Women of The West
Colorado
one of the six outstanding poems of 1926. Nationally known as a pageant writer. Her "Pageant of Colorado" was presented with a cast of fifteen hundred for seven performances under the auspices of the Music Week Ass'n of Denver, with civic support, in May, 1927, at the Municipal Auditorium, Denver. The music was by Charles Wakefield Cadman and it was the largest indoor spectacle ever given in the West. Her outdoor pageant at York, Pa., with 5,000 in the cast, was an event of international interest, (October, 1927). Member: L'Alliance Francaise, Poetry Society of Colorado, Denver Art Ass'n, Allied Arts (honorary), Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science. Home: 1490 Stuart Street, Denver, Colorado.
SPRING, Agnes Wright, (Mrs. Archer T.), a native of Delta, Colorado, at one time resident of Wyoming. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Wright. Married to Archer T. Spring. Journalist. Editor of "The Arrow"
national organ of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity). State Librarian of Wyoming, 1917-21; State Historian of Wyoming, ex-officio, 1917-19. Editor of two departments of Wyoming Stockman-Farmer. Contributor to Sunset Magazine, A Child's Garden and other periodicals. Author: "Caspar Collins." Member: D. A. R., Fort Collins Woman's Club, Fort Collins Country Club, Quill Club, Pi Beta Phi. Home: Box 566, Fort Collins, Colo.
STEBBINS, Lucy H. (Mrs. Herbert Cobb), born in Jasper, Minnesota, daughter of L. W. and Leonora E. Coombe, a resident of Colorado for twenty-five years. Married to Herbert Cobb Stebbins. Children: Linda Lee. Interested in civic betterment and social welfare. Member: Scio Art and Literature Club (president), Park Hill Delphian Society (vice-president). Home: 1785 Glencoe St., Denver, Colorado.
TRIPLETT, Erna Pallat (Mrs. R. J.), born in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of Karl A. and Mary E. Pallat, resident of Denver, Colorado, for ten years. Married to Richard Jefferson Triplett. Teacher of public speaking, School of Commerce, University of Denver. Business woman for nine years in Cleveland, Ohio. Four years
on the lecture staff of the Barnes Commercial School of Denver. Has lectured before business and professional women, Teachers' Institutes, and commercial organizations. Member: Women's Bureau of Chamber of Commerce (director), Quota Club, Denver (director). Home: 4754 Tennyson St., Denver, Colorado.
VELHAGEN, Millicent H., (Mrs.), a native of Colorado, life-long resident of the state, daughter of Judge and Mrs. C. C. Holbrook. Grandparents: Hon. and Mrs. Levi Booth, Colorado pioneers of 1861. Married to Ewald H. Velhagen. Children: Bonnie Lillian. Very active in political affairs. President, Republican Fed. of Colorado Women; vice-chairman. Rep. State Cent. Com.; at present, director and one time president of the State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Considered a political leader among women in the state. Past president City School Board. Member: American Penwomen; Colorado Chapter, Poetry Society of Great Britain and many local Clubs. Home: 325 Ross Avenue, Alamosa, Colorado.
VORBECK, Marguerite Parsons (Mrs. H. W.), born in Vinton, Iowa, May 30, 1891, daughter of Abner C. and Mary C. Parsons, a former resident of Iowa, living in Colorado for fifteen years. Married to Herman Wisner Vorbeck. Children: Herman, Elizabeth, Mary. Active in club affairs. Member: National City Pan Hellenic, D. A. R., Country Club, Delta Delta Delta Sorority. Home: 1314 Main Street, Grand Junction, Colorado.
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