Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19
Mrs. Frank Mixter Is
Named Woman'S Club
Head; Work Reviewed

Mrs. Frank Mixter will serve the
Rock Island Womans club as pres
| ident during the coming year, she
having been the unanimous choice
| OF the membership at the annual
and closing meeting of the year,
held Saturday at Masonic temple.
In taking her Office she impressed
the women with her fitness for the
position and they feel that she will
be a worthy successor to Mrs. H.
H. Cleaveland, who has so efficient
iy and successfully served for the
last two years as the. organization
head. The roster of officers is:
First vice president-Mrs. Frank
W. Bahnsen. =
Second vice president-Mrs. S. s..
i Davis.
Recording secretary-Mrs. C. A,
Hoge.
Corresponding secretary Mrs.
Adair Peasants.
Treasurer-Mrs. E. c. Fisher.
Registrar-Mrs. A. W. CHAMPION.
observation-disclosures J. B. Bas-
sett, W. ]. Sweeney. NJ S. Heagy
and Miss Georgia First.
Mrs. William Fl. McConochie
served as chairman of the election
and Mrs. Robert Rote as vice chair
man. The judges of the election
were Mrs. Daniel Ward, Mrs w. o.
Hill, Miss Joan Watkins, Miss
Dorothy Peasants, Miss Fannie
Chilberg, Miss Bessie Bladel, Mrs.
Edward Brien, Mrs. Edward Man
hard, Miss Nettie Dodge, Mrs. o.
n. Stambaugh and Mrs. E. r. Safer.
The clerks were Miss Elsie
Schocker, chairman; Mrs. J. A
Weishar. Mrs, Fred De Long, Miss
Flora Chilberg. Miss Mary Streep-
er, Mrs. Maurice briggs, Miss Ella
Dingeldein. Mrs. Arthur Burial,
Mrs. Ben Cook, Miss May Aker and
Mrs. F. A Shinski.
The club voted TO take steps to
place a woman representative on
the board of education at the cleo
ton to be held in June and a COM
mittee will be appointed to select
woman fitted to occupy such a
position and whom the women OF
the city will be asked to support.
Mrs. Cleaveland in reviewing the
events of the last year called at
tention to the active part the wom-
en- of the club have taken in war
work, the Red Cross, council of de-
fense, Liberty loans. etc. all of
which has been willingly and eff
GENTLY carried on. She reviewed
briefly the work of the various de-
partments and brought out the fact
that there has been established a
closer bond between the women OF
the city because of the work that
they have done together. She made
a plea that the democratic spirit
established during the war period
be fostered in the years to come
and that cooperation in all work
be the guiding word.
The reports of officers, chairmen
OF committee, departments, etc,
though brief, occupied the after
noon largely. Mrs. ]. E. Clarkson,
recording secretary; Mrs. Adair
Pleasants, corresponding secretary,
reported seven regular meetings of
the club. Mrs. George Perrin.
treasurer, reported receipts total
ling $2,537.07 and disbursements
totalling 81 $4,000, leaving a bal
ance of $566.S7 in the treasury.
Mrs. F. H. First, registrar, report
cd 9z9 members with collections of
$1,000. Ten members were taken
by death during the year.
Reports of departments were
given by Mrs. X. T. Anderson,
chairman of the city welfare; Mrs.
E. o. Vale, chairman of the study;
Miss Claire Van Calder, chairman
OF the music, and Miss Ann Canty,
chairman of the social service, all
of whom briefly reviewed the work
Of the year.
Committee reports were given by
Mrs. K. T. Anderson, program; Miss
Iva Pearce, printing; Mrs. j. E. !
Clarkson, pu- city, Miss Mary |
Carter. revision; Mrs. F. o. Van |
Calder, revision; Mrs. !. S. White, !
revision; Mrs. Phil Mitchell, recep-
ton; Mrs. L. E. West, hospitality; |
Miss Jane Wilcox. ushers; Mrs
doorkeeper, and Mrs. J.
r. Freeman, rooms.
A report of the Fourteenth dis /
trict Women's Federation of Clubs
held last week at Biggsville, Ill.
was given by the delegate, Mrs. X.
T. Anderson. Mrs. c. X. Mixter