The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
Indiana OAR.
Activities

Activities
Broulett chapter, Clinton, will be
hostess Nov 7, when a group meet
ing of chapters will be held in Gin
ton. Representative from eight
chapters in the central district will
attend the all-day meeting. Lunch
con will be served at the Presbyter-
ian church. A session will be held
there in the afternoon. Mrs. James
B. Crankshaw, stage regent, and
other prominent d. A. r. workers
are planning to attend.
Ann Rogers Clark chapter, Jeffer-
sonville. held its regular meeting
Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Charles Reeder Mrs. Albert
Prinz, Louisville, and Miss Ida Gill
more. assisted the hostess. Tt was
planned to send a box to Ellis is
land for immigrants. Collection of
the articles will be made at the De
cenber meeting. An invitation was
accepted by the chapter from the
Howard Shipyard and Dock Com
pany to attend a vessel launching
oct. %. The launching will take
place on the day of the landing of
President Hoover. while en- route
down the Ohio river, to celebrate
the completion of the river canal
from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Ill. The
chapter will attend in a body.
Mrs. Ewing r. Smison presided
over the October meeting of Francis
Vigo chapter, VincenneS. Tuesday
afternoon at the William Henry
Harrison mansion. Miss Edith Will
lis, secretary. gave a report. A COM
mittee on resolutions on the death
of Mrs. Mary Emison was appointed.
Mrs. Chester Adams, Mrs. Emison,
Mrs. Hugo Keller. Mrs. George w.
4 Mccoy and Miss Ellen BrobSt gave
reports of the state convention of
the organization. Mrs. Charles
Sheldon gave two vocal numbers.
Miss Ruth Mcclure gave three
musical readings The hostess was
assisted by Mrs. Robert Hill, Mrs.
G. w. Mayfield, Mis- Eleanor Holm
and Miss Harriet Mayfield.
Early America" an illustrated
lecture by Miss Myrtle Miles, New
York. was a feature of the o'clock
luncheon of the Calumet chapter,
4 East Chicago, Monday Reports of
the chapter delegates at the state
conference were given.
4 Mrs. Charles E. Weigle, Lafayette,
former regent of General de Lafay-
cite chapter. who has been visiting
at her cid home, Brandon, Vt. was
an honor guest and speaker at the
j Vermont state convention of the
organization, held Monday and
Tuesday in Brandon. Mrs. Lowell
F. Hobart, PRESIDENT general. and
Mrs. Russell William Magma. IL
syarian-general. also talked. Lake
Dinmore chapter, Brandon, hostess
chapter. has brought and restored
the birthplace of Stephen A. Doug
lass for a chapter house.
Five-minute character sketches
of signerS of the Declaration of In
dependence was the program topic
at the october meeting of the La
grange de Lafayette chapter, La
grange, Monday night. Miss Aline
4 Mckenzie discussed jefferson: Miss
Bessie Lee Robinson. James Madi
son; Mrs. Zuella Bergener, Israel
Putnam: Miss Sue Preston, Hamil-
ton, and Mrs Gertrude Biz, Adams
Delegates TO the state conference
gave reports. HosteSSes for the
meeting were Mrs. Jennie Roy and
Mrs. Roma Owen.
Francis Vigo chapter, VincenneS,
is sponsoring the sale of a Harri-
son Mansion plate. Samples were
on display at the state conference
at Gary. The plates are from the
Wedgewood potteries of Eutruria,
England Historical scene in the
center depicts the episode between
Harrison and Tecumseh. Mrs. Leo
SchultheiS, plate chairman. an
nounces that orders for Christmas
delivery should be placed by Nov. /.
To promate interest and to en-
courage improvement in the pub
liShed accounts of Indiana chapter
meetings, the state publicity chair
man and the state executive board
have offered a prize of $40 for the
.rbest written account of a chapter
Meeting this coming year, award to
made at the 1880 state confer
bee A prize of SIS will be awarded
1.-THE chapter sending the second
written account. Following are
of the points to be observed:
account should not exceed 500
It should have one quota
1t may be taken from an ad-
report from correspondence
$3.50. ational headquarters, or from
the message OF the preSident-gen-
oeral. The account must give the
oe0ames of three prominent workers,
SonnAd should feature the work of the
The ganization. Each chapter should
FordSbmit all its published articles to
ion committee. preferable newspaper
less kople. and send the three best TO
on ne state chairman. Mrs. Harry A.
Walters. West Lafayette. by July l,
1880. The state chairman will sub
init them to committe TO be ap-
pointed by the state regent. The
winning chapters will be decided by
the judges and will be announced
at the next state conference.