River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-11-09
MRS. VAN OSTRAND
REELECTED HEAD.
D. A. r. Close Annual Conference
at KenoSha.
PLYMOUTH GETS 1912 MEET
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton Unanimously Indorse the
Work of the Wisconsin
Anti-TubercuIosis League.

Madison-The very successful
meeting of the Wisconsin society of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton closed at Kenosha with the
election of officers and the selection
of Plymouth as the place for next
years meeting.
Mrs. Edwin H. Van Ostrand was
unanimously reelected state regent;
Mrs. John P. Hume, Milwaukee, was
elected vice-regent; Miss. Carrie ].
Smith, Fort Atkinson, secretary, and
Mrs. William E. Cole, Fond du Lac,
treasurer.
At the closing sessions the daugh-
ters unanimously Endorsed the work
being done by the Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis league and pledged the
assistance of the twenty-six chapters
of the state in both county and city
work.
The conference went on record as
indorsing the block certificates for
the paying of the debt on Continental
hall, and as favorable to preserving
the pioneer cemeteries of Wisconsin.
Chapters were authorized to take
such local or legislative steps as they
might see fit to aid in furthering the
cause of conservation.
A feature of the closing session
was the announcement that Mrs.
Ephrasia Granger Smith, Waterloo,
one of the few real" Daughters of
the Revolution in the state, had Of
fered to the society beautiful
record
'',The Kenosha D. A. r. convention
which closed was delightfully."- har-
monious," said Mrs. Edward w. Fer
guson, one of the delegates from the
Milwaukee chapter, d. A. r. Mrs.
Ferguson is charter member of the
state organization and has attended
practically all of the state conven-
tons and has gone to eight of the
national conventions in Washington.
State Lutherans Close Convention.
The fourteenth annual convention
of the Luther league of Wis
consin closed in Milwaukee. Over
sixty delegates from all parts of the
meeting was one representative of
the younger element of the Luther
church in the state.
Rev. Paul L. Roth, chaplain of the
Milwaukee hospital and the Layton
home, delivered the convention ad-
dress in the vesper services. An
informal reception was held. Rev.
Holl welcomed the visitors. Rev. G.
Keller Rubrecht, pastor of the Church
of the Epiphany and president of the
Wisconsin Luther league, also spoke.
The work of the convention began
with the reports of officers and com
mittees and the following papers:
Great Events in Luther's Life" Mrs.
Conrad Hoffman, Madison; Luther
and Education" Miss Hannah Hegge,
Stoughton; what We Have Gained
From the Reformation" Miss Amanda
Rapps, Racine, and "How Can a
Luther Lacquer Best Honor Luther?"
Prof. Carl Juergens, west division
high school, representing the Church
of the Redeemer, Milwaukee; "The
Junior Luther League" Miss Edith
Roller, Reformation, Milwaukee;
Methods and Plans for Conducting
a Junior League" Miss Isabel Riedl.
Epiphany, Milwaukee, followed by
discussion.
The convention was brought to a
close by banquet to the delegates
and the young people of Milwaukee
in the Church of the Reformation.
The banquet was presided over by
the newly-elected president, Frank
H.. Paeske, Milwaukee. Toasts and
responses were made by delegates.
Many papers were read.