Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-11
W. C. T. U. Officers Arrive For
Committee Meetings, Prior
to Convention
FIRST SESSION AT O'CLOCK
Routine Matters Are Gone Over and
No Action Of Public Nature Taken
Another Session This Afternoon at 2
First Open Meeting of the conven-
ton to Be Held Tonight.

The preliminary sessions Of the an
nual convention of the Iowa w. c. i.
U. were held in this city today, When
the executive committee met to trans
act it's business prior to the opening
of the convention. The first session
was at 8 o'clock and the second at 2
this afternoon. The executive COM
mittee is composed of the general OF
ficers of the union; the district presl-
dents, and superintendent of the OIL
ferent departments. No business Oh
especial Importance was transacted az
the sessions, and all actions taken Will
not be made public until reported IN
open convention.
The personnel of the executive COM
mittee is as follows:
President-Mrs. Marion II. Durham,
Burlington.
Vice President-Mrs. j. B. Shessler,
Sioux City.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Ida
B. Wise, Missouri Valley.
Recording Secretary-Mrs: l.. ID.
Carhart, Marion.
Treasurer-Mrs. Carrie K. Godfrey,
Lyons.
District Presidents-F'il. , Mrs. M. G.
Davenport, Mt. Pleasant; Second, Mrs.
S. c.. Nutter, Centerville; Third, Miss
Airline Meyer, Weldon; Fourth, Mrs.
M. E. Bacon, Creston; Fifth. Mrs. H.
S. Nichols, Shenandoah Sixth, Mrs.
Ida B. Wise, Missouri Valley; Seventh,
Mrs. l.. E. Hubbard, Stuart; Eighth,
A Il: Tt
Ninth, Mrs. A. A. Drummond, Rich
land; Tenth, Mrs. r. A. Mcdowell,
Washington; Eleventh, Mrs. E. Betzin-
ger, Clinton; Twelfth, Mrs. Lizzie Irm-
scher, Dubuque; Thirteenth Mrs. Sal
lie r. Ferris, Waterloo; Fourteenth,
Mrs. Lora A. Bennett, Marshalltown;
Fifteenth, Mrs. ]. N. Dixon, Ames;
Sixteenth, Mrs. Naomi Mackey, Sac
City; Seventeenth, Mrs. Lucia NJ.
Darling, Morningside; Eighteenth. Mrs.
Satella Penman, Rock Rapids; Nine
teenth, Mrs. ]. B. Shessler, Sioux
City; Twentieth, Mrs. Emily Dodge,
Algona; Twenty-first, Miss Ellen Rus
sell, Fredericksburg; Twenty third,
Mrs. Thera B. True, Edgewood.
Superintendent of Departments -
Organizatioin)-M Dollie Dick Bur-
CESS. California, secretary Young Wo-
mans Branch; Mrs. Minnie Shoemak-
er, Mason City, secretary Loyal Tenn
perance Legion and Bend of Mercy;
Mrs. Anna P. Halverson, Ossian, work
among foreign speaking people,
Evangelistic-Mrs Agnes Brooknnil-
Ter, Stuart, evangelistic; Mrs. Julia A.
Quackenboss, Swaledale, work among
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son, Marshalltown purity; Mrs. Viola
Fox, Dubuque flower mission, prison,
Jail and almshouse; Mrs. Clara p.
White, Volga, Sabbath observance and
use of unfermented wine in churches.
Preventative Mrs Blanche Brink.
Doom, non alcoholic medication; Mrs.
Mary Slack, New Sharon, peace and
arbitration.
Educational - Mrs. Carrie E. Fred
erick, Marshalltown, scientific temper
ance instruction.; Mrs. A. M. Bowers,
Creston, temperance literature; Mrs.
M. J. 0. Whiting, Belmond medal con-
tests; Mrs. Mary Richardson, Marcus
school savings banks; Mrs. Clara v.
Weaver, Colfax, Christian citizenship:
Mrs. M. Fl. Durham, Burlington, tenn
perance and labor; Mrs NJ E. Hawk
ms, Creston, fairs and open air meet
1ngs; Mrs. Lora A. Bennett, Marshall
town, institutes.
social-Mrs. Emma A. Treat, Stuart,
parlor meetings.
Legal = Mrs. Anna Mcpherson Ed
worthy, East Des Moines, legislation
and petitions.
Miscellaneous-Mrs r. S. Lichten-
walter Toledo, temple; Mrs. Clara p.
White, Volga, state reporter for Union
Mrs. Minnie B. Allen, Bows,