Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
D. A. R. ACTIVITIES

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Quoted by Mrs. Baggs. The regents
pin was passed on to the newly elected
regent, who in turn presented MRS
Baggs with the ex-regentS' bar IN be-
half Of the chapter.
Deborah Knapp Chapters meeting
was held at the home of Mrs. William
H. Meyers, Silver Spring, Md. The
regent, DR.. Fales, presided. Assisting
hostesses we're Mrs. P. w. Gibbon anc
Mrs. Edgar b Merritt. Mrs. Mary N.
Hill was visitor.
The following officers were elected
Regent, Mrs. Robert NJ. Ferguson; vice
regent, Mrs. J. Edison Myer; chaplain
DR.. Nellis w. Stephenson; recording
secretary, Mrs. J. l.. Anderson; cor
responding secretary, Miss Katherine
! Allen; treasurer, Mrs c. c. Brown
registrar, Mrs. Jack Whitcomb; his
torian, Mrs Ida Hatfield; delegate, DR.
Ella r. Fales: board members, Mrs
Gertrude w. Moser and DR.. Ella r
Fales.
The Dolly Madison Chapter met
Tuesday evening at the residence of
Mrs. E. r. Dufour, 1881 Kilbourne street
Assisting the hostess were Mrs. e. K
Brazelton, Miss Marian Ogden, Mrs. A.
H. Ruhl, Mrs. Koe5rick, Mrs. Annie
Tonge and Mrs. Alice w. Robinson. The
regent, Mrs. Wilbur V. Leech, presided.
Mrs. A. A. Birney, delegate t. the ma
1 tional congress, read report OF the
| congress.
Officers elected were: Mrs. John NJ
| Beavers, regent; Mrs. Jane Elliott, vice
regent; Mrs R. E. Claughton, chaplain;
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| tary; Miss Bessi? Cries, corresponding
secretary; Mrs Charles F. Nesbit, treas
urer; Mrs. Melville D. Lindsay, regis
trar, and Mrs. Frank H. Towner. his
! torian. Mrs Wilbur Y. Leach will be
delegate to the National Congress.
Army and Navy Chapter met May u
| at the Washington Club. The following
officers were elected: Regent, Mrs. G.
! w McIver; vice regent, Mrs David G.
! Shanks; recording secretary, Mrs. D. j.
Rumbough; chaplain, Mrs. j. A. Gas
| ton; treasurer Mrs. N. =. Barney; cor
| responding secretary, Mrs. Janvier For
syth: registrar, Mrs. G. NJ. Grimes, and
historian, Mrs. Neill Baily; board mem
bers. Mrs Robert Giles, Mrs. f. .. La
Garde. Mrs. Cortland Dixon, Miss S. G.
Casey, Mrs. Ben Fuller and Mrs. r. M.
Griswold.
The Eugenia Washington Chapter
met Monday at the Y. w. c. A, with
Mrs. Walter H. Lee. Miss Elizabeth Cul-
len and Miss Mamie Lee Ross host
eSses. The regent, Miss Ross, presided.
The following officers were elected:
Regent, Mrs Nelson P. Webster; vice
regent, Miss Elizabeth Cullen; chap
lain, Mrs. B. G. Haworth; recording
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corresponding secretary, Mrs. Armat
Stoddart, and registrar, Mrs. Walter H.
Lee. Miss Emily L. Smith and Mrs.
John M. Mckinney were reelected
treasurer and historian, respectively.
A luncheon was given at the Shore
ham Hotel yesterday.
American Eagle Chapter met Tues
day at 1863 Spring road, with Mrs.
Charles F. Taylor. Miss Sue v. Wolfe
and Miss Eva Neel Taylor as hostesseG.
The regent, Mrs Emma Lovejoy Cha
pin, presided. Mrs. Edwin j. Ryan re-
ported on the efforts of the State His
toric Committee to select historic spot
of the Gen. Washington period to be
marked at a later date by that COM
mittee.
The following officers we're elected:
Mrs. Emma Lovejoy Chaplin, regent;
MIo. 4IGIl6 van k1UIU AIlopJ VICE I6-
gent: Mrs. Charles F. Taylor, chaplain;
Mrs. Andrew P. Sincell, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Maude w. Trewhella, cor
responding secretary: Mrs. Laurance H.
Riggles, treasurer; Mrs. Myron j. Fer
rem. registrar, and Mrs. Edwin j. Ryan,
historian.
Descendants of &c Chapter was en-
tertained at its May meeting by Mrs.
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California street. The assisting host
eSSes were Mrs. e. r. Gassman, Mrs.
Raymond Read and Mrs. William H.
Topping. The regent, Mrs. Constance
Goodman, presided. The delegate, Mrs.
Tonnis j. Holzbsrg, gave an account Of
the recent congress. Seven new men,
bers were initiated, the ceremony being
performed by the chaplain, Mrs. Lang
ley.
Election Of officers was as follows
Regent, Mrs. Constance Goodman; vice
regent, Mrs. Clyde M. Hamblin, dele
gate, Mrs. Tonnis j. HolZberg; record
ing secretary, Mrs. Anne B. Coons; cor
responding secretary, Miss Maggie Gray
Pence; treasurer, Mrs. Mary j. Tarring;
registrar, Mrs. E. NJ. Blackwell; his
torian, Miss Florence Roadway; chap
lain, Mrs. Theodore F. Langley, and
color bearer, Miss Altha T. Coons.
Little John Boyden Chapter held It's
May meeting at the home of Regent
Mrs. Clarence A. Weaver, who pre-
sided. The following officers were
elected: Regent, Mrs. Fred Louis Vol
land: vice regent, Mrs. Clarence A.
Weaver; chaplain, Mrs. Fred E. Per
Lee; recording secretary Miss Alice v.
Sinclair; corresponding secretary, Mrs
William w. Morrison; treasurer, Mrs
Mabel D. Shackelford; registrar. Mrs.
James Peyton Powell, and historian,
Mrs. Thomas L. Jones.
The regent made the committee ap-
pointments: Better Films, Mrs. T. L.
Jones; Conservation and Thrift, Mrs
G. A. Weaver: Constitution Hall, Mrs
T. L. Jones; Correct Use of the Flag
Mrs. F. E. Per Lee; D. A. r. Library,
Mrs. T. L. Jones; D. A. r. Magazine,
Mrs. F. E. Per Lee; Student Loan, Mrs.
w. w. Morrison; Ellis Island. Mrs. H.
NJ. Steece: Entertainment, Mrs F. L.
Volland; Genealogical Research. Miss
A. Sinclair; Girl Homemakers, Mrs c.
A. Weaver; Legislation in Congress,
Mrs. Volland; Manual, Mrs w w
Morrison: National Defense, Mrs. j. P.
Powell Patriotic Education, Mrs. C. A.
Weaver; Continental Hall, Mrs. Powell,
and Sons and Daughters, Mrs. Vclland.
Tho retiring regent was presented by
the chapter with a past regents pin
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