Evening star., 1937-01-31
MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
IS D. A. R. SUBJECT
Mrs. John Logan Marshall of
South Carolina to Speak
Tomorrow.

Tomorrow.
The educational program of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
will be centered on the mountain
schools tomorrow evening as State ON
GERS, regents, chairmen Of State COM
mittees and members of all units gath
er at the Willard Hotel to hear Mrs.
John Logan Marshall, State regent Of
South Carolina, speak on 'Tamassee,
the State D. A. r. Home-School."
The legend and romance that sur
round Tamassee will form the vivid
background Of Mrs. Marshall's subject
rs she tells Of the special needs Of the
school where, in addition to academic
courses, students are taught homemak-
ing, industrial arts and agriculture,
that they may take back to their noun
tain homes something of modern civili-
zation that has failed to penetrate the
isolated regions from which they come.
The school is supported by the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. Many scholarships have been
sent by District chapters and Lucy
Holcombe and President Monroe
Chapters have adopted protegees.
Monticello Chapter members are
preparing to fill Good Will industry"
bags with clothing and supplies for
the shop maintained for the aid Of
the underprivileged and crippled. A
page in the Memory Book Of tn Dis
trict d. A. r. will be given by Mon
ticello chapter In honor Of the late
Mrs. Helen M. Hall.
Life and Customs Of the Tribes in
the Philippines" was the subject Of
talk by Mrs. James F. Watson at the
January meeting at the home of Mrs.
Charles 8. Grindle. A group OF poems
was read by the author, Mrs. Dawson
Olmstead. Mrs. Roger Williams, re-
gent. presided.
Independence Bell Chapter is con-
tributing to the building fund for Kate
Duncan Smith School at Grant, Ala.
Alternates from the chapter to the
Forty-sixth Continental Congress will
be Miss Linda Eleanor Deaton. Mrs.
Russell Stine, Mrs. Joseph Toma, Mrs.
Herbert Chaney, Mrs. Herbert Will
liamS, Mrs. Henrietta Lockner, Mrs.
Meta G. Miller, Miss Wilmuth Gary.
Mrs. r. Allen Pennington and Mrs.
Charles B. Kettering.
A box was sent by the Lucy IIol-
combe Chapter to the occupational
shop at Ellis Island for patients in
the United States Marine Hospital
Mrs. Adwin A. Hill entertained the
chapter at the January meeting, which
was presided over by the regent, Mrs.
Joseph F. Lyvers.
The Susan Riviere Hetzel Chapter,
through its State vice chairman Of
genealogical records. Mrs. Ryland C.
Bryant. has presented to the State
Genealogical Records Committee for
use in the D. A. r. Library 103 pages
Of attested Bible records, % pages of
old wills and miscellaneous data, also
q photostat copy of an original land
grant signed by Lord Fairfax. dated
1707.
Victory Chapter celebrated its eight.
eenth anniversary at a luncheon at
the La Fayette Hotel last Monday.
The regent, Mrs. Francis j. Ford,
welcomed the members and guests.
Mrs. Louis A. Abbot, organizing re-
gent, gave q short talk on Lafayette,
for whose ship. La Victoire, the chap
ter was named.
The following alternates to the
congress were elected: Mrs. Royal E.
Burnham, Mrs. Chester B. Watts, Mrs.
Edward r. Foster, Mrs. Ethel T. Full
ton, Mrs. ]. w. Crabtree, Mrs. j. Edwin
Lawton, Mrs. w. w. Husband, Mrs.
William T. Bannerman, Mrs. Gertrude
M. Hite and Miss Mildred F.. Saunders.
Miss Lillian Chenoweth, State vice
regent, addressed Continental Chap
ter at its national defense dinner
meeting Monday on National De-
fense Through Our Air Forces"
Miss Mabel L. White, Mrs. J. ].
Manion, Mrs. E. r. Murray and Miss
Lille B. O'Donnell were elected alter
mates to the continental congress
Mrs. Charles Parkhurst Suman and
Miss Sallie Sheppard Ellis were wei.
coined into the chapter.
The February meeting will be de-
voted to Americanism, under the
chairmanship of Miss Mary j. Ed
mands Of the Americanism Committee.
Fort McHenry Chapter will contrib
ute to the fund for furnishing the sur
render room Of the Moore house at
Yorktown. Miss Helen Ensign enter
tanned with piano accordion selections
when the chapter met Tuesday at the
home Of Miss Viola Reece. Mrs. Mar
guerite Brown and Mrs. Richie Rob-
erts assisted the hostess.
The Eugenia Washington Chapter,
Mrs. Charles Griffith Hoffman, re-
gent, has elected the following alter.
mates to the congress: Mrs. Augustus
r. Kempton, Mrs. Grant r. Chase,
Miss Grace Lee, Miss Minnie Mar
shall, Mrs. Franklin A. Refert, Mrs.
John D. Mckinney, Miss Nina Nc
Carter, Mrs. Robert Reeder, Miss
Oneida Robertson and Miss Emily L.
Smith.
Continental Danes Chapter met at
the home Of the regent, Mrs. A. c.
Houghton, and elected the following
alternates to the congress: Mrs. John
M. Kerr, Mrs. James w. Quiggle, jr.;
Mrs. T. Frank Foltz and Mrs. Leon
Philibert.
american Indians" will be the pro-
gram feature of the meeting Of the
Museum Committee at the Willard
Hotel Tuesday at 8 pm. Mrs. VIII
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