The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-17
County Commissioner of Nor
ton County Elected President.
John DOan, of Osborne, Is
Chosen as Vice President.
MISS KEMPTON is SECRETARY
1923 Convention VIII Be Held
in Topeka Next November.
Individual Associations Select
Officers for Next Year.

w c. washburn, county commits
@loner of Morton county. was elected
president of the Kansas Official Coun-
Gil at the final general session of the
council. held this morning following
the ADJOURNMENT OF the individual as
sociations. | Washburi. succeeds A. !.
Harvey. Of Marysvilre. Marshall
county.
John Doane of Osborne, clerk of
Osborne county. succeeded J. Wendell
Ready of Wellington as wee president
and NJ IS Bertha KempIon of Good
land. clerk of the district court, was
rec ected secretary.
To Meet in Topeka Next Year.
The next annual session OF the
council Will be held in Topeka on
Wednesday,, Thursday and Friday OF
the third week of November, it was
determined at the same session.
Officers were elected by the indI-
vidual associations. as follows:
County Clerks Association.
C +. Hurrel. HoIton, president;
Frank Ford. Hiawatha, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Le!a Beach, Elk county,
tsccretary, and d. X. Emmerson,
Franklin county, treasurer.
County Commissioners Association.
william washburn, Elkhart, presi-
dent; E. F. Funk. Abilene, vice pres1-
dent: william A Hess, Humboldt,
secretary
Register of Deeds Association
N J. Fletcher, Atchison, president;
Dellno Shaw. Westmoreland. vice
president: Flora NJ. Stratemeyer, To-
peka, secretary and treasurer.
Kansas District Clerks Association.
H L. Songer. EIdorado. president;
LuelIa Rorabaugh, Smith Center, vice
president; Miss Bertha Kempton,
GoodIand, secretary and treasurer.
with the officers named and A b
Campbell. of Marysvffts. and Mabel
Barney of Sedans~-as- the executive
Probate Judges Association.
Judge J. D. NJ. Hamilton. of To-
peka. president; Judge a. l. Wilmoth, /
of COncordia, vice president, and
Judge Jesse Beegley, of Dickinson |
county. secretary and treasurer
County Engineers Association.
r.. c. Ham. Dodge City. president: !
W. : Ruggles. Jr-, Winfield first vice 1
president; James Irons, Garnett, sec !
Ond vice president; A. c. Lagerwall, (
Topeka. secretary and treasurer, and /
J. c Gunnells. of Belleville, CORES I
spending secretary
Kansas Probation Officers Association /
T. D. Williams, Topeka, president. I
and Miss Frances johnson, Westmore- I
land. secretary and treasurer
Thanks to Topeka Organizations.
Resolutions which were passed by
the various associations We're for the
most part devoted to thanking the
Chamber of Commerce, the Mer-
chants association, the other mem /
bers of the hosts committee in To- |
peka, who have co-operated in making !
the convention a success, L. w. James |
of the United States bureau of pub
lie roads. w. w. Watson. state high |
way engineer. and various other
speakers who appeared before the
various Sessions. and to the state Of
ficers who granted the use of the
various rooms in the state house for
he conventions
Resolutions of regret at the death of
several members of the different as
sociations were passed by the organ
izatfOns of which they were members. /
The registers of deeds passed a
resolution asking the legislature of
the state to pass law requiring the
use of standardized forms of mort
cages and deeds.
The county engineers and commits
sioners stepped freely into the legis-
lative recommendation field with their
resolutions. which are given in an
other column of the State Journal.
All prfrned for another years work, I
equipped with some brand new ideas
on doing their work more efficiently
and easily. filled with pep as a re-
suit of their association with their
brothers and sisters in the same line
of work, county officials who have
been attending the sixth annual Kan
sas Official Council at Topeka for the
past two days started homeward
on noon trains today.
Thursday Was Busy Day.
Thursday was the fullest day of the
convention. At the meeting of the
various associations Thursday morn
ing and afternoon, the officials dis
cussed questions which interested
them from a professional standpoint.
There were several state officials
on the various programs who gave
the county officers advice and infor-
nation as to how their duties should
be transac cted-
The road discussion which COM
menced in the joint meeting of county
commissioners, county engineers and
county clerks in representative hail
Thursday morning. was carried over
and formed the chief topic of discus
sion in the commissioners meeting in
the-afternoOn.
The program of the Kansas Auto
mobile Owners association for a $780,
10000 bond issue and the creation of
a state highway system under the
control of the state highway depart
ment was taken up again. There was
division of opinion among the commits |
sioners as to the value of the pro-
gram, and free and open discussion |
f. J. Heckle. manager of the aSso- /
citation, appeared before the commits /
sfoners in the afternoon and presented /
the program in detail.