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From: Elaine Sturdevant <>
Subject: City and County Federation club descriptions, cont.
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:13:42 -0700


65. TO KALON CLUB

Mrs. Edward J. Wales, President

Organized 1904
City Federation 1916
Meets first Tuesdays

To Kalon celebrated it(s) fifteenth anniversary by an elaborate luncheon
at the Fairmont Hotel, September 20, 1919. The affair was made
noteworthy by the presentation of a pageant, "Pandora's Box Re-filled,"
written by Mrs. Josephine Wilson, the well known newspaper woman, who
has long been the chairman of the ToKalon Literary section. Fully one
hundred members participated, Dr. Cora Sutton Castle, a member of the
Club, taking the leading part. The keynote of the pageant was Hope. Its
literary merit was of exceptional excellence.

ToKalon had a booth at the City Federation Fete, where the significance
of the name of the Club was carried out in a beautiful setting. Three
youthful members, in grecian costumes, personifying music, literature,
and art, formed a tableaux in front of several pure with Grecian
columns, each representing a section in the Club.

The sections have been exceedingly busy. A law section was organized at
the beginning of the year under the direction of Mrs. Stanley Vernon
Wilson and Dr. Theresa Meikle, both of the Law College of the University
of California. Lectures By Dr. Meikle, now a practicing attorney, have
been given on the following subjects: Common Law Procedure, Contracts,
The Making and Probating of Will, Community Property, The Signing of
Notes and Checks, and Negotiable Instruments. The members have become
greatly interested in the study of law and the section, open to members
only, has been a large one. The final meeting, in May, however, will be
a law tea to which guests will be welcomed. Prominent women attorneys
will address the members on this occasion.

The Literary section of ToKalon, under the direction of Mrs. Josephine
Wilson, the California representative of the League of American pen
Women, has devoted the monthly meetings to the study of California
authors, play writers and musicians. The literary work of the club
includes a plan of making San Francisco a literary center. It was at the
luncheon given at the Bellevue Hotel, where representative women from
local clubdom gathered at the invitation of ToKalon, that the plan was
first defined. Since then, round-table gatherings have interested lovers
of literature throughout the city and many women are identifying
themselves with the literary sections in the different clubs. The final
meeting of ToKalon's section will be held the last Wednesday in May,
when another big literary event will take place in the form of a tea at
the Fairmont Hotel. The occasion will be in honor of Mrs. Cora Sutton
Castle, author of "A Statistical Study of Eminent Women." Members of all
the local clubs will be invited to attend this literary gathering.

One dollar per month for one year was contributed towards the
maintenance of the Palace of Fine Arts.

Since April, 1919, Mrs. J. A. Johnson sold over $900 worth of Thrift
Stamps.

Monthly contribution is made to the Alice Fredericks Memorial fund for
the support of a home teacher in the Potrero district.

Notwithstanding the raising of the dues, many new members were received
during the year.

OFFICERS 1918-1919

Mrs. Edward J. Wales, President
Mrs. F. W. Thompson, First Vice-President
Mrs. Einar Wismar, Second Vice-President
Mrs. Albert W. Stokes, Third Vice-President
Mrs. Joseph Mells, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Clarence M. Seavey, Business Secretary
Mrs. J. M. Dixon, Treasurer
Mrs. Howard Herrington, Auditor

OFFICERS 1919-1920

Mrs. Edward J. Wales, President
Mrs. F. W. Thompson, First Vice-President
Mrs. Albert W. Stokes, Second Vice-President
Mrs. Einar Wismar, Third Vice-President
Mrs. Joseph Mells, Recording Secretary
Mrs. J. E. Butterfield, Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. May C. Boldenmann, Business Secretary
Mrs. J. M. Dixon, Treasurer
Mrs. D. Hannah, Auditor

OFFICERS 1920-1921

Mrs. Albert W. Stokes, President
Mrs. Einar Wismar, First Vice-President
Mrs. Max Kuhl, Second Vice-President
Mrs. Pierson Durbrow, Third Vice-President
Mrs. W. J. Wright, Recording Secretary
Mrs. J. E. Butterfield, Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. E. C. McKenzie, Business Secretary
Mrs. J. M. Dixon, Treasurer
Mrs. D. Hannah, Auditor

Transcribed by Elaine Sturdevant


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