Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-10-13
LARE is CAPTURED
BY N. D. FEDERATED CLUBS
Ladies Made Royalty Welcome And They Believe
. Meeting Is the Best the Organize
= ton Ever Enjoyed

Delightful weather, a large attend
ance and keen interest marked the
meeting Of the North Dakota Fedora
tion of Women's clubs, to which Or
ganization the citizens of Devils Lake
have played host the past week. With
140 delegates and visitors in attend
ance, the sessions have proven very
instructive and entertaining, and the
program was carried out each day al
most as planned, the only regret Of
the meeting being the illness of the
federation president, Mrs. N. G. Young,
which resulted in her being unable to
preside at a greater part of the ses-
sions. T.
The convention was called to order
Tuesday morning at q o'clock and a
large part of the day was taken up
with conferences of the different de-
partmenrs Of work, the board of direc-
tors and club presidents.
An informal reception was held the
evening at the Commercial club rooms
at which the club ladies, guests and
hostesses were most delightfully."- en-
tertained. The club rooms were ap-
propriately decorated for the occasion
and the evening was spent most pleas
antly in getting acquainted and listen.
ing to the excellent programme Or
ranged. (
DR.. Anna B. Shortridge formally well
coined the visiting ladies to the city at
the opening of. Wednesday mornings
session, and she was most ably re-
sponded to by Mrs. w. A. Cuhing Of
Fargo on behalf of the guests. =,
( The reports Of the different officers
Of the federation were then listened to
and they showed the different depart
ments to be in excellent condition and
the work to be going forward with a
will in all parts Of the state.
T The afternoon was devoted to the
reports Of the different standing COM
mittees, interspersed with muical num-
bers. The reports showed the differ
ent committees to be working hard in
the interests Of the work and that
much good has resulted from their ef-
forts. y. : =, Z. !, :. , y: r.
Thursday morning was given over
/ 40 FG1r o,, 4 -.
gates; the reports of new clubs, and
the report of the endowment fund COM
mittee. The following are the offers
and delegates chosen: SO ~
55,-s :s. ,ss,$ The OFFICERS.
Vice-President at Large-Mrs. M A.;
Baldwin, Fargo. VII %5s 'S4s
: Recording Secretary-Mrs. s. y.
Zimmerman, Valley City. i r':. "
Treasurer-Mrs. L. b. Dochterman,
Wil1iston. f = <.zs RI: n ~ = = >
General Federation secretary-Mrs.
w. s. Lauder, Wahpeton. h@S.s'',
yice-President 4th Judicial District
Mrs. J. L. Mathews, Lidgerwood.
Vice-President 7th Judicial District
Mrs. T.. J. Titus, Mimic. :#z@
Directors for Three Years DIR. An.
: 40 s. sshsorrtr::ags. Devils Lake; Y ,s. g
FRANKLIN Z. Mcvey, Grand Forks.
Mrs. s. Lyman, Minot. S12s =::ss r I = q
Directors for Two Years Mrs. Percy
Cole, Kenmare. ..S. $;s.s533s@slS E
n Delegates 70 National Convention. d
Mrs. John Burke, Bismarck q 3
Mrs. M 6. Young. Fargo. .s&s5aSEa a;5s 55
Il. Mrs. Silver serumg gard, Devils Lake
Mrs. Chas. Wo olfe, Wahpeton S$ y
II Mrs. NJ. A. Hildreth, Fargo.
Mrs. Franklyn McVey. Grand Forks.
q Mrs. Andrew Carr, Minot.
The following alternates were chos-.
en-
Mrs. Z. 3. DC terman, Williston. h ~ v
Mrs. b B. Page, Devils Lake.
Mrs. 4. eomans, Lansford. Il
I Mrs. z. a. 4A. Boyd len, Jamestown.
Mrs. R. A.s Sprague, Grand Forks.
81 Mrs. "a; p. Goss, Minots &,
E Mrs. ". Reynolds, Wegthop pc.
|| The application of the Musical club.
Iof Grand Forks, for membership ii the
State Federation was acted on favor
ably this morning. The admission 81
this club brings the membership UP os
u
The Invitation of the Grand Forks
commercial club. presented BY Mrs,
Scott Rex, Tor the l91 q convention of
the federation was accepted