The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-24
Mrs. Ethelbert Ide Low, Ma
tional President, To At
tend Meet And Tea

Members of the North Carolina
Society of Colonial Danes OF
America will today celebrate the
5oth anniversary of the founding
of the society in the state with
meeting at 3 o'clock at the Corn
wallis Lounge, 226 Market street,
followed by a tea at 5 o'clock at
the Governor Dudley, 400 South
Front street.
Among the members from out
of-town to attend. will include:
Mrs. Ethelbert Ide Low, 1O6o Filth
Avenue. New York city, president
of the National Society; Mrs. S.
v. Sanford of Savannah, Ga; Mrs.
r ,ouis Simonds of Charleston, S.
G.: Mrs. Christopher G. Howe OF
Charleston, S. c.; Mrs. Marshall
Delaney Haywood of Raleigh;
Mrs Katherine P. Arlington OF
Warrenton; Mrs Frank kennon
Borden of Goldsboro; Mrs. J. Fal-
son Thomson Of Goldsboro; Mrs.
Selby Myrick Of Savannah, ga ;
Miss Louise Wright of Raleigh;
Mrs. sprague Silver of Raleigh;
Mrs. Louis V. Sutton OF Raleigh;
Mrs. E. S. Marlborough of Dur
ham: Mrs. Vernon Blades OF New
Bern, Mrs. Charles Buford OF New
Bern: Mrs. W. T. Cheatham OF
Burlington; Mrs, A. J. McKlnnon
of Lumberton; Mrs. N. A. Mclean
of Lumberton; Mrs. j. w. Prldoy
OF Lumberton, Miss Julia ROBERT
son of Charlotte; Mrs. F. H. Gou-
veneur of Baltimore, Md; Mrs.
Stewart w. Cramer, Mrs. W. H.
suttonfield, Mrs R. A. Dunn, all
of Charlotte and Mrs. Emile Light
and many others.
Mrs. ]. Walter Williamson, pres
ent president of the North Caro-
lima Society, will preside over the
business meeting and will give the
history of the society. Bishop
Thomas C. Darst will give the in
vocation, and others appearing on
the program will be MIS-. Low,
national president, and Mrs. Will
liam N. Harriss.
Mrs. Philip Warland Delano,
vice-president, will preside and re-
ceive at the tea at the Governor
Dudley along with Mrs. Low, Mrs.
Haywood, vice! p r S n and
chairman of Patriotic Service;
Mrs. Borden, vice-president, and
Mrs. Arlington. state chairman OF
Historic Activities.
The North Carolina Society was
founded on March "a, 1894 by Mrs.
George Wilson Kidder and its
charter members were: Mrs. Bet
tie Andrew Atkinson, Mrs. Jane
Iredell Williams, Mrs. Augusta
Lane Boatwright, Mrs. Mary Lon
don Boatwright Miss Caroline G.
Meares, Miss Adelaide Meares,
Miss Hannah p Bolles, and Miss
Elisa Potter. The incorporates
were Mrs. Annie Meares Baltzer,
Mrs. Frances Meares Green, Mrs.
Lila Guitar Justice, Mrs. Lucy At
kinson Murchisor, Mrs. Annie EN-.
pie Bailey, Mrs. Bette Haywood
Bridgers, Mrs. Lou Minor Rein
burg, Mrs. Alice Boatwright Cald-
e1, Mrs. Mary S. Kingsbury, Miss
Lula Guitar and Miss Elizabeth
Savage Waddell
Presidents of the Society
Presidents OF the society have
included Mrs. George Wilson Kid
der, Mrs. CASTOR Meares, Mrs.
James Sprunt, Mrs. Edward P.
Bailey, Mrs. Alfred Moore Wad-
dell and Mrs. ] Walter William
son, who is serving her 9th year
as state president.
Mrs. John Henry Boatwright
augusta Lane BoatwrighD now Of
Portsmouth, Va. only living char
ter member, was to have appeared
on the program, but due to re-
cent illness will be unable to be
in Wilmington for the event.
Among the first achievements o.
the society was the erection of the
shaft at Fourth and Market street:
in memory Of Cornelius Harnet
of Wilmington, Colonial patriot
and a signer OF the Declaration
: of independence After ten year.
of diligent work the cornerstone
for this shaft was laid in 1906 ane
: unveiled by the society in 1907
The Danes have been very &C
tive in historic works and hav,
erected numerous markers in tn
state in memory of Colonial pa
triots and made many publication!
on historic activities. The society
: has placed a marker at the ruin!
, of historic st. Phillips church, 10
Gated about 18 miles below Viii
mington in Brunswick county
which was erected in 1925, and il
custodian of the famous old churcl
ruins.
Among the historic homes il
!.