Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-07
City Welfare Section
Will Hear Local Men
and Women at Sessions

A program of unusual interest is
| assured by the city welfare depart
ment of the Rock Island Woman's
club for the coming season. Vel
known local men and women are
on the program for talks along
lines of interest to all women and
should attract good audiences.
Officers, committees, programs
etc, are announced for the coming
season as follows:
Chairman-Mrs. Robert ]. Rote.
Vice chairman-Mrs. F. S
Brough.
Secretary-Mrs. Philip H. Wells.
Treasurer-Mrs. c. A. SchoesseI.
Registrar-Mrs.~ G. A. Curry.
Doorkeeper-Mrs. Willard A
Schaeffer.
Directors-Mrs. S. C. Taylor
Mrs. E. M. Sala, Mrs. C. ]. Searle
Mrs. c. E. Sharpe, Mrs. r. C. Clarke
and Mrs. G. L. Thompson.
Standing committees
Program-Mrs. J. Roy Freeman,
chairman; Mrs. Ralph Haverstick,
Mrs. G. w. Buckner.
Membership-Mrs. William Paul
d
lard, Mrs. Fred Long.
Publicity and printing
Philip H. Wells, chairman; Miss
Gotta Bartholomew, Miss Catherine
Robb, Miss Agnes Abrahamson.
Auditing Mrs. ]. J. Foley, chair
man; Miss Marguerite McCabe.
Finance-Mrs. J. W. Houder,
chairman; Miss Harriette A. John
son, Mrs. William P. Barth.
Street vigilance-Miss Dina Ram
ser, chairman; Mrs. George Hin
derer, Mrs. Fred W. Rinck.
Moving pictures-Mrs. a. B. Du
Won, chairman; Mrs. John Volk,
Jr., Mrs. H. W Ward.
Fairgrounds
Long View-Mrs. W. H. McCon-
ochie, chairman; Mrs. John C.
Bodewig, Mrs. Ben Koch, Mrs. H.
S. Cable, Mrs. A. NJ. Klove, Mrs.
Morris E. Lister, Mrs. Ben Switzer.
Denkmann Square-Mrs. A. w.
Champion, chairman; Mrs. j. A.
Bottomley, Mrs. T. B. Davis, Miss
Fay Hanna, Mrs. F. B. Ingram.
Lincoln Park-Mrs. G. w. Borg,
chairman; Mrs. Arnold Lau, Mrs. J.
F. Witter, Mrs. W. L. Yellman, Mrs.
James W. Armstrong.
Thirteenth Street-Miss Mary
Heelon, chairman; Mrs. W. G. Ogle-
wee, Mrs. Melvin A. Clevett, Mrs.
George c. Wenger, Mrs. Fred C.
Strate.
Program
Sept. 12.-Reports of retiring Of
ficers, and all standing COMMITTEES.
Election of membership nominating
Oct. 10-Captain o. E. Carlstrom
Of Aledo, I'LL, will speak upon his
work as judge advocate in the Unit
ed States army in France. Mrs. j.
Roy Freeman will give a group of
songs. Mrs. W. G. Murphy will read.
Nov. 14-Supreme Court Justice
Floyd E. Thompson will speak on
AUGMENTATION" Mrs. Swan Ny
quist will sing, Mrs. Fay Hough
Mccarthy will give Rotations.
Dec. 12-Speaker, Professor A.
W. Nolan, University of Illinois,
state supervisor of agricultural
Songs by Mrs. A. D.
Huesing, Jr Readings by Miss
Jan. 9-Reciprocity day, DIR. Cen
evieve Tucker, Davenport; Miss
Mary Josephine Holland, Moline;
Mrs. Louis D. Newton, Silvis; Mrs.
3. A Aldrich, East Moline. Mrs.
John MCGOWAN Stevenson will give
Mrs. F. L. Mann will sing.
Feb. 13-Mrs. John McEniry, of
Moline will talk upon "The Political
Power of Women in the Presidential
Election of 1920" Miss Bess Stew
ems will sing. Mrs. Joseph Gold !
smith will read.
March 12-Mrs. H. H. C1eaveIand |
will give talk on 1.-The Community |
Kitchen as it is in Use Today" Mrs. |
Gilbert Don will give readings. Miss |
8ernice Hixson will sing.
April 9-Mrs. Edward H. Hall of |
Davenport will talk on 1.-THE Mu-
licipal Visiting Housekeeper." Mrs. |
4. E. Williams will sing. Mrs. Ger
rude Smith will recite.
May 14-Dr. A. E. Williams will !
give talk upon Quarantine" and I
Dr.. Phoebe PearsaIl of Moline on
Baby Welfare" Mrs. Fred Soper
.