Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-04-25
mrs, C. D, CHENAULT
is HONORED BY D. A. R,
Former Richmond Woman Elect
ed Vice president by Nation
al Congress at Capital

ings of the final session were OF d
perfunctory nature, announce
ments of candidacy for president
general in the 1923 election by
several aspirants and the action
of the resolutions committee III
pigeon-holing a resolution call
ing upon members of the society
to aid in the strict enforcement
of the Volstead prohibition act
proved interesting topics for the
delegates.
The prohibition resolution call
ed attention to the fact that the
D. A. R. was pledged to support
the Constitution, and as the 18th
Amendment was a part Of the
Constitution; the organization
should give it strong support.
When the committee in submit
ting the final report failed to re-
ter in any way to the resolution.
there was considerable comment
from supporters Of the dry move.
Mrs. Anthony WAYNE Cook, of
Pennsylvania, and Mrs. William
Reynolds of North Carolina, were
formally announced as candidates
for president-general which office
will be filled in 1928. Mrs. Gee
Tacher Guernsey. honorary wee
presidentgeneral, it was rerort-
ed, had withdrawn her candidacy
for president-general. 1t further
was reported among the dele
gates that Mrs. VIM. Cummins
Story will shortly announce can
didacy for the leadership.
The wide popularity Of Mrs. c.
D. Chenault among the delegates
from all the states. and the con
fidence which the Daughters have
in her executive ability was cvi-
denced by large numbers of votes
she received, 896 votes being re
corded for her by the teller, Mrs.
James Campbell Cantrill, wife of
the Congressman from the Ash
land district. herself a prominent
member of the organization.
There were twelve candidates
for the seven offices Of vice pres
ident-general, and Kentucky and
the South were honored in the
selection of Mrs. Chenauit.
For many ears Mrs. Chenault
has been prominent in the d. A.
r. in the state and nation. and
her election is worthy recogni-
tion of her long interest and CON
tinued work. n
She organized the Boon9sboro
Chapter at Richmond, in which
she still keeps her membership.
and was a State Regent one full
term, and as vice regent two
wears ago succeeded to the higher
office after The death of Mrs.
Samuel !. Shackelford. She has
lone important work on national
md state committees and her
most valuable achievement was
to originate and make a success
he movement for d. A. R
mountain school, which is to be
established by the Kentucky chap
ter at Hueysville. Floyd county.
Some years ago on trip thru
the Kentucky mountains, Mrs.
-henault learned of the great
need of educational and vocation
ii opportunities for children in
Eastern Kentucky and her dream
If school and school farm own
I'd by the Kentucky Daughters
Of the Revolution has been con-
,tantly with her since that time.
She presented her idea to the
Kentucky Conference D. A. R, in
October, 1920, and was made
chairman of the committee to
work for a school. For weeks
and months she gave almost her
entire time to the work, obtain
ing many offers of hundreds of
acres of land buildings. cash and
unlimited support from about a
dozen mountain counties.
That the Kentucky D. A. R is
at last to have a mountain school
the second to be established by
the Daughters in the United
states, is due to her inspiration
and her unselhsh and untiring la
bors for the goal she establish
ed.
Mrs. Chenau1t is a representa-
tive of Virginia, Louisiana and
Kentucky families of distinction
and prestige, a gracious and
charming figure in the social life
of the state as she is an active
leader in civic and philanthropic
work, and her friends and kins-
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