The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-28
VIRGINIA DIVISION
!. D. c. C0NvENES OCT |.
Twenty third Convention of Virginia
Dtvision, Daughters OF the Con-
fedcracy to Meet In Richmond.
UNVEIL ARCH.
Memorial Arch To Omcers of the Con-
fcdcracy Will Be Unveiled in Holly
wood, October 4.

At a meeting Of the various COM
nittees held in Lee Camp hall on
Thursday evening arrangements We're
perfected for the twenty-third con-
vention of the Virginia division
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
which will be held in the Jefferson
hotel, beginning October !. Mrs
Norman V. Randolph. who is general
chairman. will preside at the exer-
cises on Tuesday evening in the audi.
forum of the Jefferson, which viii
be in the nature Of welcome to the
visiting delegates. The speaker OF
the evening will be Attorney General
John X. Saunders, and music for the
occasion will be furnished by Parker
DashiclIs quartet. which viii render
southern airs. The president OF the
Virginia division, Mrs. w. Cahell
Flournoy.. Will be presented to the
audience by Mrs. Randolph and will
make the response.
Special provision has been made
for the seating of the veterans and
women of the sixtieth who may care
10 attend
The business session OF the con-
vention will begin on Wednesday at
/ 0 o'clock, the Rev. DIR. James Power
Smith delivering the invocation. The
convention will adjourn at 1880 for
lunch, which will be served in the
basement of the Second Baptist
church. and tickets for which may be
procured from the bureau of intor-
nation in the jefferson. which is in
charge OF the Grandchildren of the
Confederacy, under the direction of
Mrs. Samuel Dew and Mrs. Sidney
Johnston Dudley. The chairman of
The luncheon committee is Miss
Bette Ellyson, who has an able corps
Of assistants.
On Thursday afternoon the con-
venion will be given over to the
Grandchildren of the Confederacy.
who have prepared a program for
that session. Mrs. j. X Bowman is
chairman for this occasion, and the
event promises TO be enjoyable.
Special music has been provided
for the memorial exercises and Mrs.
w. D. Cardwell OF Ashland. is chair
man for this feature of the conven-
ton.
The historical evening will be
Thursday and a number of interest
Ing papers are 70 be read. Mrs. II. A
Alexander is chairman for this occa-
siun.
The election of officers is on Fri
day. morning and at S o'clock In the
afternoon The convention adjourns to
attend the unwilling of the memorial
arch to the Officers Of the Confederacy
who lie in Hollywood cemetery. This
arch has been erected by the Junior
Hollywood Memoria! association. of
which Mrs. Sidney Johnston Dudley
is president.
A distinguished visitor for the con-
ventfon Is the president general. Mrs
Mary B. Poppsnheim, Of South Caro-
lima. who will be here on Thursday.
Out-of-town delegates are:
Mary Custis Lee Chapter. Alexan-
dria-Mrs. J. E. Alexander. Mrs S. A.
Wallis. Mrs. William Morton. Mrs.
n. S. Williamson.
Captain Sally Tompkins Chapter,
Mathews Courthouse--Mrs Be e
Digs Hudgins. Mrs. F. Theo Miller.
Seventeenth Virginia It M e n t
Chapter, Alexandria-Mrs Lyangus
Uhler, Miss Helen Greene. Mrs. T.
Melville Jones. Miss Hannah Lunts.
Warren Rnies Chapter. Front
Royal-Mrs. M. o, simpson. Mrs.
A. l.. Harrison.
Nehemyer shaw Chapter, Berkiey--
Mrs. H. l. Portiock. Mrs ". w.
Johnson.
Dabney Fl. Maury Chapter. Phila-
deiphia. va.-Mrs James r Halsey.
Mildred Lee Chapter. Martinsville-
WI . w. ~ oALfeii. - w Sdi tti :
knhwood Otey Chapter. Lynch
burg--Mrs NOVEL; Otey Scott, Mrs.
A. 2. Montague. Mrs. y. ID. ElIer,
/ Mrs. A. NJ. Campbell, Mrs. Walkers
Mayo. Mrs. S. r. PoindeNter.
! Manassas Chapter, Manassas-Nrs
Albert Speiden. Mrs. A. ". Sinclair.
Mrs, j. &. Thornton, Mrs. c. NJ,
Larkin.
Portsmouth Chapter, Portsmouth
Mrs. W. h. HART. Miss Loretta
Towner. Mrs. f. S. Crump, Miss Ella