Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1920 — 75 ATTENDED LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS LUNCHEON [ARTICLE]

75 ATTENDED LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS LUNCHEON

About seventy-five members of the League of Women Voters of Jasper County enjoyed a luncheon at the Makeever House Thursday at one o’clock. Toasts were responded to by Mrs. Cope Hanley, •'Mrs. A. G. Catt, Mrs. F. H. Howard, of Remington; Mrs. Malcolm Clark, of Wheatfield; and Mrs. I. F. Meader, of Union. Mrs. A. H. Hopkins presided at this meeting which was a very enthusiastic get-together assembly of prospective voters. Following the luncheon a meeting was held at the court .house, in which the Franchise League was merged into the League of Women Voters, a non-partisan organization, whose object is to foster the education of all womep in citizenship and to support important legislatloMrs. Ora T. Ross, district director, appointed Mrs. A. H. Hopkins county chairman. The following offiers were elected: .Vice-Chairman —Mrs. A. A. HoovSecretary—Dr. Rose. M. Remmek. Treasurer —Miss Mildred Biggs. Directors at Large—Mrs. Geo. Bartee, of Remington; Mrs. Simon Fendig, Wheatfield; Mrs. Warren Poole, Hanging Grove; Mrs. Emory Garriott, Union Township; Mrs. A. Eib, Barkley township; Mrs. Wallace Saylor, Newton township. The program committee had prepared an outline study in citizenship for the month of June an « these were distributed to the township chairmen. Miss Ora T. Ross, Miss Effie Worrell and Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter gave splendid instructive talks on citizenship, how it affects the home and how to obtain legislation of particular interest to women. . The League of Women Voters -already has a large memberaMp and the enthusiasm shown at this meeting would indicate that certain great purposes and ideals of women can be accomplished through this organization which individual women or individual groups cannot bnng about. t