Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-03
ISSUES LAST GENERAL ORDERS
MRS. NEWTON CALLS ANNUAL
CONVENTION OF w. r. C.
To Be Held in G. A. r. Hall Begin
ming Thursday, February 18.
List of Committees.

And because right is right. to follow
right were wisdom in the scorn of con-
sequences"
With the foregoing as her shibbcleth,
Mrs. Emma L. Newton, president of the
Department of the Potomac, Woman $
Relief Corps. has promulgated her last
general order, which is No. >. 1t an
nounces that the twentieth annual con
vention of that organization will be held
in Grand Army Hall. JAZZ Pennsylvania
avenue, Thursday, February is, begin
ming at 80 o'clock pm.
Convention appointments are made as
follows: Assistant secretary, Christine +.
Carrothers; conductors, Olive a. Ray
mond and Grace l.. Bovine; guards,
Sarah +. Van Doren and Mary Wilson:
pianiStS, Emma Seward and Augusta Pal
mer.
bers of the several corps and of the de-
partment. and extending fraternal greet
ings to the Ct. A. r.. Mrs. Newton named
the following committees:
Committees.
Committee on courtesies-Matilda r.
Sprague, Alice Burgess, Adelaide II.
Feathers.
acknowledgements J. Gallaher. Grace
l.. Bovine, Anna V. Tompkins.
Presidents address-Matilda r. Sprague,
chairman; Anna S. Hamilton. Anna w.
Johnson, Eliza +. Ndylnr, Indiana Cowl-
ing. Jessie Bruner Mary W. S. Thatcher.
Senior vice presidents address and re-
port OF employment-Alice Burgess. chair
man; Ida v Hendricks. Rosamond r.
Meacham, Julia Mason Layton. Frances
c. Smith, Jenie NJ Street. Julia \. Doney
Junior vice presidents address and re-
port of reiief-Flora f. Carnes, chairman:
Julia Roberts. Ida A. Oldroyd. Julia West
Hamilton. Annah NJ. Little Sue NJ. Carey E,
Adelaide II. Feathers.
Secretary's report-Helen J. Durfee
chairman: Mamie P. Dorsey Maria l..
Jordan. Jennie T. Thomson, Eliza P. Wal
son. Sarah A. Bunyea. Emma Harlow.
chairman; Anna B. Frost. DR.. Carrie
Thomas. Carrie r. Brookfield Georgia G.
Van Fleet. Sarah Beach. Cornelia \.
Avery.
chairman; Marian NJ. Lewis Mary l..
Kicker, Lizzie Bradley, Katherine Nc
Monigal, Jane n. Bridehan, Jane Mclean
Inspectors report-Fannie NJ. Page
chairman: VIVA NJ. Calhoun, Corinne
Strickland, Agnes L. Keller. Sarah T.
Newland. Anne E. Cromwell Frances
Frelinghuysen.
Counselor's report-Georgia c. Balm
chairman; Anna Peck, Frances It. Holiness
Ida 7. Hart, Christiana T.. Butcher
Nora Edgar. Martha Hamlin.
1nstituting and installing ofticer-Marie
Thomas, chairman: Mary f. Crawford
Mary Mcintosh. Addie w. Foster. Susie
r. Jacobs, Gertrude Strickland, Mary Z.
Griffin.
Patriotic instructor-Ida L. Chase, chair
man; Hattie NJ. Robb Mary Y. Noerr
Jennie Parker. Julia c. Collier, Lucy
Weaver, Anna NJ. Dykes
Press correspondent-Belle nj. Allen,
chairman; Augusta c. Starkey, Mary NJ.
HutchinS, Catherine Maxwell, Eliza beth
B. Donohoo. Emma NJ. Emo, Mamie G.
Davis
Executive Board.
Emma V. Webster, chairman: Lizzie
Lehman. Mary E. Dow, Emma \. john
sou, Rosa Noske. Harriet Saunders, Fan
ME Ross.
Hospitals-Nellie A. Rowe, chairman:
Lucinda Gruber. Nettie f. Lyons, Mary
f. Simpson, Jennie A. Wheeler, Louisa
D. Childs, Marian Gregory, Marian Par
ker.
Pensions-Mary V Goundie. chairman;
Emma dempler, Maria l.. Jordan. Mary
f. Hall, Emma L. Ellis, Ellen d. Nc
Laughlin, Fannie E. Worden.
Legislation-Anna w. Johnston, Ida l..
Chase, Ida j. Hart. Julia Mason Lay
ton. Anna A. Peck, Rosamond B. Meach-
am. Vina Calhoun.
Chief of staff-Annie E. Hoagland, Mary
d. ESley, Emma feTSuSOn. f-l-ZdDcln w
Marshall. Sarah e. Kaufman, Isabella
Bontz. Clara j. MCGEE. Mary Mangan.
Delegate at large-May A. Eldredge
chairman; Jennie Cusic. Jennie Hamilton
Mary Bushby, Emma Holbrook, Julia G.
Collier. Christine w. Dunlap, Cora L.
Smith.
Deegates-Clara Kalstrom, chairman
Evelyn Sims, Annie T.. de Vaul. Sarah
F. Van Doren, Lizzie O. Bucta, Pauletta
Wolford, +. o. Howe.
Resoutions-EliZabeth C.. Months. chair
man; Emma c. Littlejohn, Amanda j.
Bowen, Grace Lowrie, Jennie Stretch