Evening star., 1950-04-21

This is a source of potential So
ciety membership. She also has
declared herself to support all
educational projects of the OAR.
Mrs. Patton is interested in letting
the public in on what the Daugh-
ters consider worthy accomplish
ments by her platform plank to
expand their public relations de-
partments.
She is interested in continuing
and extending society efforts
toward national defense, its pio-
neering project to stop attack
from without" or "infiltration by
subversive elements from within"
At a spur r-of : he-moment press
conference Mrs. Patton waved
aside photographers. stating: Il
must look like the deuce
She admitted Il didn't have the
slightest idea of the way the wind
was blowing" until the votes were
read from the stage. Until the
last hour, many delegates be-
lieved Mrs. hammers would win
out because of all-out admins
tration support. Mrs. O'Byrne,
however, never indicated orally
which of the two members of her
cabinet was her choice.
Apparently the cabinet and the
represented States voted accord
ing to their predicted splits-with
no closures showing.
Ran as Independent.
Mrs. Patton entered the race
for the no-salary job only last
May as an independent. It wasn't
untu August that she announced
her slate, one representing all
parts of the country. She de-
cided to run because:
Il came to the last congress,
not as a candidate. mind you
and my friends urged me
to run. Well, I went home and
I just didn't know what to do for
while. Then I came out
Mrs. Patton has two sons,
James and Robert, one grandson,
John, 8. Her late husband was in
the lumber business.
The chairman of tellers read
these other results at a fast clip:
First vice president general
Mrs. Loren Edgar Rex. Wichita
Kans,, 1,348; Mrs. Van Court
Carwithen. Malvern, Pa, 888.
Chaplain general-Miss Leland
Hartley Barker, Wisconsin Rapids,
Wis, l, ,434; Mrs. Daniel Roy Sven,
Seattle, Wash, 1856.
Recording secretary general
Mrs. Warren Shattuck Currier,
Newburyport, Mass. 1868; Mrs.
Thomas Edward Maury, Aurora,
ILL.,, 870.
Corresponding secretary gen.
eral-Mrs. George D. Schermer-
horn. Reading, Mich, 1893; Mrs.
Lafayette LIE Van Porter, Green
castle, Ind. 846.
Organizing secretary general
Mrs. David Morgan Wright, Bar
tow, Fla, 1,449; Mrs. Frank O..
McMillen, Akron. Ohio. 761.
Treasurer general-Mrs. Kerr,
Washington, 1853; Mrs. Holcombe,
Charleston, w. Va, 893.
Registrar general-MrS. Ken
meth Troy Trewhella, East Hart
ford, Conn. 1894; Mrs. Roy E.
Haywood. Portland, Me-, 834.
Historian general-Mrs. Hugh
L. Russell, Ashland, KY, 1851;
Mrs. Samuel C. Skillern. Lewis
town, Idaho, 772.
Librarian general-Mrs. Roland
M. James, Tucson, Ariz., 1889;
Mrs. Roy Valentine Shrewder,
Ashland. Kans., 848.
Curator general-Mrs. George
Andrew Kuhner, Mount Vernon,
N. Y, 1872; Mrs. Palmer Martin
Way, Wildwood Crest. N. j., 864.
Reporter general-Mrs. Charles
Haskell Danforth, Stanford u,
Calf, 1886; Mrs. Ober Dewitt
Warthen, Vidalia, Ga. 817.
Mrs. Everett L. Repass of Salem,
Va, polled the highest number
of votes among the 10 candidates
for the positions of seven vice
president generals. She received
1907. The others elected we're:
Mrs. Joseph E. Gelder, Reno,
New, 1.549; DR.. Winona Stevens
Jones, Lexington, KY, 1,473; Mrs.
Raymond C. Goodfellow, South
Orange. N. j.. 1,460; Mrs. Edward
Cage Brewer. Clarksdale, Miss.
1,430; Mrs. Virgil Browne, Ed
mond, Okla, 1,419, and Mrs. David
w. Anderson, Manchester, N. H.,
f,4O1.
Failing at election to this post
and polling these votes were:
Mrs. Edwin A. Morse, Randolph,
VT, 1895; Mrs. Charles A. Chris
tin. San Fernando, Calf. 1915,
and Mrs. Louis Oliver, Providence,
r. l., 1902.