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 ZONTA CLUB of FORT WORTH
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE WOMEN

March 6, 1959
M
iss Gladys Pittinger
1517 Eighth Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas

Dear Miss Pittinger,

Because of your will to serve mankind and because the execution

of this desire has reached far in helping others, the Zonta Club
of Fort Worth wishes to honor you at a dinner the evening of
March 25, 1959. /

Zonta is an international classified women's service organization

of executive women in business and the professions, having service
as its main objective. Among the service aims of Zonta is the
promotion of women everywhere. One of the avenues through which
the local club achftftves this aim is to honor women who have gone
beyond the line of duty in service in their business or profession.
And by so doing have contributed personal service in the promotion
of civic activities which make for a better community.

This year the Zonta Club of Fort Worth has chosen you and Mrs.
Irma Marsh, whom they feel are worthy of the honor of being the
recipient of our Service Award for 1959. The Public Affairs
Committee id proud to notify you of this decision and trust that
we may have your approval and willinghess for the club to proceed
with plans for the dinner on March 25, at which time the presenta-
tion of the award will be made.

We shall look forward to hearing from you and having your consent.

Moflt sincerely,

Public Affairs Committee

Pauline Muller, Chairman
Mabel Bennett
Catherine Carlton
Julia Chrisman
Bonne M. Enlow
Mary Hargrove
Elisabeth Ridgway
Marjorie Seyster
Celeste Turpin
Louise Yancey
 THE ZONTA CLUB OF FORT WORTH
Cordially invites you to attend their
ANNUAL SERVICE AWARD DINNER
Wednesday, April 1, 7:00 p.m.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM, HOTEL TEXAS

Honoring
GLADYS PITTENGER
IRMA MARSH

Reservations by March 28th

ED 5-9900 Price of Dinner $3.75

Mail check to: Mary Martin, 715 W. Belknap

 R E S O L U T I O N

tfHEREAS, the ZontL ub of Fort Worth, Te: :, havinG chosen to

honor Miss M. Gl ys Pittenger, Supervisor, City re Department,

y of Fort 'th, with its .1 : -rd for service to the community

over and beyo the c .1 of 'duty; and,

WHEREAS, ss Pittenge- ] iven lonr evote service to

the citizens of Fort Worth ; the f st and only i sor of the

If are Department; I '., TIE FORE,

EE IT RESOLVED BY THE \K OF THE CITY OF FORT ;TH, TEX :

T: : the Zonti for recognizi the dedicated

-/ice Miss ] tten r has to the needy people of our city as well

s he yri -tivitie. ',n civj ffairs.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that i y of this solution he presente

to Miss Pittc ;er ar y e: :red into the ites of the Zonta Club

permar t recor

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R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS

honor Miss M. Gladys Pittenger, Supervisor, City Welfare Department,

City of Fort Worth, with its annual award for service to the community

over and beyond the call of duty; and,

WHEREAS, Miss Pittenger has given long and devoted service to

the citizens of Fort Worth as the first and only supervisor of the

Welfare Department; NOW, THEREFORE,

RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY CF FORT WORTH. TEXAS

That

service Miss Pittenger has given to the needy people of our city as well

as her myriad activities in civic affairs.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be presentet

to Miss Pittenger and a copy entered into the Minutes of the Zonta Club i
a permanent record.

-.-/
Mayor
SOCIAL SERVICE EXCHANGE VOLUNTEER CENTER
ED 2 - 1 6 8 B ED 2 - 7 3 1 6
MRS. M A R T I N SIEGEL MRS. H A R O L D KLEIN
CHAIRMAN

MRS. NDRMA CAQLEY

Community Council CHAIRMAN

MRS. A N N E T T E MARTIN
SUPERVISOR OF FORT WORTH AND TARRANT COUNTY DIRECTOR

3 1 0 DANCIGER BUILDING P H O N E ED 2 - 7 3 1 6 FORT W O R T H 2 . TEXAS

MR. LEWIS H. B O N D , JR.

PRESIDENT

MR. J . L. S C H E L L MRS. HENRY MACK

VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY

MR. M A R C U S GINSBURG MRS. A N N E T W I S S

TREASURER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

March 17, 1959

Honorable Thomas A. McCann, Mayor

City of Fort Worth
City BUI
Fort Worth, Texas

Dear Mayor:

The Zonta Club of Fort Worth has selected Miss Gladys Pittenger,
Supervisor, City Welfare Division as the outstanding professional
person to receive recognition at their annual dinner on April 1st.
I have been chosen to speak at the dinner outlining Miss Pittenger's
accomplishments as a professional and civic worker- Since she has
given outstanding service to the city over a long period of time, I
think it only fitting to ask you for a resolution or a letter which
I can read at the dinner and present to her. If you agree will you
bring the matter before the City Council and let me have your reply
as soon as possible?

Sincerely

UJ~<-2-TU
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Mrs. Anne Twiss
Executive Director

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 IJi^jZEsJo -riru^^'^f^tT <J
Reservations Deadline
Set for Zonta Dinner
Reservation deadline for the
annual Service Award Dinner of
the Zonta Club of Fort Worth is
4:30 p. m. Tuesday. Reservations
chairman for the dinner is Mrs.
Abe Martin, whose phone is
EDison 5-9900.
To be honored jointly at the
dinner at 7 p. m. Wednesday in
the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel
Texas are Mrs. D. R. Marsh,
superintendent of the Castleberry
Independent School District, and
Miss M. Gladys Pittenger, direc-
/ S^d
PAGE EIGHTEEN
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tor of the welfare division of the
City of Fort Worth.
The invocation will be asked
by Mrs. Elizabeth Ridgeway. Mel-
vin Dacus will sing. The tributes
will be made by Mrs. Anne Twiss
and Judge David McGee, and
the presentations will be made
by Miss Ruth Tucker, Zonta
president.
Incidental music will be by
Mrs. Jack Siegal, Mrs. John P.
Mullen will preside. Miss Julia
Chrisman is program chairman.
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 PAGE EIGHTEEN 0*04* JL *^ftsms_ Secfio/

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Star-Telegram Photo.
ZONTA AWARD WINNERS
. . . Miss Pittenger, left, and Mrs. Marsh.

Recipients Named
For Zonta Awards
A welfare worker and a school
administrator this year will share
the annual service award of the
Zonta Club of Fort Worth.
recipients will be
Gladys Pittenger, director of city
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COXVRATI LATiONS
TARRA.XT COUNTY GIRL SCOUTS
34 The Fort Wortfr Press
Zonta Club Selects Two HonoFees
Irma Marsh and Gladys Pittenger
Mis* Gladys Pittenger
II4M* W . L A N C A S T E R FORT W O R T H .
SUNDRY, MARCH 8,1939
By LATRYL LAYTON
Press Woman's Editor
Zonta Club is naming two
Women of the Year for 1959
Mrs. I r m a Marsh and Miss
Gladys Pittenger. The two will
be honorees a t a public dinner
April 1 in Hotel Texas. I t ' s an
annual Zonta Club project to
n a m e a woman who h a s "gone
beyond the line of duty in her
business or profession."
The decision was to honor
two women equally this year,
although there's no connection
to their careers.
Mrs. Marsh is superintendent
of the Castleberry Independent
School District. Miss Pitten-
ger is director of the City Wel-
fare Dept.
Parallel to Careers
There is a parallel to the ca-
reers of the two, however. Both
Mrs. Marsh and Miss Pittenger
came to their respective jobs
more than 30 years ago when
they were young women.
Mrs. Marsh was one of two
teachers for 68 students when
she started teaching a t Castle-
berry in 1924. And Miss Pit-
tenger was one of two em-
Mrs. I r m a Marsh ployes when she came to the
new welfare department here
in 1926.
Today the Castleberry school
system has 151 teachers for
3850 pupils attending classes in
six buildings. There are 13 em-
ployes on Miss Pittenger's staff
and the scope of the program
of general assistance and child
protection has vastly widened.
Of her career in education
M M . Marsh says, "I started out
with t h a t in mind and never
thought of anything else." She
and her husband D. R. Marsh,
who's retired, live a t 2800 N.W.
30th in the large house where
IKXAS she grew up. "Of course, it was
a country home then," she says.
Difficult Field
Miss P i t t e n g e r ' s parents
wanted her to become a teach-
er, but she became set on wel-
fare work while she was study-
ing sociology a t what is now
Chicago School of Social Serv-
ice Administration. "In those
days," she recalls, "doing wel-
fare work was like having a
disease."
Miss Pittenger's home is a t
1517 Eighth Ave.
She recalls an incident in her
childhood that may have deter-
mined her life's work. Riding
horseback with her father near
here, she saw a convict camp
and decided " t h a t was not the
right way to do it."
"I love working with people,"
she says. Through the years,
she's been loaned out for spe-
cial work such as the Texas
Relief Commission during the
30's and the Agricultural Mar-
keting Administration in the
40's. She's active in her pro-
fessional organizations.
Tribute to Profession
Mrs. Marsh t a u g h t some
while she w a s still in school a t
TWC. Her second year at Cas-
tleberry, she became principal.
She watched the community
mushroom, even to the neces-
sity of double shifts of classes
for five years.
Mrs. Marsh figures she got
caught in the whirl and grew
with her job. She's seen all the
systems buildings and a foot-
ball stadium come into being.
"I feel this honor is a trib-
ute to the profession I love,"
she says.
Mrs. John Muller is chairman
of this project for Zonta. Her
co-chairman is Miss Julia Chris-
man. Miss Ruth Tucker is the
club's president.
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Zonta Club Selects Two Honor ees-
Irma Marsh and Gladys Pittenger
By LATRYL LAYTON
I'ress Woman's Editor
Zonta Club is naming two
Women of the Year for 1959
Mrs. I r m a Marsh and Miss
Gladys Pittenger. The two will
b e honorees a t a public dinner
April 1 in Hotel Texas. I t ' s an
annual Zonta Club project to
name a woman who has "gone
beyond the line of duty in her
business or profession."
The decision was to honor
two women equally this year,
although there's no connection
to their careers.
Mrs. Marsh is superintendent
of the Castleberry Independent
School District. Miss Pitten-
ger is director of the City Wel-
fare Dept.
Parallel to Careers
There is a parallel to the ca-
reers of the two, however. Both
Mrs. Marsh and Miss P i t t e n g e r
came to their respective jobs
more than 30 years ago when
they were young women.
Mrs. Marsh was one of two
teachers for 68 students when
she started teaching at Castle-
berry in 1924. And Miss Pit-
tenger was one of two em-
M i - * Gladys Tit tender Mrs. I r m a Marsh ployes when she came to t h e
new welfare department here
in 1926.
Today the Castleberry school
system has 151 teachers for
3850 pupils attending classes in
six buildings. There are 13 em-
ployes on Miss Pittenger's staff
and the scope of the program
of general assistance and child
protection has vastly widened.
Of her career in education
Mrs. Marsh says, "I started out
with t h a t in mind and never
thought of anythjng else." She
and her husband D. R. Marsh,
who's retired, live at 2800 N.W.
30th in the large house where
she grew up. "Of course, it was
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(J2LLJQSS
a country home then," she says.
Difficult Field
Miss P i 11 e n g e r's parents
wanted her to become a teach-
er, but she became set on wel-
fare work while she was study-
ing sociology a t w h a t is now
Chicago School of Social Serv-
ice Administration. "In those
days," she recalls, "doing wel-
fare work was like having a
disease."
Miss Pittenger's home is at
1517 Eighth Ave.
She recalls an incident in her
childhood t h a t m a y have deter-
mined her life's work. Riding
horseback with her father near
here, she saw a convict camp
and decided " t h a t was not the
right way to do it."
"I love working with people,"
she says. Through the years,
she's been loaned out for spe-
cial work such as the Texas
Relief Commission during the
30's and the Agricultural Mar-
keting Administration in the
40's. She's active in her pro-
fessional organizations.
Tribute to Profession
Mrs. Marsh t a u g h t some
while she was still in school a t
TWC. Her second year a t Cas-
tleberry, she became principal.
She watched the community
mushroom, even to the neces-
sity of double shifts of classes
for five years.
Mrs. Marsh figures she got
caught in the whirl and grew
with her job. She's seen all the
systems buildings and a foot-
ball stadium come into being.
"I feel this honor is a trib-
ute to the profession I love,"
she says.
Mrs. John Muller is chairman
of this project for Zonta. Her
co-chairman is Miss Julia Chris-
man. Miss Ruth Tucker is the
club's president.
PAGE 8 Thursday, March 12, 1959

Zontos Pick South Side Woman For 1959 Honor

KliOd O L r t UYS
RECEIVES ZONTA AWARD: Miss Gladys Pittenger of 1517 Eighth Avenue has been named
a Woman of the Year by theZontaClub. She will share the spotliglit with Mrs. Irma Marsh,
also chosen by Zonta Club for the 1959 honor, when the two women are guests at a dinner
to be held April 1 at Hotel Texas.
Miss Gladys P i t t e n g e r of
1517 E i g h t h Avenue, Fort
Worth Welfare Director, will
share the spotliglit with M r s .
Irma Marsh when the two
Zonta Club nominees for Wo-
men of the Year a r e honored
at a public dinner slated for
April 1 in Hotel Texas, b e -
ginning at 7:30 p j n .
Miss P i t t e n g e r . a Fort
Worth high school graduate,
received h e r s o c i a l work
training in Chicago, did field
work for the Juvenile Protec-
tive . vssociation of thelllinois
city and spent time in addition-
al study in New York.
She organized the first day
nursery to care for children
of working mothers in Fort
Worth and helped organize the
group now known as the Com-
munity Council.
From her present position
as director of the welfare di -
vision of the Department of
Public Health and W e l f a r e *
for the city. Miss Pittenger
can look back on fruitful and
busy years in many phases
of social service for Fort
Worth.
Early activities, besides the
day nursery, include operat-
ing the Ruth Lubin summer
camp f o r underprivileged
children, assistance in first
early survey of slum areas -
to d e t e r m i n e territory for
Housing Authority programs,
acting as certifying officer
during t h e depression years
for the city and county AMA
food stamp and cotton stamp
plans.
Another activity during the
depression y e a r s included
helping o r g a n i z e and su-
pervise personnel of the local
unit of the Federal Transient
PITTENGER Bureau. Miss Pittenger also
assisted in organizing and fur-
nishing personnel for organi -
zation of Travelers Aid So-
ciety. In 1955 she received
a certificate of merit for out -
Standing services rendered in
cooperation w i t h Travelers
Aid Society of Fort Worth.
A member of First Metho-
dist Church, Miss Pittenger
is also a charter member and
past president of the Business
and Professional W o m e n ' s
Club, charter m e m b e r and
past chairman of the Long-
horn chapter of a national
social workers' organization,
charter m e m b e r and past
chairman of the local chapter
 FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM r^A^*- kj , Mkjs^v^uu^^ 2.

Two Fort Worth Women Receive

Zonta Club Awards or ervice
Two Fort Worth women re-
ceived an annual service award
Wednesday night from Zonta
Club recognizing their outstand-
ing contributions to the commu-
nity.
Miss Gladys Pittenger, direc-
tor of city welfare, and Mrs. D.
R. (Irma) Marsh, superintend-
ent of Castleberry schools, shared
honors equally as Zonta Woman
of the Year in an awards ban-
quet at Hotel Texas.
Each woman was presented a ::.->:-

plaque by Miss Ruth Tucker,

president, and a proclamation
signed by Mayor McCann com-
mending their work. WPP
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Mrs. Anne Twiss, executive
director of the Council for Com-
munity Services, introduced Miss mmvmm
Pittenger and summarized her ....o o
work with the welfare division frw

of the city department of health

and welfare.
Miss Pittenger has been asso-
ciated with social service work
in Fort Worth since 1919 and or-
ganized the first day nursery
here. She has been director of .-

city welfare since 1926.

Mrs. Marsh was introduced by
Judge David McGee, who told of
her work with the Castleberry Koooow,-.--
school system, which includes -..V.V
3,840 students and 156 faculty ::

members.

During her tenure as superin-

tendent, seven major facilities, Star-Telegram Photo.
including a junior high school
which bears her name, have been ZONTA AWARDS PRESENTED
constructed. She also helped Miss Pittenger, Miss Tucker and Mrs. Marsh (1-r).
raise funds for the first federal
lunchroom program in the coun-
ty, and was instrumental in gain- live participation in civil devcnse and civil defense in the Castle-
ing full accreditation as a 12- activities Jan. 2. berry area.
grade system from Texas Educa- Mrs. Marsh recently compiled Mrs. John P. Muller, chair-
tion Agency for the Castleberry a history of Trinity Methodist man of the public affairs com-
! schools. mittee, presided, and Miss Julia
The two women were cited for Church and has worked with Chrisman was program chair-
the service they rendered on civic and service organizations man. Music was provided by
to get bus transportation, park, Melvin Dacus, Casa Mana direc-
I their own time as well as for playground and library facili- tor, accompanied by Remi Ghil-
j t h e i r professional achivem- ties, a sound scouting program esti. |
ments.
\ Miss Pittenger has assisted in
\ organizing and furnishing per-
\ sonnel for the Travelers Aid So-
ciety, operated Ruth Lubin sum-
mer camp for underprivileged
children and supervised all case
studies and recommendations
for the Citizen's Flood Relief
Service administering the Star-
Telegram Flood Relief Fund dur-
ing 1949-1951. She was presented
a certificate of merit for her ac-
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Zonta Club Honors Two For Service >

Miss Gladys Pittinger, director Seven major facilities, includ- tenure, and she helped gain ac-
of city welfare since 1926, anding a junior high school bearing creditation for the 12-grand sys-
Mrs. D. R. (Irma) Marsh, Cas- her name, have been added in tem. She was introduced by Dis-
tleberry Schools superintendent, Castleberry under Mrs. Marsh's trict Judge Dave McGee.
have been j o i n t l y designated
Zonta Woman of the Year for
outstanding contributions to the
community.
Plaques from the Zonta Club
and proclamations of commenda-
tion signed by Mayor McCann
were presented each at the or-
ganization's annual awards ban-
quet at Hotel Texas Wednesday.
Both were cited not only for
professional achievements b u t
widespread community service
on their own time.
Miss Ruth Tucker, club presi-
dent, presented the awards. Mrs.
John P. Muller, public affairs
committee chairman, presided.
Miss Julia Chrisman was pro-
gram chairman.
Miss Pittinger, among other
volunteer services, organized the
first day nursery here; helped
organize the local Travelers Aid
Society; operated the Ruth Lubin
summer camp for underprivi-
leged children; supervised all rec-
ommendations and case studies
for the Citizens' Flood Relief
Service and administered the
Star-Telegram's Flood R e l i e f
Fund during 1949-1951. She has
been active in civil defense. Mrs.
Anne Twiss, executive director of
the Community Council intro-
duced Miss Pittinger.
Mrs. Marsh, too, has partici-
pated in many public projects
and recently compiled a history
of the Trinity Methodist Church.
She has helped get bus trans-
portation and park, playground,
library, scouting and civil de-
fense facilities and programs in
her community.
 TKSCo. No.739-014
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president of the Texas Electric Service ing the watches are Miss Carolyn
Company, presents watches to two of Heatherington, left, and Miss Edna
the nine employes honored for their Dinkins.

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To Mr. Gladys
Carolyn
From Mr.

Congratulations to you upon the splendid tribute to

your ability and achievements which you so well de-
serve I You have my best wishes for continued success
in your work.
Thought you would interested in the enclosed clippings
Drive out to see me some time, I'm always around.

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Harold Lingenfelter, Director of Education

Gerald B. Ray, Minister of Music
Youth Director

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FORT WORTH 3. TEXAS

March 25, 1959

Miss M. Gladys Pittenger

City of Fort Worth
Texas

Dear Miss Pittenger:

I wish I could be present when the Zonta Club honors you. If

anyone in the city of Fort Worth deserves honor, I can think
of no one who deserves it more than you. Your concern for the
unfortunate people of our city has been a blessing to my life
and has definitely made me more understanding toward the prob-
lems of all human beings.

You are the finest social worker I have ever heard of. If I
may use a Scripture to tell you exactly how I feel, I would
like to quote Philippians 1:3, "I thank my God upon every re-
membrance of you."

Sincerely yours,

W. Fred ^ n k
Chairman, Welfare Board

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Zonla Club Honors Two For Service

Miss Gladys Pittinger, director i Seven major facilities, includ- tenure, and she helped gain ac-
of city welfare since 1926, and I ing a junior high school bearing creditation for the 12-grand sys-
Mrs. D. R. (Irma) Marsh, Cas-1 her name, have been added in tem. She was introduced by Dis-
tleberry Schools superintendent, | Castleberry under Mrs. Marsh's trict Judge Dave McGee.
have been j o i n t l y designated
Zonta Woman of the Year for
outstanding contributions to the
community.
Plaques from the Zonta Club
and proclamations of commenda-
tion signed by Mayor McCann
were presented each at the or-
ganization's annual awards ban-
quet at Hotel Texas Wednesday.
Both were cited not only for
professional achievements b u t
widespread community service
on their own time.
Miss Ruth Tucker, club presi-
dent, presented the awards. Mrs.
John P. Muller, public affairs
committee chairman, presided.
Miss Julia Chrisman was pro-
gram chairman.
Miss Pittinger, among other
volunteer services, organized the
first day nursery here; helped
organize the local Travelers Aid
Society; operated the Ruth Lubin
summer camp for underprivi-
leged children; supervised all rec-
ommendations and case studies
for the Citizens' Flood Relief
Service and administered the
Star-Telegram's Flood R e l i e f
Fund during 1949-1951. She has
been active in civil defense. Mrs.
Anne Twiss, executive director of
the Community Council intro-
duced Miss Pittinger.
Mrs. Marsh, too, has partici-
pated in many public projects
and recently compiled a history
of the Trinity Methodist Church.
She has helped get bus trans-
portation and park, playground,
library, scouting and civil de-
fense facilities and programs in
her community.
 THOMAS A. MCCANN. MAYOR
COUNCILMEN COUNCILMEN
J. J . LYLES JESSE E. R O A C H
A. A . ( G U S ) J A C K S O N J E S S F. T A R L T O N
M R S . M . M. M C K N I G H T T. D. ( T O M M Y ) THOMPSON
J O E B. O W E N
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PUBLIC HEALTH A N D WELFARE
April 1 , 1959

Dear Boss:
First let us say we love you and admire you
very much. We are proud of this honor bestowed
on you tonight for your unselfish work far
beyond the call of duty. Even we who work
close to you every day do not really know all
the charitable work you do. You don't talk
about those extra visits, errands, arrangements
you so often make to help a friend or client.
I suppose if we did know them all we would
even more marvel at your kindness and energy.
We hope with all our hearts that you will con-
tinue to be blessed with good health, an alert
mind and congenial spirit for many more happy
years.
We know full well that your long day at the
office is most of the time very trying. But
you go from one problem to another building
up steam as it were
M
- and then we hear that
familiar little whoo-whool" and we know you
have completed one chore and have started on
another. How can you keep up the paoe so con-
sistently? Tour health is excellent, but dear
boss, why can't you stay home 111 once in a
while like other bosses do?
How can you continue to take the physical
punishment of your Job? Is it that you use
up so much of your energy that you cannot
grow up to normal size? We know you eat man-
sized meals but you still wear size eight
dresses and buy your baby-doll pajamas in the
children's department. We suspect you have
dyed your hair grey for years so as to appear
mature enough to hold the responsible position
you have.

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We have great respect for your Judgment and

intelligence and find it most advisable to con-
sult you frequently before arriving at decisions.
But is it true that you did not start school
until you were almost nine years old? Did you
refuse to enter school because your favorite
horse died? And is it true that you were a
lover of horses from such an early age that
your aptitude tests in high school showed a
fairly normal I.Q., but an exceptionally high
rating in horse-sense?
Dear boss, we must make mention of your polite-
ness and congeniality. Your father taught you
to always speak to people and you have made this
an admirable habit. Nobody is a stranger to you.
You have no doubt made quite a few interesting
pick-ups that way, haven't you? Fact is, you
have gotten stuck with these acquaintances who
mistook your patience for a more intense personal
interest - and then you had a hard time getting
rid of some of them. We recall that we have
sometimes had to call you on another office phone
and remind you of a fictitious and Immediate
appointment to help you out of a long-winded
conference. You are too generous with yourself
most of the time, aren'4 you? You even answer
your phone during the night and see all the folks
who blow in demanding to see Miss Gladys.
How can you be both generous and economical
and be successful in both traits? Maybe economical
is not the exact word but we think you should
wear a mink and take a trip to Europe like every-
body else does. You Just will not splurge, will
you. Remember that Oldsmobile you drove for
years? It brought a good price as an antique
when you finally let it go. And you know very
well you did not have to date all the unmarried
car salesmen in Fort Worth before you finally
wrote out your check for the new Chrysler.

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Frankly, we do not see how you put up with us

day by day, for years and never blow your top.
We are not good caseworkers, Just fast ones -
sometimes too fast for the budget. We work
ourselves into a tight place and come running
to you tobe extricated. Honestly, don't you
sometimes think of extermination instead? But
no, you go on advising wisely, guiding prudently
and encouraging us kindly. We do love you for
it and want you to know you will always have
our best cooperation and respect.
Sincerely,

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TO: MRS. ANN TRISS

FROM: . V. BRADSHAW, JR., M. D.

SUBJECT: MISS GLADYS PITTENGER

S Miss Pittenger has worked as Supervisor of the Welfare

Division under all seven Directors of the Department of Public Health

and Welfare since the department was organized in 1927. No greater

tribute could be paid to her than to state that she has so capably

supervised the welfare activifes through these years and carried the

vast majority of the load on her shoulders in such an able manner as to

leave the Directors free to spend practically all their time on health

act iv i t i es .

/ During this time, Miss Pittenger has diligently and faith-

fully worked in cooperation with all official and voluntary agencies to

obtain the best assistance for the clients while at the same time zealously

guarding the expenditure of monies in accordance with the policies of the

Wei fare Divis ion.

March 2 0 , 1959
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MRS. GEORGE M. M E R R I L L arch 23, 1959

PRESIDENT
JAMES D. MALQNE, M. D.
VICE-PRESIDENT
WEBB M. JOINER
SECRETARY
BERNARD LUNT
TREASURER
MR5. GEORGIA C. McNEMER
rs. Anne Twiss,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR c/o Community Council,
DIREGTDRS
3rd Floor, Danciger Bldg.,
SHELTON BARCUS, M. D. Ft. Worth, Texas.
MRS. Q. HERBERT BEAVERS, JR.
MRS. CHARLES F. BEDFORD
EDWIN E. BEWLEY, JR. RE: Miss Gladys Pittenger
MRS. E L I Z A B E T H RYAN BOND
MRS. S. B R A C H M A N
ALBERT EVANS, JR.
MRS. A L L E N A. G E N T L I N G Dear "-Irs, Twiss:
HENRY C. JONES, JR.
PORTER KING
HARRY L. L O G A N , JR. Since I cannot a i my personal congratulations to the
MRS. P A U L RANDELS
ROBERT F. SNAKARD Zonta Club for their selection of Miss Pittenger to share
GEORGE A. STEWART, M. D. their 1958 award of 'Woman of the Year" I want to send
MR5. J O H N R. THOMPSON
MRS. MARGARET F. THOMPSON
this message to the Award Committee.
DR. JAMES G. ULMER
MRS. EDMUND P. V A N Z A N D T , J R .
Social workers receive little recognition for their '
investment in training, working time and heartache.
The few that do achieve, leave such a mark that the whole
profession can take pride in their accomplishment. It seems to me
integrity is the most important part of the social worker's job
because few outsiders know if the social worker has this intangible
quality in her day-to-day job. Professional training is taught in
graduate Schools of Social Work but integrity and responsibility for
those in trouble must be born in the social worker so that she does
not know how to operate without these Qualities.

Gladys Pittenger has thsse cualities and in addition, consistency of

purpose and the gift of leadership. The place of the Executive and
Administrator in social service programs is a lonely spot and one
whose pressures cannot be shared, but must be borne and individually
worked through. iflfrio but Miss Pittenger can know the fateful decisions
she has had to make alone, with the pressure of uninformed community
demands on one side and the needs of the inarticulate client group
on the other. The testimony that Miss Pittenger has carried her
significant and lonely administrative responsibility with integrity
plus professional "know how" is the reason her colleagues take pride
in her "place in the sun" on April 1, 1955.

To my con ratulations to my long-time friend, Gladys Pittenger, and

my good wishes to the Zonta Club, I add the plaintive hope that in
future years there may be other social workers who can attain
similar recognition from their various communities. But for our

Member of United Fund of Fort Worth and Tarrant County-

Member of Fort Worth Community Council
Member of Family Service Association of America

rs. Anne Twiss 3/23/59 -2-

community there w i l l he only one "M. Gladys P i t t e n g e r " and we s a l u t e

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Cordially,

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(-rsyO Georgia C. McNemer,
:e'cutive D i r e c t o r

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CONGRATULATIONS
AND WE ALL THINK
YOU DESERVE I T !

Transmitted By:
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COUNCiLMEN COUNCILMEN
J . J . LVLES JESSE E. ROACH
A. A. i G U S ) JACKSON JESS F. TARLTON
MRS. M. M. MCKNIGHT
r T. D. ( T O M M Y ) THOMPSON
JOE B. OWEN
CyFFF O F FORTF ^ O R T H C. B. W I L L I A M S

W V. BRADSHAW, J R . , M. D., M. P. H
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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE March 19, 1959

Mrs. Ann Twlss, Executive Director

Community Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County
310 Danciger BuiIding
Fort '..orth, Texas

Dear Mrs. Twiss:

Dr. Bradshaw has asked me to give

you a brief outline of my association with Gladys. I believe
the attached letter is self explanatory.

If 1 had an additional statement to

make, it would be to stress the fact that Miss Pittenger's door
is always open for consultation; she gives a fair hearing to
all problems presented to her either by the office staff or an
applicant.

May I take this opportunity to wish

you luck in this undertaking. If I can be of further service,
please feel free to calI me.

Sincerely yours,

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February 24, 1959

Mrs. Pauline MuI lor, Chairman

Zonta Award Committee
2nd and Taylor Street
Fort Worth, Texas

Dear Mrs. Muller:

Or. Catherine K. Carlton tells me that the ?onta Club is

considering the name of Miss Gladys Pittenger for the Vvoman
of the Year award.

As Secretary of the Department of Public Health and Welfare,

I have known Miss Pittenger personally and professionally for
many years. She has always taken an active part In many commu-
nity welfare activities, both local and state, and their growth
Is the result of her early leadership.

If I were to speak In furt her commendation of Miss Pittenger, It

would be to endorse the sp lendld spirit of service and faithfulness
of effort which has always characterized her work. During the
depression years, she was loaned by the City of Fort Vorth to
administer State and Feder al Programs, Including the Surplus Market-
Ing Food Stamp Program. I t was necessary for her to not only super-
vise large numbers of pers onnel but she was held responsible for the
expenditure of a tremendou s amount of funds. During the 1949 flood,
she served as the only worn an on a committee where an expenditure of
$350,000 was made aval lab Ie through the Star Telegram Flood Relief
Program.

I should be happy, Indeed, to see her receive this honor and It gives
me great pleasure to recommend her to your committee.

Sincerely yours.

(Mrs.) Thelma Roberts

Secretary, Department of Public
Health and welfare
CC: Or, Catherine K. Carlton
Longhorn Chapter

N ATIDNAL ASSOCIATION
OF SOCIAL WORKERS FORT WORTH. TEXAS \

April 1, 1959

Mrs. Anne Twiss

2329 Wyatt Court
Fort Worth, Texas

Dear Mrs. Twiss:

When members of the local chapter of the National Association

of Spcial Workers learned that their colleague, Gladys Pittenger, had been
selected by the Zonta Club for its coveted award this year, they were exult-
ingly glad. No other choice could have meant so much to the Longhorn Chapter
members because no one else in the social work field in Fort Worth has con-
tributed so much, so consistently, toward carrying out the purposes and goals
for which our organization stands.

Miss Pittenger is a charter member of this organization. When

Fort Worth and Dallas developed a combined membership chapter, Miss Pittenger
was among the first presidents. Through the years which have followed she
has contributed leadership in establishing our own chapter and has served the
chapter in every official capacity. She has chaired and served on innumerable
committees. No assignment has been too large or too small for Kiss Pittenger
to carry out with alacrity and dispatch.

Now all of these provable facts are impressive and important

but they are not the attributes which endear Gladys Pittenger to all who are
associated with her in organizational and personal relationships. There is
something about her which picks one up when he feels let down, which encourages
one when he is discouraged, and which rejoices with one when he feels gladdened.
These qualities, along with her inimitable sense of humor, always so properly
timed and appropriately manifested, bring out the best in us, so of course we
believe members of the Zonta Club have displayed erudite perception and dis-
criminating consideration in selecting our beloved friend and colleague for this
signal award.

These words of felicitation are not from me alone. Each member of

our chapter is figuratively looking over my shoulder and wanting to join the Zonta
Club in giving warm and joyous praise to Gladys Pittenger.

Sincerely,

Edgar M. Walley
President
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THE ZONTA CLUB OF FORT WORTH is the local

unit of ZONTA INTERNATIONAL, a Classified
Service Club of Executive Women in Business and Miss Ruth Tucker President
the Professions, with SERVICE spelled in CAP- Mrs. John P. Muller Presiding
ITAL LETTERS.
Miss Julia Chrisman Program Chairman
Among the SERVICE PROJECTS of the ZONTA
CLUB OF FORT WORTH for 1958-1959 are: A
Full Year Scholarship in HOME ECONOMICS at
Processional
TCU; Furnished two rooms for patients at Elm-
wood Sanitorium of Fort Worth; Provided multiple
subscriptions of Reader's Digest with translations Invocation Mrs. Elizabeth Ridgway
for foreign distribution; Donated $500 to Lena Pope
Home after recent storm disaster; A number of Vocal Selections Melvin Dacus
incidental services; and last, but not least to hearts
of Zontians, furnished financial and heartwarming
help to the ill, the weak, and distressed. Accompanist Remi Ghilesti

THE ZONTA SERVICE AWARD is a special pro- Recognitions

ject sponsored by the ZONTA CLUB OF FORT
WORTH as a part of the club's PUBLIC AFFAIRS
DIVISION. The aim of the "Distinction in Service Tributes Mrs. Anne Twiss
Award" is to publicly recognize those who give of
THEMSELVES in their business or profession and Judge David McGee
in CIVIC AND CULTURAL activities OVER AND
BEYOND THE LINE OF DUTY. Special Courtesies Mrs. Lottie Raley

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Superintendent Director
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March 17, 1959 ms

Miss M. Gladys Pittenger

Zonta Club Honoree
Fort Worth, Texas

Dear Gladys:

Congratulations on being honored by the Zonta Club. On

such an occasion it is so easy to be gushy and let sentiment
run away with judgment. But you don't need that nor want it.
I do not know the standard the Zonta Club uses in choosing
those who are honored but you deserve the plaudits of this
community because you have labored long, unselfishly, and
competently for the benefit of others, even when the others did
not always deserve it.
Again, in spite of the mercurial and at times explosive
political situation surrounding your position you have kept
your head, your poise and your dignity and labored well.
The test of character and of culture is how one treats
those whom she does not have to treat well. You have been
kind and considerate to such and that is a real achievement
in these days of expediency and selfishness.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends. You have gone the second mile at
times and have served those who were not loving nor lovely.
I trust this occasion does not seem like retirement nor
do I want to transport you prematurely to the pearly gates
but some of us will be surprised if when you arrive there you
do not hear that coveted salutation, "Well done thou good and
faithful servant."
Congratulations on being so highly honored and keep taking
my case referrals.
With cordial good wishes, I am, believe me,

Yours sincerely,

(Rev.) -
 W. J. DAM FORTH
PORT WORTH, TEXAS

17 March, 1959

M r s . Anne Twiss
The United Fund
Danciger Building
F o r t Worth 2, Texas

Dear M r s . T w i s s :

It is with considerable p l e a s u r e that I respond

to your invitation to write relative to Miss Gladys P i t t e n g e r on
the eve of the honor which is h e r s , through the Zonta Club r e c -
ognizing h e r a s the Outstanding Woman of the Y e a r .

F o r a very long time I have known Miss P i t t -

enger and of h e r work as Director of City Welfare. She is not
only known locally but is recognized in a national way for the
m a n n e r in which she has conducted h e r department, bringing to
F o r t Worth the attention and a c c l a i m of the m e m b e r s of h e r
profession throughout the United S t a t e s .

It has been my privilege to have had the oppor-

tunity of working with her on many o c c a s i o n s . At the time of
the d i s a s t r o u s flood in F o r t Worth, she was a m e m b e r of the
committee which distributed s e v e r a l hundred thousand dollars
in relief to the flood s u f f e r e r s .

Many nice things could be said of h e r , but

I feel she is one of the "unsung h e r o i n e s " in the humanitarian
field. Her humor, her sound judgment, h e r p e r s o n a l i t y and
capabilities make her outstanding in h e r chosen field.

We in F o r t Worth and in fact the nation could

well do with m o r e Gladys P i t t e n g e r s . I wish m o r e space were
available to further eulogize h e r ; however, it is my p l e a s u r e
to have the honor of joining with many o t h e r s in the occasion of
the p r e s e n t a t i o n of the Zonta Club Award to F o r t Worth's Out-
standing Lady for 1959.

Sincerely

J. Danforth
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OF* P O R T WOOTM

FORT WORTH. TEXAS;

M a r c h 10, 1959

FRED KORTH
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Dear Miss P i t t e n g e r :

We note with great i n t e r e s t that you

have received a special award for
your outstanding contributions to the
community by the Zonta Club of F o r t
Worth.

S i n c e r e s t congratulations on this
achievement and b e s t wishes for
your future s u c c e s s .

Sincerely,

F r e d Korth
President
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Miss Gladys P i t t e n g e r
1517 8th Avenue
F o r t Worth, Texas
 THE FORT WORTH NATIONAL BANK
FORT WORTH,TEXAS

ESTIL VANCE
PRESIDENT

M a r c h 9, 1959

Dear Miss P i t t e n g e r :

It was with a g r e a t deal of i n t e r e s t that I r e a d in

Sunday T s S t a r - T e l e g r a m that you will s h a r e the annual
s e r v i c e award of the Zonta Club of F o r t Worth in r e c o g -
nition of your outstanding contributions to your community.

Your work as D i r e c t o r of our Welfare D e p a r t m e n t

and your s e r v i c e s with the Civil Defense and the T r a v e l e r s
Aid Society c o m p r i s e a r e c o r d of which you have every
r e a s o n to be justifiably p r o u d .

P l e a s e accept our h e a r t i e s t congratulations upon

your selection for this award and our very b e s t wishes for
your continued good health, happiness and s u c c e s s .

Sincerely y o u r s ,

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E s t i l Vance
President

Miss Gladys P i t t e n g e r
1517 8th Avenue
F o r t Worth, Texas
 T H E FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF FORT WORTH
FORT W O R T H , T E X A S

J . LEE J O H N S O N , JR.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD-ACTIVE M a r c h 9, 1959

Miss Gladys Pittenger

D i r e c t o r of City Welfare
City Hall
F o r t Worth, Texas

Dear Miss P i t t e n g e r :

I r e a d in a r e c e n t i s s u e of the newspaper that

you have been p r e s e n t e d the annual s e r v i c e award
of the Zonta Club of F o r t Worth.

The other officers of the bank join m e in sending

you s i n c e r e c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s . You have our best
wishes for the future.

Cordially y o u r s ,

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Miss Gladys Pittenger

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Fort Worth 2, Texas
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Best wishes from a l l of us always.
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I join your many acquaintances and friends in
expressing my great pride at your selection for the "Woman
of the Year", jointly with one other, year 1959* by Zonta
Am enclosing the clippings, which I would like to keep so
that I can show them and say I knew you when ''you were in my
kindergarten school", but as usual these clippings get packed
away, as I have done to your birth certificate which I ran
across the other day, and was most puzzled for a while why I
should have your birth certificate, certified properly, and
started to phone you and tell you you had left it with me by
mistake, until I remembered the happy occasion of that Saturday
night when we had a flood rain after drought of several months
all because you kids made so much racket the heavens burst
open.

Truly we are happy at this recognition which is most

deserved and long due a fine sincere business and professional
woman as you. The B&PW Club could do something like this for
its worthy women, but they are in fact sincerely engaged to
help get worthy civil rights for women, a slow process, especially
because of the women who have not woke up yet to their needs.
Any way, I shall be seeing you April 1st, in the
Crystal Ballroom, I think it was quite clever of them to make
it after pay-day, when we have just received our ticket price
and before we have spent it for other things, such as paying
bills . I shall wear my new orange blossom hat and new blue-
green print dress I wore to my grand-niece's wedding Saturday
night, every one said I looked beautiful, and then you can be
proud of me, as I am of you. I told people that the orange
blossom hat was as close as I am going to get to "orange
blossoms".

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March 31, 1959

Miss M. Gladys Pittenger

Director, City Welfare
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Fort Worth, Texas
Dear Miss Pittenger:
The staff of The Edna Gladney Home joins me in sending
sincere congratulations upon your receipt of the Zonta Club
A wa rd.
We are delighted that your many wonderful contributions
to the community of Fort Worth are recognized certainly no
one has ever worked harder in behalf of other people than you
have. We are very proud of you and we send you our very best
wishes for your continued success and happiness.
Very sincerely yours,

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March 31, 1959

Miss M. Gladys Pittenger

Director, City Welfare
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Fort Worth, Texas
Dear Miss Pittenger:
The staff of The Edna Gladney Home joins me in sending
sincere congratulations upon your receipt of the Zonta Club
Awa rd.
We are delighted that your many wonderful contributions
to the community of Fort Worth are recognized certainly no
one has ever worked harder in behalf of other people than you
have. We are very proud of you and we send you our very best
wishes for your continued success and happiness.

Very sincerely yours,

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MISS M. GLADYS PITTENGER
APRIL 1, 1959

Tonight we are honoring Gladys Pittenger, social worker,

humanitarian, devoted friend. I would like to spend the time

allotted telling you what I think and know about Gladys Pittenger,

but so many testimonials have been received from people who

know her equally well we must recognize as many as possible.

We perhaps would not be gathered here tonight if in 1911 she

had been a "little older" for she would have turned out to be

the "States best stenographer." Let me read from the first

letter of recommendation Gladys ever received.

Quote: It gives me great pleasure to say that during

the period you were my stenographer in Fort Worth prior to the

time I moved to Austin, your services were entirely satisfactory.

I found you to be very good in orthography, neat in arrangement

and correct in transcribing. In fact, as I have frequently said

to you, for a girl of your age, I consider you far above the

average stenographer, and if you continue to devote your time

and talents to the work I am sure you will make a great success.

If you had been a little older in years I would have insisted

on bringing you with me to Austin.

Signed - Your true friend
W. P. Lane - Comptroller

State of Texas

We might add that Gladys sought security by buying a life

membership at Brantley - Draughan Business College so at any
time she wishes she may further her stenographic ambitions.

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Gladys is a native Texan by virtue of her family migrating

from Ohio several years before she made her appearance. As a

child she was strong willed and a torn boy. Her favorite sport

was horseback riding and was finally able to prevail on her

parents to buy her a white pony. This pony not only provided

recreation, but provided the mode of transportation to school --

the latter much to Gladys' disgust since she rebelled at going

to school. One day as she was preparing to go to school the

pony dropped dead and Gladys was sure he died because he

resented having to take her to school and promptly decided

she too had enough education.

It is interesting to note that in the beginning her

parents fought to see she finished high school - then later

Gladys fought for a higher education to the extent she one

day asked her father - "How much will my share of your estate

be? I need it now so I can go to college", and go to college

she did. When told by the School of Civics (later to be

absorbed by the University of Chicago) that the school was

full, but if she liked she could come and work as a stenographer

until a vacancy occurred she was quick to take advantage of the

opportunity because by this time she knew that the only way

she could find happiness was to devote her life to the service

of others. This she has done - beyond the line of duty as

recognized by Zonta in presenting her the "Woman of Distinction
in Service Award."

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Her success in her job as the first and only supervisor

of the City Welfare Division may be attributed to the fact

she has never lost faith in people, she never takes no for

an answer where getting services to people is concerned, she

is never too busy to listen and she has an insatinble sense of

humor. Dr. Brewster, one of our previous directors of Health

and Welfare, often remarked, "But for your sense of humor you

could not hold your job." Gladys Pugh - a former secretary,

illustrates this point as she reminds Miss Pittenger of a

conversation with a beligerant client over what he felt was

an inadequate relief order. Miss Pittenger suggested he might

augment it by picking cotton to which he replied "Lady - I

didn't plant the stuff and I'm not going to hep'em pick it!!"

Since retaining our sense of humor can sometimes become

almost an impossibility under strained circumstances perhaps
we can relate Gladys* ability to do so to her present hobby
which she says is gardening. When asked what she grew she
replied "Oh I can grow anything, but nothing ever blooms
because I put such bad thoughts in the ground." If we all
plant our bad thoughts in the ground then we have nothing but
good thoughts left.

It is impossible in the short time allotted to recognize

the many people who wish to honor Gladys on this night of nights.

We have selected only a few to speak for her myriad friends

and associates who have written letters to be included in her

scrap book of treasured memories of this occasion. Let me

read just a few.

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Resolution from City Council:

WHEREAS, the Zonta Club of Fort Worth, Texas, having

chosen to honor Miss M. Gladys Pittenger, Supervisor, City

Welfare Department, City of Fort Worth, with its annual award

for service to the community over and beyond the call of duty; and,

WHEREAS, Miss Pittenger has given long and devoted service

to the citizens of Fort Worth as the first and only supervisor

of the Welfare Department; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:

That the Zonta Club be commended for recognizing the dedicated

service Miss Pittenger has given to the needy people of our city

as well as her myriad activities in civic affairs.

BE IT FUHTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be

presented to Miss Pittenger and a copy entered into the Minutes

of the Zonta Club as a permanent record.

Thomas A. McCann
Mayor

Dr. Bradshaw says"Miss Pittenger has worked as Supervisor

of the Welfare Division under all seven Directors of the

Department of Public Health and Welfare since the department

was organized in 1927. No greater tribute could be paid to

her than to state that she has so capably supervised the

welfare activities through these years and carried the vast

majority of the load on her shoulders in such an able manner

as to leave the Directors free to spend practically all their

time on health activities.

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Mr. W. 0. Jones says, "I have known Gladys for many years

and when I was connected with the City government as City

Manager it was always gratifying to know that when any problem

came up involving her department that all I had to do was turn

it over to her or call her on the telephone and the matter

would be taken care of. It is my opinion that she is one of

the finest department heads in the City government today.

"Certainly the Zonta Club did itself proud to select

Miss Pittenger for its award this year."

Gladys has watched many administrations come and go.

She has served under eight city managers and seven directors

of Public Health and Welfare.

One of the greatest rewards any supervisor can realize is

in training staff members to go on to greater and more challenging

jobs. Gladys has realized this ambition over and over again.

Many outstanding social workers owe their start to her. There

are few places Gladys can visit over the country today where

one or more of her ex's are not there to greet her.

As we travel down life's pathway no one goes his way alone.

Our life revolves around a myriad of others and our success
or failure is in great measure determined by what use we make
of daily contacts with others. Gladys has devoted her life to
helping others regardless of their status in life. The Reverend
Louis Martin, Rector of St. Andrews Episcopal Church puts it this
way. "The test of character and of culture is how one treats
those whom she does not have to treat well. You have been kind
and considerate to such and that is a real achievement in these
days of expediency and selfishness.

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"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down

his life for his friends. You have gone the second mile at

times and have served those who were not loving nor lovely."

Dr. W. J. Danforth, Director of the Veteran's Affairs

Council adds this accolade. "Many nice things could be said

about her, but I feel she is one of the unsung heroines in the

humanitarian field. Her humor, her sound judgment, her personality

and capabilities make her outstanding in her chosen field. We

in Fort Worth and the nation could well do with more Gladys

Pittengers."
The Longhorn Chapter, National Association of Social Workers,

Mr. Edgar M. Walley, president, describes Gladys, a charter

member, in these words: "There is something about her which

picks one up when he feels let down, which encourages one when

he is discouraged and which rejoices with one when he feels

gladdened. These qualities, along with her inimitable sense

of humor, always so properly timed and appropriately manifested,

bring out the best in us."

For how agencies feel with whom she has daily contact we

turn to a letter from Mrs. Georgia McNemer, Director Family

Service Association and long time friend, who speaks for all

of them: "It seems to me integrity is the most important part

of the social workers job. Professional training is taught in

graduate schools of social work, but integrity and responsibility

for those in trouble must be born in the social worker. Gladys

Pittenger has these inborn qualities and in addition, consistency

of purpose and the gift of leadership. The testimony that

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Miss Pittenger has carried her significant and lonely administrative

responsibility with integrity plus professional know how is

the reason her colleagues take pride in her "place in the sun"

on April 1, 1959."
One test of leadership in an executive is the ability to

build and hold a competent staff. This Gladys has consistently

been able to do. They have expressed their admiration and

devotion to her in these words: "First let us say we love you

and admire you very much. We are proud of this honor bestowed

on you tonight for your unselfish work far beyond the call of

duty. Even we who work close to you every day do not really

know all the charitable work you do. You don't talk about

those extra visits, errands, arrangements you so often make

to help a friend or client. I suppose if we did know them all

we would even more marvel at your kindness and energy. We hope

with all our hearts that you will continue to be blessed with

good health, an alert mind and congenial spirit for many more

happy years."

We have saved until last a letter from a friend of many

years - Mrs. Mattie Lloyd Wooten, formerly Dean of Women at

Texas State College for Women now Texas Women's University.

Mrs. Wooten says: "When they are saying all the nice things

about you, say to someone to make a little speech for me.

Please have them report the time you came to Denton in that

deluge to help me organize the Denton County Welfare Association.

Then emphasize the numerous occasions on which you encouraged

and assisted in my preparation for opening a school of social

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work at T.W.U. Then add to these many contributions your art

of being a loyal and dependable friend. That is an achievement

that few possess. More than most any friend I have ever had

you have proved yourself the master artist in that achievement

and friendship is eternal."

And now in closing may I say to you, Gladys, that in

being chosen to pay tribute to you tonight I feel I have

received an honor as great as that bestowed upon you. Thank

you Zonta's for choosing me from your legion of friends to

speak for them. May God continue to bless you and keep you

and give you many more years in which to serve your fellowman.
 Madam President
Madam Chairman
Friends:
As you have just heard I have played many
different "roles" in my life- on some occasions
I have felt entirely "out of character''
Madam President However tonight is the first time I have been
Madam Chairman called upon to act this kind of a "part".
Friends:

As you have just heard 1 have played many different

"roles" in my life- on some occasions 1 have felt entirely
"out of charaacter"=-- however tonight is the first time I have
been called upon to act this kind of a "part".
It is indeed with deepest humility I accept this
honor and I pray I may prove worthy of the confidence the
Zonta Club has placed in me.
I thank each of you from the bottom of my heart
for leaving your "favorite television program" to come here
this evening and be "audience".
I haveenjoyed the privilege of working with
all City Officials, Commu nity leaders and the ggneral public.
Any service which i&as rendered in any capacity has been given
gladly and I know I have received more satisfaction than the
ones served.
Again thanks to each and every one.
 ZONTA CLUB of FORT WORTH
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION O F EXECUTIVE WOMEN

March 4 t h , 1959

Mrs. Ann Twiss,

2329 Yfy&tt C t .
Port Worthv Texas.

Dear Mrs. Twiss:

Your t r i b u t e to Miss Gladys P i t t i n g e r , honoree of

Zonta Award for ourstandi ng achievement, .niven a t
the Award Banquet A p r i l 1 s t , 1959, was t r u l y b e a u t i -
f u l , and your p r e s e n t a t i o n was most eloquent and
e n t e r t a i n i n g i t was so r i g h t for Gladys whom our
e n t i r e City a p p r e c i a t e s and loves for her outstanding
Civic i n t e r e s t .

Zonta i s indebted to you for your gracious c o n t r i b u t i o n

to one of our most important public meetings, and we
say 'Thank You* very s i n c e r e l y for your d e l i g h t f u l
summary of our honoree.

Yours very t r u l y ,

(Mrs.) Lela Belle Kichero

Corresponding Secretary
Zonta Club of Port '.forth.

CC: Kiss Ruth T u c l e r ,

P r e s i d e n t .

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February 24, 1959

Mrs* PaulIne Mu11er, Chairman

Zonta Award C a r o l t t e e
2nd and Taylor Street
Fort fcorth, Texas

Dear Mrs. Mul l e r i

Or. Catherine K. Carlton tells me that the 7onta Club Is

considering the name of Miss Gladys Plttenger for the V,oman
of the Year award.

As Secretary of the Depertmvnt of rub lie Health and Welfare,

I have known Miss Plttenger personally and professionally for
many years. She has always taken an active part In many commu-
nity welfare activities, both local and state, and their growth
Is the result of her early leadership.

lendatlon of Iss Ptttencer, It

would be to endorse the splendid spirit of service and faithfulness
of effort which has always characterized her work. During the
depression years, she was loaned by the City of fort v'orth to
administer State and Federal Programs, Including the Surplus Market-
ing Food Stamp Program. It was necessary for her to not only super-
vise large numbers of personnel but she was held responsible for the
expenditure of a tremendous amount of funds. During the 1949 flood,
she served as the only woman on a committee where an expenditure of
$350,000 was made available through the Star Telegram Flood Relief
Program,

I should be happy, Indeed, to see her receive this honor and It gives
me great pleasure to recommend her to your committee.

Sincerely yours,

(Mrs.) Thelma Roberts

Secretary, Department of Public
Health and valfare
CC: Or. Catherine K, Carlton
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ZONTA CLUB DINNER HOTEL TEXAS F T H i
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SORRY WE CANT BE WITH YOU ON THIS WONDERFUL OCCASION*

CONGRATULATIONS ON RECEIVING THIS MOST DESERVED HONOR
AND RECOGNITION STAY AS GRAND AS YOU ARE WE ALL LOVE
YOU; ,
THE FOUR FAHNSa

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FORT WORTH,TEXAS
LORIN A.BOSWELL
PRESIDENT
April 2, 1959

Miss M. Gladys Pittenger

Director
Welfare Division
City of Fort Worth, Texas

Dear Miss Pittenger:

It was a great pleasure to be among those

present at the Zonta Club's annual service
award dinner honoring jou and Mrs. Marsh.

Your receiving one of Zonta's annual ser-

vice awards is one of the highest honors
that can come to a Fort Worth citizen.

With your long years of dedicated community

welfare service, you richly deserve the
honor.

You have my best wishes for many more years

of continued health and service in your
chosen profession.

Sincerely yours,

*&?

Lorin Boswell

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BOSWELL DAIRIES
4 01 S O U T H LAK,E
FORT W O R T H , TEXAS
LORIN A.BOSWELL
PRESIDENT
April 2, 19^9

Miss M. Gladys Pittenger

Director
Welfare Division
City of F o r t Worth, Texas

Dear Miss Pittenger:

I t was a g r e a t pleasure t o be among those

present a t t h e Zonta Club's annual service
award dinner honoring you and Mrs. Marsh.

Your r e c e i v i n g one of Zonta's annual ser<

vice awards i s one of t h e h i g h e s t honors
t h a t can come t o a F o r t Worth c i t i z e n .

With your long years of dedicated coram*y,-! '

welfare s e r v i c e , you r i c h l y d e ^ "

honor.

You have my best wishes f

of continued health and se
chosen profession.

Sine

Lorin
April 1+ - 1959
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My Deer Friend:

I think perhaps I should congratulate

the Zonta Club, rather than you, on
its selection of an Eonoree this year.

They certainly could not have selected

one more deserving.

ith Love and many good wishes,

As ever,
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 Fort Worth, Texas
April 8, 1959

Miss Ruth Tucker

President of Zonta Club and Members
Fort Worth, Texas \

Dear Hiss Tucker:

The evening of April 1st was a wonderful occasion

for us, one of beauty, enjoyment, and -racious hospi-
tality. First, we want to express our heartfelt ap-
preciation and gratitude to the Public Affairs Commit-
tee for having chosen us to receive the Zonta Club
Service Award for the Year 1959. Our one hope is that
we will always prove worthy of this great honor and
fulfill to the highest degree the ideals that Zonta
Club has concerning executive women in business and
professions.

The success of the lovely dinner was due to the

well coordinated planning and carrying through of all
details by the various committees and each club mem-
ber. The program of music, talks and surprises, in
fr"/r<?
addition to the beauty of the decorations, the design
and wording on the placques, the beautiful leather ^lo 0^
bound scrap books with our names inscribed in gold, the
enlarged pictures, the orchids which gave us an indi-
vidual "lift", all contributed to make it a festive
and outstanding affair.

Because of your kind and generous tribute, you

have lifted our spirits high and made us proud. With
grateful hearts full of love, friendship and deep ap-
preciation, we humbly and fervently say, "Thank you,
Zonta Club, for presenting us the Service Award for the
year 19f>9." We salute you and wish you well. MAJ 6.
Sincerely yours,

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Sincerely,

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Dear Friend:

How grateful I am for your expression of friendship at a

time that it meant the m o s t to m e .

While I was hospitalized in St. Luke's in New York with a

broken ankle, and then as I have convalesced h e r e at home,

I have been increasingly mindful of what friends mean at a
time like t h i s .
As the days pass and new healing comes, I rejoice all the
m o r e in your thoughtfulness. It has been a strengthening
force in my life these last few weeks.

I wish I could write each thank you note in long hand and say
to you personally what I feel in my heart, but I know that you
will understand that strength at this time can be better used
in the recovery p r o c e s s .

Edgar joins me in this expression of gratitude.

Sincerely,

EAD:cr

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 THE ZONTA CLUB OF FORT WORTH
Cordially invites you to attend their
ANNUAL SERVICE AWARD DINNER
Wednesday, April 1, 7:00 p.m.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM, HOTEL TEXAS

Honoring
GLADYS PITTENGER
IRMA MARSH

Reservations by March 28th

ED 5-9900 Price of Dinner $3.75

Mail check to: Mary Martin, 715 W. Belknap

 FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM / ^ Section T

Woman oi Year ^t^^u^ /? 6 0t

Zonta Club Honoree Gets Things Done
Mrs. Mary M. Hargrove, who its first such center next year.
will be honored April 5 as the Mrs. Hargrove is active also
Zonta Club's Woman of the in the Broadway Baptist Church
Year, is a person who gets and the Zonta Club, and is a
things done but she's never been member of the board of the
able to get the things she wants YWCA. She has opened her
most. home many times to mother-
"I want a swimming pool for less girls, and sponsors a Chi-
the YWCA," she explains. nese missionary.
"If I were on the Queen for She has worked with the Tar-
a Day program, I'd wish for a rant County Home and with the
swimming pool we've never State School for Girls at Gaines-
had one at our YWCA." g B B i ville, and sponsors a former All-
The unselfish wish is typical America football player's medi-
of Mrs. Hargrove who, for most \ cal school training.
of her life, has devoted her \
time to doing unselfish things. The annual Zonta Club din-
Mrs. Hargrove, owner of the ner honoring Mrs. Hargrove
Convalescent Center at 1000 6th will be given at 7:30 p. m.
Ave., has worked closely to pro- April 5 in the Crystal Ballroom
mote the welfare of the aged at Hotel Texas. Persons may
on the local, state and national
levels. make reservations by telephon-
She is a charter member of
A ' - ing Mrs. Ola Lou Almand at
the Division of the Aging of the '
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<*#-' PErshing 2-3744.
Community Council and of the Star-Telegram Photo.
Texas Society for the Aging; MRS. MARY HARGROVE.
she is a member of the Na-
tional League of Nursing and Tarrant County Day Care Cen-
recently was named by Gover- ter for Children, Mrs. Har-
nor Daniel to serve on a state- grove now is looking forward
wide committee to study the to organization of a day care
needs of the aged in Texas. center for the aged.
A longtime worker with the She predicts the city will have
rAR-TELEGRAM
RECEIVES AWARD Mrs. Mary Hargrove, left, Zonta
Club Woman of the Year, receives the plaque that goes
with the honor from Mrs. Marvin Stevens, club president.
For Work With Aged
Zonta Club Member
Gets Annual Award
The Zonta Club of Fort Worth
honored, for the first time, one
of its own Tuesday night by
introducing at a dinner at Hotel
Texas Mrs. Mary Hargrove, a
nursing home operator, as its
Woman of the Year.
She received a plaque, sprays
and bouquets of flowers, and
listened as congratulatory tele-
grams were read and speakers
told of her humanitarian work
with the aged.
Dr. W. B. West, for whom Mrs.
Hargrove worked wtien she was
attending nursing school at the
old Methodist Hospital in 1932,
said her life had been an exam-
ple of the Zonta creed:
"Whatever ye would that men
should do unto you, do ye also
to them."
Mrs. Hargrove owns and man-
ages the Convalescent Center at
f - ? <PO
Star-Telegram Photo.
1000 6th Ave. She established the
first nursing home in Texas in
1946.
Her work has been notable,
Dr. West said, in the field of
geriatrics, and through her ef-
forts the minimum standards of
nursing homes all over the state
have been raised.
"At the same time, she had
created a place that the aged
can call home . . . where they
can find love and a feeling of
security so necessary in the twi-
light of their lives," he said.
Attorney John Honts, another
speaker, congratulated Zonta for
reaching into its own ranks for
its woman of the year.
Then turning to Mrs. Har-
grove, he said:
"You have demonstrated that
there is no greater exercise for
the heart than to reach down
to help somebody up."
Mrs. Hargrove responded by
calling the moment a "high tide"
of her life, and added that she
was keenly aware the honors paid
her carried a responsibility.
 OLCOTT P H I L L I P S
A T T O B N E Y A T LAW
2 3 0 0 CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
FOHT WOBTH,TEXAS

January 25, 1960

Miss Gladys Pittenger

Mrs. Margaret Dorsey
1517 Eighth Avenue
Fort Worth 4, Texas

Dear Gladys and Margaret:

You were both most generous and most kind

with the sentiments expressed in your letter of Janu-
ary 22. My small part in the proceedings was a great
personal satisfaction to me because I felt I was in
some degree helping to be a part of a very sincere
proceeding which recognized the meritorious service
which you have both performed over so many years.

With kindest personal regards, I am

Very truly yours,

Olcott Phillips

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Ex-Workers
In Welfare
Get Trophies
2 Women Recognized
For City Social Work
Over 33-Year Period
Two veteran social workers,
now retiredMiss M. Gladys
Pittenger and Mrs. Margaret
Dorsey were honored Monday
night by the Tarrant County
chapter of the Texas Social Wel-
fare Association.
Some 100 members and guests
paid tribute to the two women
at a dinner in Wyatt's Ridglea
Cafeteria.
Miss Pittenger retired lasi
month after 33 years' service as
the supervisor in the welfare di
vision of the city department a
health and welfare. Her assist
ant, Mrs. Dorsey, retired at th-
same time. She had 23 years'
service. Itt^AS*******^*? / J ' / T-^-iffaf.Te'.eKram Phot
They each were presented tro- CITY WELFARE VETERANS HONORED
phies, in recognition of their out-
standing social service, and cor- . . Mrs. Dorsey, Phillips, Mrs. Pittenger (l-r).
sages.
Attorney J. Olcott Phillips, who Col. Rachel Sparks as president.
nade the awards, said, "The so- Others named were Mrs. Dora
ial work profession is the out- Pike, first vice president; Mrs.
tanding contribution that makes Louis Rosenstein, second vice
ur civilization different. Both president; Mrs. Esther Hoover,
largaret and Gladys have been secretary; Mrs. Anne Stahl,
ioneers in this outstanding con- treasurer, and Mrs. Mamie Gel-
ribution." hausen and Capt. James Tritton,
The association re-elected Lt. members at large.

4 City Workers
To End Tenure
BY JIM VACHULE.
A quartet of veteran City Hall executives with a com-
bined total of 132 years' service will retire Thursday.
Heading the list is City Attor-
ney Rhinehart Rouer, who joined
the city legal staff April 6, 1921,
as special counsel in a utility
rate case. Three months later he
became city attorney and has held
the post ever since.
Others who will be working
their last day Thursday are W. S.
Mahlie, superintendent of water
and sewage treatment, who be-
gan his long career with the
municipal government the same
year as Rouer; Miss M. Gladys
Pittenger, supervisor of the wel-
fare division of the health de-
partment, and her chief assistant,
Mrs. Margaret Dorsey.
Successor Named.
Miss Pittenger has been with
the city 33 years, Mrs. Dorsey
26 years.
Succeeding Miss Pittenger as
head of the welfare division will
be Mrs. Ruby Lee Piester, who
is now regional child welfare su-
pervisor for the State Department
of Public Welfare. Successors for
Rouer, Mahlie and Mrs. Dorsey
have not been named.
During his 38 years with the
city, Rouer established himself as
one of the outstanding municipal
attorneys in Texas and the na-
tion. He won particular recogni-
tion for his handling of utility
rate cases. Only this summer he
played a leading role in opposing
Lone Star Gas Company's appli-
cation to the Texas Railroad Com-
mission for a gate rate increase.
Going to Court.
And, on Wednesday, the day
before he retires, the veteran
city attorney will go into district
court in perhaps one of the most
important cases of his career. It
is the Convair tax case in which
the city is seeking to prove that
millions of dollars worth of prop-
erty at the giant aircraft plant
should be placed on the city tax
rolls.
Rouer said Monday he plans to
open an office and go into pri-
vate law practice after his retire-
ment.
Mahlie, a chemist, has won
wide recognition t h r o u g h the
years for his methods of treating
and controlling the purity of Fort
Worth's water supply.
Miss Pittenger, in addition to
her city post, also served as su-
pervisor for the Star-Telegram
Goodfellow Fund and the Star-
Telegram Milk and Ice Fund, and
was instrumental in organizing
the Travelers Aid Society and the
Ruth Lubin summer camp for
needy children. She was honored
earlier this year as the Zonta
Club's Woman of the Year.
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Fine Public Service
In the four veteran employes retiring
from the city's service as the year closes,
Fort Worth's citizens have had a notable
bargain. The city has paid to them, in ag-
gregate, 132 years' salary. It has received,
in return, service of such high order that
it can not be termed other than exception-
al. The four employes, two of them ante-
dating in service even the beginning of the
city manager form of government, have
stuck with the city through thick and thin,
bad times and less difficult timeseven
through times when city pay checks were
worth considerably less than the figure
printed on them.
But none of them has ever let the size
of the pay check, or the uncertainty of its
worth, lessen attention or devotion to the
job. Each has continued, through some-
times trying and discouraging circum-
stances, to do the best job possible.
It is common to disparage public ser-
vants as time servers and payroll leeches.
But no one could say that of Rhinehart
Rouer, city attorney since 1921; W. S.
Mahlie, who has guarded the purity of Fort
Worth water for the same period; Miss
Gladys Pittenger, city welfare supervisor
for 33 years, or Mrs. Margaret Dorsey,
her chief assistant since 1936. All have
given the city value received, and in
heaped-up measure.
It is employes of such competence, ex-
perience and diligence that are basic to
the efficient functioning of city govern-
ment. Fort Worth is fortunate to have had
them; it is unfortunate in that it now must
lose them.
 STAR-TELEGRAM
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Ex-Workers
In Welfare
Get Trophies
dde
2 Women Recognized
For Ciiy Social Work
Over 33-Year Period
Two veteran social workers,
now retiredMiss M. Gladys
Pittenger and Mrs. Margaret
Dorsey were honored Monday
V night by the Tarrant County
? a chapter of the Texas Social Wel-
* fare Association.
n
Some 100 members and guests
paid tribute to the two women
at a dinner in Wyatt's Ridglea
Cafeteria.
Miss Pittenger retired lasl
month after 33 years' service at
the supervisor in the welfare di
vision of the city department a
health and welfare. Her assist
ant, Mrs. Dorsey, retired at t b
same time. She had 23 years'
service. Star-Telegram Photo.
They each were presented tro- CITY W E L F A R E VETERANS HONORED
phies, in recognition of their out- . . Mrs. Dorsey, Phillips, Mrs. P i t t e n g e r (1-r).
standing social service, and cor-
sages.
Attorney J. Olcott Phillips, who Col. Rachel Sparks as president.
made the awards, said, "The so- Others named were Mrs. Dora
cial work profession is the out- Pike, first vice president; Mrs.
standing contribution that makes Louis Rosenstein, second vice
our civilization different. Both president; Mrs. Esther Hoover,
Margaret and Gladys have been secretary; Mrs. Anne Stahl,
pioneers in this outstanding con- treasurer, and Mrs. Mamie Gel-
tribution." hausen and Capt. James Tritton,
The association re-elected Lt. members at large.

Welfare Unit
Honors Pair
&
For Service
The Tarrant County chapter of
Texas Social Welfare Association
paid tribute Monday n i g h t to
Miss M. Gladys Pittenger and
Mrs. Margaret Dorsey, two vet-
eran social workers who retired
recently.
. Miss Pittenger, former super-
visor in the welfare division of
the city department of health and
welfare, retired last month. Her
assistant, Mrs. Dorsey, retired at
the same time.
They were each presented tro-
phies in recognition of their long
service. The presentations were
made during a dinner at Wyatt's
Ridglea Cafeteria by Attorney J.
Olcott Phillips.
In other business, the associa-
tion re-elected Lt. Col. Rachel
Sparks as president. Mrs. Dora
Pike was named first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Louis Rosenstein, sec-
ond vice president; Mrs. Esther
Hoover, secretary; Mrs, Anne
Stahl, treasurer, and Mrs. Mamie
Gelhausen and Capt. James Trit-
ton, members at large.
partment since 1936.
Dr. W. V. Bradshaw, city
health director, said Miss Pitten-
ger's successor would be Mrs.
Ruby Lee Piester, now regional
child welfare supervisor for the
State Department of Public Wel-
fare.
A successor to Mrs. Dorsey has
not been chosen.
Miss Pittenger was supervisor
of the Fort Worth Welfare Asso-
ciation when that agency was
taken in by the city in 1926. Fort
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MISS GLADYS PITTENGER. MRS. MARGARET DORSEY.
33 Years of Service
Welfare Supervisor
For City Will Retire
Miss M. Gladys Pittenger, the Worth had not previously had a
only supervisor the welfare divi- public welfare department.
sion of the city department of First offices of the department
health and welfare has ever had, were on the fourth floor of the
j old city hall, at the site of the
will retire Thursday after 33 present one. Later the depart-
years' service in the position. ment moved to the former post-
It also will be the last day for office b u i l d i n g . The offices
her assistant, Mrs. Margaret moved to he new Public Health
Dorsey. She has been in the de- Center, 1800 University Dr., last
partment since 1936. June.
Dr. W. V. Bradshaw, city There were five employes in
health director, said Miss Pitten- Miss Pittenger's division when
ger's successor would be Mrs. she started with the city. At
Ruby Lee Piester, now regional present there are 13"which is
child welfare supervisor for the not enough," Miss Pittenger
State Department of Public Wel- said.
fare.
A successor to Mrs. Dorsey has A native of Fort Worth, Miss
not been chosen. Pittenger attended the Chicago
Miss Pittenger was supervisor School of Commons which later
of the Fort Worth Welfare Asso- became the social service ad-
ciation when that agency was ministrative school of the Uni-
taken in by the city in 1926. Fort versity of Chicago.
"The United Charities in Dal-
las found out there was a Texas
girl in Chicago/' said Miss Pit-
tenger, So she went to work for
them.
Two years later, "the Fort
Worth people found out there
was a Fort Worth girl in Dal-
las," and Miss Pittenger re-
turned to her home town. This
was in a day when social work-
lers were not in demand as they
are now.
With the Fort Worth Welfare
Association, Miss Pittenger in
1924 began her 35 years' service
as supervisor of the Star-Tele-
Igram Goodfellow Fund.
Aid for Charities.
She also has been city distribu-
tion supervisor of the Star-Tele-
gram Milk & Ice Fund.
Miss Pittenger had one of
Fort Worth's first day nurseries
under her supervision with the
welfare association. ,
She shared honors with Mrs.
Irma Marsh in 1959 as the Zonta
Club's Woman of the Year. The
club cited her for, among other
services, her supervision of all
case studies and recommenda-
tions for the Citizens' Flood Re-
June. ^^B
There were five employes in
Miss Pittenger's division when
she started with the city. At
present there are 13"which is
not enough," Miss Pittenger
said.
A native of Fort Worth, Miss
Pittenger attended the Chicago
School of Commons which later
became the social service ad-
ministrative s c h o o of
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versity of Chicago.
"The United Charities in Dal-
las found out there was a Texas
girl in Chicago/' said Miss Pit-
tenger. So she went to work for
them.
Two years later, "the Fort
Worth people found out there
was a Fort Worth girl in Dal-
las," and Miss Pittenger re-
turned to her home town. This
was in a day when social work-
ers were not in demand as they
are now.
With the Fort Worth Welfare
Association, Miss Pittenger in
1924 began her 35 years' service
as supervisor of the Star-Tele-
gram Goodfellow Fund.
Aid for Charities.
She also has been city distribu-
tion supervisor of the Star-Tele-
gram Milk & Ice Fund.
Miss Pittenger had one of
Fort Worth's first day nurseries
under her supervision with the
welfare association.
She shared honors with Mrs.
Irma Marsh in 1959 as the Zonta
Club's Woman of the Year. The
club cited her for, among other
services, her supervision of all
case studies and recommenda-
tions for the Citizens' Flood Re-
lief Service. This service admin-
istered the Star-Telegram Flood
Relief Fund from 1949 to 1951.
The Zonta Club also noted
Miss Pittenger's part in organ-
izing the Travelers Aid Society
and operating the Ruth Lubin
summer camp for needy chil-
dren.
Dr. Bradshaw said Miss Pit-
tenger had been a "wonderful"
official and that he had "had
very little welfare work to do
myself because she's done it so
well."
"I'm going to be hurt in los-
ing two key people there," he
added.
Came Here in 1926.
Mrs. Dorsey, a native of In-
dianapolis, came to Fort Worth
in 1926. She is a graduate of St.
Mary's College at Terre Haute,
Ind.
She became a case worker
with the city welfare division
here in 1936 and moved to her
present capacity three years
later.
Mrs. Piester, scheduled suc-
cessor to Miss Pittenger, has oc-
cupied her present post, with
jurisdiction over a 93-county re-
gion, since 1953. Previously, she
was supervisor of the public as-
sistance division with the State
Department of Public Welfare
office here.
A native of Fort Worth, Mrs.
Piester is a graduate of old Cen-
tral High School. She took un-
dergraduate studies at Texas
Wesleyan College and did grad-
uate work at the University of
Texas. *
Mrs. Piester is on the gover-
nor's committee of the W h i t e
House Conference for Children
and Youth.
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FORT WORTH,TEXAS

J . LEE J O H N S O N , JR.

CHAIRMANOFTHEBOARD-ACTIVE D e C e m b e r 2 9 , 1 9 5 9

Miss M. Gladys Pittenger

D e p a r t m e n t of Health and Welfare
City of F o r t Worth
City Hall
F o r t Worth, Texas

Dear Miss Pittenger:

We r e a d with r e g r e t the announcement of your

r e t i r e m e n t from the welfare division of the
F o r t Worth health d e p a r t m e n t after 33 y e a r s
of s e r v i c e .

You d e s e r v e commendation for the s e r v i c e you

have r e n d e r e d your organization, as well as for
the important part you have played in the civic
life of your community.

P l e a s e accept the congratulations and b e s t wishes

of all of us at The F i r s t National Bank.

Sincer

'J. Lee Johnson, J r .

Chairman

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December 30, 1959

FRED KORTH
PRESIDENT

Dear Miss Pittenger:

I note that after 33 successful y e a r s

with the City of F o r t Worth you now
plan l e s i u r e ' y enjoyment of the fruits
of your l a b o r s .

I wish you many happy y e a r s doing the

things that you enjoy most.

Sincerely,

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President
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Miss Gladys Pittenger

1517 8th Avenue
F o r t Worth, Texas
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GENE L. CAGLE J. OLIVER SHANNON
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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

December 29, 19!?

Dear Gladys:

This is being written to you with a very deep appreciative

thanks for a job well done and with sincerest regrets for having

to find someone to fill your position. I do not relish the future

with you and Mrs. Dorsey not being in the picture to take the

load off my shoulders as you have so ably done in the past.

I feel certain that you will continue to do your community

a real service in the future as you have in the pastyou know

no other way to performl Our loss will be someone else's gain,

and that will have to be our consolation.

I wish you a long, successful, happy, and healthy future.

With sincerest appreciation,

W. V. Pradshaw, Jr., M.D

Director, Department of Public
Health and Welfare

Miss Gladys Pittenger

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CITY M A N A G E R
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

December 30, 1959

Dear Miss Pittenger:

I cannot let the date of your retirement pass without ex-

pressing the thanks of the City administration for the long
and faithful service you have rendered to this city, and to
wish you well in the years ahead when you have the opportun-
ity to do some of the things you may have wanted to do during
your more active service with the City.

Because of the many contributions you have made to the soci-

ological aspects of urban life, I am sure you leave the
service with a feeling of satisfaction. Too, I feel sure,
many of our citizens are living in improved status because
of your work in this field of public endeavor.

With best wishes for a long and happy period of retirement

from the very active life in which you have been engaged
for so many years, I am

Cordially yours,

TOOK i ng
LPC:GA City Manager.

Miss Gladys Pittenger

Supervisor, Welfare Division
City of Fort Worth

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Miss Gladys Pittenge

1517 E i g h t h A v e n u e
F o r t Worth 4, Texas

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since you have electe
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I a m s u r e t h a t y o u ha .

relieve you; on t h e d W. O. Jones

anyone that you a r e 3 . , 3 ! i-:~

t h e City g o v e r n m e n t in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e fine
job you have done for t h e Welfare D e p a r t m e n t .

M a y I w i s h f o r y o u a n d y o u r s t h e b e s t of e v e r y -
thing in the future.

Sincerely

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D e c e m b e r 31, 1959
W.O.JONES
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Miss Gladys Pittenger

1517 E i g h t h A v e n u e
F o r t W o r t h 4, T e x a s

Dear friend Gladys:

Who is going t o b a l a n c e that budget n o w

since youhave elected to retire and become a
m e m b e r of t h e e l i t e ?

I a m s u r e that you have been training someone t o

r e l i e v e y o u ; on t h e o t h e r hand, I know a s well a s
anyone that you a r e r e a l l y going to b e m i s s e d by
the City g o v e r n m e n t in c o n n e c t i o n with t h e fine
job you have done for t h e Welfare D e p a r t m e n t .

M a y I w i s h f o r y o u a n d y o u r s t h e b e s t of e v e r y -
thing in t h e future.

Sincerely

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4 1 6 MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING
RIVEKSIDE 8 - 8 6 8 7

DALLAS 1, TEXAS

1-2-60.

Dear Gladys:
How was I to know that those s t r e e t s do not play f a i r that
they a r e and suddenly they are n o t . Besides what r i g h t has a s t r e e t to do
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a hand flip and.turn when it should logically go straight; Well, many of

jog when we shoulg jig so I guess dt is all right. At any rate , I'll find

my way to your house at any time for it is worth getting lost to have a

visit with a good and long time friend such as you. I appreciate ypu sending

me the clipping It is such appreciation by the public that makes work such

as you have done for your city worth while. It gives one a warm feeling of

having done a hard job well to have such expressions of appreciation as the

one from the paper enclosed. They might have singled you out for a special

citation for the service you have been to the many in distress and the con-

tribution you have made to the health and welfare of the needy of F$. Worth.

I feel that you are wise to hang up your gloves at this time. Some leisure

for a time will be good for what ails you if anything, There are inany

activities that you can contribute time and talent if you so desire. Come

on over and lets have a planning session. I would also profit by it. Bring

some of those gals with you. I love all of them.

iluch contentment for you and yours all during this Hew Year.

As ever,
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January 20, I960

Miss Gladys Pittenger

Welfare Division
eity of Fort Worth
1800 University Drive
Fort Worth, Texas

Dear Miss Pittenger:

Just a note to tell you how sorry I was not to be able

to attend your evening. I think it was lovely for them
to honor you in this manner. I have- enjoyed knowing
you and appreciate your work.

Sincerely,

Lucy Gist;
Lucy Gis
Director

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TOPS AT ANNUAL MEETINGFred Gunther was elected
new chairman of the Community Council and Mrs. Anne
Twiss, retiring council executive, was honored during the
council's annual meeting Thursday night.

MRS. ANNE TWISS

Community Council
Honors Executive
BY CATHERINE GUNN.
A pictorial review, "This Is Your Life, Anne Twiss, on
the Community Council," presented Thursday night at the
council's annual meeting, traced the activities of the organi-
zation's executive since 1954. She will retire June 1.
The review of Mrs. Twiss' prob-
lems and achievements presented
through drawings flashed upon a
screen was narrated by Board
Chairman J. LeRoy Schell. Schell
also extended the "thanks from
the people you have served so
well" to Mrs. Twiss.
Fred Gunther was elected new
chairman of the council, the plan-
ning section of the T a r r a n t
County United Fund and Commun-
ity Services, during the dinner
session in the Terrace Room of
the Hilton Hotel.