Evening star., 1935-04-21

Magma as chairman Of the Hall Com
mittee, was read by Mrs. George May
nard Minor, honorary president gen.
eraL
Mrs. Becker Applauded.
Spontaneous applause greeted Mrs.
Becker and the new officers and State
regents as they marched to the plat
form to be installed In office.
Mrs. Becker's love of simplicity was
again evidenced In the selection Of
the gown In which she took her oath
Of office. Her gown was Of her favorite
shade Of blue and she carried simple
cluster Of gardenias, Q gift Of Mr..
Becker.
At the installation ceremony the
first officers to receive their ribbons
Of offlce were the newly elected and
reelected State regents and State
vice regents as follows: Alaska, Mrs.
Thomas McCroskey and Mrs. Morgan
Christopher Edmunds; Colorado,
Mrs. Clarence H. Adams and Mrs.
Walter K. Reed; Delaware, Mrs. Wal
ter s. Williams and Mrs. Howard G.
Ely: Florida, Mrs. Guy Voorhees,
Williams and Mrs. E. NJ Brevard;
Idaho, Mrs. F. B. Laney and Mrs.
William Wesley Brothers: Illinois,
Mrs. Samuel James Campbell Iowa,
Mrs. Harry E. Marcy, vice regent;
Kansas. Mrs. Loren Edgar Rex and
Miss Adelaide Jane Morse; Kentucky,
Mrs. Robert Keene Arnold and Mrs
George Hawes; Louisiana, Mrs. j.
Harris Baughman and Mrs. Ralph
Holden Agate; Maine, Mrs. Victor
Abbot Binford and Miss Katherine
Eastman Marshall; Massachusetts,,
Mrs. Frank Leo Mason and Miss Ethel
Lane Hersey; Mississippi, Mrs. Will
liam Kennedy Herrin, tr, and Mrs
Harry c. Ogden; Montana, Mrs. j..
Fred Woodside and Miss Mary Flor
ence Bull: Nebraska, Mrs. Frank
Baker and Mrs. Reuben Edward
Knight; Nevada, Mrs. E.,-ler M. Boyne
and Mrs. Frederick L. Sibley; New
Jersey, Miss Mabel Clay and Mrs. j.
Warren Perkins,, New York, Mrs.
william Henry Clapp and Mrs. Ar
thur w. Arnold; North Dakota, Mrs.
Harold Theodore Graves and Mrs.
A. NJ Powell; Ohio, Mrs. John S.
Heaume and Mrs. James F. Donahue:
Oklahoma, Mrs. Fred G. Neff and
Mrs Jesse William Kayser: Pennsyl-
vania, Mrs. Harper Donelson Shep-
pard and Mrs. Ira r. Springer: Phil
ippine Islands, Miss Ruth Bradley
Sheldon and Mrs. Mabel r. Carlson;
Rhode Island, Mrs. Arthur Milton
McCrilliS and Mrs. Edwin A. Farnell;
South Dakota, Mrs. Edgar Rothrock
and Mrs. James Brooks Vaughn: Ten
nesSee, Mrs. Allen Harris and Mrs.
Penelope johnson Allen: Utah, Mrs.
Chauncey Percival Overfield and Mrs.
w. E. Fleetwood; Vermont, Mrs.
Charles Leslie Witherell and Mrs.
Irwin G. Crosier; Virginia, Mrs. Ar
thur Rowbotham and Miss Claudine
Rutter; Washington State, Mrs.
Charles E. Head and Mrs. Thomas
Drumheller; West Virginia, Mrs.
Cory Hogg and Mrs. Arthur Brag-
onier; wyoming, Mrs. Thomas Cooper
and Mrs. Hubert Webster, and State
and vice State of Cuba, Mrs. Edward
G. Harris and Miss Clara Heriot
White.
National Officers Installed.
Mrs. Becker's board of national Of
| flcers also was installed.
The congress confirmed the election
last Saturday by the National Boaro
Of Management of Mrs. Henry B. Joy
/ Detroit, recording secretary general
and Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins of the
District of Columbia to be honorary
vice presidents general for life. They
were installed along with the rest o.
the national officers.
Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, honor.
AIRY president general asked the
Daughters to help find an old ''Horr
School Book" like those used in Co.
lonial days. to add to the children:
museum in Memorial Continenta
Hall.
The United States Navy Band
Lieut.. Charles Benter, leader, played
for the last session.
Many delegates to the congress left
last night and early this morning
but a number planned to attend
| Easter services here in the city today
Friendly Societies Spread.