Evening star., 1938-04-25
CAR. ENCLOSING
SESSIONS TODAY:
SHR|NES VISITED
Last Meeting Devoted to
Officers Reports and
State Directors.
CONVENTION DELEGATES
VOTE ON RESOLUTIONS
Pilgrimage to Mount Vernon and
Alexandria Is Conducted.
Wreaths Are Placed.

Delegates to the forty third annual
convention Of the National Society
of Children Of the American Revolu-
ton assembled for their closing ses-
sion this morning after a day spent
in pilgrimages to Mount Vernon and
Alexandria, Va, and a sightseeing
tour of Washington.
The last meeting of the convention
was devoted to reports from adult
officers, led by Mrs. William H. Pouch
national president of the c. A. r.
State directors were given three min
utes each to describe the work done
by the c. A. r. under their super
vision.
Before the adjournment Of the con-
vention at noon, the delegates voted
on number Of resolutions presented
by their own colleagues.
Scholarship Announced.
A feature of the program was the
announcement that a perpetual schol-
arship to the Tammassee Mountain
School. operated by the Daughters OF
the American Revolution in South
Carolina. has been awarded through
the Children of the American Revo-
luton by Mrs. John Frances Vein
mann Of Arkansas, vice president OF
the c. A. r. The scholarship is in
honor of Mrs. William Pouch and is
dedicated to the memory Of Helen
Pouch, her daughter
Mrs John Morrison Kerr, national
organizing secretary, reported that %
new societies affiliated with the c. A.
r. were organized during the last
year, bringing the total number of
member groups to 489. Mrs. Ryland
c. Bryant, national registrar, reported
1915 new members during the year.
The cash balance of the society was
reported to be sll838.
The visit to historic shrines yes
terday began at Mount Vernon. where
Lawrence lie Grand Johnston Of Bev-
erly Hills, Calf, laid wreath at
George Washington's Tomb, while
Miss libby Fennel, representing the
Honolulu Society, Hawaii, placed a
wreath at the Tomb of Martha Wash
ington. Joseph T. Thomas, jr., of
New York, dressed in the gray uniform
of the Knickerbocker Grays, sounded
TAPS"
The boys and girls then gathered
around the c. A. r. tree, planted As
years ago. Mrs. Pouch and Charles
w. Wall, superintendent of Mount
Vernon, made speeches of welcome
and Mrs. John Morrison Kerr, chair
man Of the annual pilgrimage, told
stories of Washington and Mount
Vernon which were written by the
late Mrs. Eleanor Washington How
ard, the last girl born at Mount Ver-
non. The oath of Office was admin
istered to new officers by Mrs. Graham
Lawrence. national chaplain.
Meeting House Visited.
Next stop on the pilgrimage was
Old Presbyterian Meeting House in
Alexandria, Va. where the delegates
held a memorial service Tributes were
paid to Mrs. Howard and to Mrs. Rose
Mulcare, national vice president, by
Mrs. Thaddeus NJ Jones.
Flowers were placed in large
wreath by the pages as the names of
the deceased members were read by
Mrs. Lawrence. The wreath was then
taken to the churchyard and placed
on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
of the American Revolution. which
was erected by the c. A. r.
After luncheon in Gadsby's Tavern,
where Mrs. Robert Miller Reese told
the part the tavern played during the
Revolution and later in the ratifica-
ton Of the Constitution. the delegates
left for a sightseeing tour of WASH
lngton. At the Capitol the boys and
girls went to Statuary Hall for cere-
mony before the statues of the sign
ers Of the Constitution.