The National tribune., 1901-03-21
MASSACHUSETTS AFFAIRS.
Reception to Department President Going
staff Appointments.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The reception
rendered Mrs. Maria W. Going, the newly
elected Department President OF W. X. e.,
Of Massachusetts. 10y Abraham Lincoln
Corps Ne. 30. of ChariestOwn. OF which Mrs.
Going Is Il member, was very brilliant and
successful affair. Nearly 900 We're in at
tendance, including members and officers of
Grand Army, Relief Corps. and sons of
Veterans. Delegations came from more than
half of the 1I2 Corps of the State, also large
delegations from many Posts. and many who
were not members of those Orders, but per-
sonal friends of Mrs. Going. Mrs. Going
assisted in receiving by the President,
Miss Nellie +. Mecuen; Department Com
mander, SiIas A. Barton. and Commander
Benson Mrs. Going'S orchestra gave pro
gram of choice selections during the evening,
and Mrs. Emma u. Weston contributed sew
eral piano selections The reception was
held in the Memorial Hall. The Past PreSi-
dents of Lincoln Corps formed the General
Committee, with Mrs Mary Il. Knowles as
Chairman. Refreshments were served by
the officers Of the Corps. Mrs. Going re-
ceived many beautiful gifts among them a
cut-glass carafe from officers or Lincoln
Corps, bouquet of orchids from Past Presi-
dents of Corps. bouquet from Lincoln Camp,
$. Of v; two biSque Colonial figures from
Mrs. Richmond, of Corps 63i bouquet of ptnkS
from Mrs. Adelaide NewcOmb; silver chOcO-
late pot from Mrs. Emma DinsmOre of Corps
157. The members of Lincoln Corps are to
be congratulated upon the success Of the
affair Mrs. Going has made host Of
friends g., ogg: .ii1 State, and is u very
charming woman, and has much tact and
executive and business ability. She is a
musician Of merit, and Is the founder and
business manager Of n we'll known orchestra.
Department President Mrs. Going has made
the following appointments: Mrs. Mary Fl.
Elliot, Department Secretary, Corps y, Som
eryile; Leila +. lockwood. Department In
spectOr. Corps ~, Milford; Mary +. Gilman,
Department Counselor, Corps 80, Roxbury;
Fannie A. Parker, Department l. and ]. Off
Ger, Corps 81, West Acton; Abbie T. Usher,
Department Patriotic Instructor, Corps 2G,
NewburypOrt.
THE following were appointed as Depart
ment Relief Committee: VI. Susie GoodaIe,
Chairman, Corps .. Medford; RCbecca A.
Il. Sturgeon. Corps H.. Maiden; Lydia p.
Hall, Corps 81 S0merville: Mary 4. Brown,
Corps 109, BrOOkline; GeOrgiana a. Williams,
Corps 0, CharlestOwn; Addie A. Nottage,
Corps B. East Boston. Other appointments
Mrs Marin w. Going. Department PresI-
dent, w. X. C., has issued circular letter
to Corps in Massachusetts. soliciting contri-
buttons to n large photograph, TO be hung In
Massachusetts headquarters Of Miss Mary
+. Elliot, who for many years has served
the Department as Secretary.
Mrs. Sarah L. Fuller, W. r. c. Depart
ment Treasurer, was the guest Of the
Algonquin Club March ., at the reception
of the WOmans Auxiliary, Massachusetts
Civil Reform Association.
Mrs. Helen c. Mulford, President Of Frank
u. Hammond Corps, of South Chatham has
presented the Massachusetts w. X. c.
headquarters with large Bible
The newly-elccted department W. r. G.
officers of Massachusetts are having many
receptions in their honor rendered to them
by Corps. especially in the eastern part Of
the State.
Corps 20. Ncwburyport are planning
Winter basket picnic to be held in g. A. Il.
Hail.
The old ladies' IN the W. Il. G. National
Home, Madison, Ohio. are manufacturing
many small articles which they desire to sell
and have sent some to Mrs. Clara H. Bur
leigh, Past Department President of Mass
achusetts. former MatrOn Mt the Home, to
dispose Of Some Of the old ladies' are very
desrious of attending the National w. Il. c.
Convention this Fall, and take this means
TO defray their expenses. - SARAH l..
SMITH, Massachusetts Department Press
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