The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-22
Annual Conference of State
Chapters, ID. A. r., Held
in Masonic Temple
FLAG PRESENTED
BY MRS. DeBOER
Sixteen Regents Present-Election of
Officers Will Be Held This Afternoon
Reception Tonight for Daughters
and Kindred Societies.

ana h1ndred societies.
The l4th annual conference Of the /
Vermont chapters of the Daughters of I
the American Revolution opened at
Masonic temple here this morning at
9 o'clock with an informal reception. |
Brattleboro chapter is entertaining
and preparations that have been in
progress for a long time have been car
ried out perfectly, supplemented by
ideal weather
Every delegate upon her arrival in
town was met at the railroad station
by members Of the committees and
sent either to the temple or to her
place Of entertainment by automobile.
An informal meeting of the state of
feers was held last evening at the
Brooks House to perfect the formal
plans for the conferences today.
+ The banquet hall of the Masonic
temple, in which the meeting is held,
had been artistically decorated by Hop
kins, the florist, palms, chrysanthe
NUNS, Easter lilies, running vines and
silk flags being used generally. the
stage being banked with flowers and
backed by red, white and blue decora
tious. Over the entrance was the in
sigma of the society draped with tho
national colors The house committee
of the local chapter was IN the small
banquet hall all day today and sery-
ed tea and otherwise assisted the dele
gates in every way to lend to their
comfort
The conference opened this morning
with the registration of delegates and
the informal reception by state off
GERS and committees to all Daughters
and 1T 10 o clock promptly the state
regent, Mrs. Joseph a. DeBoer of
Montpelier, raped for order.
Following the Invocation by Rev.
George +. Tomkinson and the singing
of the Vermont song written by Miss
Helen VI. Winslow and sung to the
tune of America, came the roll call of
state officers and chapters and the re-
port of the credentials committee The
roll cali showed that there were pres
ent Is regents 81 delegates. 15 alter
mates and six state officers.
At this point the state regent sur
, prised practically all members of the
conference Mrs Carl f. Cain, chair
man Of the pages entered the room
bearing handsome silk flag on an oak
, standard as Miss Mary Bane sang the
Star SpangIed Banner. Mrs. DeBoer
, then presented the flag to the state so
q cietv and Mrs. Hazen, viceregent, ae-
e ccptcd it. The address of welcome was
, then made by Miss Susan L. Clark re-
I gent Of BrattleboTo chapter.
r Greetings were made by sister so
2 cieties-from the Vermont Society of
e Colonial DANES by the president, Miss
Jennie A. Valentine of Bennington;
from the Vermont Federation Of Wo
I man : clubs, BY its president. Mrs
! George f. Smile Of Montpelier: from
the United States Daughters of 1912
Q State of Vermont. by its president
Il Mrs. Ella W. l.. Isham of Burlington
\ The record of the state meeting al
/ Washington was read by Miss Saral
\ f. Clark Of Charlestown, n H.. state
e secretary.
It After a well-rendered solo by Mis-
4 Bane the reports of the state officer
# were made, committees We're reported
4 and two minute reports by chapter re
Ie gents followed until adjournment a
, clock. The principal feature o
the afternoon session. which opened a
80 clock, will be the election o
officers and the report Of the chairmel
of the different committees.
The conference will close this even
lg ing with a brilliant reception fror
1.30 to 10 at the home of Mrs. L. I
Holden on Park place to all Daughter.
. guests, the Colonial Danes and Daugl
= ters of 1912. The house has been Ella
!, borately decorated with silk flag,
= palms and chrysanthemums and tn
:, color scheme Of the dining room
= yellow. Over $50 will be present du1
- - ing the evening. Leitsinger's orchestr
~ viii provide music and Barr of Sprin.
= field, Mass, will eater.
! In the receiving line will be til
: hostess, Mrs. Holden; Mrs. Joseph !
y. DeBoer, state regent; Mrs. Perley \
0h HaZen, state vice regent; Miss Susa
'c f. Clark, regent of Brattleboro chal
~ ter; Mrs j. J. Estey, exstate regent
Miss Jennie Valentine of Benningto
state president of the Colonial Danes
:. Mrs. A. s. Isham of Burlington stat
president of the Daughters of ISL.
Mrs George Smile of Montpelie
-ar president ,of the Vermont FederatiC
of Woman S clubs; Mrs l.. A. Coo
of Greenfield, Mass, state historian
he the Massachusetts Daughters. of ii
he American Revolution; Mrs. &. f. Ba
~, Der and Mrs. II. T.. Bond of the loc
is reception committee
-ba Mrs. w X. Sparks will be matrQn
.bo the dining room, and Mrs. II. G. Ba
- Der and Mrs. G. L. Stickney will POI
= Six young women, daughters of Dang
d. ters. will serve. They are Mrs. Ma
ny guerite Starkey Porter, Miss Margar
10 Barber, Miss Margaret Root, Nj
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