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Show Only Woman's Chamber of Commerce 7 M NSTEAD of light talk, bi things substantial are now JjJ . discussed at social gather- ) tAasM inS3. meetings of card and Ml other amusement clubs, Hj Jfi rle, Okla., for the organ-jghiK' organ-jghiK' ization of the Women's (Sfef Chamber of Commerce of ll ' that city has attracted all the feminine contingent to work together for the (L advancement of the city 1 In every way that women can be useful. The idea is spreading over the state and in other portions of the southwest, and the result is certain cer-tain to be that the Guthrie organization, organiza-tion, formed during the last week, will become the nucleus of a chain of auoh women's business organizations. "You would indeed be surprised," said a woman, returning home from the weekly session of a bridge club, "if you could have heard us discussing discuss-ing the needs of the city, suggestions for the betterment and advancement of Guthrie and ararngements for the raising of funds to assist in the campaign cam-paign Guthrie Is making to win back the location of the state calital. Why, I don't hear a word of gossip the entire en-tire afternoon, for all the ladies were so interested in the Chamber of Commerce." Com-merce." "We formed the Chamber of Commerce," Com-merce," said Mrs. Rebecca L. Finch, the president, after much discussion among ourselves as to the best method meth-od of helping in the campaign for the capital, in establishing the bath houses country side Invited to eat from plates of fried spring chickens, piled high and In tempting rows down a table long enough to seat hundreds at one time. And to prepare the dinner it will be easy, for each member of the Women's Chamber of Commerce will bring two fried, and there, will be chicken to spare. Should the people of other cities who read this like to participate in the eating they will be welcome. And then, this fall, after the weather weath-er is cooled by September frosts, there is to be a street fair, managed by the women. Not one of the old style variety, va-riety, where some traveling organization organiza-tion furnishes all the side shows and other amusements, but a home made affair where the ladies themselves will preside in the booths and where every side show feature will be native and every actor and other participant be a Guthrie citizen. A circus parade with callithumpian features will be one day's program and on the next the other 'extreme the society ladies in flower bedecked automobiles and carriages. car-riages. And even for the balloon ascensions as-censions it will not be necessary to employ a foreigner, for home talent will "go up" and "make the drops." The officers of the Women's Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce are Mrs. Rebecca L. Finch, property owner and school teacher, president; Mrs. Robert B. Huston, whose husband was a rough rider captain killed during the Spanish-American war, and Mrs. Ed. C. Petersen, vice-presidents; Miss Catherine Cath-erine Cassidy, treasurer, and Mrs. C. M. Sarchet, secretary. On the ex- Cassidy's committee were limes, Chester Ches-ter A. Marr, E. C. Petersen. Will K. Patterson, H. M. Doyle, Rebecca L. Finch, Will Barwick, C. M. Sarchet, Emma Miller J. D. Reed, E. J. Allen, O. W. Barnett and Misses Elizabeth Melvin, Florence Adler and Catherine Cassidy.' On Mrs. Cassidy's committee commit-tee were Mmes. G. A. Hughes, Tell Walton, B. J. Waugh, J. E. Nissley, Ira Longaker, R. N. Dunham, E. A. Douglas, Doug-las, N. M. Carter, L. J. Parker, J. W. Speer, P. D. Piersol, J. E. Donne;:ky, E. D. Walton, John J. Hildreth and Miss Petersen. To help the women of Guthrie :aise money for the state capital campaign the w!ves of the farmers in the country surrounding are preparing to entertain the people of the city at a lawn sreial some moonlight evening in the near future, on the campus in front of the farm residence of Fred L. Wenner, two miles east of the city limits. To make the trip to the farm an easy one so far as the roads are concerned, the farmers of the community are now building a good road for the entire distance, so that the automobiles and other vehicles will encounter no difficulties. dif-ficulties. It is the intention of the Women's Chamber of Commerce to file application applica-tion immediately for membership in the state and national associations of commercial clubs and chambers of commerce, and delegates will be elected to represent the women in both organizations. Atrrahgements will be matured to encourage formation by the women of commer- NlpiliSfi 6IJ 'tell mmm CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN SESSION. ' " and sanitarium in connection with Mineral Min-eral Wells Park and in bringing additional addi-tional industries to the city. We find that a majority of the women of a city have plenty of time to take part in civic affairs and that all they need is an invitation to participate. We started the organization with about 50 women a week ago, and now we have a membership of 400, and it Is still growing. Nor is the membership confined to the society set and members of the clubs. It takeB in the women who are the most prominent in church work. It Includes the girls in the stores and offices, the telephone girls, numerous stenographers, newspaper women, Women physicians, and will eventually include through auxiliaries the wives of the farmers throughout the county. In fact, the farmers' wives are already organizing district auxiliaries to the County Farmers' Institute, and the Women's Chamber of Commerce will work in connection with these through a system of committees. There are to be many committees, for in this manner the work is to be divided. Mrs. Finch, the president, is now working on her list of standing committees and expects to announce them in the near future. Prominent among them will be three consulting committees one each for the Guthrie Chamber of Commerce (the men's organization), or-ganization), the women's federation of clubs, and the auxiliaries -o the County Coun-ty Farmers' Institute. Practically all the work looking toward the city beautiful beau-tiful is to be done through the separate sepa-rate women's club organizations, of which there are ten in Guthrie. The firsc undertaking to raise funds for the state campaign will be a chicken chick-en dinner. This does not mean a hot meal served at noon in a stuffy storehouse store-house somewhere about town, with the women tired out and weary from cooking cook-ing and serving, but Instead a cold dinner din-ner served under the biggest cotton-wood cotton-wood tree in the state, in Mineral Wells park, with tAe entire city and ecutive committee, in addition to the president and secretary are Mrs. Webb Baker, Mrs. Will K. Patterson, Mrs. U. M. Vampper, Mrs. E. J. Allen Al-len and Miss Elizabeth Melvin, a practicing prac-ticing physician. In order to enlist all the women of the city in the new organization, a six days' contest "as arranged and two soliciting committees named, with Mrs. John R. Abernathy and Mrs. M. Cassidy Cas-sidy as captains. The former's committee com-mittee was known as the "Red Rustlers," Rus-tlers," and the latter's as the "Blue Boosters." As a result of their work between 400 and 500 women are now enrolled as members. Assisting Mrs. Abernathy to get more members, if possible, than Mrs. cial clubs in the other cities of the state, and assistance will be given to the Guthrie women whenever it will be desired. Practically every state in the Union is represented in the membership ot the Women's Chamber of Commerce. Oklahoma being only 22 years old, the residents as a rule have come here from other states. The main offices of the organization represent five separate sepa-rate states. Mrs. Finch is a native of Mount Pleasant, la.; Mrs. Huston of Worcester, N. Y.; Mrs. Petersen of Milwaukee, Wis.; Miss Cassidy of Scranton, Kan., and Mrs. Sarchet of Petersburg, 111. Six foreign countries also are represented in the membership. |