St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-23
GRAND ARMY AUXILIARY.
Second Annual Convention OF tn,
Women,s Relief Corps.


Wnmen,s Relief Corps.
The second annual convention Of the
Women's Relief corps. department of Min
nesota. auxiliary to the Grand Army of the
Republic, was held yesterday at the post
hall of George n. Morgan post. Mrs. Net
tie NJ. Norton, president, called the meeting
to order and the chairs were filed as fol-
lows: Miss Hattie Smith, senior vice, in the
absence of Mrs. Haupt; Mrs. Moss junior
vice. in the promotion Of Miss Smith; Mrs.
! l.. Taylor, chaplain. The following is the
LIST OF DELEGATES:
Stoddard, /. Worthington, Deborah Cor
| lick; j. 5. Cody, . Anoka, Mrs. Thornton,
Lorinda Smith, Hattie Dowdin. Marinda Moul-
| ton; Levi Butler, g. Minneapolis, Mary NJ
Cook, VI. J, Truesdell Mrs. J. c. Price. Juliet
Mcdonald, Mrs. Bronton, Mary II. Kendall;
George n. Morgan, 4, Minneapolis, Lizzie
! Peake, Juline F. Burr, Mary ].
Towers, H. E. Reeves, Maggie C.
Eye, Mary Brearly. Martha Emery,
! Agnes West; Garfield. >. st. Paul. Sarah 5.
Evans, MARY T. jackson. Mary Hozenwinke,
Emma Jenkins; John Ball No. g, Winona,
Il. l.. Crockett, Fannie NJ. Bertha, Ada Heoff-
| ner, Annie Preston; Acker Z. st. Paul, 5. ii.
| Clark, Eunice III. Quick S. Lightbourn. s.
Merritt E. Branston, l.. Hager; l.. Z. Plum
mer, s. Minneapolis. Mary Pray, Naomi
Palm, Emma Miller; Choate, Q, Detroit. no
delegates; Chase. 10, Minneapolis, Lydia Han
| cock, Abbie George. Rhoda 5. Locke, Mary
Coburn: John A. Dix, IL, Luverne, no dele
gates; Simon Mix, IL, Pipestone, no dele
gates; o. b. Smith, 10; lie Sueur. LoduseeY J.
Taylor; N. Lyons, IA, Adrian, Lodusky Law
renee, Mrs. Nelson; Peller, No. Is, Hastings,
no delegates; f. Daggett, No. 10, Litchfeld,
Mrs. NJ. j. Flynn.
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Mrs. Norton, the retiring president, sub
AaI vl,. IL. a..
that the order had only been i'm existence
since Nov. IS, 1884, and referring to the
various reports for the record OF the work
| done.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Fox, secretary, turned in
her report. making the following showing
in membership: Total accessions, 53S;
losses by transfer and otherwise. 81;
present membership. 45l; to this is added
the 30 charter members, making a total in
all of 49,. There was expended in charity
| S30S.0l. and turned over TO the posts
| Sll9.S0; the amount on hand at date is
S302. SO of relief fund, and S451.3S of gen
eral fund, making total of S754.24. The
report proceeded at length with the work
OF the order.
The report of Mary z. Starkweather,
treasurer. showed the total expenses from
organization to date to have been S550.2S,
ana the balance OH hanu 10 the credit OF the
new account S157.71. The reports were re-
ferred to a committee consisting of Mrs.
Burr, Mrs. Truesdale and Mrs. Hazen-
Wrinkle.
THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
President-M. Z. Starkweather, Acker, No.
| Z, st. Paul.
Senior Vice President-Mrs. Lodusky
Taylor, o. b. Smith, No. -, lie Sueur.
Junior Vice PresIdent-Fannie Bertha,
John Ball, No. 6, Winona.
Secretary-Mrs. Mary Hazenwinkle. Gar
| field, No. g. St. Paul.
Treasurer-Sarah Millham, Garfield, No. 5,
| ST. Paul
Chaplain-Eloise Brant, Stoddard, No. 1,
Worthington.
Delegates to the National Encampment-
Mrs. II. IL. Reeves, Minneapolis. at large;
| Mrs Clark, Winona, and Mrs. Norton. Anoka;
alternates, Mrs. Smith. Worthington. Mrs.
| Merritt, St. Paul, Mrs. Jorsup, Minneapolis.
The time and place of the next annual
convention were not settled definitely.
Either st. Paul or the place of holding the
Grand Army convention will be selected.
The public installation ceremonies took
place last night, Mrs. Nettie Norton offciat-
ing in the absence of Mrs. r. A. Becker of
st. Paul. Mrs. Eunice Quick of 81. Paul,
when the ceremony ended, stepped forward,
and i'm the name of the state department
presented handsome golden emblem tC
Mrs. Norton. She accompanied the presen-
tatiOn with neat speech, to which Mrs.
Norton fittingly responded.