The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-06-05
Catholic Woman ! Clubs OF
Wisconsin Hold Brilliant
Convention In Keno
sha Today.
REPORTS SHOW PROGRESS
Statements Of Delegates Are Most I'm
pressive - A Super Luncheon Served
at High Noon The Rev. DR..
Cooper Speaks.

The Kenosha Catholic Woman s club
won new distinction today by the fl
nesse and artistry with which it en-
tertained the delegates from all over
Wisconsin, gathered at the Elks Home
for the first State Convention Of Cath
Ollie Woman s Clubs.
The conclave opened at nine o'clock
this morning. Upon their arrival at
the Elks Home the guests were greeted
in the lobby by reception committee
composed Of Mrs. w. A. Senne, Miss
LAME Weiskopf, Miss Anna Kalten-
bach, Mrs. Hans Luthi, Mrs. John
Wallig, Miss Beulah English and Miss
Grace Matthews. After registration
they were escorted to the Ladies
where the morning session of the con-
vention was held.
The program for the latter consisted
for the most part of reports by dele
gates on the work of the Catholic Wo-
man Is Clubs in their respective cities.
Miss Mary Langan, president of the
Kenosha Club presided at the gather
ing and by her dignity and diplomacy
did much to give the session a tone Of
ultra efficienc yand distinction.
Most interesting reports were made
by each of the following women, rep
resenting the city or club indicated af-
ter their names:
Mrs Casey, Ashland; Mrs. Griffin,
Baraboo; Mrs. Cornell, the Irish His
tory Glass and st. Joseph's Guild of
Fond du Lac; Mrs. Dowd, the Leisure
Hour club, Fond du Lac; Mrs. O'Con-
nor, Green Bay; Miss Katherine Hayes
Lacrosse; Miss Kinney, the Catholic
Instruction League; Miss Katherine
Williams, the House of the Good Shep-
herd, Milwaukee; Mrs. Springhof, Cath
Ollie Women g League of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee; Mrs. Henry Sullivan, the
Marquette League, Milwaukee; Mrs.
Carey, Madison; Mrs. O'Laughlin, st.
Catherine 3 Council; Mrs. Powers, Ra-
cine, and Mrs. Brown, the Cathedral
Institute.
The report on the work of the Ke-
nosha Catholic Woman Club was
made by the president elect, Mrs. Wal
ter White. It emphasized the tremend-
GUS amount of war-work done by the
society through the various groups of
the Patriotic Circle and made deep
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cities in Wisconsin.
In the round table discussion which
concluded the morning session unusual
ly constructive suggestions were made
by Miss Martha Reilly, Mrs. j. G..
Rhode, Miss Conner, Mrs. Henry Sulli-
van, Miss Katherine Williams. Mrs.
Nyland, and Mrs. O'Connor.
One of the super-features of the con-
vention was the luncheon served in the
Lodge Hall shortly after one O'Clock.
The already beautiful room was made
doubly lovely by clusters of iris, lilies,
tulips, hlacs and roses artistically ar
ranged in Grecian vases and white-enam
eled baskets. Added color was given
by paper and maine nut-cups in violet
indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and
red. The dinner appointments were the
work of special committee acting I'M
der the most efficient direction of Mrs.
Arthur Fisher.
The program for this afternoon in
cluded an address on g Reconstruction -
by the Rev. DR.. John w. Cooper of
Washington, D. c., musical numbers by
Mrs. William O'Brien, Paul S. DAWN
and Mrs. Joseph M. Gaffney, accom-
panied by Miss Ida Mae Ferry, a paper
on 'HThe Poetry of War; by Mrs.
Charles r. Stanhope and solution of
Community Housekeeping Problems =
by Miss Katherine Williams Of Mil
waukee.
Much credit for the success of the
conclave is due to the Entertainment
Committee, composed of Miss Mary
Langan, Mrs. ]. G. Rhode, Mrs. A. A..
Tsermann, Mrs. Arthur Fisher, Mrs.
Edward Peterson, Mrs. Frank Wells,
Mrs. w. A. Senne, and Mrs. John Pitts.