Woman's enterprise., 1922-09-01
CAMP MOORE CHAPTER, U. DC

=, "A most enjoyable meeting of Cam
Moore Chapter U. D. C. was held 4
MIDWAY Farm near Kentwood Frida,
August 4th with Mrs. E. R. Elliot
the charming young hostess who er
'ertained in honor of her hons
guests, Mrs. c. R. Elliott and Mr..
W. W. Buntin.
Mrs. Fred c. Holman. President o
Louisiana Division U. D. c. was al
hohored guest, as was Mrs. Jesse ?
wilkinson, prominent club woman o
New Orleans who is member o
camp Moore Chapter.
Mrs. Holman was gladly welcomed
by her chapter upon her first ap.
pearance there as President of the
Division and presided at the meeting
which was almost 1000 attended
Much important business was trans
acted. She brought the work of the
Division before the chapter, and was
accorded hearty cooperation from it's
members. Mrs. Wilkinson also ad-
dressed the meeting and spoke beau
tlfully Of her girlhood days in Tangi-
pahoa, the memory Of which had
caused her to unite with Camp Moore
Chapter and pledged her loyalty to
the work Of the chapter and the or
ganization as whole.
Camp Moore Chapter was organic
ed in 1902 through the efforts of Miss
Mary Wall {now Mrs. Corhin of
Hanmond) assisted by Mrs. J. Pinck-
ney Smith, and it's first officers were
Mrs. S. A. Davis, President; Mrs. NJ.
L. Bowden, lst Vice President; Mrs.
R. A. wainwright, End Vice President; !
Mrs. S. E. Wall, Recording Secre-
tary. The first work of the chapter
was to reclaim Camp Moore Gene
terry, a lovely spot on a slight eleva-
ton in the woods near the Camp Of
Instruction for three Southern States.
It was here that the soldiers were
trained for service in the COS, and
Il was here that more than three hun
dred soldiers died of measles and
were buried. A beautiful monument
has been erected through the efforts {
of the Daughters of the Confederacy, !
and at the recent convention of the j
La. Division U. D. c. held in New J
Orleans, a resolution was unanimously ;
Endorsed that the Division take up 7
the work of making this Camp Moore |
Cemetery one of the beauty spots Of {
and the following COM c
mitte was appointed to carry on the ,
work: l.
Mrs. D. T. Settoon, Tangipahoa, !
Mrs. J. H. Page, New Or |
leans; Miss Matte McGrath, Baton y
Rouge; Mrs. R. w. Travis, Tangipa- q
hoa; Mrs. Geo. Moore, New Orleans; e
Mrs. Hickey Friedrichs, New Orleans. Y
Mrs. D. T. Settoon has been most f
active since her appointment as
chairman of this committee and made ;,
\ splendid report of her plans and of :,
what she expected to accomplish with 7
The help of her committee. v
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott have an ideal .,
country home and have a most appro- b
pirate name, Midway Farm" for it i"
IS midway between Tangipahoa and "
kentwood and here delightful hospi- y
atty is dispensed. Mrs. Elliott was
assisted in her duties by her mother, 9,
Mrs. R. W. Travis and Mrs. Frank h.
Womack. T..
Among the out of town guests be- ~
'ides the honorees were Mines. L. H. ;o
3owden, Marion Stewart, H. C. Day,
Amite, Mrs. Frank Womack, Mrs. a,
Walter Kent, Kentwood. :.
The next meeting of the chapter
will be at the Jefferson Highway Tea
soom in Osyka, Miss, with Mrs. Haley
IS hostess.
Plans are being made to try to make
lamp Moore one Of the Highway a
PARKS of Louisiana. Il