The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-29
Lawrence Leader Heads Wom-
ems Kansas Day Club.
Six Hundred Attend Annual
G.. o. p. Rally Here.
MRS, MURPHY VICE PRESIDENT
Topeka Woman, Mrs. Watson,
Is Elected Treasurer.
Luncheon and "Price of Prairie-
Features of Program.

elected president of the Women's KAN
sas Day club shortly before noon to-
day. succeeding Mrs. #. w. Watson of
Topeka. The election was the chief
feature of the morning program at {
the Masonic temple, which was fol-
lowed Immediately by the annual
luncheon of the club. for which nearly
600 plates were laid.
Today's meeting of this organiza-
ton. the largest and most democratic
body Of women in the state, is marked =
by the largest attendance in the his !
tory of the club. 1t was difficult to /
accommodate all the visitors at the /
luncheon
There was no friction in the cleo
ton of the clubs president Mrs. /
Asher and Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy, /.
Goodland, were the only nominees. !
Mrs. C. c. Goddard, Leavenworth. re- !
received 131 of the $50 votes cast f,
Mrs. Murphy was made vice president
by acclamation.
Only the routine of business was on
the mornings program. consisting of
reports of the various officers the
election and the usual greeting from
the district Yice-presidents.
Other officers elected are Mrs. II.
B.. Musser of Parsons, second vice
president; Mrs. Matte Kimball of
Manhattan, secretary; Mrs F. w.
Watson. Topeka. treasurer; Miss
Grace Young of Beloit. auditor; Mrs
]. M. Miller of Council Grove, his
torian; district presidents: first.
Mrs. ]. d. Mcfarland, Topeka; second,
Mrs. Nettie Mason, Kansas City; third,
Mrs. F. w. Stout. Oswego; fourth, Mrs.
Sadie p. Gresham, Cottonwood Falls;
fifth, Mrs. Raymond Green. Concor-
dia; sixth. Mrs. A. P. Platner, Ellis;
seventh. Mrs. G. B. White, Pratt;
eighth, Mrs. L. F. Quantius, McPher-
son.
The Retiring Officers.
The retiring officers are: Mrs. F.
W. Watson, Topeka, president: Mrs
H. B. Asher, Lawrence, vice president;
Mrs George H. Hodges, Olathe, sec
cond vice president; Mrs. Effie Van
lyle, Leavenworth, secretary; Mrs.
! Ezra Branine Newton. auditor; Mrs.
IC. D. Woodford. Hutchinson, his
| torian: Mrs. Clement Smith, Topeka.
! corresponding secretary, and the eight
district vice presidents: First, Miss
Martha Beck. Holton; Second. Mrs.
Third. Mrs. J. A. FerreI, Sedan;
! Fourth, Mrs. Maude T. Breese, Cot
tonwood Falls: Fifth, Mrs Matte
Kimball, Manhattan; Sixth, Mrs
Seventh. Mrs. ]. n. Tincher. Medicine
Lodge; Eighth. Mrs. II. H. Motter,
| Mcpherson.
Mrs Asher, newly elected president.
is we'll known among Kansas women.
She has twice been vice president of
the Women's Kansas Day club, retiring
as presidential nominee last year in
favor of Mrs. f. w. Watson who was
elected. She was born in Kansas and
| has always lived in Lawrence, where
her parents located in early pioneer
days. coming to Kansas in 1854. A
devoted KanSan, she has always been
| interested in the best welfare of the
state and has had an active part in
womens affairs for many years. par
| ticularly in the work of the Kansas
| Federation of Women's clubs. Mrs.
Asher was among the foremost women
| in Kansas in war work
Mrs. Asher is particularly anxious
that the meetings of the Women's
Kansas Day club and the Native Sons
and Daughters of Kansas will not con-
flict aud announced that she would
make every effort to avoid any frfc-
tion in the matter. Every year it has
been a difficult problem to arrange
the meetings so that members may be
loyal to both organizations.
Mrs F. w. watson, the retiring
| president Of the Women's Kansas Day
club, is q well known Topekan, dis
tinguished for her efficiency in city
! and state club work. the Kansas Coun-
I ell of Women and in Y. W. c. A. ac-
tivities. Her democratic spirit and
| tact used in her year as president of
the club of Kansas women have won
her a large number of admirers.
Mrs. Watson's closing address to the
members was omitted because of the
! limited time of the meeting For the
same reason no addresses were plan
ned for the banquet. Every lace at
J the many tables arranged in the
Masonic hall for the luncheon was oc-
| cupied. The Masonic lodge donated
the use of the hall as a contribution
toward building the new Woman's
Club House in Topeka
THE Price of the Prairie a
dramatization of Margaret Hill Nc
Carter's Kansas story, was given for
the members of the club this after
noon at the Grand theater. The per-
formance will be repeated for the
public tonight.
and their escorts were guests of the
Woman's club of Topeka in a recep-
/ ton given last night at the Y. w. c. A.
The large number of guests included
women members of the Republican
women's state central committee,
gathered in Topeka yesterday for an
nual meeting: members of the Kansas
Council of Women. which held its an
nual session in Topeka Wednesday;
Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas.
in annual meeting today; members of
the women's State Bar association: (:
and members of the Women's Kansas
Day club
4 The reception was in charge of the
social department of the Woman's
club of which Mrs. s. S. Estey is chair
man. Mrs. Henry J. Allen and presi-
dents of the various organizations in
convention in Topeka were in the first
receiving line. Past president of the
Women's Kansas Day club and State
Federation and wives of former gov
ernors formed the second receiving
line, and officers other than presidents
of the Women's Kansas Day club, and
the eight district chairmen of the club
were in the third receiving line. The
first floor of the association building
!, was used for the affair, effectively
decorated for the occasion.