The National tribune., 1910-06-16
w. r.. c. CONVENTIONS.
The Departments of Maryland and Mis-
sour Elect Officers.

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The Department Convention of Mary
| land which was held in Baltimore, was
one of those delightful affairs which
| have participated in. The Department
| of Maryland is noted for its hospitality,
and always has an foundation of visi
| tors on those occasions when il meets
| in voting body. The Convention this
! year was no exception to the rule. The
| National Patriotic Instructor, Mrs. Mary
| NJ. North, who is a member of the De-
partment of Maryland. was one of the
| honored guests, and later installed the
newly-elected officers.
Among the guests in the Department
| Convention was a very large contingent
| from the Department of. Potomac, w.
II c., which accompanied the Depart
meIt President, Mrs Nora Il. Atkinson.
In the party We're number of Mrs. At
kinson'S staff.
The Department Convention was pre-
sided over by the President. Mrs. Mag
gle Sunstrom, whose administration,
with Mrs Alviare BriScoe as Depart
ment Counselor and assisted by a large
corps of efficient officers, has been sin
gularly successful The Convention
opened at 10 o'clock in the morning,
and its reports had been read, its reso-
lutions adopted and its officers elected
and installed by o'clock that evening.
At ! o'clock the more than 200 MEM
bers of the Convention and guests were
invited to a banquet luncheon in the
big dining hail. where flags and flowers
formed the decorations.
The retiring President, Mrs. Sum
strum, was the recipient or many pres
entS of flowers and other pretty things.
but most valuable of all was the hand
some gold badge of the order present
ed by her officers and members Of her
Department Mss Henrietta Briscoe,
who has been for several years Treas
urer of the Department and who was
reelected. received from the Depart
ment officers the beautiful flag pin of
the Woman's Relief Corps as a slight
token of the love and esteem in which
she is held by the members of her De-
partment. Brief talks were made by
all of the visiting members. and only
words of praise spoken of the Depart
ment of Maryland. w. r. C.
One of the most delightful features
of the Convention was the presentation
by the Department of Maryland w. r.
c. of Maryland flag to the Depart
ment of Maryland Grand Army of the
Republic. which was in session in Odd
Fellows Hall. While a great many
ladies of the Department had a hand in
arranging for the presentation, ii is safe
to say that Mrs. AiViarc Briscoe was the
inspiratiop Of the movement in the first
place. The flag is a magnificent silk
one. and is of the Oriole design, its
quarferings being black and yellow and
red and white. the coat-of-arms Of Lord
Baltimore, adopted as the State flag of
Maryland The committee of the W.
r. c. went in carriages to the Depart
ment .Encampment- carrying their own
large silk flag and the presentation col
ors, and created both excitement and
enthusiasm as they rolled thru the
streets of Baltimore in their fiag-decked
carriages. Isabel Worrell Ball, of the
Department of Potomac, was especials
ly honored by being invited to accom-
pany the committee and to speak. The
scene of the presentation was an in
spring one never to be forgotten.
The officers elected were: President.
Anna Belle Roberts: s. V. p, LOttie
Frey: j. V. p, Louisa Eichelberger;
Treasurer. Henrictta T.. Briscoe; Chap
lain. Mary V. Hooper; Inspector. Anna
McCook; Counselor, Maggie Sunstrom;
!. and /. Officer, Annie LeaSure; Pa
triotic Instructor, Anna Karcher; Press
Correspondent, Lydia e. Irelan; EAecu-
tive Board. Katie Grimmel, Hannah ST.
mons, Violet Crockett, Katherine I.uter.
Charity Kcnnard Delegates-at-Large to
National Convention, Elsie A. Fauth
and Louisa NJ Wich; Alternates-at-
Large to National Convention, Mary
Brandan and Caroline G. Lindner.
Mrs. Roberts, who will direct the
work of the Department of Maryland
for the coming year. is full of energy,
capable-and enthusiastically patriotic.