The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-02
UNITED DAUGHTERS
Of CONFEDERACY
OPEN CONVENT ION
Social Events Feature First
Day Of State Convention
At Admission
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with more than 200 of the leadin g
women of Alabama in attendance, the
1929 convention of the United Daugh
tiers of the Confederacy was opened
at the high school auditorium on
Tuesday evening. the session to con-
tinue through Friday evening with
the business sessions at the First
Presbyterian Sunday school rooms
and the night sessions in the high
school auditorium,
Tuesday was a gala day In a social
way In Admission. Mrs. T. F. Huey en-
PERTAINING in the evening in compll =
ment to Mrs. Livingston Rowe Schuy-
Ter of New York the national presi
dent: Mrs f. l.. Huey, state presi-
president, and the other officers of
the division and many other promi-
nent Alabama women.
buffet supper on Wednesday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. John Bar
nett Knox of Tyler Hill will be fol-
lowed by one of the most brilliant
receptions ever given in Admission, the
reception. to be staged at the Ala
bama hotel. The opening session at
the high school on Tuesday evening
was begun with the invocation by DR..
L. C. Branscomb, the address of well
Sterne on behalf of the city of An
niston; the address for the daughters
being made by Mrs. Hugh d. Mer-
hill; for the veterans by H. F. Mont
gomery and for the Daughters of the
American Revolution by Mrs ]. c.
Street.
Officers Arrive.
Officers of the convention who have
arrived in Admission for the opening
Nfvc actv Co n1
ston, Mobile. honorary life president;
Mrs. Ellen Peter Bryce. Tuscaloosa.
honorary life president; Mrs. j. N.
Thompson, Tuscumbia, honorary life
president; Mrs. e. l.. Huey, Bessemer.
president; Mrs. c. S. Mcdowell, Eu-
faula, first vice president; Mrs. Key
Murphree, Troy, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Gus Bertins, Montgomery,
recording secretary; Mrs. j. O. Sturdi-
want, Bessemer, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Stonewal1 Boulet, Mobile,
treasurer; Mrs. Joseph Aderhold, An
niston, historian; Mrs. ]. B. Stanley,
Greenville, treasurer; Mrs. Charles d.
Martin Jacksonville, recorder of
crosses; Miss Beulah White. Clayton.
director of Children of the Confed
eracy, and Mrs. Roy w. Mckinney of
Louisville. Ky, honorary life member.
The delegates and visitors to the
convention are to be entertained at
lunch each day during the week by
the William Henry Forney chapter,
and auto rides and teas. buffet sup
pers and affairs of that kind will
enliven Admission in a social way.
Wednesdays program of events will
begin when the convention is called
to order by the state president. Mrs,
Huey. the invocation to be delivered
by DR.. Sam E. Hodges. A feature of
the opening service for Wednesday
will be the Confederate Gray
March," by Mrs. George Cryer. read
ing of the ritual by Mrs. H. l.. Mellon
to follow the musical number.
The roll call of the division officers
by Mrs. G. F. Merins. the recording
secretary, will also be a feature of
+ the Wednesday morning session, and
delegates will respond by giving their
chapter motto and flower Report of
the committee on credentials. of
which Mrs. Jessie McClendon will be
the chairman, will be followed by the
reports of officers of the division, the
standing and special committees also
to make reports at the session
The historical night program to be
given on Thursday evening under the
direction of Mrs. Joseph Aderhold of
this city, gives promise of being one
of the premier parts of the conven-
ton.
- Committees To Report.
Reports of the special committees
ing:
Gettysburg monument. Mrs. Lewis
Sewall; university memorial window,
Mrs. Ellen Peter Bryce and Mrs. c.
w. Mcmahon; cotton tax, Miss Adele
Shaw: jefferson Davis monument,
Fairview, KY. Mrs w. S. Pugh;
marking Selma's historic spots, Mrs
NJ. X. Fowlkes; World war records,
Mrs. A. L. Dowell; Lee memorial. Mrs.
L. NJ. Bashonsky; Alabama room, Con-
federate museum, Mrs. j. A. Rountree !;
southern women in war times, Mrs
j. B. Morton: Cunningham memorial
scholarship. Mrs. C. w. Daugette; JEFF
ferson Davis highway. Mrs. Thomas
F. Stephens: Matthew Fontaine
Maury monument, Miss Allie Garner.
Mrs. Kirk Perrow will entertain the
leading officers and delegates at her
home on Thursday evening with a
buffet supper. and number of
other delightful affairs are being
planned by the members of the An
niston chapter.