The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-08
COLONIAL DANES N GEORGIA.
Their annual Meeting 10 BE Follow
ed by n Reception AT the Hussars'
Amor

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Armory-
! The Gs0rria Society OF the Colonial
I Danes VIII hold rs annual meeting I'm
/ the genuemon's parlor at the DE 500 no
I tel This morning at u o'clock Almost
I ali II the savannah members. and quite
I a number from other cities in the state
VIII be present
This Will Doe the business meeting. and IL
VIII be an important one. The officers
for the ensuing year are TO be elected. and
reports from the various officers GOVERNS
the entire years work VIII be read in
addition 10 this. several important busi-
ness matters VIII come Up for action.
Tomorrow evening. between 3 and Z
o'clock. there viii be a reception to the
visiting members OF the Colonial Danes
at The Hussars' armory. To this reception
the Invitations have necessarily been lin
tied for want Of space. The president and
vice presidents Of the society are each al
lowed three and each member OF the board
is allowed to extend one invitation The
only other persons TO whom invitations
have been issued are all OF the resident
members in Savannah of the Society Of
the Daughters Of the American RevOlu-
ton and the officers Of the Georgia Soci-
cry p- t-e 014l5 OA A4lE Aeaf GU tAlA4-
This afternoon after the meeting the
visiting members OF the society viii be
given "a blackboard ride to the Yacht
Club at Thunderbolt. It is expected there
Will be an unusually large attendance
of members from other cities. and an in
teresung and enjoyable meeting is ex-
peCtcd.
Mrs w W. Gordon. the president Of
the Georgia society, has recently returned
from Washington, ID. c., where she at
tended meeting Of the National Society
Of the Colonial Danes Sne was elected
the second vice president or the national
board, of which Mrs. Howard Tow nseuu
is president At this convention the so
Ciely unanimously accepted the amend
ments proposed TO the national cOnstitu-
ton of the society as recommended by the
special executive board which met at the
Waldorf hotel in New York last fall, ana
of which Mrs. Gordon was member. The
old constitution made it necessary for
members to have ancestors who did ser
vice prior to the year 1888. and this date
was changed in the revision to l776, so
as not to conflict or interfere with the
Daughters Of the American Revolution.
Mrs. j. r. Lamar and Mrs. Hattie
Gould Jeffrics of Augusta. and Mrs. +.
II. Orme of Atlanta, members Of the so
ciety, viii be the guests of Mrs. W. W.
Gordon. Mrs. IA. C. White of Athens ar
rived in the city last night, and IS the
guesS q Mrs. p. w. Meldrim. Many
others are expected to arrive to-day to
attend the meetings. The officers Of the
Georgia society. almost all of whom will
be present al the meeting, are:
President-Airs. W. W. Gordon, Savan-
nah.
Vice President-Mrs. Henry r. Jackson.
Savannah.
Vice Presldent-NIrs. Thomas S. Morgan,
Augusta.
Treasurer-Mrs. a. r. Lawton, Jr.. sa-
Vauuah.
Recording Secretary-NIiss Eugenia NJ
Johnston, Savannah.
Corresponding Secretary-Atiss Annie
Ndue Jones, Savannah.
Registrar-Airs. j. r. Lamar. Augusta.
Historian-Airs. Louis q. Young, Savan-
Managers for one Year-NIrs. J. J. Wild
err Mrs. l.. q. Young, Mrs. p w. Meldrim,
Mrs. A. r.. Lawton. Jr., Mrs. c. II. Dixon.
Managers for Two Years-Mrs. J. II. La
mar, Mrs. Hattie Gould Jefferies, Mrs.
Managers for Three Years-NIrs. Annie
Warning Mrs. John Nisbet, Mrs. y. A.
Hin, Mrs. william Gaward, Mrs. Frank
II. Miller Miss Annie Nane Jones.
The members of the society resident i'm
savannah are; Mrs. Margaret Randolph
Anderson, Mrs h. a. Bulloch, Miss Emma
II. Bulloch, Mrs G.. n. Brandt, Mrs. Or
landa Cohen, Mrs. c. H. Dixon, Miss Mary
l.. Ellis, Mrs w. W. Gordon, Mrs w. w.
Gordon, Jr, Miss Mabel Gordon, Mrs. VIII
liam Garrard Miss Margaret Goodwin,
Mrs Claude Hammond, Mrs. Henry r.
Jackson, Miss Annie Nane Jones, Miss Eu-
genia NJ Johnston, Mrs. y. karoW, Mrs.
w. u. Lawton, Miss Emily Lawton, Mrs.
A. K. Lawton, Jr., Mrs. L. NJ. LeHardy,
MIS- J.. W. Melurlln, Mrs. IhOmaS :.
Morgan, Mrs. John Nisbet Mrs Pleasant
A. StoVal, Mrs. John Sullivan, Mrs.
Thomas +. Screven, Mrs. j. j. Wilder,
Mrs. Annie Waring Mrs. Louis G. Young.
The other members of the Georgia So
clety are Mrs. NJ. A. Buckley, Rye, n.
Y; Mrs w. l.. Boyce, Macon; Mrs. Bur
ton II. Smith, Atlanta; Mrs. w. c. Black,
Atlanta; Miss Annie c. Benning, Column
bus; Mrs. Joseph b. Cumming, Augusta;
Mrs. l.. II. CharbOnnier, Athens; Miss
Isabel G.. Castleman, Atlanta; Mrs John
b. Gordon, Atlanta; Miss Caroline Lewis
Gordon, Mrs. Margaret w. Gould, Angus
ia; Miss lisa Glenn, Atlanta; Miss Glare
dc Graifenreid, Washington; Mrs. Hol1e
Smith, Washington; Mrs +. A. Hill, Grir-
nm, Mrs Hugh Hagan, Atlanta; Mrs
Sarah Grant Jackson, Atlanta; Mrs Hat
tie G. Jeffries, Augusta; Mrs Mary 7. Kill
gor, Cincinnati; Mrs. William Mackay
Low, England; Mrs. J. Il. Lamar, Mrs
George McWhorter, Mrs +. H. Miller,
Mrs. st. John Moore, Mrs. L. Phinizy.
Mrs. stewart Phinizy, Miss s. J. Walton,
Augusta; Miss Jennie Mckinley Allan
ia; Mrs. +. II. Orme, Miss Elizabeth
Orme, Atlanta; Mrs. \. J. Perry, Wash
ington Mrs. Ann Barrett Phinizy, Athens
Mrs. r. A. Rathbone Detroit; Mrs. Sam
uel Spencer, New York; Mrs. George NJ
Trailer, Atlanta; Mrs. f. F. Wolf. Al
| lanta; Mrs. H. c. White, Athens; Mrs.
| George Elliott, Beaufort; Mrs. A. Q. Read.
Gharlestoni Mrs. Robert Medley OF
| Waynesboro and Mrs. Henrietta Alexan-
| der of Augusta.