The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-01-24
Wumen's Council Organized.

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resident, Ms. John E >chwing frs
wee president and Mr.. Walter .
Burke St. cond vice pr. dent at spir-
tied meeting of he Women's Counc1i
Of The Chamber of Commerce III the
rooms of the local cham Der last sat
urda, afternoon and the friendly RI
yalry and spirit manifested among the
SO charter members present was in
deed treat.
At the conclusion of the meeting 1t
became an evident fact that the Wom-
ems Council of the local chamber Will
be heard from and in fact will prove
one of the most interesting additions
to our community. The absence OF a
public spirited body of women IN our
community for the past several years
has been noticed by more than one
stranger in eur midst and Mr.. Frank
Noel, manager secretary OF the New
Iberia Chamber of Commerce pointed
out several deficiencies OF our fair
city. He is lately from Houston,
Texas, and made mental note OF just
what our community needs to make 1T
better city in every way. He pointed
out that New Iberia had no Rest
Room for Women, that there was no
public play ground for the children
and mapped out a tentative campaign
which the Women's Council might
follow with success. At the conclu-
sion Of his address to the women of
the body he said that he wanted to
merely show the women what they
might accomplish should they feel so
inclined but that it was up to the
women to put over the movements
themselves and that lie was but
mere man" He also pointed ont
that the women could foster the
movement of better sanitation and
cleaner yards, etc. finally comparing
our naturally beautiful country to
that Of California.
At the opening OF last Saturdays
conference Mrs. Ed L. Estorge, tenn
porary chairman. called for an cleo
ton of officers with the admon1tion
| that she had pronounced herself not
eligible to office. Mrs. Shaw, Miss
Louise Taylor and Mrs. Jerry Taylor
were each nominated for the presi-
dency; Mrs. Schwing. Mrs. William
H. Carver and Miss Lucy Gebert were
nominated for the first vice presiden-
cy and Mrs. Walter j. Burke, Miss
Ethel Carver and Mrs. Jules Mestayer
were nominated for the second vice
presidency. Miss Rita Soulier was
elected secretary and treasurer by ac-
clamation. The winners, Mrs. Shaw,
Mrs. Schwing and Mrs. w. Burke
will henceforth be known as the Ex-
ecutive Committee and will appoint
the board of directors. two from each
precinct at the next conference of the
body. Tuesday afternoon, January q,
at $3.50 O'Clock, IN the rooms of the To-
cal chamber.
When Mrs. Shaw. the newly elected
president, took the floor 1T was voted
that 81. 90 per year would be sufficient
for dues and that the Women's Coun-
ell would meet on the second and
fourth Tuesday of each month. The
charter members present at Satur-
days m Getting include:
I Mrs. Ed. l.. Estorge, Mrs. Walter
Burke, Mrs. w. n. Carver. Mrs. John
E. Schwing Miss Marceline Estorge,
Mrs. Jules T. Messenger, Mrs. j, W.
Taylor, Mrs. A. B. Murray, Mrs. Wal.
ter Broussard, Mrs. K. w. Frame, Mrs
III. N. Brown, Mrs H. S. Sealy. Miss
Pearl Simon, Miss Amelia Pharr
Miss Ethel Carver, Miss Sue Terrell
Mrs. Chas. l.. Provost, Miss Francis
Simon. Miss Louise Taylor, Mrs. E
P. Roy, Miss NJ. L. Gates. Mrs. Frank
Z. Labit, Mrs. L. g. Porter, Mrs
Leonard Barrow, Mrs. r. r. Diggs
Mrs T. E. Conrad, Mrs. E. s. Fulton
Miss Katie de V. Craig. Mrs. M. R
Paradis, Mrs. j. W. K. Shaw. Mrs
Henry Smith. Mrs. j. D. Reynolds
Mrs. J. A. Leonard, Mrs. J. p. Harri
son, Miss Olive Hewett, Miss Ethe
Davies, Mrs. w. |. Spencer, Miss
Chevle Sanders, Miss Mary Taylor
Mrs. r. P. Rlbbeck. Mrs. g. Blanc
Mrs. j. M. Haste, Mrs. Louise b
Hine, Miss Mary Trainor. Mrs. A. M
Matson. Mrs. E. l.. Grant, Miss Lucy
Gebert, Mrs. Francis VOORHEES,, Mrs
F. f. Delahoussaye. Mrs. Frederic
Patout, Mrs. A. A. Drouet, Mrs. Georg'
Switzer, Mrs. J. A. Goodwin, Mrs. A
,, 6. Emmer, Mrs. Frank Dauterive
Mrs. Francis De Blanc, Mrs. N. Farley
Mrs. G. G. Laughlin, Mrs. Charles 0
Babin. Mrs. Joe Daigre, Mrs. A. A
DeBlanc, Mrs. E. H. Burlington, Mrs
Melvin Fisher, Mrs. 6. w. Outh
waite, Mrs Souse Delahoussaye. Mis-
Stewart. Mrs. Joe Demarco, mis-
Sophie Drouet and Miss Rita Soulier