Evening star., 1928-03-25

iCent general, MIS-. AiafSo SEoSStau' N'
be guest Of honor.
The days exercises VIII he openeS
With tie formal entrance Of pages, foi'
lowed by professional OF chapter nss:
earned bv vice regents, accompanied
nv national and State officers. The
State regent Mrs James NJ Wiley, vii
escort the president general, MIS-
BroSSeau. whose entrance will be marx
"a hy the sounding Of the oue!e call oS
Arthur witcomb of the Marine Corps,
The usual preliIninarieS OF al! -. a
r. meetings Will then follow MIS-, Con.
stance Goodman, state chaplain. VII
oSe- the morning prayer and salute Il
the fac will be given. There will DC
errneri,rx hv the State regent, Mrs. VIII
lev. "a which the president general VIII
-: p,n6. The national secretary, Sons
q, the American Revolution, FranS
steele. and the local president, Kenneth
Wales. viii speak briefly, foIloweo oy
GREETINGS from Mrs. Van, OTSoel ano
Mn John NJ. Beavers, vice president
rt,,e-sl fnr the District. Mrs. Beavers
wil also report on Chapter House cor
r>rattor ard national defense.
Tspo-ts Of state officers and State
committee ehsi-Tnen viii be given DUR
*,r he morning session. In the sfter =
r,n,Y, the president general will be call
- anon FOR her formal address. All
ex-Ststs regents have been specially IN
vife6 and seats viii be reserved for them
a., the rIatforrn. Mrs. Jeter c. Pritch-
e~6 State chairman Of entertainment
committee. announces that the banquet
- he held at 80 IN the evening al
tha New Willard Hotel promises to be
3 brilliant affair. Reservations should
b. r,ade not later than March IS with
Mrs. c. c. CoonaoS.
All members of the District y, A, r.
are urged 70 attend the all-oay sessions
or6 tre BANQUET. as all should take ad-
vantage Of the opportunity 10 greet the
president general. Visiting members and
.hrss eligible for membership will be
we'c lrle6 and will 6n1 good seats in 'he
galleries.
The State historic committee held its
March meeting in Memorial Continen-
tsl Hall. with the State historian. Mrs
Harry Il. Thompson. presiding. Fol-
lowing the usual reports. Mrs. Thomp-
son read ner annual report as given
~ the State conference. Miss Ella
Tn-aine Dorsey. 8 charter member OF
the national society. gave sketch OF
the eighteen organizers. many Of whom
were known TO her. Mrs Noble New
port Potts spoke OF Lockridge's book
on George Rogers Clark, q Revolu-
forary hero. who fought his battles on
the banks OF the Wabash and was
instrumental in establishing American
independence IN the Middle West. A
committee was appointed. With Mrs.
Watts as chairman. % read and report
on this book. At this. the last meeting
Ct the committee under Mrs. Thomp-
sons leadership she was most heartily
CONGRATULATED on the splendid work she
had accomplished. and was presented
with two volumes by Mrs. Edna NJ.
Colman. .Seventy-Flve Years Of White
House Gossip" and Prom Jackson 10
Coolidge The gift was especially ap-
preciatec as Mrs Colman addressed the
committee last year.
Continental Chapter.-A well attend
G. meeting vas held March I9 at the
home of Mrs. Bert Brockway. 1903 Alli-
sCn street, the regent. Miss Annie Alex
sncP-. presided. opening the meeting
with prayer and salute TO the flag. All
o.lceTS and committee members were
present and submitted reports The re-
gent reported IN detail her attendance
g the State executive meeting on Feb
-7l2ry d. the State conference on March
] and the District OF Columbia annual
meeting on March 2 Requests for
transfers from the chapter OF three
n arrbers resident in Virginia. Mrs Mar
1~E s EoWerS. Mrs. Helen Bowers C~ist
.sno MIS-. Florence P. Halstead, to be
c~uls organizing members Of q chapter
r. Clarendon Va. we're read The
chapter voted TO grant these requests
sIt.l regret L was voted by the chap
tsr that the name Of Miss Lillian God
C2To Stewart. a beloved member re-
Gently deceased. be included in the
chapter house sketch book. and the vice
T-2-Zt vas instructed TO prepare a rec
c-1 cf her work with the chapter TO
b. SO used
Tne names Of Mrs. Lee Bym Kemon
sz1 Miss Helen McSweeny were pro-
poSe6 fer membership in the chapter
s-d sccepted conditional upon their pa
peTs being approved by the national
socisty
Tae candidacy Of Mrs. Robert Howe
Munger. former State regent Of Iowa
s1c- tile otzlce Of vice president general
S2k brought 20 the attention Of the
r 7gr3eg9. The chapter voted 70 indorse
sfad approve Mrs. Munger for the Office
sc2e.sI
Follom5ng tn business session Miss
Flzaa-. former historian. read an article
j Soncern.rR tne anniversary recently OBJ
Er~::-ge1 AZ Ssugge Mas by a historic
! ci-c-c1 there. dating back 70 colonial
4ae guess of ine evening we're the
! Tt1te v3cc re4ent-clccf. Miss Helen EaT-
s1l7-l. and the STATE historian. Mrs Harry
! sCr.isI Grove Mss Harmon brought
grcc,.ngs from hcr chapter. Col John
Z ~ 2 7lC-s~n. and tod ~ ths work il was
soc-c ,ctlrg Ers Grove spoke sbou,
ffnr 1-fyoTlc gt.& beng received az Con-
f'it1"1 - Hal psrticENsry for the DIS
l1'lct e Columbia goNrns she also tod
IT in@ An1e-IcaIlzstlgr work being car
h 70 ~ - tne DlktrlcN BY her chapter,
Y PlIl5g--f CHGn EjtfreShments acre
ts-r.ro ~ tns c.alng room by the host
st s1@ mr. assistants anc z social
fy~' % Rsk er lCyec
Tn ky.. meeting o. Continental
sCsspt.y VII tsEe the form d dinner
~ Sac Warrington Hotei on April -
ss5 .ssets session following the dinner
- 1l cG1E2f ~ cste for this meeting IL
,, 1'-aaary - the regular cste of meeting
fpcnG.cte wsth the opening session o. m
f'sIss congress.
Ia@enIa Washington Chsp pter ned ia
= aGca neetlKg at tne home Of MIA
j s2aoe,n Cullen, 135 z street noFIneas;
pan Ess Anna E1Jat znc Miss Egnlls
! s0. IA g. assistant nogte5scs The re-
geut Ms krusst Gtoccart. presided
! gGe co2 DteY ce.eossDeo itS seven
5oca'a 03r'Edsy and after prayer znC
4 sz.4tc ~ tf1e flag tribute was paid
J 3 tne T3Cn.ory " HISS Eagenls Wash
S1".ga. - vfaoss DgDor tfae chapter wai
fe1eo Mss Washington was one o.
g. acns Cf tGe National Society
= T. II. Ha3 10 I or lts roll Of mem.
49, arc Wa lls first registrar general
; a4e.e MRS E11eBla Washington
sg1la lc wss M organizing regent d
g. .A@p p.sr.
! kfsee tepqr1k q committees the -,
go fe21 mr. rcDcrt Is presented v
- &-ah CQs2Ecsz sU March T. coYes
! g c1nfg3gaallo1s ~ s2gs - to- tn
- &If also csl-ec attention ~ ~