Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
American Gold Star
Mothers

! The American Gold Star Mothers
held their annual meeting Tuesday eve
ming in the blue room of the Hotel
Hamilton, with the president, Mrs. Sci
bold, presiding. The meeting was
opened with prayer by the chaplain,
Mrs. William J. Seelye, followed by the
pledge of allegiance to the flag and
the singing of the national anthem,
with Mrs. John C. Kelton at the piano
| Reports were read by the recording
secretary, Mrs. Eugene S. Bruce; the
corresponding secretary, Mrs. E. M
Nash the auditors, Mrs. NJ. E. War
field and Mrs. E. S. Bruce; the treas
urer, Mrs. e. M. H. Guedry, and the
historian, Mrs. c. j. Scarf. The report
Committee, Mrs. A. K. Anderson, was
read by Mrs. w. j.. Seelye, and the re-
port of the Ways and Means Committee
was read by Mrs. r. E. Jacobs.
Communications were read from Mrs
Theodore Roosevelt, ST., Of oyster Bay,
N. Y; Mrs. Emmett r. Digney of Bev-
erly, Mass; Mrs Blanche A. Bellak of
Philadelphia, Pa; Joseph Granier, as
sistant secretary of war in Paris; Mrs.
E. j. Wright, president of San Diego
American Gold Star Mothers; Mrs.
American Gold Star Mothers; Mrs. Hat
! tie NJ. Milliman, president Kalamazoo
unit American Gold Star Mothers
Mrs E. L. Balloon, past president Bronx
! Gold Star Mothers; Mrs. Helen E. Mar
| tin, president Bronx Civic Study Club;
Michael InSelbuch, adjutant Blind Vet
Grams National Chapter; Miss Agnes v.
Brophy, director Red Cross United
States Veterans Hospital; Mrs. Carrie
S. Guthrie, secretary Long Beach Amer
lean Gold Star Mothers; Mrs. Catherine
Fitzsimons, American Coll Star Mothers
of Kansas City. Mo-; Mrs. Robert Lin
coin Hoyal, chairman Women's Patri-
otto Conference; Mrs. William Sherman
Walker, chairan National Defense Com
mittee; Mrs. Della Towne Blake, secre-
/ tary Gold Star Mothers of Pennsyl-
vania; Mrs. Alice H. Dougherty, preSi-
dent Gold Star Mothers of Pennsyl-
vania: Mrs. Hannah NJ Courser. secre-
tary American Gold Star Mothers OF
San Diego, Calf; Senator Simeon D.
! Fess of Ohio, National Comdr. Ralph
O'Neil of the American Legion, Com
mandant Ben H. Fuller of the United
States Marine Corps and William j.
Seelye and Adolphus Mayer, Gold Star
| fathers.
A telegram and letter Of sympathy
was forwarded to the relatives of Mrs
Matilda I. Movers of Covington. La.
American Gold Star Mother, who died
January IL. Messengers of sympathy
were dispatched to the home of Mrs
! Ellen Madison Ward, another American
Gold Star Mother, who died Tuesday
evening at $500 New Hampshire ave-
| nue..
The following officers were elected
National president, Mrs. George Gordon
Seibold; first vice president, Mrs Mary
K. Killeen; second vice president, Mrs
Eugene S. Bruce; third vice president
Mrs. Margaret E. Warfield; recording
rsecretary, Mrs. Carlysle Gordon; corre-
spending secretary, Mrs. Josephine
| Talks; treasurer, Mrs. E. M. H. Guedry;
custodian of records, Mrs. Roberta E
Jacobs; historian, Mrs Carrie j. Scarf;
chaplain. Mrs. E. M. Nash; council
members, Mrs. Henry Leonard Hurley
and Mrs. Margaret E. LoyeleSs; addi-
tional members of the Board of Trus-
tees, Mrs. william ]. Seelye and Mrs
Mary E. Greene.
A bill to incorporate the American
Gold Star Mothers has been presented
to the Seventy-first Congress by Sena-
tor David A. Reed of Pennsylvania
The following American Gold Star
Mothers will be delegates to the Wom-
ems Patriotic Conference on Natinal
Defense, converting in Washington, d
c., at the D. A. r. Building January 20:
Mrs. G. G. Seibold, Mrs. M. K Killeen
Mrs. E. S. Bruce, Mrs. NJ E. Warf1eld
Mrs. E. M Nash, Mrs. Carlysle Gordon
Mrs. Josephine Talks, Mrs. w. j. Seelye
Mrs. r. E. Jacobs, Mrs. Mary z. Greene
Mrs. Frances E. Hibbs, Mrs. Lille F.
Tibbitts, Mrs. James w. Brooks, Mrs
Della Barber, Mrs. Hattie M. Milliman
Mrs. Alice H. Dougherty. Mrs. John C.
/ Kelton, Mrs. Lena B. Thornton Mrs. A.
K. Anderson. Mrs. Mathilde Clark and
Mrs. M. E. LoveleSs
The following new members were en-
rolled: Mrs. Alice H. Dougherty, presi-
dent Pennsylvania Gold Star Mothers
mother of j. Alfred Dougherty of Com
pany B, 109th Regiment, who died in
France August 81, 1918, as a result OF
being gassed while in action; Mrs. E. j
Wright. president, Gold Star Mothers OF
San Diego, Calf; Franklin p. Nash
father of Kenneth H. Nash, anc
Adolphus Mayer, father of Victor E. j
Mayer, as honorary members.
A luncheon will be held for Gold Stal
delegates January 3l,S with Mrs. E. S
Bruce as chairman of arrangements.
The president will entertain the in.
coming and outgoing officers prior x
the bimonthly meeting February 3, IL
be held in the Hamilton Hotel