The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-24
TO AID NEAR EAST
Eight Kansas Counties Organ
ize for Work form. E. r.
County Committees Include
Leading Women of State.

Mrs Ida NJ. Walker. of the state
legislature, and state director of the
women's division of the Kansas Near
East Relief and Mrs. H. o. Garvey.
members of the state executive COM
mittee. both of them past presidents
of the state Federation of Womens
club for Kansas, have reported that
eight Kansas counties are fully or
ganiZed for the relief work
County committees including the
leading men and women in community
and club life in Brown, Clay, Atchi-
son, Leavenworth, Marshall, Nemaha,
Riley and, Wyandotte counties, have
been formed
The names of the Near East Re-
lief personnel on the county COM
! mittees reads like Who's Who of
| the church and club women of the
state" according to bulletin from
the state committee headquarters in
Topeka
County Organizations.
The county organizations are as fol-
lows:
Brown County.
| Mrs. Ward Salisbury, temporary
| chairman, Mrs. j. M. Robinson, Mrs.
Rev. L. L. Hassenpflug, Mrs. Frank
| Morrill,, Miss Nancy Hewitt and Mrs.
Earl Fisher. Permanent officers of
this committee are to be selected at
an early meeting, at which time COM
munity chairmen will also be selected.
| These ladies have all had wide ex-
| and other welfare activities and will
| build up q great organization in their
| county for n. E. r. This county has
assumed the care of twenty-four
six which they had already provided
for.
Clay County.
The county organization in Clay
| county is headed up by Mrs. Frances
Jennings, treasurer of the State Fed
eration of Womens Clubs, we'll known
| in club and political circles thruout
| the state. A complete list of those
who are to be associated with her on
| the committee will be announced
| within the next few days. This county
is caring for twenty-one Armenian
Atchison County.
Mrs Hugo Orlopp of Atehison,
probably one of the best known
| women in musical and club circles of
Atchison county, is chairman of the
new committee. Mrs. w J. Bailey,
wife of former Governor Bailey, and
| past president of the Kansas Women's
| Day club; Mrs. C. E. Jaquish, wife OF
DIR. Jaquish, and president of the
county w. c. T. u; Mrs. George Baw-
dry, local president of the w. G. 7. U.
and prominent in P E. Q. circles, to-
gals, are the county vice chairme n.
Mrs c. S. Hull, Vice-president of the
Federated Women's club of the first
district. is the new secretary. Mrs
B. L. Brockett, president of the Atchi-
son >Parent-TeacherS association, is
! treasurer. The new committee on be-
i half of their county assumed the re-
spbnsibility of caring for thirty-nine
Armenian orphans, five of whom have
already been provided for.
Leavenworth County.
Mrs. c. c. Goddard. past president
of the State Federation of WON s
Clubs and president OF the Leaven-
| worth Art League, is the new chair
man of the Leavenworth county COM
/ mittee. Associated with her are Mrs.
/ DR. Faulkner, president of the Fed
| Grafton of Country Clubs; Mrs. o. H.
u; Mrs. Jennie B. Geer, who are
vice chairmen. Phil Reyburn, popu-
lar high school senior and active in
high school ~ is the new secretary,
lwhile Prof. e. r. Stevens, superin-
Itendent of the high school, is treas
urer and Rev. S. E. Butcher is pub
licity director. Additional selections
as department heads will be an
| nounced later. Leavenworth county
has taken over the care of fifty-eight
have already been provided for.
Marshall County.
| Marshall county keeps pace with
other counties of the state in the Sc
Election of some of their most public
spirited women as N. e. r. leaders
Mrs. Annie W. Douglas, prominent
Red Cross worker, is the new chair
man. Mrs. E. Forter, former state
president of the Women's Relief
Corps, and Mrs. Eta Beavers, county
superintendent of schools, are vice
| chairmen. Mrs. J. H. Cavenaugh
prominent church and Red Cross
worker, is secretary Mrs. Arthur
Holm past worthy grand matron OF
| the Eastern Star, is treasurer. Mar
| shall county assumes the care OF
| thirty-two orphan children for one
Iyear, nine of whom have already been
provided for
Nemaha County.
| 9 Nemaha county, with the same
isplendid spirit which she demonstrat t
ed during the entire war period, now
comes forward with a committee OIL