Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1919 — NEWTON COUNTY’S FIRST LADY CHAIRMAN. [ARTICLE]

NEWTON COUNTY’S FIRST LADY CHAIRMAN.

Miss 'Blanche Merry, of Mt. Ayr, has been appointed chairman of the Newton county republican women l and will work with M. E. Graves, of Morocco, wiho is chairman of the Newton county republican committee. Women have been given the right to vote for president in the forthcoming election in Indiana and before long the ratification of the proposed suffrage amendment to the United States constitution will give them full suffrage. Miss Merry is a very capable lady. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Merry of Mt. Ayr. During the past two years she has been a member of the Rensselaer high school faculty.