrity; and to th~ building of g r eater r espe ct for
u s by other America ns:? Hcr1:i our v1eal thie r membe rs can memoria lize not only the ir imme diate family bilt eve r y member of our
r a c e in .America . So thos0 uho some da y ¥Jill make ;1ill s ca n exor ciso no higher de0d of: philanthropy than donating to this cndeuvor now du r i ng hi s or her lifet i me. Think it ove r , and wri te
Dr. N. H.Bita r , 6011 J enk ins Arcude ,Pittsburgh , Pcnna.. ,for de t a ils.
THIS I S OUR RESPONSI BI LITY~OUR FEDBRATION C.A.N NOT FFAIL.
DUES
1
DUES
DUES
dues to the Fe de ration a r c now paya ble . Due s are computed on
this basis ; Fi fty cent s per individua l membe r of an affiliated
club pe r yea r . Dues fo r fra ction of a y ear are fi gured in proportion. s t a tements of dues ucr c ma il0d with t h e Febr ua ry ' s bulle tin.
Please f ill out sa me a nd mai l with a che ck to th0 Home Office.
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P. L & R.
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OFFICIAfoulfJUli[J~
OF
V . VIL ,NO. , Home Offi c e ,Vicksburg , Miss . pril ,1938 , P ge 3 .
Th Home Office reci~v d ~ l ~tter from Farris Bey Kourey , the Speake
of the Syrian .riutlSc of Re rese 1t ti ves and the Ch ir . an of th~ een tral Re li ef Cor i tt ee f'o:r the · rinn Flood sufferars i n ..,ma ~aus ,
Syria ; cklo · led0 ing r eceip~ of ~23 . 8 donated to ~he flood suffere r s by the affiliates of the FoQe~ation through th0 s~cretary Tre s r r;and th nki g us ost h ~rt ily fer the con·ribution. The Home
Offi ce is also i ri r e ce ipt of l 0tters from he ir - cellenci e
President oosevt:::l t nd the Govcr·no s cf 1~ sissippi ,~l b .ma ar. d Ten . . e - ·
see I stu t ir..g their appre ci tion o··' tho Roosev 1 t Iv emorial Resolution
a.doptc at the Birmin narn Coriv ., 1tion ; r:.d 1 uding the Syrian
eri c s nd specifi ca ly en-bers of our Federatio •
1
. embers an
Society of Co l umbia
sufferers .
r..cne
embers of ... he S:/r i
s . c. , co ntributed
r.
L~bar_o
J:
eri o.n
,· ·-3. 00 to the Syrian Foo
Te syr . Aine . G. L~b non sorority of Shre eport , L ., prese ted a mu.focal under th ~en:1 cmen and cha i r e..nship o o r note musi ian
Mi s Luise YazbecK. Th ~ ~ fa i r was very succes ful . he orority
~..niversr.i.1·y b· ..r.~ at =rill e i en so e - e in april At ·he hrine
Club .
mh . . Syrian Lb non Amer ican oc iety o Col bi , . C. don ted $ 0 . 00
t,o r . . ridy ' s ca.use .
Te ·yr i n merican Y~uth of Columbia s . C., is contemplnting a g
affair in cor:une ora vie of th ir first ann j_varsa ry tc be give .M.l
he 12tt. . ,1938 , a the Jeff eraon Hotal B 11 Roon. T...e i nstallatio n
of iihe n ~ :.rly elocted offic-rs - ill be t' ~ high i h on the progr ~ . n es s of honor tote occasion will be Hi s Excellency the Gov~rnor of s. c. , the ia.yor of the City of Colur...bio. , a.d th P es ident
e;f .., c Fe eratio _. The Ha e Office s · ncc r ely nd earn st ly wish the
y i a.n · 0rican Youth lu.ck ,.. nd success in their cont pl ted affA..ir ;
4d arg0 upon the affiliates of the FedGra ion o take So th curoli .a Cl b
a good example in the i . future lans ef..,o rus nd ac i vi t ies . Ti
30 ,h C~r0lir..a C ubs have ce ainly so the ace i thei
splon id spiri ··n fi~ld of act i vities .
The
rian Lebanon
•.,J..1 r ic· . soci ~ y ~r.d the S.-irian .
cr ican Yo th of Co um.bi s. c.,
"iiE .:::OLUT:; TIG""' .
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SFSLAC Records Series 4: Administrative Documents
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An account of the resource
This series contains the official bulletins sent out to all members and affiliated clubs of SFSLAC.
Special publications are also included in this series.
Materials in this series are arranged chronologically by year.
Date
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1933-1990
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sfob1938-04
Title
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs, 1938-04
Description
An account of the resource
The official bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs Vol. VII No. 4 dated April 1938.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938 April
Creator
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Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs
Subject
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Clubs
Language
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English
Type
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Text
Format
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Text/pdf
Source
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Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
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1930s
Mississippi
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE
SOUTH~ FEDER.n.TION OF SYRIAN LERANON AMERICAN CLUBS.
VOL.VII,NO.TI~,HOME OFFICE,VICKSBURG,MISS.AUGUST ,1938 No.l.
i'HE LAST GONG.
...
The final bulletin of last year started, "Birmingham i s a ll ready
for the greatest of a l l conventions,~ I t was agreut convention,but
all indications point to the forthcomi ng- the seventh Annual- convention being the GREATEST of them all. San Antonio,Texas , is an ideal
convention site. The Birminghamites made up for their city ' s lack
of interest i ng sights by their interes t a nd the warmth of their
hospitality. Our hosts in San Antonio are not in any wi s e l a cking
in those qualities so es s ential to the en joyment of the convent ioneers , and in addition thereto have ready a ccess to such points of i nterest as Old Mexico; Corpus Christi-the Na ples of the Sout h- on the
Gulf of Mexico ;Austin-·the State Capital-built like Rome on seven
hills , with the magni fic ent St a te Capitol , which until recently was
known as one of the modern in every particular and second to none;
the Hil l Country to the wes t and northwe s t;Randol ph Fiel d , the west
Point of the air , a modern city pla nned and built for the eff i cient
training of our aviat ors ;Fort Sam Hous t on , the l a rgest military post
under the American flag , where Lee , Gra nt and Pershing each served
in his day and t ime ;Kelly J:t"'ield, interna tionally known for the excellence in the training of mili ta ry a viato rs ; Cam.p Bullis;camp Normoyle;Camp Travis;Brooks Field ; Duncan Field; •r he Alamo- The Shrine of
Texas Independence- The Cradle of Texas Liberty;San Fernando cathedral,the geographi cal center of the city,and around which the c i ty.
was origina lly built;San Jose Mi ssion ,celebrated in song a nd si. - ~y,
and around which has been woven many romantic stories whioh ha ve
become legendary; t he Sa n Francisco De Espada; the Sa n Juan de Gap istrano ;and Concepcion de .Acuna Missions . The San .Antonio River m,.anders t hr ough t he down town business section of the city ,wending its
way lazily tovvards the Gulf of Mexico,with its banks dotted v1ith
banana groves and other semi tropical growths ,contrasting with
sights reminisc ent of Old Venice which greet the eye. With it all,
t owering skyscrapers , up to date modern a i r conditioned hotels a nd
business esta~Jl ishments are found in abundance. Truly ,San Antonio i s
the ideal Convention City. Three hundred and forty- two conventions
me t here in 1936 a lone. A hearty welcome and AHIAN WA SAHLAN awaits
all.
THE PROGRA.M.
Delegates and visitors may be assured that a Stream Lined prog ram has been arranged, especially with reference to the number of
speakers and speeches at the Cbnvention and during the banquet. Man~
a ppeals have been made to the program makers to not consume the tin
of the convention i n speech making. All may be a s sared that their
wishes in this particula r are receiving due consideration.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCI ATION.
Our President has just returned from Mil waukee , where he attend
t he Convention of the Mid-Western Federation, and presented the gr e
tings of our Federation , and extended all present an invitation to
vis it with us during our convention. He reports the adoption by t he
Mid- Western Federat ion of the propos ed constitution for a nationa l
association. The Ea stern sta t es Feder ation las t year at Troy ap:prcv
this movement in principle. All del egates are requested to study t }
subject andbe prepared to act intelligently on it when it is pres1
ted to our convention. It deserves our full consideration.It is tb
na tural step forward.
�OFFICIAL BULL~ IN OF TtlE
SOUTHERN FEDl!;RATION OF SYRIAN LEE \NON .i:.MERICAN C:SUBS .
VOL. VI I, NO. VI I. HOME OFFICE, VICIIBBURG, MISS . AUGUST , 1938 No . 2 .
GOVERNOR LA FOLLE 'l'mE 'S
SPEECH.
In his speech at the btno ue t of the 1id-~e stern Federation convention recently, Governor LaFolJ et:;e 01' ~-isco nsin se id: 11 Do no"'.; Ce
as amed of you languac;e , spea¼" i to Do not b ashamed e,f JOL.r J.l'i.n0es,
dance them .. A.merican 1-i.a~ no art o:r 0 •11 't 1:r:-:: o i ts own . but A.11.1.i=;r lcar.
art and cultnre ara mai •i i.p of ,:;he co:e1,r.i.butions cf a ll of the racial e le~nente liv::.ng here .. A.ner · ca neecls a 1 ·, ants yo 1r contr i. utl.tion. America only asks -c ha t you. leave behtnc. t~'le poli ir1.l philosophy of ot11er lands , and observc: tl e pol 1 t ical philosophy of this
land." No finer advice h sever be e n given our peopl0 . Only through
organization may we make our influence felt .
HOTEL RESERVATIONS .
If you have not already done so , send your re_uest for a hotel reservation to the Convention Chairm:tn , :philip John, t he Pla za Hotel , an
An ton~.o , Te.~ s . and state wether vou ·,ant a rocn at the Y.2a · n_u:n:· :: ers
Ho tel or else"1hcre . R?meJ1ber , there is available .G.Lor~ flO.i1 ..,pffi_,:,; t.nt
fir t cl ss hot e l s:p ce , however , it is alwa ys mo ·e co;.wen:.er:t- -1;.o
reserve a roo·u in advance .
CONFERENCE
A Pre-con-.ren ti n Conference of officers and com.mi tteemen is here by called by t he President for 3 : oo O' clock P. M. Saturda y,Scpt embe r
3rd , at the He1:1. d qu_ar ters Ho-:el.
Reports Of Officers .
All officers of the Federation and Committee Chairmen are reminded trat they ~re r equired to prepare and present reports f the activit~es of their offic e during the year , together with their recommendations for the future .
THE TEXAS PIONE~R
uch interest has bee!l. developed tn the effort to determine who
is or ~as t e first immigrant to come to Texas from our home land.
The Texas a. fi :iates and all those :possessing reliabl e ~nformat1on
on t his lllcl. ·c;ter , whether affiliated with the Fe eration or not , are
urgently rogues~ed to bestir themselves an d bring such informarion
to th e C0nven t i.on. Acommi ttee wi ll be appointed from those pr esent
to ca1 efully s if-1; the data and select the party to be honored. ii/e
must re liz e thc:1t this is e.n important move , and much care should
b observ ed in order that no misunderstanding arise . This activity
should prove to be the hi§h light of t he Convention.
SCOOP· SCOOP* SCOOP*
I nformation coming i nto Headquarters leads your Se c retary to insist that you reach San ntonio prior to 7 : oo o'c lock P. M. , saturday , Septe ,ber 3rd., in orde r that you might attend the Noohe De
Fiesta , a night in Old .1exioo , which i s s cheduled to start at about
that !1our on Mili t ary Plaza in front of the Gld Span i sh Governor ' s
Palace ~It will be WOW--Mexican music . Mexican dances . Mexican fo ods
an
del i cacies . street dances .
�OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE
SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF SYRIAN LEBANON AMERIC.1-1.N CLUBS .
VOL. VII , NO . VII ,
HOME OFFICE , VICKSBURG, MISS . AUGUST , 1938 NO . #
3
T3.ARS OF LOV~- ALL ARABIC TALKIE
The much publiciz~d a ll kr aoic tulkie , 11 TEARS OF LOVE11 , will be
shown in a local theater as a mid- night attraction Saturday the 3rd.
PRECONVENTION DANCE I N AUSTIN, ~EXAS , SEPTEMBER 1st.
The Syrian Girls Friendly Club of Austin, Texas ,are giving a brilliant gala affair on September lst , a t the Crystal Ball Room of the
Driskill Hotel. The dance starts at 9 : 00 o'clock until ?. Iviusic for ff#..
this gala affair wil l be furni shed by t h e best or chestra in i;.us tin.
The Syrian Girls Club are determined to show the conventionr: .::s a11d
all visitors enroute to San Antonio the grandest time of' t h :dr
life at this Ball. DO NOT MISS THIS ELABORATE PRECONVENTION AFFAIR.
REMEMBER THE DANCE IN AUSTIN ON SEPTEMBER THE 1st.
$ 20)00. 00
CLUB HOUSE FOR TH~ CEDARS OF LEBANON CLUB.
The dedication of the Cedars of Lebanon new Club House of Jacks on,
Mississippi,took place on Sunday evening July the 24th.The presence
of the most prominent civic and political lea ders of Mi ssissippi , as
uell ~s officials of many Syrian clubs and organizations made this
occasion a colorful event. Hi s Excell ency the Governor of Mis s o, the
May,ors of Jt:tckson and O:i.nton , and many other fraternal , civic and. politica l leaders were the hi gh-lights of the occasion. They praise d
the Syrians and spec i fically members of the Cedars of Lebanon Club.
The Cedars of Lebanon Club was organized in 1934.In four years
of constant faith , planning and work , its membership increased from
five~ to eighty ;and constructed a $ 20000 . 00 Club House which
will always stand as a monument,demonstrating the efforts and accomplishments of the Syrians in Ja ckson, Mi ss .
In beha 1.£ of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanon American
Clubs , I wish to extend my hearty congratulations to the Cedars of
Lebanon Club on their outstanding accomplishment , wishing them a
continuous success in the fie l d of service for their raoe and
country.
CLUBS WHOSE DUES HAVE
NA.ME
BEEN PAI D AND THEI R VOTING STRENGTH.
CITY
Just Friends Club
Victoria , Texas
American Syrian Ass ' n.
Austin , Texas
11
Syrian Girls Friendly Club
"
El- Awanis Club
Beaumont , Texas
L'Monar Club
Port Arthur , Texas
11
Syrian Ladies. Charity Guild
"
Syrian Lt Fattete
n
n
11
Syrian Civic Circle
n
No .VOTES .
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
�-
....
,
. .
OFFICIAL JULlETIN C~ THE
SOUTHERN FED:g:RAT ION OF JYRL N A.u~RICAN CLUBS .
No . 4
CLUBS WHOSE DUES 1-L VE B.!.EN PAI D i ND THJ:IR V8TING S':i:RENGTH.
ME
CITY
NO. VOTES.
BEY ELEPH CLUB
San ntonio, I'";xe.s
Ame yr Fraternity
i:
11
Lebanese uorority
Tyl ~ , Texas
L ' B&nna tte
Waco '.l'exa. ... .
L !Th:t~yr CJub
Co~pus Christi,Texas
Young Mcn]s Syrian ss'n , Hous t on , Texaa
11
11
Sv::-ian i.a.G.iea Society
3y ·jan orority
n
"
L1 ~rtaoar
You~ Wo en ' s Syrian s
11
Dal las , Texus
Lo v::.ew,Texas
Le ~a non Yo..rng 11an' s S ,
Pho e n c c1a n Club
Gcoc: Ci"t:tzen Club
Birmingh
Del1.r- U"'nt
:,
Delir..qucnt
Delinquent
, .t l a .
n
1
zara Club
Sorely Ulub
11
11
11
11
2
2
Syrian Cha:ri~y Ass 1 n ,
l\';obih.,_ 18. ,
i
erican Clo.b
J a cks onvillc , Fla .
11
sy-.ci':l.~1 i cmen Charity s.
"
svr ~.a.,
Pr.o €ne:::Jan
n
n
Mo] k-=i Club
n
n
~Trj'i1 A!ller i c.;"'.n
Club
1
Club
... : c Fri . . rh~:1..y ;;~: t
The Syr~.a.1; '1.J.a Cl ub
"
3
3
3
n
sy-ian Ycut:1 Cf Vicksburg
u •1i 'led Syrian .Amer ican Club
Syr- A~e~- G.Sorority
Le ban . !l (, 1 ·.1. b
yri&.l ! i..rn.er i.ca n Club
s :n:ian 1 Gua~1on P...mer. s .
Sy'l" :;_t-n me:·i <;Un Youth Cl ub
Sa 1 ee by Reli3f Ass 'n
1·10;-ar11::J. ,a S r·i a.n Ass ' n
McComp,Mtss
Vi"vksbnrg , iss
11
11
11
11
Lafayette , L. a
Shreveport , La. .
"
11
New Orleans , La .
Colum.bia , s . C,
11
"
Florence , s .c.
Goldsbo:ro , N. c.
Releigh , N, c.
& • . L. s . ,
Oklahoma City , Okla.
I e'oanon :?r ogrcs si ve Soo i ety , Richmond , Va .
lt~Oar.on 8 ·r . . .~m- r , .t ss ' n ,
Delinquent
Delinque nt
J a c kson , ••iss .
Lau :rel , M:.so .
Sy:::ja.1 J:'r og r csc iv e Club
Sy1 j_ n G-j.r ls Club
3
3
3
7
3
3
Syrian 2:..et:1.non ~\me ri an ss I n
ian i , If
11
Gy::- j_an Let~ non Ladi s Dociety
"
>->?l'ia:1 i.2 c..l .s Glu_,
Cla:r.ks dale , Miss
C de.rs (.\f L 'be. no
Delinquent
"
11
11
S, A. 1nE~A.
Uni1ie.i Svrian Cl11b
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
D-..:linquent
D~linque nt
5
3
3
Delinquent
3
3
6
Delinquent
6
Delinqu ent
3
Delinquent
3
3
J , J . Nosser- --Secretary Treasurer.
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active p art in all projectS for the murual benefit of Syrians
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF SYRIAN LEBANON AMERICAN CLUBS
VOL. VII,NO. VI , HOME OFFICE, VICKSBURG, ISSISS IPPI. JULY,1938 . No.l .
h~ Convention Season is upon us . Just forty morG days und
it is go ns. For those of migratory l eani ngs ,those who a nchor for a
t rip North , the Mid -wes t ern Fede-re. tion beckons them at ilwaukee ,
Wisconsin on the 5th , 6th and 7th of August. For those of the East ,
flbrth and w~st,and thos e of us in th~ South,the Southern Fcderetion
bids welcom8 on th~ 3rd,4th a nd 5th of Scptember ,in"San Antonio,
Texas ,Home of the Alamo,Gulf Br©ezes ,and Sunshin • 11 San Antonio,
the Gateway to Mexico, wh~re the issions in their hoary splendor,
stan.d as monuments of an Old World civilizat ion,which hns i ndeli bly
impressed i t self on th~ communi t y, and r0poso r-e r encly along side of
Randolph Field, the V-es t Point of the Air , modern in every part icular ,
with its beacons guiding the sky-travel er on his lute return home .
No whore else is such a distinction morg apparent .
iJU...:...,
DUt S
-DUiG
.i..ugus t th& l ::.t. is the deo.dlins. ·rh@ Conl: ti tu tion r&iq_uires
tha. t du11s of ifty c ~nt1: per m mb:::: r be 1 id to nti tlra thli club to
r,,urti cipa tion in the a f !'c.). ir: of' ·I.ill~ Fode ·~ tion . i:.any questions will
com up f or d~tarmina.tion. It 1~ f'orocast ·0ha t out Com:titution und
By- Laws a r ~ duo for a revi ~ion to ma 0t the changing conditions
ui:d the enl&rged s cope • •·iJ !.:now that you w n t to h... ve your Scl.Y . ~end
yo~r duoG with alis t of your mombeirehip to th Gacretary :rr asur .. r
at oncG.
00 NOT F ~G~T 'I'O ... END I ~ TH.:": .i:;...~8 OF YOUR DELzG""T i:'.!3
Ar-w
AL'l'~ t-&.. T$3 .
H•~uosts for room r~ cervutions · r e coming ind ily.8an
i\.ntonio has amr:l• air conditioned hoteil rooms to take caro of a ll
comer s . Addr
your raqu st for reservations to Philip John,Convention Ch&1. lrman, Plaza Ho tel , Lun ,~ntonio , Ty;~.is •
ss
.a.ffil iY. tos are r quested to &ubmi t thsir amendm.snt s , if
any,to th• Constitution to Honor~bl• FrGd Rizk,510 Lynch Building,
Jaoksonville,Florida .
SL
TTENTION A-FFILU Ti:C
Several complaints n-v• b•~n mud• on ~ccount of not r•the Bulletins . ~·.. fter investigation it dev•l o:ped that
.Bulletins have been going out to tho officer~ whOSQ names appeared
on the roll& of the F~d8rut ion. If the clubs hQVe changed Seorctari~s , th ~ nam• s of th~ newly s l eeted officers s houl d be s vnt in to
the Home Offi c~. Thos e now r coiviqg thQ Bu.ll9tins,who are no longer Secre ta ri~s of their cluoa, Lhould hand the bulletins over to
the ~6Cr9ta ry. · h~ clubs should immadiately fo rVJa rd to t he 8ac r6tary of th& Fodoration th.et namas of their newly •l~ot•d office.rs,
toge th0r with their a.ddre·· s s .
oe1v1.n
�VOL. Vl[,I ,NO. VI , H0h2 OFFIC:C:, VICK.::iBuRG ,1lL.iS. JULY, 1938. No . 2.
This is a raov0m~nt b;ting thi s ye~r i naugurate d, wl1ich , \1i.thoat
doubt, will b~ carried on in all s t o. t ; ;- s in th~ fu tur~o 'i1ht') Conv~~1.-iiion
Commj_ tt~~ wu.nts to d.ow igna. tc, and prop ~rly honor thia First bc:t ·cJ.itr in
1-tx::rn. Much discussion has b•an carried on,'but nothing o :f.'::::' j !.!i:.11 has
thus far b Ef ~n det~rmin&d. The Cornmi tt~ .;; rQ '.,u~ s t s :pa rticul:a1·J.y a ll
TGxans,or for that matt~r all of thosl! po s s1tss<ad with informa4.iicn
which s h ~d lii;ht on who \%.S thu first Syri.;t,n(L~banon) who c. mmu "iio
T1xu s,and th~ first placw wh~r• h~ t~rriod long ~nough to c a ll Home;
to f'urnish it to thl,j Cammi tte ~, and to contact tho indi vi du:1.l, if living ,or his family or noares t of kin,in ord»»r that Wl.\l might cor:im.nnica t• with th-,m ~nd hav11 th~m pr•s •nt dur i ng the Convt)ntiono '11: : . Co1ami ttett is in a8.rn4il :;.: t abouJi,; thiE.,and solicits th• aid a nd. a,,o. sJ.., ta nc ·J
of ~11 our poopl~ to th. •nd that this ~c t ivity may b~ a succ oss .
Chack up on your old poin,· ,:;., rt;;a_nd @v ~n if you ha v1t just a rumor,
i;;gnd it to thtJ Committ,~~.
It
.
-.
Th~ Syrian .t..m~rica.n Youth Club of Colwnbia,8. c., cel,.bru.t~d
thl)ir first -.nnucl ball in th• Ballroom of th~ J.a fi'-~ rson Hot;J l t t
9: P. fu • Jun0 tht; 22nd. Th~ Ballroom was dljcor:. t,-,d in be&l.u'tiful s:. tr,arn.a r ~ and flowers to suit tho oocaa ion·; ,j.nd the mu& io was furnisht1d by
Bus ter Spar.n and Hir; GQ.!lle-Cockf;,f•a.turing Miss .Dallas i·a1s on,sin:3'.Jr.
·.rh ,., mo. in ..: van ta of th~ Ball w•r:» brc<1dc8.~ t-~d ov4,r Radios t u. tion w. L 3 .
from 10 O'cloc~ u ntil 10:30.Th~ ta yor of Colu.mbi~ ~nd th ~ Gov rnor
of o ou th Carolina. r,1ade 2hort but in tlr,~st in ::-; :.p:n ch,rn lt"'. udinG tho
.., yriu ns c.nd :pi.i!.rticula rly rn -: mb,H·s of tfl,3 s.A. Y• .1nd th,dr c1. c tivi ti ~s.
Dis tinguish~d gu•st'- :i:'rora u.11 thosurrouna.ini~ at __ t :e& a ttttn6.11d th~ ball
which waa ~ typical gala ev .•m t of t h• sponi.orshi:p of th ,£ syriun il..!!l:trice\n Yo uth Club. Mr • .a.. J. Xnuckloy, th• Ch~ irra .tn -:~nd Qll th" r.1J.4ffib<irs of
t h ti s.",.. Y. C. ar@ high l y COlllI'u,md•d for thr.;.ir s pl-'ndid work and divttraifioa ~ ctiviti~s .
Miss Loui&~ Y·.:zb..rc;c of Shr,;;v~nort, Ll. \1. nd m~mbftr o'i: th.,w 3yr~!l ~~ic •~n t?irls .3orori ty,h~ii boi\J n r•c.;mt ly uppoint~d c h,tirmc.. n oi' t h
R«1 10 t ~us1c ;:;i.n d Nu.tion:i.1. l Music R\" l~tion :t'or th /;) st:..i.t• Of L£t .
Con·.:r u tu.~:-!--tions Misi., Y0z b ~c k .
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PROXIES
No proxies will be accepted. Only duly accredited r epres enta tives
of the cl ubs may speak fo r and cast the vote of t he club.
CONST! TUTIONAL AMElIDMENTS
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Propo sed aoendraent to t he Constitution, Article VI , Section 3 Sub□itted by K.E. Antone, Hous ton , Texas.
affiliated club outside a radius of 350 oiles of the curr ent
convention city ua.y cast its vote by proxy under t he SOI.le rules
and regulations governing regular delega t es , subject to the following restrictions:
11 .A.ny
(a) Such holder of proxy vote t.l'U.St be a r esident of the city
in which the affiliated club for whoo he is casting such
votes is loca ted ·
(b ) Such proxy votes cannot represent L1ore than one club either
as a r egul ar del ega t e or a delegate by proxy. 11
The above proposed a.mendLlent is for consideration of adopti on 1uring
the business s ess i on of the approaching Conventi on a t Jacksonville .
J!\l.rtherr.i.ore, at.1end.r.lents have been proposed seeking the change of
the time of the r.ieeting of the Federation Convention frou Labor Day to a date
to be fixed by the del egat es i n Convention asseobl ed, such dat e to be between
June 15 and. .August 15.
An ar:iendment dividing the Feaeration into sever al sub- di visions ,
each to be presided over by a Vice-Presi<lent of the Federation, and outlining
the boundaries of the sub- divisions Bjd the duties of the Vice-President, as
well as t he duti es of the State Vice- resident under the proposed set-up,
has also been proposed i n t entative fol'Ll •
.Amendraents correcting and r econciling incons i s t enci es in th e Constitution; changing r epr esentation of the clubs in the Convention; and chan~i ng
the dues of meober clubs to the Fe:ler ation have been propoi;e-.:. i n t ent a t i ve fo rn .
REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CH.Um.AEW
All officers of the Federation and Cor.11.aittee Chair~en are admonished.
to prepare i n advance and in writing repo r ts of thei r respective offices showing their activities and raald.ng recqo:.1enJ.at ions . This is a mandate of t he
Constitution and By-Laws.
PRE-CONVENTION CONFERENCE
As listed in the Convention progr ~1 on t he fo r egoing page , a
pre-convention conference of offi c ers and Co01:1i tte e Chairmen i s called to
meet at 8:00 P.M. Satux:lay , Septeraber 2nd .
APPRECIATION
The Presi dent of the Federation desires t o publicly offer his
t hanks to Mr. J.M. Abraha.r.1, Vice-Presiient of the Sta te of Mi ssissippi ,
fo r his spleniid co-operation and unselfish efforts during t he year which
resulted in seven new clubs froo hi s sta te affi liatin~ with the Federation.
Convention Cor:1r..i ttee, Chairuan, Miss Ma,v y 'lfojum , Jackson , tiiss .
wi she1 to herein cont,ratulate Mr. J.K. David f or his untiring efforts towards
makinf-z a s success of the couing Convention ; further stn.ting that Mr. Davi d
is a II leader whoi::1 our people shoul:l be proui t o acknm1led.i_:e, 11
- - - - - - -- - She further says tha t Mr • .Arthy:..:- Shar bel of Bi rninGhru,1 is to be cor:1r:1end.e1
on his spl endi d cooper ation an,, 1rror k toward the Convention Cor.iui t tee cmd
tha t 11 ,:e :·.ee~l :~iore consci entiou s workers like Mr. Slw.r uel. 11
�OFFICIAL BUUETIN OF ~HE
SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF SYRliN AM.ERIC.AN CLUBS.
No . 4
CLUBS WHOSE DOES H..i.VE BEEN P ID 1 D TIGIR V~ ·l1ING STRENGTH.
CITY
NAME
NO . VO TES .
BEY ELEPH CLUB
San .nnton io, To<3xe.s
1•
Amee::: yr Fraternity
11
Leba nese Sorority
Ty l c~ , Te~as
L' B&.nna tte
w~co ; ~1e:<.U,... .
L!Bai2'. yr CJ ub
Co ::-pus C.h·~jst i,Texas
Young Men's Syrian ss'n.Ho~ston , Texaa
11
Syrian .i.ac.ies ...,oc i ct y
n
11
Syr·j an orori ty
11
11
L' l!,r. ta::3ar
n
11
11
Young ~ioruen' s Syri an s
S. A.
Dallas , Texus
~~~A ·
Unit e d. Syrian Clli b
Le'uano n Yo~.mg ~len 1 s
P.ho enccian Club
s.
n
11
0
3
Sorelya Club
2
2
Syrian Char i~y · ss'n.
Mob il e , Al a .
S yr j_an Ame rican Club
Jacks onville,Fla.
S.,Tian ·1cmen Charity S.
n
n
Pr.o enec ian
"
n
II
MoJak~ Club
n
Syrian !..e t.9.noh merican Ass 1- n Miami , "
3y~ian Letanon Ladies Socie ty
"
"
GJrian :i...R e.i1;s Club
Clarksdale,Miss
S~Trj3.n .,"-incr. e?n Club
"
n
Cedars Of L b non Club
Jac kson, Miss.
Tlle Fr i endly o:.i:1b
Lau ·el , Mi ss .
Th Syr:i.ar. G'. :i..a Club
McComp , Miss
Sy~ja1 ?rcgrePsive Club
Vi ksburg ,Miss
Syli n u_rls Club
"
"
11
Lafayette, L.a
Shreveport,La.
n
II
New Orleans ,La.
Colwnbia,s .c.
11
Delinqi0r..t
ne:;..tnq_nent
n
11
Syrian Ame1·i uuri Youth Club
Saleeby Reli ~f As s 1 n
Ramma.na Syrian Ass' n
Le·o a on Syru U!'.l · r. ss ' n.
·.• A.. • E. ll .
Lebaron Progressive Society ,
3
3
Delinquent
Good Citizen Club
"
. ..
n
Aza ra Club
Syrian Ycut!1 Cf Vicksburg
Unj. ted fiyrian American Club
Syr- A~er- G. Sor ority
Lebar0n o ~b
syria11 .t.roeri.can Club
Sy~i n Le ba~on P..mer . s .
Delinquent
De 11.r.-iu,..nt
Longv:.ew , T· xa s
Birmingham , Ala.
11
3
3
3
3
3
3
"
Florence , s .c.
Goldsboro, N. c.
Releigh, N. c.
Oklahoma City, Okla
Richmond,Va .
3
3
7
3
Delinquent
3
Delin quent
3
3
3
8
Delinquent
Delinquent
5
3
3
Delinquent
3
3
6
Del inquent
6
Delinquent
3
Delinquent
3
3
J.J.Nosser---Secretary Treasurer.
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SFSLAC Records Series 4: Administrative Documents
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An account of the resource
This series contains the official bulletins sent out to all members and affiliated clubs of SFSLAC.
Special publications are also included in this series.
Materials in this series are arranged chronologically by year.
Date
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1933-1990
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Organized to aeaie and sustain the work of the various Syrian dubs through companionship of its members in unified efforts, by upholding S~an
institutions, dterishiog and preserving Syrian..
traditions, and ..4aking nn active part in all projects for the mutual benefit of Synans
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN
OFFIC _L BULLETI :
SOUTHEill iEDER! TION uYRL'-U' LEB NON .1.V'JI.ERIC N CLUBS .
VOL. VI I , NO . V, HOME OFFICE I VICKSBUHG , II o I SSIPr I. JUNE , 19 38. No . I .
not e r milestone ill soo n be passe . we are about to celebrate
the Sevent h Birthday of our Fcdcra t ion ,the ol dest ,and of course , thc
b st of the a l l . Our hos i city- an
tonio , Texas -i s making proper
anu extensive pl ans to recieve nd ente rtain us i n a manner befitt i ng the oc casion . It b hoo v e s us a ll to s can the horizon and to
su uit by We y of r ~so lu t ions and amendments to our consti tution and
by- laws our suggestions for the fur theran ce of the movemen t to s erv e
ou~ people wherever they may b~ antl in ~h~tever manne r that we
mi ht be privileged to do so . lo Fe d ration i s the vehicle for gi ving express ions to the the idzas and thoughts of the a filiated
clubs . Our peep 1 c hav e gone ar in the IllO V _m n t frotn th.it o cc s ion
s e v n yea rs ago ~hen a det e rmined ha. ful , iith hope s and dreames ,
v~ntured on that tur bu l ent s a . Though the going has been rough at
time s , the r e is much genuine s · t i sfaction in the knowledge th t instea d of one Federat i on there are no, four ; and the movemcn t
r a
national organiza tion i s ,ell on its way. Whatever en imag inc , they
ca n do .
AME JlJ {El TS TO
co 3TITurrro
D BY- Ll ws
The at ontion f af:Ci l i a tcs i · ircc ·~cd to the r e quirement
that am... ndme ts t the C nstita 11ion r. d y - Laws must fir st be sub mitted to the Committe e on mendments and By- laws , and that the
Chairman oft at C mmitt c~ is ·onorubl Fred Rizk , 510 Lynch Building , Ja c ~sonville , Florida , to whome such amendments should be for warued. It is hope d that af fili ates wil l give th is matter due consi de r at ion , a d will by am n ents nd dd i tio ns to our Cons titution
nd By- ws improve and broaden the s cope of our Federation.
0
WES
The ttention of affiliates is again directed to the requirem-nts of t he By- Laws that du es of f i fty cents per member be pa i d
by h ugust 1st in orde r that the affiliated group ight have l egal
representation at the Federa t i on Convention. All affiliates are urg-ed to at tend to thi s v i tal ma ttcr i mmed i ately .
HO TEL RESERV mroNs
The Convention City ha s entered into pr oper a greeme ts with
th Hotel A6soc i ation. An offic e has been provided at the Headquarters Hotel for th e hnndling of Convont i on business . Reservations for
rooms are being recicved daily . Those who expect to attend arc
urged to immediately oddr e~ s ~ .Phil i p John , Convention Cha i rman ,
Plaza. Ho·i;el , San Antonio , T xas , a1 d advise h i m of the nwnber , kind
and price of rooms the y d0s ire in order that this detail may be
taken care of . 11 aff'iliatwd groupes arc lso requested by the convention Cha irman to immediately ma i l him the names and addresses of
al l their members . If it i possib l e , tn those communiti es where
here are non- affiliated group es , for the aff i liates t o get a roster
of the non- affili a ted gro\lpes , it wi l l be apprec i ate d. Th i s list is
des ired fo r the pur pose of circularizing the i nd i viduals in a n effort to bring the to the C nvcntion. Tle s~crctarics of ou.r aff i lia te d clubs a r e ro . u este d t0 h e lp our Convention Chai r man by fur n i shing h·m with t hese ro ~tc r .
�Organized to create and swuiin the work of the various Syrion dubs through companio~ship of
institutions, cherishing and preserving Syrian• idi31s.,.mc, traditions, and taking an active part
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN
OFFIC ~L BULLETIN
SOUTHERN FEDERATION SYRI.Al LEBa.. 'ON AMERIC
CLUBS .
VOL. VII , NO. V. HOME OFFI CE , VICKSBURG ,MI SISSIPPI , JUNE , 1938 . No . 2.
MOVEMENT FOR NATION!\L ORGANIZATION.
There will un undoubtedly be organized this year a nat i onal
association.I t wil l be in the na ture of a Federation of Fede rations .
As matters now stand , the fo~r ~ exist i ng federations will join together to form t he t~tional As s o ciation , a n d if i n the future other
sectional or regiona l fe derat ions are fo rmed , they will i n turn
Se k membcrohip in the National Assocla tion. It is the des ire of
many of our affiliates t hat t his subject be g iven due considera tion
nd t hat th e delegates be prep "r e d to ct on it when presented at
the Convention . This wi ll be a s tep far t her"" ,in the movement f irst
started seven years ago .
ST~ E VICE PRESIDE TS
Our state Vic e Pres idents have not bc(: n a s act i ve in t h· pus t
as they should be . There is still time for them to dc livcr . 1a ~r
du ties are prima.rly to bring in to tho f old non- affiliate d g r ,o upcs .
How bout it , V- P ' s ? Get bus y an d hav e som thing to r epor t at the
Convent ion.
It is hope d that the Consti t utio n and By- Laws will this year
b so amend•d-as t o provide for state org nizat ions with a state
cxocutive , cha r gc d wi t h the duty of f ormulating plans for a c tivities
in the individu• l states . he plan of a n annua l s tate -wide gather ing has be~ n fo l l owe d in Texas for thr ee years , nd ha s proven v ery
successfu l . Th.ere is still t ime for state conventions in the other
sta tas .
JULY THE FOURTH
July th • Fourth has become a n i nternationa l holiday, not so much
becau se of the fa c t that i t aff ords a day of rest from one ' s toil ,
but b ca us e of i ta symbolic impor tanc e. ·o us it imports a spe cial
a nd part icula r meaning . Here we have found a ha ven without the
sheddi ng of blood. It i s i ndee d the more fitt·ng that our peop l e
shoul d through a ppropriate exercises dedicate themselv es ano to
the principles of the Amer ic an ph'lo sophy of gov e rnment . Coming as
it does just prior to our Convcntion , it affords an opportunity fo r
our people to ge t together and make plans for participation in the
a~ fairs of the ederat ion.
Tex s July Fourth Gathering
This year the Fourth of July c e l ebra t ion and soft ba ll tourna ent ,
hich has heretofore been a nnually sponsored by the Amesyr Fratcrn i .,,y of San ~ ntonio , Texas , vras t urned over t o the Just Fri ends Club
oi. Ylc t oria , rexa s, so as not to in a ny way inte rfere with the Feder ation Conven tion . Your Fr s ident , Ed Ca ttan and Paul Murray , presid-:mt and treasur er of the A.mesyr Fraternity r cspcctive ly , and Fred
Y~mi n , a armer pre s ident of the Amesyr Frutcrnity , accompan ied Ern cs~ Yamin , President of th e Just Friends Cl ub , to Vi c tor i a , Texas , on
l d .Sl:i
onday ov ening , whe r c they met with The Just Friends Club, who
assured us that the ir app licat ion f or aff iliat ion with the Federat ion tould be short ly forthcoming . Th e y di s cuss ed with us he ir
pl ns for the entertain crt of th S rian- Leb non throng on Ju l y
3rd o.nd 4th. Thoy hav e b '' n ass ur e d of the pnrt i c ipa tion in the
s oft b 11 tournament of ~t l e st ix teams r epr esenting o.s many
ci ti -s . Barbccucd chick~n i~ o the m·nu for the even ing banquet ,
and t. danc e wi th mus. ic f u r i shcd by .. big- time orchcs tra is on the
proc~rcm. Gundc.y ,July the 3r i s the .ng do.y.
CONTI NU~D
�Organized ro cre:ite and 511.mun the worlc::of the variou.s Syrian dubs through companionship of its members in uniried efforts, by upholding S~an
institutions, cherishing and preserving Syrian ic;:ils, an,J traditions, and taking an active part in all projectS for the mutual benefit of Syrians
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OFFI CI
OUTHERN FEDERa'IIO
nu9JllJICIAL BULLETIN
SYRIA.~ LEBA. 0
rER IC .N CLUBS .
vOL. VII . NO . V. HOlvtE OFFICE 1 VICKSBURG ,MISSISS IPPL JUNE , 1938. No . 3 .
Texas July Fourth Gathering.
T:i-c registrat ion fee is on l y, L00 , cn itJ_ing he registrant to part::. 1~ip t ion in a.11 activities, •rhcy look for:::-1.rd to entert ini ng some
o :::: tho sand friends., You n y be scu.red tb.a t the Just Frie ds C ub
and ,._ 1:l 'l Ci y of roscs , 1 ~hc r c rJsides on~ of the most substo.ntiA.l co -
loni ~e of our peopl~:wil spare no means to make your visit a pleaant one .. B0.s ides , you v,ill b e l ·...,ss tht n t ienty- f iv e miles from tr.c
Gulf.,
CO V-~NTIO
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- T.i!.UH . IGHT
The Convention Cammi ttc~ has dcfini te ly decide d that on S turday , Soptcmbcr the 3rd, ther o shoul d be held an amateur contest.Arrangeme ts h v - b\;cn made with th local c . B. S . outlet to ca y t·.1r: en tcrt·.inmcn t that evening. Thc r will be priz es off ercd to 1,h _ ;-inners
nd an yone des iring to competc , no matter what his or he r p~ci~lty
my bc ,·,vill be g iven the opportunity. he Committee does not limit
pr i cipat ion to o ffiliatc only,nor i s there an age 1· ·t~Thc only
~aali~ications r equi=ed a r e th~t the contestant be of ~r a bic stock ,
aoa. b1.: n G.mateu1· . Think thi5 07e
nd bring your shin i ng light
yo· •
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In th0 past there has been criticism because the olde r peop l e
nd those longing for strictly old country entertainment were not
provided ~or. To r e edy this s ituat ion tho Convention entertainment
Committ~ e has made plan for having tho Dubkch going at all sea onc.bi c hours , with Oods nn na tive ent er tainers on ha d. Thcy long to
h&vc present sev~ral o~ the celebrated sing rs of folksongs . Bring
om
long,with ssurance thut the essential inspirat ional r equirements will be provided.
FIRSm S TTLER
his is a movemen t being this year inaugur tcd , which , without
doubt, nill be carr i ed on in o.11 states in the fu tur • The Co vc tion
Co mi ttcc v. nts to de i gnatc and properly honor the Fir t Se t tler
in T0.ictH.: . \d ch dis cuss ion has be en c rr icd on , but nothing of fie ial
h s thue f ~r be~n determined. _ho Commi ttee r equests particularly
· 11 T~-~ns , or ~or th t matter a ll of those poss sse d ith information wh ich 'J ill shed 1 ight on who w s the first Syrian (Lebano )
\ hoc mo to T~x s , and the firs pl ce here he tarried long enough
to c 11 Home , to f rnish it to the Committec , and to contect the i · 1viduul,if living , or his family or nearest of kin,in order th t \ C
might comrnunic'"' tc •.I i th them un d have them present during the Conv ntion. '!lhe Committ:: is in earne st a but this , and solicits the id
· nd aos i st nee of · 11 our p ople to the end that his activity may
be a s ucc ess . Check up on your old poinecrs . Evon if you ha ve just u
rumo , send it o the Coramittc3 .
0 THER ENT R TA I
T FEA. TURES
full l ength talkie i s unde conside r ation. The b ng_uet , with
nterta inm.ent fcaturing 11 A Night in Old Mexico n, p ssibly held i n the
open ir und r the: s rs ; t-;,o or thre e: d nccs ; sight- se,, ing trip to
the Iiss ions and rmy Posts ; with the opportunity to visit in Old
A0xico,and tak e
dip in the Gulf of M~x ico , a rc all o the en tertc.inmon t progr m. It i s being pl nned tha.t the business sessions of
the Convention be h ndled ith due dispo.tch,so as not to interfere
112. th the unique and varied nterto.inrncnt .
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN
OFFICLU BULL TI
SOUTHERN FEDERATION SYRIAN LEBANO
VOL. VII . NO . V. HOME OFFICE,VICKSBURG
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CLUBS .
,MISSI8SIPP I. JUNE , 1938 No . 4.
souvenir Booklet
ThG attention of ~ur affili tes , und :partioul rly those in the
citi es desiring the Convention for 1939,is aga in called to the oppor tunity afforded them to h ve a se ction portraying their city n
community in the Souvenir Bookl et.I t is ~ opportunity for them to I
make some money for their locn. organizat ion , nd ill be of help
to the Convention Committee of this year ' s convc tion •
.A.n Impor tan t Ev en t
Our peo ple in Houston , Texas , under the lea d8rship of K 1 E.
ntone ,Chairrnan of our Executive Board,have invited our Pres ident
t o adur -· ss them on the aft -rnoon of und y ,June 26th,o thC:: Fcder ntion an d its objectives . I t is hoped th~t the several no - ~ff ili t ed
gro .pes there wi ll make applications for a ffiliation on that occ s ion. here ar~ sever al c lubs ho a t one time were ffiliated ith the
Foderation ,and e extend them un invitation to g i n aff i liate · ith
us .
J . J . Nosscr- ------------- ecr~tory Tr easur er --
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(>t c:£rcian j!.eta,wn - cA-mez.ican Clut~
( O FFICIAL BULLET IN)
VOL. VII, NO. g, NOVEMBER 1938
HOME OFFICE: 2830 WILLING AVE.,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
~SGIVI NG PROCLA.MATION
Thanksgiving Day is at hand . To aur people it bears a particular significance. The
first •bservance of the day was in the Fall of 1621. That band of Christian pitneers
having at last established themselves in this land away from the persecutions and
hatreds of the hemela.nd, and having been bles sed with a bounteous harvest, set th0mselves to the offering of thanks wi t h humble and grateful hearts t • the God t f nations. Ever afterwards that day has been 0bserved in this land • f plenty, this
haven of the oppressed, as a day of Thanksgiving. In the Fall of 1789 George Washington, as President of the United States, is sued the firs t offi cial proclamation
calling upon the population to 5bs erve tl e day.
Ou.r people camo here to escape tile t yr a..ny and the oppre6sion of th e rulers (' ~ t l:
land. They came here t~ seek econot ic security , an t ile blessings establi s .~ by
those faithful early settlers of this C8ntinent . We have more to be thankful for
than they had, for we have, in aduit i n to the tnanks f or which they were thankful ,
this free country already established and renowned throughout the w• rld as the haven
• f the oppressed and the opp~rtunity for u.i.ihampsred prog ress and assured security.
It has been my pleasure to note tha t our pe ple have taken n• small part in preserving the principles • f this great governme1t that make this a real Thanksgiving,
while many other nations of the world are writhi.ig in the pains of war and civil
and religious tyranny. We a.re proud to be Americans. Let us, in addition to offering thanks for our material suocesses, a.ls • raise our eyes to Him on High, and offer
to Him our thanks for the preservatio of.:'our new f ound homes , and seek His bl88sings, and beseech H1m to preserve this nation with its free institutions. May He
save the United St ates with ito gu.a.r~nti s e f religi ous and civil liborties t~ the
individual, and a l l of its hallowed institutions .
-- Hannan G. Nami, President
REPORT OF PROGRESS OF DIRECTOR-GENEBAL'S
CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAM
Mr. J , J. Nosser , Direc tor-General, Vicksburg, Mi ss . , has launched a pregram in
the attempt to raise funds for the 1938-1939 Constructive Program • f the Southern
Federajiion t f Syrian Lobe.non-American Clubs . The four primary ebjectivea of this
program are as follows :
l. Comple tion "f the $5,000 .00 Syrian Leban en Rcom in the Ca~hedral of Learning
at the University of Pittsburg.
2, Crea.tin and p rpetua.ting a Student Loan Fund of $10,000.00.
3. Defense and Pub l icity .
4. tducational Prog ram at ever y C nvention.
It is u.:...god 'r,11· t the members of every club co operate t the fullest with the Dir ctcr-Gcne::ra l br parti 1pating and as sisting in whatever manner he proposes . The
SYP.lA~~ .A -lErtl.Tt;A.":'J L..,'\jj!ES' CLUB OF VICKSBURG·, MISS, deserves h(morable mention f or
bad . a : rec1.dy ccntrnl..ted $3 .O·:'I t ,. t~e
,ffer of this ca sti. Als , the SYRIAN
J.MEFt\.,ft.• OL'UB OF VICK;:,JURG., MISS ar9 s;i nsed.ng a danc e fer Naw Year's Eve , theprocei:,ds frl.)c:i which will be contributod t .: t he Constructive Prog ram . This is indeed a worthy cause . Each club in the Feder a ti ·n w,:ul be justified in foll • willi;
this exa.mplo . c ~ntaet Mr. Nosser at 2202 VaGhiugton St . , Vicksburg, Miss .
FERTILE SOIL
Y ur Secr~tary is n win receipt ef the return cf several • f th e cards whi ch wert
mailed out, requesting the latest inf rmatirn as to the ,fficers • f the affiliated
clubs, and inf~rmati n regarding unaffiljat ed clubs i n the respective vicinities.
The f~llowiug is a tabulatlnn of tho unaf f iliated clubs with their officers, secured ~y ~ is moclium, and whose affiliation with the FeJeratijn hinge pe:rhaps
r~ly , . the heart y invitati,n of affiliates . It g ~0s without saying that the
dis ·imenation cf thts inf~rmation is in particular f • r the advant9&e • f the State
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(>f c£'J1Cian, j!.ebanc,-n -cA-m.et,ican Cfub~
(OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
Vice-Presidents.
ALABAMA.:
:Birmingham - Syrian Social Club
Mr. M. Zanaty, 1207 So. 11th St.
Birmingham - Syrian Social u.xili a ry
iss Elizabeth Elkou.ri,
913 So. 11th St.
Miss Dorothy Samara, Secy.,
1605 N.W. 9th St.
Oklahoma. City - Alpha Mahlo Chi
TEXAS:
!eaumont - St. Michael I s .A.id Society
•.irs. A.. Angelo, Pres.,
1036 North St.
Mrs. G. ]arrow, Secy.,
1188 E'l'1ing St.
Miss Frances Serna.a, Pres,, 111 Alazru~ St.
,iss Josephine Gad.a, Secy ,, 91b res t ' a rtin
The Lebanon Leag'Ue of Progress
J. I"' . Hado.ad, Pr es ., i) . ii ·l-_, ton St
ntomas K. Manzell, Sec y .,
St. Charles Hotel
San Antonio - W. H. Y, Club
Tyler
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Tyler - The Young Lebanese Girls
Miss Rose Korkmas, Pres., 416 E. Ferguson
iss Vitoria Unis, Secy., 718 E. Erwin
Waco - Waco Syrian A.ss 1 n.
Alex Kho~ry, Pres., 1620 :Baylor Ave.
Abe Fadal, Secy., 826 So. 10th St.
~aco - Syria., La.dies' Sewing Circle Mrs. ar7 Fadal, Pres . 3101 Colcord .A.ve .
.A.s additional information is ebtained pertinent to present officers •f unaffiliated clubs, same shall be published in the :Bulle tin •
.A.n up--to-the-mlnute mailing list •f affiliated clubs, incorporating all the recent
changes in offices, will be read:, for publication iD11uedia. tely.
.A.11 clubs that have not returned the c a.rd of info
urged to do so at ence.
tiQn tf the Secretary are
'OLAKA. CLUB - JAO:KSO:NILLE, FLA •
.A.pologies are in order ~o the Molaka Club of Jack sonville, Florida, for having
been inadvertently omitted from the list of affili ted elubs in the October
Bulletin. The Mola.ka. Club is an active organization end in honorable standing.
It's officers are as follows: Delia Hauara.h, Pre s., 2021 Roselle St .
Mrs . Sam Barket, C~rr. Secy ., 5035 Main St.
OTIVI ~IES
The Amesyr Fraternity of San Antor:..io honored Herman G. Na.mi, P.residen t of our
Southern Federation wi til. a Victory Di;:,1:er o . the evening o-f November 6 in the
Te r race Dir,ing Room of the Gunter Hotel, T'nis auspicious occasion was marked
with a simila r air of istinctioL a...d success as t :at which transpired duriug
t .e Federation I s C0nvei.; tio,::.. . A crowd of approxima tely 100 guests e r e in
c.1. ttendance which i11cluded out e f town guests - promine1 t friends of the Southern
Feder a tion.
Credit for the success of this affair is attributed to the effo rts of the members of the Bey Aleph Club a:1.d t h e Amesyr Frate .i ty . Toastmaster of the occasion was Solomon Casseb, Jr.
The GOOD CITIZENSHIP CLUB and PHOElqpJCI
CLUB of Birmi:1gham, .A.la. are making plAns
now f er a big New Year's Eve Dance. The .A.ZARA CLUB of tha t city are giving t hei r
annual dance in December.
· t ·ni ll b e :.f interest to the members of the Federatio to learn r.£ the comple. • on f our ex-presio.e~e{Dr. Elk.curie) Clir.ic . i th 1 ts 20 or more rooms co tnining ever, available aid tQ h'Ullk. n ills.
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EASTERN FED~~TI ON
The s~ ei.1 -h In m a.1
th e ]lc,.;.; te.· 1 t: t a 1,es
J..tt; ur n 0y :fo· ·y E .
un n :..mot..:;; ... y cn osen
Conv en tj 1, n f t h e Sy ri a:, l'l.::d. Lebm e se A.me rica.n Fed e rati on of
co:rv-ened e.t S-pr:i.1\::;fi e l d , ,ass . ri th more t han 1·1 500 a t tending .
Xh~ur:; '."i..l.S r e- l c;:; e.i -p s i a. :1 t o.nd Washing t on , D. C. was
fo r t :ne 1939 c o..v e:·, tior.. s it e .
:•_1JSTERU FEDERATION
The We s t e r n Fe d erati m·: of Syr i an-L b,-:1..no:·,- e r i c an Cl ubs h eld i t s firs t a.Iu, ual
co nv en'.; i o:1 01~ Sn t u r da;.r , ov 9mb er 12th . Del egat s fr om all part s of the we s t
a tt end ed , Tle JJ1ee t i ng was p r es i ded ov e r b ,r A . .. .a l ouf , .Acting Pr e si de;.1. t. Dr • .A.. S • .ibdu.:: --nur and SRmu e l S.
e:' , e i t or of the S;,,•ria.n- American News ,
were i n che r ge of t .e ar r ar,geme:: t s •
.A.nnounc emer,t s of a pproac :.ii 6 activit i es fo r publica ti n i n the Bul le tin should
re ach t h is offic e ( 2830 '•filli ng Ave ., For t W rti·. , T xa s) no t later t ha.r, t he 12th
of t he next mon t h .
A NOTE TO THE STATE VI CE-Pfil: SIDElfi'S: It is the Pr esident s urgen t r eque st that
your nomina.ti o1 s fo r the various Federa tio Collllllittees be forwarded to h im wi t hout fur t. er dela, .
I METT.A ilDNOR
Secretur~ ·Treaaur er ,
Soutl~e rn Federa tion of
S.,r ia. Leb an
rican Olubs .
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(OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
VOL, VII, NO , 8,
OCTOB3R 1938
HOi\lE OF"?ICE :
FOrt1' WORTH , TEXAS
I
:aESUilE
OF THE 1938 COHVSilTTI Oi:"
OF THE SOUT~..:-s3. r FN.JER. ':1I ~~ O? S .nL~i; LER ··!OW
AM"ERIC.Ail CLlf.rlS tci:L.J _lc.1 s.~: -C "TOI-1 IO , ~x . . s
SE?':.13: :3E2 3 , 4 , 5 , 1938 •
The 1938 Convention helc. , t San -1-ntoni o , Texu s , t L.~::es its r unk in the annals of
the ~edera tion' s histor:.r a s being o. trul~- g r etLt e.n succe ss ful conven tion, a ccordLig the pD.rticipc.n ts a festive Lu.b or Du~- V! eek- e::itl , - S well us bring ing tile Federa tion clo ser te the culmin<-,tior_ of its p rir.. ! r purpos e : t i!L\ t is , of binding us
Americans of S,·ria n a nd Leba ne e ze es c cm t L ·. c l c G-e r ::..!'.l" Os fr,tion for the o. ttu inment of our aims,
0
Officers elec ted f or the ens uing yeor a re a s f ollow
President
Executive Vice-Pres .
Secreta ry-Trea surer
Director-Genera l
Executive
Executive
Execu tive
Executive
Ex ecutive
Her w.an G. runi ( re-el ect eQ)
A. F . Da.hrooge
Inet t a - bdper
J. J . Nesser
Bt o. rd, Chmn .
Bee.rd, Secy.
Bo:trd
Boa rd
Bo c::.rd
Albert B. Koorie
,11. -.r g:·,r e t J c:- s e h
Arthur Hadc,.a d
Wm . 11]111 11 Amua t ;:
J . D. J ,,unail
San Antcnio , '. :.' ext•..,
Pawhuska , Okla .
Fort ,orth , Texa ~
Vicksburg , Mis s ,
New Orleans , La .
Aus tin, Texas
Vicksburg , Miss ,
Port Arthur, Te x e.s
Hous t o11 , Texas
Sta te Vice-Presidents :
Alabrunn.
Florida
Loui iuno.
Mi s sis s ipp i
Ok lahoma
South Ca r lina
Texr,s
Virg ini a
A. J. Sharbel
iirs . K . Ma tta
Mrs . Edv·idg e Stoma
J . M. Abraiw..m
Mrs . J • .-1.dwon
Mi tcne 11 Ti b shrm;~r
Joe Da;,"Wc od
_uthur J . Ol e:
.Birmingham
Jacksonville
New Orlenns
J a ckson
Oklc.homa City
Co l urubi a
Aus tin
RichLlond
C•nvention s ite fo r 1939 is Jackson vi lle , Florida .
Several amendmen ts to the cons ti tutior. i:i.nd B;,·- k .ws rere p ropo s ed, s ome of which
rr ere t r..bled fer future di s cus s i on . Q,uct ed be l ow ·. e tile auiendl en ts t ha t ve r e
adopted :
ft _.,_ rticle VII, Section 4 : Thg offi c e z · of Pr esi de:1t, Vic e-Pre ident a nd Secreta r ---Trer.surer, sha l l b e bP,llott e d up n b;r r oll c i:>.11 of the d elega t e s alphabetically
a.ccordh: 5 to cities and the majority of th e vt, t es C .J/" t "hall b e nec essar y to el ect,
a nd~ shoul · t here be no rnajori t y a f t e r t h e 2nd ballot, t he ca ndida te rec e i vii1g the
lea s t numb e r Of vot eG aft e r eo.ch bD.llot the r eafter s l 1111 b e dropped , ::i.nd the ba lloting continued until one of the ca ndida te s r e c e ivec t h e ma jority of the vot e s ."
·'/.rtic le XVII, Sec tion 1 to b e ·runer. ded o,s fo ll c•vr s: To substitut e the words
One !>ol+ur and Fift~r Cents appear i ng i n the seco:i.ld, line of s 1:,i d sect ion in the
pk ce of' _the w~;rds One Do lla r and Twe::,.t ;r-fi v e Ce::1t " • 11
11
11 Article XVII, Section 2 to b e ru end.ed u.S fo llo,· s :
.B;,r substituti ng the words
Fift Cents appear ing in bhe first li~e of sa id ~0ctio n th e pinc e ef th e words
T ·,ent y- fi ve Cents •11
11 Artic l e XVIII, Section 1 :
A speci a l com1,1itt ee s ha ll be appo inted b y the
Pr '3 sident to be known a s t h e Commi tt eo on Amendments a nd .B:;- 1~ ,s , a nd to this
c ommi tt eo a.11 amendment s she,11 be submitt ed , ;~11 p rClposed amendments shn ll b e
�( OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
submitted not less tiw.n six ty f60) tk.ys pri or t th o next co vention, .1.t whi ch
t · 1.1 e .:-.id -propo sed ru.a nd.ue ,. ts :hc.11 be t !ken up .,nd v ted upon in the prope r
orde r ~f busines s. A t w~-t~iru~ veto Su 11 b requir e, for udoption . The Chairman of s ".id con11...,.i tte e sh,.,11 H i tn.il: 30 u. .' 'S ...ft e r r e c e ipt of the proposed o.mendme~°l t r l:.me;:1dinon.ts sub' ·i t c. c '> :i,;· th e reof to 0"tch c,,ffili ..~t ev.. club . At the Conve ti 01, therea t e r, 3, .i Cou1, it t ee i o t 111 ...ke · t s r Gpo1·t, oi the r approving or di snp~
p r oviag the ElJ1endi1e r1ts snb1.1b ,ii 0'1 · ;,.\ "- tr c Cc-,wr tin nh~ll the . o.c t on the 1.,doptior of the miendru ~to .
''Secti n 2: The Colli, itt ee en .-.ruo·-.· , ,,tc sh 11 ic c t ... o ft n o.s i t daeIJs advisa ble f r delib e r c..t·o on altfod...ie· t c , ~.r, 1 o.. ~.jcr it~· r 1,r.d l.ili:1crit~• repor t shc.11 be
~ae to the C ;,ve· tion as e1·, bl ed . Pr po.-. c~:ts •.,:1d .pponents !lhe,11 b e ::i.llowed
to di ~cus
ubwitti •
''S ection 3 : Upo;.1 the r equ 0s t of i i•.ffili r. t~d ~l ub, ·-.nd rith t i:1e ,~:oprova l of
t ·1e Executiv e :So,,.rd, tb n Secr P. t : :,-,.re-. r- ·.r c r ·c.ll c ·· .. 1it · br.llot to .... 11 :-.ffil-·
i -:ttcj club for vote u-por. ...r,:;
01.d..i'T t r q ""' tio:. \, ich c o.:r ot h.-n.it tho next
session c,f the Fed r a.tion . fr, t :-i.c:: ev v1 t of uuch b ..~llot being r.o c cs sf.'..r '· , p,._
Sec re t r.r ~•-Tr .· surer oho.11 :ri: vc pr<'p ..-., rcd ,:,.,· d tr ~mi:m..i t t ed t s oc r e tt~ri
11
club s o. ball twit :;pec"fic 1 ·. t ctio .s t h r c::. a•· will e ;u.ble te er. :.
· •· t
an int ell i gor. t vot e . S c rr t o.ri ec f lub
·.11 fo1 '.rd the b r.11 t '" t( ~ ..c
Sccrcta.ri es 01' clubs ~ .\ ll for, ,, rd the b llc
t0 ti.1 - S crot .r ;.-Trc .. cur e r in
e: velcpe~ pr v · d.ec!. f ,r ~hat purno"9,
..I! r :i:r • 1• fullo t 11 • Th S er ::ttr . ·-·Trel'. sur r • hri.11 .• ·d
l cuc';i b ..•.llot intt ct ...~~a. uf'£.lc ci r c:;.d;,· fc:r c ui
..~d k ..bul .3ti ng b~· a co
be , · ·,1E'd b.• t • Pres idv:n t. A two-th ir s v(Jte of n ffili ,.,,t l clubc c 1 11 be nee
...--10-ntior, . 11
1
(I t i n r cqu r c t od t ·~t c pi 0.s of t, Co: .. c ti tutio
<.1 e, .d ed accor · bgl~ . )
in the h c'.~d
of
r.ffi li -. t . s be
R · ~o lutio1'.!s tr "'r
1
T
pc.s ..rnd, co i <:1 " of w:hich .,., ere spread on the mL1utes, r1.s indica t cd ·
th o City of Sur: Antoni , its Mc.::o r, t he loca l clubs .1n.i to Pre side· t
ex t c:-. i · g h c.rt;,r .~pnr oci:.tiorl for ti-ae i r,o tr c· t,,1c: t r cc e iv d .
iii ,mi
(2) To e ..ch S~u Antoni o r~ ew i;:pn.por
e xpr e .. si.'g gri:·ti tude f r the liberal
publicatior1 of Rccou:.·-c; · 1:.:l 'O ocuo<ii~:g
• . <->cti.viti c of t i10 1.1 01wc r.tio ..
(3) Tn tne Pl.:.za Hotel -- ex-pn.: _. i:,g t.pT'Jreci .::i.ti o:1 for b oi~1g no s t ho !:r pit ··.blc
, .:ici cc .·teous .
( 4) t~:r, ~:,·. r. rs . George . z:.~r, i ,r . .... , .• Sc..ic.....:·,. u 1d F.:.i.wi. l :; , ·r . a nd i.irs . E ,
F 1 •.1 ris -- exp r • si:•, s L c e r c v... pr ci · ti. r>n i or t i1e hospi t _. li t · · ·, h i.ch w.:-.s
e,~jc:·cd bJ~ ;,in:1~· ·ne1 ·1b crs c f t 'l<' F de rr.ti<'", 1urirg tr.. ir visit in Sn.:°! Antonio .
(5
re '· 0lutior, w.t uuopt e t .·. tr. comuir.t c oft r ·e '.> e upp·intcd b; the
Prc·s i c.s.1 . ~(. oocuro
e s rvice.:. of s c;. e u.c lm
edged •ri tcr o prepare
an .:i.rtic l e : r public tion ii", the .... t,.1rdn:,' Ev e;-i,1g Foa t to o Ui1 -cr o.c t an
u i:-·,ic-.l e l't'l th ,~ Ser t c ..ib c r 3, 1938 is~uc cf t h e &t. ~ur .•c~:.r Ev c>;:d:·g Pest, by
A.:-t',m· Jlr~L.1 1 v•' :.c p tr .,·c t o its r er. ers D. s r'•--c;,l lcc";. c i ·· odc i 1 the
' fo of
~, ri .• "C ,n.u1i. t ;,t rhi~!'l st r .•-•!i~ •::,:itlien i : n. f c.c , ti ..s
·mer,
1",lLd n :1 .t ll,.
t it-s r.ut·~.o r , c;tc,·1-p ., tc L , j L r .::i. G;r. i u:1 t-.i;illcsph e r c , tho e ffect
,c 3. f , .l sl; :-..n u:1cou;;Lirn::,.t·•. ., ~Jv~-~ t''.;,·, ..... f $~•ri •.: life, t cn ·ing tc.· g ive
the r e d c rs t:n e r· no,1~ .:.,.i r' n·:: t !'
, .~ ·•-;r · •1 u.nd Leb~o . p eople .
P-c "'itlent Herma:i. ' , W,· . · ,J o Bo ·· b · -, Jr- H ... ~ ~lk uric conc. titute the
appoi1 t ~d c rru~it t co .
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1938 October
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Clubs
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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF SYRIAN LEBANON-AMERICfl.N CllJBS
INDEX TO CONSTITUTION
Article I--N8D18: • ••••••••.•.. • .•••••••.• • • •.•.•... • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • · · · • • • • 1
.A.I'ti cle II--Pu.rpose • •.......•..•.....•.•....••••.•.••...•....•.....•••. 1
Article III--Authority •••••••••••.••••••••.•.•••••..•••••••••••..•••••. 1
Article IV--Mem.bership •••••••••••••.•••••••••••••• ~·•••••··••••••••·••• 1 &. 2
Article V--Home Office ••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••.••.•.•. 2
Article VI--Representation to Convention ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2
lU'ticle VII--Officers •••••••••••••••••••••••• ~·•••••••••·•••••···•··•·• 2 &. 3
Article VIII--Duties of the President•••••••·•··•·••••••·•···•••••••··•• 3 & 4
1.rticle IX--Duties of Vice-President ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4
~~ticle X--Duties of State Vice-President•••••••·••••·•···••••••••••••• 4
P.=ticle XI--Duties of Secretary-Treasurer •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4 & 5
Article XII--Duties of Executive Board·•••••••••••••···••••••••·••••••• 5 & 6
1-..r ticle XIII--Convention Room Officers ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6
Article XIV--Vacanciea ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6
.Article XV--Duties of Committees ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6 & 7
.Article XVI--Salaries end Allowances ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7
Article XVII--Convention Fund••••••••·•·•••••••••·•••••••••••••·••••••• 7
Article XVIII--Amendments •••••••• , ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 & 8
�CONSTITUTION
THE SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF SYRIAN LEBANON-AMERICAN CLUBS
AS
AMENDED SEPTEMBER, 1938
ARTICLE I
Name
Section l. This Federation shall be known by the name of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanon-American Clubs.
ARTICLE II
Purpose
Section l. The purpose of this Federation shall be to create and sustain the
work of the various Syrian Lebanon-American Clubs through companionship of its members in unified effort, by upholding Syrian institutions, cherishing and preserving
Sy:::-ian ideals and traditions, and taking an active part in all projects for the
mutual benefit of Syrians.
ARTICLE III
Authority
Section l. The duly elected delegates to the convention, as hereinafter prov i ded , shall constitute the sovereign body of this Federation, and it shall have
abs olute and exclusive jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the Federation;
i t is the true and legitimate source of all authority, and the final resort of
appeal, and there is no power vested in any officer, committee, or body of members,
t o :i:·epeal, alter, or change its laws or decisions except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. It shall provide a revenue to meet its expenses by per capita tax on
its membership, and by fees, dues and assessments, and will furnish supplies, such
as Constitutions, membership cards, blank reports to be made, to the Secretary-Treasurer, and application blanks for membership free of charge to clubs.·
Sec. 3.
It shall furnish each club with a Charter of Affiliation.
Sec. 4. It shall make no laws Tespecting the establishment of r eligion in its
work, nor assume any undertakings of a religious nature.
Sec. 5. This Federation shall not disband so long as the majority of delegates
of five (5) clubs object thereto, provided that the five clubs are from five different cities.
ARTICLE IV
Membership
Section l. The membership in this Federation shall represent only clubs in the
States of Alabama, Arizona 1 New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolinat North Carolina, Florida, end
Virginia .
Sec. 2. Clubs that have provisions in their constitutions for political parties
and are otherwise eligible to membership, shall not be barred from this Federation,
provided they are not primarily organized for political purposes.
Sec. 3. Application for membership shall be made in writing and upon a form
provided therefor, which will be furnished by the Secretary-Treasurer.
1.
�Sec. 4.
of order.
Each club shall adopt its own name and constitution, by-laws and rules
Sec. 5. Syrians residing in cities where there ore no clubs, or in cities
where club is not affiliated with this Federation, may file individual application
direct with the Secretary-Treasurer for membership in an affiliated club located
nearest to residence of applicant. The fee for such .membership shall be $1.00 per
annum, of which the Federation retains 50 cents and the remaining 50 cents to be
sent to club to which membership is assigned.
Sec. 6. Such member shall be governed by the laws of the club of which he is
a member, and he shall be entitled to all the privileges of an individual Federation member.
ARTICLE V
Home Office
Section l. The Home Office of this Federation shall be located in the city
where the Secretary-Treasurer resides.
ARTICLE VI
Representation to Convention
Section 1. Each club affiliated with this Federation shall be entitled to representation on the following basis: One (l) vote for each ten (10) members or
major fraction thereof, provided that the minimum vote of each club shall be three
(3) votes. Each club may elect one or more delegates to cast such votes. In any
instance, thore must be one alternate for each delegate.
Sec. 2. Each club shall elect or appoint its deiegates and alternates and
shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of such election not less than thirty days
prior to date of convening of this Federation, providing that it is at the discretion of the Executive Board and the officers of this Federation to issue creden~
tials to delegates and alternates after the thirty-day period bas expired.
Sec. 3.
seated.
No representative whose club is delinquent in payment of dues will be
Sec. 4. The President, Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer shall constitute a part of the sovereign body as provided in Article III, but shall not be
entitled to vote except as provided in Article VI, Section 2, and provided that
the President shall vote only in case of a tie.
ARTICLE VII
Officers
Section 1. The officers of this Federation shall be composed of a President,
a Vice-President, a Secretary-Treasurer, an Executive Board, consisting of five (5)
members, and one State Viee-President for each state represented in the Federation.
Sec. 2. Officers shall be elected at each annual convention and shall serve
until the election and installation of their successors, unless relieved of their
duties by d~e process.
Sec. 3. All members of effiliated clubs in good standing, and no others, shall
be eligible to office therein.
�'ARTI CLE VII
1
Secti on 4. Thi s office of President, Vice-Pr esident and Secretary-Treasurer ,
shall be ballotted upon by roll call of the delegates alphabetically according to
cities and the majori ty of the vot es cast shall be necessary to elect , and shall
there be no majority after the 2nd ballot , the candidate receiving the least number
of votes after each ballot thereaft er shall oe dropped , and the balloting continued
until one of the candidates r eceives the majority of the votes . "
Sec. 5 . The election of the Executive Board and State Vice -Presidents shall be
either by balloting, viva voce, division of the house, secret vote, or in any
other manner as the delegates may so decide .
Sec. 6. Officers ere accountable only to the Execut i ve Board, when Federation
is not in session, as hereinafter provided , and all compla~nt s and charges must be
filed with the Board.
Sec . 7. An office , held by a member whose club has ceased to be affi liated
with this Federation, through resignati on, suspension, or otherwise, shall become
vacant and such vacancy filled os provided i n Article Il.
ARTICLE VIII
Duties Of The President
Section 1. The President shall exercise general supervision over all the
affairs of the Federation.
Sec. 2. He shall at all times strictly enf'orce the laws of the Federation and
shall call to account any club violati ng the same . He shall have the sole power
and authority to interpret the Constitution and all laws, subject to appeal to the
Executive Board .
Sec . 3 . He shall pass upon and approve or reject all applications for membership, when received from the State Vice-President wherein lies the applicant1·•clubs,
and in the event of rejection , i t shall require the two- thirds (2/3) vote of the
Executive Board for acceptance.
Sec. 4 . He may appoint a member of an affiliated club to perform a specific
act in his stead when circumstances demand , and by lett er of instructions set forth
the act to be performed, upon the accomplishment of which he shall require of the
member appointed , a full report of his official act.
Sec . 5. I n case of emergency, he shall with the consent of the Executive
Board, have authority to employ such legal advice as may be considered necessary,
the expense thereof to be paid from the General Fund.
Sec. 6. He shall , at the expiration of his term of office, make a full and complete report t o the Federation Convention of all h i s official acts, together with
suggestions and recommendations for such improvements and changes he may deem
advisable .
Sec. 7. Should charges be preferred against any member or members of the Exe cutive Board, such charges will be filed with the Secretary- Treasurer, who will submit same to the President . Upon receipt of such charges, the President shall and is
hereby empowered to appoint a committee of five (5) members of affiliated clubs from
five different cities , providing one member of the committee is f rom the club of
the accused , and these shall have full power to investigate such charges , arrange
for and conduct a trial of the member or members accused. This committee shall
have authority to reprimand, suspend , or expel any member of the Executive Board
who has been proven guilty of conduct unbecoming a member o~ officer, and who has
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�violated any laws of the Federation.
Sec. 8. The President shall nominate members of all committees subject to confirmation by the Assembly at a convention, end when not convened, the Executive
Board shall confirm such nominations.
Sec. 9. The President shall appoint one State Vice-President in each of such
other states as might become represented in the Federation in the interim bet~een
conventions.
ARTICLE IX
Duties of Vice-President
Section. 1. The Vice-President shall assist the President in any way directed.
When the Federation is not in session, he shall be under the direct supervision of
the President in the matter of assistance to the interest of the Federation. He
shall make a full and complete report of all his official acts to the Federation.
Sec. 2. The Vice-President shall succeed to the Presidency in the event of the
death, resignation, removal or suspension of the President. He shall make a census
of all Syrian Clubs eligible to membership in this Federation and in the states not
represented in the Federation, solicit their membership, and encourage the creation
of others. He sholl draw up constitutions £.Dd laws for prospective organizations
nnd solicit their offiliation.
ARTICLE X
Duties of State Vice-President
Section. 1. The state Vice-President shall assist the President and Vice-President in any way directed. He shall make a census of all Syrian Lebanon-American
Clubs eligible to membership in the Federation in his respective state, solicit
their membership, and encourage the creation and affiliation of others. He shall
make a full and complete report of his activity to the Vice-President.
Sec. 2. The State Vice-President shall pass upon end approve or reject an application for membership when received f'rom the Secretary-Treasurer, properly endorsed, and in the event of approval, said application shall be submitted to the President for his approval; but if rejected by him, he shall return the application to
the Executive Boord whose two-thirds vote shall approve the application, and the
applicant club shall become a member of the Federation upon payment of initial fee
and proper dues.
ARTICLE XI
Duties of Secretary-Treasurer
Section. 1. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to keep an accurate journal of the proceedings and transactions of the Federation while in session,
to preserve the records of the Federation and to perform such other duties as are
required by the laws of the Federation.
Sec. 2. He shall receive all moneys due the Federation from whatever source,
and all books, papers end property of the Federation not otherwise provided for
shall be 1.u his charge.
Sec. 3 He shall receive all applications for membership, and when accompanied by
the required fee, he shall endorse and forward to the State Vice-President wherein
lies the applicant club for his approval or rejection. If approved, he shall issue
such a club Charter of Affiliation signed by the President and himself, bearing the
seal of the Federation.
Sec. 4. He shall keep a register of all organizations, their time of meeting
place, and their location, and a correct list of all members of each club and their
last given address.
4.
�Sec. 5. He shall conduct all necessary correspondence of his office and attest
all official documents with his signature and seal of the Federation, and provide
himself with all books and stationery necessary to conduct the business of his
office.
Sec. 6. He shall have charge of all the funds of the Federation, pay out the
same by order of the Executive Board or the Federation in session, and shall be prepared to exhibit receipts and vouchers upon the examination of his books and furnish
the Executive Board with all information required by it. He shall not invest the
funds of the Federation or any portion thereof in reel property, stocks, shares,·
bonds,or securities or for any similar purposes without the consent of the Federation in session.
Sec. 7. He shall prepare previous to the session of the Federation, a list of
all proposed amendments to the Constitution and statutes received by him from
regularly elected delegates, providing each proposes amendment with an article and
section to the Constitution.
Sec. 8. Upon receipt of notification of the election of delegates and alternates, he shall immediately mail to the delegates-elect a certificate bearing the
name of the delegate and his alternate.
Sec. 9. He shall prepare a temporary roll of officers, delegetes and alternates
legally entitled to seats in the Convention, and a list of delegates and alternates
not entitled to soots in the convention according to the laws of the Federation and
shall furnish the convention all necessary information in his possession.
Sec. 10. He shall render a full and complete report to the Federation Convention of ell his officiol acts and an eccurate and comprehensive statement of all receipts and expenditures of funds of the Federation, together with its ossets nnd
liabilities. He shell, beforo assuming the duties of his office, give bond in such
amount ns mny be detormined by the Executive Boord, the expense of which shall be
borne by the Federation.
Sec. 11. The Secretary-Treasurer shall have chnrge of the printing of the forms,
letterheads, charters, constitutions and other supplies necessary t o the Federation,
subject to npprovol of the Board.
Sec. 12. The Secretary-Treasurer may employ en assistan,t·· during conventions
to record every activity and transaction during sessions. Salary for such assistant
shall be left up to the Executive Board, .and shall be payable from the general fund.
ARTICIE XII
Duties of Executive Board
Section. l. The Executive Board shall have jurisdiction over the affairs of the
Federation as provided in these laws, and its decisions shall stand as the judgment
of the Federation unless reversed by the Federation in session.
Sec. 2. The Executive Board shall hear and decide all appeals made from the
decision of the President.
Sec. 3. The Board shall meet as often as 1t deems advisable for the best inter- ·'
ests of the Federation and for the transaction of business pertaining to its functions. It shall meet at least once a year for the examination of the accounts of
the Secretary-Treasurer and it shall have access to all books, papers and accounts
of the Federation and full information of all business transactions.
Sec. 4. The Board shall have charge of the bonds of the officers and shall require the Secretary-Treasurer and officers they deem necessary to file their bonds
before assuming the responsibility of office, which bond shall be satisfactory to
the Board.
Sec. 5. The Board shall render a written report of all its official acts at
each annual session of the Federation.
�Sec. 6. No member of the Executive Board shall hold any other office in the
Federation.
Sec. 7. In case where witnesses are located in distant places, or if they are
unable to appear before the Board, their testimony may be taken in writing, under
oath, before any member of e.n affiliated club who may be appointed and authorized
as a commissioner for such purpose by the Board.
Sec. 8. At the first regular meeting of the Executive Board, 1 they shall elect
a Chairman and Secretary from their number. Proper records of minutes of all meetings shall be kept and such minutes shall be subject to investigation by any officer
or member of this Federation.
Soc. 9. When conditions justify, the Executive Board may authorize the Secretary-Treasurer to transfer, temporarily, a specified amount of money from one fund
to another. The Board shall also have control of any unusual or extraordinary expenditure of funds.
.ARTICLE XIII
Convention Room Officers
Section. 1. The Convention Room Officers shall be appointed bj' the President,
with the consent of the Convention. Such officers may be appointed from the alternates or from members of affiliated clubs.
Sec. 2.
The Chaplin shall opon and close all sessions of the Federation.
Sec. 3. The sergeant-at Arms shell assist the President in maintaining order
while the Federation is in session and perform such other duties as may be required
by the President.
Sec. 4. The Guard or Guards shall attend to the door of the Convention during
its sessions and permit no one to enter except in accordance with the laws of the
Federation.
Sec. 5. The Parliamentarian shall decide all points of parliamentary law when
the President is in doubt and assist the President in the interpretation of the
laws of this Federation.
Sec. 6. The Interpreter shall translate in the Arabic or English language, when
requested by the President or Assembly, any transaction coming before the Federation
while in session.
ARTICLE XIV
Vacancies
Section. 1. In case of death, resignation, removal or suspension of the President, the Vice-President shall assume the office of President for the unexpired termo
Sec. 2. In case of the death, resignation, removal or suspension of the VicePresident, or State Vice-President, the President shall appoint his successor,
subject to the approval of the Executive Board.
Sec. 3. In case of the death, resignation, removal or suspension of the Secretary-Treasurer, the Executive Board shall appoint the successor. The Executive
Board shall immediately convene and audit the accounts of the former SecretaryTreasurer and transfer the funds to his successor, who shall have authority to disburse in accordance with the laws of the Federation.
Sec. 4. In case of the death, resignation> removal or suspension of a member
of the··Executive Board, the remaining members of s.alld Board shall fill the vacancy
by appointment ..
.ARTICLE XV
Duties of Commit~ees
Section. 1. The Research Committee shall delve into things Syrian, pertaining
to history, immigration, occupation, and population of Syrians in America, preserving a complete record of same. They shall also publish or cause to be published
t.
�article concerning Syrians in magazines and newspapers.
Sec. 2. The Convention Committee shall make arrangements for the next Convention, providing a suitable meeting place, have charge of registration of delegates
and visitors, providing tl}em with identification badges. This committee shall
select and designate registration headquarters; en.deavor to secure reasonable hotel,
transportation rates, and accommodations; provide speakers for the sessions; and
make such other arrangements as are necossary to hold convention.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Charity to investigate and
com.pile data to determine the necessity of extending charitable work through this
Federation and to make recommendations as to the manner in which such work can be
execUt'ed.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Education to secure information ~egarding the higher education of Syrians and to formulate plans for the extension of loans to such an end.
Sec. 5. The Radio Cammi ttee shall supervise in detail Syrian radio programs
throughout the year from representative Federation cities. The committee shall
allot twe lve (12) affiliated cities their month of broadcast and file the list with
the Secretary-Treasurer; all programs must meet with the approval of this Body.
ARTICLE XVI
Salaries and Allowances
Section. l. It shall be determined whether any officer shall be paid a salary,
with such salaries, if any, to be fixed and definitely established prior to the
nomination and election of officers at each annual convention.
Sec. 2. Any officer, acting under authority, shall be allowed necessary expenses when traveling on business of the Federation.
ARTICLE XVII
Convention Fund
Section. 1. All delegates, alternates and visitors attending the convention
shall be assessed One Dollar and Fifty Cents (~l.50) as a registration fee to be
entitled to any session of the Federation or to any Convention privileges or entertairuoonts. Tho Convention Committee shall have charge of creating this fund with
authority of disbursing same as authorized by the Federation.
Sec. 2. The Federation shall deduct Fifty Cents (50¢} from each registration
to be turned over to the Secretary-Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund, end
any surplus in the registration fund, after all expenses have been paid, shall be
divided equally among the Syrian clubs of the city in which the convention is held,
provided that the club or clubs of such city make formal request for the convention.
In the event no city bids for the Convention, the Federation shall draft a city for
the next convention., and eny surplus in this fund shall be turned over to the
Secretary-Treasurer, who shall de posit same in the General Fund.
Sec. 3. Should the Federation draft a Convention City and the amount realized
from registration be inadequate to meet the expenses of the Convention,. the Secretary-Treasurer shall pay the additional a.mount from the General Fund •
.ARTICLE XVIII
Amendments
Section 1. A special committee shall be appointed by the President to be known
as the Committee on Amendments and By-Laws, and to this committee all amendments
shall be submitted. All proposed amendments shall be submitted not less than sixty
(60) days prior to the next convention, at which time said proposed amendments shall
be taken up and voted upon in the proper order of business. A two-thirds vote shall
be required for adoption. The Chairman of said committee shall within 30 days after
receipt of the proposed amendment or amendments submit a copy thereof to each affi7.
�liated club. At the Convention thereafter, said Committee is to make its rep0rt,
either approving or disapproving the amendments submitted and the Convention shall
then act on the adoption of the amendments.
Section. 2. The Committee on Amendments shall meet as often as it deems advisable for deliberation on amendments, and o majority and minority report shall be
made to the Convention assembled. Proponents and opponents shall be allowed to
discuss the amendments submitted.
Section 3. Upon the request of an affiliated club, and with the approval of
the Executive Board, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit a ballot to all affiliated clubs tor vote upon any amendment or question which cannot await the next session
of the Federation. In the event of such ballot being necessary, the Secretary-Treasurer shall have prepared and transmitted to secretaries of all clubs a ballot with
specific instructions thereon as will enable them to cast an intelligent vote.
Se cretaries of clubs shall forward the ballots to the Secretaries of clubs shall
f orward the ballots to the Secretary-Treasurer in envelopes provided for that purpose, and marked "Ballot". The Secretary-Treasurer shall hold such ballots intact
and sealed ready for counting and tabulating by a coillllittee to be named by the President. A two-thirds vote of affiliated clubs shall be necessary for adoption."
nIDEX to BY-LAWS
Article !--Session of Federation •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• · 9
Article II--Committees •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••.••••• 10
Article III--Fees and Dues ••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. 10
Article IV--Charges and Adjustments•••••••·••••·•••••••·••••••··•··•··lO & 11
Article V--Official Emblem·••·•··••····•··•·••••••·•··••••••••·••·••••ll
Article VI--Official Seal ••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 11
Article VII--Official Flag••••·•·•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••ll
Article VIII--Order of Business •••••••••••• • ••••••••••••••••• • •••••••• 11 & 12
Article IX--Effective Date ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••12
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BY-LAWS
SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF SYRIAN LEBANON-AMERICAN CLUBS
.AS AMENDED SEPl'EMBER, 1938
ARTICLE I
Session of Federation
Section 1. The Federation shall convene in regular session on the Sunday before Labor Day in September, annually, at 2:00 p. m. or as soon thereafter as practicable, in such city as may be determined, upon or before adjournmunt1:of the: pro.;.
vious session.
Sec. 2. Upon request of a majority of affiliated clubs, the Secretary-Treasurer
shall submit a ballot to all affiliated clubs for voto ··upon t]w, qut::ation of holding
a Special Convention for the consideration of questions which may arise; such corrvention, if called, shall have all the powers and authority of a regular convention
and shall be called within thirty (30) days after the result of the ballot has been
declared, in a city to be chosen by the Executive Board. In the event of such
ballot being necessary, the Secretary-Treasurer shall have prepared and transmitted
to secretaries of all clubs a ballot with specific instructions thereon as will enable them to cast an intelligent vote. Secretaries of clubs shall forward the
ballots to the Secretary-Treasurer in envelopes provided for that purpose, and marked "Ballot,tt The Secretary-Treasurer shall hold all such ballots intact and sealed
ready for counting and tabulating by a committee to be named by the President, A
two-thirds vote of the clubs affiliated with this Federation shall be necessary for
the calling of the Speciol Convention.
Sec, 3. The selection of a convention city shall be balloted upon by roll call
of the delegations and the majority of all votes cast shall be necessary to select,
and should there be no choice on the first ballot, the balloting shall continue
until a choice is made.
Sec, 4, Fifteen (15) delegates, representing not less than three clubs from
different cities, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Sec. 5, At the time fixed for convening a regular or special sess·ion, should
no quorum appear, the session shall adjourn sine die.
Sec. 6. Upon the reading, by the Secretary-Treasurer, of the roll call of delegates-elect from clubs entitled to representation, the delegates or alternates
therein named shall be seated and shall be a body competent to transact business.
Sec.?. Only cities directly represented by at least one club in the Federation
shall be entitled to bid for or hold a convention; no city shall bid for convention
in the name of any other city than its own, nor shall the victorious city have the
power to transfer the site of the convention without the consent of the President
and the Executive Board.
Sec. s. All contenders for the convention city shall deposit $35.00 with the
Secretary-Treasurer before they shall be allowed to bid. Immediately following the
selection of the convention site, the unsuccessful contenders shall be returned
their deposits, and the successful bidder shall place its deposit with the Federation until the relinquishment of the flag at the next convention. In the event
there are two or more clubs in one city which actively bid for the convention, the
pos~ession of the flag shall be given and allotted to them by lots to be drawn by
the Board immediately after convention.
Sec. 9. All contenders for the convention shall make their bids in writing and
attach thereto any promissory doeuments pertaining to such bid. If a monetary donation is made a part of a bid, same shall be returned in the event bid is rejected.
9.
�.ARTICLE II
Committees
Section. 1. The standing Committees of the Federation shall be: Research, Convention, Education, Charity and Radio, and shall be appointed at each annual convention as provided in Article VIII, Section 8, of the Constitution.
Sec. 2. A committee may consist of one or as many members as are deemed advisable.
ARTICLE III
Fees and Dues
Section 1. The entrance fee of this Federation shall be Five ($5.00) Dollars,
which must be accompanied with each application for membership.
Sec. 2. The dues for each shell be payable annually in advance on the basis
of Fifty Cents (50¢) per member per annum end shc.11 be due and po.yeble on August
1st of ench year.
Sec. 3. Dues shall be payable for the month in which the application for
member&hip is accepted, provided that such application is accepted and Charter of
Affiliation executed on or before the fifteenth of each month.
ARTICLE IV
Charges and Adjustments
Section 1. Should charges be preferred against any Federation officer, the Executive Board shall have full authority and power to investigate such charges, and
shall arrange for trial if necessary. The Board may reprimand, suspend or expel
any officer who has been proven guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer or who
violated any law of the Federation.
s~c . 2. All charges filed against Federation officers shall be submitted in
writing to the Executive Board, and such charges shall be for the violation of the
laws of the Federation, or conduct unbecoming an officer, and shall specify the
nature of such violations or conduct.
Sec. 3. Upon the receipt of such charges, should the Executive Board deem them
sufficiently serious to warrant it, a special meeting of the Board shall be called
to try such officers.
Sec. 4. Both parties shall be served with a copy of the charges as filed with
the Executive Board, and shall be notified by the Board of the time and place of
meeting, thirty days prior to the date.
Sec. 5. Should a witness be unable to attend any meeting of the Board, the
evidence of such a witness, reduced to writing, shall be accepted when witnessed
by a notary public.
Sec. 6. The trial shall not be public, and only witness and parties involved
in the charges shall be admitted.
Sec. 7. The expense of the trial of an officer of the Federation shall be borne
by the Federation.
Sec. 8. When the testimony is all in, the Board shall determine the guilt or
innocence of the accused and if found guilty, fix the punishment of the officer,
which shall be reprimand or removal from office •
. Sec. 9.
All evidence end testimony shell be reduced to writing.
Sec. 10. Any affiliated club or member of an affiliated club feeling aggrieved
by the decision of the Executive Board may appeal to the Federation in Convention
within thirty days after such decision, in which case the same shall be filed with
the Secretary-Treasurer, together with oll papers , documents and records in evidence
before the Board at the time of trial or hearing.
10.
�Soc. 11. Any affiliated club or member of an Effiliatod club feeling aggrieved
by the decision of the President in matters of law or equity may appeal to the
Executive Board within thirty days after such decision.
Sec. 12. All cases of appeal to the Federation shall be referred to a committee of five appointed by the President, which committee shall state the salient
points in the case and report their findings to the Convention with recommendations.
Should the Federation, when convened, desire, it may order the testimony read and ·
hear the argument, and the result of the secret ballot taken shall sustain or reverse the previous decision, which shall be final.
Sec. 13. No officer, affiliated club, or member of an affiliated club shall
resort to civil courts or civil authority for an opinion or decision or to correct
or redress any alleged grievance or wrong converning any case in controversy arising
within the Federation, until such officer, affiliated club, or member of an affiliated club shall first have exhausted all remedies by appeal or otherwise provided
by t he laws of the Federation for the settlement and disposition of such rights or
grievances.
ARTICIE V
Official Emblem
Section. 1. The Official Emblem of this Federation shall be a Phoenician
galley placed in the foreground on the lower portion of a circular form. In the
back ground a mountain representing Lebanon, with a Cedar Tree on its side, shall
meet the water's edge, and the words "Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanon-Ameri- •
can Clubs" inscribed around the top semi-circle.
ARTICLE VI.
Official Seal
Section 1.
The Official Seal shall be a replica of the Official Emblem.
ARTICIE VII
Official Flag
Section. 1. The Official Flag of this Federation shall be a replica of the
Official :Emblem, placed upon a field of white.
Sec. 2. The Official Flag shall be presented by the President to the victorious bidder for the succeeding convention, end it shall be in the possession of the
club or clubs to conduct the following convention. The flag shall remain in their
possession until the selection of the next Convention City, after which they shall
relinquish the flag and be reimbursed with the deposit, as stipulated in Article
I, Section 8, of the By-Laws.
ARTICIE VIII
Order of Business
1. Call to order by the President
2. Appointing of Convention Room Officers
3. Roll call of officers and delegates
4. Reading of the minutes of last convention
5. Reports of officers
6. Reports on Amendments and communications
7. Reports of Conmittee
a. Research
b. Convention
c. Charity
d. Education
e. Radio
8. Unfinished business
9. New business
10. Fixing of eaiariea
11. Election of officers
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12.
13.
14.
Installation of officers
Appointment of committees
Selection of Convention City
15 • Miscellaneous
16 . Reading of minutes of previous day.ts session
ARTICIE IX
Effective Date
Section 1. This Constitution and By-Laws, as amended, shall become effective
September 6th, 1938.
12.
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CONS'rITUTION AND
BY-LAWS
OF SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF SYRIAN LEBANON-AMERICAN
CLUBS
INDEX TO CONSTITUTION
Article I--Name ........................................... • • 1
Article II--Ptirpose .......................................... 1
Article III--AuthoritY••••••·••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1
Article IV--Membership •••••••••••••••••••• ~••·•••••••••••··• 1 & 2
ArticlA V--Home Office •••••••••••••• •••••••••••••·••••••••• 2
Article VI--Representation to Convention •••••••••••••••••••• 2
Article VII--Officers •••••••••••••••• ~ •••••••••••••• , ••••••• 2
Article VIII-Duties of the President•·•••••••••••·•••••••·•• 3
Article IX--Duties of Vice-President •.••••••••••••••• .-•.•••• 3
Article X--Duties of State Vice-President ••••••••••••••••••• 3 & 4
Article XI--Duties of Secretary-Treasurer ••••••••.••••••••••• 4 & 5
Article XII--Duties of Executive Board ...................... 5
Article XIII--Convention .Room Officers ••••••••••••••••••• .••• 5
Article XIV--Vacancies •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6
Article XV--JOJ.ties of Committees ••••••••••• , •••••••••
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Article XVI--Salaries and Allowances •••••••• •·•••• ••• .,. ·•••••• 6
Article XVII--Conve~tion fund•··••••••••••••••••••••••••••~• 6
Article XVIII--Amendments •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• , ••••
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INDEX TO BY-LAWS
Article !--Session of Federation••·•·•••··•••••••·•••••••••• 7
Article II--Committees •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 8
Article III--Fees and Dues··•••••••·••••••••• ; ·•••·••••••••• 8
Article IV--Charges and Adjustments··••••··••··•·•·••••••!•• 8 & 9
Article V--Official Emblem •.••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••• _•• 9
Article vr--Official Seal •••••••••••••.•••••••••••••.••••••.••• 9
Article VII- Official Flag.•••••••••·•••••••••••••••••••·••· 10
Article VIII--Order of Business ..•••••• ·••••••••••••••••••••. 10
Articl e IX--Effective te.te ..•••••••••••• ,. ••• •••••••••••••••• 10
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�CONSTITUTION
THE SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF SYRIAN LEBAllON-.Al'iERICAN CLUBS
AS AMENDED
SEPT',,ZI,;:mm,
19!38
.Am'ICLE I
Mame
Section 1. This Federation shall be known by the narne of the
Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanon-American Clubs.
AR'i'ICLE II
Purpose
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various Syrian Le banon-.Am.eri can Cltiba
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dnd preserving .S_Y}'ian ideal's .
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Se'oti,on··U 'The 'duly: :eieotod, delegates to the convention, as
he;reinafte·r provided,. shall constitute the sovoreif:,11 body of this
Fodorat::ton, an& it shill' have. absolute and oxclusivo jurisdiction
over· .all .matters ·-pertaining to tho Federation; it is the truo und
logitimate .aQ'}tce_ .of :ali authority, and_ tho finul resort of
appoal., and ·tli9re. is no ,power, vested in ony officer, commi tt00,
or body uf momo6rs, t6 rcpobl, a~tor, 0~ chunGC its l&WS or
4locisions oxcopt as horGinortor providod.
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Soc. 5. Thia Fodorution shull not disb ... nd so loni~ . s tho
majority of doloGc.tos of 'five (5) clubs object thoroto, provided
that tho five clubs arc from five ditforcnt cities.
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ARTICLE IV
Me:mborship
Soction 1. The membership in this FodoJ;'otion sh,.11 rcprosvnt
only clubs in tho Sti tos of Alab:Jna, Arizona., Few l1~cxico, Texas,
Oklaho.cia, Arkunso:s, Louisit.:nQ·,. Mississippi, Goo:rgiu, 'I'cnnossoc,
South Carolina, Nort_h earolinu, Floridu, r.nd Vire,inic.
Soc. 2. Clubs thct havo provisions in thoir constitutions for
politicc.l po.rties c..nd tire othornisc oligiblo to mcrnborship, shull
not bo b~rrod from . this Fodorution, provided they aro not
pr:iLmrily organized for peli tict.l purposos.
Soc. 3. A::;>plic~tion fo;; mo1:1bcrship sht.11 be. r:u.:.do in w1·i ting
end upon o. form provided thorofor, uhich nill b G furnishe d by the
S~ crctc:cy-Troc1suror.
Sec. 4. Each club s,1,!ll o.dopt its own 11,.,:iC ,.:nd consti tut,ion,
by-lc.,~s c.nd rules of ordur.
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Soc. 5. S~riuns rosidint in citi os \1hor c thoro , .ru no clubs,
or in cities nhorc club i s not affilit.ltod ,,ith this Fodc.:rction, mcy
file indi vidut.l t~pplicc:tion direct Hi th t h o Socret, ,ry-Trcc. s uror - for
membership in un c.ffili utcd club loc~. t c d 11car ost to rm:iidon co of
c.ppliccmt. Th e, fu o for such mcmb er·ship slK,11 b0 fi l.00 por c.nnum , of
uhich t he Fodcr c-.t ioD: r ote.ins 50 cent s .ud t ho :comcin i n& oO conts to
be son t to club to wh ich ;.:or:ibcrshii;> is ossi c;11od .
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��Soc. 6. Such 1i10mbor shnll bo govornod by tho lo~rn of the club
of which ho is o mombor , und ho shall be ontitlod to all tho privilogos of o.n individuc.l Fodorntion mcmbor.
iillTICLE V
Home o:..:i'ico
Soction 1. ·r!.!o Humo Officr.:: of this Fodoru.tion shnll bo locctod
in the city ullero tho Secrotary-Trocsuro1· resides.
iu?I'ICLE VI
Roprosontc tion to Convention
Sochon 1 . E,ich club c.ffilinted ni th this Fod0rc,tion shi.ll bo
cnti tl0d to reprosontr.tion on the follouing be.sis: On0 ( 1) vote for
o,,ch ten ( 10) members or mc.jor fr(.;.ction thereo f, provided th.:.t t ho
mini.mun vote of c nch club shc.11 bo t~1rcc ( 3) votes. Ench club r,my
oloct 01~0 or more dclt~Gntes to crsst such votos . In ,~ny instt.11cG,
th0rc mu st be one c..;l torn,·. to for e r.ch dolo&,.tc .
S -:Jc . 2, Each club shc.11 oloct or ::-.ppoint its dolou ..t e s t:nd
nltcrnr.tos :.:nd shnll notify the Socrctr:ry-T;;'(;C.suror of such oloction not loso thGn thirty dnys prior to dr..t o of convouin6 of this
Fcdcrr~tion, providint; th,~t it is ,l t tho cliscretion of tl-..e E:.-,cutivo
B"-trd c.nd tho officers of this Fodorr,tion to issuo crodonticls to
deloe,c.tes ::.:nd ~l torrn.:tos l,ftcr th0 thirty- d~y p e riod hes oxpirod .
Sc~. 3. No roprcsentLti ve t1hose club is delinquent i n pt.ymcnt
of duos n ill bo so~t e d.
Se c. 4. Tho Prosidont, Vi-c0..Prcsident , and Socrotc ry- Troc.sur or
shnll consti tuto a. pc.rt o f the sovorc i ,;n body r:s provided in
Article III, but shell not b e entitled to vote except c.s provided
in Article VI, Soctio:1 2 , nnd provided thc:t t ho Pros i dont s ht:11 voto
only in CL SC of G tio .
ARl'ICL"E VII
Officurs
Soction 1.
Tho officers of this Fodor,·,t ion sht:.11 bo composed
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· d ; .sho.11, .sorv:o Wltill. tho ·ol:ect·i on o.nd i nstcllc.\tion of their
s ubc-ossor s, unlb'ss ~oliovod of thoiir duties by duo process .
Soc . 3 . .A:11 members of c.fflliutod clubs in good stc.nding, nnd
no others, shcl~ bQ o~ig:1.blo to office thcroin.
Soc. 4 .. This of:t'ico of President, Vicc- Prosidont end
Secrotnry- Troasur or , shal l bo ball ottod upon by roll cul l of tho
d~l ogutos alphaboticolly accordinG to citios nnd tho majority of tho
votos cast sho.11 bo nocosso.ry to eloct, m~d sho.11 there be no
mc.jority e:ftor tho 2nd br.llot, tho c~ndido.tc receiving thG lor,st
number of vot oa after oach ballot thoro~ftor shall be droppod, nnd
tho balloting continuod until ono of tho ccmd'idntos rocoivos tho
majority of tho votos, "
Soc. 5 . Th,3 oloction of tho Exocuti vo Board e.nd Ste.to VicoProsidcnts shall bo oithor by balloting, vivo vocc, division of tho
house , secret voto, or in any other ri1cnnor us tho dolctsatos m:y so
docido.
Soc. 6, Officors t,rc o.ccountc.blo only to the E:x:ocutivc Doe rd,
when Fodorntion is not i n sossion , c.s hereina ft e r provided , c1nd rill
complni u ts und chcr gos must bo filed nith tho Bonrd .
Sec . ? • An office, hold by c. mombor nhoso club hc,s ccnsod t o be
a ffili a t ed rli th this Fodorc:t ion , throur)1 r esignut i onJ suspension , or
otherwise, sho.11 become vo.cont nnd s uch veci,ncy fillod as provi dod
in 11.rti clc XI/ .
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��ARTICLE VIII
Duties Of The President
Soction l. The Prosidont shell oxorciao goncrcl suporvision
over all tho aff airs of tho Foticrction.
Soc. 2. Ho shall ct all times otrictly unfor-0e the lc.us of
tho Fodorction ond shall call to o.ccount cmy club violc:ting tho
samo. Ho shall hovo the solo ponor and authority to int orprot the
Cons ti tutio~ nnd all l m1s , subject to apponl to tho Exocutivo Boord.
Soc. 3. Ho shnll puss upon r..nd cpprovo or rojoct all c~pplict:tions for momborship, \1hon rocoivod from tho StLto Vic·c--Prl•;;i ,-.;.:ct
wherein lios tho c.ppliccnt clubs, u..'ld in tho event of rojoction, it
shall roquiro tho t\7o-thirds ( 2/3) veto of tho Exccuti vo Boerd for
ecccptcnco.
Soc. 4 . He mc.y appoint a member of on affilit-.tccl club to perform c. spocific act i.n his steed nhcu circumstnnccs dcucmd, und by
lcttor of instructions sot forth tho act ·to be porfonnod, upon tho
Gccomplishment of ,,hich ho sholl roq_uiru of tho mombor c,,ppointcd, o
full report of his official act .
Soc. 5. In ca.so of emorgoncy, ho sho.11 ,.,i th the consent of
tho Exocutive Bourd, h-:vc uuthority to empl oy such lor,al ndvico c s
may be considorod nocossnry, thu oxponso thereof to bu pcid from tho
Gonercl Fund.
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Soc. 6. Ho shell , at the oxpirL, tion of his term of office,
make 9, full end comploto r eport to the Fodoro.tion Convention of ull
his official a cts, together uith su~estions 01d rocor:unonc1,:tions
for such improvomonts u 1d che:ngos ho rncy doom cdvisr.\blo .
Sec. 7. Should. charges be preferred C!gc.inst ~.ny m0rnbor- or
members of the Exocutivv Board, such chnrgus nill be filed ,;iith tho
Sccrctc.r y- Troc:isur or, who ,,ill submit s(:mo to tho Prosidont . Upon
receipt of such charges, tho President shL'.ll o.nd is horcby ompoHorod
to appoint c. connnittce o f fivo (5) members of offilic tod clubs from
fivo different cities, pr ovic1in~ one mombor of tho committeo is from
tho cl ub of t ho accused, and t hoso ahc.11 h,~vo full po,:er to invcstigc:to such charges, ~rrcngo for nnd conduct n tricl of tho mombe;r or
members accused. This comm.ittoo shall hnvo nuthority t o r opri.ot111d,
suspend, or oxpol any ru.embor o f tho Exocutivo Bourd uho has boon
proven guilty or conduct unbocoming c. member or officer, c.nd nho he.a
viol ated uny latis of tho Fodoration.
Sec. S. Tho President shall noraincto 1,1ori1bors of all committees
subject to continua tion by tho Assombly ut a convontion, 1.;ncl ,;1hon
not convonod, tho Executi vc Boord slmll confinn such nominations .
Sec. 9. Tho President sho.11 c.ppoint ono Stoto Vico-Prosidcnt
in each of such othor sto.tos as might become reproscntocl in tho
Fodcrc.tion in tho i nterim botr,oon comront i ons.
ARTICLE IX
Duties of Vicc-Prosidont
Section. 1. Tho Vico-Prosidont slwll assist t ho President i n
any ucy directed. When tho Foclorction is not in session , ho shel l
bo undor the direct supervision of the President in tho r.ic.tter of
ossistc.ncc to the interest of the Fodorntion. Ho shell moko n full
and complete report of all his officic!l ucts t o tho Fedorl.tion.
Soc. 2. Tho Vico-Prosidont shGll succoocl to tho Prosie.cncy in
tho ovont of tho doc.th , resignation, removal or suspension o f tho
Prosidont. Ho shall mnko o census of o.11 Syr ian Clubs oligiblo to
membership in this Fcdora tiou Llld in tho stutos not r epresented in
tho Fodoration, solicit tlloir momborsllip, i:.nd oncour e:go tho crol,tion
of others. Ho she ll drcp up cons ti tut ions end 10,is for prospocti vo
organiza tions and solicit thoir c ffiliation.
ARTICLE X
Dutios of Stcte Vico-Prosidont
Section. 1. Tho St r-.tc Vice-President s 11cll a ssist the President
and Vico-Prosidont in nny nny directed. H0 shuJ.l me.kc c: corwus of ull
Syrian Lobcnon- Amori cnn Clubs ol:i.giblo t.o l.lc-nto.cnb ip in t},c };'o·'lorotion in his rospoctivc state , s oli~.:..-~ ~b.0.:.1• iitcr,1bc:rnhip, n.r:d. eucourGgo
tho crec.tion rmc1. c,ffi]j_:.:ti.on 01' o t .i.10:>:·s. :!o :::h,1J.:~ mo.kc c. fu.l]. nncl complote repo rt of his o cti vi ty to tho VL:0•· .'?:-:-0s1dcmt.
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�Sec. 2. Tho State Vice-Prosidont shall pc.ss upon and o.pprovo
or rojoct an application for momborship nhon roceivod from tho
Socretary-Trcasuror, prol.)orly ondorsod, nnd in tho avant of approval,
said application shdl be subr.1i ttod to tho Prosidont for his
o.pprovul; but if rejected by hin, ho shull roturn tho c.pplico.tion
to tho Exocutivo Boo.rd ,,hoso two-thirds voto slwll approve tho
application, and tho applicant club shall bocor;;.o c. P.J.ombor of tho
Foclcro.tion upon paymont of initial fao nnc.1 prOi)Or duos.
ARTICLE XI
Dutios of Socrotc:ry-Trousuror
Section. 1. It shall be tho duty of tho Socrotery-Trcnsuror to
koop an occuratQ journc.l of tho procoocliilgs und trc.nsGctions of the
Fodor c.tior.. nhilc i n session, to prosorvo tho rocorc1s of the Federation nnc! to perform such othor dutios o.s aro required by the lev;s
of tho Fodorc.tion.
Soc. 2. .Ho shell roceivo ~ill moc cya duo tho Fec1orc.tion from
,;hatcvcr source, 2.nC. ell books, ~epors and property of tho
Fedcrc.ti o1_ aot othoruise :.:,rovidod for s hall bo i n his charge.
Soc. 3. Ho shall receive all c.pplicc.tio!1s for 1;101.1borsl:.ip,
::ind uho!l o.ccompaniod by tho roq_uirod foo, l10 s ho.11 cn<lorso nnd f orward to tho Sta.t(3 Vico-Prosidont whorein lies the r:pplic .... nt club
for his ,:-.pprovl\l or rejection. If a.pproved, ho sl~:.:.1.1 issuo such a.
club Chi:.rter of Affilin tion a ignod by the Pr·oa i dent am1 himself,
bearing tho sool of t ho Fodoro.tio::1.
Soc. 4. He shall keep c. register of t:11 orgc.nizLtions, tl,oir
tir.10 of meeting place, ::ind thoir location , G..1"1d a corroc·i; list of o.11
morabars of each club and their lo.st givon addross.
Soc. 5. Ho shall conduct o.11 nocossury corrospondonco of his
office encl o.ttost all official docur.ionts uith his signature onc1 sonl
of t ho Federation, an<l :;irovicle himsolf uith o.11 books an.cl stationery
nocGsso.ry to conduct tho business of his offico.
Soc. 6. Ho shw.l have charge of ~11 tlic fun.C.s of tho Fecloration, pay out tho same by order of tho Executive Boo.rd or tho
Fodoro.tion in session, cmd shall bo prcparoq. to exhibit rocoipts
o.nd vouchors upon tho oxo.rainutio;.1 of his books c.nd :furnish tho
Exocuti vo Boo.rd with all inforI.Ic.tion roquirod by it. Ho shall not
invest tho fw~ds of tho Fodorotion or any ~ortion thoroof in roul
proporty, stocks, she.res, bonds or aocurities or for any s:i.r:1 ilar
purposes uithout tho consont of tho Fedorution in session.
Soc. ?. Ho shall propo.rc previous to the session of tho
Fodorution, a list of all proposed OI!londmonts to tho Constitution
and stotutos rocoivod by hira from rogulcrly olcctod doloGatos,
providing oach proposes oDondmoat r1i th an articlo c:nd soction to
the Constitution.
Soc. 8. Upon rocoipt of notificc.tion of tho election of
dclogc.tas c..nd altornotos, ho shall immcclio.toly raoil to tho dologctoseloct o. cortificato bee.ring tho namo of tho dolegoto c.nd his altornc.to.
Soc. 9. Ho shall prepare a tonporory roll of officers, cologn tos
and altorno.tos lego.lly entitled to souts in tho Convontion, c.nd a
list of dologotos and ultornatcs not ontitletl to soots in the couvontion according to tho l o.us of tho Fodoration and shall furnish t ho
convention all nocossary inforr,10tion in his possession.
Soc. 10. Ho shall ronclor o. full oild comploto roport to the
Fodoration Convention of all his official acts ond un ~ccuruto and
comprohonsivo stCitomont of all rocoipts c.nd ~ondituros of funds of
tho Fodoration, togothor ·11ith its assets and liabilitios. He shnll,
boforo o.ssuming tho tlutios of his office, civo bond in such OI!10U11t
as mr..:.y bo dotorninod by tho Exocutivo B~ard, tho oxponso of ,·1hich
shall bo borno by tho Fedoration.
Sec. 11. The Socrotur11-Troasuror shall ho.vo chargo of tho printing of tho foms, letterheads, charters, constitutions c.nd other
supplies necessary to tho Fodoro.tion , subjoct to o.pprovol of tho
Board.
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Sec. 12 . The Socrotory~·Troo.surer nmy euploy on ussistont during convontions to record cvo:ry ocr!;i·,rity one. tronsv.ction (luring
sessions . So.lory for s-..1c~1 :::tr,.5~_:,;tc.nt shall bo loft up to tho Exocuti vo Boord, ond shc.~.l i)0 pny;~J~l u 1':con tho GOnorel funcl •
.f..RTW~ XII
Dutios o~ Executive Boord
Soction. 1. Tllo Exocuti vo Boord ohull hove j1+riscliction ovor
tho affairs of tho F0dorotion as provided in those laus, uncl its
decisions shall stand as t ho judgnont of tho Fo(1orction unloss
r0vorsod by tho Fodorution in session.
Sec. 2. Tllo Exocutive Boord sllo.11 hour
made from tl10 docision of tho Prosidont.
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docido (~11 cppoals
Sec. 3. The Boord sl;.ull moot as oft on cs it c1eems advisable
for tho bost interests of tlle Feclorution and for the transaction of
business portaining to its functions . It shell moot ct lecst once
o your for tho examination of the accounts of the SocrotoryTrensurer nnd ·it shall hove c.ccoss to all books , po.pors ond accounts
of tho Fodcroti on onc1 full infor.mc.tion of oll business trcnsnctions . Soc. 4 . Tl10 Boo.rd shall hove chor go of tho bonC:.s of tho
officers und shall roquiro tho Socr otory- Trecsuror oncl c:1fficors
---/thoy doo;n nocosso.ry to file their bonds boforo ossuuing tho r osponsibili ty of office, ,ihich bond shull bo sotisfc.ctory to tl1c Booru.
Soc. 5. Tl10 Bourcl shall ronclor o uritton r oport of all its
official acts at ouch unnuol sossiou of the Fodcrntion.
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Sec. 6 . No mer,1 bor of t~lC Exocutivo Bourd shGll hold ony other
office in tho Foc1orution.
Soc . ? . In coso ghoro nitnossos ere locutotl in distcnt plu cos,
or if they oro uno.blo to appoor bofor o tho Boore!, their tostiuony
, . may be token in i;iritL1e;, unclor oo.th , boforo any met1bor of un
offilic.t0d club who may bo U?pointod nnl!. o.uthorizod c.s u commissioner
for such pu~oso by tllo Board.
Soc. 8. At tho first ro~ulor mooting of tho Exocutivo Board,
thoy shall oloct a Choirr.1on and Socrotary from thoir number. Proper
rocords of minutes of all meetings shall bo kopt end such minutes
sholl bo subject to investigation by any officer or nor.1bor of this
Fcdoro.tion.
Soc. 9 . Yn1en conditions justify, tho Executivo Boo.rel noy
c.uthorize tho Socrotory- Tr oasuror to t r ansfer, ter.1pororily, a specified amount of money from ono fund to enothor. Tho Board shc.11 ulso
hove control of any U.'1usuol or oxtroordinory oxponc.ituro of funcls •
.ARTICLE XIII
Convention Room Officers
Section. 1. T!10 Comrontion Room Officers sho.11 be o.ppointod by
tho Prosidont , ui th tho consent of tho Convention. Such officers r.my
bo oppointod from tho alternates or fror:1 raoL1bors of offiliotocl clubs.
Soc . 2.
Fodoro.tion.
Tho Clwplin shal l opon and cl ose all sossi ons of tho
Soc. 3. Tho Sorgoont-o.t llr.118 shall assist t!10 Prosidont in
maintaining ordor Tihilc t!1O Fodorotion is in sossion unc1 perform
such other duties c.s nc.y bo roquiro<l by the Presidont.
Sec. 4. Tho Guo.rd or Guurdo sholl ottond, to·. th'b door of tb.o
Convontio::.i during its sessions uilC. porrai t no 0110 to entor oxcopt in
o.ccordonco t;i th tho laws of· t.ho Foderution.
Soc. 5. Tl1e Pcrlix.1011·i;uricn s l1all docido all points of po.rliomonte:.ry hrn uhon tho Prosidon t is in doubt end cssist tho Prosic'.ont
in tho intcrprototion of tl10 lam: of this Fodoration.
Soc . 6 . Tho Intorl)rotor shnll t:mnsltitc in tho .Arabic or English
language , uhon r0quostod by tho Prosidont or Asoonbly , o.ny transo.ction coming before t he,; Federation whilo in session.
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,\RTICLE XIV
Vnconcios
Section. 1. In caso of dooth, rosignation, ronoval or susponsion of tho Prosidont, tho Vico-Prosidont shall osaur,10 the office of
Prosidont for tho w1oxpirod torm.
Soc. 2. In co.so of the doath, rosignettion, r onovc,l or suspension of tho Vico-Prosidont, or Sta.to Vico-Prosidont, tho Prosidont
shall ui)l)Oint his suocosaor, subjoct to tl10 approval of tho
Exocutivo Board.
Soc. 3. In oaao of tho doc.th, resignation, rer,1 ovol or suoponsion of the Socrotary-Troo.suror, tho Exocutivo Board shell appoint
tho suooossor. Tho Jl:xocuti vo Bou.rd sholl ir;1uodiotoly convono end
audit tho accounts of the fornor Socrotory•Troosuror ond trcnsfor
tho funds to his succossor, 'iiho shall havo outhori ty to diaburao
in accordl.:nco r1i th tho lQ.,ts of tho Fodorotion.
Soc. 4. In caso of the dooth, rosignction, rouovol or susponsion of o r:1ombor of tho Exocutivo Boord, tho ronnining mor:ibors of
said Boord shall fill tho vaccncy by appointr,1ont.
ARTICLE XV
Duties of Comittoos
Section. 1. Tho Rosoarch Comni ttee shall dolvo into things
Syrian, pertaining to history, irmjigration, occupc.tion, end population of Syrians in lt.111orica, prosorving a comploto rocord of s or.10.
Thoy shall also publish or causo to bo publishod crticlo concerning
Syrians in magazines and no,wpupors.
Soo. 2. Tho Convention Cammi ttoo slrnll muko arrangements for
tho noxt Convention, :providing o suitable ,·.1ootin6 ~>lo.co, huvo cl1c~rgo
of registration of dologatos and visitors, providing thor.i vii th
identification bcdgos. This conr.iittoo shnll soloct and dosignn te
rogistrc.tion hoodquo.rtors; oudouvor to socuro rousonc.ble hotol,
transportc.tion rotas, c.nd ncconr.10dations; p:rovido spoukors for tho
sessions; and ii10ke such othor arrongor.1on ts as o.ro nocossr.ry to
hold convention.
Sec. 3. It shall bo tho duty of the Cor:1mi ttoc on Cheri ty to
invcstigato and compilo doto to doternino tho nocossi ty of oxtonc!i ?lG
chori tnblo ,~ork through this Fodorution .-~nd to nako rocor,u:1ondntions
os to tho mannor in nhich such nork can bo oxocutod.
Soc. 4. It shall bo tho duty of tho Comn.ittoe on Education to
secure infonno.tion rogarding tho higher education of Syrians and to
formulato plans for tho oxtonsion of loans to such r.n ond.
Soc. 5. Tho Radio Conni ttoo shall supervise in dotnil Syric.n
radio progrnt:is throughout tho yocr from ro~rosontati vo Fodero.tion
citios. The cor.ll'litteo shall allot twolvo (12) affiliotod citios
thoir no nth of broc.dcast end. filo tho list ,,i th the SocrotaryTreasuror; all ;,Jrogrnns must moot ui th the approvnl of this Body.
ARI'ICLE XVI
Salaries nnd Allo\1l\11COS
Soetion. 1. It shall bo doterminod r1hothor uny officor shall
bo paid o. so.lo.ry, uith such snlarios, if any, to bo fixod and
· tini toly o~tablishod pr"ior -to tho nor.1inotion ond oloction of
o.';t odc·h ~o,nnuhl convontion.
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Convontion Fwtd
Soctiofi • .-1. All dolec;atbo , al tornctos c.nd vioi tors c:ttondin£
J ;ho convention _shall bo o.ssossocl Ono Doller nn<l Fifty Conts ( ~l. 50)
as a rogistrotion foo to bo ontitlod to any session of tho Foc1orction
o r to any Convontion :)ri vilogos or ontorta inn onts. Tho Convontion
Cor:rr,11 tteo shall have ci.cr,:;o of crea ting this fund \ii"th cuthori ty o f
disbursing · sar.-,o as authorize d by the Fodoru.tion.
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each rogistrotion to bo turned ovor to tho Socrctory-Troosuror for
deposit in tho Gonorol Fund, c.nd any surJ?lus in tho rogistro.tion
fund, ofter oll expor.sos hc.vo boon paid, shc.11 bo divided oquclly
o.rao!'lg tho Syric.n clubs of tl10 city in uhich tho convontion is hold,
provided thc.t tho club or clubs of such city ueko fon:1t.l roqucst •
for tho convontion. In tho evont no city bids for tho Convention,)
tho Fodoration shell drc.ft G city for tho noxt convention, and c.ny
surplus in this fund shall bo turnod ovor to tho Socrotc.ryTroc.surer, r,ho shc.11 deposit sor.10 in t:.io Gonoral Fund.
Soc. 3. Should t ho Foc!orntion drc.ft c. Convontion City ( ;He! tl:.o
a..-nount roalizod from rogistrution bo inodoque to to 1i1oot tl:.o oxponsos
of t ho Convoution, tl10 Socrotary-Troc.suror shell pc.y tho nddi tionnl
amount from tho Genoral Fund.
ARTICLE XVIII
Amondmonts
Section l. A spocinl cor.liili ttoo shull be o.ppointod by tho
Prosidont to bo knoun c.s tho Committee on Amcndmonts and By-Lous,
end to this conmi ttoo all arnendn onts sho.11 bo submi ttotl. All proposed OJ:J.ondmonts shall be subnittoc. not loss than sixty (60) days
prior to tho noxt convention, at r:hich timl:) suic1. i)ro:,osocl or,10ndmonts shall bo taken up nnd votod upon in tho pro1)or ordor of
businoss. A tvw-thirds voto sho.11 bo roquirod for ndo~tion. Tllo
Chcin:10n of sc.id cot.Jr:ii ttoo sha.11 ui thin 30 dnys cftor rocoii)t of
the proposod or.1ondl:1ont or 01:iondr.1 ents subrait c coi.)y thor0of to each
affili o.tod club. At tho Convontion thorocftor, said Cor.mttoo is
to muk o its roport, ei thor approving or disapj_)roving t ho 01:1ondmon ts
submitted and t:10 Convention shall thon net on tho o.doption of tho
onendments.
Section. 2.
The Co1;ir.li ttoo on l\.I'.londnonts shall r.10ct as ofton
os it door:1s advisablo for doli borntion on o.mondr:lonts, and o
maj ority and r.iinori ty ro:_Jor·t shall bo Bado to tho Convontion
assorn.blod. Propononts a ncl opponeints shall bo c.llonod to discuss
tho omondr.lonts submittod.
Section 3. Upon tho request of OJl offiliatoc1 club, and \"I i th
tho a1)provnl of tho Exocutivo Boo.rd, tho Socrotary-Trousurcr s llo.11
sub1~i t a ballot to all c.ffiliotod clubs for voto upon ony ouond.r,1ont
or quostion which cnnnot m,ai t tho no:xt sossion of tho Fodorc.tion.
In the ovont of such ballot boing nocosso.ry, tho Socroto.ryTroo.suror shall ho.vo propnro<l ond trwismitted to socrotcrios of ell
clubs a ballot with s:,>ocific instructions th0roon us nill onoble
then to cast on intolligont voto. Socrotarios of clubs shall foruard tho ballot~ to tho Socrotary,,-Trci:.eVJl(.r in envelopos providod
for that purpose, o.Ild markod "Ballot". Tho socrotary-Troasuror
shall hold sucli bullets intact o.nd soo.lod roady for counting and
tabulating by a coL~Jittoo to bo n!lL'.lod by tho President. A tuothirds vote of affilio.tod clubs shall bo necessary for odoption.n
BY-IJ1J/S
SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF SYRIAN LEBJ..NON-JJViERICJ.N CLUBS
J..S ii.MENDED SEPTEMBER, 1938
.ARTICLE I
Session of Fodorotion
Soction 1. Tho Fodorotion shall corivono in rosulor session on
tho Sunday boforo Labor Day in Septcrabor, onnuolly, o.t 2:00 p. m. or
os soon th0roaftor as practicablo, in such city as rJoy bo dotorr.iinod,
Ul)on or boforo odjournraont of tho vrovious session.
Sec. 2. Upon request of a 1:i.ajority of affiliated clubs, tho
So.croto.ry-Treosuror shall submit a bo.llot to all affilfoted clubs for
voto u:pon tho quostion of holding a Spociol Convention for tho 0011sidora.tion of quostiona nhich i.10y ariso; such convention, if called,
shall have all tho pm1ers nnd authority of a ro c:,"Ulo.r convention and
shall bo called ,1i thin thirty ( 30) days c.ftor tho rosul t of tho ballot
has boon doclared, in o city to bo chosen by the ]!xocutivo Board. In
t~e ovont of such bo.llot boing nocossary, tho Socrotary-Troosuror
snoll ha.vo proporod o.nd transn ittod to socrotcrios of all olubs a
bo.llot Hi th specific instructions thoroon c.s '1ill onablo thor,1 to cast
an intelligent voto. Socrotorios of clubs shall 1'ol"\mrd tho ba llot s
to tho Secrotary-Troosuror in onvelopes providod for t llat vu:1:-J.>oso,
�and marked 11 Ba1lot," The Secretary-Treasurer shall hold all such
ballots intact and sealed ready for counting and tabulating by a
committee to be named by the President. A two-thirds vote of the
clubs affiliated with this Federation shall be necessary for the
calling of the Special Convention.
Sec. 3. The selection of a convention city shall be balloted
upon by roll call of the delega tions nnd the majority of all votes
cast shall be necessary to select , o.nd should there be no choic e
on the first ballot, the balloting shall continue until a choice
is made.
Sec. 4. Fifteen (15) delegates, representing not less than
threo clubs from different cities, shall constitute u quorum
tor the transaction of business.
Sec. 5. At the time fixed for convening a regular or special
session, should no quorum appear, the session shall adjourn sine die.
Sec. 6. Upon the reading, by the Secretary-Treasurer, of the
roll call of delegates-elect from clubs entitled to representation,
the delegates or al terno tes thcroin named sha 11 be seo ted and shall
be a body competent to transoct business.
Sec.?. Only cities directly represented by at least one club
in the Federation shall be entitled to bid for or hold a convention;
no city shall bid for convention in the name of on)' other city thon
its own, nor shall the victorious city have the power to transfer
the site of the convention without tho consent of the President
and the Executive Boord.
Sec. 8. All contenders for th e convention city soo.11 deposit
$35 .00 with the Secretory-Treasurer before they shc.11 be allowed to
bid. Immedictely following the selection of th o convvntion sit e ,
the unsuccessful contende rs sholl bu rcturn~d their doposits , ond
the successful bidder sl~ll vlace its deposit with tho Federction
until the relinquishment of the fl~g ot the next conv ntion . In the
event there nre tv,o or more clubs in on e city "hich uctivt.:ly bid for
tho convention, tho possession of the flng shall be gi en and nllo t ed
to them by lots to be drawn by the Boa rd immediatoly after convention.
Sec. 9. All contenders for the convention shall mak e their
bids in writing r.i. nd r,:ttach thereto nny promissory documents
pertaining to such bid, If 11 monctat\i' donation is .rn9.d0 a part of
n bid, same shall be returned in tho event bid is rejected.
ARTICLE II
Committees
Section.
be: Rosoarch,
be appointed
Section 8, of
1. The Stonding Committees of tho Federation shAll
Convention, Education, Cha rity and Rndio, and shall
teach annunl convention ns provided in Article VIII,
the Constitution .
Sec. 2. A committee may consist of one or e.s rn.<\ny members as
are deemed ndvisoblc.
ARTICLE III
Fees and Duos
Section 1. The entranc e foo of this Federo.tion shall be Five
($5.00) Dollo.rs, v;hich must be accompaniec. with each r:pplication for
membership.
Sae;,• .?-~ The ·cues for each shall be payabl fJ annually in advcmce
on the ba~s" of Fifty Cents (50¢) per member per annum and shall be
due and
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application 'f or m'e mbership is gccepted,, provi'ded 'i f_lmt such JJ.pplicotion is a cceptea. and Charter · of Affilictfon execu!tea on or before
the fifteenth of ench month.
ARTICLE· IT
C'b arges and Ac..justmonts
Section l. S!,ould charges be preferred agoinst any Fo~eration
officer, the Executivt, Board shall have full authority and power to
investignte such charges nnd shall arro.nee for trial if necessary.
8.
��Tho Boe.rel mo.y reprimand, suspond or oxpol any officor who lms boon
proven esuil ty of conduct unbocoming on officer or ,:ho violatod " ny
lo.u of t ho Fodorotion.
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Se c. 2. AlJ. ch£irge ::; 1'1J.ed a gal.nst Federa tion of f i c e rs
s hall be submitted in wr iti ng- t o the Executi v e Board, a nd
s uc h charges shsll he f or th e viola ti on of t he laws of the
Fed era tion , or conduct unb e comi ng an off i cer, and shall
s pe c ifi the nature of sucb v i ol atio ns or condu c t .
Soc. 3. Upo n t ho roco·1v·t of such chore:;os, shouid tho Exocu ti Vu
Board door.1 thora sufficiontly serious to \7orrnnt it, a spacial nooting
of tho Bo a rd shall bo callod to try such officors.
Soc. 4. Bot~1 ::,ortios shall be servod with a copy of · tho cllargos
as filod ,1ith tho Exocutivo Board, end s hall bo notified by t ho Boa rd
of t h o tir,10 and. plac.a of mooting.
t h irty deys prior to
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Soc. 5. Should o. witness bo unoblo to attend o.ny r,1 ooti11g of t ho
Bo ord, t h o ovidonco of such a. Y1i tnoss, roducod to writing, s h all bo
accoptod nhon \1i tnoss0d by a notary public.
Soc. 6. Tho trial shall not bo public, end only wit ness and
pa rties i nvolved i n t ho cha rges sh.all bo edp ittod.
Soc. ?. Tho oxpen so of t he trio.l of o.n o.f.:f'icor o.f tho Fodorotio n s h all be borno by t ho Fodoration.
Soc. 8. Wh en t h o tost i1i1ony is o.ll in, tho Boa rd shall clotor .1i n c
t ho guilt c, r innocence of tho accused a nd if foWld guilty, fix tho
j_mn ishnont of tllc officer, -nhich s hall be r01)rir.1011d or removal fro1:i
offico.
Soc. 9.
All ovidonco and tcstinony s hc.11 bo roclucod to uriti n£;.
Soc. 10. Any o.ffiliatocl club or o ou bor of o.n cffiliatod club
fooling uggri.oved by t ho clocision of tho Exocutivo Boord r,10.y appea l
to t ho Federation i n Convon tion u itllin t:l::.irty days c ftcr such dec i s i on ,
in \1hich co.so t ho s amo s ha.11 '!:Jo filed ,1 i th tho Socretary-Troo.surcr,
to gether ~; ith c.11 papers, documents nncl rocords in ovidonco boforo
the Boord at the time of trial or hearing.
Soc. 11. Any affiliated club or r,101'lbor of un uffiliotoC:. club
fcoline o ggri0vod by tho deci sion of tho Prosidont in r.10ttors of
la.TI or equity 1~0.y 0.Dpoal to the Exocutivo Bocrd uithin thirty da ys
ofter such decision.
Soc. 12. All cc.sos of 011:r.:ioo.l to t he Federation s hall bo roforrod to a connni ttoo of fi vo appointed by t h e Prosidont, nh ich
cor:n:i.i ttoc shall state t ho s olicmt j_)Oints in tho case und report
t heir findings to t ho Conventio n Tii th rocor:mondc.tions. Should t h o
Fodoration, Tihon convon od, dosiro, it nay ardor t he · ~testimony road
and hoar t h o ar&,u i",lont, and t ho rosul t cf tho socrot b ullot taken sha ll
sustcin or rovorso t ho :i_J rovious docision, nhicl1 s hall bo fi n al.
Soc. 13. No officer, o.ffiliatod club, or u anbor of on uffilic tod
club s hall resort to ci vil courts or civil authority for an opin ion
or decision or to correct or redress any allo god griovanco or wrong
concorning o.ny co.so i n controversy c.risinG ,·I i thin tho Fqdoration ,
until such officor, a ffil i ated club, or mor.1bor of an affilio.tod club
shall first ho.vo oxhaustod all remedies by appeal or oth or,·:iso provided by t h o lo.ws of t h o Fodorution for t ho sottlcn ont a nd ,us1)o s itio n of such ri gh ts or grievan ces.
ARTICLE V
Official En blont
Section. L
Tho Official En blor.1 of t h is Fodere.tion sha ll be u
Phoenician galley j,Jlacod i n t h o foro{:;l'ound on tho louor portion o f a
circular forn. I n t ho bock Grow1d o r.iountain roproson ting Lobonon ,
',1it h a. Oodor Tr00 on its s i do, s hall moot the u a tor's odc o, and tho
Tiords "Southern Fodorotion of Syrian Lobw1on-Amorican Clubs" inscribed
around tho top sorai-circlo.
11.RTICLE VI.
Official Sool
Section l. Tho Offic ial Soul shall bo a replica of tho
Official Erablor.1.
�li.RTICLE VII
Offidul Flog
Soction. 1. Tho Off'ici c.l lt"'lai_; of this Fodori.ltion shall bu n
rci.)licn of the Official Er:,blel:i, ~)lnco<l UiJon c. fiolC. of vihito.
Soc. 2. Tho Official Flu5 sllull bo prcsontod by tho Prosidcnt to the vi~toriour. biddor for tho succouuin(!; convontion, o.nd
it sholl be in the possossion of tho club or clubs to conduct tho
follo·•1in1:_~ co1n ,m tion. Tl10 flo13 slu~ll I'tlrn.dn in thoir possoouion
until t.ho selnction of tho noxt COJ vontion City, ofter which they
shnll relinquish tlJ.u flaG and be r eimbursed ui th tho doj_>oai t, us
sti~>ulatocl in Arti clo I, Soction 8, of tho By-L,ms.
ARI'ICLE VIII
Order of Business
1.
2.
3.
4.
Coll to order by tho Praaidont
A:i,)poiatinc of Convention noon Officers
ltoll call of officers uacl Colcct:tcs
Rcc.di:1::; of tho Binutoo of last convention
5.
RcJorts of officors
6.
7.
Ro1JOrts on ./uncndr.1ontn L!nt! cor1r.nmicntions
Rc~orts of Cor.111i ttoo
a. llosct~rcll
b. Convention
c. Chcrity
d. Educa tion
e.
Unfinished business
Now business
Fi:xini; -of s 1:lo.rios
Election of officers
L 1stull•..rtio::1 uf officors
i:~y;;ioi:1t :.1ent of cOLni ttcos
ffoloctio:1 of Convention City
Mis collc\~1oous
Roodiri-t:.·, of n inutos of pr:,)vious• dny' s scnsicm
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12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
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ARTICLE IX
i~p-octivo De.to •
Soction 1. This Constitution t,n<.1 :ij -Lar;s, as w-.1ontled, shull
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foll o .. ·ing CO!':ffi1i tt e ss , it b e ir,,g 1,y purpo se t o n.ppo i':t a t l et .s t one pe r s c!1 f r0L
ei1.ch " t r.i.t e on. e .ch of s uch cornr.1i ttee s : Re 1io ear.ca , (}o,1w0nt ior, , Educ:.,t -ion , Chri.r i t y
c.nd Rad i o .
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I ir.v e juc t r e turned f r · • c,,::. ".b s e:, c o o f four vieeks s p " n t on tirn ·.fos t Coo.z t .
Our p eopl e t i1e r e a r e \i i d e ~,,.,n,1'.:c :··1<i e;.: t rpri sL·.g . I tr~·.v e l ed f rOi.1 Los .-1.11g-·, 1e::- s
,,,_01·t·~ to Se: •, ttl e , <'-io.d i.ll s o vi s it ed i::. S,::'. : , .i r ·,_~,.ci s c o , Be r]tele? . 0a k l. .nd :md
Por tl ,nd . I ;-;:1, s r yu.l ly cn t e rta i n e-d i:.1. e~ :a o f t :1e pl~~c es n: ,ed , ::.nd pu r t iculur1~· i;.·.. Los .-..nge l e s whe r e t i:le;'{ wer e k i nd. n oug·. to l onor Ele v:i tr. a. bo.nque t h0 ld
i ::-, t h e Roos ev e lt H. t el i i 1 n ol l ::--r.ood . Tb.,, t o.r ca :9osses s es .:.. cc.po.bl c :-~~1d p rog r e~si ve t ~'})e o f l eade r sh i p , 1hi c h is r 0e.d;r to joL1 ht~·,ds •; ith t h e r e st of u s .''
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The off ic
o f ~i r ec t or - Gene r a l -... ~s cr eat ed durir,g t he 1 938 Co v en ti o1 , t he p r i -
LlD,r ~· obj ect c f t ne po s i t i on b e ing to ··p romot e -. co ns t r uc t i ve p rc g r t'.i..l t hrough
v.-i1ich t i:e Feci.e r ·· t i on -.till b e -..ble t o pD.:, t i.1e · cbt o· T:ne S;rri ~n Ro o :1 c,, t Pit ts-
burgt, 11;1.d to cr eat e fl.Yid rno.i:..1t a ir. t he St u d ent LN:ti" Fu :.u , -r~1i s offi c " i c one of
iI.1po r t rmc e , t h e we igh t of whi c h r e s t s o~--. I..S r . J . J . Nes ser cf Vicksb urg , Mi ss ,
nho i s con s ci en tiously wor ki r.g up :i. I)rog r :.!l'. fer t:w 1.• t cai i.'..L1en t o f ti.10 c~1d s s t ip-ulu t ed .
NE"·7S I Ei ;S - AC TI VI':'!3S
An i t er. ·;o rt'1:? of r,ien tion , . ,:: r.icl·. ,.-,",s p ropo " t d <.lu ri:.:g t he sess ion i:.·, Sn..: ·. An ton i o,
i s t h e c.ppropri c~t i on of a tr:-~c t of l r.md i n t h · vicL: i t y cf t he Gulf C,oast f o r
t h e advu.ntag c of tr.e Sou the r n Fedc r r,. ti o:1 . .A c o;.i..ti t t ee --,c,s o:opoi n t e d; n:1ue1.;· , · .-i.lb r t
B. Koori e , S,...r,1 Qy: m. , Jo e SD,lo ou , :i.'1' . K. Qq,::1 <::,, d Ph i iip Joli1'ls , r.':10 '. :a.r. ,:01..ip<we rod.
to inv cs ti @·--:. te t l:e r,utt er and u:·,ke a r epo rt 'fl.W 't(f 1t h e f easibili t y ~f such n.:·. und e r t n.kh ,g .
IT IS REQ.li"'1' S1?:'ED THAT I ~ ES OF ~iEWS _.,...i© .Al-ill'°Ol1N8Ei,;];.Ji'.D, OF .APPRQ CF.ING ACTIV ITIES
BE r o~··:AHDE:) BY TRlil 10TH OF ~ ·;oMTH TO T·E:E Hak7" OFYIC:E: (fae tt o. !,.bdr~c-r , Sccr et c~.r :'- 1?:'r c:i.oure r, 2830 Willing .4.ve ., Ft . ·.;c-rtr.. , T t XC',!.i ) s o t ht1.t caiC i,::.y b Ei i nc luded :i.n t~
M'ri-t lt'l.V bull c t i n .
�PROXIES
No proxies wi ll ~e accepted . Only duly accredited r epresentatives
Qf the clubs may speak fo r and cast the vote of the club.
CONST! TUTI ONA.L .AME!IDM'.ENTS
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Frep0sed w:.1endri1ent to t he Constituti11m, Art icle VI• Section 3 -
Subuitted by K.E. Antone , Houston, Texas .
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Any affiliated club outside a radius of 350 o iles of the current
convention city oa.y cast its vote by proxy under the SOI.le rules
and regul ations governing regular del egates, subject to the follow"
ing restrictions:
(a) Such holder of proxy vote LlU.st be a resident of the city
in which t he affi liated club fo r whoo he is casting s uch
v9tes is loca ted
(b ) Such proxy vot es cannot represent r.1ore than one cl ub either
as a r egul ar delegate or a delegate by pro~y.n
The above proposed aL1endwent is for considerat~on of adoption during
the business session of the approaching Conventi on a t Jacksonville .
:Burthemore , amendments have been proposed seeking the change of
the tioe of the oee t ing of the Federation Convention froo Labor Day to a ::late
to be fixed by the delegates i n Convention assembl ed, such date to be between
June 15 and. August 15.
An BDendaent dividing the Feieration into several sub-divisions,
each to be presided over by a Vice-Presi 1ent of the Federation, and outlining
th~ boundaries of the sub-divisions ':fsd the duti es of the Vice-President, as
wel l as the duti es of the State Vice- resident under the p r oposed set- up,
has also been proposed in t entative form •
.AmenCL1ents correcting and reconcili~ inconsis t encies in the Constitution; changing r epresentation of the clubs in the Convention; and cha~ ing
the dues of meober clubs to the Fei era tion harebeen p ropol3e·- i n t ent ative fo ra .
REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE
C~IRME:ti
All officers of the Federation and CoLll.ii ttee Chairt1en a.re admonished
to prepare i n advance and in writin6 reports of their respective offices showing their activities and ma.king recoxx-Jeni ations. This i s a r;iandate of the
Constitution and By-Laws.
PRE-CONVENTION CONFERENCE
As listed in the Convention pro~r aL1 on the foregoing page, a
pre-convention conference of officers and Cor:iuittee Chairmen is ca lled to
meet at 8 :00 P.l\'i. Satu.r:lay, Septer,1ber 2nd.
APPRECIATION
The President of the Federation d.esires to publicly offer his
thanks to Mr. J.M. Abrahau , Vice-Presiient of the Sta te of Miss issippi,
for his spl endid co-operation and unselfish efforts during the year which
resulted in seven new clubs froo h i s state affiliating with the Federation.
Convention Cor.1uittee, Chairuan , Miss Ma-r y Najum, Jackson , l:liss.
wishe:l to herein coUGratulate Mr . J .K. Davicl for his untirin{~ efforts towards
makinf, a ssuccess of the coning Convention; further stl'l.tinG that Mr . Do.vid
is a 11 lea.D.er whoi:.-, our people shouli be :p.rc-ud. t o ackno,vled.t;e •11
- - - - - - - - -She further says that Mr • .Art.hi;._:- 8harbel of Bin:1inr,1:.am is to be cor.1r.1end.e1
on his spl endid. cooper a.tion an,, work toward the Convention Cor:ir.1:. tt·~e :md
thct 11 ;;e ::..ee~~ ,:-wre conscie;1tious workers like Mr . Shtlf uel. 11
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abulut01 b elo,1 is , . li s t of o.f fili .. ,t ecl clubs , to c t ;c,r ·1zi t t: c n ,e of its offic e , tho <'bj ect of ,, hich i~ thre- f old ; · ~ c l:,• , (1) so th~..t o naili ng list i.uay
b o ir_ the h D.n&.., '•f a ll ir.t c r •·t t:id pr,.rti e s , (2) to s erve as a. c c k n p r sent
ofH c c r c of clubs :..:.td (3 ) rcquGst t ha t the r sc t s cro t a ry f ea.ch club ple:->.se
;:;ubui t tc t i c Fo or·· t:l..or:. : o Soc r t.:1r :;- -Tr o:Lsurc.r t h n,'li..1e
d addr csc of hio lhor
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Saw H. Hog , 64 Eac t -~v e .
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Rog~ r Bit e , 501 Ti ~l~ ~l g.
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Dn.dl Za rn:i.t:,: J.213 B~h _\.vo ., , South
"far :- _ rr , 90 Sn 1t1 :!.-th Gt •
Philip She r ..a~. , 358 . snc uina. we .
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Vic ky Bal ·in , 1316 Crock t St .
H lcn Gcmi , · 703 Byn.o St.
Eli za b ·t . J <-::.,., il , 14Cl Rici or.d vt ,
L0ui'" Bc-sbv , 1612 C s t 1·,ut St ..
lr~ . J . ·c c:,.:rb l e , 1708 Holly St .
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Cod., .r'" o f 1c·0n o.".
J Bckco~vill , Fla .
SyriaL 1u.l rican Club
Fred Riz , "·1:. o ·: Bui ld ing
re , i . b. d , 326 l es t 9th St,
G?rian We ·.1e • 1 s Chc..r i t ;. Soci Gt y
Lerr~ in Your,g , SC'c.,· . , 1037 Flegler St .. South
You:1g Phocn ci.D.:·,s
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_ _ _C2. ub NP.me
Name a nd address of officer__ _
Lone;view, Texa s
Urd t ed S~•ria ,~ Club
j)r . So
Kour ~•, 201 -'.H over Crim Bldg .
McComb, Miss.
'us • .Uf ·ed .:..b :a.lla , P . 0 . Box 536
Syria 1 Ga l a Club
Miami , Fla .
Syrian Lebanon American
AS $ l1,
?.5b l ~, .~ t !':· ._ lc-r St . - Ferris B.iniel
Se L'ua Di u it ~ , Se cy ., PO BoA 29~3
Syrian Lebanon American Laj ie s 1 Goc ~e t y
Mob ile, Ala .
Syrian Rese Chari tJr As s n .
Ro £e :etri , 167 Sta t e St .
Hew Orlea;:i.s, La .
S;{rian Ameri ca n Cl ub
I subell Hesni, Sec y ., 12 12 Robert son St.
OklP..homa Cit:. , Ok l o, .
S;1ria 1i Americo.n Ladies 1
Edu.c a tiouul As s n ,
Mrs . F. G. :Barkat, 1301 N. W. 19th St.
Pt rt Arthur, Te x,. s
1 1 Monc,r
Syri n, La di~s• Churity Guild
S:rria n 1 1 Tu. tt0tte
S~rri c.n Civ.:.c Circb
Louis Ano.watJ·• Secy ., 614 Houston Ave.
Mrs . J . E. AntQne , 1928 9 t h Ave ,
Juli a George , Secy . , 1016 Elpa so Ave .
W. B. Nacol , 314 Proctor St .
Raleigh , l'i . C,
Lebano 1 Syrian .American J\.ssn.
W • ;: • Metr:
Richmond, Va .
Labar.on Prcg r e ssive Society
Arthur J. Ol e::
3an Anto~io, Texas
: e y Aleph Club
Ames~,::.- Fr a terni t:
Marie Rushid , 1511 :es t Martin St .
Herma ·. G. iami , Pre s • , 7 06 BrRd;,,r Bldg .
Shreveport, La .
S~rr-Ame r- G. Leba no:1 Sorori t ~·
Lebano11 Club
Louise Yasb ecl;: , 1025 Loui s i a na. Ave.
L ui s e Farris , 984 East King Hw;:; .
T~rl e r, Tex-.s
Le bar.on Sorori t;,r
Estella Unis , 718 E . Er win St .
Vicksburg , l'lii ss .
G.,·r i T• .?ui eri ·o,n Club
Sy r 1Rn Girl~' Club
Syri •.:1 Youth <..• f Vicksburg
: N. J . ~e.rri s , 12 13 -fo.shint:ton St •
Camel BodF" , 1400 ·G,c,ui-t St .
Veul ett e F~rris , 800 Fa rner St .
Vic t oria , Texas
Jus t Frienus Club
Eve l~;.1 Ack:le , 104 E. Church
Wac , Tex,.s
L'Ba:o.:-:.ette
·rs . B. ~ous ~, Secreta ry, 422 Austin Ave.
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FU.A JC IAL S'.':ATE ,ra;_ rT AS OF SEP't'E .fBER 16 , l 38
R.ciC 'IDi PTv
Bu.la.I c e b -rt ugh t f .. r \ a rd
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542 . 00
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DI SBURGE iAENTS
Pr::, ta5 e
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66 , 50
76. 1
upplie s
5 . 07
Telegrams
Expenre - fcrmer S cret.:.r.v- r ·
10 . 21
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Sec r ~tar y- Treas ur e r 1 s Sal ary
Travel exp,mse paid tc. Herman G- .
Fodei:a t:on Flat: ( c1d)
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90 . 00·
175. 00
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12 , 36
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A:-ne :n· :.i'ra~e:: rni ty , Sar Anto ni o
B·· .• 11::;>h :nub , an An t en i , Te xas
C~a.s..i.-~ v:· Lnbancn Jackson Mis
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' . uo , .B•.:- c:i. cm t , Texas
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5 . 00
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S:y!"· a : G-.:.rl~ F:·i e·.~o.ly Clu , Au c; tin , 'rE•xa r,
L•••an ;r -,_- U.!€' ' iPn 1s .:i c· e ty Bir,n:ingna.m , Al a ,
n -lyc? 0) o , .t:1 · rin.:.ngtam, Al a .
Cy ian La.(5.""t ' Club , Cla·ksdale , :.-isti .
Syr · a,
1.,r i.ca "l Club, Clc... rk•· da , ,i"' •
SELEA. , al as , r xa.~
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Gyr ·an Ch~ri y 1ocie v , J a ckso nville , Fla .
Syr · :m Le· anon
ed can Ladie I SQC ie y , M. a.mi , F a .
Syrian
eric .:. n Club , l~ew Orleans, La .
Syr i an Junnican Ladies Ed cationa.l Assn ., Oklahoma Ci ty
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6 . 00
3 . 00
15 . 00
5 . 00
4 0 . 00
!;i . 00
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10 . 50
. 5. 00
15 . 00
9 . 50
5 . 00
6 . 00
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6 . 50
11.50
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9 . 00
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-L 1 Bannette , Waco, Texas
Syrian La.ai es ' Cnarity Gil · , Por t. rthur , Texas
S~•rian
Sy rian
Syrian
Syr a n
Syrian
Syrian
L'Fat ei tt e , Port rthur , Te xas
Ci vie C · re le , Port rthur , Tc>xas
er· c an Girls' S<' rori t,. , ~hrcveport, La ,
Progr ess iv e Club , Vickstur6 , iss .
Girls ' Club, Vicksburg , Mi s::; .
Y uth f Vick!';bur0 · , VL.. k sbur5 , 1• iss ,
Young
er. ' s Syrian Assn., ~ us t o1 ,
6 . "' ,,.
10. 50
8 . 50
5 . 50
2,50
23 .60
7. 50
8 .00
~x s
5 .00
5 . 00
5 . 00
J us t _rif>ndc ' Club, Victor·a, ~ xur>
Un' ted J runai l s Club, Hour to n , exas
Good Citizen hip Club, Birmingham , Ala ,
- e Young Ph en ecians , Jackconv· l o , '.Fla .
P' oenec·an I Club, Birmi ngham , Al a .
NOTE:
Delin quent
148 , C,0
6 .00
5 ,00
$ 20. 00
TOTALS
7. 00
10 . 00
25 ,00
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lub ~ ar e
L banon Sy1·ian
e r·can A<1- n ., Ralcig., _. C .
S rian Ame ric a n Sc,c · e t y , OC'lur::o i a , S uth Car i na
Syr · a n La i o s I So ci t .,· , Ho .. s t L n , :' x1;.,.;:
Sy r ian Gala Cli..!.b, . cComb, '.i r.. " .
Syr i an Le' a n _ _'1.,... !l .,,_:;i;n . , .. :.:.a11 · , 7 1
al ef>by Re lie • "'!'\ n., F1cren o , S . C ,
The Fri Gnd ly lu.b , ·Laurel, t,i iss. ·
Un it d Syr·an Am, rican Club , La.Fayette , Loui Qi ana
oung Women I Syrian Assn ., Hous to , Texas
United Syrian I s Club , Longview , r-iex·· s
CLUB~ T. T PAID DUES L~ ADVANCE WnI CH WERE CONSEQ.USNTLY Il~CLlJ1)ED
I l Lu.ST YEAR I S RECEIPTS ARE L!ST!='...J) BEL VI :
Hammana Syrian Assn ., Gola cboro , N. C.
Lob n n Progres i vc S ci e ty, Ric' no n , Va .
Gyrian R s Cha r ity A s n . , nbil e , 1- .
Syrt a n J\me ri.oe.u -Youth I c iJ:ub , O l•.;...~ · .-i,
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Seventh Annual Convention
SOUTHERN .FEDERATION
OF SYRIAN - LEBANON
AMERIC N CLUBS
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M1$$tON
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8UILT 1"718
SepfembeP 3, 4, 5 of 1938
f on Antonio, Texos
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�WELCOME:SouthePn f edePation of
SyPian-Lebanon AmePican Club.,
Aurora Apartment Hotel
Bluebonnet Hotel
Crockett Hotel
Gunter Hotel
Lanier Hotel
Menger Hotel
Plaza Hotel
Prudential
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St. Anthony Hotel
Travelers Hotel
San Antonio Hotel Association
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Greetings From Our Lt. Governor
Honorable Walter Woodul
Lieut. Governor of Texas.
Texas is proud to have been the b.irth place of your Federation, and
all federational movements of your group. The growth of your organization
commends its leaders, members and aims.
The State of Texas welcomes and congratulates you.
Every good wish for a most successful and enjoyable convention.
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I take this opportunity to extend to you my heartiest congratulations
on the occasion of the Seventh Annual Convention of the Southern Federation of Syrian-Lebanon-American Clubs.
We deem it a very great honor to have so distinguished an a:semblage
in our city. In my official capacity as Mayor and personally, I wish to extend each delegate and visitor a very hearty welcome.
It is my sincere wish that the convention may be the. ~ost_ successful
ever held, and that you may enjoy every moment of your visit with us.
San Antonio welcomes you!
President Southern Federation of Syrian-Lebanon-American Clubs
I feel both host and guest, and hope and feel the convention will be
so successful as to make me happy to have been each and both.
This grand meeting is always a looked forward to crowning of another
:year of worthwhile activity and growth. Each year accomplishes so much
1n t~e futherance of our common interests and mutual enjoyment. Each year
we increase our knowledge and understanding of one another· Each year
we become better and more useful citizens. We are on the right road. Let
us drive ahead.
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If the banquet isn't to your taste, perhaps you'll like the ball. The most
important angle though, to those of you who shall come, is that we want
you all to know, you are most heartily welcome. Bien V enidos !
kemal Antone
Chairman Executive Board
Houston, Texas
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Alabama:
President
HERMAN G. NAMI
706 Brady Building
San Antonio, Texas
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Birmingham
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Executive
Vice-President
ABE SHERMAN
Clarksdale, MiSS.
R . G . CRATEM
Jacksonv111e
Louisiana
secretary-Treasurer
J. J. NOSS.ER
2202 Washington street
Vicksburg, Miss.
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Executive Board
K. E. ANTONE, Chairman
Houston, Texas
Mississippi
A. ABRAHAM
Vicksburg
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OFFICERS:
Advertising Committee:
Edward S. Cattan, Chairman
George Fadal
Adele Hapshie
Zara Jowdy
Julia Nami
Marie Rashed
Phillip Sfair
Inez Rahaim
Marie Rashed
Phillip Sfair
Sam Yamin
Paul Murry
Julia Nami
Phillip Sfair
Sam Yamin·
Marie Rashed
Program Committee:
Finance Committee:
Philip John, Chairman.
Edward S. Cartan
Josephine Sada.
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Entertainment Committee:
F~d Semaan, Chairman
J. P. Buhidar
Josephine Curry
Housing Committee:
Josephine Sada, Chairman.
Philip John
Inez Rahaim
Inez Rahaim, Chairman.
Emma Ablan
Edward S. Cattan
Fred Yamin
Publicity Committee:
Julia N ami, Chairman
Phillip John
Inez Rahaim
Fred Semaan.
CHARLIE MACK
M orevUle
FRED RIZK, Secretary
Jacksonville, ~1a.
Philip John, Chairman·
Reception Committee:
Oklahoma:
MRS. JOHN ADWON
Julia N ami-Secrecary.
O klahoma City
MITCHELL TIBSHRANY
Columbia s . C.
Josephine Sada-Treas.
South Carolina:
E . S. MACK
A. F. DAHROOGE
Pawhuska, Okla.
NEIL JOSEPH
Goldsboro, N. c.
Emma Ablan-San Antonio, Texas
Julia Ablan-San Antonio, Texas
Lexlngton
Texas:
WM. ANAWATY
J. P. Buhidar-San Antonio, Texas
Port Arthur
Virginia:
Edward S· Cattan-San Antonio, Texas
ARTHUR J.
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Josephine Curry-San Antonio, Texas
A. F. Dahrooge-Pawhuska, Okla.
Louis Elias-Lafayette, La.
George Fadal- San Antonio, Texas
Mrs. A. Hassen-Sulpher, Okla.
Inez Rahain1- San Antonio, Texas
Marie Rashed- San Antonie,, Texas
Adele Hapshie- San Antonio, Texas
Fred Sen1aan- San Antonio, Texas
Zara Jowdy-San Antonio, Texas
Phillip Sfair- San Antonio, Texas
Carrie Karam-San Antonio, Texas·
Arthur
Shirry B· Murad-Wilson, N. C.
J.
Sharbel-Birmingham, Ala.
S. A. Sabbagh- Columbia, S. C.
Paul Murry- San Antonio, Texas
Mrs. Delia Tannous-Vicksburg, Miss·
Otto G. Nami-San Antonio, Texas
Sam Yamin- San Antonio, Texas
Richmond
Mrs. F. H. Kadane, Chairman, Dallas, Texas
M rs. A. John, Harlingen, Texas.
Miss Adeline Basila, San Antonio, Texas
Miss Sarah Basila, San Antonio, Texas
Mrs. J. P. Buhidar, San Antonio, Texas
Mr. A. F· Dahrooge, Pawhuska, Okla.
Dr. Solomon D. David, Houston, Texas
Mrs. W. M. Fadal, San Antonio, Texas
Mrs· Harvey Fadal, Waco, Texas
Mrs. George Haddad, Shreveport, Louisiana
Mrs. Rose Haggar, Dallas, Texas
Mrs. A. John, Harlingen, Texas
Mr. George Jamail, San Antonio, Texas
Mrs· George Kadane, Wichita Falls, Texas
Transportation Committee
Otto G. Nami, Chairman
Eddie Cattan
Paul Murry
William G. Nami
Mrs. Eddie Kadane, Wichita Falls, Texas
Miss Eva Kouri, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mrs. R. Lahood, San Antonio, T exa~
Mrs. Katherine Murr, Houston, Texas
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Mrs· Arthur Nasser, Shreveport, La.
Mr. N· K. Owen, New Orleans, La.
Mr. Solomon Sfair, San Antonio, Texas.
Dr: Michael Shadid, Elk City, Okla.
Mrs. Josephine Sharbel, Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs· K. Shipley, Austin, Texas
Mrs. Charles Unis, Tyler, Texas
Mrs. K. Y<!min, San Antonio, Texas
Miss Anne Boharfoush, Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Maggie Monnsur, Vicksburg, Miss.
Registration Committee
Josephine Sada, Chairman
Edward S. Cattan
Phillip John
Syrian Entertainment Committee
Inez Rahaim, Chairman
Emma
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Fred Yamin
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Sgt. at Arms _ Joseph Battros
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Fred Basila
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Marie Rashed
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Edward S. Cattan
Herman G. Nami
Julia Ablan
Genevieve Karam
Peter M. Curry
Otto G. Nami
Louise Battros
Alfred Estefan
William G. N ami
Josephine Curry
Fred Semaan
Matilda Dick
Phillip Sfair
Adele Hapshie
Solomon Casseb Jr.,
George Fadal
Eddie George
Fred Hallet
Solomon Hapshie
Phillip Yamin
Tony Jatanie
Sam Yamin
Louis Jamiil
Fred Yamin
Zara Jowdy
Inez Rahaim
Marie Rashed
Josephine Sada
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd·
Registration.
Sight Seeing.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd.
Registration-All Day.
Sight Seeing-All Day
3: oo P.-M.
7: 30 P. M.
Preconvention meeting of officers and Committee Chairmen,
Plaza Hotel Roof·
11: 30 P. M. Noche de FiestaA Night in Mexico-Spanish
Governor's Palace on Military
Plaza. Street Dance, Floor Show,
Mexican Tipic~ Orchestra, Mexican Food.
r r: 30 P· :M . :Midnight showing of Arabic
Talkie - "Tears of Love"
featuring Abdul Wahab.
Palace Theater
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th.
Registration-All Day.
10:00 A. M. Mass St. Georges
Maronite Church, 426 North
Pecos Street·
Other services at scheduled hour
Response in Arabic - Mike
T rabulsi, Houston·
2 :oo P. M. Business Session Plaza Hotel Ballroom - Called
to order By Wm. Anawaty, Vice-President of Tex.
''America''
The _Eyes of Texas''
Invocation - Rev. Elias Nagem, Pastor St. George
Maronite Church, San An
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Invocation in Song - "Prayer'' - Guion - Josephine
Wehby Sharbel·
Introduction of President
Herman G. N ami, President, Southern Federation
of Syrian - Lebanon Ameri<i:an Clubs by Wm. Anawaty.
Address of Welcome Hon. Walter W oodul, Lt.
Governor of Texas.
Address of Welcome
Hon. C. K· Quin, Mayor
of San Antonio.
Address of )Welcome in
Arabic - William Zogheib, San Antonio.
Response in English-Dr.
H. A. Elkourie, Ala.
Piano Selections - Louise
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Spanish Governor's Palace
8:oo P. M. Banquet, Ballroom
Plaza Hotel - Phillip John
M aster of Ceremonies.
Invocation - Chaplain Wm
Walsh, U. S. A.
Music - Singing Cowboys
Solo - Olga M arou,
Campbell.
Piano Solo - Louise
Yazbeck.
Solo - Inez Rahaim
Dance
Solo - Joseohine Wehby
Addresses:
The Spirit of the Federation
H. A· Amuny,
Port Arthur, Tex.
J. K. David,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Rogers Bite,
Birmingham, Ala.
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Kamal Antone,
Houston, Tex.
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Plaza Hotel.
A. A· Semaan,
Corpus Christi, Tex.
N. K. Owen,
New Orleans, La.
9:00 A. M. Business SessionBallroom Plaza Hotel.
Invocation - Rev. Gabriel
Barrow, Rector of St. Michael's S y r i a n Orthodox
Church, Beaumont, Texas.
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Salisbury, N. C.
S. A. Sabbagh,
Columbia, S. C·
Address of Welcome -
George Simon,
Jackson, Miss.
:oo P. M. Sahria- Roof
Plaza H'otel·
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A. F. Dahrooge,
Pawhuska, Okla·
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Dance
Marie Rashed, President
of Bey Aleph.
Introduction of Herman
G. Nami by ~hillip John.
Report of Comn1ittee on
"First Settler" .
Introduction of Federation
Officers:
State Vice Presidents
Past Presidents
Committee Chairmen.
2 :
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Invocation - Rev. A. E. Hazouri, Jacksonville, Florida.
Address of Welcome:
Arthur J. Oley,
Richmond, Va.
8: oo P· M. Sahria za Hotel.
Roof Pla-
Edward Cattan, President
of Amesyr Fraternity.
Fuad Bey M ufarri j
New York, N. Y.
9: 00 P. M. Dance- Plaza H otel Ballroom, Script.
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THE SOUTHERN FEDERATION OF
SYRIAN-LEBANON AMERICAN CLUBS
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As we approach the Seventh Annual Convention of our federation it is certainly with pride
that we review the history and accomplishments
of this our Federation· The federation idea was
contemporaneously conceived in Port Arthur and
Austin, Texas, in the summer of 1931. During
these two embryo conventions held in Texas, a
committee was appointed to draft a constitution
and set a date for organization of either a "Southwestern" or a "Southern" Federation. This com111ittee chose Beaumont, Texas as the site of the
first convention, which was called to order on the
Sunday preceding Labor Day, 1932. At this
tin1e the delegates met and ratified the articles of
the proposed constitution tendered and thus became a reality the Southern Federation of Syrian
Clubs
Every Syrian in the south has just cause to
be proud of the outstanding success and accomplishments of this federation for it has certainly
grown by leaps and bounds and has done much
to bring us closer together as a people. This phenomenal growth is no doubt attributable to the
high ideals, objectives and aims which have been
sponsored by the Federation. At all times, the activities and objectives of this organization have
shared the respect and support of all our people.
Wherever the Federation has met and carried on
any of its activities it has been the recipient of
most favorable comment. The endeavors of this
movement have been crowned with much success
and we are all convinced of the sincerity of the
purposes of the Federation. We all recognize the
part the Federation is playing in the promotion
of our civic, social, and political betterment·
This Federati<?n has given us a certain something socially which contributes much to a spirit
of good fellowship among our people. Tht dates
of the annual convention which is sponsored by
the Federation have become traditional with the
Syrians of the South. At this time Syrians, both
young and old, turn their thoughts to mixing
and mingling with their own people. This is the
time of the year they have set aside for merry-
making with those who cherish their same ideah
and thus the bonds of good fellowship are more
closely cemented.
However, the Federation does more than
bring those of kindred characteristics together in
a social gathering· It provides us, as Syrians,
with the opportunity to meet and contact those
of ?ur ~wn ':ho have become outstanding in
their various fields. It has a tendency to glorify
our accomplishments as a people. It also affords
us the opportunity to spend some time reminising and causes us to recall our glorious heritage as Syrians. The interest of the Federation in
the Syrian Room Movement is further indication
of the i_nterest of the Federation in perpetuating
our heritage.
The Federation along with its other. accomplishments may be credited with breaking down
the old idea of religious intolerance as it existed
among our people. In the Federation religious differences are recognized as being purely personal
convictions, and in the Federation may be found
representatives of every religious creed, working
together toward a common goal-that of the civic
social, and political betterment of our people as a
whole.
In time our Federation will gain such proportions that we will be in a position to care for
those of· our own, namely, those worthy students
who are deserving of encouragement and financial assistance, and our own aged who find in
the twilight of life that they do not have a home.
The movements for establishing a Student's Loan
Fund and the founding of a home for the aged
have been before the Federation for consideration
.on various occasions, and time will make these
worthy movements a reality
This Federation movement has gained such
proportions that we can no longer limit our
thoughts and efforts to a sectional Federation. The
time is here for us to join hands with our friends
in the East, Mid-west, and West and work out
a national plan for the betterment of our people.
Historic facts About S. A. ·
San Antonio is one of the oldest cities in the
U?-ited State~. ~t was established as a city by the
!(ing _of ~pa!n in 17 3 1 and still retains its original city Ii1:1its. It was an outpost of the Spanish
Explorers in North America for many decades
~efore I 7 3 1. It has constantly retained its position as the commercial and social center of that
vast empire known as South Texas.
Alamo, and run out the Mission ( or South Loop)
to San Juan, Espada, San Jose and Concepcion.
The old Goveronr' s Palace, now restored as
museum, faces east on Military Plaza. Between
Military and Main Plazas is San Fernando Cath~dral. The iron cross on its dome is the geographical center of San Antonio now, as it was two
hur:idred years ~go when Spain ruled all this domain.
World travelers, including the famous Will
Rogers, have stated that San Antonio is one of
Many visitors are attracted to the quaint litthe most interesting cities in North America, due
tle house on South Presa Street, which was O.
to the fact that its citizens have constantly preHenry's home before fame overtook him·
served an1 au~mented its natural beauty and
have retained its famous historical landmarks.
This policy ~as made San Antonio a city of contrasts; buildings two hundred years old nestle .
alongside modern skyscrapers. The oldest San
A?-to~io streets see!)]. to meander throughout the
C ity 1n the same manner as the San Antonio
n ver.
San Antonio-what a glorious picture the
name conjures! A city of intoxicating sunlight
haun~ed by m emories of a romantic past; a city
of picturesque contrasts set in a fertile spot,
spot so lovely that old world nations warred to
own it two hundred yea~s ago.
Here is the "mother city" of the empire
of the South and West Texas, where wintertime
and summertime are both playtime, with golden
floods of sunlight dren_c hing the countryside and
all outdoors as your playground.
We must tell you here of some of the things
which you see, or if you have fortunately visited
San Antonio before, the things you should again
see before you return to your homes.
In the heart of town stands the Alamo, an
ivy-clad monument to a glorious fight for liberty.
South of the city are the missions-five gray
pearls strung on a white highway-mute tributes
to the faith of the padres who carried the cross of
... civilization into the wilderness, two hundred
~ years ago. They begin on Alamo Plaza with the
Our wo_nderful system of parks, of which
Brackenridge is the most widely known, is visited
yearly by thousands. This park is a natural park
and contains a zoo unmatched by any in America. The Monkey Island where hundreds of monkeys play, and the bear pits are a sight for any
one to see, containing the largest collection of
polar bears in this country, in company with Cinnamon, Himalayan and other breeds. Leopards
from British India, lions and other members of
the cat family pad noiselessly in the sunlight to
the delight of all looking on· Also 1n this park
is the wonderful Lilly Pond or Sunken Garden,
as it is sometimes called, a swimming pool, tennis courts, bridle paths, playgrounds, and picnic
grounds.
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Scattered over the city are many parks, large
and small, making a total of 5 6 parks and plazas,
on which there are no "Keep off the Grass'' signs.
San Antonio's parks are meant to be enjoyed.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, between Travis Square and Auditorium Circle, draws many,
because of the fact that it was here that Robert
E. Lee worshipped, in company other other young
army. . officers later to become famous as generals
in the Confederate and Union forces.
West of the downtown district, at the corner
of Ruiz and Laredo Streets is a tiny church, unde los Milagros- known to thousands as the
Chapel of Miracles.
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crutches and canes, and it is maintained, privately, as a thank-offering for a miraculous recovery
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~fhe largest m ilitary establish1nents are maintained here today,
but the flying fields are the most
important. We have fou r large
fields, the largest being Randolph
Field just finished at a cost of about
$20,000,000·00. This field is the
greatest of its kind in the world.
It is the very ''differentness''
which gives San Antonio so much
of its charm! Modern skyscrapers
tower over squat churches on plazas gay with midwinter blossoms.
A tall palm rustles its fronds and
sighs in the wind as a powerful
motor pants impatiently at a stopsignal.
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M. KLINE & CO.
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ROSENBERG BROS.
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La Louisiane Restaurant
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French and Creole Cuisine
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701 W. Comm erce St.
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Garza Barber Shop
Bottlers
Dr. Pepper Co.
San Ant'onio Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Seven Up
BLUE BONNET LUMBER CO.
Florists
Huffmeyer's
Ferd Staffel
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We desire to thank the fallowing advertisers who haoe
made this program possible, and we urge your patronage of their
respective lines.
Phone Fannin 6283
Flour Mills
Bewley Mills
P ioneer Flour Mills
F1oods
J. Barcellona Mfg. Co.
Imperial Food Products
Fruit and Groceries
Breweries
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Elias Abdo
Castro Groceries
Garden Fruit St'ores
Cash Registers
Compliments of
Syers-Parma Co.
Churches
Funeral Directors
Angelus Funeral Home
Hagy-McCollum-Murray
Furniture
St Geor~e M, onite Church
Cigars
Hausler - K ilian Cigar Co.
Henry A. Guerra, President
Cleaners & Dyers
Nam1 Cleaners and Dyers
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Aviation Coffee Co.
H. & H. Coffee Co.
GARDEN FRUIT STORE
109 N. L eona , Esq. W . Commerce St.
GROCERY and MARKET
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Hotel Mexico
Prudential Hotel and •Prudential Cafe
Hotel S'upplies
General Hotel Supply Co.
Insurance
Great American Life Insurance
San Antonio General Insurance Agency
Insurance Claims
Drugs
Magnolia Drug Store
Meier's P harmacy
National Drug Store
BEST SEA FOOD DINNERS
K. C. STEAKS
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Aztec Gar age
Department Stores
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M. Kline and Co.
Max J. Penner
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Garages
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Karotkin Furniture Co.
King Furn iture Co.
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A. B. Frank Co.
Lloyd Caldwell
Jewelers
Shaw's
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Blue Bonnet Lumber Co.
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Men's F1urnishings
Hutchin's Bros.
Service Stations
Dick's Service Station
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Monumenfal Works
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Rodriguez Bros.
Package Stores
Sammie's Liquor Stores
Stoves
Schult'ze Stove and Hardware Co.
Tailors
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Nassar Bros.
Packing Houses
Apache Faking Co.
Roegelein Provision Co.
Petroleum Products
Golden West Oil Co.
Pure Oil Distributing Co.
Tailor's Supplies
Jack Birenberg
Dixie Supply Co.
Sam Rosenberg
Theaters
Interstate Theaters
Utilities
Photographers
Diaz Studio
San Antonio Public Service Co.
Restaurants
Japanese Cafe and Toyo Cafe
La Louisiane
Wholesale Fruits & Produce
Burt Produce Co.
Manhattan Cafe
Gugenheim-Goldsmith Co.
One-O-One Cafe
Kilnbriel Produce Co.
Peter Andry
Original Mexican Restaurant
Thompson Tavern
Waldorf Cafe
Collins Co.
Taft Commission Co.
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Wiedermann Wholesale Co.
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your Public Service Company. In almost every San
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A Program Book for the Seventh Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas on September 3-5, 1938.
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1938 September 3-5
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( OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
VOL.VIII, NO. 3
.APR.I L, 1939
HOME OFFICE: 2830 WILLIRG AVE.
FO T WORTH I TEXAS
SYRIAN-LEBANON ROOM
A.GAI N we urge all those who have r,ot made t hei r contributions towards
the completion of the r oom in the Cathedral of Learn ing to now do so; and
those wi:~o feel tnat they Call send iL a1 additional amount should not hesitate
to con tribute t o t · is wo~thy obj ectivo . ae are eager to complete this project
before tne Conven tion .
RADIO ACTIVITY
Under the able and energe tic l eadersd p of ·frs . J ospehine Shu.rbel a program of radio broadcasts to begin about t e 1 .iddle of next month and continue
through August is being prepared . Interest ed clubs and cities shou l a ~ l!!lediately
start maldng their plans and cot:imunic te with :~rs. Sbarbel the C airr... - of the
Radio Corrnnittee, or with the Fede r ation's Secretary .
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY
Miss Eva Kouri, Chairman of the Education 001 ·tli ttee, is working on plans
for the Federation So · Contest. Son writers t ake notice . The rules will be
announced sho rtl y . We hope to adopt an of1icial Federation Song duri g the next
conven tion . No doubt the Educational Conllllittee will al so announce the rules
governing the Student Loan Fund.
co·•iVEt TION co i-HTTEE
The attention of ti1is c r.-1rid.ttee, as well as of all affili a tes, is directed
to the fact that the Regis tration Fee at t he next Convention will bs $1 . 50 inste
of $1.25. T'n.is change was adopted at the las t Conven tio n .
DUES
Statements have gone forth f or the year's current dues; o,fx'iliates
are urged to not delay aki1g re itt ices.
ATTEl.JTION ST.ATE VICE-PRESIDEMTS : In securit g ne'\7 affiliates, only onethird of the annual dues need be collected. It i s ti.w.e that re sul ts of the
past months' efforts should materialize .
ACTIVI 'l1IES
The Pr esiden t would like to hear fro the State Vi ce-Presidents
advisil g who.t pl. s they hav e made for creating i nterest among a.ffi liates
in their respective s t i:~tes and what efforts the~, are putting forth to 'lards
securing the affiliatio. of non-affilia ted groups i their states .
If a f filiated clubs will forward details of approaching ctivities
to t he Secretu.ry, the informA.tion will be dis sert1ina ted through tre bulleti 1,
and u.dva.."1 tage of same wi 11 be gained.
THE BEY ALEPH SYRIAN GIRLS ' SORORITY OF
'Al TONIO, TEXAS , vtill hold
its Anniversary and Fiesta Dorice on Sw1eta y , pril 23, at the Casino Club at
9: 00 P. i: .
Mu sic and en tert~inment will be furnished by Rex Preis t and Miss
Nell SemaAn, Radio Arti st.
THE AMESYR. FRATERHTY OF SJ\l~ AHTOIUO, TEXAS, will play a grudge game
.,,1th the LEBESYR SOFT BALL TEAM OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX.lS., a.t.s:·2':00-P,., M, a t San
Pedro Pa rk. There will be open houses, and particularly at the home of iiss
Louise Battros to which alL vi eitore are welcome. 1 Nuf sed.
�(OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
-2ACTIVITIES - Continued
THE ALPlill MAHLO CHI SORORITY OF OKLAHO~i:A CITY, OKLAHOMA, will hold its
Fourt-.h A. :m.J.J Sprin~ D8.;-:ce on Su11d•3,y , April 23 , n t Spring Lake Casino, at
9:00 P .M . 1 til 1:00 A.i-i . Music by Bom-:ie Spencer's Orchestra, Open house
at 93J l>T .W. 22nd .Street, 2 1 til 7: 00 P , }::.
JULY FOURTH - Invitatior, s to the Fourth Ai"'l nua.l Syrian Day and Soft
Ball Tvurriame:.:lt, annually sponsored by the Au.es,yr Frn.terni t:r of San ..tn to1:io
are in the mail, They look fornard to a tournruuen t c1ith suf f icient tevJ:-:s
participating to l :1s t t v,o days. Althoug 1 the date has :1ot been deterc-.::..:. · · ,
the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July are being eonsidered. Due ar.nou.1cemer! t w: 11 o e
made l a ter.
Or.ga!"\ize your team. Alwc;rs a gra.; ~d tirue is ho.d.
IT WOULD BE A PLEASURE TO RAVE
STATES FOR THE l~XT BULLETilif.
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REPORT ON ACTIVITIES IN THE OTHER
I ne tta Abdnor
Secretary-Treasurer
DO YOU JUST BELONG?
Are you a n active member
~ne kind that would be mis s ed,
Or are ;srou jus t con tented
Tho.t ~:our n&1e is on t h e list;
Do you ::.:.ttend the ,~1eeting s
And mingle wi tl:i the croHd,
Or do ;:,rou st a:,r at home
A..~d g ripe both long and loud?
There's quite a prog r run scheduled
That 1,1eI.ms success, if done,
And it cnn be uccornpl ished
"Ui t h the help of EVERYO~m,
So atte~1d the meeting regularl;r
il.ud r.elp ·:i th hand and hea rt.
Don't be just a wer.1b er
But t ~ke an a ctive pa rtl
Do you t o.ke a1: e.ctive p,· rt
To h el~ t h e Club a lo , g,
Or r.. r e :vou n;1,tisfied to be
The kind to "just belong 11 ;
Do ;.1cu ever go to vi s it
A Ii1ember tha.t is si ck
Or leave the work for just a f e 1
And talk about t ~ e clique?
Th ink this over, lliewber,
.Are we i·igh t or are we wrong,
Are you m, active r; eraber
Or, do ;{ou nJUST :BELONGl'I ?
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs, 1939-04
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( OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
Assembled and dispatched by
Inetta Abdnor, Secy.-Treas.
VOL, VIII, NO. 6, AUGUST, 1939
HOME OFFICE: 1309 GRAND AVE.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CO!lVENTI ON
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
"Jacksonville and all Florida will be the Mecca of the South this
year when the Eighth Annual Convention of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanon .American Clubs talces place in the beautiful City of Jacksonville, the
gateway of the sunshine and ocean breezes peninsula, on the 2nd, 3rd, and
4th of September.
11 Never in the history of the Syrian a nd Lebanonion people of this
state has anything grasped the fancy and aroused the interest of our people
in this land of tropical beauty, as did _the coming of the conven tion.
nThi s feeling of enthusiasm and anticipation is not confined to the
affiliated clubs, but it has keenly interested and deeply arous ed the profound fervor of clubs and individuals not yet connected with the Federation.
It seems that the minds of all our people are set to make this occasion the
best ever held, The old folks and the young generation are looldng forward
to meeting and greeting members of their race from all parts of the country,
and especially those with whom they have been meeting from year to year, and
hearing about them from time to time.
11 The Federation has never held a convention anywhere east of Bi::tmingham, Alabruna. Its coming to Florida satisfies the heart's desires of many,
because comparatively few Floridian Syrians have h~~the privilege to attend
before on account of th& distance.
"That the convention will prove a huge success is a foregone conclusion. The preparations thus far made give every indication to the fact. According to prominent members of the convention committee, nothing will b e left
undone to make the occasion a happy and pleasa..~t one, long to be rememb er ed.
And judging from past performa.~ces and achievements of the Syrians of Florida,
all who know can vouch for that.
It is remarkable to note that over fifty men and women from Jacksonville and Florida have been enlisted to do the job. The activiti es of the
several sub-committees, indicate the amount of work v,hich has been done
and give assurance that a great time awa its the conventioneers in September.
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"George Washington Hotel, the finest in Jacksonville, a 10o% airconditioned twelve story institution has be en selected as headquarters. ****
Other l eading hotels are within on e , two or three blocks from headquarters.
**** It uight. into1-c e t;· 1aa.ny of our people tho.t there a.re, in Jacksonville,
two worthy clergymen., who conduct their services in the .A.rabic and Syriac
languages. One is the Reverend Fathe r Shamoon Yaza.gi of the Syriac Catholic
Church, and the othe r is Reverend A. E. Hazouri, pastor of the Syrian Presbyterian Church. Both of theo would welcome the conventioneers to attend services.
"**** Never had our people a better opportunity to appear in our
beloved adopted land, as a people of high ideals, noble objectives, unified
efforts in the way of right li ving and right thinking, which will guarantee
for us the perpetua tion of the wonderful reputation we are enjoying as ·b eing
law-abiding , r,1odest, se lf-respecting cit i:i:,ens , with 6 r eat lov-:i i'1 0 · 1.1~ ,._L"'J a,'.-?
�-2for the Stars and Stripes, and undivided, unadulterated , loyalty to the
great govertment of the United States, and its institutions. 11
(By M. G. Katibeh, Pres. Syrian.American Clubs of Florida)
*******
Tentative program of the Convention, submitted by Mr. J . K. David,
Cbairoan, Progr am Corooittee , is as fo l lows:
Friday, Septe~ber 1st
3 : 00 P.M.
9 : 00 P .M.
Registration and reception at head.quarters
Pre- convention dance a t the Syrian American
Club ' s hal l , 16th & Main Sts. - I nfoma.l Saturday, September 2nd
9:00 A.M.
1:00 P. M.
Registration at headquarter s - All Day
Motorcade t o beaches, re t urni ng at 7:00 P.M.,
under directi on of Mr. Sam Barket . Transportation provi ded for those who haven 1 t cars .
8:00 P. M.
Pre- convention conference by officers and l eaders
of the Federation, at headquarters.
10:00 P.M.
A semi- forraal dance with entertainr.ient at the Roof
Garden of the Mayflower Hotel, under auspices of
the Molaka Club.
Also , n Sahriahtl of Syrian dance and frolic sponsored
by the Syrian Wooen 1 s Charity Society, a t the Syrian
Arler ican Club Hall.
11:30 P.M.
Arabic movie , " Yaha-Al-Hub, 11
Florida Theatre
Sunday, Sept emoer 3rd
9:00 A.M.
Registration all day
Church going • •. . .. Father Sha.moon Yazagi TTill hold
mass at
(place to be announced)
Rev . A. E. Hazouri , Syrian Presbyterian Church ,
Margaret & Gilmore Sts .
Other churches are near headquarters. Ask information
at desk for the church of your s el ection.
2 : 00 P.M.
8:00 P.M.
til
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Opening cer emonies at headquarte rs
:Banque t at headquarte rs , with music and floor show followed by Dance
Monday, Septer,1ber 4th
9 :00 A.M .
Registration continued at George Wa shington Hotel .
9:00 .A . M.
:Business raeeting r esur.1ed -- adjourning at 12:00 Noon .
2:00 P . M.
Bus iness mee ting resur.1ed -- aJ journin6 at 6: 00 P .M.
10:00 P. M.
Script Dance at George Washin6 ton Hotel unde r auspic es
of local affilia t ed clubs.
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PROXI'ES
No proxi es will be acc epted . Or,ly uly accre ite· repr esentativ es
of the clubs may speak for anJ cast t he vote o_ the club .
CONST I TUTIONA.L AME :ID ,.'iENTS
Proposed arJ.endw nt to the Co stitution, Ar t icle VI, Section 3 Subt1i t t ed by K.E. An tone, Houston , Texas.
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A.ny affiliated club outside a radius of 350
iles of the current
conven tion city uay cas t its vot e by proxy un er the sru: rules
and r o~:ulations governin6 regular delegates, subject to the followir'6 restrictions:
(a) Such hol · er of proxy vote oust be a resident of the city
in which the affiliated club for whot he is castin
votes is locat d
such
(b) Such proxy vot s cannot repr esent uore than one club either
o.s a ret~lar dele ·at
or a dele ''Ute by proxy. 11
The above proposed araen ~·ent is for consi d.e r at ion of adoption during
the business session of the approachin " Co vention a t Jacksonvill e .
Furtherraore , amend.Llents have been propos ed seeking the change of
the tine of the r.ieeti
of tt e Fe erat1on Conven tion fro . Labor Day to a :late
to be fix d. by the delegates in Co vent ion assenbled, such date to be bet .reen
June 15 and .August 15 .
An aoendru.ent dividing t e Feaeration into several sub-divisions,
each to be pres i ed over by a Vice-Presi~ent of the Federation, and outlining
the boun.lnries of the sub-divisions 8isi t e duties of the ice-Presi ~en t, as
well as the duties of the State Viee- resident un er the propose~ set- up,
has also been proposed in tentative foru.
enc.rJen ts correcting and reconcilil16 inconsistencies in the Constitution; changing representation of the clubs in the Convention; and chanf;ing
the dues of meober clubs to the Feiera tion havebe en µropo~e ~ in t en t a tiv e fom.
All officers of the Fe eration o.nd CoLlL,i tt ee Chairr.1en are admonished.
to prepare in advance and in ritinc r epo r ts of their respective offices snowing their activities and r::taking reco ·.en · a tions . This is a can ate of the
Constitution and By- Laws.
As listed in the Convention pror.:.rar:1 on the forer.;oing p .... e , a
pre-convention conference of officers and Cor.1L i tt ee Chairr1en is ca.lle(l to
meet at 8:00 P.'L Satur ·.ay, Septer-ber 2nd .
APPRECIATION
The Presi ent of the Feiera.tio desires to publicly offer his
thanks to Mr . J.M . Abrahar., Vice-Presi ent of the Sta te of Mississippi,
for his splendid co- operation an unselfish efforts iuring the year which
resulted in seven new clubs frot his state affiliating with the Fede ration .
Convention Cor.1r. ittee , Chairuan , 'iiss \1a..ry NajUXJ1 , Jackson , iss.
wishei to herein conf;ratulate Mr . J ,K. Davi~ for his untirint.· efforts to,0,r•s
makinf-.
ssucces s of the cor.1in Conventio1 ; further stntin , that Mr . David
is a n lea:J.er ,,ho our people s!lot-..1: be prou t ackn0\'7le · :e . 11
---------She further says tha t r. rthur Sharbel of Birnint,ham i s to be COL!i. enJe1
on his splendid cooper a.tion an.~. v,ork towar · tl e Convention Cow.ii t tee . ..md.
t hat 11 -·e :.ee.:.' :·: ore conscienti ous worke s like -hr . Shur "uel . 11
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Mr. J.J. Nosser, Dir ector-Gene ral, of the Federation coraes in for
his share of praise for his continued efforts toward the achieveraent of the
pri1:1ary aims of the Constructive Pro~rar::i. The following contributions recently received euesta.~tiate his consci entious work. We thank the following :
Mr. J. K. David, Jacksonville, Fla. who contributed
Syriru1 Lebanon Aller. Soc., Miaui
Mrs. AbraharJ Rizk
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II
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II
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Mrs . Geor~e Abraham
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11
11
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Mrs • .A.nna Deoinguez
II
II
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l,' irs. Albert Maloly
ti
ti
ti
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Mrs. John Basilia
II
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II
11
Mrs. Georr,e Shelli.an
II
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II
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drs. Louis Shehan
11
II
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Mrs. Jos. Sayeg
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II
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Mrs . Paul Nejioe
II
11
II
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Miss Selr.1a Daoetry
Aoesyr Fraternity, San Antonio
1-fr. T. SF1.tel
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fr. Otto G. Nar..1i
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Wr . Solon.on Casseb, Jr. 11
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Mr. William G. lfo.rai
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Mrs . Carrie Estefnn
Triangle Club
$
50100
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
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AC'iIVITIES
The Syrian-Lebaonon-Aneric an Soci ety of South Carolina, h eld their
Ninth Annual 11 Mahrajan 11 , August 13-14, 1939, which is fax. ous because of t he
exc ellent 1:·,anner i n wr..ich it is handled and. the fin e entertainwent enjoyed
by a t:~reat r.1any attendants. Con~:ratuhitions.
A Tri-City Soft ]all Meet was held at Houston , Texas, July 16, 1939,
with the United Jar:iail Club and L1Entasar of Houston, Youn~ Men's Syrian
As sociation of J3eaUL1ont, and tl e L 1 Monar of Port Arthur cor.1peting for the honors. Port Arthur won the r;1eet ~defeated . A danc e , tha t night, entertained
th e players and spectators .
THE CONVENTION i s the out s tan:: in(:'; ACTIVITY scheJuled for the ir, . ediate futur e --- WE 1 LL SEE YOU IN JACKSONVILLE.
IlT_CLOS!NG
As your President's s econj t err.1, an1 your Secretary-Trea surer's first,
approach t heir close , it is with sin~ular pride that ~e look upon the achievnents of the year, and. particularly the growth of our Fe1eration a.rd the lack
of disharmony and r.mtters controversial in nature. To date , 11 new clubs
have nffili~ted wi t h the Feie r a tion this year, and 2 clubs that were delinquent
r enewei their affilia tion. The abs enc e of controvers i es is indicative of
our attaining □aturity, and , i n so io ing, tolerance , a better understanding
of one a..'1other 1 s vi ewpoints and. consi.leration for one another 1·s fe elin ·s.
Inetta Abinor
Secretury-Treasurer
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sfob1939-08
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs, 1939-08
Description
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The official bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs Vol. VIII No. 6 dated August 1939.
Date
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1939 August
Creator
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Subject
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Clubs
Language
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English
Type
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Text
Format
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Text/pdf
Source
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Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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1930s
Texas
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(OFFICIAL BULLETIN )
VOL. ViH, .iO . 1
1939
:eo· ;:g; OF.. ICE : 2830 WILLLm VE .
FORT ·,iORTH I TEXAS
1939 dawne d brigh t and cl ear i or t ne Sou~h ern _e e r a ti on , Ow.· Fede r a ti on i s at
l '""s t iI'i l· e s t a: li she .:: . It aas neat _ er 0. t e s torms of in . i ffe r en ce, selfishness,
bigo.;r?, o:1d i su.n erstandin0 • It has eaue f ,. r i t s e l an in ispensable n 1cne
in our ever: ae:" life . Despite the ravL ,,•s
r an t i · - s of at\ occas i nal indi vi dual, tl1e Fed era t i cn marches or. as t e e!llboi.1.imei1t of .::,u ~ ,pa s an i eals . At last
·1e 'ave an age c,7 rea v r.o s,;,eak f i r u ail r ep res ent us no roat &er the occas ion .
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11 The F de rat i <Jn mov ement nas develone a co·•· •1it,r interest f or our pao-.,le , a d
has g iven us a Oi eness of purpose s
i · 0 ... 1~ . Pri o r to h e develo-piue:c-,t. oi t
F eci.e r a tion idea , we ,; ere bu t inuivi duals }". e and t r.e r e , ea.er. '.evel -ry i .:•. i n :i.i s
own '1'-' :l y i &hout any c o1,cer: o r ltii·, sr.i n sri
_o " ~r , 't.; r o . t he Fede r a ci •. move., e .. t and ccnv 1 ti ons , Vie avfl · eve lo ei i ~, t o a c o .,. ,on family, a ll a cquai nted a...,d all inter e s t ed. i n o.1e ar- o t!':: 1· , n . al j u i r.ed. to 5 e t he r for the co o_ weal .
T .e ;·ea r 1939 prE'!sages much of oc . t our p e oi:>le . The Republics of L banon
and Syriu are due f or tn ir f inal iI ep end ence . 0-~. ~eople a t l ast are coming
i n to t · e ir · n after so •an. centuries under t h e di cta tor ' he e l. Hand in hand
with t h is a · aker..i ng comes t he c a ll for u::d ted a ct io• 0 ::1 a c o:rru.,on froiH.. 0-ai· pl.tc
i •• t~ e poli t ic 1 su.;1 mus t b es t ablished ~ d. ou r c fl:paci t :r fo r leade r ship must be
firml:' impres s e upon the othe r peo nles of t .:e eart - · -e in Ame r ica c E\.n be of
material a i d t o 01r · tive l a ud i n t : e ~c c omnlisdr.ue, t of the obj e c t ives •hich
will a i .. for us the res:oect of :nanlp. d. Le t us be 0.1. o:."
i d a nd 01 e hea t,
a nd ev er rea dy to chnmpioli th c;1use of cur p ec"?le ev Ar;~here .
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It is m:1 ho p e tha t the fi n e. · or k no·~ bei ·• c: .r ie, · o:r to", .r •i s t he comple tion
of thP project of a room in t h Car.· edra.l of eo. ni:.6 , po !''tr ,f L. o r civilizaio n , will b e a t t :).ir.ed du.ring this .,ea r, n:.d t o t 1is e:·,d I a ppe£~1 to a l l of our
people i " t ' .e a r e 'I. of the Sout_,er:11 Fed rat i o:: to s e. ,J. L · t h ei r cor!tri butior s t o
our Secre t a r y-T r easurer t. a t they , ·, r be !'o r •.varci.ed vo the coIIL, i t t ee L. cht•rge of
t e pro j ec t . Our Fea.e r ,i ti :: fr i vi t e t .e , v e. e,: t . ·, e have r ec eived uruc ·i valu
a. ss ist~·.nce fr on othe r sections . This p roj ct i n s b ~c o1: e a ne.tio:.·.wi e ·,ctiv i t y .
Le t u s as s UI1te a d ed pri:.te
rorw.... r i ne<. ad ,i tional con trib tio · s .
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s your Pr e sL.e-·. t , I full ma.ki ne-, ear ·1es t pla,::s to buila. up tt.e S t ud e . t Loan Fun •
I s hall app r ec i a t e t he su ges tio· .s of a.11 of :,all cd t _1o se i r,ter es t ed , T:,is s·.oul "
)Jrl. Ve t G b e H uo.-.
en t a l ui: e·tc.k ' •, g or our F era.ti o; . _o t on l y o ~.- e :91; ·.
so lic i ti:,·. f ·...- s , but we wa:, t to proruult:.. <'• t e a sui t ..~ble pla.11 for t h e LJain t ei .ru c e
of t h i s fu:1d. r:io t his e.- I il',vi te the SllGg e s t i o ,s of al l.
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( OFFICIAL BULLETIN )
- 2SYRI.Al\i LEBAP ,F ROOM IJ THE CAT2EDRAL OF LEARNIMG
..:.T THE U: 7 IVl:RSI TY OF PI TTSBURGH
An ur nt nlN), i s beLg a de fer c or. tri u tions to apply or. the completio:i of tne
Syrian Leban on Roo i r.i. the Cc>.tl edr?.l of L , r:ing A,t the University @f Pittsburg .
he tota l c os t of i stitutLg t. · s room is but se, e-1 or ei ht thousa.d dollars;
however, afte r t _ree . ear s ' eff rt s , '' e h,we o· ly rai sed a little ove r thr ee
thous · d dollars & d the b c.l c.:.1ce mus t be r aised I ,r !EDIATELY or V'e lose the original r oom of v·1 sto1: n .d t e p i vil,Pe o:i: '·a.vi..~ it o ~ the first floor among
the othe r natior,ali ty room .
You are fnmili c.r li'lith t he f ;.J.ct s t~-..r'.t t r.is room is bei;. € so dee r P,ted to r epresent·
and r ef l ec t the b es t cultura l g ift s of -ch natio;."Ll:'. lity Rt a n a rl, period of
h istory . T e Pboe:-.i ci ::.,ns , of v;·o t~1e S: rif. .s
d Leba-"1ese are dir ect descendan ts, c i-:.t ributed a g r eat deal tc·,,.·\rds our civilizatio . The Pho p·•,i i s co,tribut ed the alphab e t :-1.:,. t. e n rt of r...vi : .t iori. Th se fo,e ts , ar,d ctl t, rs , embodied ii t h co?npos1tio oi 1;ne roou, will be A.J.·• everlas ti ng mo,;umen t. to our
people, so
PLE.ilSE RUSH YOUR C0Nij:RI3 IO"IS 1;0 • 'Our Secret n.ry-Trensur e r, Ho. e
Offic e , .-..r,..i b e ·1ssured ti i t ,'.cknowle .', e:·: t \; ill be officially sen t you . (If you
c · cfse , sen co:·,tri butio_, s direct t Jr . ic1ola~ !I . Bitr.r , a t io al Co1 ittee
Chu.i n· ;·. , 6011 Je uci 1s Arca de, Pit t~burg . , Po. ., .i...d - dvise t h is office of s ,10) .
1939 cm.ST3UCTIVE PROG
,r . J . J . Noser , Director-Gei·,er a l of our Sout:Oe rn Fede r ati n , is s o:· so ri~..g a
c o ,structiv proe,r , t ' e four prir.1a.r,.r objectives b ei ·,g :
1. 001, pletio~-. of the Syr ian Lebc,:,o:. Room i n the Univer sity of Pittsbur gh
2 . Creatin 5 and perpetuati·1t; a Stude t Loru, Fu.-..d
3 . Defer.s e and Publicity4 . Educo.t · or.a l Progr ··n a t ev e r :, Conv en tio1-..
He has dispatched a numbe r of c on tributio~ c~r d s to affiliated clubs urgi~g
su vort of t h is prog rac . : o doubt t 1ese c ards ::we, b Jr t h is dat e , rev.ched t lei r
de s t ina tion.
e t :.,ke this medium of s ti t,ul:.ti -:.g your lo: i,;•,l ty a;.,d supT)ort . Funds
d e rived f ro :1 thi s sourc e ~n1 be pr ra.t ed to t '-:. f our r..f or1 1e·1tioned objective
t he alaot 1e , t to t he Sy r io.!i. Lebc-.r.o. Roohl bei 1g for,.,ar e i t1eciiatel~• .
HONOEA:BLE TENTION: First contributio.:s to t he CONSTRUCTIVE PROG-RA~;
Syri an Ladi e s' Club of Vicksburg
$30 . 00
Tl"e Yom g P 1oen ici a n Club - J nc ks o·w ill e , l a .
5.00
Sahl Abraham, Cb r ksdn.l e , Mis s .
:',. 00
K. J . Abrai: ai
Ck..rksdale , iss .
1. 00
.A. . J • .A.b rahai , Cle.rks dal , Miss .
1. 00
COf ·:uI' TIO' OF SE · ... ~i-cE - J OE ARRIDY
Joe Arri dy , a.r: esca ped i.u.ate f rora t l·e St ri.t Ho.1.1,e fo r Men t al Defectives, no " ir,
~ e Co lo r ado St·te P eni t e tiar;v , •,i.o ;as co:.victed
f pa.rticipat io:. i n a;, a xe
l,"Lurder Al..!€Us t 16 , 1936 , is s lat ed or e xe c u.t io -.. uri ·,g the week b egi n1 i 1.g J a . uar ;: 2r.d, 1939 . Your Pr es i e1; t, Her ·a.i: G. Ha.1: i ( a pract i ci ng E',ttorne;i- ir, San
Jb.tonio) reques ts t hose of you ii..t e r s t e i:.. t ·1e case, to ire Gove r nor Teller
.1-1.mo :s f Denve r, Colorado t o c o ..a..,ut e Arridy 1 s se:., t e -,c e ur,d have hit., se ,t ba ck
to t he instituti r1 for ii.1s "•~e .
I t is ~1ope ' t ;•is r eques t r eac:i1es ~'O U prior to
the exac t executi ,·, a t e .
Suppo rt i~g this r eques t ·::..c'i f!.J.Vl.1".6 lit,: t to foe st:..t us of the c ase i s 1·r . Na.i:ii 1 s
lette r of Dec ember 2 7 , 1938 te Hou . Tell r A.wo_ ..s , 2.s follo ·. s :
�~ufl-cn deJe-caf:o-n
"' ~'j'tian cf!_ehanc,n - cA.metican Cfu£~
( OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
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"I have be er: i i:.tportu,.,ed o:-, .tu. e r ou occas ions to write you ask i ng cl emenc y f or
Jo e Arrid.y , I de la~red r. ri tir.6 u:1til I wa.s ab l e to ge t offi cial facts o:·1 which
to a ct. Such i r,fo 1 nati on u.s £:e.s bee;. suppli ed , e sati s fies 1:-ie t hat Arridy 1 s
case is one i i wbi ch exec t ive cl ~e:·c y is 11er it ed, Acc or di ngl y , fr, t he name
of t! e Scu t r.e r n F de r a tio :, c f Syrin:· Leba..:c:1-Ai.:,e ricnn Club s , of wh ich organiza t i on I ~ Pr es ia.e: t, and t.1e a r ea of w i c , i :"'. clu es t. e sta t e s of Alab F.1L1a,
Arizo:,a , ei· Hexico, 01dal'1 o"k'\ , r ka:.1s as , L u is i ana, · i ss is s ippi, Geo r gia ,
Ten,""esse e, South Car olh a, ifo rth Ca.rol · na , Fl ri d.a , Vi r g i n i a a.::d Texa s, I reques t .'our favorabl e co ns i de r u ti o ·. of t Le app lict,. t ior. f or cor.n.~ut a tio n of sent e .c e , ·,.,hich I
i fo n 1ed ll•.1.s beer, pr esent ed t o ~,ou i n bel a lf of Joe Arridy.
n· a~• I bring t o yc ur a t te:. tior. t h e t l:o ·t. t t a t ,.i. t t ' i s season of t he j'ear the
Ch ri s tia.r, w r l d i s do i . g hcLor t ~ S;rri a 1 s Firs t Citi ze ~, Te Pr ince f Peac e ,
a :-.d ,far I il Hi s ,ru.e ask t.n".t j'O'-'- g r n;·,t t he cl e.ie::.cy r equ e ste d o:-, b e:1!" l f of a n
unf ortm1a.t e ·,emb e r of ur r c e , j o Arr i d.,?
11 Ma¥ tte sp r i t of the seas l'. 5u i e ~,ou in all ::our en ea.vo r, a:.'!d n it;.-. 2.11 g ood
wist.es f r a j o;:ous a.ld a bou:~t eou s ~ e , Year, I ·
Respectful l~r yours ,
/ s/ He l"....ar.. G. Narc.i , 11
CONVENTION SA.VING A.OCOUNT
The S,T iar L 1 Fa t e tte f Po rt Ar tnur, TexRs, ~~ve what is ca lled the ~C onv en t i on
Savir,g Acccur. t''. .A.t ev er:,' weekly meeting , ea ch g irl d eposit s so r.ro.ch to her
i ndi vidw,1.l a ce cu:: t ( fro-1 25¢ up ) . Separo. te baI"lc b ooks are in t ;.e hand s of t he
club 1 s treasur er, w o raakes t h e depc-sits and r e-oorts a.t each meeting t !.e am ur. t
cr edit ed to each accourt . :By t e ti:we t.e next c o· ve,: tion coi::,e s arou;.1d, eac'
6 irl ras suffi cieri t f U1,ds tc t hke ca re of h er co;.w nti n expens e s. I n ti'.e h ·· b l e opi r,ion of l'OUr Secretary , t u-i.t is a pra ctic e worth 1er.tior.i ng . If t ~·.er
affiliat es ~ ou l d follow tl-.i s exa;.:iul e , future cor,venti oi1s wou1d b e ev en bigge r
and b e t ter .
ACTIVITIES
The Auesyr Fra t e rnity he ld its aru:;.ual Chri str,1as tr e e a nd enter tairn:len t in St,
Geor ge ' s Ho.11 on t he ev ening of t l e 22,d of Dec emb r. Ful l y 100 peopl e we r e
p r ese.,t. fa a ddi t i on to t he Chri s t ias tree , t h e Ame syr Fra.t er ni t y d i stri but ed
a. nuz:1ber of b askets of groc e r ies to t .e e edy. Fr ed Y&li wa s Chai .11an of t h e
Soc ial C i . .,i tte e a. d \7a s ab ly a ssi st ed b y Fr ed Sesnan , J oe Bul~i da.r, Paul hirray
ai d Tony J a it ArJY• Speec e s we r e JS.de by So l o ·:.or. Cas s eb, Jr . , Pre sid e~ t of t he
A.es~.-r Fra t e r nity, r. Re r r, an Na..-:ii, Pr es i den t of t he Soutl·e rn Federation and
b~, Fa.t r.e r Eli a s Na.gem .
ATTEl TI O CLUB REPORTERS: Spa c e wil l b e g ive~ to appr oach ing activiti s • f YOUR
c lub i f :rou \7i ll fo r wa rd d et a ils t o t r.e Houe Offic e i n advonc e .
STATE VICE-PRE SIDE:iJTS: P lease sub,,i t .rour su66 es t io .. s and no i nation s for t he
va r io s Fede r a t ior, Cc-:· ,Li t tee s t o Pr es id er, t ~ 1 i THI S i'iEEK .
A waxim f or t he mo, t l :
Our s treng t h of c1.a 2.ct e r r.iay b @ensured b y our
re ~cti o:.,s to t he weaknes es of t he rs.
INET:n ABDNOR
Secr e t a r y-Treasurer
Soutne rn Federation of Syrian
Lebn.non-Al:ie rican Cl ubs
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~o-ufltn deJetafio-n
(OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
VOL . VIII,
70 . 5, J'T ~y . 1939.
RO'&E OPFICE :
C O ·, V '3:: _ T I O
1309 GRAND AVEliJ'tJE
FT . 70RTH, T.EliS
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From the J acksor.vi le, Flo r id.a, Convent::.on Chairman,
comes the follow.'.~ message:
- • Fred Rizk,
Once ::1or,;1 ti:e whirl of time is approaching its yearly zenith for
the Sou·~herr ""ederatio.i.
The miles tha·~ now separs.te its member clubs
and clu·o :nembers will soon shrink auay on the h~.6 -h .. ays of o'.ll' beautiful Southla.no. as they c onver e o t!'!.is 111etropolis 0f the ]'loriia Peninsula. Jackson\lille e~,~rl•· a'7a i\is its pr:vi""ege au 'ts opportunity
to act as host of the ~ederation in its Bt~ annual conclave.
'\Ve o the Syrian .Ame ican Club, The Syrian Ladies' Cha.r it. S~ciety, the Mola.ka Clu.b an the Young P'.noer,icians, in conjm1oi.,io1. ·,ith
the active cooperation and assistance of the other Florida organiza-·
tions, are working assi :uously to comple te our pla.us f r your enjoyment and entertainment when 'o do us ·<ihe honor on t.he Ides of September.
It would not be fair fo_• mo to di s close ever~7 thiug we have in
store for you as that would tclke much of the pleasure away when rou
arrive, but I ca.n, with propriety, po int uut thu.t Jacksonville is awaiti ng you wi th open arms ; thci.t it wants tc- di splay for you its many
beauties and charms, its cares sing sunshine , ·ts mos covered trees,
its swaying palms, its thriving business centers, its majestic river,
its magnificient hotels , its breath·-takin~ beaches, the finest in the
world, 1 ts historic environs , and its hospitable people wi t h their
sincere concern for your pleasure~
and
Dances
s hol"l's and sightseeing trips, to say nothing of Sahria. 1 s
and Arabic music playing 'neath a star- studded sky , with the incomparable
Florida moon peeping thro\l€h crevices in moss and palm, are a ai ti 1g ou.
Swimming in the eternal surf, boa.ti. g and fishing are 1 urs or. t h is gala
triad of festivities • • ••................ ....
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· .•..•..•......••..•... S• pack your grips -te 11 your boss you ' re off for Florida ( and watch him grov, green With e v;r)
and set your course for that Lan of G•lden Sur.shine
ne re s ftest breezes blow
Sweet with a t housand perfumes;
O'er the Gulf af exico
A land of health and happinessj
On the Sh.e ras of Southen1 Seas
Where you cl•se your eyes
To the lullabies
Of the wind t h rough Florida Trees.
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HOTEL RATES QUOTED -- for the 100% George .1as!1i •.gton Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla.
Single rooms, private bo.th an.d s~1ower, $2.50, f3.00, $3.50 and $4.00
Double ro oms, double beds , private batri aud shower, $4.00 and $5.00
Double rooma, twin beds, private bath ard snomar, $5 •. 00, $6.00 and $?.00
Other hotels and ni ce tourist courts at reasonable prices.
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For each affiliated club, attac .•ed is a cop:, f!>f
Constitution and B,r-Lav:rs. It is absolutely essential
ever:, club be thoroughl,r familiar u ith the contents.
that a review of the Cons ti tutio:r. be held at the next
the latest amended
that ever;,• member of
It is suggested
.n.eeti;gg of the clubs.
Your attention is particularl~ called, at this time, to Article VI,
Representation to Co1weutio1:, Sections 1, 2 34,d 3:
11 Section
1. Eac i club affiliated 'flith this Federation shall be entitled to representatio~ o, t~e following basis: One (1) vote for each
ten (10) members or major fraction thereof, provided that t e minimum
vote for each club shall be three (3) votes. Ea.ch club may elect one
or more delegates to ca.st such votes. I 1 aJV i ·1stance, there must be
one alternate for ea.c delegate.
11 Sectio~
2. Ea.ch club shall elect or appoint its delegates a..~d alterr.ates and shall notify the Secretar 11-Trea.surer of such election MOT
LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO DATE OF CO rvE IT G OF THIS FEDEB£TION,
providing that it is at the discretion of the Executive Boa.rd and the
officers of t rls Fadera tio t • i~sue credentials to delegates and alternates after the thirtz--da;r period has expired.
"Section 3. 0 HEPRESENTA.TIVE 'i'r'HOSE CLUB IS DELINQ.UENT I
OF DUES WilaL :BE SEATED."
P,A.n£··.T
Therefore, to comply with this Article and be eligible for voting
privileges, it ie compulsory that the list of delegates and alternates, as
well as dues accompanied byte re&U,lar statement reach the Secretar.r-Trea.surer not later than A~st 2, 1939. PLEA.SE GIVE THIS . TTER YOUR UWEDIA-m
.1TTENTIO l
The need for serious-minded delegate, and alternates is felt by all
wuo accord proper significar1ce to the business sessions of the Convention
as is evider-oed by the following voices:
Mr. J. J. Nesser says: "What we really need in our Federation is
more me • and r.ome:.i that are Feders.tion conscious, conscious of the reE\l purpose of the Federation «'J..nd re.Q.ize t:1e responsibilities Eu1d duties that rest
on their shoulders as patri tic members of a great organizatio. We r,eed
more men &.id ~ome that are a.ltnl,istic, u.~selfish and relentless workers
in the diversified field of the activities of our Federa tion. We do not
need hypocriteora.tors and office seekers at our Convention. fie should put
a stop to this class of deadl~• parasites t at sacrifice the welfare of,
and, I dc:.re say, the very desti r of our Fedar:-.tio• o the altar of t heir
selfish a..~d inferior personal desires a1:d otives .
"Upon the shoulders of the delegates e.t the Convention rests the
destini of the Federatio• 1 its failure r success. Therefore, I appea l
tote affiliates and plead itt. ti.em to be very cautious in electing their
delega tes.11
Mar/ Nejam, Jackson, 1iss. spe:-..ks: 11 We implore our affiliates to
refrain from electi ,gar. unwilling person to the task of representing tuem
at the Congress. If o e is abnorme.11;• pleasure-bent, it would be disastrous
to have that perso. ·1old the fate of the Club. Elect onl., those persons
whom you believe will be willing to sit li:.roul the see~1s."
P. S.
0\ er m bers lil,re urged to attend the C• nver.tior.
and e:-,:jo ~ all t' e social activities - - the
delego.\es and o.lternates elected being responsible.
fo~ the destiny of important questions arising
1n \he busi ess sessions.
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EVERYONE rs Ilf(l'l!l!ll) TO 'tmliIT: "Kli COt1TRIBUTION: - EXPRESSING :
VIEWS Il~ 'lHIS S'rolfION • '1m VOICE OF THE PEOPLE." AN EFFORT WILL :BE WDE TO PRL T
AT WST A POR.T!OM OF EVERYO 'S CONTRI3UTIO.•
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A WORD TO THE vrcE-PRESIDENTS
FROM PRESIDEi;J'T NAMI
This is your last opportunity to render pr&~con~ention service expected
Mr, J.M. Abra.ham, Vice-President of Mississippi, has brought in
four (4) clubs into the fold and promises several more. I f he can do that
well, the rest of you certai nl y can s erve your Federa tion to some extent.
Conta ct the affiliates in your sta t e by letter, if not in person, a.nd see
tha t they pay their dues. Contact unaffiliated ~lubs and prevail upon them
to affiliate.
of you.
_!A Q Q M. E, IDCJY.~JFILIAr:1JJ~
This mo'nth Wf) we lc-::>me t h , LEBANON· ·8YR!Al CLUB O Gr:iFPORT, MISS, and
the CYGNET CLUl3 0. GREE11rTILLE, ISS. (we ~hank Mr. J . ' • .lbraham, again).
The followinc; d~ta is being given with t e request that it ta included in
the mailing li s ts of t he va.rfou. c3.ub c and ~o urge that th se ne-:v clubs not
be left out of anything:
Cygne t Club · · Pres , - 1rs. George .A.b_aham, P.O • .Box Bt>, Greem·' ~
'llisG.
S cy. - Miss :&inily Tonos, 1037 ?ercy St., &re n,·; ·; • ~ ~ · iss.
Genius Club ·· Pres. - Eug ·ne Thomas, 108 Longino St., J ck.;on, M".ss .
Secy. • is s Kath erine Thomas, 108 1o~ino $ ·~., Ja..:kson, Miss.
Good-Wi 11 Club • • Pr es . - J .~ . Abraha:l., 3537 \). Capito 1 St. , Jackson, Miss.
Sec ~ ·~ Mi.rn Mabl e ] e t1 ous, 330 South Fa.r :'1.sh. Jackson, Miss
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: .'." e E • · · Sum Nohra, 25:,h Av e ~, Cul::po-::-t,, ~ hs.
Segy~ , ·· Sam· Owen, 26th A.·1e., G-.1lfjJ r ·; . · :i.s s .
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It has b euI' recomr:iesr.i~~ '.:;hat- Mrs. Georg~ (Lily) Ab ra.ham e,f G-r % nville, Prei:,.
of the Cy et 01:,b ·:.s ,_,.s . \Vo rthy oi -': he highest •!)la~di t ·s .. h r ecogni.t.i,on of
her energe,t ;tc• anG. un.s e lfiatr on-t\ribution of tirae and· effpl".~ 1: t . e .n-ga1 izatio ~.
of ;elub :1.h the· •i " :..nt 1,y · of.'. Gr eenv.:.. llo . C.ongr~tu.la.Uons Mrs. 1'brPh.:ll;'I
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ATTENTIO~·
, , E1CE0UTIVE BOAR'O
:By •·11-esolution duly adopt -:ld a t t he last .;onvention, the Executive Boa.rd
is now• required to mak its rep0rli in v-.r~.ti.,!l§ and to ma:\.l- saoe to every ·affil· ·
iated ciub ··thirty .ys prl or to, t h · nC'xt Convent i'<m.- , Chairmen and met1b'e!'e
cff, the Executi ve 'Board,· are he~eby ·:..eque'-s·~ed · and• urged to -· cooply . ti th this
mandate by forwarding such report
r~p~rt s to the Secretary for tra.nsui'tlal
in du·e 1 t'i'tae . · ·
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· PROPOSED '·
~IDMENT3
· · ' All -those desi-ring to prese n·r. . anendr.len t-s·. to • the Cons ti tut ion wilJ. please
such amendLlents irorae lat e ly to the S&~r~tarY in opder • tha~, they may be'
forwarded to the Constitution and By-:.iaws Comoitt 9, as required by Article XVI I
of tihe -Cohsti t u tion. '
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CONS RUCTIVE PROGRA:-4
CONll'RI:SUTIONS
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In addition to the names previ'ously listed, t e followiog have recently
contributions of $1,00 ea.ch to the Constructive Program, under the direcof Mr. · Nesser, Di-rector-General:
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· ?;1:r. ChaTles ·Ma.ck, Moore·svtlle, N.C. ·
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Mr. John Nautel, 925 E. 1 35th St .'; -Charlotte N.c·. ·
Mr. Dewin ·Moses, 25·\7. Myrtle St., Belmont, N.8.
Mr. Joseph Moses, 25 W. yrtle St., Belmont, N.C.
Mr. Fred Saleeby, Salisbury, N: C.
Mr. To Nesser, Salisbury, N. C.
Ur. Saad s. Sir.1on,· 'Salisbury,• ,N:c. ·
Mr. Wad~y H. Francis, Lancaster, $.C.
1U!'. Jol:in Ma.ck, Mooresville, N.Oo
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�-4RADIO PROGRAMS
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I n spite of the fact that the announceoer.t of the time and place of
the various rad io broadcasts spon~~red by our Radio Comr.1ittee, Mrs. Josephine
Sharbel, Chairr.:ian, have no ~ r each( ~he houe office in ti~e for advertiseu ent,
splendid. prog rams, nevert heless , :b.ave b een rendered . It is hopea. tha t future
broadcas ts will r ec ejve ti1.e raaxlr.-,ur,1 a ::l.vertisement. To date, prog raos have
been rend ered as f o llows:
?.i.ay 28th - The Syr i.a.n-~.Ar.1edcan Club at Vicksburg over WQ,l3C
June 13th - Bi rraingha:1 Clubs broai cast over WA.PI
June 2 5t h - San Antonio b roadcast over WOAI, 1120 Kcs.
It wi ll be r ecalled tha t a s ong contest i s to b e held at the coming
convention, for the selection of a song for t he Federation. Several songs
are ready for entry. Those of you who are rau.sically inclined would do well
to make an eff ort in this direction, and have a song ready for entry • •· the
priz e s are worthwhile.
ACTIVITIES
The $ ALE~ of Da llas , Texas, are to be complimented on their successful yearly Syrian Dinners. Thi s year, the dinner was held at the St . Pa trick's
Auditorium with some 250 gues ts served. Open ho~se and a splendid prog rao was
held for the t1embe rs and famili es of t!ie SA LE A.
The Good Citizenship Club of Birmi nghatl s ponsored the Annual Picnic for
the bene fit of the Phoenicia., Club Hoae Fund on Sunday, July 2nd.
The Coast-a-Lites of Gulfport, Mis s , entertaine d with a dance July 2,
1939. (Coast-a-Lites:
..Uloy 1 mates, when are you affiliating? The deadline draws near).
The Lebanon Club of Shreveport , :r.a. h eJ.d their Annual Affa ir. July 4th.
We understand tha t t his was one ' j swe!.11: affa:ll'.
The Amesyr Fraternity, of San J1.r1 tonio , Texas 1 again sponsored the
Fourth Annual Te xas Syrian-~Lebanon Dv.y £;..!ld Soft Ball Tournaoent on the
4 th of July. It is r eport ed. tha,; t h~. n Gle:-,r atio1~ wa s ..1 howling success.
Seven Texas cities sent t-eaos 'v.:i &a::1. -~:•"1",~:1:·.o «:.nd. t.:h~ Tuur:ia.ra,m:t resulted
in a tie be tween t he t e<.lD '.)f "'ih e Jus t F:ci 3nd,::; Clue , of Vh:to ria, and the
team of the Ame sy-.· Fratern.:. t y, o; San )..nt~:r·i .:, , ;me. these two t eari~s , which are
managed b y two bruth~r s , William s. Cat t ao , of y;_ctorlo., and. Eddie S. Cattan,
of San Antonio, will play off t he ti ~ fer :;he ch&rup:l.onc;hip trophey sor:1e time
in the nea r future . The highlight of the 1.,el eb r c:,ti0n. Tas the we lcoraing address
of HonorP.ble Maury Maverick, Mayor o:i' San .cl!',;on:i.o , r,hkh was broad-!ast over the
Columbia National network. Mr. Maverick tracel t he hi sto ry of ovx people and
spoke of their contribution to Ar.le rican l i f e. ~lb :~espons e was deli vered by
Mr. Tom "Jnis, of Tyler. Mr . Solomon Ca~seb , Jr . was 1faste r of IJer eomoni e s.
Other speakers we re: our President Nar.1!, Mr • .H. • ..-"l.. Semo.an. Some 500 or me re
were present at the tournaoent, banquet and do.nee~
LET'S HAVE MORE DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF ACTIVITIES FROM OTHER STATES.
IT WOULD HELP MA.'l'ERULLY IF THE SECRETJUlY OF EACH CLUB WILL ASSUMJll
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ESTIMATING THE NTJMBEB OF PEOPLE WHO HOPE TO ATTEND
THE CONVENTION IN JACKSONVILLE JUID FOR\'i.A.RD SUCH n ,;roBMA.TION ON J\. 1¢ POSTAL
CARD TO THE G-ENEliL CF..AIEMA.N. UR. F"~ P.IZK, P . O. BOX 3433. DON'T OVERLOOK
EXTENDING THIS COURTESY TO A GROUP WHO ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO MA.KE
THIS CONVENTION THE G-TEST IN T ~ _ : : : ~ I O ~
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs, 1939-07
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The official bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs Vol. VIII No. 5 dated July 1939.
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1939 July
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Clubs
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( OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
VOL. VIII, NO . 4, JUNE, 1939.
HOME OFFICE: 1309 GRAND AVE,
FT . WORTH I TEXAS
OONVENTION
A glance at the calendar will awaken you to the fact that it is but
three months until Convention \ttl Get i step f or the march to Jacksonville,
Florida .
, ary Nejam of Jackson , Miss ., Chairman, Convention Committee reports,
in effect:
Mr . Fred Rizk, C nvention Chairman in Jacksonville, Fla., has r epara,ions in progress fo r the C .vention. The George Washington =ot .l ,
w ich i3 the leading hot el of that City, has been selected aa Convent ion
headq1i.al'ters . With only t nre e month a r emaining for the opening session
of the Eighth An.,ual Conventiou in Jacksonville , Fla., in .September, the
~ommi ~~ec from the hos t clul:shas re rted mate r ial progress. ~ n'l,llllber
of Co i ttees have been appoL.1ted to various programs, and plans are
under way to give the visitors one of the bes t Conventions ever held
in the history , and it seems t hat all the South wi ll converge in Jacksonville~ Its location will bring visitors from sections that have heretofore been without represe;:ttation at the conventions - Alabama., South
Carolina, Georgia, Nor t h Carolina and Virginia. The probable attendance
at tne convention is expected t o be at least 2,500. Everyone having
intentions to attend are urged to make hotel reservations at once.
Also , J. • Sabb~ of Jacksonville, Florida, introduces hims elf as Pu.b11ci ty D'recto r of the Convention Cit~ Organization of the 1939 Southern Federation Convention. Mr. Sabbag offers his services.
NEW AFFILIATES
Cheers fr Mr. J.M • .A.bra.ham, Sta te Vice-President of ississippi l
He sendsthem in two at a time . The Home Office is i n receipt of two applications fo r membership in the Federation -- with checks attached -- from Mr .
Abraham, covering entrance of The Good-Wi ll Club and The Genius Club, both
of Jackson , Miss . These applications are now g oing through the usual pr elimir.aries and are in the hands of the President fo r approval .
THE GENIUS CLtm and THE GOOD-WILL CLUB
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W E L C O -~ E
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Reports from Vice-Preside:.1ts of the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana,
North Carolina , Oklahoma , South Caroli,ia, Texas, and Virginia are for t hcoming .
Le t 1 s he.ve favorable reports at your earli est co1weni ence , Vice-Preside1:ts.
----------- It is g ratifyir:g to ,ote tna.t the S~rria.,, Leba.no American Club of Miami,
Florida, is i n t he process of clearing up t neir delinque~ey, as substantiat ed
by COJll!ll'l.ui.ica tion from r . ·u.:e J. Deec Secretar~r .
I
There are a f ew otber deli:,q en+,s f1· ri1 1938 . Vice·-Presidents, you have
a list of +,hose in your State. Let: s cl ear thelJl up this month .
Al bu uer que, N. fi . has a new club; Le ., The Lebanaires. Miss Elizabeth
ic:1.~el is Pte Cb i nna:1 of th EJi r Publicity Cammi ttee. T'.ie LAbanaires is a wide
a·,ai,:r.i or ·sn:1. .... t i .,n ..:.ud i t woulcl. be of nrutual benefit to .ae.ve tl'wm :in the Fed.e:n~.t10•1 . 'ie ..lo t t have an .;q,pu~.r.ted Vice-Presi dent ir. .tfow 1ex:.vo, so let 1:.s
1.!r.e Hor..1e Office is
all :.,e'.:1d ti: ::;, P.. ·, 1: t'
:· 1.vE:1:c~r·e .
exe rting effo t to affilio.t d
·r,:,- iii 21··.1. · ··• ,i1.1J t a little as sisi.a.:.:.c e will do the trick.
Tb.is applies to t he
G :.~'<i ~--•a· Lite s of (h1lfpor t, Mies. and the Alpba Mahlo Chi of Oklahoma City 1 als o.
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-2CONSTRUVE PROGRAM AND
SDIAN
ROOM
Honorable mention 5 oes to the El Awa,.1 is of Beaumont, Texas, for their
most recent cor~tribution of $5 . 00 to the Syri~1 Lebanon Room in the Cathedral
of Learnir.g at the University of Pittsburgh •
.
Mr . J.J. Noss~r, Director-General, of Vicks?Urg, Miss . reports the additional receipt of $2.00 from the .A.lpha Ma.hlo Chi of Oklahoma City and $1.00
from I net ta Abdnor of Ft. lJorth in bel;.c1.lf of the 1939 Constructive Program.
Mr. Nosser requests the inclusion of the follo wing plea:
11 Dear
Fraternizer:
A t-rue fraternizer is he who helps his organizatio·1. to effect its e;r eat
purpo~e. It has its part ir. i1~struction and the fraternizer has i1is p n,rt
in practicing its teachings a..1,d following the i.1structions of the organ ization, or else the purpose of t he org~nization can not be accomplished.
The purpose of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanon-American Clubs
for 1939 is embodied i~ its constructive program which was carefully pla.1u;.ed,
outli11ed and authorized by the Federation at the San Anton io Convention .
The four primDXy objectives of the Federation's 1939 constructive prog ram are as follows:
1. Completion of the $5,000.00 S~rria.n Lebe,non Room
i11 the Cathedral
of Learning at the University of Pittsburg.
2. Creating and perpetuatir..g a Student Loan Fund of $10,000.00.
3. Defense and publicity.
4. Educational Program at every convention.
To effectuate this constructive program or a;.1~r other constructive prograri.1 that may be adopted by the Feder~tion in t he future and bring them out
from a dormant state of t h eory into 1ihe realm of reality, ar.d to ce:.:itralize the responsibility of the execution of t hese constructive prog rams, the
Federation has crea ted a..~ office known as the Office of the Director-General
which is directly in charge and solely respo_1sible to the Federc1tion for
t hei r executioa. The honor and great respoLsibility of this office were conferred and placed upon me at the San Anton io session.
C00PERA.TI0il! I
COOPER-4.TI0N !
Regardless of the time and money t ha.t I may sacrifice, the efforts and
zeal put forth, or the qualifications that I might possess, I can not a.cCOLlplish anything without t h e coopera tion of each and every me:i:Jber of every
affiliated club. I run doing my utmost to do my part ·~ A.re you doing yours?
Upon the success of t h is ?ear's prog ram depends t he success of the programs
of t he following ~rears, and p ermit me to sa~r, the v erJ' destiny and life of
our Federation .
The S~,rrian Coramunity of Vicksburg, h,;issis sippi, which is very small in
comparison to other Syrian-Lebano,1 con.i::mrii tie s i r. othe,:, 1:'-')Wr.s a:nd cities,
has donated $100.00 towards our Cor,structive Progrrun . :ff you do rour sh are
in proportion to the Vicksburg commuri t :r , we car.. all be e:.ssureJ. of tr.e success of the progrn.m ar\d Federetior: .
Raise money by selling t he tickets ser,t ;.rou, b;r sponsor::. i1g parties. da.,"tces,
or ruror,1age sal es specifico.11:r for t h is ~a.use. Ut ilize ~'our· fr_i tiative and :
1-aise t!1e mor.ey imr.·1ediat ely . Forward tl1e proc eeds, .-,hatev3 r the amour. t, with0'1;. t delay to ·our :Ji r ec t or-Ge;.1.e ral (.; . J . lfosser ) , 2208 '{frl.f,hi.ngt,on Etree t,
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It is sincerely urged t hat the dues for the current year be remitted
t o the Ho · e Office a s soo, as pos s ible so the.t credit IJB.Y be posted to the
r es pective clubs al'.d so t '.:a t
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tia l cards for the del egates
at1d
dela., will be occasioned. in preparing creden-
a.lt er-t.ates a t· t ire
001
ver.tion.
CONGRATULATI01S
Sy rica.· Club, Columbia, S.C. -- Congratu l o.tior, s
on your splendid
~ .-;:.u;,.l po.per 11 Syrica. Lifeq It is c ert a.i ~l :r g re.tifyi rig to obse rve a..--:i affiliate
of ou.. Federation pro ~ressive to sucl'?. an extent.
Incidentally, con.g re.tul tions
e i r. order to · r. J. X. David, Jack so?l.ville, Fla.., on. l is el ection to Deput·• Gro.:.: d aster of the Florida Odd Fello\·s
Grru-1d Lodge •
.A.OTIYITIES
From Shreveport, Lv.• , comes t l-:.e a..u.iouncer.·.e11t fro m iss Louise Ferris,
Pub lici t;; 1Aanager of The Leba..i"'lor. Club of Shreveport that:
The Lebanon Club of S~1.reveport 1 La., will hold its annua.l 4TH of JULY
dance il t '1e Washing ton Youree :S:otel. .A.11 are invited.
A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Tie man who wants a garden fairi
$.rna.11 or ver;' big,
With flowers growing here and there,
Must bend his back and dig.
T e thi:1.gs are r. igh ty f evr on earth
T_1s.t wishes ca., attain.
What ere v,e want e f an~, worth
e 1 ve got to work to gain.
It ma.t ters not w:1at goal you seek
Its secret here reposes;
You 1 ve got to dig from week to week
fo get results or roses.
I ;:1etta Abcli.1or
Sec re ta.r;r-Treasurer
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs, 1939-06
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The official bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs Vol. VIII No. 4 dated June 1939.
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1939 June
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( OFFICIAL BULLETIN)
VOL. VIII, NO, 2
MARCH
1939
HOME OF:·'ICE: 2830 WILLING AVE.
FORT ':iORTF., ':'EX..4.S
FEDER.O.TION CC1":1H'l1TEES
Last year, in an effort to recognize the offic e of State Vice - President,
e a c h of these officers was requested to recommend to t h e President the names of
aff ili a tes f r om their respective sta tes in orcl.er ~hat t hes e i ndiv i due.ls might
be named on the Federation. Cora111i tte e s. One would o r d inaril~;r e xpe ct t ha t the
Vice-Pres i dents would we lcol.lie t h e opportu:.,,_i ty t o se r v e the Fede ration and :-ionor
their friends b y reconliueniing t , em for sucn &pr.,oin '., ei.1 t. H v. e·.rer, t h e effort
was fina,l.ly g iven up a,na the apuoir,tu1ents were ma de, wit .. membe r ship fr orn '.'.m ly
those states whose Vice-Presidents hl-'.d rnc1,cl.e such re c om1,3ndat:i.-ms .
This ;.rea r, out of the nine sto. tes only six ha.ve t i.1u2 f a r resp on .e d . ~(o rth
Carolina, Virgi~ia, anti Louisiana are still delinquent. ~ne foll owing ap~ointments to Fed erat i on Couu.ii t t ees are hereby ruade a n ann ounced by the Pre s ident.
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RE SE.4.RC H COi-lf,. I TTEE
:Sill .ttnawaty, Chairman
c/o Po r t Arthur Fews
Port Arthur, Te xas
:i s s
Joe Buttrous
Canton, Mississipvi
Mrs. R. G, Samara
1500 Y•est Winth Street
Oklahoma City, Oklaho1t1a.
Ann Bchorfoush
1108 Eig hth Street South
Birmingham, Alabama
Mr. G. Cratem
2 110 Pearl Street
E. S. Mack
Lexington, South Caroline-..
Jac k sonville , Florida
is s roary Nejam, Chairman
650 South Sta te Street
Jackson, Uississippi
IL 4~bbood
325 ~est Nintn Stree t
Jacksonvi l le, Florida
Mi s s Ruth Shadcad
El k Ci ty , Oklahoma
J cseph
Guaia,lu:oe
Harr :'.'
?. ~ O
Au stL , ·I'exa s
Arthur J . Sh rbel
i5l 9 Sixteen t h Str ee t South
Ri.:. nr :.::.1v rc ,t:n . ~ 1abama
G, M. H,vki l
1237 Lincoln Stre et
Coltmlbia, Sou t ~ Ca r li na
EDUCA':'IO·•! C: OiJJi• IT':'EE
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J5va E.
u-i , Cha:'.r·,r1an
.: • A . S emaal:
33'3:$ •~_, :· ~i
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GklA.hvmL 1~ l. Ty , Okls..itoma
c/o Allen Furniture Store
Corpus Chri s ti, Texas
Dr. H . A, Tulkcu.;·i e
~-:·.-.r ::in J:su .i l J..:. ng
2,j J'.' i ngharr,, 9,. ) a:Jruna
Abe She r man
Clarksda le , ·11s s i s s ippi
iii . s AUl.aleile ·,1a,.:.1D,r...1
.A . E . Hazouri
St .e13t
Ool·unb:i.a , Sou t.-i Caroli na
Jackso nville , Flo rida
J.10R ~Ic od l'.'OiV
601! Libe rt:r Str e et
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RADIO CO ;:, ITTEE
:-.irs . Josephine Sh· rbel , Chairman
1519 Sixteen th Stre e t South
B;rmi ~nam, Alab, aa
E . J. A:roub
2006 Sumt e r Stree t
Columbia, Soctn Carolina
.: ~·s . J . · . Farris
J~r..a: .-1 Sli~ eet
40'?,6 Le Higb. Street
Vi<.;~sbu.rg ,
Jack sonville, Florida
John Sri.bba.g
H ss .
M:ss Fre eda Kouri
Solomon Cfasseb , Jr ,
Soutn Texa s Ba nk Bldg .
Sa.i~ .....r. toni o , .i.. exas
33~3 1'l 'ortr.. tria:- Street
Oklahoma Cit ;_r , Oklahoma
CZ. RI _ _ COti;";.iITTEE
i,:rs . J . K. Da vid, Cha irman
1605 Avcnd ... le ve .
J acksonville, Florida
•: r s . F . K . :Bar ket t
1301
tr- •,·;es te r i
0 laho 11:•. City , Ok lahoma
A • J • Touckl~•
nOI Unis
Un iversi ty of Texas La 1 School
Austin , Texas
3~26 Ro sewoo Drive
Colur,~ia, South Ca rolina
S. N. Thomas
aogers Bite
Title Bui l ing
Birmingh~m , Alabama
971 ~ob·uscn Street
Jackson, Mississip:<Ji
Corru,,ittee Chairmen are r equested to e.rra uge pr g rams of Activities for
t neir c ommit t ees and to coi.mun icate imi: edia.tel:1 wit t · e embers o their committe e .
LE:BA.1-JON ROO
All a ffiliates are urged to redouble t h eir efforts to r a ise t h e necessary
fu...1ds for the Room in the Cathedra l of Le1-trning a.t the Universi t ;,r of Pi t tsburg .
Altl1ough we h av e b een rec e iving i[1UC- n e eded a ssistance fr om other sect i ons of
our c o ntr:; , we si 01).ld not l ose s i ,i t of t he fact ti ·:i.t t li is project .:.?.s origi .all:
s tarte ' by u s and that it is a .,. d s houl b e our ri vile ·e t o see it t Lro h . :Bunce pa rti es , an evening social, or a r s,ffle may b e hell ;,..n · the proc eed s sent i
to t e SE!c retar ~.r-Treasurer t be tr;;,11s1.rii t ted to t he committ ee in cna i-ge of t hi s
a c ti vi t:·. Again all are urg d t h elp g et t c1i s p r j ec t finished t is year.
CONSTRUCTIVE PROGR/u,i
T.1 r esnonse to t h e Director-Gen e r ~1 •s end ~avor re~nrdin
funds f or t r.e
U('n.;~·ruc.tive Pro r run , tile follo rdn5 ,e.ve cont ri but ed t the u·,os t ort 1:,· c ause:
<.::trr'i
.iun ri can La.dies' Club, Vicksbur g , ;,ii ss iss i-.., ,i
C:.y -a..~ Gi:.~ s 1 Frien 1 Glub , u s tin, Tvx:t"
::-· e Young P' oer, i.c ic:i.n Club, J c ck sonvi lle , flo ri,ia
·,i r. Sori.1 Abr · · , Cle u.:s a.ale , ·~is si ss l p"!li
t:ir . E . G. iosser, Cl; .r k scta le, Ais s is sippi
'\iir . E. J • . braham, Clarksdale , ~; i sissip ii
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J. brahari,, Ch,. rks ale , ·· i ssi s s ippi
,r . r . E . .An tone , Houston , Texas
·;r. 11 Bill 11 A.nawa t ~• , Port Arthur , TE>xas
~: r . J . · , . Abraham, Jackson , 1:iss .
:-.r. n _ ;·d Buttross, Canton, " iss .
ii!i s Mamie Ellis, Jacks on , Mis s.
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T!-', omas , Ju0k son , i•:i s s .
Mr. , iii.. R, ry:~om'l.s , ,.-a-:ks0n, i·:i ss .
Mr . lfathan ,i '.lt·1ul:'. , ~Taek s0n , t1ii ss .
Mr . Gee_ J:g e ti l mon : J acJrs on, Hiss .
ifr . lL H, 'i'homas , J a c k son , ::i ss .
Mr .$. N . Th0mas , J a c l:.:son, l,;iss ,
ACTIVITIES
The Amesyr :1l'r r,t e rni t :r of Sn.;, A:1t onio , Tf· xas , sponso r e d a su,-ppe r and
dance on the ev ening of Februa.r;r 12 . The p roc eeds went i nto t h e Builo.ing Fund.
Presiden-r, 0,1sseb s a ys, 11 It won t b e long now • 11 He is, of course, ref e r ring
t o the p r cposed h olJle of t he Ames;ir s .
~he L 1Ent~sar of Hou s t on , T~xa s , unde r the leadership of J a lal Antone ,
sponsc - e d !?The Fi rs t Anrn:~;;,.l :Bcl.sketba ll Tourr>.rut.ent '' on Suno.a:,, the 26th dc>.y
c:f: i eb L-uar,v . A banq_u.et (ty-oicD-1 '' ool c o, .. tr;r" din,·,er) a nd a dar.c e f o l l owed
t~1e t our:·, t.1ne:1t . Teru.ns p :1rticipc~ting i n t he tournament v•e r e fr om the citi e s
oi Bet.i.umo1it , Hou s t m; , Port Ar t hur, Sa..-. .!i.ntonio L',l.16. Vic tori a . Chrunpionship
ho::1or s v-e r e c a r r i ed. away b ~t the Beti.wrlo,, t teem • • • • BUT, did Vie.~oti a f urn ish
a bi t o f c omba t ?
This 0ccas1011 p roved t o be a g r a n1.1. success . It is hoped t hl•, t othe r
ci t ies wi l l n,va i l ther11se lve s o f the opportuni t ;r of ent e ring i.i., t o tr.i s c lea.11
s r,o" ~ i r t he c oming ;,ear s.
i'fEW YORK 'S YiORLD FAI R
7he Repub l ic o f Lebci:10: , t he n·.•tive l a nd of mar,y of our r.~f f ilia tes ,
is p.,rti<, h ,n t i :;,1g with a :t exhibit ir, t h e ~-iew York ' s ',fo r hl Fa ir, We a re t~d-v " sod t ~·. ~.t, t r,e other gove.r 1·,me..1t s f r om whenc '"' s orue of us ha.il declir,ed. to s o
·,x. n : c ,_,},pc..•.i- tl . 'i'here is r,o doubt cher e v:i l l b e uiuc,:, of i n t e r est i n t n is p a rt ·c---.: L.r Px_:1ibi 1.; fo r al l of u s .
A trip to rfow ;"ork a f t e r the Jac k so:i:.v ill·e
:Joi ·~ <J,1 ,i ' ,; o..:· p e:-ha ps b e f o r e , wi l l no doub t n rove one of g ren t deal of i n,:exest d.:·d. pl6t•.su .:e to tho s e who co,~! a rrn.ng e to Htfl.ke it . Le t• s lce ep this i rt
111:\ ~·d .
·J:h,3 Republi c of Leb ·.1r,o;,, i s spen di :·,g \~ 10 0 , 000 on its e xbibit .
lj_'he 7th An, fUEJ,l Cc: r n i va l Dn r.ce g iver, b:r t he Syrian-Ame rican Ol ub of
liievr Or l e c1,ns turned out •i;o b e ~- r,1o s t e :1,:\ o?n:olc a f f o.i r f r or;, 6"v·?r :.r n.nt::'\::i . •
I n e t t a A'cd:;'.)r
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs, 1939-03
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The official bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs Vol. VIII No. 2 dated March 1939.
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1939 March
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VOLUME X, No.3 -- December 1940
Home Office: 1212 U.Robertson Stree t
:ew Orleans . Loui siana
Christms.s is the c ele·oration of the birt! of Chrisi;, tLe only Son of our
God, Who lived on this ear·th and suffered dea th b:,,- crucifixion !>O that other ma.;ynot perish but have et ernal life.
"For God so loved the world , that He 13&.ve h i s only be6 otten Son, tl1at
whosoev er believeth i11 Him should not p e rish , out have everlasting life."
11 Glo ry be to the Fat ;.er a.ad to t11e Son
cl ·to t l'le Holy Gh ost. As it was
in the beginning, is now, and ever st.all be, world ,.ithout end . Amen. 11
Let us observe this Christmas rri th the spirit of Christ and with kindly
t houghts . Let us, t he ro?.fore, rejoice a."1d be merrr anfi greet one ancthe r wi th a
cl ean r1eo.rt . Let us l ove not {ml y in words !li.1d t01:i.gue, but al s o in deed aml i n
truth; for He Whose b i rth we are celeb1·a.ting cor.irJa;1ds u.s to love o:re D..not. er .
Let us, therefore, at t his grea:best festival of k1e who l e yea r remember
t~os e l ess fortunat e t llon we . ,4ake this a !1r1ppy season fer some f.9.mily or indiviclu.a.1; for the good Book read s : 11 It is more bles s ed to g iv e than to receive. 11 t1God
l oveth "l. c·1ee rful giv e r . 11 Con tri'bution t oward. 'the F.e de r a ti. 0:1 duca t for.c.l p rog rar;,
i ~ a;J.so a \"fOrtl.y ea:use, ,ancl , e sLould. ;,1ot ov·e da ok this o~po1,:tunit~r.
We , as American s , living in God's bless ed. country, si1ould b e t i'.ankful
more t han ever for tl1e privil ege s v;e enjoy a s citiz en s of a c ·.ristia:."1 end. civiliz ed
nation.
I am happy and proud. that m.a.ny of our boys in almost everr part of our
Sout.1ern j urisdicti on lav e a.i"'lsv;er ed t he ca ll of our country a.n l have enlist ed in
its land, sea , and .iir fo'r c e s .
It is urme.c e s sar.ir to stat e , bec.:::.u s o, e know it to be a fact , that t!'le
spiri t of pat rio tism and. lcy,' llty i s a dominating factor in the lives of all our
p eople . They have nlna ys been v.m.ong ti.e f irs t to contribut e libera l ly and to t!'le
limit, whether it b e mcne;' or ITh:.'1,n- powc r.
So, to you ancl ;/ours, a nd our p c~op le ev erywl::e r e , I ext er.d the sel'l.son 1
gree tings and t he h ope o.nd pruyer fer a ve ry merry Cnrist;;·ins u..., d pro sp erity t !".rough
ou.t the c orui 1g y ear .
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II CT:RI $'!'!./.AS
:Sy
M. Abrahru:i1 , Pr e s i dent
i{F.!LODY11
Evn Kouri
I hea r ·t~. e swee test nu.sic fl ov,ti ng thn.,. 1 -the air,
· · And ech oing gl a d tidings ; r esolli1~illG ever;rw~ere:
A swee t, c e l e sti a l rae l oc..y t bat r ing s f r om up a.bove:
J. It fills Llj' s oul nith :tr.i.pt~r e ; ·· y :1e.:i.rt with sa cr ed. love:
It sings a. j a~~fu.l me ss age , L1o st precious one 0:1 earth;
'.i.11.e g rar.des t s tory eve,: told: Cl".ri s t, ti e Savi our ' s birth.
�1-IBW YEAR I S EVE BALL
One of t h e out s ta.:.~d in6 socia l events of the South i s t he New Year's Eve
Ball given annually by the Syrian American Men 1 s a._>10. 1adies 1 Club of Vicksburg ,
Uississipp i .
This year marks the t wenty--firs t annive rsary of the event, with ea.ch
one becoming raore memorable than t he p r ec13eding . Get a crowd together and drive
to Vicksburg for thi s gal a event, \7h e re you can usher in the lfow Year midst fun
and frolic.
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t.nHTF..,D STATES IS GIVEN PRAISE IN SYRI~T PROGRAM
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From Edward G. Murr in t h e University of Texas cowes au inte resting mess age and newspape r clipp ing which shows t h e f ine recognition being given our more
progressive Syrians in colleg iat e life.
liir . Murr informs us t h a.t t he Syrian group was e.;iven t h e honor recen tly
of conducting the prog ra::n before t he Int e rnational Club of Texas U. The success
of this raeeting ca n be illustrated in the following news item which appeared in
the University pape r:
11 U. S.
Is Pra ised in Syria n Program"
11 From t h e pldest nation in t he world to one of the young est,
and from a nation that has produced some of the mo st aristocratic
men in h istory to t h e most ,;.eBocra tic na tion , 11 l/.ich ael Saad, grad'ltate engineering student from Syria , said of l'lis country before
the Interna tional Club l a st night.
His p r og rar,i included 11 Au erica , 11 the nat ional ant!1e1.1 of t:-.e
Lebanese Republic, and a song composed by one of 'Ghe musicians
Anthon:,• R. Ferris, entitled 11 God Ble ss Uncle Sar.!:ij•. 11
11 We
b eli eve in a e;ov e rru~ent of t he p eo:9le, by the p e op le, and
for the p eople , " Sa£,.d concluded , 11 and we look to t he United Sta t e s
as the hope for the future , and the exar.1pl e for us to follow . 11
We l earn further froi:, r.ir. ;"''u.rr COl1ce r:.1ini::; the group ' s activity in Austin,
is t h rough such mecliu.i..s as t :1ese t hat· ~:1e a :te a ble to s:1ow t o t h e other nationa lities without any confus ion our right ,plac e in t ~e world , t h r ough our rich h e rit age. The p eople of Aus tin wer e v e ry l~H p ful i n h e l p ing us present our Syrian
prog r am ever t h e air, which con s isted of s in5 ing s ome old. Arabic song s. 11
11 It
Edm:,,r d is a t pres~nt ve ry active i n a ttet1pting to indu.ce s evera l Texas
clubs to b e cor.1e a ffili a t ed with our Federation, and we trus t and k:1ow, that he
will meet with great success .
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FEDERA~ION SONGS PUBLISHED
Th.e t wo b eautiful and expre s s ive Fed eration song s coi:ip osed by Misses
Eva Kouri and Loui se Ya zbeck hav e been publishe d t h rough t h e kindness of Miss Yazb eck .
Copies conta ining both song s have b een s ent to all club s a ffiliat e d with
t he Fed e ration, to be sold to t heir i1emb e rs for t he nomina l sur.i of t wenty-fi1Ze c ents
All clubs a r e sinc e r e l y reque st ed to s ell t~;.ese s ong s an d 1!1a ke r e turns to
tl:i s office a s soon as po ss ible . More copies a r e a va il abl e s!i.Ould anyone de sire
tl·.em .
Le ts all b egin now t o l ear n t hese s one;s by s ingine; t he,;1 at our l ocal
club meetings , and when we meet in our convent ion :in Cohm1bia, S.C. n ext fall we
can all j oin in one g rand s ongf esto
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MINT~JF.A EESHI V· Secretar y-Trea sure r
S01:.t her n ] 'eder o.tion of
S;rria,:. Ar.1er i can·-Leba :.10n Clubs
�COKSTITU'.UON
NATI ONAL FEDERATION OF Ar.fE;."tICA.!J s·1f.I.i(s.i
THE
LEBANESE
CLUBS
PREAMBLE
We , citizens and r e sidents of tne United States of America, being of Syrian and
Lebanese origin, and 1'1.Cting th'rnug}:l r epreserr~atives of our r egional federations ,
assembled at Troy, Nsw Yurk, or. Sat\l.:s.dc?.y and Sunday, Octob er 2 and 3 , 1937 , do
hereby form t he National Fecle:rat.'.. on cf .American Syrian and Lebanese Clubs , and
ordain the following articles to be our Constitution :
This Fede ration shall b e named !'National Federatfon of American Syrian and
Lebanese Clubs11 , hereinafte r referred to as the National Federation.
ARTICLE II
The purposes of this Federation shall be:
1. To support the Constitution of the United States and strengthen
our allegiance to its government .
2. To install i11 our people due appreciation of the privileges of
American citizenship and the duties attendant therewith,
3 . To r evitalize and p erpetuate our racial contribution to civilization , and work for the spi r itual and material welfa re of our
people,
AR'2ICLE III
Comoosition
Section 1. This National .ll ederation shall be com) os ed of the present regional
fed e rations , name ly: ~ e Syrian and Lebanese .American Federation of the
Eastern States, Southe rn Federat.;_01~ of Syrian LebD.nor;.-3\merican Clubs, Midwest
Federation of ;miericun ~oci eti es and any ot~er r egional federations which
may hereafter be formed , provided. tha t no suc:1 organiz0.tion be recognized us
a f ederation unless it be comp9sed of not less tnan ten socities, representing
te::.1 cities or town s in a.t least t hree state s of the United States of America.
Section 2, All t he power and authority of this National Federation to decide
policy and procedure shall be ves t ed in:
a. A Conventi on ,
b. A President, Vic e-Presiden t, Secretar~• and Treasurer, together with
c. An 'B;xecutive Board , which shall consist of the President of each
r egiona l f ede r a tion, ancl four additional members frora e~~c:'. r :-.. ional
federa tio:1 who are to b e e lected at the r egional f ed erations 1
respective meetil1gs fo r a period of two :,rears, and hereafter shall
.-., bA ,':'•o·,:•:-:. . .:-1,s j.el ee;at es a t l a r ge .
Section 3. The Pre siden t, Vic e· -President, of the National Federation shall be
elected in order named above by a majority vot e of t ~e delegates present at
the National Convention meeting, for a t err,1 of two years. The n ext co1~vention
city sha ll b e selected i n like r.10.nner , and shall b e the last order of business.
Section 4 . Each d e l egat e shall b e entitled to one vot e , D-nd t 11e numb er of de legates frorJ each r egional f etl e rat ion , i n add.i tion to i t s deJegates at l a1·ge ,
shall be det er:nined 0 11 t ~1e bo.s is of one clel egar.e for eacl-1 t,ff iliate 1t1ember club
of tha t federa.tio;:1, p rovic':.ed such G. club has 'be en a ,11ember in cood s tandii.,g of
its r egional f ederation fo;r no t l ess than 0rie ;--e~r pr·i ? ; to ti;.e c o::.wention of
t he National Federation t.o which such delegat 3 is cccredi ted ,
!'.
Section 5, Voting b:,r p roxies m:.1y he allowecl t :, a:1:1 r e6 :;.ona.l federa,tion, but not
to exceed 30'fo of the reg::.on.::LJ <leJ egates t.o wh:~c h a r egicinal f eo.eration may be
entitled.
�Sec tion 6 . Any person wh o i s eltgJ.-Gl e to "h o l 1 oinc e in a regiona l f ede r a t ion,
and i s a citizen of the United st~tes , s ha ll b e elig ible to hold offic e i n t he
National Feder a t i on .
Sec t ion 7 . Uomination of off ic e:::s nw.y be mad e by a n ;;r d elegate on t h e floor of
the convention, an d vo ting sba:~:;. 1;e ·vJ' open ba llot, an d sl1a ll continue until a
majo r ity fo r ori.e nomi nee for- ev,ch offi r.;e i s obta i ned .
Section 8. A quorum f or the purpo s e of transacting any- business at the convent ion shal l consist of any numb e r of ofr'ice rs an ...~ del ega tes pre s ent. A quorum
for the purpos e of trans uc ting bus iness at t,,n;,· mee ting of t he Executive Boa rd
shal l consist of a t l ea s t one office1· a.~1a. s i x mer.1bers from at le8.st t hree
r egional f ede r a t i ons .
Sectiol'l 9 . The first Natiorw.l Convent ion shall b e hel d in 1942 , t he da te and
plac e t o b e sel ect ed by tl1e Executive Boa rd .
Section 10. The p roceedh:gs of all meetings of t he conv entio:.1 and Executive
Board, unle ss othe rwise sp eci f ied , shall b e gover ned b;' Rober.t I s Rule s of Or de r Revised Edi tion .
ARTI CLE fV·
Du.ti e s of Individua l Office rs
Section 1. The Presi den t s11all p r e side a t all sessi ons of t he conve;.1t i on ar,d a t
all meet i ng s o f t h e Execu.ti ve Boa rds , with t he cons ent of foe mD.jori t y of the
Executive Board ,· whicl1 conse~t ma;r b e obt a i n e:5. i~1 writing ; he may ca ll a r:ieeting
of t he Execu.ti v e Boa rd ; l:e shall 110.ve power to ap::)oint all co1:·u,1itt ee s ro~d to
d esignat e i,1di vi duals to perforr11 il'ede.ra~ion se:tvkes ; l: e sl:c.11 be ex- offi cio
memb e r of all com;nit t ee s ; ~e shall supervise a ll a c t i vi t i es D.;.1d a ffa irs of t he
Federo.tion ; and 1:e shp,11 b e conside r ed t h e ch i ef £.?.dlni n i s t ra.tive a,1cl execut ive
offic e r of t h e Fed.er atio:i., &nswerable onl y to t he lfational Fede r a tion in conv enti on asse,.,bled .
Section 2, I n cc.s e of va cD:..1 cy in t l: e off ice of Presid.e:1t be r eason of death ,
r esi gnati on , or r emoval from offic e , the Vice-Pr eside11t sho.11 a utora..1.t ica lly
b ecou e Pre sider,t for tne u.11e:J1."})ired t ef.:.1 of off ice . He shall a l so b e ch i ef
office r of ev e r y r.aec. t i ng or conven tion whe~1 t he Pre side;:1.t i s abse;,--it.
Sec tion 3 . The Secretar y shall k eep true an d a ccura t e r.ii nut e of all r,1eeti:1gs
of t he c onventions ; shall k eep r eco r ds. of a ll t he :10.1:.es a;.1d. a ddr es se s of o.11 t he
de l egat e s, offic e rs 3.n d. co:·.u,,i t tees of t i1e lfa.tional Fed eratio:.:1 ; sl:.al l i n t he same
capaci t y a lso uct a s Secr e t ~.r y for t he Executive Board; anQ s~al l have t ~e c£.?.r e
and cus t ody of a ll books , pc,p e r s , and. correspondenc e of t h e Fed e r a tion .
Sec!j os_~4 ~ TI'..c ~ -rec:tst1r 8 r she.1..1 ~e~ei v e o.r.Ld keep rec orc1.s ~- ~ true D-~~c,,.r..te of a ~.l
t :C1e moneys o-f' the ::J'e de :ro.tio,10.ncl g i ve r eceipts -c:1er fo re , c.i:.ci. sign a ll craecks, r eport o.11 money s r ec ei v ec'.. and expe~1d ed by :1it1 o.s Treasure r o.t t te conv entions ,
Executive Boa.rd 1'6eeti ngs and when ev e r r equired by t he Presi der,t o r tl1e Ex ecutive
Boo.rd . Ee shal l f u.rni s!1 u b on,:l whe:..1ev er he i s so r equ.irei i:: t :i:1e ~..our.t .
an d. mMne r whi ch r.iay b e p r e scri b ed b~r t he convention o r E~tec u tive 3o~rd . He
s ha ll n ot exp end o:n.y f w., ds of t he Federation or i ncur e:,,;,~, fina,--ici-:11 ob liga t i ons
unle s s t!'l.e sarne b e first appropria t ed by t l"1e Exec u tive ] 0,.1.rcl , but i ri case of
emer genc y he may expend such f u.,,1.s as r:1D.cle nec esso.r:,,· b y t he er.1er6 ency wi t i". t h e
a pp r ova l of the Presi cl en t of the Fed e r a t i o:1 and tr.e Exec ut i ve Bo..ird.
ARTICLE V
Dut i es _a.no. Powe r s of the Execu ti·:!.~E92 r q_
Section 1. The ao.1i11ist rl'.tive power of t ::1e ii2.tiona:i. Feo.et"-:.i;ion and enfor cer.:en t
of i ts Cons ti t ut ion shal l be veste::'. in t ne Executi,,e :soa::-t .,
Section 2 . The .Executiv e Boa.rd shall : :1old o.t l e:::..i:; t one r.1 eeting a yeo.r . Such a
meeting s hall be l:el d i n conju.,,~';ion with one of tl:e a::ir:11:'11 conventions of t r.e
r egional federe.tions . Oth e r weet ir,gs of t i:e Exec-at ive hoa:d m-3.y, whennec e s sary,
b e ca lled by t l:e P resid.e nt of t he Federa.t i on, wi tl: the advi ce a."J.d. c on sent of the
majority of its mei:1bers. The request of tr,e P r esiden t sht1.ll set fo rth t he time ,
pla c e and rea sons fo r t he cnlling of the Exec-c.t i ve Boe;.d -i:;o c>onve;.1e.
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�Section 3. The Executive ]caret s ha::.l :have the p ower to define insubor ci.inat i on ,
causes for removal or punishment of a.ny o-::t·1~er or officers, inciic t such offic er
or offi cers and report its indictment to the convention for whatever action i t
may deem proper.
Section 4 . '...'h e Executiv(:: Board :3JJa:l.l at a:,.1t1ttes advise and counsel with the
President, and in union wi t.h th<:J N~t,iorn;.l liederation officers decide and determine policies and procedures for ttle --enact@ent of the provisions of t he Constitution and the fulfillment of Hs members: wishes as manisfested at the convention.
Section 5 . The Executive Board shall elect its own chairman , who vlill act as
spokesman for the Boa.rd.
~P.TI CLE VI
Du.ti.es and Powers of Delegates
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Section I. I t shall be the dutJr of every delegate to attend the conve;1tions of
the National Federation during his term of office. No delegate shall be ad.raitted
to the convention as such unless he carries written credentials signed by the
President and Secretary of his regiona]. federation.
Section 2. The expense of an? deleg ate or officer to t he convention or Executive
Board meetings shall be the concern of his or her regional federation.
Section 3 . All alternate delegates substituting for t he regional delegates shall
have all the du.ties and powers of the reg io:.1al delegat es.
Section 4. All disputes as to the credentials of u na tional delegate or alternate shall be decided by a Credentials cou~~ittee to be appoiuted by the President at each c0nvention in nhich tl1e disput arises. The members of this committee shall be selected from t:r.e members of the Executive Board.
ARTICLE VII
TJ:-,e ?;atio;w.l I'ederatio;.1 shall b e non-sec1;arj.a.n in religion e,nd non-·:pt\ri sa,1. in
politics .
ARTICLE VI I I
Comr.1i ttees
(a ) Rules Committ ee - to formulate rules for t he convention meeting.
(b) aesolutions Coll1filit tee - t o r eceive, formulate and present r esolutions to t he Executive Board and to t ne convention.
(c) Ways and Means Committ ee - to study and r ecoi:ir,.end me thods for the
financing of tl1e Federation , ancl to bud.get expenses for t l·.e ensuing
two years.
No corm:iittee is to have rr,o r e tl~an seven mer,1b ers, and each r egional federation
mu.st b e r epresented 0;1 each corm:.1i t tee.
Cor,nni ttees are to be appoL·1t ed with i n sixty days :following t:,e convention and
for a period of t wo years.
ARTICLE I X
This Cons ti tntion nay b e ar,1ende.d by three-quarters vote 0: +:1use p r esent and
voting at t he Biennial Cor,vention of the lif.:.l.tional ll'e6.e r·c.t :.,):.-~.
ARTICLE X
Ra tifj.cation
Section 1. When ratUi:ied b y the four r egional feier-ations a.escribed i n Section
1 of Article III, o.nd in the manner prescribed in t~1.e :following sect io!1 , this
Const itution shall beco,.1e vulid and bindi:i~ in all its p r ovi sions .
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�Sec tion 2. Upon ratification by en.ch f ecler ;:..tion, t hu t fact s i:10.ll b e certified
to eac;i of the o t_.er t:1ree reg ional federa ti ons by the Pr es i . :,. ent and Secre tary
of t he ratifyi ng fed eratio,.. rih en t~:e l::i.s t suc::-i 1\.1tifich,ti or. is so certified. ,
t :::e Pre sident of en.c_·, r egionn.l f edera tion sho.11 so notif~• i a •uri ting the Presiden t of t b.e nrovision-..1 Federation.
Section 3. ~pon r ec eipt of r.otic f:s fr om t he 1?reside,1ts of r e · iona.l f ede ro.tions,
as provided for i ..,. Section 2 of this article, t !-;. Pr sideT1t of tl e Provisioaal
Nationa l Feder1\ti o~1 s hall 11.ot ify t l e otli.e r h1e1i1b e rs of t h e oar:i and vd th their
a dvice and consent t ke st ep s to pr epa.r E.: for r.md c-ill to co:.wene t l e first
convention of the Nati o.1111 Feder tio •
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Official Bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs, 1940-12
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The official bulletin of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs Vol. X No. 3 dated December 1940.
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1940 December
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1940s
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