The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1929-05-30
By Pauline Suing Bloom.


Though Spokane may have to import its roses
this year, and perhaps from Alaska, strange are
the antics of the weather man, the annual Rose
luncheon OF the Spokane Womans Club always the
most festive day of the club calendar, will be held
Monday at the Davenport Hotel. The luncheon will
mark the installation of officers and Mrs.
Buren, L. Templeton will succeed Mrs. Il. G. Enloe
president.
Other officers to be installed First vice presi-
dent, Mrs. George Addleman; second vice president,
Mrs. w. II. Krause; third vice president, Mrs. W.
w. Ewald; recording secretary, Mrs. f. c. Turner;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. M. E. Barth; tnan-
cial secretary Mrs. Hugh Copeland; treasurer, Mrs.
E. c. Young; custodian, Mrs. James Barton.
Trustees, Mrs. Ben Coats, Mrs. II. Kraber, Mrs.
IL. ]. Bume Mrs Ii. b. Graybill and Mrs Emily
Jacquish.
Rolena Chapman Templeton is not stranger to
club life, and the clubhouse with all OF its prob
lens passes into strong hands, capable hands. Mrs.
Templeton does not hesitate to say that this present
club year has been the greatest in the clubs his,
tory. During 192S-29 the club has seen fulfilled the
dream OF years, a new club house. Mrs. Templeton
is just finishing her third year the board and
during the five years that she has lived in Spokane
she has been member of the Womans Club She
was chairman of the Art class and member of the
ways and means committee in 1926. She was
elected to membership on the board in 1927 and
was house superintendent in 1928. During the
past year she has been financial secretary OF the
club and on the special Ways and Means committee
of the Board. She is the first delegate Of the club
to the city federation and has been elected to the
Spokane County Tubercular Society. Before COM
ing to Spokane she was active in womens clubs In
Minneapolis, San Diego, Cal, and Seattle. In fact,
wherever her husbands business required that they
make their home, Mrs. Templeton identified herself
with an active womens organization.
Idealistic in temperament, yet thoroughly prac-
teal, Mrs. Templeton has always sensed the need
of active organization for women for the advance
ment of women a whole. ITO get in and do" has
been her motto and especially during the past year
when there was such need that every woman put
her shoulder to the wheel so that the realization
of the dream Of years, club house in Spokane
might be made reality, Mrs. Templeton has been
known as one of the outstanding workers of the
club
She is not ready to announce her plans or com
mittees. They must come with the taking OF Of
fce however she has made no secret of the fact
that she hopes to build up the membership and to
that end several new and attractive departments
have been added to the clubs departments. One OF
the new classes will be Art appreciation class;
another is a Music and Fine Arts class under the
direction of Mrs II. G. Ranniger and Mrs. James
Broad. The Novelty Arts class and Parliamentary
Law classes, dropped last year. will be resumed and
a new Physical Education class is being organized
Successful classes with teachers to be continued
the China Painting class with Miss Grace Dart; the
Dressmaking classes, the Water Color and Oil
class, for which new teachers will be named; the
Public Speaking class under the direction of Mrs.
d. b. He'll, and the English classes under Mrs
Quackenbush, and Spanish with Mrs. Irving Worth
ington, instructor.