The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-09
DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI
Mrs. Mira Gwynne- Bnchman Issues G. o.
Many Prizes Given-Good Field for
Patriotic Work.

The 23d Annual Convention. Depart
ment of Missouri, Woman's Relief
Corps, Mrs. Mira Gwynne-Bachman, De-
partment President, will be held in the
city of Moberly on Wednesday and
Thursday. May % and %. 1907.
Headquarters will be at the Mer-
chants Hotel. The Convention will be
held in the First NJ. E. Church.
Mrs. Carrie r. Sparklin, National
President of the Woman's Relief Corps,
will be the honored guest of the De-
partment, and it is thought that many
other National officers will be present.
handsome Flag will be presented
to the High School of Moberly by Mrs.
NJ. S. ellison, Department Patriotic In
structor. in behalf of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps of Missouri. A beautiful Flag
Department doing the most patriotic
work during the administration. Ele-
CANT gold medals will be presented to
the school girl and school boy that win
the two prizes offered by the Depart
ment for best essays on patriotism. This
work is also in charge of Mrs. Gibson.
A first and second prize will be given
to the Department Aids or members of
Department committees that secure the
ton, transfer and reinstatement from
Jan. to May 10, 1907.
1t is with great pleasure that the
Department President announces the
organization of a new Corps at Joplin
March %, with 43 charter members,
Eta E. Digby, President. The Corps
was instituted by Harriet Stark, Depart
ment Senior Vice President.
A reception will be rendered to the
Department President, Mrs. Mira
Gwynne- Bachmann, and her staff in the
parlors of the Merchants Hotel
Wednesday evening, to which all mem
bers of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, WOman's Relief Corps, Ladies of the
G. A. r., Sons of Veterans and other pa
triotic citizens are invited. The Depart
ment President announces that in her
Department there is not a single delin-
quent Corps. and extends ccngratula-
tons to the smaller Corps who have
bravely struggled for existence and are
working with renewed interest and hope
for the future. One statement made by
the Department President shows that
she has been in perfect harmony with
her work, and that she knows how val
liable all OF the documents and journals
| or the organization are for future his
tOrians, and announces that a commit
tee for securing complete list of De-
partment journals for the Missouri His.
| tOrical Society reports that they have
finished the work and the journals are
now on file in the Historical Library al
Columbus. Those ladies who contrib
uted journals to fill up the files were
Maud e. Hayes and Past Department
Presidents Henrietta Stiesmeir, Lucinda
Scott and Julia E. Dockery and also
Corporal Dix Corps.
Mrs. Bachman in closing her General
Order notes the passing away Of the
wife of Col. Williams. Commander OF
| the Department of Missouri. and the
death OF Mrs. Catherine Stephens
mother of Past Department President
Lucinda A. Scott. Mrs. Stephens was
80 years of age.
She also acknowledged with appre-
| citation the beautiful cards of Easter
greetings from members of the Depart
| ment and from many National officers
She also announces that a new Corps
! is to be organized at Neosho, Mo.