The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-21
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Convene at
Ga1yOd. Z

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More than 300 Daughters of the
American Revolution will convene
at Gary, Oct. 7, 8, and 10 for the
annual state meeting Of the organ
iZation.
Four national officers, Mrs. Lowell
Hobart, Washington, D. c., national
preSident-general; Mrs. Josiah Van
Orsdal, registrar-general; Mrs. Flora
Meyer Gillintine, historian general,
and Mrs. Harriet Vaughn Rigdon,
Wabash, Ind, and Washington, D.
c., treasurer general, will attend.
Mrs. James Lathrop Gavin and Mrs
Herbert BacuS, both presidents
general, also will take part in the
conference, as will Mrs. H. Eugene
Chubbubk, Peoria, ILL.,, another vice
president general.
Other officials who will attend
are Mrs. Eli Dixon, Roseville, ILL.,,
regent of Illinois, and Mrs. j. w.
Sweeney, former regent of the state
of Illinois; Mrs. James F.. Troutman,
Milwaukee, state regent of Wis
consin; Mrs. Charles E. Herrick,
Chicago, national chairman of pa
triotic education, and Mrs. Thomas
j. Dixon, regent of the Chicago
chapter.
Mrs. Crankshaw to Preside
Mrs. James B. Crankshaw, >, Indiana
state regent, will preside. Miss
Keziah Stright is regent for the
hostess chapter and Mrs. G. M.
Leary is general chairman in charge
of arrangements for the convention.
Preliminary meetings of the con-
ference will begin Monday night,
Oct. 7, when the Officers Club will
hold its annual banquet at the Hotel
Gary. This club includes the pres
cent state officers, past state officers,
chapter regents and former chap
ter regents.
At 10 Tuesday morning, Oct. 8,
the state board meeting wiz be held.
Following the board meeting Mrs.
Frank o. Hodson, 1916 West Sixth
street, Gary, will entertain national
officers, honor guests of the confer
ence, members of the state board
and the Gary board of directors with
a luncheon at her home.
All delegates and guests will be
honored at an art tea at Tuesday
afternoon by members of the Gary
chapter in the art salon in Gary
Memorial auditorium. An exhibit of
the paintings, which belong to the
Gary public schools, will be fea-
ture of the tea. Mrs. Don Van LEV
is chairman III charge of the tea.
Tuesday night at the presenta
ton of pageant, "The Spirit of
America" at Memorial hall, for
mally will open the convention. The
pageant will be given under direc-
ton of Mrs. William Writ. Eight
hundred Gary school children will
participate.
Following the pageant reception
for all delegates and guests in honor
of the national president-general,
Mrs. Hobart. will take place on the
mezzanine floor of the Hotel Gary.
Mrs. c. D. Davidson and Mrs. Will
liam Hodges are co-chairmen for
this event.
State Regents to Breakfast
Mrs. Hobart will address the con-
ference at the Wednesday morning
meeting, to be held at o'clock in
the crystal ballroom of the Hotel
Gary, where majority of the seS-
Sions will be held. Wednesday after
noon, Mrs. Frank Sheean will give
talk at the Dunes Acre Club house
on Our Indian Dunes" followed by
tea at the home of Mrs Oliver
Starr. Mrs. Minerva Snyder will be
co-hostesS; Mrs. William Mettler
and her committee will assist the
hoSteSSeS.
Thurday morning at $50, state
chapter regents will breakfast in
groups at the Y. NC. A, these
groups to be divided according to
the three D. A. R. districts. Mrs
John McFadden, Gary. will preside
over the northern district group:
Mrs. Truman G.. YonkerS, Green
castle, over the central group; and
Mrs. Thomas j. Brooks, over the
southern district groups.
Another interesting meeting sched
uled for Thursday is the luncheon
to be given in the Venetian room
of the Hotel Gary, for chairmen of
state committees. Mrs. Crankshaw
will preside.
At | Thursday afternoon there
will be a regents professional, fol-
lowed by a memorial service, when
names of members who have died
during the last year will be read
by the state chaplain, Mrs. M. A
/ Doran.
Climaxing the program will be the
annual state banquet, in the crystal
ball room. Hotel Gary. at Z Thurs
day night. Mrs. c. r. Babcock is
chairman in charge of the banquet.
A musical program has been planned
by Mrs CrankShaw. Mrs. A. B. Kel-
Ter. and Miss ~Stright.