The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-14
U. D. C. ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR
COMING YEAR
MRS. FRANK d. TRACY CHOSEN AS
PRESIDENT - INTERESTING RE-
PORT ON PAST YEARS ACTIVI-
TIES BY MRS. n. F. MITCHELL

The annual meeting Of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy was
featured yesterday afternoon by cleo
tion of officers, Mrs. Frank D. Tracy
having been chosen to the office OF
president, Mrs. A. E. MacDavid, first
vice, president, and Mrs. A. r. Nc
Allister second vice-fresident; Mrs. r.
Nj. Warfield, secretary; Mrs. Patrick
McHugh, treasurer; Mrs Effie NJ.
Thiesen, historian, Mrs. d. H. Shep-
ard, registrar. s --as-
- Nearly all Of the elections were
made unanimous. The offices OF the
historian and registrar. being three
year terms, there was no voting on
these positions.
Mrs. r. F. Mitchell, retiring presi-
dent, presided. and making the fol-
lowing report:
MY Dear Daughters of the Confed-
eracy:
Again I come before you with an
annual report, my last report to you
as your president.
For the second time we opened
our year by celebrating the birthday
of our greatest Southern hero on Janu-
ary 10Th, with a ball. Owing to the
fact that we are SO short of funds
this had to be pay affair, but eve1
SO it served to keep fresh in the minds
of our young people constant rever-
ence and love for General Robert E.
Lee.
I'm April we united with the Ladies'
Confederate Memorial Association as
usual in doing honor to our beloved
Confederate dead.
I'm May we bought our second Lib
erty Bond. and have it about paid for.
We also gave our first $4,000 Liberty
Bond to the Red Cross for their drive
I'VE have given $500 towards the
Florida U. D. C. bed in a French hos
pital And one more thing to be proud
of,-we are one out OF the two chap
ters who have paid their dollar |
assessment for the two years. !
I'm June we celebrated the birthday |
of jefferson Davis in the Bivouoc. On |
September 81 we observed Mariana |
Day. |
while our chapter has not done |
much war work as a chapter, we have
Ill individually been working hard in
)ur different war activities.
And now 1 would like just mo-
nent to tell you how much I have
and enjoyed the honor OF
serving you as your president, and to
hank you for the privilege.
Yours respectfully.
Mamie r. MITCHELL"
Following Mrs. Mitchell's report,
he was given a standing vote OF
hanks by the members. whom she
ad so efficiently and faithfully served
uring her two terms. II
On her induction. into office, Mrs.
'racy, the newly elected president. ex-
ressed her appreciation of the honor |
aid her. u
Mrs. Tracy said that she appreciated {
er election the more deeply, as Il
he had been previously informed /;
hat this honor was to be hers. AMI s
hat she had given much thought to I
er new duties. She announced the s
standing committees:
Advisory board-Mr., Boykin Jones, I
fr. w. A. Rawls, Mr.. Strickland, Mr.. s
loberts. t
Finance committee-Miss Modesto
Iargis, chairman; Mrs. j. H. Smith I
lick, Mrs. w. K. Hyer. Il
Credential cemmittee-Mrs. d. III.
heppard, chairman; Mrs. s. A. Mo- 6
emo. Miss Leila Reese, Mrs. E. B. NAL :
ne, Mrs. Nettie Whitfield. 10
Memorial committee-Mrs. N. d.
l1omas. chairman, Mrs. Nellie Craves d
fillmore, Miss Ethel Suter. t
Floral committee-Miss Daisy Hyer, 4
lafrman: Mrs Stephen Lee. Mrs. John 8
ace. S
suggestion from Mrs. Tracy that II
pen House be he'd for the veterans u
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