Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-15
ID. A. II. Activities


The Thirteen Colonies Chapter met
recently at the home of Mrs Severe
Julia, with the regent, Mrs. Albion w.
Tuck, presiding. Annual reports were
given. The regent reported a one-day
Tummage sale, and Mrs. George H. Alex
ander picnic for children, given by
the Sons and Daughters of the Repub-
Tic committee, at which she assisted.
The chapter voted to send boy to the
summer camp at Quantico this year,
and planned to give scholarship at a
mountain school next Winter The fol-
lowing officers were unanimously eIectd:
Mrs. Albion W. Tuck, regent; Mrs.
Jams H. Kyny, vice regent; Mrs. Claude
N. Bennett, chaplain; Mrs. Raymond
Evans, recording secretary; Mrs. Severe
Julia, corresponding secretary; Mrs |
William M. Wallace, treasurer; Mrs
Walter E. Hutton, registrar; Mrs. j.
Hester Wilson. historian.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess. Mrs. Julia. with a birthday
cake decorated in D. A. r. colors and
properly inscribed. it being the chap
ter's twenty-seventh birthday anniver-
Sary.
Capital Society. Children of the
American RevOIutiOn.-The Junior and
senior divisions of Capital Society held
their annual Joint meeting in the
United States Capitol May 80 and with
statues of IA Revolutionary patriots
BY the request of the president Mrs
Henry Fenno Sawtelle the members
and invited guests assembled in Statu-
airy Hall at 1920 O'Clock and the meet
ing was called to order by Robert Lane
Mickey, president of the senior division.
Hamilton Colt, first vice president read
q prayer written for Capital Society by
Right Rev. Alfred Harding when Bishop
of Washington. The Salute to the Flag
washed by william C. Cox, jr., and Miss
Margaret Miller, in Colonial costume
recited our Flag of Liberty, written by
the founder, Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, and
also, as a special feature, read an
original paper telling Of origin of Deco
ration day celebrations.
Matthew Trimble Sawtelle, senior
color bearer. gave the Americans
Creed" and the singing of America"
was under the leadership of Miss Mary
Darnaby Scott. Mrs. Harper, State d.
rector of c. A. r. for the District OF
Columbia, was honor guest and gave a
short address. Her small grandson, Gwin
Harper, at present the youngest mem
Der of the junior division of Capital
Society, placed the first wreath and nag
on the statue of George Washington.
The senior and junior color bearers,
Trimble Sawtelle and Richard Griswold,
led those attending to the selected
statues, where o short grafton was de-
nvered by boy and girl from the senior
division, and the decorations of wreath
and flag were placed by one Of the
The nag Of the senior division of
Capital Society was carried by Alan
Reeves Warfield in the MaSSing of the
Colors under auspices of the Military
Order of the World War held in the
Cathedral Amphitheater at Mount St
Adams, and the nag of the junior di-
vision was carried by its president, Mary
Darnaby Scott. William Cox, jr.. acted
for Capital Society as guard for the
national flag of the C. A. r. on this
occasion.
State Officers.-Miss Helen Harmon
and the new board met the regents Of
So local chapters at the United States
Chamber Of Commerce Auditorium June
2. when the budget and other plans for
the year were discussed.
Mrs. David D. Caldwell, in her new
ONCE as vice president general, N. S.,
D. A. R., received an ovation when she
spoke on the budget.
Mrs Earl B. Fuller. retiring chairman
OF a special committee, reported that
A boys would be sent to camp at
Quantico this year, and that IS went
last Summer with all expenses de-
frayed by the District D. A r.
Miss Elizabeth Barnes was presented
as the new chairman of the committee
"
Miss Pomona Newman, chairman OF
the magazine committee, and Miss Mary
Harlow, on the correct use OF the nag,
were presented. and Mrs. Oberholzer,
chairman of printing, was reappointed.
Mrs. James H. Harper, State director
of Children Of the American Revolu-
ton, succeeding Mrs. Richard Claugh-
ton stated that q new chapter had re-
Gently been formed with q charter mem
bership Of ~ children, and that II Of
them we're descendants Of her ancestor
Capt. Joseph Gait for whom the chap
ter is named.
Constitution day, September IT, was
announced as a patriotic milestone to
be observed annually by the local society
Katherine Montgomery Chapter met
June 10 at the home Of the regent,
Mrs. Charles j. Newhard, 4l03 New
Hampshire avenue. A memorial Serv-
ice was held for Mrs. Charles w. Fits,
who died June 5. An appropriate poem
was read by the regent and a tribute
paid to Mrs. Fits by Mrs. William
Bonar Bell. A committee was appoint
ed to draft resolutions on her death
Mrs. Fits was the chapters vice regent
for the past two years.
The officers reports were heard. the
regent giving q full report of the ex-
ecutive meeting In connection with
the historians report, places in Virginia
visited on the pilgrimage held in May
for the benefit Of the Society for the
Preservation Of Virginia antiquities
were described by Mrs. N. A. Durham.
A chairman on every state committee
was appointed by the regent to act
during the coming year. Plans were
made for active work to increase the
funds of the chapter next year.
Mrs. Durham, the retiring regent,
read her report Of the congress. The
regent presented Mrs. Durham with 8
past regents pin in the name Of the
chapter members.
prospective member was guest of
the chapter. Mrs. Roscoe Oakley also
was guest. Refreshments were served
by the hostess.
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