Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-10
Committees Oh Details
Named at Meeting
Here Yesterday
MISS CLARKE HERE
Complete Arrangements to be
Made at Meeting TOnight-Hun-
dreds Signify Intention of Being
Present.

Interest in the coming Conven-
ton of the Virginia League of Wo-
men Voters, crystallized yester-
1av into definite plans for the three
dav meeting to be held here the
latter part of this month. A num-
ber of women interested in the To-
cal branch of the League met yes
terday afternoon at the residence
of Mrs. c. William Wattles, on
Prince Street. A number of COM
mittees were appointed to serve
for the Convention and additional
committees will be announced after
the meeting tonight at the home
of Dr.. Kate Waller Barrett, Miss
Adele Clarke, President of the Vir-
ginia League, will arrive in town
today and will be present at the
meeting tonight, to confer with
the local women on Convention ar
rangements.
Mrs. Norris L. Horner and Mrs.
C. William Wattles are joint chair
men of the Convention Committee
and are rapidly perfecting plans
for a meeting of statewide interest.
Already numbers of women prom
inent throughout the State have
signified their intention of attend
ing and parties of women from
Fredericksburg, Manassas, FAR
fax and other nearby communi-
ties have notified the focal COM
mittee that they will be present at
the sessions.
1t is planned to have business
sessions daily, with public meet
ing at night and several social
events in compliment to the dele
gates.
Committees have been announc-
ed as follows;
Housing and hotel accommoda-
tions-Mrs. George P. Anderton,
Chairman; Mrs. c. s. Taylor
Burke. Miss Nancy Tackett, Miss
Clarence Snowden and Miss Mary
Lindsey.
Hall and auditorium-Mrs. Henry
Wattles. Chairman; Mrs. William
j. Boothe and Miss Fame Burke
Friday night reception-Mrs
David Janney Howell, Mrs. D
Mauchlin Niven, Mrs. Gardner l.
Boothe, Mrs. j. Armistead Egg
horn. Mrs. Emmett c. Dunn, Mrs
Hugh Mcclure, Mrs. j. Stewart
Jameson, Mrs. Charles Creighton
Carlin. Mrs. Clarence Leadbeater
Mrs. A. S. Mitchell, Mrs. George
A. Mushback and Mrs. Louis S
Scott.
Corporation with organizations
Mrs. C. NJ. Shepperson, Mrs
Leo P. Harlow, Miss Fannie Her
bert, Mrs. Thomas w. Robinson
and Mrs. I. Clifton Howard.
Transportation-Miss Ada Gar
rett Chairman; Miss Collins Jones
Mrs Charles F. Holden, Mrs
Maude c.. Laidlaw and Mrs. Chas
T. Nicholson.
CredentiaIs-Mrs. f. F. Baldwin
Mrs. George T. Klipstein, Mrs
George Buddin and Mrs. Edgar
Carpenter.
Reception of guests at auditor
ium-Miss Mary E. Carlin, Mrs
T. Marshall Jones and Miss Olive
Lyon.
Teachers committee-Miss Cor
Iinne Reardon, Miss Anne f. Mon
cure. Mrs. Alice Strauss, Miss
Reeves, Miss Leslie Cox and Mrs
Macdonald Douglass.
Music-Mrs. George Evans, Mis-
Lucy Graves, Mrs. Charles T
Lindsay, Mrs. Robert F. Downham
Mrs. Sherman B. Fowler, Mrs
Frank King, Mrs. o. H. Kirk anc
Mrs. Edgar Warfeld, Jr.
| Luncheon-Mrs. H. B. Cation
Z Chairman; Mrs. Carroll Pierce
Mrs. Alfred Thomson, Mrs. F,
M. billiard, Mrs. Julian T. Burke
Mrs. frankie r. Howell, Mrs. J
TX. NJ. Norton and Miss Corinn'
Milburn.
Invitation-Mrs. John NJ. John
son, Mrs. II. A. Latane. Mrs. H
n. Garner, Mrs. Grace Shouts
Mrs. John Hunton Foster, Mrs
Walter Roberts, Mrs. George E
Warfieh and Miss Fannie Dixon
Pages Mrs. o. Ashby Reardon
Chairman; Miss Nina Fulton, Miss
Caroline Wattles, Miss Margare
Moncure, Miss Elizabeth Boothe
Miss Blanche Stansbury, Miss Luc.
NJ. Anderson, Miss Margaret Paff
Miss Virginia Steele. Miss Doroth,
Haycock, Miss Florence Arm
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