The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-03
North Carolina OARS
Appointed To Offices
In National Society
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wav. New Bern, reappointed as a
member of the Resolutions COM
= mittee.
Mrs. O'Byrne announces the ap-
pointment of Mrs. Herbert R. Hill
-, of indianapolis, Ind. os national
f. chairman of press relations. MIS-.
= Hill is a member of a distinguish
ed newspaper family. served as a
vice chairman of the press rela.
tions committee during the admin
~istration of Mrs. julius Y. Toll
madec and is widely known IN
OAR circles. Mrs. Hill succeeds
Mrs. john B. O'Brien who for tive
wears served as national chairman
of press relations and under whose
- direction the work has greatly eA-
named. Mrs. O'Brien has accepted
the appointment of chairman OF
transportation during the ann
stration of Mrs. O'Byrne.
The North Carolina society OAR
is planning to issue within tne
mex few months a directory OF all
its members. active and mactlVe'
living and deceased, with their re-
volutionary ancestors together
with these ancestors, reVolution-
arv service and state. This direct
orv. the first of the kind ever at
tempted in the state, viii form
. valuable edition for information
an members and revolutionary an
cestrage. An alphabetical list OF
oil the revolutionary soldiers ano
natriots used for OAR member
shin in North Carolina will be a
chief feature of the volume.
Although the war is over. the
work of the War Service Gardens
committee of the OAR still con-
tinues. Reports from Mrs. Albert
d. Gilmore, of Yonkers, N. y.
chairman of the committee. show
the garden project is an outstano-
ing success.
American flowers are blooming
in profusion this summer around
Army ond Marine Corps hospitals
in the far-off Pacific area, in Eu-
rope and the Far East. Gonzales
cent servicemen, finding their way
back 10 health in these hospitals
all the way from the Philippines
TO Japan, are the gardeners. Tiny
packets of flower and vegetable
seed supplied by the OAR, are
distributed through War depart
ment cooperation to the various
Pacific areas, also in the Euro
pean theatre Of operations. This
year, 6734 packages Of seeds were
sent to the hospitals. The grand
total since the project was origi-
ma ed is over So 600 packets of
seeds. The patients have their
choice of seeds and plant them
in gardens adjoining the hospital
building.
Started early in the war, the
project has been continued by the
OAR because of the many re-
quests from hospitals overseas.
There is keen rivalry among the
men in growing the flowers and
vegetables. Medical officers report
the war gardens have greatly aid
ed patients in their recovery OF
health.
Mrs. Gilmore who originated the
idea of sending seeds to service
men recently received a letter
from Col. Philip L. Cook, Chief
surgeon of the 9th Army Medical
Corps in Japan which said in part,
Your recent shipment Of seeds
has arrived and has been distribu-
ted among the various U. S. Army
hospitals now in operation in ia
pan where it has been proved that
thay are a decided morale factor,
both to the patients and to duty
personnel of the different hos
pitfalls. We wish to express our
sincere appreciation for your
thoughtfulness in sending this to-
ken Of remembrance 10 the mill
tary personnel in Japan"
The william Byrd chapter of the
OAR in Richmond, Va, with a
!. total of $50 packages Of seeds,
= leads all others in the garden
e project.
(. Said President General Mrs.
.O'Byrne: The War Service Gar
'dens viii be continued as long as
requests are made for seeds. Col
lection of seeds for use next
spring in the hospital gardens has
already begun. This idea which
was begun by society as. a
wal project, is even of more value