Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-29
CONVENTION OPENS
Colored Club Women Met in OF
tumwa Today.
MRS. HELEN D0WNEY In THE CHAIR
Convention Committees Appointed at
the Business Session This Morning
Delegates Continue TO Arrive in
This City During the Day.
[From Tuesdays Dally.j

lfioiu tuesdays Daily.j
The opening session of the conven-
ton of delegates from the colored wo-
mems clubs in the various cities in the
state was held this morning at the Sec
ond Baptist church in this city. There
were present at this meeting about
twenty members of the colored wo-
mems clubs throughout the state and
the work of the convention was taken
up with much enthusiasm. Delegates
will arrive throughout the day and ii
is expected that by the evening SEES
sion the majority of the clubs in the
state will be represented. Mrs. j. ST.
lone Yates, of Kansas City, is expect.
ed to arrive on the Milwaukee and
will speak at the evening session OF
the convention.
.ance at the morning session of the
convention today We're:
Mrs. Helen Downey, Mrs. q. B. Tay'
lor and Mrs. M. A. Strother, of the Ida
B. Wells reading club of Ottumwa.
Mrs. F. Grooms and Miss Florence
White, of the Dunbar club, of Musca.
tine.
Mrs. Fred Jackson, of the H. B. S.
r. c., of Des Moines.
Mrs. Lydia Moss, of the Violet club,
Mrs. D. B. johnson and Mrs. Gene.
We've Toliver, of the Touissant Low.
erture club. and Mrs. Gordon, of the
Silver Autumn club, of Davenport and
Mrs. r. E. Crump, of Hedrick.
The Convention Hall.
The convention of the delegates
from the colored women's clubs OF
Iowa is being held in the Second Bap.
fist church. As the delegates Assem-.
bled this morning evidences of the
work of the committee on arrange.
ments from the local club became evi.
dent. The platform of the conven.
ton hall was beautifully draped with
white and purple bunting and flowers
and palms and potted plants were ar.
ranged in a most artistic manner
about the rostrum adding cheer to the
surroundings.
The Business Session.
AT $3.50 o'clock this morning the as
sembly was called to order and a TEN
porary organization of the convention
was effected, with Mrs. Helen Downey
as chairman pro TEN. and Mrs. Ruth
Richardson, of Davenport, as sec.
rotary pro TEN. There were pres,
emit at the business session this
morning aside from the delegates a
large number of the 1. B. w. r. G. OF
this city. Committees were appointed
at this meeting to have charge of the
various lines of work that will come
before the convention. The following
delegates were appointed on the vari
GUS committees:
Committee on Credentials-Mrs
Gordon and Mrs. Genevieve Toliver, OF
Davenport, and Mrs. F. Grooms, Of
Muscatine.
Committee on Constitution, Mrs
Fred Jackson, of Des Moines; Mrs
Lydia Moss and Mrs. D. B. johnson oil
Davenport, Mrs. q. B. Taylor of Ottum.
wa and Miss Florence White of Mus
catine.
Nominating Communicates. M. A.
Strother of Ottumwa, Mrs. F. Grooms
and Miss Florence White, Of Musca.
tine.
Press correspondent for the conven'
tion-Mrs. R. E. Crump of Hedrick.
Interesting Discussion.
During the morning session there
was a short time devoted to the con-
sideration of the subject Women as
Club Workers." This topic elected q
great deal of comment from the var.
ious members OF the convention and
among the principal speakers were:
Mesdames Alexander, r. e. Crump, 2.
B. Taylor, D. B. Johnson, Lydia Moss
and MANY others.