The National tribune., 1897-04-22
LOYAL HOME WORKERS.
Secretary's BuGget-TLe Iufalo Reunion.

Secretary's BuGget-The rufaio Reunion.
L.H.w. BULLETIN NO. 81.
Applications Sadie E. Rowley, Lacon, H.;
L. A. Cox, Colfax, Iowa, tby Jas. Streeter) /;
Mrs. Eugene Lincoln, Watonga, Okla. Ter; Mrs.
Sara Z. Trupp, Cedardale, Mich Mrs. Mary A.
| Rosbury, Downingtop. Mich; Mrs. Adelaide
/ Alexander, Mrs. Ann Farnsworth. Mrs. Mary
Stark, Mrs. Mary Z. Peters, all Of Deckerville,
| Mich. tby Mrs. Sara E. Trupp); Mrs. Alice G..
Warrin eton, Mrs. DIR. Bessie Haines A. w.
Wass, all of Minneapolis. (by Mrs. Mary A.
| Silloway, Senior Vice-Presdent).
sEcRETARY's NOTES.
Mrs. Sara 4. Trupp whose name appears this
week for enrolment, is endeayoring to organize
an LIZ w. Circle. and has held meeting al
ready with that end in view. Hope Michigan
members will join with her in organizing the
| Circle.
O. Edith Dckey. Past Vice President, will
| endeavor to organize Circle in her locality,
and has splendid prospects for success.
The Reunion of Iowa LH.W. seems to be
progressing splendidly. 1t will be held at
Marshalltown. time of GAR Encampment
The Iowa members are not making much Of
roar, but they are getting there" in earnest.
With such active and loyal workers as Victor
Crosthwaite, Assistant. Secretary; Andrew j.
Streeter, Sergeant-at-A Arms of the L.H.W.: JAS.
Streeter. Cad NJ. Kepner, and others to look
after l.. H.W. interests in Iowa, there will be
no dragging. JAS. Streeter says of the Iowa
Reunion: We have heard from every member.
and quite number of Others and it seems
pretty certain that we will have goOdly at
tendance and q good program"
Quite number of members of the Illinois
L. w. want to have Reunion at GAR. En-
campment. ali members interested will please
write Miss Anna O. Gardner, Assistant Secre-
| tary, Arcola. III.
Miss Rowley of the L.H.W pin: 81 think it
is a perfect little gem; will be more than proud
TO wear it,
AMOS T. SEAMAN, Secretary.
REUNION NOTES.
Annie Verl Monks, L.H.W. Secretary for
/ New Jersey, requests all Jersey members who
expect to 60 TO the Buffalo Reunion to write to
her. She wishes to make arrangements for all
| to make the trip together.
At meeting of the Bay State Circle the
| first meeting for nearly two years, held with
Mr.. aud Mrs. Simeon Williams, Saugus, Mass,
each member in attendance was presented a
! hand painted photograph case, containing n
picture If the hostess seated in her own grove.
! The case IS pink cardboard, with President
| Sherwood. Secretary Seaman and Treasurer
| Mary l.. Best grouped together and wreathed
with sprays OF forget-me-not. Above are the
words " Bay State Circle" the case being tied
| together with blue ribbons.
Commenting on Sister Media Plymptons let
| ter, telling of the number of photographs in
| her possession. Sister Annie l.. Williams says:
| This set me to counting mine and l find
| have 2l2 cabinets, 30 eard-size photographs and
| a lot of smaller ones, not counting stamp photo
graphs. Who can do better? Glad to see
| Medals name"
7, Virgil Hatch. 0leander. Cal. writes that the
J date of the l.. H. w. rally, in connection with
| the Christian Endeavor Convention, is the 7th
to 18th of July. inclusively. The address Of
Miss Jennie Geddes is sl7 Hays street, San
| Francisco.
| Eugene Lincoln, Watonga, Okla, would ex-
change letters, and Lillian Thayer, Southfield,
Mich, letters and autographs Both have just
| Joined the c. G.
Charles A. Hartz, Reading, Pa, proposes
sentiment to the flag, which is snre 10 meet
hearty response from the freedom-oving readers
of the Loyal Home Workers columns. He
| would like to hear personally from those who
think as he does. Here is the sentiment:
The day will soon be near at hand
When the bright Star Spsngied banner
VIII aoat not only DER our land.
But also DER Havana.
PAssISG OF THE VETERANS.
Annie l.. Robbins, one OF our &C. members
from Milford, ILL.,. writes that her father passed
away suddenly on the morning of Jan. Is, 1887.
He left the house about & o'clock in the morn
ing with his only son TO visit a farm few
miles from town to buy some cattle. After
! looking over the stock he went into the farm
| house and stopped TO warm himself, and while
standing before the fire talking with some
| friends, he dropped dead, some form Of heart
trouble being the cause. He was buried under
the auspices of the Grand Army Post of which
/ he was devoted member, leaving wife and
/ two children-a son and daughter.
| He was flag bearer of his Post, and had been
! for number of years, and was faithful
worker on Memorial Day. He died at the age
Inf a. els lac aNA IT,.
a soldier of CO. Z. 10th III. The family are in
consoable, as he was of kind and genial dis
position, aud the joy. not only OF his home, but
of q large circle of friends. Annie would
greatly appreciate letters from her friends of
! the &C. and L.H.W.
OUR RoLL.cALL.
All loyal law-abdng citizens Of the United
| States and their sous and daughters who would
! join the Loyal Home Workers in their march of
Progress and Patriotism. asked to send their
names roil-call. They must come recon-
| nended by some Loyal Home Worker or some
! loyal citizen in the communities in which they
| live. When their names on the llcall they
/ become Cadets of the l.. w. and entitled 10
| send on applications for membership in the Loyal
Home Workers Association. Amos J.. Seaman,
Secretary. 5i6l Minerva avenue, st. Louis, Mo.
Annual dues - cents.
L.H.W. Cadets: Eugene Lincoln. Watonga,
Okla. Ter; Dora L. Williams, Beddow, Mich.
Total, 1852.
Jerome Wilson Falls City, Neb., refers TO
mention of the destruction of the Wilder family
m Virginia by the Indians, and thinks it took
place in the 18th century. He would like to
know where TO procure an account.
The historic May yfower log. or registry book
Of the May flower Pilgrims has been decided by
! the Court of ST. Paul's, London, to the United
/ States. Hon. Thomas +. Bayard, United States
4 Minister, received the gift on behalf of this
Government.
The proposed monument TO Francis Scott
! Key, auther of The Star Spapgled Banner"
to erect which school children the country over
made contributions, will be completed by June
Ii, 1898, and placed in Mount 0livet Cemetery.
! Frederick, Nd. A statue Of bronze, heroic
! size, will surmount granite pedestal, repre-
sentiDg the poet in an attitude OF exutation
as he discovers that our flag is still there"
Little Alice Ward, the child heroine of eight
who saved a little playmate from drowning
! while playing tag on the ice on the Shawsheen
River Lawrence Mass. is a niece of Nina
Ballou, one of the earliest &C. members. and
the daughter of Wilbcr L. Ward 29th Me Her
grand (ather a soldier of the LIST Me- Art. was
killed at Petersburg.
HAPPY HOUSEHOLD