MRS. H. CECIL HEATH Is World’s W.C.T.U. Secretary

White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 6, 1 July 1946, Page 4

MRS. H. CECIL HEATH Is World’s W.C.T.U. Secretary

The death of Mrs. Agnes E. SlackSaunders, whom we will affectionately remember as Agnes Slack, left a vacancy in the office of secretary of the WDrld's W .C.T.U. She had ser\' the organisation for fifty years and was known by our members everywhere. Article IV of the By-Laws of the World's W C.T.U. is as follows: "The general officers are empowered to fill vacancies which occur among the general officers or superintendents in the interim of conventions”

You can appreciate that the officer> felt it a great responsibility to name a new secretary. After careful consideration and much prayer a decision was made. The new secretary is Mrs. H. Cecil Heath, 2 Bolters Lane, Banstead, Surrey, England. Mrs. Heath is a hriend and has long been identified with the British VVoinen’s Total Abstinence Union. .Her husband is general secretary of the United King dom Alliance and an outstanding Temperance advocate in England and other lands.

Mrs. Heath was a great friend of \gnes Slack, and her husband is one of the executors of the estate. Wi are assured that she is i fine speaker, has marked organising ability, is a gifted writer and an able secretary. Should she be re-elected at the Toronto conference, * »ie is one of the younger women experienced in W.C.T.U. work, who would be able to sene during se\eral terms of office.

We extend to Mrs. Headi a hearty welcome as she undertakes the work. She will edit the Bulletin, which was founded by Mrs. Slack-Saunders as a means of communication between the workers all around the world. We hope that every country will send her news that may be printed in the Bulletin, thus continuing the work begun nearlv fifty vears ago. ELLA A. BOOLE, President, World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union.