Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-27
MRS, WOODWARD TO BE NAMED AS HEAD
 OF STATE ,. A. R,
Little Rock Woman is UnOp- posed for State Re-
 gency
BANQUET AT HOTEL
 PINES WELL ATTENDED
Concluding Business and Social Ses- sions of Organization are to
 be Held today-Many | Visitors Here

Visitors Here
 More than 175 persons attended the banquet of the Arkansas Daughters of the American Revolution at the i Hotel Pines last night, when in addi- tion to dancing and music, the occas- ion was interspersed with reading solos and other features on highly entertaining program.
 Mrs. Alexander M. Barrow, regent of the John McAlmont chapter of Pine Bluff, presided, and the guests of honor and officers of the various chapters occupied seats of honor at the head of the banquet table. The refreshments served carried out the D. A. R. idea.
 Quite number of prominent Wo- men of the state are in attendance at the conference. One of hese is Miss Stella Pickett Hardy of Batesville vice-president general from the state of Arkansas, who is the first national officer ever elected from the state ot Arkansas. She is head of the Arkan- sas delegation for the national meet ing in Washington in April. Mrs James Stanfield of Illinois is the wife
 of an army officer, and is also here i The program for the meeting today will open at 9:30 a. m., with the con- ference called to order by Mrs. Clar- ence Woodward of Little Rock, state vice regent The invocation will be pronounced Miss Clara B. Enc, state chaplain. Music-"Arkansas. will
 be led by Mrs. E. J. Logue. At the afternoon session the election of state officers will be made.
 It is practically certain that Mrs
 Clarence Woodward of Little Rock
 state vice regent, will be elected state
 regent, owing to the resignation from the office of Mrs. Frank B. Tomlln- son, on account of illness. A new re-
 cording secretary will also be elected
 but who this will be no one would venture to say. Mrs. Nellie H. Ire vathan, Batesville, has filled this
 place for the past five years, and Il lis understood that she will resign. 1 Yesterdays Session.
 At the opening of this the twelttf annual conference of the D. A. k.
 yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock at
 the Hotel Pines, the John McAlmon'
 and Pine Bluff chapters of the D. A
 R. were joint hostesses. l Mrs. A. M. Barrow delivered an ad
 dress of welcome in behalf Of hel
 chapter. ,e
 Mrs. Ellsworth A. Peck, in behalf Q.
 the Pine Bluff chapter, made a wei
 come address, assuring the confer
 ence of the hearty appreciation re
 ceived by the members.
 Mrs. S. s. Wassell made re | sponse to the address of welcome.
 Miss Stella Pickett Hardy gave al
 interesting greeting in behalf of thu
 meeting.
 Another pleasant feature of th'
 program was greetings from the Mis
 souri and Illinois conference, mad
 by Mrs. II. c. Anderson and Mrs
 James Stanfield.
 Il Mrs. A. W. Troupe delivered greet ings from the Arkansas Federation
 of Woman's clubs. i Mrs. c. W. Pettigrew, state regls trar. made an interesting report an. } made the recommendation that al chapters send in to the registrar genealogical report of their indi vidual members. Mrs. Anderson, state historian, o Arkadelphia, read a report.
 The prize offered by Mrs. Tomlin : son to the chapter securing most sun scriptions to the national magazin was awarded by Mrs. Woodward t the Frances Francure chapter 0 Searcy.
 Some of the out-oftown delegate : attending the meeting are:
 Mrs. A. w. Parke, Mrs. Henr Leigh, Mrs. s. P. Davis, Mrs. M. l Sigmore, Mrs. George B. Gill, Mr. George A. Leiper, Miss Florenc Leiper, Mrs. T IN. Doyle, Mrs. Joh !, L. Hays, Mrs. H. F. Latham. Mr. 2 Garland street, Mrs. Ruth Sanders Mrs. Louis Flickinger and Mrs. Sal r Vessel, all of Little Rock; Mrs. D. Jarrett of Marianna; Mrs. J. N ] Pemberton of Scott; Mrs. w. 9 Thompson of Arkansas Cit; MT 8 Gibbs Briscoe of Pendleton; Mrs. J. Mon and Mrs. Tom Nelson of Cor
 way; Mrs. M. M. Abbott of Dalla : Tex; Mrs. Louis G. Blasdel of Ht . Springs; Mrs. H l.. Anderson e Searcy; Mrs. J. H. Sarrage of Moi ticello; Mrs. Nellie Travathan, Mi. Stella Hardy and Miss Amy Terri
 of Batesville: Mrs. Clarence Woot
 ward, Mrs. R w. Newell and MT
 K;rkwood Tunnah of Little Rock.