Women's Christian Temperance Union

General Information

For a period of time, the Women's Christian Temperance Union was in support of Woman's Suffrage. This changed in the 1910s when there was a big debate between the drys and the wets when it came to giving women the right to vote.

Listing of Members

Representatives by denomination:

• Mrs. D. Nelson, First Methodist Church
• Miss Harley, Disciple Church
• Mrs. H. L. Wiles, English Lutheran Church
• Mrs. Isabella A. (Ross) Yocum, United Presbyterian Church
• Mrs. Dr. Warren, Baptist Church
• Mrs. J. Whisler, Second Methodist Church
• Mrs. Harris, Episcopal Church
• Mrs. Bruce Taylor, Church of God
• Mrs. France, German church
• Mrs. Shrively, German Reformed Lutheran Church

WCTU Members, 1907

• Mrs. Jean Blocher
• Miss Eleanor Blocher
  • Superintendent Physical Culture
  • Superintendent of Literature (1909)
  • Attended College of Wooster (?)
  • Sang
  • Taught elocution and music in Washington College, TN
• Mrs. Brown
• Mable Wilson
• Miss Kieffer
• Mrs. Brand
• Charlotte McCormick
  • Charter Member of Ladies of Wooster Women's Christian Temperance Union
  • Died 1908

WCTU, 1913

• Mrs. Allen Clark
• Miss Mary Gordon
• Mrs. Bargan
• Miss Mabel Wilson
• Mrs. Alice Steiner
• Mrs. J. C. Paul

WCTU Officers, 1920-1921

• Mrs. Mary Adams
• Mrs. G. J. Ebright
• Mrs. Nannie Fombelle (m. Ambrose M. Fombelle)
• Mrs. J. W. Keiffer
• Mrs. Marion McCoy
• Mrs. Effie J. Myers (m. Grant Myers)
• Mrs. S. M. F. Nesbitt
• Mrs. Mary Palmer (m. Aaron L. Palmer)
• Miss Florence Reed (Literature)
• Mrs. J. H. Spencer
• Mrs. Emma Sweeney
• Miss Mable Wilson