Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-20
FIFTH DISTRICT FEDERATION
MEETING TO BE HELD HERE
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
ORGANIZATION coMPR'sEs
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Fifty Nine Clubs of Seven Counties to
Send Delegates, 100 Of Whom Are
Expected to Be in Attendance-Ses-
sions to Be Held in Congregational
Church-The Program.

The annual convention of the NTH
iistric. orga.'jzution - - I'na Fed
Grafton OF Wo1aen's CiG', WI b. me d
in this city NJ week, bas,nnns We'd
nesday 2ftA~n,,n ard crIlr.- 10 a
close Thursday aftern""l. Dc hIn-
d.ed or more delegates from the fifty
nine federated clu-s'of the district are
expected to he N attendance. The
counties within the organization are
those of the Firth congressional DIS
trict-Marshall, Granny, rama, LIN.
Benton. Cedar ana Jones. The cen
vention Will be leii "a the C"us-ega-
t.Cnal church.
The city Federation Of Women's
Clubs is to entertain the convention.
Mrs. Anna 2. Smelling IS chairman OF
the hospitality committee. Mrs. Elmer
f. Taylor. of Traer is chairman OF
the district organization, having been
nominated at the 1916 convention at
Vinton Her election al the last state
federation meeting was for the bien-
NAL period. 50 that there VIII be no
nomination OF a chairman made at the
convention here.
Music Follows Reception.
The convention will open Wednes-
day evening with a reception to the
visiting club women at the home Of
Mrs. H. G. Mueller, zoos West Main
street, beginning at S o'clock. This
will be followed by a musical program
to be given by the members OF the
Tuesday Musical Club.
Thursday Mornings Program.
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock the
convention will be called to order in
the Congregational church. Mrs. F. w.
Mayer, Of this city, will stng, and Rev.
B. F. Martin. p>>>or OF the church
where the convention is TO he held. Wall
offer the invocation, Mrs Eta L. Ag-
new. president of the City Federation
Of Nomen's Clubs, will give the ad-
dress OF welcome, and the response
will be by Mrs. F. W. Wood, Of Traer.
Reports of the state convention will
follow They will include art, Miss
Emma Grattin, Cedar Rapids; civics,
Miss Mary Mac Leod, Mt. Vernon;
rural life, Mrs. r. W. Frank, of Rem
Buckingham; health. Mrs. E. H. Schill-
| ing, Of State Center; home economics,
Mrs. Agnew; scholarship and loan
| fund, Mrs. Jennie l. Berry, Of Cedar
| Rapids: and civil services reform, Mrs
Ella McKim, of this city. Mrs. II. w
Spaulding of Grinnell, vice president
of the Iowa federation, will extend the
federation's greetings to. the district
organization and Miss Neale S. Know
| les, Of Iowa State College, Ames, will
| tell of the work of home demonstra-
| ton agents.
| The roll call and reports of delegates
will bring the forenoon session to a
close and luncheon will be served al
the church. After lunch the visiting
club women will be taken on an auto
mobile drive about town, including a
trip to the soldiers home.
The Closing Session.
! An organ recital by Mrs. o. c Fox
of this city, will open the afternoon
and closing session. Mrs. John w
Watzek of Davenport, president of the
state federation, will give an address
and Mrs. Frances Whitley, of Webster
! City, will tell Of the work of the
National Defense, of which she is
state chairman. Mrs. Charles A
1 Myers will singy and Mrs. Homer A
Miller, Of Des Moines, Iowa director OF
the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs. will tell Of the general feder-
atoms work
Short addresses on library extension
and good roads will be given by Miss
Julia Robinson: nf Des Noines anG
Mrs. Henry Taylor, Of Bloomeld, res
pectively. Reports of the credentials
and resolutions committees will be
given, and the convention will close
with the singing Of America"