The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-13
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D. A. r, Annual Meeting.
The Keokuk chapter. D. A R, held
its annual meeting Saturday after
noon In the home of Mrs d. A Col
tIier. A feature OF the afternoon
which came as surprise to the ma
jority of the members was the presen-
tation TO the chapter by Mrs. Collier.
OF a handsome state Gag.
The ceremony of presentation was
formal and Included short address
BY Hrs Collier in which she said thai
she welcomed the Daughters to her
home with special pleasure At TINS
annual meeting, because she Was 10
have the privilege of presenting to
them the new Iowa state nag which
was designed by her friend and the
friend Of the Keokuk chapter, MIS-
tDue Cornell Gebhardt. last years
state regent She said that the WORK
OF the state society in this war per
| iod had been heavier and more exact
ling than ever before and yet Mrs.
Gebhardt had found time to design
this handsome nag which had been
approved by the chairman OF the state
| flag committee Adjutant General Guy
Logan and had been accepted by Gov
ernor Harding. Mrs. Collier express
ed again her pleasure IN presenting
to the chapter the Iowa flag The
! flag was then unfurled by Martha
| Wilcox and Harriet Dunlap as Miss
Martha Baldwin accompanied on the
piano by Miss Fry. sang Iowa, Beau
tiful Land Mrs. j. F. Elder, the reg
emit. then in an address, accepted the
Gag ON behalf of the chapter. She
spoke OF the unfailirg loyalty OF Mrs
Collier to the chapter Of which she
is a charter member and one OF ITS
founders Sne recalled the unusual
service which Mrs Collier had given
the chapter as chairman OF the keo-
kuk monument committee. OF the
Msfne memorial tablet committee and
enumerated many other exceptional
things which she has accom- phshed
for this chapter She has brought
honor to us IN her relation to the
Iowa state society Of D. A. R.. in
which she has held several official Pc
sitions.
| Following this ceremony, Miss Bald
win sang When the Boys Come Home.
poem written at thee time of the
civil war by John Hay. which has
been recently set TO music and Is be-
coming one Of the popular present day
war songs
| Mrs. Elder presided at the business
session of the chapter. Miss Anne b.
Davis read a letter from st. kath-
arine's school at Davenport, asking
the chapter to contribute to memoir
fal for Miss Crandan the Iowa nurse
who was recently killed in France.
Miss Davis was named as commit
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fund. The regent appointed Mrs Lee
A HamM and Miss Dunlap to repre-
sent the chapter ON the committee OF
women being formed for civic better
Iment. At the request OF John Fl. Cole
of the Lexington chapter, S. A. R., the
chapter endorsed the petition being
sent to President Wilson to cancel
the French national loan made by the
United States IN connection with the
war. Mrs. Elder read Miss Winnifred
Jones report OF the recent continental
congress held IN Washington to which
she was a delegate from the keokuk
CHAPTER The report was full and a
very interesting one. The regents re
port was made by Mrs Elder, who
enumerated some OF the activities OF
the chapter in war relief work The
Red Cross auxiliary has met regularly
under the very efficient instruction OF
Mrs. Paul Pechstein and Mrs. @.
LLOYD Norman. The chapter has pur-
chased $500 worth Of Liberty bonds.
has adopted two French orphans, pay
ing for their support SO. assisted in
the sale of Liberty bonds and in the
Red Cross drives. Thirty-four dollars
was given toward the national so
ictetys purchase Of a hundred thou
sand dollar Liberty bond. Eighteen
dollars was given the fund to pur-
chase state flags for all Iowa regf-
lmerts going to the front The chap
ter made donations also to the indus
trial school at Hendersonyflle, ". Va
Mrs. Elder thanked the chapter for
Its cordial cooperation in all OF these
activities and especially thanked Mrs
lPechstein and Mrs Norman, the Red
iCroes instructors.
The secretay's report WAS made by
Mrs. Robert NJ LapsIey as fonows.
The record OF the work OF the
lchaoter this year is comprised IN the
minutes Of eight regular meetings and
eight called meetings.
At a called meeting May "a TWEEN.
ity-one members met at the home o!
the regent and formed an auxiliary
OF the Red CrOSs- hrS. NorHudu daio
Mrs. Pechstein we're appointed as
representative Of the chapter to take
the course IN surgical dressings Civ
en- in June by Mrs Doran and they
have had charge of the auxiliary
which has met in the z. W. G. A
every Thursday morning.
REPORTS Of Red Cross work and OF
contributions for war purposes have
teen made TO the state committee on
war service. The chapter assisted in
the drive for the second Liberty loar
and bought 1900 worth Of bonds. The
members also contributed s34 toward
the 100000 being raised by the ma
tionaI society to buy bond of the
third Liberty loan
The members contributed s73, the
amount necessary for the adoption OF
two French orphans. Alice Solane'