Smyrna times., 1925-04-29
ACTIVITIES OF STATE D. A. R.

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Third and Final Report of State Reg
ent to the Continental Congress
In reporting on the years activities
and accomplishments of the Delaware
Daughters of the American RevOlu-
ton, Miss Eleanor Z. Todd, State Re
gent, informed the thirty-fOurth Con-
tinental Congress, in session at Wash |
ington, D. c., that she had been made |
honorary state regent and also pre-
sented with a beautiful ex-state re-
gents pin on the eve of her retire
ment from office after three years of
service as regent.
Miss Todd's report is held to be
among the most encouraging the Del
aware Daughters have ever presented
to the Continental Congress, which is
the official designation of the national
body's annual meeting.
The largest contribution of the Del
aware Daughters this year went to-
wards the preservation of Old Town
Hall at Wilmington. Five hundred
dollars already has been contributed,
and the statement is made that the
total to be raised by the Daughters
for this object probably will exceed
$4,000.
1t was revealed in the regents re-
port that the Delaware Daughters
care for an aged member of their
chapter, who lives alone in Washing
ton, and also that Caesar Rodney
chapter sent Christmas boxes to Del
aware men in Walter Reed Hospital
at Washington and to Ellis Island.
Alluson is made to the distribution
of many copies of the Immigrants
Manual among foreign-born people
= who locate in Delaware.
Review of the Year
Miss Todd's report in full follows:
Madam President General and
Members of the Thirty-fourth Con-
gress: The annals of the Delaware
Daughters of the American Revolu-
| ton, briefly told, are these: Each and
every chapter has sent its full quota
to the Immigrants Manual Fund,
= Ellis Island, and the Philippines
I Scholarship Fund, with more than
= was asked for the Washington POr-
= trait; we therefore rank 100 per cent
on all projects specially stressed by
$ the National Society.
We co-operated with other patriotic
organizations in the observance of
I Memorial Day, Constitution Week,
S July 4th, Armistice Day, and Wash
: ington's birthday. Our Flag Day eel
: ebraton was suddenly stopped by the
e death of the husband Of Mrs. John w
e Clifton, regent of the hostess chapter
o The State Regent was present and
spoke for the Daughters of the Amer
n lean Revolution at the Defense Day
i exercises held in the armory, in New
, ark, Delaware.
l. Caesar Rodney, Elizabeth Cook anC
COochs Bridge Chapters have giver
q prizes to the High Schools in vii
L mington, Smyrna and Newark, for es
u says on historic and patriotic sub
le jects. Caesar Rodney Chapter sent Z
II Christmas box to Ellis Island, ant
2 one to the Delaware men in Waite
Reed Hospital This chapter ais,
10 gives an annual subscription of tn,
Il d. A. r. magazine to the Wilmington
le Public Library, pays the annual rem
of quarters for the Blue Hens Chick
ems, c. A. r., and has recently pur
s chased beautiful new china for chap
40 ter use. They have also cared for a.
40 aged member of their chapter, who j
~ a resident of Washington, and is alon
is in the world.
The state chairman for Historica
~ and Library Reciprocity, Miss Del
=. orah j. Peacock, has sent to he
-. national chairman three valuabl
-. papers relating to historic character
~ of Delaware, entitled, "John MiddletO
N Clayton, Statesman of Old Delaware
nn General A. T. A. Torbert, Gallar
~ Delaware Soldier" and "CommOdOi
~ MacDonOugh and His Noble Victory
nj The state librarian, Mrs. J. +. Flu
=, ler, has sent to the treasurer genera
- ten dollars with which the librarian
20 general purchased copy of "a Hi
10 tory of the Original Settlers on Il
os, Delaware" by Benjamin Ferris; ar
~. all the chapters in Delaware have al
80 proved the plan of the librarian-gel
eral for raising funds to purcha'
books for our national library.
Our state chairman for the Imm
ay grants Manual, Mrs. NJ. Elizabet
,he Mum, has personally distribute
ION many copies of this wonderful lit
op- book, and the foreign-born people a
les sure her that they find it just the he
Ill which they need, expressed in a VIZ
os., they can understand.
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