The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-06-10
MRS. HOLM IS
NAMED REGENT
Chairman of National Col.
ors Committee Made
Head of D. A. r.
VISITORS ON PROGRAM

Mrs. J. H. Holm, of $40 Park avenue,
was elected regent of the Kenosha
/ Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution at the annual
luncheon of the order held at the Elks
club at half after twelve O'clock on
Monday afternoon. For the past year
Mrs. Holm has been chairman of the
national colors committee. She has
also been prominently associated with
the work of the Americanization
committee which has featured the
activities of the D. A. R. for the 1919
to 1920 season.
Other officers were chosen as fol-
lows: Vice regent, Miss Emma Brister,
who, as regent, has been signally sue
cessful in advancing the ideals of the
| order in Kenosha; second vice regent,
Mrs. Harry Skinkle; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. H. NJ Brehm; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. John Genske; regis
trar, Mrs. O. l.. Trenary; historian,
Mrs. H. c. Beecher; treasurer, Mrs.
Mary Mcdowell.
out-of-town guests at the function
included, Mrs. Victor Fredrickson,
vice regent of the Knickerbocker
Chapter of the D. A. R., New York
City; Mrs. Marian Cooper Jacobs,
Mrs. Charles Gonnerman and Mrs.
F. V. Bowen of Chicago, formerly re-
gent of Kenosha Chapter of the D. A. R.
Mrs. Fredrickson Pleases.
The after dinner oratory, which fol-
lowed the luncheon in the Pompeiian
room, was featured by Mrs. Friedrich
sons report on the activities of the
Wisconsin Womens club in New York
City. The distinguished visitor was
founder and first president of this as
sociation and was appointed chairman
of the special committee, created by
Governor Philip, to welcome Wis
consin men back to the States after
the great adventure overseas.
ut was delightful work" she said
after she had been appropriately in
PRODUCED by Miss Brister, who presided
at the gathering. at was eminently
patriotic and altruistic, in every way
worthy of Daughters of the American
Revolution. AS the liners came into
port we would go out to meet them in
Mayor Hylan's boat of welcome. We
would go aboard, meet as many Wis
consin men as we could before they
landed, and have them all prepared for
the welcome awaiting them on shore.
Here we would have other Wisconsin
women to meet them and take them
for bus-ride around little New York.
After that they were banqueted in din
ing rooms festooned with the tri-color
and the Stars and Stripes. The Hippo
drome brought the end of a perfect
day for men who had beer living in
/, No Mans Land or elsewhere on the
s rim of the great desolation."
Mrs. Fredrickson also explained the
committees work in caring for blessees
brought back home to recover from
wounds received in action during the
holocaust in the Argonne Forest.
Mrs. Trenary Adds Spice.
The seriousness of Mrs. friedrich
sons speech-it had its humorous incl
! dents, too-was delightfully."- relieved
by Mrs. 0. L. Trenary's report on
Chapter Genealogies. It contained
humorous episodes CLEANED from in
, vestigations in the records Of the chap
ter, all told with wit that made them
both laughable and unforgettable.
: Family skeletons were ruthlessly
dragged from darkened rooms and Civ
en- the thing the Kaiser craved but
gentlemen abhor, place in the sun.
Mrs. Pope Wins Applause.
Perhaps the most constructive re-
port of the meeting was made by Mrs.
. c. A. Pope, chairman of the commit
tee on AUGMENTATION. She explained
the work done by the chapter during
: the year just past in promoting a bet
7 ter understanding between its men,
: bers and foreign-born women in Keno
J sha. She emphasized the Americaniza-
| tion class conducted by Miss Frances
0'Hare, which contributed such de-
, lightful entertainment to the informal
, gathering held at the home of Regent
elect Mrs. J. H. Holm on Saturday
afternoon.
Her report, in addition to holding
much that was vita; to the progress Of
the chapter, was characterized by
naive c.everness which made it enter
tanning as well as highly instructive.
Music and Poems for Finale.
The meeting concluded with highly
artistic program Of music and poetry,
contributed by Miss Dorothy Bowen
and Miss Florence Nelson, instructor
in effective speaking at the Lincoln
Junior High school. The former sang
six numbers, including the difficult
MADAME Marie" and Fay Fosters al
ways inspiring masterpiece, "The
Americans Come" Mrs. W. H. Schroe-
der at the piano contributed restrained
but distinctive Accomplishments. Miss
Nelson gave finely colored interpreta-
lions of popular poems from the col
lections Of Edmund Vance Cooke and
Tom DAILY. They were received with
an enthusiasm that compelled encores.