Evening star., 1941-04-17
D. A. R. Nominations
Fail TO Produce
Dark Horses
Report for District
Chapters Emphasizes
Educational Trend

The Daughters of the American
Revolution nominated their new Of
ficers last night, putting an end to
rumors that dark horse" candi-
dates might enter the race for ma
tional posts at the 18th hour.
Nominations climaxed a session
turned over to State regents reports
and kept delegates to the 50th Con-
tinental Congress at Constitution
Hall until nearly midnight.
For the first time, the candidates
for office occupied seats on the stage
for the nominations. They marched
the length of the hall, joining their
nominators and seconders on the
stage.
Another innovation was the nomi-
nation of Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr,
retiring president general, as hon.
orary president general. Formerly
the outgoing chief executive was
elected by acclamation to the hon.
orary Office. Mrs, Robert, whose
name was put on the ballot because
of a change in the bylaws, was
nominated by Mrs. Val Taylor of
Alabama, ranking vice president
general and seconded by Mrs
George Maynard Minor, senior liv-
ing honorary president general.
Mrs. Pouch Nominated.
Although it was soon evident the
candidates who had already an
nounced their intention to run were
the only ones in the field, Mrs.
Robert, after each candidate was
presented, asked if there were any
other nominations.
Mrs. William H Pouch. sole can
didate for president general, was
nominated by Mrs. George Duffy of
New York and her nomination was
seconded by Mrs. Elmer Thomas
Boyd of Colorado.
The home State delegations of
each candidate rose as their repre-
sentative was introduced to the
congress.
The nominees on Mrs. Pouch's
ticket follow:
Mrs. Joseph G.. Forney of Penn
sylvania, first vice president general;
Mrs. John Whittier Howe Hodge of
California. second vice president
general; Mrs. Floyd William Ben
nison of Minnesota, third vice presi-
dent general: Mrs. William Henry
BeIk of North Carolina, chaplain
general: Mrs. William H Schlosser
of Indiana. for recording secretary
general; Mrs. Elizabeth M. Cox OF
Colorado and the District, CORE
spending secretary general; Miss
Marion D. Mullins of Texas, organ
izing secretary general; Mrs. Samuel
J. Campbell of Illinois. treasurer
general; Mrs. Edward Webb Cooch
Of Delaware, registrar general; Mrs.
Ralph L. Crockett of New Hamp-
shire, librarian general; Mrs. Fred
erick Alfred Wallis of Kentucky,
historian general: Mrs. G. Edward
Murray of New Jersey, curator gen.
eral, and Mrs. Harry E. Marcy of
Iowa. reporter general to the Smith
eonian Institution.
Minute Reports.
Nominated in the order their
names appear on the ballot were
the six women running for four
Offices as vice president general.
They were Miss Lillian Chenoweth
of the District, Mrs. William Wesley
Brothers of Idaho, Mrs. c. A. Swami
Sinclair of Alexandria, Va; Mrs.
ELY Ruff Barnes of Alabama, Mrs.
James F. Donahue of Ohio and Mrs.
Thomas Clair Mcguire of Florida.
Nominated to fill the single va
cancy as honorary vice president
general was Mrs. Frank Madison
Dick of Maryland.
Laden with flowers, the State re-
gents were given two minutes each
for their reports. AS each stepped
to the microphone, a page followed
with her State flag and her home
delegation rose in the audience.
The trend of District chapters
has been toward educational projects
as evidenced by five new scholar
ships IN D. A. r. approved schools;
a completed gift of $500 for a room
In the new high school at TamaS-
see, S. c.; scholarships aggregating
1852 and the completion of the
5000 goal of the D. A. r. student
loan fund, Mrs. Harry G. Oberhol-
ser, District State regent, reported.
Our committees have worked in
season and out" the District regent
said, listing these achievements:
The Junior American Citizens Com
mittee has 1,067 children organized
into 27 clubs; the Committee on the
Correct Use of the Flag sold $4,000
flag stamps and presented % flags to
as many organizations and institu-
tions, and the Junior Membership
Committee has organized two new
groups.
Reports on China's Chapter.
The state regent from China, Mrs.
Hollis A. Wilbur, told the Daughters
her chapter was much disturbed"
when the State Department ordered
American women to leave China, but
that before our exodus provision
was made to elect officers for the
next term"
Regents of the foreign chapters
reported largely on relief efforts
made by their local groups.
A total of $340,858 was contributed
10 the IA approved schools and Ger
tain other similar institutions during
the three-year administration now
coming to a close, Mrs. Samuel
James Campbell, national chairman
of approved schools, reported at
yesterdays afternoon session.
Contributions received in the past
few days brought success to the
drive for $4,000 to provide new
hi1t school building at the TamaS-