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the scholarship the chapter maintains
there. The Dorothy Hancock Chapter
has also given $500 to this school this
year. The work for the restoration
Of the first customs house in America.
located at Yorktown, by the Count de
Grasse Chapter, has been completed.
Mrs. u. M. Nevin, regent, Mount
Vernon Chapter, reported that it has
acquired Jones Point lighthouse and
the reservation on which it stands,
near Alexandria. The Virginia D. A.
r. expressed its qualification at this
achievement. When the light at this
point was discontinued the Mount
Vernon Chapter succeeded in having
the Federal Government deed it
the property on condition that the
chapter would preserve and maintain
the reservation as historic spot.
Twenty-Five chapters of the Virginia
society have contributed to the Con-
stitution Hall fund, total of the
years contribution, according to the
report of the treasurer, being $11,-
794.S3.
Chapel Plan Discussed.
At the meeting of the Minnesota
delegation. in the Michigan room. pre-.
sided over by Mrs. Wesley J. Jane
son, State regent, the project of the
erection of chapel at Fort Smelling
was discussed. The st. Paul Chapter
was the originator of the chapel move
ment and generous gifts have been
given by the State society. The corr
ner stone Of Fort Smelling was laid in
September, 1920.
Mrs. Herbert Backus, State regent
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con and meeting at the Powhatan
Hotel yesterday. Mrs. Lowell F.
Hobart, organizing secretary general
and former State regent, was one of
the honf- guests and made q short
address on the work of her office
The meeting of the Texas delega-
tion to the congress was held in the
Texas room of Memorial Continental
Hall yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock
and presided over by the State regent,
Mrs. Charles B. Jones of Greenville,
Tex. In the Texas delegation are
Mrs. A. V. Lane, Dallas, former vice
president general from Texas; Mrs.
James Lowery Smith, Amarillo, for
mer vice president general from
Texas; Mrs. James T. Roundtree,
Paris, State treasurer; Mrs. William
Louis Dunno and Mrs. A. c. Burnett,
San Antonio de Bexar Chapter, San
Antonio; Mrs. Sidney A. Temple, re-
gent, Jane Douglas Chapter, Dallas;
Mrs. M. c.. Turner. Jane Douglas
Chapter. Dallas; Mrs. #. Y. Duff,
Col. George Moffett Chapter, Beau
mont; Mrs. Morris Sheppard, Lone
Star Chapter, Texarkana; Mrs. Garrett
P. Robertson and Mrs. Ross w. Davis,
Alamo Chapter, San Antonio; Mrs. o.
d. Parker and Mrs. S. 2. Floore,
Thankful Hubbard Chapter, Austin;
Mrs. A. r. Howard, William Findley
Chapter, Palestine: Mrs. r. D. Steele
and Mrs. Robert w. Knox, John Nc
Knit Alexander Chapter, Houston;
Mrs. A. w. Dunham, George Washing.
ton Chapter, Galveston; Mrs. Henry
A. Cline, Comfort Woods Chapter,
Wharton; Mrs. Herbert Umbarger,
Katherine Houseman Chapter. Taylor;
Mrs. Franklin A. Pierce, Jane Doug
las Chapter, Dallas; Mrs. c.. Y. Early,
Mary Garland Chapter, Brownwood;
Miss Ruth E. Rogers, Mary Garland
Chapter, Brownwood; Mrs. Eugene
Truett Harris Harris, Lady Washing
ton Chapter, Houston; Mrs. w. S.Gibbs,
regent, Mary Martin Elmore Scott,
Huntsville; Mrs. w. P. III. McFadden,
Col. George Moffett Chapter, Beau
mont; Mrs. Avery Turner, regent,
Llano Estacado Chapter, Amarillo;
Mrs. Earl Wyatt, Llano Estacado
Chapter, Amarillo; Mrs. c. Joline and
Mrs. A. II. Carrigan. Maj. Francis
Grice Chapter, Wichita Falls; Mrs.
James Reynolds, Samuel Sorrell Chap
ter, Houston; Mrs. Minna Gill and Mrs.
B. v. Baucom, Andrew Carruthers
Chapter, Austin; Mrs. r. w. Dowty,
Thankful Hubbard Chapter. Austin.