The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-27

-. OlOpuly, Ml >. II. y. AS0A't
Mrs. H. T. Fisher, Mrs. A. MGR.
Crouch and Mrs. Ernest Bullock.
Around Is guests called during
the afternoon.
The current officers for the chap
ter are president, Mrs. Charles
Lee Bragg; first vice-president-
Mrs. A. T. St. Armand; second
vice-president, Mrs. w. L. Bis
singer; third vice-president, Mrs.
o. Lang Hogan; recording secre-
tary-Mrs. E. E.. Purvis, Jr.; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. H. L..
DeVany; treasurer, Mrs. M. ].
Carson; Recorder of Crosses, Miss
Bertha Steljes; registrar, Mrs. S.
P. McNair; historian, Mrs. Julis
Rudolph; Chaplain, Mrs. H. S. Nc
Girt; custodian, Miss Elizabeth
Bell. These served as hostesses
during the afternoon.
Immediately after the War Be-
tween the States memorial organ
izations sprang into. existence all
over the south. In less than a
year after the close of the strug
gle Mrs. Charles ]. Williams, of
Columbus, Ca, appealed through
1.-The Columbus Times" to all
Southern women from the Poto-
mac to the Rio Grande to OBJ
serve April 26, the day of the
surrender of General Joseph H.
Johnston, as Memorial Day. This
date is still observed in several
states but North Carolina in 1881
designated May 10th, the anniver-
sary of the death of General
Stonewall jackson, as Memorial!
Day and has observed this date
ever since.
In 1866 the Ladies Memorial AS
ISOLATION was formed in Whining
ton under the leadership of Mrs.
A. ]. deRosset. A plot at Oak
dale was given this organization
by the Cemetary company and in
1872 the Daughters unveiled the
Confederate monument that is
now on the plot where each May
10th exercises are held honoring
those who gave their lives in the
War Between the States.
In 1894 the women of Savannah,
Ca, petitioned the Supreme Court
to grant them a constitution as
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy with certain rights and priv
ileges. Mrs. William M. Parsley,
of Wilmington, saw this article and
wrote asking further details. AS
a result Of this correspondence the
North Carolina Division of the
United Daughters Of the Confed-
eracy was formed with the Cape
Fear chapter. This chapter is
Number Three, being the third to
organize. Savannah, Ca, and Nash
vile, Tenn, preceded North Caro-
lima in, organizing. Mrs. William
Parsley was the first president of
the State Division and of the To-
cal chapter which she served for
seven years. The members of the
old Memorial Association formed
the nucleus for the new National
organization. The Charter mem
bers were Mesdames w. H. C..
Whiting, Kate deRosset Meares,
Susan G. M. Holmes, Sallie P.
Oldham, James M. Stevenson,
william M. Parsley, John T. Ran
kin, Jane D. deRosset, Elizabeth
W. Taylor, ]. J. Hedrick, Horace
M. Emerson, Thomas E. Sprunt.
Lossie deRosset Myers, Ellen
Stevenson Brown, John c. James,
Joshua T. James, Thomas O'Bunt-
ing, Hattie T. Borden, Lizzie A.
H u gg S, ] m Carmichael,
jamie N. Carmichael, Kate T.
Manning, Mary Cowan Davis,
Mary L. Watson, Kate L. Wat
tiers, Hattie T. Tenant, Elizabeth
C. Willard, G. w. Higgins, Meta
D. Rountree, M. r. OConnor, V.
T. Owen, B. T. Pemberton, G. G.
Pritchard, J. F. Woolvin and Miss
es Hettie James,, Mary F. San
ders, Maggie Fyfe Brown, Chris
tine S. Stevenson, Elise Emerson.
M. Louise Bunting, Sue Mcqueen.
Fannie Taylor, Anna P. Savage.
Isabel Savage, Eliza D. Nets.
Bessie L. Virgins, Kate T. Can't
we'll, Hettie K. Price, Caroline K.
Myers, Susie A. Price, Kate de-
Rosset, R. Julia James, Mary F.
Meares, Mary F. Calder, Julia
Gore, Mae O'Conner, many of
hasa ,uoro ,b;JJray, 1x,bo 1uoro owl.
IDENTIFY enrolled by their mothers
as charter members.
This new organization agreed to
carry on the Memorial Day exer-
cises of the old Memorial Asso-
citation when the two merged. In
addition chapter detectives were
ID The care of veterans and their
wives. ca Educational assistance
for descendants of veterans 90
Writing and preserving the cor
rect history of the Confederacy.
These three main detectives have
through the years been taken care
OF before any other work was at
tempted. Practically every south
ern state has a. home for Confed-
crate veterans and for their wives
or daughters. Many scholarships
are available to descendants of
veterans, and the Daughters are
ever on the alert to see that the
history taught in our schools is
presented fairly and correctly.
The Cape Fear chapter has been
hostess to the State Division three
times and in 1901 entertained the