Garden Club of America 
Meeting of the Council of Presidents 
A meeting of the Council of Presidents of the Garden Club of 
America was held at the residence of Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt, 820 
Fifth Avenue, New York City, on October 7th, at 10:30 a. m. Those 
present were: 
Albemarle President Newport President 
Allegheny President North Country President 
Amateur Alternate North Shore Alternate 
Bedford Alternate Orange and Dutchess Alternate 
Cincinnati President Philadelphia Alternate 
East Hampton President Philipstowt.- President 
Fauquier and. Loudoun Alternate Princeton President 
Greenwich President Ridgefield '. .President 
Hardy Garden Club President Rumson Alternate 
Illinois Alternate Rye President 
James River President Shaker Lakes President 
Lenox President Short Hills President 
Litchfield President South Hampton President 
Michigan President Summit President 
MiLLBRooK President Ulster Alternate 
Montgomery ANoBELWVAJREPresident Warrenton Alternate 
Morristown President Washington Alternate 
New Canaan President Wilmington Alternate 
Not Represented: 
Chestnut Hill Harford County Middletown Trenton 
Cleveland Hartford Pasadena Twenty 
Denver Lake Geneva Santa Barbara Weeders 
Green Spring Valley Somerset Hills 
At the proposal of Mrs. Oakleigh Thome, of the Millbrook Garden 
Club, duly seconded, it was 
Voted: To omit the reading of the minutes of the last meeting of 
the Council of Presidents inasmuch as they had been published in 
the July Bulletin. 
The Treasurer when asked for her report begged to be excused from " 
giving a formal report, but gave an informal outline of the funds on 
hand. 
. ^ l-ix.-wcE The question of finances was then discussed. The President stated 
■ Committee that there was a strong feehng against allovnng a few generous persons 
to bear the financial burden of the organization. After discussion it 
was 
Voted: To recommend *jat the Board of Directors be asked to 
create a Finance Committee which would present a budget for the 
consideration of the Directors. 
