Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1920 — RENSSELAER LADY HONORED [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER LADY HONORED

MRS. CLIFFORD PAYNE ELECTED GREAT HIAWATHA OF STATE POCAHONTAS. Mrs. Clifford Payne, of this city, was greatly honored Thursday at the annual state meeting of the Pocahontas order by being elected theGreat Hiawatha of the Great Goun- j cil of Indiana over a field of four. Mrs. Payne was elected on toe fourth ballot, receiving 530 votes out of a possible 884. ; The office of Great Hiawatha is’ one of the highest that can be be- i stowed upon one in this state, there being one office intervening, that of Great Winona, between it and the office of Great - Pocahontas. Mrs. Payne is now in direct line for these two higher offices and in 1921 will be installed as Great Winona and the following year as Great Pocahontas. Mrs. Payne is to be congratulated upon the honor bestowed upon her, and the news of her success will be greatly welcomed by her friends in this city.