The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-24
kEOKUK WOMAN
HEADS REBEKAHs
Mrs. Laura Wardlow Was Elected
President and Mrs. Lulu James
Reporter at Fort Madison
Meeting.
LARGE REPRESENTATION
Many Lodges From Southeastern
Part of the State Sent Men,
bers-keokuk Was We'll
Represented.
Especial to The Gate City.l

Especial to The Gate City.l
FORT MADISON, Iowa, Sept o.
keokuk got two offices at the sixth
annual meeting of the Rebekah con-
vention. district No Sc, in Fort Mad
ison today. The officers elected fol-
low:
President-Mrs Laura wardlow,
Keokuk.
secretary-Mrs. Matte Clements,
Fort Madison.
Treasurer-Mrs. Blanche Tucker
| Viewer.
Reporter-Mrs. Lulu James, Keo-
kuk.
The next meeting will be held in
Montrose.
There were present four state lodge
officers, they being Assembly Presi-
dent Helen Prescott of Mason City,
Assembly Warden Allie Scott of Fort
| Madison, State Secretary S. e. Math-
eny of Keokuk, and Mrs. Flora Horn
OF Montrose. To these grand officers
the honors of the degrees were first
conferred.
A short address of welcome was
then given by Mrs. Cooney, who saie.:
In behalf OF the Empress Rebecca
lodge, No. S64, welcome you to our
| home lodge. And as citizens of Fort
Madison, we extend to you a most
| cordial welcome to our good old Ger
man town. We are assembled here
] for a purpose known to each and ev-
cry one of us. Let us not only make
1T day of instructions and obliga-
lions but may we for one brief day
forget all sorrow, cast away every
care, and make this day of days. so
that when we take our farewell this
evening and depart to our respective
homes we will be bound more close
| ly together by the chain that links
our hearts to friendship, love and
| truth
Mrs. Horn of Montrose, respond
! ing, said: "In behalf of the delegates
of the convention we thank you for
/ your hearty welcome. We also hope
/ that the deliberations of this conven-
| ton will rebound for the good of the
order; and when we close, may the
smiles that were upon your counten-
ances at your greeting still illumin-
ate your faces and that we
ma all say that we are glad we
came. Again we thank YOU
Parts of the secret work of the
lodge were then exemplified by Mrs.
! Prescott, after which the annual re-
ports We're read-those of the vice
/ president secretary, and treasurer.
/ Following this was the a-.:,ual "ques-
ton box conducted by Mrs. Prescott
4 and during which various subjects
relating to the order were brought up
for discussion.
AS the program had progressed
more rapidly than expected and as
considerable time remained between
then and the noon hour. several of
the members were called upon for
short talks on such subjects as they
chose, all of which were greatly en-
ioyed. Those who We're called upon
We're Mrs. Prescott; Sisters Merriam
and Matheny of Keokuk; Scott of TT.
Madison: Horn of Montrose; Sisters
] Dewein of Wapello. Sisters Mutt and
Mohnike of Viewer; Sister Emery of
/ Hamilton
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session, called at
100. was devoted mainly to the ex-
emplifcaton and demonstration OF
Il, s.,,r
with few remarks by Miss Matheny
/ of Keokuk The working into lodge"
i demonstration was omitted. The
demonstration Of balloting on candi-
dates was put on by the local order
instead of the Montrose lodge as an
nounced. The installation of Off
GERS" demonstration was in charge of
the Colfax lodge of Keokuk
This evening there was an open
session, free to the public.
The Delegates.
Viewer. Iowa, Good Hope lodge,
No. 2G7) Mesdames: William Mob
| nike C. T. Shepherd, E. H. Liddle, M.
Zachmeyer, Blanche Tucker, Dorothea
Mohnike, Anna NJ Smith, Eta M.
LANCE, Alice Mutt, Grace Lauther,
Lydia Wright. Ellen Stewart, Ellen
LANCE, Misses Gracia Porter, Elsie
Lange, Clara Liddle, Emma D. Hueb.
ner, Bertha Muelot, Armie Chestnut,
Caroline LANCE, Messrs. ]. w. Elliott.
j. H. Mutt, Robert LANCE.
Keokuk, Iowa. tColfax lodge, No.
~ Mesdames Susie Walsmith, Mary
E. Martin. May e. Fliesbach, Edna M.
Harter Gertrude e. Armstrong, Lulu
James, Ella Burger, Minnie Merriam.
Jennie B. Griffey, Misses Hannah
Housely and S E. Matheny.
Hamilton. ILL.,, tGenevieve lodge,
No. 177) Mrs. Effie Emery.
/ Wapello, Iowa, tDerexa lodge, No.
1921 Mrs. Mary e. Dewein.
Fort Madison, Iowa, Empress Re