Smyrna times., 1929-10-02
STATE D.A.R. HOLDS MEETING
AT SMYRNA, WEDNESDAY
MET AT WAYSIDE INN WITH
MRS. EDW. COOCH PRESIDING
Many Activities Planned, National
Guest Day to Be Observed on
November Twentieth

To plant a tree along the Della
ware highway for each member of
the five chapters of the Z. A. r.
in Wilmington; to place an antique
desk in Memorial Hall in Washing
ton; and to hold Delawara's first
annual D. A. r. guest day, were
among the activities planned at
the joint meeting of State officers
and State chairmen of standing
committees Wednesday at the
Wayside Inn, Smyrna. Mrs. Ed
ward w Cooch, of Cooch's Bridge,
the State regent, presided at the
gathering. National Guest Day
will be November 20 at the home
of Mrs. E. P. Moody, 1908 Broom
street, Wilmington. On this occa-
sion, figures of national note in
the D. A. r. world will be enter
tanned by the State officers. Sim
liar affairs have been held in other
States but this is the first time
plans have been made for such an
occasion in Delaware. Mrs. Moody
will also head the committee from
the Caesar Rodney Chapter of the
D. A. r., of Wilmington, which is
to secure the desk to be presented
for Memorial Hail. Still another
event of interest to be sponsored
by the five State chapters as a
whole will be the marking of the
grave Qocated in Washington of
Miss Rebecca Chapman, daugh-
ter of a real daughter" This
will take place in the near future.
It was decided at the meeting that
each chapter should in the future
have its own library and its own Ii
brary committee. In respect to
bows of interest to OAR. mem
bers, the various regents and State
officers were urged to solicit from
their members donations of books
of historic interest for presenta-
ton to the D. A. r. library in
Washington. Volumes especially
desired include History of Talley
Family of the Delaware and Si-
mon GRATIS "The Generals of the
Continental Line in the Revolu-
tionary War" The latter was pub
lished in 1903, but it cannot be
purchased from q book store at the
present time. 1t was decided to
ask the regents of the five chap
ters to send letters to the Cover
nor of the State asking that he
urge the people of Delaware to
mark historic spots similarly as
the people of other States have
done. 1t was also decided to OBJ
tain a poster for display in the
schools of the State showing the
proper use of the American flag,
the proper way to salute and to
display the flag together with such
other information as deemed nee
essary. The luncheon tables were
most attractively decorated for the
occasion in blue and gold, D. A. R.
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the following were present: Mrs.
Ruth McKinsey, regent of Cooch's
Bridge Chapter Of Wilmington;
Mrs. Edward Farrell, State regis
trar, of Smyrna; Mrs. I. w. Belts,
State treasurer, of Frederica; Mrs.
Charles 1. Kent, vice-State regent,
of Wilmington; Mrs. j. E. Full
er, chaplain, of Wilmington; Mrs
Howard Ely, secretary. of Will
mington; Mrs. Walter Blackwell
corresponding secretary, of New
ark; Mrs. Walter Morris, State IL
brarian, of Dover; Mrs. Thomas G.
Mum, chairman of the standing
committee on manuals, of Will
mington; Mrs. Ernest Frazer
chairman of the State committee
on better films, of Newark; Mrs
J. r. Willis, chairman Of conserva-
/ tion and thrift, of Dover; Miss
Dorothy Rooney, State publicity
chairman, of Wilmington; and Mrs
E. P. Moody. 1t was decided tc
hold the next meeting of the board
in Smyrna some time in November