The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-23
Mrs Jennie Englc is Reelected as Vice President and
Mrs j. Walter Barnes as Recording Secretary.
Official Board Has Meeting.
.PARKERSBURG IS AFTER NEXT CONVENTION
Large Number of Delegates From Nearby Cities Enroll
Today Swelling List to the 200 Mark.

The second day OF the thirty.third
annual West Virginia w. C. r. U. con.
yantion opened this morning at l0:30
O'clock with the president, Mrs. Lenne
Lowe Yost, presiding. Preliminary to
the formal opening OF the session an
Official board meeting was held, and
matters pertaining TO the organiza'
ton were variously discussed. The
official board meeting was held In the
ladies' parlor and during this hour
devotional exercises were conducted
in&the auditorium. led by Miss Jennie
Williams, of Buckhannon.
The first part of the morning ses-
sion was largely given over to reports
oftcommittees such as the executive,
credentials, national delegate, etc
The reports submitted were excellent
and showithe work of the state organl-
zation to be effective and far reach
ins.
Officers were elected at the mora.
ing session. With the exception Of
one office, that OF Union Signal repre-.
sentative, the old officers were re-
elected
Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, of Morgan.
town, was reelected for the eighth
consecutive year, having first beeu
elected to the state office in 1905. Mrs.
Yost responded to greetings in her
characterIstically charming manner
and thanked the convention for the
honor conferred upon her. Mrs. Jen'
ME SEngle, reelected vice president tor
the eighth consecutive year, respond
ed TO greetings by the singing OF a
hymn entitled Nearer" Mrs. Engle
brought the audience to tears with
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. this hymn.
Others responded with brief and pleas
Ing talks.
The following is the list OF officers:
President, Mrs. Lenna Lowe iost,
Morgantown; vice president, Mrs. Jen'
ME Everett Engle, Fairmont; corre'
spending secretary. Mrs. Blanche NJ.
Pickering. Rowlesburg: recording sec
retary, Mrs. Olive c. Barnes. Fair.
mont; treasurer. Mrs. Lrni McWhor.
ter Jenkins, Buckhannon; auditor, Mr..
G. w. Broyles, Buckhannon.
Editor OF the official organ, The
White Ribbon, Mrs. Lenna Lowe fost;
business manager, Mrs. May Hennen,
Fairmont; Union Signal representa-
tive. Mrs. George Trainer. Salem; un.
Ion Signal special correspondent, Mrs.
Blanche Wheatley, Bolivar; state or.
ganizers. Mrs. Florence c. West OF
Spencer, Mrs. S. E. Leith of Grafton.
Superintendent OF departments
were named as follows:
Anti.narcotics. Mrs. Nellie Howard
Hess. Cowen; anti.child labor and
Juvenile courts, Mrs. Grace Stone Het'
Eel, Martlnsburg; evangelistic and
Bible In public schools, Miss Jennie
Williams, Buckhannon: cooperation
with missionary societies. Mrs. May
Smith Downes, Buckhannon; flower
mission, Mrs. C. E. Fisher, Bluefeld:
fairs and open air meetings, Miss El.
len Hoff, Clarksburg: fra.chise, Mrs.
Alma McWhortsr West, Clarkshurg;
Legislation, general officers and Mrs.
" E. Mohler; literature, Mrs. E. Au'
gusta Shaffer, Kingwood; medal CON
tests, Miss Lura Bonnet, Weston. X.
Esd. a; medical temperance. Estalee
M Chalfant, NJ. D., Shinnston: moth
ers' meetings and white ribbon re.
cruits, Mrs. Blanche McMunn Smith
Mechanic St. Clarksburg; parliament
tary usage, Mrs. n. C. Sweet. ST. AL
hairs; peace and arbitration. Mrs. En-
ma s.. Monroe. Sistersville; health.
DIR! Carrie Sigler. huntington; penal
and reform, Miss Ella Hall. Weston:
press, Mrs. Cora R. Ogden, Salem;
purity, Mrs. Florence c. West. spen'