The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
Over Twenty-Eight Thousand
Members In State
GREATSTR|DESARE MADE
Yearbook of the Federation Has
Been Issued; Data For the
Ladies
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
With 400 clubs and a membership
of 28,462, the Minnesota Federation of
Women's clubs records an amazing
growth. A gain of forty three clubs
and 6,651 members is shown in the
last year of Mrs. William T. Goes
presidency. Difficulty in compiling the
data has delayed the publication of
the 1918 year book until now
The contents of the book are records
of the last annual meeting; of the re-
wise constitution and bylaws; of
recommendations made and resolu-
lions passed at the last annual meet
ing; the presidents address and re-
ports of the state federation officers;
reports in brief on work done by each
of the ten districts; a special direct
DRY of the county organizations; the
names of the county secretaries and
their places of residence The second
district leads with thirty-four towns
in counties having clubs. District
is a close second with thirty clubs.
Federation Has Made Strides.
Financially the federation has made
strides on the road to prosperity. The
first $4,000 for the $4,000 endowment
fund has been subscribed At the last
annual meeting the first amount was
made complete after vote. by the ex-
ecutive board that sufficient sum be
taken from advertising money obtained
through the efforts of Mrs. William T.
Coe, then president of the federation.
The interest on the $4,000 will be used
in federation work. The endowment
money not already invested in mort
cages was applied to the purchase of
Liberty bonds.
The federation state secretary in her
final report stated that there are now
in the general federation sixty-four
clubs which hold individual general
federation membership, Mrs. John C.
Buchanan is now the general state
federation secretary, having succeeded
Mrs. Edgar H, Loyhed. Mrs. Thomas
A. Winter represents the state club
women as director for Minnesota on
the board of directors of the G. F. w.
c. A roster of the individual clubs of
the ten respective districts is care
fully compiled
The State Officers.
Officers OF the M. F. w G. are:
President, Mrs. George ]. Allen,
Rochester
Vice president, Mrs. Peter oleson,
Cloquet. ~
Corresponding secretary, Mrs. Austin
A. Kennedy, Rochester.
Recording secretary, Mrs. C. J. Hol-
man, Mankato.
Treasurer, Mrs w. C. Cobb,
Brainerd
Auditor, Mrs. w. D. Abbott, Winona.
Historian, Mrs. George o. WEIGH,
Fergus Falls.
Custodian, Mrs. E. J. Lewis, Sank
Center
General Federation secretary, Mrs.
j. C. Buchanan, Minneapolis.
General Federation director, Mrs. I.
G. Winter, Minneapolis.
District presidents: First, Mrs. J. |
w. Murdoch. Wabasha; second. Mrs.
c. H. Asch, Springfield; third, Mrs. T. (
A. Brown, Hastings; fourth. Mrs. J. E. |
Rounds, st. Paul; fifth, Mrs James
G. Swan, Minneapolis; sixth, Mrs. L. |
D. Brown, Little. Falls; seventh. Mrs |
s. H. Johnson, Appleton; eighth, Mrs. |
F. c. Corell, Big Falls: ninth, Mrs. |
William Russell, Moorhead; tenth, |
Mrs. F. Beattie, Anoka
Representation On the Committee.
Each district has representation on |
the committees of which the chairmen
are:
Art, Mrs. Cyrus w. Wells, Mime
apolis.
Civics, Mrs. H. r. Quinalin, st.
Paul
Civil Service, Mrs. Clarence L. At |
wood, ST. Cloud
Conservation, Mrs. Cordenio A. Sew |
erance, st. Paul.
Education, Mrs. A. H. Brockelhurst. |
Duluth.
Home Economics, Mrs P. j. Schwarg |
Dodge Center
Industrial and Social conditions.
Mrs. H. A. Tomlinson, st. Paul.
Legislation, Miss Julia B. Clifford. |
Library Extension, Miss Clara F.
Baldwin, ST. Paul.
Literature. Mrs. William Mex !
Blake, Minneapolis
Music, Mrs. Roy N. Andrews. Man
kato.
Public health, Mrs. j. r. Brandrup.
Mankato.
Endowment, Mrs. E. ]. Lewis, Sank
Center.
Mrs. Guy Maxwell of Winona, Mrs.
George A. MARS of ST. Paul and Mrs. L
Harvey M Hickok of MINNEAPOLIS I
compose the program committee for
the annual meeting of the federation
In Winona next September.
The ten district presidents are the
state fair committee. il
Mrs. George o. WEIGH is the bulle- |.
I'm editor, and the advisory board in
siudes Mrs. George J. Allen, Mrs. R. r.
Van Kirk. st. Paul, Mrs. J. l.. Wash IL
burn, Duluth, and Mrs. William n
Coe of Wayzata. Il
Mid.Winter Meeting. II
: Officers of the fourth district in ,
charge of the midwinter meeting at
he Saint Paul hotel, February %. are
Mrs. j. e. Rounds, Miss I.ettie +. ii
lice and Mrs. George Rank, president
secretary and treasurer. respectively
Delegates to the biennial convention
If the General Federation of Women's
hubs to be held in Hot Springs, Ark. b
April 20 to May 8, are Mrs. George J, ~
Allen, delegate at large; presidents of S
he ten districts by virtue of their Of S
ices; Mrs. George o. Welch, Mrs. Is
Russell b. Van Kirk, Mrs. Bertha lie
Dahl Laws, Mrs. Henry s.. Godfrey,
hrs. J.. W. Andrews, Mrs. Austin A Iii
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