The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-16
Mother Organization Gives
Such a Warm Invitation
That It Is Accepted.
RELIEF WORK DONE
The Board Makes Most Interesting
Report-Tha Fostering of
State Pride.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

x TOCKTON, June 15.-The next
Grand Parlor of the Native
y Dau n5at, r;. viii meet in Jackson
vitation extended yesterday by
the Jackson delegates was accepted to-
day and next year the mountain town
will extend its hospitality to the fair
Natives.
The board of relief met during the
morning at the home OF Mrs Carrie r.
Durham. There were present Mrs.
Tina L. Kane, president Miss Mae B.
Wilkins, vice president; Mrs. c. r.
Durham, treasurer; Miss Clara X Wit
tenmeyer. secretary, and directors
Mesdames w. S. Leake, H NJ. Green,
j. a. Steinbach and Miss Mariana Ber-
tOla. Regular business was transacted
and an Adjournment taken till to-mor-
row morning.
At the afternoon session a telegram
containing the greeting of the Grand
ParlOr was sent to Mrs. Lillian Garlic
of San Francisco in reply to a com
munication which had been received
from hey.
The report of the board of relief was
one of the most interesting features Of
the hour Mrs. w. S. Leake spoke at
length upon the accomplishments Of the
board in reference to the Native
Daughters Home. She outlined the in
tentiOns Of the directors for increasing
the field of usefulness of the home and
what it was hoped to accomplish in .he
near future.
The showing made was highly sails
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the conclusion Of Mrs. Leakes remarks
a vote of thanks was extended her fur
her active work in the cause. MANY
of the interior delegates were pleasant
ly surprised at the progress made in
this department of the work. The fol-
lowing telegram was read to the parlor:
JACKSON, June Ito Grand Parlor
\. d. G.. w: Ursula Parlor No. l. sends
you heartfelt thanks and welcome you to
the scenes of Aud Lang Syne. The
Grand Parlor next year the most memo
rable reception in its history.
URSULA PARLOR NO. !.
The Native Sons of Jackson sent this
greeting:
JACKSON, June 15.11Excelsior Parlor
applauds the action of your Grand Par
lor and pledges its sisters of Ursula that
they may rely upon it in every way to
promote the complete success of the re-
ception to the Grand Parlor n. d. G. W.
next year
JAMES ALNISE, President.
JOHN F. DAVIS, Past President
Miss Bertola of Mills College moved
the passage of a resolution, the same
to be sent Senator George c. Perkins,
to the effect that the Native Daugh-
ters of California would far rather wait
a While and have a fully equipped bat
tleship bear the name California"
than to allow that honor to fall to a
cruiser. The resolution was passed
Under the call for remarks upon
good of the order" a number of ex-
cellent short talks We're made. Eliza
d. Keith made an address that awolxe
general interest and certainly con-
tanned suggestions worthy of consider
alton. After referring to the wide field
which the State offered to the student
Of history and industrial conditions.
she deplOred that many great natur-
al monuments were fading away. There
was need for some State society to take
up the work of restoration of such
landmarks as the old Missions, to pre-