The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
Newly Elected Officers Ut
LIDO. Will Take Office Soon

MONTGOMERY, Ala, in November
she will tell of the progress that
has already been made toward
planting 12O, 900 trees in the forest
area. In a book to be kept in the
historical department at Raleigh
will be inscribed the names OF
those southern soldiers to whom
the memorial park is dedicated.
Mrs. Paul Borden, of Goldsboro,
is Chairman and Mrs. ]. V. Erski
of Weaverville, is co-chairman OF
the Confederate Memorial Forest
committee.
The general convention will be
held in Montgomery, Ala, begin
mittee of which Mrs. J. F. Hayden
visions of the general organization.
North Cardinals quota was com
pleted this year through a COM
mittee of which Mrs. j. F. Hayden
of High Point vas the chairman.
U. D. C. flag day, which hereto
ore has been held annually in No
vember, has been changed to a
date on or neal May 10, North
Cardinals Confederate Memorial
day. This action was made at
the Goldsboro convention in order
to emphasize the day set aside to
pay honor to North Cardinals Con-
federate dead.
Another matter brought before
the convention was the recommen-
dalton that the division take under
consideration the ACCESSIBILITY of a
central business office and space
for the safe storage of the d.
visions records. A committee to
be headed by Mrs. Waite Wood
ard of Wilson, as chairman, was
appointed by Mrs. Fisher to inves-
tigate the cost and upkeeo of such
an establishment, and to report its
1t was also voted by the conven-
ton that the % pictures to be in
Guided in the publication of North
Cardinals Confederate Monuments
and Memorials" to be those of
markers erected by the division an
those of vital interest to the di-
vision. Each of the pictures will be
given a full page in the publication,
their selection to be made by the
executive committee and members
of the committee On North Caro-
lina's Confederate Memorials'":
Mrs. S. L. Smith, Whiteville, chair
man; Mrs. G. o. Rogers, White
vile, co-chairman; Mrs. ]. W. Far
rior, Warsaw; Mrs. C. B. Alex
ander, Shelby, and Mrs. G. F. Nc
Bayern, R%eidsville.
The convention adopted a resolu-
ton asking the text book commits
sion to give preference to a history
of North Carolina by Miss Willie
Ashe, in adopting text books for
North Carolina schools. Miss Ashe
is a sister of the late historian and
soldier, Capt. Samuel A. Ashe.
Because their work had been fin
ished the following committees
were dissolved at the convention:
Nurses Fund for Confederate
Woman's Home; Lee Marker and
the Purchasing committee for the
Confederate Woman's Home. This
last named committee will have its
duties delegated to the Confederate
Woman's Home committee.
A valuable addition to pageants
written in the division this year is
Pictures of the Past" by Mrs.
A. Edwards Of Goldsboro. 1t was
presented during the convention,
with Mrs. Paul Borden as mar
rator, and Mrs. Herbert Horne,
pianist.
A versatile writer, Mrs. Edwards
presented the pageant in seven
scenes, beginning with the making
of the Confederate flag in Colds
boro and carrying on through the
twilight of the Confederacy.
Goldsboro opened wide her doors
to welcome the 44th annual conven-
ton and the fine old southern hos
pitality of the Thomas Ruffin chap
ter, of which Mrs. Harry Fitzhugh
Lee is the president, and the Colds
boro citizens, warmed the hearts