The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
i. D. {. Chapters Will Observe
43rd Anniversary With Meets

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Armstrong, of Salisbury, director.
will meet on May Z at Concord, the
Second district, Mrs. c. L.. Mos
teller, of Hickory and Mrs. J. M
Moretz, of Boone, co-directors, will
meet at Newton on May 8.
M~ocksville will entertain t h {
Fourth district, Mrs. W. M. Gentry,
of Mount Airy, director, on May 9.
Mrs Fisher will return with the
Mount Airy delegation to be pre-
sent at the May Tenth program
sponsored Jointly by the two Mount
Airy chapters.
The First district will meet al
Black mountain on May IS. Miss
Anne Wilson director, and the Third
district of which Mrs. W. G. Craven,
of Charlotte is the director, will
meet at Kings mountain on May Fl,
bringing to a close the round of dis
trict meetings.
Each chapter is asked to send a
large delegation to it's district meet.
ing to hear the work outlined by
the president for the next six
months and to take part in the
program of planning and reporting.
Applications for U. D. C. scholar
ships should be in the hands of the
second vice-president, Mrs. j. E
Lambeth, of T~homasville, by May 1
as that is the final limit for filing
them. All applicants must be Of
Confederate descent a n d without
other means for an education.
North Cardinals quota for the
Jefferson Davis Monument must be
paid this year, Mrs. J. F. Hayden
c. High Point, chairman of the
committee, is reminding chapters in
the state. She pointed out that more
than three years have passed since
the Dallas convention when t h {
Daughters adopted a referendum te
place a statute of Jefferson Davis
on that historic spot where was ad'
ministered the oath of office which
gave to the Confederate states of
dent.
The per capita quota of fifty
cents from the members of t h
North Carolina division has not all
been paid, according to Mrs. Hay
den who joins with the president
general, Mrs. C. E. Boiling, in
stressing that first place should be
given to the completion of the I'M
paid quotas for the Davis statue.
Contract for the erection of this
monument was awarded at t h e
Charleston, S. c., convention to
Frederick C. Hubbard.
Chapter contributions for the state
Children Of the Confederacy con-
vention expenses ar due in April.
The convention will be held at
Statesville, June 81. The director,
Mrs. A.. Y. Kerr, of Yanceyville,
who is division third vice-president,
is Winding up the second half of the
year with a whirlwind campaign for
new members and reports many ad-
ditions to the roll.
The C. of C. membership cam
paign has set the adult chapters to
work in a membership rally. The
Asheville chapter is already in the
lead to again carry off the prize for
greatest number of new members
and the Fanny Patton chapter of
Asheville has set out to again win
the prize for bestowing the great
est number of Crosses Of Military
service during the year.
These crosses may be bestowed on
descendants of Confederate vete-
rams who served in the World war,
the Spanish American and Philip
pine Instruction.
Miss Mamie Dodson, of Winston
Salem, state recorder of Crosses,
asks chapters planning to bestow
these crosses to remember the Red
Cross nurses who are eligible for
this o
For the first time the yeoman
who served during the World val
is to receive the Cross of Military
service.
AS May 10 is the next date on
which these crosses may be be-
slowed, Miss Dodson is calling at
tention to the regulations published
on mage 416 of the General minutes
which yvare sent out in March.