Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-10-30

.Jela Steeg, Early.
Ella Cox, Sac City.
Bertha Beckwith, Rockwell City.
M Katie D. Walters.
Mrs. Marie Dugan.
Mrs. M. B. Wolf, Odebolt.,
A paper What is Americanism, !"
written by Marie Basha, was read
| by Mrs. j. r. Chandler This was
! a masterpiece on the subject and we
would like very much to have had il
in full in this report but cannot as
the paper must be returned at once to
the writer.
Delegates from all Corps repre-
scented gave reports. Mrs. Marie
White of Sac City of German descent
gave a beautiful talk in which she
paid the w. r. C. a beautiful tribute
for help rendered her in mastering
the English language and also the
whole American people, she said had
been so good and ready to help her
at all times.
AS a signal Of honor to her, mo-
ton was made by Mrs. Chandler and
seconded by Mrs. Weber that she be
escorted to the platform and given
the the salute by the convention.
Carried.
A presentation to Mrs. Clara c.
Weber, departmental president, of
beautiful cut glass sandwich plate
was made by Mrs. Chandler and was
responded to by the recipient in an
impressive way in which she gave a
| fitting. compliment to the donors for
! the lovely manner in which the pre-
sentation was made, saying it was
the most Beautiful little presentation
talk she had ever heard.
Rev. Lang, a Son of a Veteran,
gave the following talk on why we
should interest ourselves in the or
ganization of Sons of Veteran camps:
"There are two sacraments in the
church of Jesus Christ that are vital
to the perpetuation of the sons. One
is Holy baptism.
The one is to perpetuate the
knowledge of and fact of the vicari-
Gus atonement of Jesus Christ for
the salvation of the human race. The
other emphasizes the necessity of a
spiritual generation to be proper
subject of the Kingdom of heaven.
knowledge and spirit are not only
necessary to perpetuate the church Of
Jesus Christ but knowledge and
spirit are necessary to perpetuate
and nation and institution.
Why interest ourselves in the or
ganization OF the Sons of Veterans?
This is a fair question to bring be-
fore this convention.
What are the veterans and who are
the sons implied in the subject and
what should be the benefit of this
! organization? 20"
The veterans implied in this sub
ject are soldiers who fought in our
civil war, especially, though it may
apply to soldiers of the Spanish-Am-
erican war and the world war. We
should not forget the sacrifice and
service given by these noble men
and the great cause underlying the
purpose of it all which has caused
these wars. / was not old enough
! to remember anything of the rebel
| lion or the time when my father left
for the rebellion, but from my bring
ing up and early training it was not
hard for me to see father kiss his lit
tie baby boy in the cradle and then
kiss his 22 year old wife goodbye and
start as a volunteer in the defense
of his country and at Banks defeat
when other color bearers who had
carried the flag and kept Old Glory
to the breeze and had fallen, in his
turn took up Old Glory and did his
part in keeping it afioat until his life
was given as ransom to his devo-
ton of his country. He did all he
could, though born in Germany, Sa-
bean Cross Roads in Louisiana in a