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Temperance Jubilee Convention Opens in Toluca
The Jubilee convention of the W C T U opened September 26 at the Presbyterian church with Mrs. C H Shipplett Toluca and Mrs Harriet Darling Hall Aurora presiding. Elizabeth Reed Henry led devotion and Rev Dusenberry spoke as Harriet Hall urged united temperance work amid 18th amendment battles and China liquor traffic concerns. County officers were elected including Mrs C H Shipplett Toluca president and Mrs J F Schuerman Lacon secretary. An evening program featured Mrs Harriet Darling Hall and solos, with resolutions adopted and thanks given to organizers and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Marshall Co
GC. H. Shipplett
Toluca
Harriet Darling Hall
Aurora
Elizabeth Reed
Henry
Ohio
Hall
H. G. Dusenberry
J. A. Williams
Howard Young
A. B. Smith
Jane Hall
Margaret Riddell
Charlotte Allen
China
Rex H. G. Dusenberry
Clara B. Waughop
Henry W. C. T. U
C. H. Shipplett
J. F. Schuerman
Lacon
Bella Evans
Maria Ball
Mary Dunham
Wenona
Louise Turner
Flower Mission
Maria L. Davis
S. May Stickel
Rose Reinbeck
Lyon Carr
du Plain
Carrie Hillabrand
Dusenberry
Lucy Mateer
Arno Reinbeck
State of Illinois
Fannie Mallory
Ora Head
Charles R. Jones
Elizabeth Hohner
Frank Schmitz
Illinois
William Schmitz
Lacan
Marshall County
A. D
Lawrence D. Gregory