Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-01

less Of God, that it endangers all that
We hold most dear in our national life
and our home life Let us remember
that as Daughters Of the American Rev
o.ution, we are the guardians of both"
In her aQnual report Mrs. Buel show
ed that during the past year, the Con-
necticut Daughters Of the American Rev
olution have shown a marked increase IN
practically every important line OF pa
trlotic service. The total membership IS
now o,79S a gain of 1856. Two new
chapters - the Governor Jonathan
Trunrbuu in Lebanon and the Penelope
Terry Able in Enfield-h4ve been form
ed and the total number is hfty-three
and the total expenditures for the year
work have amounted to S29,3e2.13 or
almost double the figures of last year.
The state quota has been completed for
the three national objects of patriotic
! endeavor proposed by tie president gen
eral, Mrs Minor, viz The Manual of The
United States for the Information Of I'M
migrants; the Pilgrim Memorial foun-
tain 10 be erected at Plymouth. .Massa-
chusetts. IN memory OF the Pilgrim we-
men; and the painting Of a convoy OF
troopships carrying American soldiers TO
France to be given TO the French gov
eminent. In addition TO these national
quotas, Mrs. Buel said, I'VE have had
several other outstanding objects that
have demanded our concerted effort as
a state. There have been the upkeep
i and ndowTnent Of our state D. A. II. prop
eFty. the Oliver Ellsworth Homestead at
Windsor, for whose two funds tire chap
ters have made an especial effort this
year, contributing double last years
amount of s.. 4T9.60 augmented. by $500
! from our state D. A. r. treasury: more
than half of the $1,000 pledge toward
the jonathan Trumbuu Professorship n
! American government at Harvard has
/ been subscribed; and $4,000 is now be-
/ ing raised to release and retain for Cen
! necticut the hoard room in Memorial
/ Continental hall. Washington
I! Mrs. Buel said further. that "Patri-
| otic education and especially American
| izatiou have continued TO absorb the
! chief attention Of our chapters Up to
! last March 1. Connecticut was IN. the
i lead in the use cf The Manual for I'm
migrsnt2. EeH YORK standing second.
| The chief memorial work has been
! the erection Of t7o fountains. one by
! Mariana Norton Brooks chapter as a
gift TO Torrington the other by Oriole
/ Parish chapter Manchester, in memory
% the Revolutionary soldiers of Oxford
Parish
! Mrs Buel added "You have accom-
plished so much in fifteen years YOU have
Gained six chapters and over 1900 mem
hers since 1909, when ] came into office.
! My first renort in 1910 opened with the
beginning of your work for the Guide for
Immigrants. published in four languages
at a cost of upwards $1,000. the fore
runner of the National society's manual
of today Then there were the $4,000
| bronze entrance doors given to Continent
tai hall the $1,000. bond paid off on the
| halls bonded debt and the $4,000 board
room and the nurchase IF land and the
/ gift or Oliver Ellsworth bust and pedes-
/ tal-all for Continental hall, besides
thousands OF dollars in cash, and the
| endowed $1,000 scholarship at Msryville
| college: the gift of the portrait Of Mrs.
! Kinney to the Ellsworth homestead. sta
tistics of our first quarter century shows
/ an expenditure of $685., 1885, from Oc-
! tober 1890. to October. 1915 and then
the war work-the Liberty loan fund
! quota Of $1,000; and all the other war
| work OF the four years of war. amount
ing nmere cash to S216.72472. not in
Guiding the record nf the individual Lib
Arty loan subscriptions: the Jonathar
T'run+uu $1,000 fund the furnishing Of
the president generals suite in the new
administration building and the compila-
ton Of the military records of your boys
IN the world war. The total expenditure
for these thirteen years is estimated to
be s344,6s0.7s.
This thirteenth year has shown q
greater volume Of solid work than any
OF previous year OF the thirteen except
two Of the war years. can ask for my
successor no greater achievement. nr
finer and more constant loyalty to OUT
society's ideals and purposes. and NJ
more perfect harmony of thought anf
action than you have shown tome IN th'
bsst thirteen wears"