Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15
ID. A. r. Prepares
for Twenty-Fifth
Annual Conference

Preparations are new being made
for the 25th annual conference of the
Maine Daughters of the American Rev.
olution which will be held in the Con-
gregational church on Temple street,
Watcrvillc. March - and g. The con-
ference will be held in Waterville by
invitation of Silence Howard Hayden
Chapter. The program as arranged by
the committee is one of the best pre-
pared in years and includes many of
the foremost women speakers and his
to of the State of Maine. The fol-
lowin55 is the program as arranged by
the committee for the two days scs-
sion:
Wednesday morning, March 81, 1890
oclock-Music. Enter color bearers es-
corting State officers and guests. Con-
ference called to order by State re-
gent, Miss Maude NJ. Merrick. Prayer
by pastor of Congregational church,
Rev. VIM. A. Smith. Salute to the
flag. led by Mrs. Ella Jordan Mason;
Singing America" by the audience.
Greetings by regent of Silence Howard
Hayden Chapter. Mrs. w. II. Pollard.
Address Of welcome by the mayor of
WatcrVille, Hon. Leon o. Tcbhctts. Re-
Spouse by State vice regent. Mrs. B. G.
w. Cushman. Music. The American S
Creed. Recess.
Wednesday afternoon. o'clock-Mu-
sic. Enter color bearers cscorting
state officers and guests. Music. Ad-
drcE1 Of the State regent. Miss Maude
NJ Merrick. Reports of the State Off
GERS: Vice regent, Mrs. II. G. w. Cush-
man: rccbrdinS secretary. Mrs. II. NJ.
Lincoln: Corresponding secretary, Mrs.
]. II. Stevens; treasurer, Mrs. +. L.
| .nN11l. nlyIitnr ,,l,
rcys; historian. Mrs a. T. Reynolds:
registrar. Mrs. L. +. Danforth: libra
rian. Mrs {. Il. Porter; chaplain. Mrs.
+ i l1utchins; custodian. Miss Luetta
King Report of credential commit
tee. Roll call. Nomination of Off
GERS. Appointment of tellers. Singing
star Spangled Banner" by the audi
cnce.
Wednesday evening. s o'clock-Rc-
ception in Elks' hall. Appleton street
chairman. Mrs. II. S. Brown. Music
by the First Baptist Church Quartet.
Cecil NJ. Daggett conductor. Reading
, by Miss Margaret Totman.
Thursday morning, 10 o'clock
, Enter color bearers escorting State
officers and guests; devotional exer-
cises, led by State Chaplain, Mrs. F..
Il. HutchinS; music; address by Prof.
{ II. G. Libby. Lift. d., Colby College:
chapter regents reports; report of
committee on resolutions: report of
committee on appropriations; report
OF State chairman of committees: re-
cess; luncheon, Elk's hall. Appleton
street. at 1890; three minute
speeches by eX-State regents.
Thursday afternoon. . o'clock
Music; report of State president of
the children Of the American Revolu-
ton. Mrs. G. Fl. Porley; reports of
presidents of G. \. r. Societies; con-
tinuaton of other reports: election
IF officers; report of teilers: resolu-
tons: singing God BE With You
Till We Meet Again." by the aud
fence; adjournment
Pages and color bearers-Miss
Nella NJ. Merrick, Miss Louise NJ.
Benson, Mrs. Ralph A. Jewell, Mrs.
Joseph w. Sawyer. Mrs. Rollin c.
Clark; state chairman of commit
tees; patriotic education (Which in
cluGcS Americanization RS. i. &.
Cushman; magazine. Mrs. Clinton c.
Stevens; International Relations,
Mrs. Harry II. Breton; Preservation
of Historic Spots and Knox Memoir
ial. Mrs. Lucy Woodruff Hazlett:
Correct Use of the Flag, Mrs. Ella
oiu'tH NdSul. NdlIOual Olu ITaliS
Road. Mrs. Ella j.. Dow; Historical
and Literary Reciprocity. Miss Ber-
tina Longfellow: Conservation and
Thrift. Miss Leila II. Hunnewell;
Liquidation and Endowment. Mrs.
Simeon j. Whitney: Revolutionary
Relics for Memorial Continental
Hall. Mrs. Edward II. Colcord:
Press and Publicity, Mrs. +. c. CARL;
State conference committees-Cre-
dental committee: Mrs. j. II. Ste
vens, Mrs. c. w. Steele. Mrs. G. S.
Humphreys: appropriation commit
tee-Mrs. +. T.. Lowell. Mrs. A. NJ.
Penley, Mrs. Josephine w. Hughes,
Mrs. c. c. Stevens. Mrs. Ina Kennon
Wood; resolutions committee-Mrs.
f. L. Danforth. Mrs. c. B. Porter.
Mrs. Fl. w. Hall. Mrs. L. w. Hall,
Mrs. S. NJ. Brickett.