The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-12
YEAR BOOK OF THE
w, r, c., MINNESOTA

; in rotation to that district which had
the largest increase in clubs. The
gavel represents authority, power to
serve,a secure order and justice.
The annual meeting of the state
federation will be held at Mankato
in September. The places and dates
for the district meetings are as fol-
, lows: First district, st. Charles, May
%; Second district, Springfield, May
"a and %; Third, Hastings, April 4
and 5; Fourth, st. Paul, April "a;
Fifth, Minneapolis, April %; Sixth,
| Aitkin, May 8 and g.; Seventh, Ben
=, son, May 16 and II; Eighth, Grand
Rapids, May 10 and H. Ninth,
Minneapolis, April 81.
The state officers are: President,
Mrs. w. T. Coe, Wayzata. Mimi;
vice president, Mrs. Peter Olesen, Clio
| Quet; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
W. l. Gray, Minneapolis; recording
secretary, Mrs c. J. Holman, Man
kato; treasurer, Mrs. w. c. Cobb,
Brainerd; auditor, Mrs. w. D. Alb
! bolt, Winona; historian, Mrs. George
G.. WEIGH, Fergus Falls; custodian,
Mrs E. J. Lewis, Sank Center; gem
eral federation secretary, Mrs. e. H.
Loyhed, Faribault; general federation
director, Mrs. T. G. Winter, Mime
apolis.
The district presidents are: Mrs.
! George J. Allen, Rochester, First;
Mrs. j. R. Brandrup, Mankato, Sec
ond: Mrs IT, A. Brown, Hastings,
Third; Miss Kit NJ. Clum, st. Paul,
Fourth: Mrs. J. G. Buchanan, Mime
apolis, Fifth; Mrs. L. D. Brown, Lit
tie Falls, Sixth; Mrs. S. Fl. Johnson,
! Appleton, Seventh; Mrs. F. G. Cornell,
Big Falls, Eighth; Mrs. William Rus
sell, Moorhead, Ninth, and Mrs. John
B. Irwin. Minneapolis, Tenth.
! The chairman of the special de-
partinents are: Art, Mrs. Cyrus
Wells, Minneapolis, subcommittee
I: handicraft, Mrs. c. E. Conant, Wells;
civics, Mrs. NJ. E. Matthews, Mar
shall; subcommittee recreation, Miss
Josephine Brewer, St. Cloud civil
service, Mrs. G. l.. Atwood, ST. Cloud;
conservation, forestry and waterways,
Mrs. Robert Nee, Faribault; parks
! and highways. Mrs. James Jennison;
country life, Mrs. Charles r. Wright,
Fergus Falls; education, Mrs. II. II.
| Witherstine, Rochester; home eco
Monies, Mrs. " C. Sherman, Mime
apolis: industrial and social condi-
tons. Mrs. II. F. Kinney, Minneapolis;
! Hesitation. Miss Julia Clifford, Min
neapolis: library extension, Miss Cla-
/ ra F. Baldwin. St. Paul; literature,
Mrs. William Nick. Blake, Minneap-
! oils; mothers club, DR.. Flora l.. S.
Aldrich, Anoka; motion pictures, Mrs.
Charles w. Cartwright, Minneapolis;
music, Mrs. Roy w. Andrews, Man
kato: public health. Mrs. J. w. An
drews, Mankato: subcommittee child
! hygiene, DIR. Nellie w. Nelson. st.
Paul: subcommittee social hygiene,
DIR. Ethel F. Hurd. Minneapolis; the
standing committee chairmen are:
Constitution, Mrs. NJ. 3. Lewis, Min
neapolis: credentials, Mrs. W. J..
F., Comstock, Mankato; endowment,
Mrs. E. J. Lewis, Sank Center; fl
nance, Mrs. Henry Cohen. Brainerd;
membership, Mrs. w. T. Gee, Way
zata; press. Mrs. T. l.. Beckley st.
Paul, and hrs. i. J. Haas. Minneapr
oils: printing. Mrs. BYRON K. Cowles,
Mrs. f. H. Wurtzbach, Jr., Mime
apolis; program, Mrs. Henry s.
i Godfrey. Minneapolis, Mrs. Kay Todd,
st. Paul and Mrs. G. II. Cooper, Man
kato: State Fair district presidents;
general federation magazine, Miss
Marianne Clark, st. Cloud, Miss Su-
san A. Doran, st. Paul, and Miss
Clara Wambold, Minneapolis: state
bulletin editors, Mrs. T. G. Winter,
advisory committee, Mrs. r. Fl. 10y
he'd. .Faribault, and Mrs. G. j. Hol-
man, Mankato.
"The Year Book" said Mrs. W. T..
| Coe, sis one of the best, I think. we
| have ever had. It is a splendid piece
Of work from a financial as well as
literary point of view"