Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-25

Candidate for President GeneraD State Director Denning was then taken laup for action. This report was post pened. Tuesday evening until the morning session Wednesday,. Mrs. Charles H. BissefI state vice regent, took the chair while the report was read by Mrs. Buel who was chairman of the committee. The report with one | or two minor additions was accepted. In substance it was as follows: 1 That the StatesD. A. R. offer prize to the Americanization night school | (having an aggregate attendance of over 100) for the best average attend ance.
 That the State D. A. R. give to the state board of education set of lan- tern slides of American history and l events in history for use in schools and local Americanization. and that tho amount to be paid, s360, be appro pr:ated from the state fund for patri. otis education.
 l Since the most adequate and suc- cessful Americanization work can be l done only with the younger genera I ton. this committee recommends to I the chapters the establishment and l support of boys clubs and girls clubs l for the under-favored boys and girls Eof our towns, the encouragemenf oi Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops among children of foreign descent ano the establishment and support o1 j evening schools for foreigners. l The practice of friendly visiting and 1 the interchange of llospitalities be- tween the Daughters and the foreign born.
 The approval of MT. Deming.s sug- l gcstions that chapters encourage citi- zel ship receptions for the newly nat u-alized; exhibits of handicraft an6 ha.ldiwork, and folk dances of differ. eut nationalities.
 The campaign committee which ha. l charge of the work of supporting Mrs l George Maynard Minor of Waterfront I for the office of president general o. the national body of the D. A. R., sub. mitted report which showed tha' l Sz,fS4.45 had been collected Of thi. l amount, $500 has been presented Mrs Mirror to be used in her campaig1 1 wo rk The report was accepted. I 1 was announced that all Connection I delegates are to be members of tfai rect eption committee for the reception WI ch is to be held in honor of Mrs Minor when the D. A. R. congress con. ysiles in Washington It is expected that there will be over 1,200 delegate present from all over the country. 1 Mrs. Sidney H. Miner of New Lon don extended an invitation to the stat, Organization to hold their fall meetins in New. London as the guests of Lu. c-et1a Shaw chapter of that city. Tn, invitation was accepted.
 The next matter taken up was th, consideration of amendments to tn, National society. Daughters of tn Amer ieaR Revolution, by-laws. Afte considerable discussion it was decide e, to take no action but to leave ff, mattcs.e with the delegates for actio1 at the national convention in Wash ington
 | Miss Jennie Loomis, chairman of tn committee on revision of; the Connec ticut D. A. R. bylaws. presented fh, conmitteess report. The revised bv laws were read article by article ant tn, re was sconsid erable discussion on ; rufnber of the articles which wer I amended in several instances befor T accepted.
 | One change in the by-laws ai,ttor izes the trea sirer to have her ovr, re. poTt printed instead of having fb, pr rting done through the correspond ing secretary. Another change make The state dues 50 cents a member in stead of 40 cents a member. as ha 5een the case during the past year.
 The reading of the bylaws took II, the greater part of the morning ses sion, and when the session took a .re cess for an hour at P 80 o'clock fo lunch there were still three articles t, be read and acted upon
 l When the recess was taken the Ia dies adjourned to the dining hal where a luncheon was served. = l The luncheon was served under tn auspices of the ladies of the Paris House Association of Park et,nrc = and covers were laid for 152. m menu was as follows:
 Bouillon with Lemon
 Saratoga Flakes
 l Roast Lamb, Gravy 4
 Riced Potatoes Parsley
 Escalioped Tomatoes
 Mint Salad Rolls
 Ice Cream Wafers Demf Tasse