Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-10-24
MRS. T.. v. RAY HOSTESS TO
LOCAL CHAPTER ID. A. II.

Mrs. T. v. Ray, Bristol, was hos
tess to the October meeting OF
Amanda Barker Devin Chapter, d.
A r., when they celebrated the
founding of the National Society D.
A. r. Mrs. Anna Cowan presented
a paper Of unusual interest on the
founding of the D. A. r. in Ohio.
Mrs. Elroy Avery of Cleveland, was
a charter member of the first chap
ter of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution organized 1890 in
Washington, D. c., and organized
the first chapter in Ohio, Western
Reserve, Dec. Is, 1891. The next
four chapters established were, Ma
honing, April IS, 1898, at Youngs-
town; Cincinnati, April 27, 1893, at
Cincinnati; Muskingum, Oct. 13,
1893, at GAINESVILLE, and Catherine
Green, Dec. 16, 1894. at Xenia.
The first Ohio State Conference of
the d. A. r. was held in GAINESVILLE
on June 8th and 9th, 1899, under
the auspices of the then new state
regent, Mrs. M M Granger, of Mus
kingum chapter with GA members
present. 1t is with commendable
pride that Ohio Daughters can view
through the years, the taking up,
year after year, the various activi-
ties sponsored by the National So
ciety, thus quietly emphasizing
their loyalty to the parent society
and it's expansion. Historic sites
committee was the first one taken
up at our first conference, at this
time the Ohio Alcove in American
library at Manila was also endors-
ed, which upon completion after
years, later gave way to the Phil
ippine scholarship. To the women
who initiated the work in Ohio, due
honor and praise. Someone once
said, ''The Society of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution is
nearer the pulse and heartbeat Of
the Government of the U. S. A. than
any other body of organized women,
because the members are the lineal
descendants of those who made
their Government possible
Miss True chose, as her part on
the program, description of the
beautiful buildings owned by the
National Society d. A. r., in Wash
ingtOn, d. G.. In the choice of its
official residence perhaps no organ
iZatiOn has been so fortunate as the
National Society D. A. r. The Sc
lection of the site of it's first build
ing, Memorial Continental Hall, was
made amidst doubtful murmurings
by the citizens. There was then no
building of distinction south of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art Now,
pointing out toward the magnificent
Lincoln Memorial, that part of
Washington has developed into an
area unequalled in beauty in any
capitol in the world. At least once
in each administration the Presi-
dents of the United States have ad-
dressed the Continental Congress. !
The society was honored in that Me-
mortal Continental Hall was accept |
ference on the Limitation of Arma- |
ments in 1921. The state rooms in
Memorial Continental Hall are own !
ed by the states and furnished |
through the generosity of the chap |
ters and individual members. Liv-
ing rooms, Libraries, drawing rooms, |
parlors are depicted in the furnish
ings of the states, to represent some |
special interest which belongs to |
the states sponsoring them. The |
4SOW JCl oCy lOOiu 10 uuIQuc, III tAdI |
the woodwork and furnishings were |
made from the wood of the British |
Frigate August, which sank during
the battle of Red Bank on Oct. 23,
1777. And then there is Constitu-
tion Hall, built by the society for
the annual Continental Congress
and to house the valuable Genealog-
ical library, a highly specialized
repository of 10000 books and TO-
600 manuscripts, made possible by
the continued interest and tireless
efforts of members over a long Pc
riod of years. Located between Con-
stitutiOn and Memorial Continental
Halls, the Administration Building
has housed the offices of the organ
ization since 1928.
Mrs. Ray, assisted by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Floyd Bowman, served a
very delicious lunch, enjoyed
through the social hour Plans were
made, with Mrs. Bowman as chap
ter chairman, to send the annual
Christmas box to Ellis Island.
1t was decided that the next
meeting, on November 28th, would
be Thanksgiving dinner party with
cy,Yo 70 /