The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-09-30
VERY SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE
Was Held by Vermont Chapter, D. A.
r., at Montpelier.

recent years was brought to a clos,
at Montpelier last evening with an ad
dress by Mrs. George Maynard Minor
president general of the national or
ganization, who entertained her audi
ence for an hour with an address upol
Home and Country" Miss Alice Pat
tillo of Montpelier seminary sang 9TH
Star" and two other selections will
Miss Ruth Perry as accompanist, ant
a reception followed the program, aft
er which the good bye until another
year was said.
Mrs. Minor delivered a weli-pre
pared, well thought out paper upon hel
subject. She called attention of hel
audience to the need of law, order and
righteousness at this critical time in
the worlds history and that the d. A
r. should not be simply a social organ
i~zation. The people of to-day must
remember those whom they honor in
earlier history of the nation for the
spirit of destruction is. abroad even in
this country. She gave a concise com
parison between the soviet form OF
government and our own and said that
the Seinn Fein action is due to the
unrest produced by conditions similar
to the soviet action. The evil existing
secretly now in this country is great
er than it was in Germany. She dis
cussed a remedy and quoted Cover
nor Coolidge's definition of democracy.
She gave a history of the origin OF
our own form of government, orginat-
ing with the Pilgrim compact. She
said to meet the reds propaganda
with American propaganda is the only
way in which to defeat the red pro-
jects. Equal rights win now play an
important part in the nations prob.
lens and she urged the members to
reach out and help the women of for.
eign birth who have been kept from
education by their husbands; to see to
it that the girls coming to this nation
are educated. There should be no o
ans party, she claimed. or a woman
vote. but everybody interested alike
in the welfare of the country. She
urged more interest in the schools,
which are sadly in need of better at.
t~ention. she claimed.
Following her talk, Miss Alice Pat
tito sang and then Mrs. Stewart an
nounced that the next session would
he held in Windsor next summer, the
date not yet fixed.
The program of the afternoon was
carried out in fine shape when the fol-
lowing officers were elected State re-
gent, Mrs. John II. Stewart. Middle
bury; state vice regent, Miss Jennie A.
Valentine, Bennington; corresponding
secretary. Mrs. Winfield s.. Huntley.
Middlebury; recording secretary, Mrs.
J. A. Rust. Burlington state treas
urer, Mrs. r. w. McCuen, Vergennes;
state auditor. Mrs. +. Fl. Prouty Mont.
pelier; state historian. Mrs. Frank Fl.
Dillingham;, Woodstock; state chap.
lain, Mrs. A. B. Engrem, Rutland;
state librarian, Mrs. Wilfred T. Root,
Brattleboro.
Mrs. Charles Barrett, New Hamp.
shire state regent, and Mrs. j. G.. s.
Christopher. Florida honorary state re
gent, extended greetings from their
to the Vermont chapters. Mrs.
Moore gave the correct use of
the flag in which she went into detail
upon how it may be hung or draped,
being no federal regulation upon
it. It was voted that the Vermont
conference pay its share toward the
Sarah Thatcher Guernsey S., 1000 schol- |
in the International college at
Mass; also 800 was APP
propriated toward the support of the
Constitution house in Windsor.
There were l47 members present and
all officers excepting chaplain. The
of Mrs. Lyman Holden of Brat !
was suggested to the president
as the vice president general |
from Vermont. Mrs. Harris r. Wat
kins of Burlington was made an honor
airy state regent. The reports of the
officers showed the chapters to be in a
Aourishing condition and that the
treasury of the state chapter was in
the same condition. The resolution
provided for appreciation to
DeLafayette chapter for the
entertainment; Mrs. Minor for pres
snce, and state officers for the excellent
program. Mrs. D. A. Loomis Of Bur
was acting secretary in the abb
sence of Mrs. J. A. Rust.
One of the interesting things con
1ected with the conference was that
Mrs. Jacob G. Hindes of Burlington
showed to the delegates a picture Of
Mrs. Caroline Randall of Springfield,
who is the only living real daughter
n the state. and gave a statement
lbout how she found out this fact.
Mrs. Randalls father was a veteran of
he Revolution and Mrs. Randall was
Il years old when her father was so.
Mrs. Hindes was presented with a
hover bouquet of flowers in honor of
Ter celebration of her SD birthday IN
liverssry, which occurred Sunday. She
attended all but two Of the con
erences held since organization Of the