Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1920 — JASPER COUNTY LADY HONORED [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY LADY HONORED

MRS FISCHER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE DAUGHTERS OF INDIANA. ' s ri • -- — ---— f • *-•■’J The Republican is in receipt of a copy of “The Daily Calum*?’ the official newspaper for the county of Cook, IH., containing the following clipping: “Mrs. Laura E. R. Fisher was elected president of the Chicago Society of the Daughters of Indiana last week at the annual election. Mrs. Fischer won very easily. Her principal opponent was Mrs. Isaac N. Powell, wife of the Seventh ward political leader. Mrs. Fisher has for a number of years 'been actiw in club work and has at all times been a most enthusiastic Indianian. Her friends in the Eighth ward are extending their congratulations over her victory-” Mrs. Fisher was formerly Miss Laura Rathfon and is still the owner of the Rathfon homestead in Gillam township. She was a teacher in the Rensselaer public school. She has attained a reputation of considerable note in the field of literature and is a reader of ability. In addition to the above clipping, Mrs. Fischer writes: * Since Jasper county scored another point, I am sending you a clipping anouncing my election 'as president of the Daughters of Indiana, which meets in the Congress hotel. Last Tuesday was Inaugural Day and Jasper county took her seat, received the gavel made from a log of Old Fort Harrison near Terre,Haute. (I visited, with other students, old Fort Harrison a number of times when I was in the State Normal school}. ' Among the Jasper county members present last Tuesday were Mrs. George K. Hollingsworth -and Mrs. William B. Austin. Members and guests enjoyed a high grade concert given by Mrs.. Sybil Sames McDermid and her pupils. The Daughters of Indiana was organized for the purpose of promoting a social feeling among daughters of Indiana living in and adjacent to Chicago, and to keep alive the history, literature and current events of Indiana. • . • Wishing *you and aH the Jasperites much success, I am very truly, LAURA E : 1 FKcU