Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-13
CLOSE OF SIXTH
CLUB BIENNIAL
Newly Elected Officers Pre-
sented to Iowa Federation
of Women's Clubs
HoNoRs RETIRING PRESIDENT
80.
HoNoRs RETIRING PRESIDENT
Mrs. Fletcher, Who Made An Ideal
President and Presided With Dig
nifty and unfailins Good Nature at
Biennial, Just Closed, Welcomes
Mrs. seerley AS Her Successor.

Biennial, Just Closed, welcomes
Mrs. SeerIey As Her Successor.
Special to Times-Republican.
Waterloo, May 13-The sixth bien-
NAL of the Iowa Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs has closed, after a three
DAYS session that has been success
full in every way, held at Waterloo.
Friday evening at the close OF the ses-
sion, prolonged applause greeted the
worthy new officers upon their
presentation. BY the ruling of
the formal ballot, two-thirds
majority being necessary for
election, Mrs. j. ]. Seerey, of
Burlington, receiving PA votes, Will
preside as president of the federation
for the next biennial period; Mrs. Ellen
H. Brown, Waterloo, 221 votes, vice
president; Mrs. Mary H. Johnston,
| Humboldt, 226 votes, recording secre-
tary; Mrs Gertrude Nash, Audubon,
225 votes, sponding secretary;
Miss Harriet Lake independence, 215
votes, general federation secretary;
Mrs. B. b. Clark, Red Oak, t225 votes,
treasurer and Mrs Maria G. Bibbs,
Boone, 119 votes, auditor. The total
number of ballots cast was 229, and
the scattering vote was very small.
The district nominations for chair
men and also delegates and alternates
to the General Federation of Women's
Clubs biennial to be held in st. Paul
in 1906, were ratified by the convention
yesterday, the list of delegates and all
ternates being incomplete in some of
the districts however. The secretary
was instructed to cast ballot for the
following:
First District-Chairman, Mrs.
Eschelman, Cherokee; delegate, name
not handed in; alternate. name not
handed in.
Second-Chairman, Mrs. c. E. CO.
hoon, Emmetsburg; delegate, Mrs.
Cory, Spencer; alternate, Mrs. Tweedy.
Third-Chairman Mrs.J. A. Church,
Jefferson; delegate, Mrs. Warren Garst
Coon Rapids; alternate, Mrs. w. A.
Helsell, Odebolt.
Fourth-Chairman, Mrs. L. r. Pc
tiers, Harlan; delegate, Mrs Gertrude
Nash, seAudubon; alternate, DR.. Julia
Clark tIallam, Sioux City.
Fifth hairman;g Mrs. D. L. Helm
scheimer. Glenwood; delegate, Mrs w.
+. Hill -------- -- -; alternate, Mrs.
Cutler, Council Bluffs.
Sixth--Chairman, Mrs Marian
stookey, Leon; delegate, Mrs Marian
Stookey, Leon; alternate, no name re-
ported.
Seventh - Chairman, Mrs. A. c..
shepley, Des Moines; delegate, Mrs. o.
c. Meredith, --------;; alternate,
Mrs. w. II. Berry, 1ndianola.
Eighth-Chairman, Mrs. Hoag, Gar
ner; delegate, Mrs. L. A. McMurray,
Webster City: alternate, none elected
Ninth-Chairman, Mrs. Stella Miles,
Charles City; delegate, Mrs. c.. H.
McNider, Mason City; alternate, not
reported.
Tenth Chairman, Mrs Jackson,
Iowa Falls; delegate, Mrs. T. j..
Fletcher, Marshalltown; alternate
Mrs. Charles Albrook, Eldora.
Eleventh - Chairman, Miss Nettie
Brunt, DEBORAH; delegate, Miss M. E.
Sc n,
West Union.
Twelfth = Chairman, Mrs. Max Is
raeL Cedar Falls; delegate, Mrs. Ward
B. Agnew, Cedar Falls; alternate, Mrs.
Lynlna Hurd, Dubuque.
Thirteenth Chairman, Mrs. Jen-
ME Berry, Cedar Rapids; delegate,
Mrs. G. w. Burnham, vinton; alter
nate, Mrs. D. w. Norris, Grinnell.
Fourteenth-C Chairman, Mrs. Arthur
Blunt, Clinton; delegate, Mrs. Mary A.
Colkins, Wyoming; alternate, Mrs.
Albert Critz, Muscatine.
Fifteenth - Chairman, Mrs. R. H.
Moore, Ottumwa; delegate, Mrs. H. S.
Spencer, Oskaloosa; alternate, not re-
ported.
Sixteenth-C Chairman, Mrs. Elizabeth
g. Besmer, Washington delegate. Mrs.
David A. Lingar Keokuk; alternate,
Mrs. Beckwith, Mt. Pleasant.
This morning at the Logan House,
headquarters, was held joint meet
ing of the retiring and incoming
boards, the latter now including the
sixteen district chairman, according to
the amendment of the constitution.
Following the meeting, those attend
ing it. twenty-three being expected,
were delightfully."- entertained at an
elaborate luncheon given by Mrs.
Fletcher, Mrs. Cory and Miss Lake.
A happy event Friday afternoon was
the action which made Mrs. James
G. Berryhill, Cedar Rapids first pres
ident Of the federation, an honorary
president. All three sessions of the
last day were full of splendid feat
ures and many We're the intellectual
treats enjoyed. In the morning an ex-
tremely interesting session was enjoy
ed. Mrs. C. C. Loomis, Of Cedar Rap
ids, gave her report as journalist and
G. F. w. c. delegate, being followed
by Mrs. Belle vinnedge Drake, presi-
dent Of the Des Moines Woman's
Press Club, with splendid address on
What is Yellow Journalism I" Mrs.
Drake defined it as the natural result
of the transition age In which
we live, and said that the newspapers
were only one phase Of the disease,
which had spread to the church,
school, state and nation, business,
and society Mrs. Drake said 1t was
largely due to an ignorant cropping to
express old ideas in new form.
Mrs Jessie Vaupel Bicknell, of the
Mail and Times, Des Moines, also
spoke upon the subject, and told of
"Woman's Share In Yellow Journal
ism" Mrs. Bickneli said very few
things in the world today were ques-
tions of sex, the two important excep-