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We POCked Picnic for
ROSEMARY DAVIS Postmistress of the WLW Mailbaq Club
The WLW Mailbag Club held its annual picnic in Cincinnati on July 19.
That in itself is not unusual. The picnics have been held every year, except during the war, since 1933. Neither is it unusual that six states were represented by the nearly 3,000 members in attendance. Nor that many drove all night to be on hand . . . that entire chapters arrived by chartered bus. It happens every year.
What is unusual is the very nature of the club itself. Since its establishment by WLW in 1928, the membership has grown to more than 10,000 — with members in 43 states, Canada, England, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand and India. Nearly one-third of the members are shut-ins and physically handicapped persons. The rest are persons who, like WLW, are interested in actively helping these shut-ins — to lend en
couragement, create new interests, make new friends . . . anything to combat what otherwise might be a very dreary, neglected existence.
For its own part, WLW provides the Postmistress and two fulltime assistants, broadcasts a weekly Mailbag Club program, publishes a monthly Club newspaper, and has established a Craft Shop through which many members have become self-supporting by the sale of their handiwork.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the
only club of its kind in existence with scores of chapters actively organized for the sole purpose of bringing sunshine and cheer into the lives of the less fortunate . . . which aids materially in the maintenance and livelihood of other unfortunates.
The history of the WLW Mailbag Club and its activities is truly heartwarming and real ... a humanitarian project which The Nation's Station is indeed proud to have established and encouraged.