The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-14
DAUGHTERS CLOSE
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Annual Meeting Of keokuk Chapter
Held saturday and Reports Arc
Made Of Seasons
Activities.
p1.ENTY OF WORK COMING
urs elder, Regent, In Her Report
TELLS Members There VIII be
Much They Can
Help With.
q ENTITY OF WORK COMING

ueokuk chapter D. A. R. held its an
neeting and the last for the CLUB
nua, saturday at the home OF the
s w. Mrs. ]. f. Elder. No. 3 Fark
l. ,soa THE meeting was one OF the
pet pet largely attended of the year.
n nh . number of guests, among them,
W. S " n. Titus Of Fort Wayne; Mrs,
s naui nwsart OF Chicago; Mrs. j.. Z.
r ,,nh,neer of South Bend, Ind; Mrs.
,aI q GRAY and Miss Elsie Gray or
S r. :, Mrs. Perkins of Oskaloosa;
Nc Edmund Yaeger, Miss Cornelia
Mates Mrs. r. r. Board, Mrs. William
Sutton cr,sn, Mrs. ]. ]. Ayres, Mrs. j. L. 5.
S Sn,,u Mrs. Elder presided and
No meeting opened by singing Amerl-
ca and by salute to the rag. me
sogent read a notice from the state
regent that the national and state So
ciety Of D. A. R. had adopted plan TO
no known as the national war reiiei
service and that the chairman OF the
Iowa state committee Is Mrs. n. H.
Howell Of Des Moines. keokuk chap
Tor was asked to name member TO
serve on this committee and the OH
eers Of the chapter chose Mrs, c. H.
Armentrout.
Mrs. Walter B. Brinkman of Duluth,
was elected to membership in the
chapter.
The annual reports Of the officers
were given as follows The regent,
Mrs. Elder, said in part:
Daughter OF the American Revolution:
II has been the custom for the reg
ont TO make an annual report. As
do not wish to detract from the report
Of other officers I will avoid details.
We have had very interesting year.
We have accomplished some few
things and left much undone. Our
chapter is in good condition financial
" as the treasurers' report will show.
Indeed if you wish we can afford to be
generous to a degree. We have grown
in membership surprisingly and added
valued members to our chapter, some
who have already shown their ability.
Under the inspiration of this terrible
war and the stirring times in which
We live. the need at home and abroad
q relief service, the coming year will
afford great opportunity for our ef-
forts as the society of d. A. X. was
formed to cultivate patriotism and to
present to future generations the spir-
II or our fathers and the memory OF
historic deeds.
Our program for the past year has
been review of what different coun-
tries have contributed to the present
war and we listened to it all from an
outside point Of view. little thinking
that at the last meeting of the year
nyJ-y, Ir,,ft Cfot IL = hn
plunged in this fearful struggle for lib
erty and democracy. 1t seems to me
that as D. A. R. We should have keen
appreciation of the meaning of this
struggle, as Mary Roberts Reinhart In.
recent article ALTAR of Freedom"
says Just as we all benefit by our
country, so must we share and share
alike the dangers. Sacrifice is an old
story to women, they have always
known 1t but not sacrifice to an abb
stract ideal and personal service. We
must help in our way to fight for the
ideal, and for the principal that honor
is greater than life." We shall find
oil the work our CHAPTER cares to do
This coming year to he worthy the
hfame-Daughters of the American
Revolution"
The secretary'5 Report.
The secretary submitted the follow
Ing report:
Madame Regent and members OF
keokuk chapter: The annual report
CT your secretary this year begins
with Flag Day, June IA. 1916, when
me chapter dedicated the Maine
memorial Tablet. Veterans of the
civil war and the Spanish-American
var Company L, the Boy Scouts, the
mayor and school children took part
with the chapter in the services.
after the dedication, the members
and their families remained for a pic
mic supper.
me official record for the years
lol6 and 1917 will contain the minutes
VI eight regular meetings and of two
vailed meetings held for the election
y delegates to the state conferences
una the national congress.
me literary programs Of the year
nave been based on the world war and
nave been very variously treated by
'he leaders in charge
Ihe most notable meeting was the
one in April in charge Of Mrs. Armen-
trout, in which Miss Johnson gave an
account of her experience as a Red
Cross nurse in France. Miss Johnson
was brought here through the gener-
osity Of DR.. and Mrs. Armentrout Jan.
uary 20, benefit for the American
alnpniance field service was given in
we Y. M. G. A. Mr.. w G. Blood gave
nh eloquent address on the work of
me American boys, which was follow
ca by the showing of pictures of the
ambulance corps and aviation corps.
a, me one purely social meeting of
W. me year was the annual celebration OF
,mashington's birthdays luncheon at
'ne Hotel Iowa Feb. "a.
Respectfully submitted,
Ida KILLER LAPSLEY,
Secretary.