The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31

mittee.
This appointment comes in rec
ognitlon of h outstanding sue
cess in OAR. state chairman
ships. During the past year she
won the national prize for the best
pres srelations report and scrap,
book from any state. Previously
during her other six years as state
OAR. press relations chairman
she made seven other press re-
~lations scrapbooks exhibited at the
Continental Congress in Washing.
ton, twice winning second prize,
and twice winning hoorable
mention.
Besides serving as treasurer,
corresponding secretary a n d his.
torian twice of the Mecklenburg
chapter, OAR, in Charlotte, she
wrote and presented a play,
Origin of OAR. in North Caro-
lina,' at the last conference pre-
sided over by Mrs. w. H. Belk
of Charlotte as state regent. This
was a dramatization of the be-
ginnings of Mecklenburg chapter,
Mother Chapter" in this state.
In the United Daughters of the
Confederacy Mrs. Yarbrough has
also been am active leader and
worker. She is author of the histo-
ry Of the North Carolina division,
now in the hands of the printers.
She also wrote the play, "Fifty
Years ago." in commemoration of
the Golden Jubilee of the division
in 1916, similar to the play, "Forty
Years Ago. she wrote and pre-
sented at the state U.D.C. con-
vention while she was state U.D.C
historian.
In May, 1914, she edited the
North Carolina issue of the U.D.C.
and wrote ten articles
for it. She has written many arti-
cles for other issues of that pei
odical. In the past Is years she
has had SO articles on Confederate
history published by the Charlotte
Observer, n o t including publicity
articles for the U.D.C.
Thirteen U.D.C. essay prizes
have been won by Mrs. Var
brough. She has given eight
prizes. Twice she won the prize
for the best scrapbook in the gen.
eral organization, twice in the
North Carolina division, one on
Sidney Lanier and one On Jeffer-
so Davis. She compiled the vol
ume, Pathology of Music Used
by Bands and Marching Men of
the Confederacy," which won the
prize and is to be published by
the state U.D.C. The pageant,
s'Some North Carolina Heroines,"
was written and presented by her
in 1871.
From 1917 to 1919 she was cor
responding secretary of her I'D.
C. chapter, president from 1921 to
1923. Among many other accom-
plishments she originated and con
Quoted the first tag day sale of
Confederate flags in the state.
From 1881 to 1888 she was chapter
historian, and again from 1888
through 1913. She was state his
1868. For four years she
has been state chairman of Shiloh
records. She was state publicity
chairman 1886, also from 1913
through 1916. For eight years she
has been chairman of the Filing
and Lending Bureau of the gener-
al organization.
In other organizations she has
also been outstanding. She has
been president of the Charlotte
Woman's club and president of the
Charlotte Young Women's Chris
tan association. For six years she
has served as president of the
North Carolina board of directors
of the Florence Crittenton home.
Was ClldlllIldll VI WOllQ w dl
II records for Mecklenburg coun-
ty.
During 1882 she started a Sun
day column, "Women Builders of
for the Observer, writ
ing it for five years. From that
time on she has had a Sunday
column in that paper on ''Inter-
Carolinians, as well as
many other feature stories for
numerous newspapers. In fact,
she has probably written up more
Carolinians than any other
pegon in the state, but, due to
her own retiring modesty, this is
perhaps the first article ever writ
ten about her and some of her
numerous and varied activities for
her community, state and nation.
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