Evening star., 1927-06-12

| Many District Daughters of the
| American Revolution have been in.
vited TO Buffalo, N. Y, for the cele.
| bration of the sesquicentennial of the
/ adoption of the Stars and Stripes, to
to be given at the home of Mrs John
Miller Horton. founder and regent of
Buffalo Chapter, D. A. r. Mrs.
Horton is also national chairman of
the N. S. D. A. r. flag committee
and one of the first Daughters" to
observe the birthday of the national
emblem.
Honor the Flag and Uphold It's
Ideals" is her slogan, and that of the
nearly 800 mebers of Buffalo Chapter.
Mrs. w. w. Husband, wife of the
Assistant Secretary of Labor, will
leave town today and pass the Sum.
mer with relatives in Arizona. Incl
dentally, Mrs. Husband will lay plans
for an intensive canvass of the West
ern States in the interest of the N.
S. D. A. r. Americanizing committee,
of which she is reappointed the chair
man. She is also State chairman of
the Americanizing committee of the
ID. c. D. A. r. and retiring regent of
Victory Chapter.
Before returning to Washington,
Mrs. Husband expects to attend State
d. A. r. conferences in more than a
dozen West and Midwest States.
Especial courtesies will be accorded
her in Oregon and Nebraska, former
home States of Mrs. James Marshall
Wiley. now State regent D. C. D. A.
R., and in Illinois. whence came Mrs.
John M. Beavers, vice president gen.
eral n. S. D. A. R.
The Little John Boyden Chapter
was entertained at it's last meeting for
the season and which was one of it's
most enjoyable at the home of the
recording secretary, Mrs. Robert N.
Davidson in Cherrydale, Va.
The regent, Mrs. Fred L. Volland,
presided.
After the usual order of opening
exercises were completed, Mrs. Laura
NJ. Powell, a new member was intro
duced and welcomed. The papers of
Mrs. Groom were presented for the Of
ficers' signatures.
The regent reported the last State
executive meeting and also called at
tention to the theater party for the
chapter house.
The treasurer, Mrs. Clarence A.
Weaver, was authorized to send
checks to the following: $3.50 to the
chair to be given in honor of the state
vice regent, Mrs. David D. Caldwell:
$5 to the war memorial to the Dis
trict of Columbia heroes of the World
War, and the purchase of the regents
bar
The recording secretary read the
flag lesson for June and the members
Nere urged to attend the flag vesper
service on June IL.
Preparations will be made during
the Summer for bazaar to be held in
November for the charity work of the
chapter.
A paper on Little John Boyden,"
for whom the chapter was named, was
read by Miss Nellie Dashield.
The following names were selected
as the chapter representatives on the
State committees for the ensuing year:
Americanism, Mrs. Mildred Van
Reuth; better films, Mrs James A.
Edgerton; conservation and thrift,
Mrs. Priscilla F. Godfrey; Constitu.
ton Hall finance, Mrs. Fred L. Vol
land Continental Hall. Mrs. Clarence
A. Weaver: D. A. r. student loan. Mrs.
r. N. Davidson; Ellis Island, Mrs.
Weaver; entertainment, Mrs Fred E.
Per Lee; legislation, Mrs Laura M.
Powell; library. Mrs. T. L. Jones;
magazine, Mrs. Julius Holbrook; man.
uel, Mrs. Van Reuth: national defense,
Mrs. Harry L. Shackelford: patriotic
education, Mrs Davidson; Sons and