The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-05
l947 Yearbook
OF National OAR
-. Society Issued
By MRS. ]. A. ~YARBROUGH

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The 1e47 yearbook Of the Ma
tional Society Daughters OF the
American Revolution OF North
Carolina has been issued. 1t con-
tains the list of state officers
and chairmen, state and nation
al appointments, report OF the
18th annual state conference, oil
rectory of chapter officers; re-
ports of state chairmen, district
directors, chapter regents; BY
laws of the N. C. Society: chap
ter rosters with name and serV-
ice of Revolutionary ancestors;
N. C. members at large: state
officers, chairman and chapter
officers of the State Society Chil-
dren of the American Revolu-
ton.
Three new officers elected at
the state conference succeeding
officers whose terms had explr-
ed are Mrs. z. L. Whitaker, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. O. L..
Henry. librarian; Mrs. Emmett
Steger, registrar. Mrs. Joel u.
Layton, chaplain, succeeded Mrs.
Karl Sheriff. who resigned be-
cause of illness.
Membership is to be an out
standing work for the year. The
chairmn, Mrs. W. c. Grier re-
minds the daughters that in Or
der to carry out the broad pro-
gram planned by the President
General, Mrs. Roscoe {.
O'Byrne, it is NECESSARY to have
the enthusiasm that new
blood" and a large enrolment
gives to any organization. 10
stimulate increase in member
ship. three nrizes are offered to
chapters which attain greatest
percentage in membership in
crese. The first prize is So, the
second So. the third 81. The pc
Rod fer the enrolment OF new
members is from March l, 1947,
to February IS, 1948.
Three prizes are offered for
the best year books; first prize
So, second prize 81, third prize
81. Yearbooks entered in the
contest must be sent to the
State Regent by Feb. l, 194o.
The cash prize awarded at
Continental Congress to the
North Carolina Press Relations
book as the best in the nation
was voted by the state execu-
tive board to be used as pub
licity prizes. The first prize OF
Sc will be awarded to the chap
ter sending the greatest num-
Der of inches of publicity to the
state press chairman for the
year March /, 1947 to March l,
194S. The second prize Of S. will
be awarded for the second
greatest number Of inches. The
third prize of 81 will be award
ed to the chapter sending the
best collection of clippings of
chapter meetings throughout the
year. Clippings must have print
ed date of publication and head
line of paper and press chairmen
are requested to send clippings
monthly. All prizes will be
awarded upon a per capita basis
Early in January a OAR Re
gents Bulletin will be published,
approximately 5000, which will
be sent to every North Carolina
member and to all nationa, Of
ficers, state and chapter re-
gents.
1t is planned to publish soon
a directory of all North Caro-
lima OAR members which will
also include all members who
have died, resigned, and all sup
Elemental papers. It will contain
the Revolutionary service of an
cestors of the members.
The William Bethel chapter
OAR of Reidsville was reorgan-
lied September Il at a luncheon
given by Miss Edith Pipkin,
with an approximate member
ship of twenty-five. The chapter
was organized January 81, 1881
with Mrs. Morrison Bethea as
organizing regent. Due to I'm
avoidable reasons it became in
active during the war years and
its reorganization for commu-
nifty, state and national service
during the critical postwar pc
$riod was interpreted as a type