Evening star., 1920-07-13
H|GHD. A. R. HONORS
FOR D. c WOMEN
Mrs. G. T. Guernsey to Help
Plan New Office Building
Here-Other Leaders.

A number of Washington women
have been appointed to important po-
sitions on the national committees of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
| luton, according to an announcement
made from national headquarters
here The committees have been re-
organized by Mrs. George Maynard
Minor. the new president general
Several Washington men have been
| named as advisers.
Mrs. G. w. w. Hanger of Washing
the building and grounds committee.
The vice chairman is Miss Sheldon
Jackson and other local women on it
are Mrs. w. S. Chesley, Mrs. Richard
| f. Claughton, Mrs. Frank Cunning
ham and Mrs. Eleanor Washington
Howard.
VIII Help Plan Building.
Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, hon
orary president general, is chairman
of the office building committee, which
will plan the erection of an office
building on the site now occupied by
| the Council of National Defense build
ing Her assistants are Mrs. Henry B.
Joy of Michigan. Mrs. r. T. Hogan,
Mrs l.. L. Hunter. Mrs. Robert John
ston, Miss Jennie Loomis, Miss Cath
| arne Nettleton and Mrs George W.
| White of Washington.
! On the printing committee Miss
Grace M. Pierce of Washington has
been named chairman. Other Wash
| ington Daughters on this committee
are Mrs. J. M. Beavers, Miss Sophia
| P. Casey. Mrs. Clayton E. Emig and
| Mrs. Harry b. Gauss. The credential
| committee also has Washingt on
head in it's chairman, Mrs. G. W. w.
Hanger, who is also organizing sec
retary general of the Daughters of
| tho American Revolution.
| Mrs. G. r. Mclean Honored.
| Mrs. George p. Mclean. wife of SEN
ator Mclean of Connecticut. has been
| named vice chairman of the commit
| tee on legislation in the United States
Congress Mrs. Bertha NJ. Robbins of
| this city. has been appointed chair
man of the committee on patriotic
lantern slides.
| One of the most constructive works
| of the Daughters of the American
| Revolution is the searching out and
marking old trails and post roads
and Mrs. William H. Talbot of Rock
VILE. Md. has been made chairman
work. The state chairman on this
committee for the District of Colum-
bia is Mrs. Amherst w. Barber.
| Mrs. George Maynard Minor as pres
ident general has succeeded Mrs.
IGuernsey as chairman of the executive
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has been placed under the chairman
ship of Mrs. George w. White. with
| the following Washington members
on it's rolls: Mrs. Francis st. Clair.
vice chairman; Mrs. William c. Bor-
den, Mrs W. s. Corby, Miss May Dun
canson and Mrs. Truman H. Newberry.
/ The auditing committee has the fol-
[ lowing officers: Miss Jenn Winslow
Coltrane, chairman; Mrs. William H.
Talbot, vice chairman; Mrs. Delos A.
3Blodgett, Mrs. Herbert NJ. Lord. Mrs.
H. B. Patten. Miss Georgia B. Pills
bury and Mrs. Fred Volland.
On Committee on Relics.
Mrs George W. White is also chair
man of the committee on revolution
ary relics for Memorial Continental
Hall, Miss Catharine Barlow, Wash
ington. vice chairman, and the state
chairman for Washington is Mrs. Syl-
lvanus e. Johnson.
Other committees named were:
| Art critics-Miss Leila Mechlin
| chairman; Mrs. H. X. Bush Brown
Miss Ellen Day Hale. Mrs. Arthur P
| Harris and Miss Aline E. Solomons
all of Washington.
Advisory board = Chairman. Mr..
Metropolitan Bank; Mr.. John Barrett
Mr.. Woodbury. Blair, Mr.. Arthur T.
Brice, Mr.. Walter c. Clephane. Mr..
John Paul Earnest. Mr.. Charles C.
Glover. Bishop John Hamilton, the
Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding. Bishop of
Washington, and the Rev. DR.. Wallace
Radcliffe.
! Magazine committee-Mrs. Charles
H. Bissell. Connecticut, chairman
District of Columbia chairman, Miss
Bertha E. Wolfe.
Committee on preservation of his
| toric spots-Mrs. James M. Morris
| Minnesota. chairman; state chairman
| for District of Columbia, Miss Eliza
| beth F. Pierce.
Committee on historical research
| and preservation of records-Miss