Mrs. Robert Hemingray

Free Kindergarten Association - Member of Executive Committee

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Muncie Daily Times

Muncie, IN, United States


FREE KINDERGARTEN.


$2,500 Will Be Necessary To Place

One In Working Order.


Enthusiastic Meeting Of the Muncie

Free Kindergarten Association

Held Yesterday.


The free kindergarten project is rapidly assuming definite shape and will ultimately prove successful. Quite a number of the foremost ladies and gentlemen in the city have interested themselves and will not even spell the word defeat. A Free Kindergarten is one of Muncie's needs and all needs must be supplied. Yesterday afternoon the members of the of the Muncie Free Kindergarten association met again at the Presbyterian church and were called to order by the President, Mrs. Webster Richey. It was decided that $2,500 will be needed to start the Kindergarten and place it on a solid foundation. The amount will be raised by subscription. Persons selected to serve on committees were named as follows:

Finance - T. F. Rose, A. L. Johnson, W. R. Snyder, Geo. O. Cromwell, W. E. Hitchcock, Mrs. Arrabella Wicans, and Miss. Jennie Neely.

Executive - Mesdames Arthur Smith, Robert Branch, Robert Hemingray, Messrs. F. O. Grannis, H. M. Wisans, and J. C. Johnson.

Children - Mesdames Will Marsh, Thad Neely, J. H. Sprankle, S. C. Cowan, Jerome Galliher, and C. H. Anthony.

Church - Mesdames Long, King, Bowman, Cromwell, Slinger, Hart, Gray, Boyer, Johnson, Cates, Ramsey, Serger, and Bard.

Press - Teague of the News, Williamson of the Times, and Maddy of the HERALD.

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Keywords:Hemingray
Researcher notes:The "Mrs. Robert Hemingray" noted here was most likely Mr. Robert C. Hemingray (nee Nannie Timberlake). Mrs. Robert Hemingray, Sr. was living in Covington at the time.
Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Roger Lucas / Bob Stahr
Date completed:December 16, 2004 by: Glenn Drummond;