"A woman is not so likely to make the fatal error of believing injustices for one group can be removed by dealing unfairly with another group." Katheryn C. Metz
"As an editor-owner of the Lamoni Chronicle, and as an Iowa State legislator, Katheryn was a woman whose passion for public service placed her far beyond the gender confines of her generation."
Lisa J. Walden
Services Held for Former Editor
Services were held last week in Lamoni for Katheryn C. Metz, former owner of the Lamoni Chronicle.
Metz, who passed away on December 6, at the age of 78, served as Editor and Publisher for the Chronicle during the 1940s.
Metz, who had a broad background in the newspaper field, worked as a reporter for such papers as the Denver Post, St. Louis Star Times and Chicago Tribune, and later spent time on behalf of the Iowa Press Association in Mexico as an exchange editor and contributed articles to 19 Mexican newspapers as well as 33 publications in the United States.
Metz was also elected to two terms in the Iowa State Legislature where she served on the Appropriations Committee. She was Chairman of the Printing Committee and was appointed to the Council of State Governments, an organization which worked to provide uniform state laws throughout the United States.
For a period of 12 years, she was the Director of Women's Activities in the public relations department of the Quaker Oats Company. While there she developed and pioneered a unique program called "Wives are Quakers Too", through which she interpreted company policies to the wives and women employees of the company. During this time he represented Quaker Oats as a speaker to all major women's organizations and to many management groups on the state and national level. In this capacity, she spoke more than 3000 times in all parts of the nation.
She was also an early member of American Women in Radio and Television, National Federation of Business and Professional Women, National Order of Women Legislators, Women's Advertising Club, National Federation of Press Women, Theta Sigma Phi, and the Academy of Political Science.
A member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints since the age of 11, Metz remained faithful to her church throughout the years. Graveside services were held at Rosehill Cemetery on December 7, 1982, with Elder Robert Bruch in charge. She is survived by four nieces and four nephews.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Dec. 15, 1982,
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FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=1883&ga=53
"As an editor-owner of the Lamoni Chronicle, and as an Iowa State legislator, Katheryn was a woman whose passion for public service placed her far beyond the gender confines of her generation."
Lisa J. Walden
Services Held for Former Editor
Services were held last week in Lamoni for Katheryn C. Metz, former owner of the Lamoni Chronicle.
Metz, who passed away on December 6, at the age of 78, served as Editor and Publisher for the Chronicle during the 1940s.
Metz, who had a broad background in the newspaper field, worked as a reporter for such papers as the Denver Post, St. Louis Star Times and Chicago Tribune, and later spent time on behalf of the Iowa Press Association in Mexico as an exchange editor and contributed articles to 19 Mexican newspapers as well as 33 publications in the United States.
Metz was also elected to two terms in the Iowa State Legislature where she served on the Appropriations Committee. She was Chairman of the Printing Committee and was appointed to the Council of State Governments, an organization which worked to provide uniform state laws throughout the United States.
For a period of 12 years, she was the Director of Women's Activities in the public relations department of the Quaker Oats Company. While there she developed and pioneered a unique program called "Wives are Quakers Too", through which she interpreted company policies to the wives and women employees of the company. During this time he represented Quaker Oats as a speaker to all major women's organizations and to many management groups on the state and national level. In this capacity, she spoke more than 3000 times in all parts of the nation.
She was also an early member of American Women in Radio and Television, National Federation of Business and Professional Women, National Order of Women Legislators, Women's Advertising Club, National Federation of Press Women, Theta Sigma Phi, and the Academy of Political Science.
A member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints since the age of 11, Metz remained faithful to her church throughout the years. Graveside services were held at Rosehill Cemetery on December 7, 1982, with Elder Robert Bruch in charge. She is survived by four nieces and four nephews.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Dec. 15, 1982,
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FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=1883&ga=53
"A woman is not so likely to make the fatal error of believing injustices for one group can be removed by dealing unfairly with another group." Katheryn C. Metz
"As an editor-owner of the Lamoni Chronicle, and as an Iowa State legislator, Katheryn was a woman whose passion for public service placed her far beyond the gender confines of her generation."
Lisa J. Walden
Services Held for Former Editor
Services were held last week in Lamoni for Katheryn C. Metz, former owner of the Lamoni Chronicle.
Metz, who passed away on December 6, at the age of 78, served as Editor and Publisher for the Chronicle during the 1940s.
Metz, who had a broad background in the newspaper field, worked as a reporter for such papers as the Denver Post, St. Louis Star Times and Chicago Tribune, and later spent time on behalf of the Iowa Press Association in Mexico as an exchange editor and contributed articles to 19 Mexican newspapers as well as 33 publications in the United States.
Metz was also elected to two terms in the Iowa State Legislature where she served on the Appropriations Committee. She was Chairman of the Printing Committee and was appointed to the Council of State Governments, an organization which worked to provide uniform state laws throughout the United States.
For a period of 12 years, she was the Director of Women's Activities in the public relations department of the Quaker Oats Company. While there she developed and pioneered a unique program called "Wives are Quakers Too", through which she interpreted company policies to the wives and women employees of the company. During this time he represented Quaker Oats as a speaker to all major women's organizations and to many management groups on the state and national level. In this capacity, she spoke more than 3000 times in all parts of the nation.
She was also an early member of American Women in Radio and Television, National Federation of Business and Professional Women, National Order of Women Legislators, Women's Advertising Club, National Federation of Press Women, Theta Sigma Phi, and the Academy of Political Science.
A member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints since the age of 11, Metz remained faithful to her church throughout the years. Graveside services were held at Rosehill Cemetery on December 7, 1982, with Elder Robert Bruch in charge. She is survived by four nieces and four nephews.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Dec. 15, 1982,
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FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=1883&ga=53
"As an editor-owner of the Lamoni Chronicle, and as an Iowa State legislator, Katheryn was a woman whose passion for public service placed her far beyond the gender confines of her generation."
Lisa J. Walden
Services Held for Former Editor
Services were held last week in Lamoni for Katheryn C. Metz, former owner of the Lamoni Chronicle.
Metz, who passed away on December 6, at the age of 78, served as Editor and Publisher for the Chronicle during the 1940s.
Metz, who had a broad background in the newspaper field, worked as a reporter for such papers as the Denver Post, St. Louis Star Times and Chicago Tribune, and later spent time on behalf of the Iowa Press Association in Mexico as an exchange editor and contributed articles to 19 Mexican newspapers as well as 33 publications in the United States.
Metz was also elected to two terms in the Iowa State Legislature where she served on the Appropriations Committee. She was Chairman of the Printing Committee and was appointed to the Council of State Governments, an organization which worked to provide uniform state laws throughout the United States.
For a period of 12 years, she was the Director of Women's Activities in the public relations department of the Quaker Oats Company. While there she developed and pioneered a unique program called "Wives are Quakers Too", through which she interpreted company policies to the wives and women employees of the company. During this time he represented Quaker Oats as a speaker to all major women's organizations and to many management groups on the state and national level. In this capacity, she spoke more than 3000 times in all parts of the nation.
She was also an early member of American Women in Radio and Television, National Federation of Business and Professional Women, National Order of Women Legislators, Women's Advertising Club, National Federation of Press Women, Theta Sigma Phi, and the Academy of Political Science.
A member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints since the age of 11, Metz remained faithful to her church throughout the years. Graveside services were held at Rosehill Cemetery on December 7, 1982, with Elder Robert Bruch in charge. She is survived by four nieces and four nephews.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Dec. 15, 1982,
pgs.1 & 3
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=1883&ga=53
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