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THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINEVOLUME LXXXIII, No. 1 JANUARY 1949 WHOLE NUMBER 654

ContentsPAGE

Frontispiece -First Buildings of the University of Pennsylvania 2President General's Message ..... 3America's Major Problem—Karl E. Mundt . . 4Our Colonial Colleges, University of Pennsylvania . 8Ancient Greeks Had Their Methods—E. E. Patton . 15

Utopia on the Wabash—Clarence Huffman . . 17The Red Cross and World Security—Basil O'Connor 25The Cathedral of the Pines—Frank B. Steele . 28A Boy's Life at Hillside—Robert Reynolds . . .... 31"Woodlarks."—A Holiday Camp for the Disabled—Mary Van Ingen Unwin 33Hartford Cemetery 34The Historical Book Club of Greensboro, N. C.—Clara Booth Byrd 35Sibley House Association of the Minnesota D.A.R. . .. 37Our Magazine and What I Found of Interest Between the Covers 39Ground Breaking Ceremony for the New Building 41Committees 42Book Reviews 44Parliamentary Procedure—Nellie Watts Fleming 48States 50Minnesota Officers' Workshop Tour 55Miss Massachusetts 56Indiana State C A R 57A Real Daughter (Mary Whitley Gilmour) 58Chapters 59Genealogical Department—Katie-Prince Ward Esker .. 75Minutes of the National Board of Management, December 8, 1948 95

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SELDOM has our organization conducty proj-ect that has even approached in magn. ude and

advantage the tour of the Approved Schools takenOctober 20th to 29th, 1948. Twenty nationalofficers, twenty-four state regents, representativesof thirty-two states, a total of seventy-five Daughtersparticipated on the trek through the southland tosix of the Approved Schools in six different states.The success experienced was due in no small meas-ure to careful and detailed planning by our Trans-portation Chairman, Mrs. John Bayley O'Brien.Despite the fact that such an event had never beenattempted before, it displayed an adherence to sched-ule day after day which would at first thought haveappeared impossible when consideration is givento the number involved. Great results are antici-pated for the Schools, since as one person stated,one "see" is as good as a dozen "tells".

"After many years of pushing ahead through the darkness, the first rays of lightseem to be shining beyond the horizon in the fight against infantile paralysis. They arefaint gleams that may light the way to a future that will give reality to our hopes. Theanswer must be given by the American people. By increasing the size of their 1949contributions to the March of Dimes, they will enable important projects to continueand expand, until they reach a much-hoped-for final success." Be sure to make it ineach case a personal contribution, rather than depleting your Chapter Treasury.

A very brief but significant event occurred October 19th, 1948 when I had theprivilege of breaking ground for our new building. This marks another step forwardin the future of our Society and opens facilities untold for the expansion of our contri-butions to the decades yet to come.

I am confident it will prove of interest to every Daughter to learn that a fourth ofthe amount to be raised for our new building has been pledged and a great portion ofthat amount has been paid. Many parts of the structure have been reserved by Statesand Chapters. Our great need now is for potential gifts—money which is not designatedfor parts—that we may be provided with funds for material and labor. Our goal isa contribution from every Daughter.

&kale., a.President General, N. S. D. A. R.

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America's Major ProblemBY HONORABLE KARL E. MUNDT

U. S. Senator elect from South Dakota

WE confront one major problem inAmerica today. There are other col-

lateral problems; there are many thingswhich cause us to ponder seriously as wediscuss public affairs. Above them all,however, ranks the paramount question,what we in America can do and should doto protect our way of life against the ag-gressive advances of Communism.We could get into an interesting discus-

sion about taxes or we could devote aprofitable amount of time and space treat-ing general governmental economics, orsuch problems as the centralization of au-thority in government as contrasted withdepositing it in the hands of our local state,city and county offices. But I think theother problems in America, outside of theone called Communism, shrink into in-significance when we measure up the sizeand scope of our paramount problem. Wecan solve the others provided we can besure that we can retain in the hands ofpatriotic Americans—some Democrats andsome Republicans—the two-party system.We must keep in the operations of that

bi-party system the authority and the func-tions of free men, but that authority andthose functions are being challenged todayboth at home and abroad.We are being challenged much more

seriously than most of us realize and morethan practically any of us are willing toadmit in public. So we live in a sort offool's Paradise, assuming that that whichhas happened to so much of the rest of theworld cannot happen here. But when askedto demonstrate by the book why thosethings which have occurred to plague over320,000,000 people of Europe cannot hap-pen here, we are pretty much at a loss tobe able to spell out why we have this falsesense of security in our country.

Since World War II we have witnessed,in an era of peace, a greater expansion ofconquest than has ever taken place in alike amount of time at any period of historyin the world, regardless of peacetime orwartime.While we have fumbled around in con-

ferences smacking pretty much of appease-ment at Cairo, at Yalta, at Potsdam and atTeheran; as we have moved through thatseries of conferences without winning onesingle, solitary important diplomatic vic-tory, communism, motivated from Moscowand serving Moscow, has moved out fromthe home base—from the place where it waswhen we were allied with it in the war fight-ing a common and hideous enemy, Nazismand Hitler in Germany. It has moved outfrom that position where it stood as an allyof ours with 195,000,000 people in its ranksencompassed in a single country until com-munism completely controls, dominates anddirects the thinking and activities of 320,-000,000 people in Europe gathered togetherin twelve countries instead of one. It hasdone that job against freedom at a timewhen we have still been talking in confer-ences about finding a way in which towork harmoniously and peacefully withthe Communists in Russia.Now, at long last, and very, very, very

late in the game, we have come to realizethat we can no longer afford simply towaste our time at conferences while thisgreat, aggressive Red wave is pushing out-ward from Moscow. For now it is nolonger a question of whether America andRussia can learn to live at peace with eachother; now it is no longer a question ofwhether freedom and free enterprise, aswe practice it in the United States, anddictatorial, Godless communism as prac-ticed in Russia can work together in peace.The paramount question is whether we canlive at peace with twelve countries in Eu-rope directed by fourteen members of thePolitburo who control the CommunistParty of Europe, the Communist Party ofSouth America and the Communist Partyof America because they are all tied intogether and directed by the members ofthe Politburo sitting in the Kremlin inMoscow.We cannot make the problem any easier

by ignoring its dimensions. We cannotsolve the problem of trying to find a wayin which peace can endure by failing to

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face up to the fact that while we have fum-bled the ball diplomatically without a singleimportant success since World War II,the communists have been able to achievetremendous advancement in power andauthority and aggression, not only in theeleven newly acquired countries, but alsohere in the United States, in the westernhemisphere and throughout the world.While it was ugly and unpleasant to have

the conference at Bogota disrupted by aCommunist revolution, it was illuminatinganyhow because it helped to alert a lotof lethargic Americans to the fact thatway down in South America, when fourteenfellows in Moscow wanted to cause con-fusion, they could direct the beginning ofa revolution there which almost brokedown the western hemisphere conferenceat Bogota last winter.

If it did nothing else at that conference(and it didn't do too much else) it helpedto alert Americans who have complacentlygone about their business and pleasures inthe smug satisfaction that what has hap-pened to so many other people can't hap-pen to America, but they don't know why.We are not so sure any more because we

have seen communism moving into ourDepartment of State and into other depart-ments as well. We have seen this unprece-dented situation develop when one Presi-dent has found it necessary in the interestsof national security to ask the FederalBureau of Investigation to check the loyaltyof the appointees of a predecessor of hisown political party. That has never hap-pened in America before and it shouldcause people to think because it was notan easy decision to make.Nor was it an easy thing to arrest, men

working in the State Department who weredelivering the secrets of our Governmentto Moscow so that at times the men in theKremlin actually knew what the Presidentand the Secretary of State were telling ourdiplomatic outposts before we ever com-pletely unscrambled the code at this endto deliver what we thought would be asecret code to our diplomats. If that isn't"having it happen here," then I don't knowwhat is—a full scale, active, insidious Com-munist cell functioning in the State De-partment of the United States in the mostperilous period of our national history.

It took only five functioning Communistcells to overthrow Czechoslovakia. There

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are more than five in America today andwe have others besides the one in theState Department. There are several wellknown cells functioning in some of themajor labor unions in the United States,but I will say that the great bulk of Amer-ican labor is patriotic and is doing a goodjob of throwing the Communists out of theunions to which they belong. In some ofthe labor unions, however, Communistshave set up action cells of the kind KlementGottwald used to destroy freedom inCzechoslovakia. He had five of them andhe got the job well done there in that un-happy country.As I have said, we have them in the State

Department; in the labor unions; out inHollywood and on our college campuses.But we are a bigger and a stronger country.We are better dedicated to the two-partysystem and at no place in the history of theworld have they been able to inject com-munism successfully into a body politicin which that system is functioning. Theyare not likely to succeed here, but at least itbrings home to us the fact that it canhappen. We could see the Communist tech-nique at work this past summer when theyzealously supported the Third Party move-ment in a frantic effort to break this coun-try up into a disorganized community ofweak and futile "splinter parties."

It has been happening to us at a pacejust as fast as the pace at which it has beenhappening to some of the countries ofEurope which today are finding themselveson the verge of collapse and on the vergeof domination by the Communists.

Let us call the roll of the Red area inEurope to know something about whatthe Russians were doing while Americandiplomats were fiddling at conferencesfrom which they could not bring home asingle victory.They picked up Latvia, Lithuania and

Esthonia. The freedoms of those countrieshave been destroyed; their church doorshave been locked and their oppositionleaders have been sent off to Siberia orput in jail and shot. Then they got Yugo-slavia, Albania, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hun-gary, Poland and Czechoslovakia, the lastto go, plus Finland which finds itself sohopelessly entrapped by a neighbor soaggressive and so strong that there isnothing the Finns can do to permanently

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retain their freedom under prevailing worldconditions.

Those are the twelve countries SovietRussia dominates now-320,000,000 Eu-ropeans with all the millions of marchingmen and women; with all of the fleets andair corps, guns and farms and manu-facturing places; with all of the uraniumdeposits from which atomic bombs can bemade and many able scientists who knowhow to make them—that is the situationinto which this challenge has grown inthe time it has taken us to open our eyes!That is the picture I am worried about

because we begin to feel now the hotbreath of communism on our own necksin America. They are making a greatmanifestation of arrogance, if nothing else!And so during the Eightieth Congress we

offered a simple bill to deal with someaspects of communistic activity. Thesepeople call themselves a Communist Party,but it is not a party at all as we under-stand political parties. It is a Commu-nist conspiracy.

Since they chose that title, however, wepropose in the so-called Mundt-Nixon Bill,because of the fact that political partieshave to register their members in most ofthe states of the union—those memberswho perform the functions and promote theprogram of the party—to the Communists:"If you are a political party, you mustregister your members and since you don'tperform the functions of a political party,as do the Democrats and Republicans byresorting to the ballot; and you indulge inintrigue, infiltration, stealth, undergroundmovements and underhanded methods, youmust register in the Department of Justice.Give your names—your correct names,please—your address, where you get yourmoney and how you spend it." That's all.Certainly there is nothing unconstitutionalabout that. Nor about saying to a man,"If you are going to perform as a politicianin a political party, you have got to registeras such."We say to the Communists that since

the Hatch Act applying to political cam-paigns wisely insists that American politi-cal parties label their propaganda and labeltheir broadcasting and identify the sourceof the communication, the Communistsshould label everything they send throughthe mails and beam out over the air wavesas coming from the Communist Party, so

that the source can be known, so you knowwhat it is. Like the label on a patent medi-cine bottle—you know what is inside.Those are primarily the two compunc-

tions we place on the Communist Party.We say that since it, so-styled, is openlyand avowedly trying to destroy our systemof government, we are going to deny anymember of the Communist Party the rightto work on the federal payroll. We can'tsee any reason why, under the AmericanConstitution, taxpayers should be com-pelled to hire an arsonist as chief of thefire department. So we say to the politicalarsonists, "You can't have a job with thefederal government." That is a privilegeof citizenship, not a right.No American citizen can go to Wash-

ington and demand a right to be employedby the federal government. They can passa law that they won't hire us because weare too old or too young; or another re-quiring a certain type of education. Also,they can pass a law that they won't hirea man if he is dedicated to the overthrowof the system of government that pays hissalary check. To make it work this time, weput in a $5000 fine on the fellow who getsa job if he is a Communist and a $5000fine and five years in the penitentiary forthe bureaucrat who appoints him to the job!Then we take one other privilege of citi-

zenship which is not a right and deny itto the Communist—the privilege of travel-ing abroad. All of us can have passportapplications denied if the State Departmentbelieves it is inimical to the interests of thefederal government that we go abroad.We can deny !hem passports to travelabroad because we have discovered thatthey go there to recharge their batteriesand come back with new-fangled Com-munist ideas and tell American secretsover there. We let them go any timethey want to but we deny them the rightto go and come back legally into thiscountry for we think that is a privilege thatshould be denied people who are trying tosell us out in a foreign country.One other section of the bill that causes

the Communists to squirm a great deal issection four, which says this: "It shallhenceforth be unlawful in the UnitedStates for any group of people to conspirefor the purpose of overthrowing our wayof life to establish a totalitarian regime inAmerica which shall be controlled and


dominated from abroad." That's all. Itnever mentions communism.Why do the Communists squirm about

that? Because they know that basicallyand fundamentally the design and the ob-jective of every known Communist leaderin this country is to deliver the area whichhe serves to the domination of Soviet com-munism.

It does not outlaw the party because itstill lets them put their name on the ballot.It still lets them utilize the mails and itgives them the rights and privileges of as-sembly, movement, advocacy, propaganda,picketing and parades. But it says that ifthe courts of law can show there is anybodyin America who is plotting to overthrowthis government, to deliver it abroad, fromnow on the fact that he is a Communist isnot going to exempt him from arrest andpenalty. It brings him under the categorythe same as anybody else. If the shoe fitsthe Communist feet, that is up to them andnot to us.The Communist Party can function in

America under the Mundt-Nixon Bill, pro-vided it cuts the umbilical cord bindingit to Mother Russia. If no such cord can

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be proved to exist, then it is not penalized;if such a cord can be proved to exist, itmust be severed and kept cut or the partyface the penalty for that kind of treason-able activity during peacetime in America.

That, in brief, is what the Mundt-NixonBill provides and it sticks pretty close tothe pots and pans of the Communist Party.So what happened in Czechoslovakia can

happen here in America if too many of usare indifferent or uninformed or if wespend too much time on unprofitablepleasures while the Communists are work-ing steadily at the job of taking over inAmerica. Eternal vigilance is still theprice of freedom in our country in 1949.

NOTE: Hon. Karl Mundt is a native son ofSouth Dakota. Received degrees from CarletonCollege, Northfield, Minn., A.B.; from ColumbiaUniversity, A.M. He has had a wide and variedcareer as a teacher, writer, editor, farmer andbusiness man. Is connected officially with manystate and national organizations. Was elected tothe Seventy-sixth Congress and has been returnedat successive elections by overwhelming majorities.On November 2nd, 1948 Mr. Mundt was electedto the U. S. Senate. Is a member of Un-AmericanActivities and Foreign Affairs Committees of theHouse.

"Where does the idea come from that the government of a nation is obligated tofurnish houses and lodging to its people?

"These ideas did not originate in America, the land of the free. They came fromEurope and from Russia. These ideas have been tried over there. They have neverturned out any results, except colossal failure.

"The only lasting effect of European public housing has been public debt. Theirprojects did not give them more houses, nor eliminate slums, nor provide homes forthe poor.

"However, their experiments did give the Socialists and Communists a free rideto power. Time after time, these political gangs rode to power on public housing pro-grams—so easy was it to promise and spend, promise and spend."

DR. GEORGE S. BENSON,President, Harding College, Searcy, Ark.

Our Colonial Colleges8—The University of Pennsylvania

BY HERBERT G. MOORE

DHILADELPHIA in the middle of the18th century was the largest and per-

haps richest city in the colonies, with itsships sailing the Seven Seas and its greatmercantile houses distributing products farand wide. Philadelphia was also a leaderin the scientific, literary and cultural life ofthe times. It may seem strange that a citythat was sometimes referred to as the"Athens of America" should have beensomewhat remiss in the matter of education.But there were reasons.For one thing, this was a day of oppor-

tunity and few young men were disposedto spend time in the classroom when therewere fortunes to be made in the market.house and the counting-house. Historyshows that periods of prosperity are usuallynot periods of great educational stimulationand cultural growth.More important, perhaps, the influence

of one predominant church was lacking inPennsylvania where freedom of religionhad attracted people of many faiths. Else-where in the colonies the church had estab-lished colleges in order to train men forits pulpits. But in Philadelphia the Quakershad no ministers, and the Episcopalians andCatholics usually imported their clergymen.The rest of the population was scatteredamong so many denominations that no onechurch was strong enough to undertake thetask of preparing a separate and learnedministry. It is true that there were anumber of schoolmasters who conductedclasses in their homes for the children ofthe wealthy, and there were a few elemen-tary schools—the William Penn CharterSchool being one of the early Quaker acad-emies to have survived to this day. Butthere were no institutions of higher learn-ing, and there were no educational facil-ities for the poor in Philadelphia during thefirst half of the century.Nor is it now easy to agree on the actual

date of the founding of the Academy, outof which was to spring the great institutionwhich we today know as the University ofPennsylvania. In his enlightening book,

"History of the University of Pennsyl-vania," Edward Potts Cheyney points outthat "there is probably no more inexactscience" than chronology. While it is nowcustomary to attribute the discovery ofAmerica to Columbus in 1492, we might,he suggests, have attributed it with equaljustification to Leif Ericson in 985. School-boys in America are taught that our na-tional birthday falls on July 4, but Englishschoolboys learn that the United Statesbecame a nation, not in 1776 when we pro-claimed our independence, but in 1783when Great Britain acknowledged it. Indealing with historical matters, much de-pends on the point of view and on theinterpretation given to certain events. Inthe case of the Academy at Philadelphia,there are six years on which the spotlightfalls-1740, 1743, 1749, 1751, 1753, 1755—and an argument might be made out forany one of them as the date of origin. Itso happens that university authorities havenow chosen the earliest year, 1740, andconsequently the Philadelphia institutioncelebrated its bicentennial in 1940. Butlet's turn back the pages.

In 1739 George Whitefield, the outstand-ing evangelist of the religious movementknown as "The Great Awakening," visitedPhiladelphia, and there as elsewhere fromVermont to Georgia he stirred the peopleas no one before him had ever done. Sincethe city then had no building large enoughto accommodate the crowds who wishedto hear him preach and since Whitefieldhimself was greatly interested in charityschools, a plan was evolved that would, itwas hoped, meet both these needs. In July,1740, there appeared the following news-paper advertisement:". . . it hath been thought proper to

erect a large Building for a Charity Schoolfor the instruction of Poor Children gratisin useful Literature and the Knowledgeof the Christian Religion; and also for aHouse of Public Worship, the Houses inthis place being insufficient to contain thegreat numbers who convene on such Occa-

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sions; and it being impracticable to meetin the open air at all times of the year, be-cause of the inclemency of the weather. . . .The Building is actually begun . . . andthe Foundation laid. . . ."The University today chooses to regard

this as the earliest of its several educationaltrusts, and to recognize the promoters asits first trustees. They were 13 in number,and were, for the most part, plain menselected from the middle class—a brick-layer, a weaver, a shoemaker, a carpenter,a few merchants. It was also a non-sec-tarian group, although it is interesting tonote that five of the 13 were Moravians,then so prominent in the province's reli-gious and educational life.

These trustees obtained a tract of groundat Fourth and Arch streets, extending backto the Christ Church burial ground, andthere they erected the largest building inthe city and one that was to be a showplace for many years to come. It was usedby various religious denominations, par-ticularly by a group of dissident Presby-terians, and also as a meeting place forcivic gatherings. But the proposed charityschool was not opened.

It was then that Benjamin Franklin firststepped on the stage. This versatile genius,who was to become the first citizen ofPhiladelphia, had early perceived the needfor higher education, and now in 1743 hedrew up his plans for a college. Thismight well have been selected as theschool's date of origin, except that theproposals were not published and no im-mediate action was taken.But in 1749 Franklin, gaining in re-

nown and influence with each passing year,wrote his "Proposals relating to the Edu-cation of Youth in Pensilvania," and per-suaded a group of citizens to subscribemoney for an academy and "laying aFoundation for Posterity to erect a Sem-inary of Learning more extensive and suit-able to their future circumstances." Frank-lin and Tench Francis, Attorney-Generalof the province, were selected to draw up aconstitution for the school, a documentwhich was duly signed on November 13,1749, by 24 of the largest subscribersacting as trustees. Franklin was electedpresident of the board.A few months later, on February 1, 1750,

these trustees met with the survivingtrustees of the 1740 trust in Mrs. Roberts'

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Coffee House, and purchased the NewBuilding for approximately 775 pounds,which, according to Franklin, representedless than half of its original cost. Whilethe old trustees had been mostly artisans,these new 24 trustees, whom Franklin nowgathered around him, were almost withoutexception prominent men of affairs. Andalthough the school, which they proposedto open, was to be non-sectarian, three-fourths of the new board were Episcopa-lians, and only two were Quakers and onePresbyterian. Thus the old Whitefieldspirit was replaced by Anglican influence,even though the equality of all denomina-tions was recognized.

Instruction did not actually begin until1751. Two years later the first of theProprietary charters was granted, incor-porating the school and clarifying thepowers of the trustees. In 1755 a secondcharter gave college ranking to the school,which now blossomed out under the rathercumbersome handle, "The College, Acad-emy and Charitable School of Philadelphiain the Province of Pennsylvania." As Ed-ward Potts Cheyney states, chronology isan inexact science, and just as a river mayhave several sources, so a number of 18thcentury streams had to meet and merge inorder to form the great 20th century Uni-versity. If we now find it difficult to putour finger on the actual moment of merg-ing, it is not strange. And it's not par-ticularly important as long as we have someunderstanding of the many forces andprocesses involved.To distinguish him from the president

of the board of trustees, the academic headof the institution was given the unusualtitle of provost. And the first man sodesignated was Dr. William Smith, a manwith a keen mind and a positive, if notstubborn, temperament. He was a Scotch-man who had arrived in New York in 1751.The following year he issued a pamphletdescribing an imaginary academy which hecalled "The College of Mirania" and whichembraced Franklin's "Idea of the EnglishSchool." It was probably through thisthat he came to Franklin's attention, andthe latter, after failing to secure Dr. Sam-uel Johnson, invited Dr. Smith to Phila-delphia. He was installed as master toteach "Logick, Rhetorick, Ethicks and Natu-ral Philosophy," at first "upon trial," thenas provost at a salary of 200 pounds a


year, plus an additional grant of 50 poundsfrom the Proprietaries who believed hisappointment would favor the interests ofthe colony. This was an important mile-stone in the history of the institution, andin June, 1755, the newspapers reportedthat a "College in the most extensive senseof the, word is erected in this city andadded to that collection of Schools for-merly called the Academy."Looking back now from our present

vantage point, it is interesting to note threefactors of historical importance. First, thesupreme power was vested in the trustees,which made the provost and faculty mem-bers mere figureheads and which wasseriously to impede the institution's earlyprogress. Second, the trustees were drawnlargely from among the mercantile princes,the majority of whom were more attachedto the Proprietors in England than to thepeople in Pennsylvania. We must under-stand that in those days there was a verywide gulf separating the upper class fromthe middle class, and a still wider gulf be-tween the middle class and those poverty-stricken individuals living on the lowerfringe of society. Finally, the charter re-quired the Provost, Vice-Provost, Trusteesand professors to take the oaths of su-premacy and allegiance to the BritishCrown, and this at a time when the ties be-tween the colonies and the mother countrywere becoming increasingly strained.The New Building was promptly re-

modeled for school use, being convertedinto a two-story structure with the firstfloor divided into rooms for each of theseparate "Schools"—the Latin School, theEnglish School, the Mathematics School, aswell as the College's two dependencies, theAcademy and the Charity School. But theCollege still did not offer a "collegiate wayof living" as did most of the other colonialinstitutions, the students being obliged tolive at home or to board in private homes.Two of the professors, therefore, were sentto Princeton to study the arrangementsand rates at Nassau Hall, and as a resultin 1765 the College at Philadelphia openedits first dormitory, containing 16 roomsaccommodating 50 boarders "without beingmore crowded than in the Jersey College."Mrs. Kinnersley, wife of Professor EbenezerKinnersley, tried to look after the boysquartered there, sending for the youngerones twice a week "to have their heads

combed." But the venture was not anunqualified success, the building was soonleased to an outsider, and no other dor-mitory was erected during the colonialperiod.The first Commencement was held in

May, 1757, when seven young men gradu-ated. These ceremonies became very popu-lar in a city where public entertainmentswere not too frequent, and large gatheringsof people were attracted to hear the ora-tions in Latin and English, to listen to theheated debates, and to see the diplomashanded to the graduates and the honorarydegrees awarded to the distinguished, andsometimes not so distinguished, citizenswho were annually selected. In fact, thelatter became so numerous that in 1762the Trustees restricted the practice on theground that "the College must lose Reputa-tion by Conferring too many HonoraryDegrees." Perhaps a similar resolutionmight well be adopted by some of ourpresent-day universities.The College at Philadelphia, as all other

colonial institutions, was plagued withfinancial troubles from the beginning.Higher education, it was found, would notpay for itself, but must be subsidized insome way. With annual expenses duringthe pre-Revolutionary period amounting toabout 2,000 pounds, with less than 200students paying only four pounds a yeareach, and with a hundred or more pupilsin the Charity School paying nothing, itwas hard to make both ends meet. So theTrustees resorted to lotteries, and between1757 and 1764 there were seven drawings,netting slightly more than 9,000 pounds.But there were objections to lotteries on

moral grounds, and in 1762 the Trustees,seeking less questionable means of raisingfunds, sent Provost Smith to England andScotland to solicit contributions fromthose who wished to show "their benefi-cence and good will to anything calculatedfor the Benefit of these Colonies." Despitethe fact that he met with considerable com-petition from James Jay, who was therefor the same purpose on behalf of King'sCollege in New York, Smith returned aftera stay of two and a half years with col-lections of about 12,000 pounds Pennsyl-vania currency, including gifts from KingGeorge III, Thomas Penn, Lady Curzon,the Princess Dowager of Wales, the Dukeof Newcastle and William Pitt. This gen.

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erosity from across the Atlantic was agodsend at this critical time.

But, of course, it served to strengthenstill further the bonds linking the insti-tution with the old country, and this was toraise fresh problems as the spirit of inde-pendence spread among the people. Frank-lin had left for England on his mission forthe Provincial Assembly in 1757, and fromthat date on spent much of his time abroadso that the College was deprived of hisdirect influence after the first eight years.And Provost Smith's intimacy with thePenns, his Anglicanism and his Tory sym-pathies aligned him on the side of "Pro-prietary Interest and Power" as opposedto "Popular Liberty."From the very beginning Smith had

taken an active part in local politics. In1755 we find him deploring the existenceof an almost purely republican governmentin the province, and advocating an oathof allegiance from all members of theAssembly, which would have excluded theQuakers from that body, and a planwhereby the suffrage would have beenwithheld from the people until they hadlearned the English language, which wouldhave disenfranchised the considerableGerman population for a time. And, ofcourse, he continually opposed taxing theProprietors' estates.

In 1756 he was accused of using his posi-tion to teach doctrines inconsistent with theconstitution and the rights of the province,although this was not proved. In 1758,however, both he and Judge William Moorewere charged with making "false, scan-dalous, virulent and seditious libel" againstthe Provincial Assembly. Both were sentto jail where Smith was permitted to con-tinue his classes. So we are treated to thestrange picture of the dignified CollegeProvost giving his lectures on Moral Phi-losophy from behind the bars of the oldjail at Sixth and Walnut streets. It wasfinally necessary for Smith to appeal tothe Crown, which gained for him his releasebut no damages for his period of incar-ceration.

It might be supposed that the Trusteeswould have objected to these political activ-ities on the part of their Provost. But ap-parently such was not the case, for evenafter Smith emerged from his cell the boardtook occasion to compliment him on his"great abilities and the satisfaction he had

given them in the faithful discharge of hisduties."But there was one gentleman who had

early chosen his side and never wavered—Benjamin Franklin. He was abroad at thistime, of course, and was no longer presi-dent of the board, but he made his positionunmistakably clear in a letter written fromLondon on July 28, 1759, to ProfessorKinnersley:"Before I left Philadelphia everything to

be done in the Academy was privately pre.concerted in a cabal, without my knowl-edge or participation, and accordingly car-ried into execution. The scheme of publicparties made it seem requisite to lessen myinfluence wherever it could be lessened.The Trustees had reaped the full advan-tage of my head, hands, heart and pursein getting through the first difficulties ofthe design, and when they thought theycould do without me they laid me aside."

There followed many attacks on Frank-lin. Smith charged him with claiming ashis work electrical inventions which shouldhave been credited to Kinnersley, althoughKinnersley himself vehemently denied this.And William Allen, Chief Justice of Penn-sylvania and one of the College Trustees,in referring to Franklin in 1763, said:"I can assure you that he is a man so

turbulent and such a plotter as to be ableto embroil the three kingdoms if he everhave an opportunity."Perhaps Allen had an even greater re-

spect for Franklin's "turbulence" and hisability as a "plotter" when 15 years laterhe (Allen) found himself in exile in Eng-land and Franklin was American ministerto France and a national hero.

It might be concluded from all this thatFranklin was the only real patriot con-nected with the Academy and College.That would be most unfair, for this school'scontribution to the cause was as great asthat of any other colonial institution.Twenty men from its Trustees, faculty andgraduate body were members of the Con-tinental Congress and nine of them wereSigners of the Declaration. Mifflin, Mor-gan, Dickson, Muhlenberg, Cadwalader,Anthony Wayne, Tilghman, Morris, Ship-pen, Potts—all these and more playedheroic parts in the military forces. Thereis glory for all in this magnificent record.But admittedly there were some Toriesamong the Trustees who withdrew to the

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British lines, and there were a numberwho tried to straddle. One professor evenadvised Washington to surrender. AndSmith himself carefully avoided any sharein the movement for independence.As early as 1775 provincial troops began

occupying the college buildings, and inJanuary, 1777, we find the provost com-plaining that "before we could well clearaway the Dirt and Filth left by one Set ofSoldiers and meet again in our places an-other set has been forced upon us." Sixmonths later the College suspended, andby September the British occupied Phila-delphia_, converting the college buildingsinto a hospital. It was not until January 9,1779, that it was announced: "The differ-ent Schools of the College and Academy. . . are open for the education of Youthupon the usual plan."But this announcement was a little pre-

mature, as events were to prove. For theLegislature, now completely in the handsof patriots, had no intention of continuinga charter that required an oath of al-legiance to the British Crown, or thatwould leave the institution "in the handsof dangerous and disaffected men." Bythe Act of 1779 which it now passed, theold Board of Trustees and faculty weredissolved, new members were required totake oaths to the Commonwealth of Penn-sylvania_, and, to make the transition com-plete, the name of the institution waschanged from the "College of Philadel-phia' to the "University of the State ofPennsylvania?'Thus closed the colonial period of this

historic school. But stormy days wereahead, and we cannot leave it until we haveseen it safely on the firmer footing of the19th century. To replace the old board,24 new trustees were appointed, six of thembeing state officials who took their seatsex-officio, six of them representing each ofthe principal religious denominations, and12 of them being named from among theprominent citizens. It is rather curiousthat in Quaker Philadelphia, the Quakers,having no ministers, had no representation.As for Smith, he was left out in the cold,but he was reluctant to turn over the sealand keys of the College and to give up pos-session of the Provost's House, and it wasnearly a year before Dr. John Ewingcould be properly installed as the secondhead of the institution.

The enrollment was about 250 studentsin the Academy, the College and theMedical School, and with a completely re-organized and enlarged faculty and abroadened curriculum, the University gotoff to a promising start. Once again theCommencement exercises became popularannual events in the city. In 1782 Wash-ington and most of the members of Con-gress were present, and the following yearthe honorary degree of LL.D. was con-ferred upon the Father of His Country for"joining the wreath of Science to theLaurels of the Hero."But Smith and some of the die-hards of

the old board refused to accept their ousteras legal. They kept up a ten-year fightand, strange as it may seem, they finallyscored a victory in 1789 when a more con-servative Legislature repealed those partsof the Act of 1779 which had deprived theold Trustees of the property which they hadpossessed, or, to be more accurate, whichthey had held in trust. Smith again as-sumed the post of provost of the Collegeand moved back into the old quarters atFourth and Arch streets.But the Legislature by its action had

merely revived the old College without dis-solving the new University, so that now inreality there were, not one, but two insti-tutions based upon the same foundation.With the College re-possessing its oldquarters, the University moved temporar-ily into "The Lodge," erected some timebefore by the Masons, but soon found amore suitable arrangement in the buildingof the Philosophical Society on FifthStreet across from Independence Hall.

It was during this dual existence of theinstitution that the greatest of its foundersdied—Benjamin Franklin. Of course, hisassociation with the school had not beenaltogether happy. Many of his proposalshad been overruled; many of his educa-tional goals had not been realized. Eventhe provost had been a bitter disappoint-ment to him, and perhaps more than oncehe regretted having recommended him forthe post. And for more than 30 years hehad been cruelly vilified by some of hiscolleagues on the board and among thefaculty. But death is a great healer, andnow these very men, who had opposed himwhile living, suddenly realized that thenation had lost its great statesman, the cityits first citizen, and the institution its best

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friend. For once the provosts and vice-provosts and faculties and trustees of boththe College and the University forgot theirdifferences and marched side-by-side in theprocession that led to the grave at Fifthand Arch streets, just one short block fromthe site of the old Academy and College.And generation after generation have fol-lowed them to that hallowed plot to paysilent tribute to one of America's greatestsons.One other event of that year deserves

mention here, for it was one that undoubt-edly would have gladdened the heart ofFranklin who fought so long to make theAcademy a training-ground for useful citi-zenship. On December 15, 1790, the firstlaw lecture was given in the hall of theCollege by James Wilson before a dis-tinguished audience which included Presi-dent and Mrs. Washington, Vice PresidentAdams and many members of Congress.This was the start of today's splendid LawSchool of the University of Pennsylvania,and from this first course came the firstof the long line of Philadelphia lawyersto take their places beside the already im-pressive group of Philadelphia doctors.But difficult as had been the troubles

of first the College and then the University,even more difficult were the troubles ofthe two operating as rivals. In fact, it wasan intolerable situation, and within twoyears a consolidation was effected, theinitiative having been taken by the twoinstitutions themselves. By act of the Leg-islature on September 13, 1791, the titlewas shortened to the University of Penn-sylvania, and each of the old schools waspermitted to elect 12 members to the newBoard of Trustees. Dr. Smith was some-what of a problem, but he was finally easedout, with Dr. Ewing becoming Provost andDr. John Andrews Vice-Provost.Thus began a new life for the Univer-

sity, but there were still difficult timesahead. In fact, the next two or threedecades were to mark what Edward PottsCheyney describes as a period of "lowwater." There were several reasons forthis. For one thing, Presbyterians andBaptists and Anglicans and Congregation-alists. usually flocked to the institutionswhich they had founded and supported.But Pennsylvania, being non-sectarian, hadno such following.

Furthermore, new colleges were con-

stantly being founded—Dickinson at Car-lisle, Pa., Franklin College at Lancaster,Pa., a new academy in the western part ofthe state that was to become the Universityof Pittsburgh, Washington College inMaryland, and the new state universities ofGeorgia and North and South Carolina.Thus the competition was becoming evenkeener, and that in an age that was notknown for great academic interest.

Another factor was the lack of a "col-legiate way of living," which took awaysome of the thrill of going to college. Theold colonial dormitory had not been re-stored after the Revolution, and studentslived at home or in scattered boardinghouses, missing the close intimacy ofcampus life.

Finally, the administrative organizationof the University was a handicap then, andcontinued to be until quite recent times.At other colonial colleges the president wasall-important, the institution oftentimes re-flecting the brilliance of its leader. But atPennsylvania the Trustees held the reins,and the provost was a mere employee,obliged to take orders from men who werenot educators and who could not knowconditions at close range. And while theprovost and other faculty members might—and frequently did—voice their opinions,these usually had to be sent by mail andrarely received any consideration. As Ed-ward Potts Cheyney expresses it:"It was a serious deficiency that she (the

University) had no president, a personagethat has played so characteristic and in-fluential a part in the history of otherAmerican colleges and universities. TheProvost in no way took the place of aresponsible president. . . . He had neitherpower nor real responsibility."

It was partly in the hope that new sur-roundings might instill new life into theinstitution that the University moved intoa new home at the turn of the century.This building was on Ninth Street betweenMarket and Chestnut streets, and had beenerected originally by the Legislature at acost of $100,000 as the home of PresidentWashington. But it had not been completedin time, and President Adams politely de-clined to occupy it, probably because whathad been intended as a gift to Washingtonwas offered to him on a lease basis. TheUniversity purchased it and the surround-ing ground at public auction for $41,650.

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There the school was to remain until itsmove to its present location in West Phila-delphia in 1873. And there it was to ex-perience the beginnings of the renaissancethat was to lift the University of Pennsyl-vania to the forefront of American insti-tutions of higher learning.

Whether the University will move to stillanother site is something for the future todisclose. Benjamin Franklin originallyrecommended a location in the countrywhere there would be facilities for "run-ning, leaping, wrestling and swimming."And in recent years there has been a strongmovement on foot to transfer at least theundergraduate departments to a site nearValley Forge. But the difficulties in movinga modern university are almost insurmount-able, and Pennsylvania has now launcheda program of expansion on its presentcrowded campus.

But even though the University today isstill somewhat handicapped by its locationin a congested metropolis, it has in mostother respects reached the goals that Frank-lin set for it. As early as 1765 the Col-lege had offered medical courses, actuallythe first medical school in North America.And this first medical faculty included fourimmortals in the history of medicine—Dr.John Morgan, Dr. William Shippen, Jr.,Dr. Benjamin Rush and Dr. Adam Kuhn.In 1768 it inaugurated the first Department

of Botany in the United States. In morerecent times the University has added tothis impressive list of "firsts"—the firstteaching hospital, 1874; the first univer-sity school of business (the Wharton Schoolof Finance and Commerce), 1881; the firstpsychological clinic, 1896; the first de-partment of research medicine, 1910; andthe first comprehensive graduate schoolof medicine, 1919.Today the University's splendid under-

graduate and graduate departments aretraining young men and young women tobe better and more useful citizens, and theamount and quality of the research workbeing carried on in the various laboratoriesare helping to make this a finer world inwhich to live. These were the goals forwhich Benjamin Franklin fought; thesewere the ideals first visualized in colonialtimes and only fully realized in the 20thcentury. To the Colonial Fathers and totheir descendants over two centuries oftime, to those who planned and to thosewho built, the University of Pennsylvanianow stands as a noble monument. It is arecord of which the tens of thousands ofsons of the Red and Blue can be justlyproud today.(The writer is indebted to Edward Potts

Cheyney and his book, "History of the Universityof Pennsylvania," in the preparation of thisarticle.)

"I wish to state that a mighty change has come in the affairs of our city, and ourideals are utterly unlike those of our leaders in a previous generation. When I was aboy it was considered not only safe but honorable to create an estate, so that almost allmen of standing wished to add to their possessions and felt a certain dignified honorin prospering. But now one must apologize for any success in business as if it werethe utter violation of the moral law, so that today it is worse to seem to prosper thanto be an open criminal. Criminals can get off with a small punishment or pardon, butthere is no escape for the prosperous, as they are doomed to utter destruction. You canfind more men banished for their wealth than criminals punished for their crimes."

From an address by Isocrates in the year 354 B. C.

Ancient Greeks Had Their MethodsBy E. E. Patton

"Breathes there a man with soul so deadWho never to himself hath saidThis is my own, my native land?"

THE ancient Greeks had a method bywhich they could get rid of trouble-

makers and objectionable characters; theycould hold an election of the qualifiedvoters and if a majority could be obtained,they could banish or ostracize a man—that is, they could send him out of thecountry. They voted by writing the nameof the objectionable one on an oy.ter shell,which in the Greek was "ostrakon." Theremight have been some injustices done, butI sometimes wish that we might have sucha system here. We could ship some ofour local Communists back to the land ofJoey Staleenski. It would be perfectlysatisfactory for them to be Communistsover there; but not over HERE.During World War I, several applicants

were examined in federal court in Knox-ville on their applications to become Amer-ican citizens. Because of the war, theattorney general was just a little morecareful than on ordinary occasions. Onequestion that was asked of all applicants.was this: "In the event of war betweenthe U. S. and the country from which youcame, would you fight for the UnitedStates?" This question was put to a youngArmenian and he answered it with twowords: "Most gladly." No one coulddoubt his sincerity or suspect that hewould ever betray this country.But WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE

AN AMERICAN? This can perhaps bebetter answered by a foreigner than by anative American who has never knownwhat injustice and oppression are.Our government has been forced to go

through its various departments in Wash-ington with a fine-tooth comb and rid ourgovernmental service of those who aredisloyal to our form of government. Thereis no criticism of this except from a fewcrackbrains who are more loyal to somedictatorial foreign government than theyare to our own. The only criticism thatloyal Americans could possibly make isthat it has been too long delayed.

Strictly speaking, all of us are foreign-ers, and our loyalty is not to be measuredby the length of time that our ancestorshave been here but by how loyal and patri-otic they have been and how loyal andpatriotic we are today. That is the stand-ard by which we are to be measured.But it is all too true that countless thou-

sands have come to our shores within re-cent years and after being here about sixmonths would get a bath, change theirnames and begin an agitation and form aconspiracy to destroy our present form ofgovernment. The lamentable thing aboutit all is that in far too many instances ourcourts have condoned this very thing bypermitting these governmental saboteursto remain in this country.Through our charity and generosity we

have admitted millions of immigrants toour shores. Most of them have becomeloyal citizens of this country; have helpedto promote its progress and have fought forit in time of war. But there is anotherside to the picture for, unfortunately, thishas not been true with all of them.The Book of Ruth contains the finest

example in the world of loyalty to anadopted country. Naomi, her husband andtwo sons had gone into a neighboringcountry on account of a famine in theirhomeland. There the two sons marriedMoabite women. In the course of time,Naomi's husband and her two sons died.She decided to return to her native landand her daughters-in-law started with heron the return journey.She advised them to go back and one

of them did turn back and remain in herown land, but not so Ruth. She said toher mother-in-law:

"Entreat me not to leave thee or toreturn from following after thee, forwhither thou goest, I will go; and wherethou lodgest, I will lodge; thy peopleshall be my people, and thy God, myGod. Where thou diest will I die andthere will I be buried. May the Lorddo so to me, and more also, if aughtbut death part thee and me."

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She became the ancestress of David andJesus. That was fame secured throughloyalty personified.

If any doubts come to you about the

honor, honesty, integrity and fair dealingof your country, read the last three pagesof "A Man Without a Country." Thatwill heal you and cure you of any doubts.

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The First Prayer Offered in ContinentalCongress of the United States

The First Prayer Offered in ContinentalCongress of the United States by the Rev-erend Jacob Dutcher."0 Lord, our Heavenly Father, high and

almighty King of Kings and Lord of Lords,who dost from Thy throne behold all thedwellers of the earth and reignest withpower, supreme and uncontrolled over allkingdoms, empires and governments, lookdown in mercy we beseech Thee on theseAmerican states who have fled to Thee fromthe rod of the oppressor and thrown them-selves on Thy gracious protection, desir-ing to be henceforth dependent only onThee.To Thee they have appealed for the

righteousness of their cause: to Thee theynow look up for the countenance and sup-port which Thou alone canst give. Takethem, therefore, Heavenly Father, underThy nurturing care. Give them wisdomin council and valor in the field. Defeatthe malicious designs of our adversaries:convince them of the unrighteousness of

their cause and if they still persist in san-guinary purposes, 0 let the voice of Thyunerring justice, sounding in their heartsconstrain them to drop the weapons ofwar from their unnerved hands in the dayof battle.Be Thou present, 0 God of Wisdom, and

direct the councils of this honorable as-sembly. Enable them to settle things onthe best and surest foundation, that thescenes of blood may be speedily closed andorder, harmony and peace be restored andtruth and justice, religion and piety pre-vail and flourish among the people. Pre-serve the breath of their bodies and thevigor of their minds. Shower down onthem and the millions they represent suchtemporal blessings as Thou seest expedientfor them in this world and crown themwith everlasting glory in the world to•come.

All this we ask in the name and throughthe merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son andSaviour. Amen."

Utopia on the WabashBY CLARENCE BILFFFMAN

rilWO bluish-gray slabs of limestone lieon a lawn in New Harmony, Indiana.

Originally, they were one immense block,but some mischievous boys, on a Halloweenprank, dropped the heavy stone, as theywere carrying it, and broke it into twoparts. Little did they realize that block oflimestone had once held the inhabitants ofthe town in breathless reverence. No doubtthey laughed when "Gabriel's Footprints"fell and broke.For such is the name that still clings to

these slabs of rock, even though no longerbound together. One fragment bears thetracing of a square figure, which occupiesthe center. On the other, the imprint oftwo feet and the tracing of a scroll appear.The impressions seem to have been madeby a man standing erect with the heelsdrawn in and the left foot advanced a littlebeyond its mate. The celebrated travelerand ethnologist, H. R. Schoolcraft, sawthese imprints in 1821. He believed theywere caused by a man not accustomed towearing European shoes.George Rapp, zealous communal leader

of New Harmony at the time of School.craft's visit, had a far different opinion.The Angel Gabriel, he declared, had oncestood on the rock when it lay near theWabash River, which borders the town.The heavenly visitor had come down todeliver a message to him. So complete wasFather Rapp's control over his flock theyreadily believed Gabriel had revealed tohim the speedy ending of the world. (An-other report affirms that Father Rapp wastold to move his society from the Wabash.)Eagerly, no doubt, they crowded aroundthe rock as their sturdy chief pointed outthe miraculous footprints.

George Rapp was a German. For thirtyyears of his life, after his birth in Wurttem-berg in 1757, he had lived as vinedresserand farmer. Then came a revelation and hebegan to preach the early coming of Christand the dual nature of Adam. Adam, heaffirmed, had at the beginning of the worldcontained both the male and female naturewithin himself. The fall of man broughtabout the division and the creation of the

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female part. This idea caused Rapp tobelieve that celibacy was more pleasing toGod than the married state.

Persecution followed Rapp and his fol-lowers in. Germany on account of theirstrange doctrines. Finally, in 1803, hewith several associates left for the NewWorld to locate a spot where his societycould start a community in which theycould enjoy religious freedom. Rapp wasnow about forty-five, full of energy andhealth. They selected a site in Pennsyl-vania and the next fall three ships, the"Aurora," "Atlantic," and "Margaretta,"brought •over 125 families of Rapp's ad-herents. About one-third of these emi-grants helped form another settlement, butsix hundred persons remained with Rappto found Harmony.The tract consisted of 5,000 acres of

unimproved land. Working with unbe-lievable zeal under Rapp's direction, thesettlers soon erected comfortable homes;sawmill, tannery, storehouse, and distillerysprang up. Temperance, however, was al-

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ways a rule of the Rappites and even theuse of tobacco was forbidden.

Celibacy began in the Rappite settlementin 1807. Those, who were already married—and there were many—were put in dif-ferent establishments. So great was theauthority of George Rapp, whom his peopleregarded as a prophet, that the rule wasstrictly kept except by a few young couples.These eloped and deserted the enterprise.A "community of equality" by which allpossessions were held in common wasformed.The Rappites prospered. In 1809 they

raised, among other things, 6,000 bushelsof Indian corn, 4,000 bushels of wheat,4,000 bushels of rye, 5,000 bushels of oats,10,000 bushels of potatoes, and 4,000pounds of flax and hemp. The next yearthey erected a woolen factory. The com-munity included about 800 persons andhad 2,000 acres under cultivation.One great blot lies on the record of those

successful years. Because John, GeorgeRapp's son, disobeyed the rule concerningcelibacy, his father had caused his death.Perhaps John's death may have been onereason for the elder Rapp's deciding to leadhis people to another home. No doubt, inthe old surroundings, it was hard to forgetthat tragedy.

However, the present location was not anadvantageous one. The Rappites were adozen miles from navigation; the land wasnot suitable for fruit growing, an industryin which they wished to engage heavily,and the climate was not a congenial one.In 1813, Frederick Rapp, adopted son .ofFather Rapp, was sent West to seek a betterhome.

Frederick travelled all over the landalong the Ohio and at last selected a spoton the Wabash River, about fifty milesfrom its mouth. It was a beautiful regionand, in addition to 20,000 acres of govern-ment land, he bought about 10.000 acresmore. The latter was improved farms lyingnear. The Rappites sold their possessionsin Pennsylvania at a sacrifice for $100.000to a man named Ziegler. Still the sellingprice meant a gain of $85,000. A largeparty of Rappites was sent ahead and beganclearing the land on the Wabash. That wasin 1814.The next spring several boatloads of

these German peasants, clad in the cos-tumes of the Fatherland, came up the

Wabash River one day, when the red budwas pink along its banks. Landing on thesite of their new city, which was likewisecalled Harmony, they knelt about theirleader and, with song and prayer, dedicatedtheir new home to Christian uses. Theywere thousands of miles from their child-hood haunts in Germany and seemingly cutoff from the rest of the world, yet LordByron, in his poem, "Don Juan," men-tioned their rule of celibacy, which theycarried with them from Pennsylvania.Good fortune was still with the Rappites.

The new land was far richer than that whichthey had left. A great island of 3,000acres just across from the town suppliedpasture for the flocks. The river furnishedpower for a gristmill. An entire block ofbusiness establishments soon was in opera-tion—a silk factory in charge of FatherRapp's daughter Rosina, a brewery, a saw-mill, a woolen mill, a brick-yard, a hattery,shoe factories, etc. In some of the smallerplaces the power was furnished by a tread-mill operated by dogs. The Rappites hadstores in St. Louis, Vincennes, and Shaw-neetown ; their agents were in several cities,also. The community sold their productsthroughout the Mississippi Valley—theirbarges went down to distant New Orleans.Among the first buildings erected was a

large frame church that had a belfry witha clock striking the hours and quarters.In a few years an immense brick structuretook its place. (Its plan, it is said, wasrevealed to Rapp in a dream.) It wasbuilt in the shape of a Greek cross andhad four entrances. Pillars of solid treessupported the roof. A door of that churchis now the west door of a schoolhouse inthe town. It was designed by Frederick.The rose with the carved Biblical inscrip-tion can still be seen. In the Lutheran edi-tion, the words from Micah read: "Untothee shall come the golden rose, the firstdominion."Some of the Rappite homes were frame

houses or log cabins. Those of brick hadframes made of heavy timbers, and cementand brick filled the space between weather-boarding and plaster. The one luxurioushome belonged to George Rapp and hadturrets, gables, two lightning rods, and lacecurtains. Not far from it was a buildingconnected with Rapp's home by a secrettunnel. This building was intended for afort, but was always used for peaceful pur-


poses. Several community houses, ac-commodating from sixty to eighty persons,were erected. A sun-dial was on one ofthem and may still be seen.Not far from the cruciform church lay

the Maze or Labyrinth. According to anearly report, it was "arranged with suchintricacy that, without some Daedalus tofurnish a clue, one might walk for hoursand fail to reach a building erected at thecenter." This horticultural design of vinesand shrubs was constructed about a sum-mer-house, rough on the outside, but beau-tifully furnished within. By means of theLabyrinth, George Rapp wanted to teachhis followers that harmony could be at-tained only after difficulty and hardship.The Rappites labored twelve hours a day.

They cut down dense forests, erected themany buildings, drained swamps, andworked in the various business establish-ments, vineyards, or orchards. Theymarched to the fields, two abreast, to themusic of a band. (On summer eveningsthis band played the old German hymns inthe public garden.) Women as well asmen toiled in the fields. With only a sickle,the .sturdy Rappites harvested 100 acresof wheat in a day.

Religious services were held on Sundayand Thursday with Father Rapp alwaysoccupying the pulpit. A Sunday Schoolwas conducted, also. The church possessedtwo bells, one being rung to call the peopleto work, the other to summon them to theservices. Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, andGood Friday were the only religious daysobserved, but February 15th, which wasthe anniversary of the founding of thesociety, Harvest Home, and an autumnal"Lord's Supper" were celebrated, also.Father Rapp required that every person,who had sinned during the day, shouldcome to him in the evening and confess.Quarrels that had occurred must be settledthat same day.

George Rapp seemed like one of the OldTestament patriarchs. He was almost sixfeet in height, possessed a great beard,and walked in stately fashion. He main-tained a group of advisers to help himmanage, but he really was the supremepower. The Rappites kept no records, andconflicting reports concerning him havecome down to posterity. One version sayshe was a man of stone, dishonest, greedy.He was an impostor, breaking the rules he

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imposed upon his followers. The otheraccount says he was honest, possessed acheerful and kindly manner, and had asympathetic and plain-spoken way of talk-ing with the Harmonists about their slight-est difficulties. Yet even the favorable re-ports declare he played upon the super-stitions of his fellow-peasants.

His assistant in the leadership was Fred-erick, who for many years was businessmanager for the Rappites. Frederick wasboth intelligent and well-educated. His in-fluence upon George Rapp caused the peo-ple to enjoy some amusement. His artisticsense brought nearly all the beauty toHarmony, a lovely place in a forest ofblack locust trees. Tables and benchesstood in the orchards, and vases filled withflowers rested on every factory machine.Frederick was the one who caused Har-mony to have business and political con-nections with the world outside. He was amember of the convention, that met underthe wide-spreading limbs of the famouselm at Corydon, to draw up the first con-stitution for Indiana, just before that ter-ritory became a state. Later he was amember of the state legislature and servedupon the committee that located the statecapital at Indianapolis.

Although the Rappites prospered in theirnew home on the Wabash, malaria killedmany of them the first five years. They re-mained for ten and so thoroughly did theyestablish healthful conditions that the lastyear of their stay only two of the com-munity died. The funerals took place inthe evening in the presence of only FatherRapp and a few elders. The cemetery wasonce an Indian burying-ground. FatherRapp performed the services. Flowers, in-cluding turkey beard, buckwheat, foxglove,and wild oat, were cast into the open grave,which immediately was sodded over levelwith the ground. No marker distinguishedthe graves, but a plan was kept, showingthe location of every burial.

About the time George Rapp settled Har-mony, Robert Owen, a wealthy philanthro-pist, was making drastic changes in themills at New Lanark, Scotland. Born inWales of humble parents in 1771, he wentto London at the age of ten And became anapprentice to a draper. He worked invarious establishments, saving his moneyand reading five hours every day. After atime he became a partner in a mill at


Manchester. While living there, Owen wasthe cause of investigations that formedthe basis for Sir Robert Peel's bills to re-lieve the conditions of the laboring classes.

Laboring conditions were wretched atthat time in Great Britain. The peoplewere debased and, angry at their superiorsfor their suffering, frequently started riotsagainst the factory owners. Owen was con-cerned especially with the children em-ployed in factories. They worked longhours, never being given a chance to getan education. Flogging was common andthey had neither moral nor religious in-struction. Many died every year fromthe miserable life they lived.Through meeting a Miss Dale, daughter

of David Dale, who was the owner of agreat manufacturing establishment in NewLanark, Scotland, Owen became interestedin the mills there and, with several othermen, bought them from Mr. Dale. Hemarried Miss Dale and began the greatreforms in New Lanark that brought himfame. He requested Parliament to passbills making life better for factory children.He appealed, also, to the rulers of Europe,meeting in a convention at Aix-la-Chapelle.In his crusade for the betterment of thedowntrodden workers, the little Welshmanantagonized many people.

, His partners hampered Owen in his re-forms in the Lanark mills and finally hesold out his interest to them. His religiousopinions, also, differed widely from thoseheld by most people in England in thosedays and he was called an infidel. Aboutthis time Richard Flower, a prominentsettler at Albion

' Illinois not far from

Harmony, arrived in England, authorizedby George Rapp to sell the Rappite estate.(Flower's granddaughter wrote the hymn,"Nearer My God to Thee.") Owen, anxiousto find a place where he could carry outhis plans in perfect freedom—make "a newmoral world"—bought it for $150,000.The bargain was closed in the spring of1825. The new leader was quite differentin his nature from George Rapp, beingimpetuous, nervous, and broad-minded.

Again the Rappites sold at a sacrifice, butthey made a large profit over their invest-ment of ten years before. Various reasonshave been given for their wanting to moveagain—fever, ague, unpleasant neighbors,and great distance from markets. A chief

reason was said to be the increasing wealthof the colonists. Rapp, it was averred,feared this comfort and prosperity wouldmake the people rebellious of his authority.They needed pioneer work to keep themhappy and busy.Once more a Rappite group went ahead

to find and prepare a new home for themajority left behind. As has been said,the Rappites kept no records, but under astairway in Community House NumberTwo there is this statement, written inGerman: "In the twenty-fourth of May,1824, we have departed. Lord, with thygreat help and goodness, in body and soulprotect us."The Rappites left in detachments, going

up the Ohio in a steamboat. This timethey settled on the Ohio, eighteen milesbelow Pittsburgh and not far from theirfirst town. They called their newest homeEconomy. Here another Maze was de-signed; here at the request of Frederick,lover of the beautiful, a museum waserected. Again Father Rapp had the onlyimposing private dwelling. The factoriesflourished and gradually the leader retiredfrom strenuous work, spending part of histime raising oranges in his greenhouse orcaring for his wild deer in their compound.A secession took place through the artificeof a German adventurer, but Economy con-tinued to do well.Then one day, what was left of Frederick

was found in a forest beneath a fallentree. The windy April day may havecaused the tree to fall, but reports said hehad been murdered because his views be-gan to differ from his foster father's.Finally one hot day in August, 1847,Father Rapp himself died and gradually thecommunity disintegrated.

Back in Harmony, Robert Owen changedthe name of the town to New Harmony.People flocked to the place to occupy thehouses left vacant by the Rappites. Twicein 1825 Owen spoke before Congress con-cerning his plans to reform the world. ThePresident, several cabinet members, theSupreme Court, and other noted peoplewere present. He exhibited his rectangularplan of the perfect city, also. In othercities he gave similar addresses. Environ-ment, he believed, would make saints;heredity was of little consequence. NewHarmony became the general subject of


discussion over the entire country. Beforelong, other similar communities were es-tablished.Owen gave his first address in New

Harmony on April 17, 1825. Into theformer great church room of the Rappites,now called the hall of Harmony, thepeople flocked—adventurers, crackpots, re-formers, idealists, scientists, vagabonds,men, women, and children."I have come to this country," Robert

Owen announced to them, "to introduce anentire new state of society; to change itfrom an ignorant, selfish system to an en-lightened social system which shall grad-ually unite all interests into one, and re-move all contests between individuals."Three days later, the Preliminary So-

ciety of New Harmony was formed. In theconstitution all of Owen's fundamentalideas concerning community life were em-bodied. Persons of all ages and descrip-tions were to be admitted, except peopleof color. Each member was to receive freefood and clothing from a community storeand, in return, was to render service to thesociety. Children were to have the bestschools possible. These schools were tobe free and so were the houses. Religiousliberty and intellectual freedom weregranted. Owen was to be the sole pro-prietor for two years, at the end of whichtime the people might choose one-half ofthe committee of control. At the end of thethird year all power was to be vested inthe members of New Harmony.Owen soon left New Harmony for the

East to secure more men and women forthe colony, especially people of brilliantmind. About that time the "New HarmonyGazette" appeared and faithfully recordedall the happenings of the new experiment.It was the rule of this newspaper to see thebright side of all events in the village.Owen succeeded in his attempt to bring

more people of high intellect to New Har-mony. Down the Ohio and up the Wabashearly in 1826 came a keelboat with so manydistinguished men and women as passen-gers that it was called the "Boat Load ofKnowledge." Lustily they sang:

"Land of the West, we come to thee,Far o'er the desert of the sea;Under thy white-winged canopy,Land of the West, we fly to thee!Sick of the Old World's sophistry,

Haste then across the dark, blue sea.Land of the West, we rush to thee!Home of the brave: soil of the free—Hurrah! She rises o'er the sea."

All the school children met the boat at thelanding and, with dancing and singing,escorted the newcomers to the center of thevillage.Among the noted persons in this group

were: William Maclure, an extremelywealthy man, "father of American geology"and student of the Pestalozzian method ofteaching; Charles Le Sueur, a naturalistemployed by the Jardin des Plantes ofParis; Thomas Say, "father of Americanzoology," specializing in shells; ProfessorJoseph Neef, who had served as an officerunder Napoleon and taught Admiral Far-ragut in a Pestalozzian school; MadameMarie D. Fretageot, a Frenchwoman ofMoscow coming to teach after the Pesta-lozzian method; her two lovely wards, MissLucy Sistaire, who became the wife ofThomas Say and did beautiful illustrationsfor his books, and Miss Virginia Dupalais,who later rebelled when asked to stop play-ing the piano to help milk the cows; Phi-quepal D'Arusmont, who was anotherteacher and later married Frances Wright,ardent advocate of woman's rights; Dr.Gerard Troost, geologist from Holland, andRobert Dale Owen, oldest son of RobertOwen, who did much to keep his father'splans at New Harmony from failing longbefore they did. The last served in Con-gress and in the Indiana legislature andwas a noted champion of free public edu-cation and woman's suffrage. His buststands at one of the entrances to theCapitol at Indianapolis.

Other illustrious persons who came atvarious times to New Harmony in thosedays to make their homes were: StedmanWhitwell, who devised a new system bywhich the names of towns were spelled bysubstituting letters for their latitude andlongitude, by which system New York be-came "Otke Notiv," Washington, "FeiliNeivul," and London, "Laf a Vovutu";John Chappelsmith, wealthy English artistand engraver; Joseph Warren, musicianand inventor, who invented the perfectingpress, which prints from a continuous rollof paper, and originated the Time Storeat New Harmony—the latter foreshadowedthe cooperatives of England and Scan-


dinavia; Frances Wright, rich and eccen-tric reformer, who founded in the Southa negro colony, called Nashoba, and inNew Harmony upheld the abolition ofslavery and gave the first lectures in be-half of woman's suffrage, founding therein 182.5 the Female Social Society, one ofthe first clubs for women; ConstantineRaffinesque, born in Constantinople andalways freakishly dressed, "first student ofour western fishes," "the very first teacherof natural history in the West" • WilliamOwen, who helped his father, Robert Owen,start the colony and, with Frances Wright,edited the "Gazette" for a time; DavidDale Owen, another son of Robert Owen,United States geologist, who made a geo-logical survey of the Northwest, includingwhat is now Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa,and the northern part of Illinois, and servedas state geologist for several states—theheadquarters of the United States Geolog-ical Survey were at New Harmony untilmoved to Washington in 1856—and an-other Owen brother Richard, who becamestate geologist of Indiana, colonel of aninfantry regiment of Indiana during theCivil War—part of his service consisted ofcaring for Confederate prisoners of war—and professor of natural science at In-diana University. Today on the floor ofthe Capitol in Indianapolis there is abronze bust of the colonel with this in-scription:

"Colonel Richard OwenCommandant

Camp Morton Prison, 1862Tribute By Confederate Prisoners of warand their friends for his courtesy and

kindness."

And distinguished visitors came, too.Among them was James Audubon, theornithologist, who arrived after the ex-periment had failed. The Duke of Saxe-Weimar wrote at length of his impressionsof the elegant society and the dissensionsthat had begun in the community. PrinceMaximilian von Neuweid with his staff ofscientific explorers spent a winter at NewHarmony a few years after Robert Owenhad abandoned his project, studying, withSay and Le Sueur, local natural history.He returned the next year, also. Sir CharlesLye11, famous Scotch geologist, visited thetown a few years later and mingled withthe great scientists there.

All the time in New Harmony was notgiven to scientific discussions, however.One of Owen's staunchest adherents,Thomas Pears, wrote, "We have Mondaynights—parade and drill; Tuesday nights— dancing; Wednesday nights — publicmeetings for business; Thursday nights—unappropriated; Friday nights—concerts,etc.; Saturday nights—fire engine, debates,etc.; and so for every evening, playing atball, cricket, etc." Old man Greenwood,father of Miles who later became fire chiefof Cincinnati, caused a diversion, too. Heelectrified the other citizens one day bywalking up and down the streets in aterrific thunderstorm, holding upright aniron rod ten or twelve feet long, in anattempt to commit suicide by drawinglightning.The Rappites stressed religion, but New

Harmony, under Robert Owen, had nochurch. He forbade the manufacture, sale,and consumption of liquor in his com-munity. The schools were excellent, rang-ing from infant schools to "adult schools,"the pupils in the latter class being overtwelve years of age and receiving specialtraining in certain subjects by several notedmembers of the community.The dissensions, mentioned by the Duke

• of Saxe-Weimar, caused two groups ofOwenites to secede and form Macluria and"Feiba Peveli," the name of the latter beinginspired by Stedman Whitwell's queer sys-tem. Too many people rushed to NewHarmony, and families had to be dividedon account of the overcrowding. Themanual laborers turned against the edu-cators. The citizens neglected to workwhile discussing what they consideredfaults in Owen's system. Thieving brokeout. The fences became full of holes; gar-dens went to ruin because they were nottended; the factories stood idle; a man bythe name of Taylor tricked Owen andstarted a distillery.Owen took the control back into his

hands. He had been away from New Har-mony during part of the experiment. Per-haps, if he had remained there all thetime, it would not have been necessary forhim to acknowledge defeat in the "Gazette."By that time, New Harmony was the laugh-ing-stock of the country. On May 26 and27, 1827, Owen gave farewell addresses tohis followers. He still hoped his experi-ment would be a success. "When I return,"


he said, "I hope to find you progressingin harmony together."

Five days later he left for England. Hedid not succeed in returning until twoyears had passed. By that time all signsof communal life in New Harmony hadvanished. One reason, no doubt, for thefailure of the enterprise was that Owen'sambitions were too extravagant. The prog-ress of the human race is slow and hap-hazard.

Before his return, Owen went to Mexicoto found a community there, but his plansdid not mature because that country wouldnot permit the religious freedom he de-manded. He continued giving lectures onways to better the world and, no doubt,he was the cause of the great co-operativesystem of Great Britain. In his last illness,he crept back to Wales to die in his boy-hood home.The only trace of Rappite days now in

New Harmony is the buildings the Germanpeasants erected. The Owenites left fewphysical marks upon the town, but the cul-ture they established still exists. Throughsucceeding years, because of this culture,New Harmony has attracted many greatpeople to its borders. No other city of itssize has ever inaugurated so many reformsand social movements.Here the first kindergarten of any type

in the Western World was established; thePestalozzian system of teaching was firstsuccessfully started in this country; thefirst serious attempt was made to includemanual training as part of a public schoolsystem, and here the doctrine of universalelementary education at public expense wasfirst proclaimed in the Middle West. InNew Harmony equal educational privilegesfor the sexes were first practiced. Thetown, for a time, was the scientific centerof America. One of its scientists, WilliamMaclure, was a founder of the PhiladelphiaAcademy of Natural Sciences, and throughhim the town started 150 mechanics' li-braries in the Middle West. Robert DaleOwen caused the application of the neg-lected funds set aside by the Smithson be-quest to found the Smithsonian Institution.Women were first given the right to votein local legislative assemblages in NewHarmony. The New Harmony ThespianSociety was one of the first dramatic clubsin the country. Numerous other note-

worthy accomplishments have added to thebetterment of the world.In 1937 New Harmony gave an outdoor

pageant portraying its history. Thousandsattended and a film in technicolor wasmade. Two years later, the New HarmonyMemorial Commission was formed andshowed this picture all over the state in thecourse of giving lectures concerning thecity. Their duty is to preserve the insti-tutions and old buildings there.The Workingmen's Institute or Library

at New Harmony was first endowed byWilliam Maclure. Other bequests wereleft it until, by the great aid of Dr. EdwardMurphy, a fine library building was erectedand provision was made for an'aimualcourse of lectures. Dr. Mu'rphy gave anart gallery to the library, also, and liereare many rare paintings. From the MurphyLibrary Fund the Murphy Auditorium forlectures was erected. An excellent museumis part of the library, whose local historycollection far surpasses those in othertowns. Here, in addition to the thousandsof books, including numerous first editions,and many fine paintings are copies of the"Gazette" with its familiar motto, "If wecannot reconcile all opinions, let us en-deavor to unite all hearts." Here are thevolumes of Thomas Say, the desk ofFrances Wright, Rappite furniture, in-cluding a glass wardrobe containing Rapp-ite clothes. On display, also, are themegaphone, used by Father Rapp to sum-mon the workers from the fields, and hisumbrella, a Rappite coffin, early deeds, andlock of the old fort. One of the mostcurious objects is the disguised coffin ofa little girl who lived to be eighty. An-other strange exhibit is the skeleton of"Old Fly," a horse ridden by a New Har-mony resident during the Civil War. Theold saddlebags are on this skeleton.The ancient fort, built by the Rappites,

still stands. So do many dwellings'

someof the community houses, David DaleOwen's laboratory, the Maclure and Faunt-leroy homes. (In the latter, the MinervaSociety was founded, considered the lead-ing club for women among the early or-ganizations.) The cemetery with its en-circling wall, Thomas Say's grave, a replicaof the Labyrinth, and "Gabriel's Foot-prints," all are there.And so are the "gate trees." William


Maclure sent the seed for the first of thesetrees to Thomas Say, who planted the seedat the gate of the Maclure Mansion. Forthat reason, the people of the town usuallyrefer to them as the "gate trees," althoughthe name first given them by the Chinesewas "the tree of the golden rain." Thestreets in New Harmony are lined withthem and nearly all the lawns possess atleast one. Maclure Park is a mass ofgolden rain trees. New Harmony is the

only American town where these trees growin abundance.They grow from thirty to forty feet in

height, possess dense foliage, and theirlimbs fork and twist in a fantastic stylebefitting the Orient. They blossom aboutthe middle of June and, when their yellowpetals fall, the ground seems carpeted withcloth of gold. It is then New Harmony, the"Athens of the West." stages its colorfulFestival of the Go!den Rain Tree.

EAST FRONT, DAVID DALE OWEN'S LABORATORY

Give me a mind that is not boundThat does not whimper, whine or sigh,

Don't let me worry overmuchAbout that funny thing called I.

Give me a sense of humor, Lord,Give me the grace to see a joke,

To get some happiness out of lifeAnd pass it on to other folk.

A prayer found on the walls of a Cathedral.

The Red Cross and World SecurityBY BASIL O'CONNOR

President, American Red Cross

BASIL O'CONNOR, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN RED CAOSs, TALKS WITH CHILDREN AT GURREHUS

DURING the month of August I attendedthe 17th International Red Cross Con-

ference at Stockholm, Sweden. where I hadthe honor of representing both the UnitedStates government and the American RedCross at this important and significantmeeting.A primary purpose of this year's con-

ference was to strengthen existing inter-national treaties for the protection of pris-oners of war, wounded and sick militarypersonnel and medical workers, and todevise new agreements for the wartimeprotection of civilian populations. Equallyimportant was conference work on RedCross programs of relief, welfare, andeducation.

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The conference was completely success-ful, and it is particularly gratifying toreport that the American position on mostof the major subjects of discussion was theone finally adopted.The International Red Cross Conference

is. a joint meeting, held every four years,of the following separate but closely relatedgroups: The International Committee ofthe Red Cross—a committee of 25 Swisscitizens organized in 1863 which acts asa neutral intermediary in time of war andas a guardian of Red Cross principles. TheLeague of Red Cross Societies--a federa-tion of national societies formed in 1919for Red Cross cooperation, program de-velopment, and mutual help. The indi-


vidual national Red Cross, Red Crescent,and Red Lion and Sun societies. Andofficial representatives of the governmentssignatory to the Red Cross and Prisoner ofWar treaties. .The conference delegates are thus a truly

representative cross-section of the world'spopulation. At Stockholm this year 51Red Cross societies and 49 governmentswere represented by the more than 500delegates and observers at the meeting.I was greatly impressed by the diversityof the gathering as contrasted with itsunanimity of purpose. Here were men andwomen of every race, creed, and varietyof political opinion united in a commoneffort to attain humanitarian aims of thehighest order. The ability of the Red Crossto bring such a group together, especiallyin these unsettled times, must be considereda signal achievement.

It was a. matter of deep regret and con-cern to all of us at Stockholm that someof the Eastern European countries failedto attend the conference. They did notentirely abstain from participation, how-ever. Russia sent two observers to Stock-holm who attended the meetings of theExecutive Committee of the Board of Gov-ernors of the League of Red Cross Societies,held in conjunction with the InternationalConference. Curiously enough, it was theseSoviet observers who complained that theRed Cross peace declaration and otherresolutions passed by the conference didnot go far enough.

With the privation and suffering ofWorld War II still vivid in the minds ofmillions of people throughout the world, itis natural that they were vivid also in theminds of the conference delegates. Thisawareness of the horrors of war resulted ina number of concrete accomplishments fortheir mitigation.

Foremost among these was conferenceadoption of a new convention for the pro-tection of civilians in time of war. 'Itforbids slave labor, deportation, reprisals,and the taking of hostages. It also sets upprotected hospital and security zonesmarked with the Red Cross and affords spe-cial protection to children under 15, per-sons over 65, and the sick and wounded.Adoption of an adherence to this treatyby the governments of the world will resultin far-reaching changes in the conduct offuture wars. So important did the con-

ference consider this convention that iturged all powers to apply its principlesimmediately without awaiting the signa-tures of governments to a formal treaty.Formal ratification of the proposed con-

vention into international law will be thefunction of a diplomatic. conference of theworld's nations called together by Switzer-land and the Netherlands, traditional lead-ers in this field of international agreement.This diplomatic meeting will also considerproposed revisions of the Geneva andPrisoner of War treaties adopted by theRed Cross conference.

In the main, these revisions are theresults of the practical experiences ofWorld War II. Under the existing treatiesthe International Committee of the RedCross in Geneva and the national Red Crosssocieties of the belligerent countries didmagnificent work in relieving the anxietyand privations of captured men and insafeguarding military medical personnel.There were, however, a number of viola-tions of the treaties and certain countrieshad never signed the POW treaty. Forthese reasons, and to bring them up to dateand make them easier to apply uniformly,extensive revisions of the treaties wereconsidered essential.The American delegation had in readi-

ness suggested revisions for the treatieswhich were laid before the conference andadopted substantially as presented. Underthe revised POW treaty, the capturingpower is required to provide food in suffi-cient quantity, quality and variety to keepprisoners in good health and to prevent lossof weight and the development of nutri-tional deficiencies. Belligerents are alsorequired to facilitate shipment of reliefconsignments to prisoners. Other changesrevise the conditions under which POW'smay be put to work and insist on immediaterepatriation after cessation of hostilities.Changes in the Geneva treaty for the

relief of the wounded and sick on the battle-field—the original Red Cross treaty—pro-vide for greater security to such personsand to the medical personnel who attendthem. As revised, the convention providesthat medical workers may be detained bytheir captors in sufficient number to giveadequate treatment to the sick and woundedof their own army who are also in enemyhands. This revision assures better medi-cal care for POW's since previously cap-

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tured doctors had immunity and were sup- was the moving appeal by the late Countposed to be repatriated immediately. Folke Bernadotte, United Nations medi-

While the changes adopted by the con- ator in Palestine and President of theference will not receive immediate unani- meeting, for assistance to the hundreds ofmous governmental approval, there can thousands of victims of the hostilities in thebe no doubt that this will inevitably follow. Holy .Land and adjacent areas. As aWorld opinion will support the humani- result of this appeal, the conference urgedtarian recommendations of the Stockholm all members, both governmental and Redconference, and no nation can long with- Cross, to do everything possible to getstand the pressure of this force, speedy relief to the refugees from the con-

In addition to these steps toward the flict. A number of societies respondedmitigation of suffering, the conference also with immediate aid, the American Redtook active steps toward the maintenance Cross announcing a new relief allocationof peace. One of the strongest moves in of $200,000 worth of supplies made avail-this direction was a forthright resolution able by the United States Army and $35,000calling upon the nations of the world to worth of canned milk for child feeding.outlaw the atomic bomb and all other The new allocations brought to a total of"blind" weapons which cannot be aimed $500,000 the value of aid to victims of thewith precision and which devastate both conflict made available through the Amer.military and non-military objectives in- ican Red Cross.discriminately. The attainment of this It was strikingly evident in Stockholmgoal is certainly an end which must eventu- that the Red Cross and governmentalally be achieved if the world is to survive, leaders assembled there had come togetherThe conference also adopted a strongly with a complete awareness of the impor-

worded peace resolution calling upon Red tant decisions to be made at the con-Cross organizations and individual mem- ference. They recognized fully that Redhers everywhere for positive action to meet Cross organizations throughout the worldhuman need and at the same time con- are charged with tremendous obligationstribute to that better understanding among to relieve human suffering, and to meetpeoples which is essential to the mainte- human need. One of their deepest con-

te'nance of peace. cerns was to insure the ability of bothIn other fields the assembled Red Cross national societies and international bodies

leaders took broad steps toward the relief to meet those obligations adequately andof human suffering. The conference, completely.through separate commissions, reviewed I join in that concern because I am fullyRed Cross programs in health, social serv- convinced that the Red Cross movement isice, relief, and education; discussed re- one of the strongest forces active in theports on these subjects; and recommended world today for the attainment of thosenew or expanded activities. Of special goals of humanity, good will, and mutualinterest to Americans is a conference reso- understanding toward which Mankind islution urging all Red Cross societies to striving. It is the duty, as it is the privi-encourage the development of blood pro- lege, of men and women everywhere tograms similar to that being developed in support the Red Cross so that it may re-the United States by the American Red main active, not only nationally but alsoCross. This resolution was adopted after on a world-wide basis. The organizationthe conference heard reports from the must constantly achieve new strength as aAmerican and five other Red Cross societies power, and a hope, for the achievement ofalready operating these programs. those aims common to men of good will inOne of the highlights of the conference all parts of the world.

The vice of capitalism is that it represents the unequal sharing of blessings; whereasthe virtue of socialism is that it stands for the equal distribution of misery!

From a speech made by Winston Churchill.

THE CATHEDRAL OF THE PINES

The Cathedral of the PinesBY FRANK B. STEELE

Secretary-Registrar General, S. A. R.

rrO have in this land of ours a sanctuaryof memories, patriotism and spiritual

uplift in this time of world chaos, is some-thing that every American should stopand contemplate with reverence andthoughtful respect and be truly thankfulfor.The story of this unusual and lovely

shrine, the "Cathedral of the Pines," is asimple one but so fraught with love anddevotion that it has brought solace tothousands of people who have visited itand will continue to exert its influence forall time to come.A few years back, as the world goes, a

boy who loved the outdoors and the beau-ties of nature, would wander from his homein Rindge, New Hampshire and go a littleway up the nearby knoll to a grove of pinesand there he would contemplate the lovelycountry that surrounded this spot—MountMonadnock, and the rolling hills andvalleys of the grand old Granite State andadjacent Massachusetts.No one knew what was in his thoughts

and he did not for a moment realize thatsometime there would be dedicated to hismemory an altar to which thousands ofpeople would come and worship. Nor washe to know that there would be a terriblewar and that he, with thousands of otheryoung Americans would be called upon tomake the supreme sacrifice. This hap-pened to Sanderson Sloane, and he gavehis one life, as had Nathan Hale beforehim, for his country.The story of the placing of this shrine

and its completion is a beautiful and pa-thetic one, for shortly before Sandy Sloanelost his life in a battle of the air, he meta friend who was going back to Americaand would see his father and mother.Sandy said "Tell dad that when I comeback I am going to build something onmy knoll," for that is what he called it.The friend did give the message to Mr. andMrs. Douglas Sloane, and they had thisbeautiful and inspiring thought when they

began the planning of a temple or shrinein memory not only of their own son, andto carry out his idea, but also to have it asa place of worship for all who might wishto gather in this lovely place. There theirson had spent so many happy hours andthus this would to a certain extent assuagetheir grief and also that of many otherswho had lost their dear ones in the war.A plan was conceived which was to

gather from all parts of the United States,or even farther, stones with some historicsignificance or special interest, as gifts forthe building of the altar. Mr. DouglasSloane, with the help of many patrioticfriends and members of the Sons of theAmerican Revolution, called upon the statesocieties of the S. A. R. for gifts of thesestones and the response was immediateand enthusiastic. Each state society senta stone that was typical of its own stateand of special significance, and to thesewere added other memorial stones sent byindividuals from many parts of the world.Because of the special memorial stones it-was possible to build a small lectern orpulpit to be used for speakers. Then thealtar was built, topped by a simple crossof rugged New Hampshire granite, placedthereon by the brothers of SandersonSloane.Upon the completion of the altar and

shrine, a beautiful dedicatory service washeld on the last Sunday in August, 1946,attended by many thousands of people, andespecially by large numbers of the Sonsof the American Revolution and otherpatriotic societies and groups from all partsof the country. The service was presidedover by the Past President General of theS. A. R., Smith L. Multer of New Jersey,and the Chaplain General of the Society,Venerable William F. Bulkley, EpiscopalArchdeacon of Utah.

Again in September'

1947, an anniver-sary service was held by the Sons of theAmerican Revolution and conducted byDr. Bulkley. A patriotic address was

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given by the President General of theSociety, Hon. A. Herbert Foreman of Vir-ginia. Thousands were also present on thisoccasion.The latest service and second anniver-

sary of the dedication took place on Sep-tember 5th, 1948, when for the third timeDr. Bulkley made the journey from SaltLake City in order to officiate. Patrioticaddresses were made by the Secretary Gen-eral of the Sons of the American Revolu-tion, Frank B. Steele, and the President ofthe New Hampshire State Society S. A. R.,Hon. Sherman Adams.By now there has been installed a fine

Hammond organ, in a specially designedpit lined with concrete and with electricalconnections, which can be thoroughly pro-tected from the weather. This makes itpossible to enhance all gatherings withfine music because distinguished organistsand soloists from Boston, Worcester,Springfield and Fitchburg and elsewherecontribute their talents to make these serv-ices still more beautiful. Very fine organrecitals have been conducted nearly everyweek during the summer, aside from theSunday services.Upon the conclusion of each gathering

Mr. Douglas Sloane tells the listening audi-ence the story of the stones of the altarpointing out each stone and its special sig-nificance and from whence it came.The services are by no means limited

to the S. A. R., for each year one has beenconducted by the Daughters of the Amer-ican Revolution—this year on the Sundaypreceding the Sons' service—and presidedover by Mrs. David W. Anderson, StateRegent of the New Hampshire Society.

Also, throughout the summers of 1947and 1948, other patriotic groups and re-ligious denominations held ceremonieshere. In fact this shrine has become amecca for thousands of people from allparts of the country and daily literallyhundreds of cars bring crowds of personswho view with reverence this really sacredspot.

During this past summer some eleven dif-ferent religious sects have held services atthis place and no one is barred because ofcreed, for many Protestant denominationsand those of the Roman Catholic andJewish faiths have worshipped here—all

with one common end in view, that of com-muning reverently with God and Nature.Words are inadequate to express the

beauty of the setting of this Cathedralof the Pines. This "knoll" as Sandy calledit, was partially prepared by a hurricanedisaster which came to New Hampshire afew years ago, strange as it may seem,for at that time the wind cut a swaththrough the pines and tore down a suffi-cient number to open up the magnificentview which makes the "back-drop" for thealtar. To sit and contemplate this is aninspiration for worship that cannot beequalled. Just back of the rugged Crossis a mass of trees, and on each side thereare two magnificent pines, standing likesentinels guarding this sacred place. Inthe near distance of the valley is a lovelyshimmering pond, and beyond a low rangeof mountains. Rising above them is grandold Mount Monadnock in the haze of sum-mer, some thirty-five miles distant. Noscene has ever been painted that can equalthis view or adequately depict it, andthere are not many places such as this, soinspiring and hallowed by nature.

This beautiful shrine represents threegreat ideals:Memories—memories not only of this

splendid young man, who gave his all tohis country, but those of the youth of Amer-ica, its love of nature, its ambitions andits character. As we grow older, memoriescrowd upon us and many of us live by them,and we try to forget the sad ones and thinkonly of the happy ones.

Patriotism—it was for his country thatthis boy died and there can be no noblersacrifice than that. He, with thousandsthat gave their lives were in the best senseof the word patriots, and even as we standwith bowed heads and sorrowful eyes, wehave a great inward surge of love for andpride in our American youth.To stand at this shrine which is dedicated

to splendid youth, one is bound to experi-ence a great spiritual uplift that could comein no other way. The open pulpit, thebeautiful country with its forests and moun-tains that God bestowed upon us, andfinally the devotions which made possiblethis altar of worship, inspire a rededicationto the purpose of higher and better achieve-ments.

A Boy's Life at HillsideBY ROBERT REYNOLDS

UOKING back over life is like watchinga movie film of oneself. In reality time

speeds by very rapidly but in retrospectit truly flies. So today as I stand here andtry to picture my eight school years spentat Hillside they seem but a dream, soquickly have they flown by. And as Iwatch the eight year film of myself reeledoff before my memory's eyes, I realizeit is not only my life I see but also that ofother Hillside boys.

It was June 1940. A car stopped atHillside and a woman with her five-year-oldboy got out and entered the building. Thewoman was my mother; the little boy wasmyself, Robert Reynolds. I can remembernothing about the procedure of enrollment,I know it seemed but a few minutes and mymother drove away, and I, standing on theconcrete steps, was left a stranger in astrange land. Other boys, some older andsome younger, but all curious, crowdedaround me and my introduction to a boys'school began in earnest. Every one seemedanxious to show me all the treasure spots,and there were many. There was a bigsand box with sand and toys in it; therewere swings and see-saws; there were largefields in which to play. Here, there, andeverywhere we ran on our tour of investi-gation. I thought I had never seen sucha wonderland for I had always lived in thecity with the pavements for my playground.And here was real grass, real trees, birds,and flowers; it was like a storybook fairy-land.When my mother first left me standing

on the steps there was a big homesick lumpin my throat, but by the time the dinnerbell rang, the lump had disappeared. Ihad been having such a good time and mymind had been so occupied with the won-ders of my surroundings, the homesicknessleft me, and I never was troubled againexcept for a few nights when I went to bed.As one looks back over a period of years

the individual days do not, as a rule, standout but the activities from day to day mergewith one another and form sort of a pat-tern which one remembers. Our patternsoon became very distinct in my mind. Wegot up in the morning, washed, dressed,

and made our beds. Of course, this tookplace midst pillow fights, petty squabbles,good natured laughing and shouting. I wasplaced in the dorm with the little boys inthe Administration Building and as I lookback on those days—the getting up in themorning and the going to bed at night—I certainly feel great pity for our house-mother. I am sure she deserves a crownof glory for her patience and kindness.I know that good housemother really lovedus, although many times she was driven totaking us over her knee and administeringa good hard spanking, when and where wedeserved it. I was forever in mischief,doing naughty things, and strained herpatience to the spanking point a great deal,but many times I can remember that shelifted me from the spanking posture ontoher knee and the spanks were transformedinto hugs and kisses. At such times hereyes always filled with tears. But howungrateful little boys, yes, older ones, too,can be. If we happened to be caught inour naughty deeds, we would call our house-mother names, words that I am nowashamed of. However, as those days passin review across my mind, I feel only grati-tude and love for the woman who wasreally taking my mother's place and doingthe same for some twenty other boys. I canremember very clearly many kind littlethings she did for me, how she cared forme when I was sick. I can see her readingbedtime stories and how we would teasefor "just one more" and usually we got it.

After the getting up came breakfast andthen duties, even the little boys had theirwork to do. An age of five years did notbar a boy from the work brigade. Thelittle boys had little duties which grew insize and responsibility according to thesize of the boy. To live at Hillside meansto learn to work. The whole establishmentis a beehive of industry. Our school dormi-tories must be kept clean, the grounds mustbe neat; there are dishes to do, food to beprepared; the animals at the farm mustbe cared for, the cows milked, and I mightgo on and name many more tasks that theboys do. They serve as waiters, houseboys, janitors, farm boys, kitchen boys


for a period of time, then the scene shiftsand everybody has a new job, an oppor-tunity to learn something else. However, itis not all work at Hillside, we have timeto play also. Morning duties must befinished before the school bell rings. Ifa fellow works fast and does a good job,he usually has time for play, but slackwork is not accepted, and I soon learnedthat I had more time for play if my workwas done right the first time.

School was a new experience for me in1940, but I liked it and thought it great•fun to spell out my name with blocks andlittle cardboard letters. That is about allI can remember of my first year except thatit seemed just another kind of play. Schoolwork has always been pleasant for me,and I can not recall any great difficultieswith it. Of course, I have liked some sub-jects better than others, and history hasalways been my favorite. This year wehave been studying government, and Ihave found that just as interesting as his-tory. In my younger days I did have sometroubles in school, but they were of myown making. I was a terrible little scrap-per and was very mischievous, but I cantruly say time, patience, and discipline havechanged all that, and I am now able tokeep on good terms with my school matesand with my teachers as well.The days, weeks, months, and years fly

by in rapid succession very much alike.Then the year I entered the sixth grade ournew Headmaster, Mr. Whittemore came. Iassociate many new things with his coming.First there is our church life which hasbeen so profitable and enjoyable. We havebeen definitely connected with a Northborochurch because Mr. Rosenberger, its pas-tor, has been kind enough to provide trans-

portation and along with this is our choirand our social events with Northboro'syoung people and the privilege of attend-ing divine service. Also I associate withMr. Whittemore's arrival, this fine gym-nasium made from our old barn; oursports began to be organized—baseball,football, basketball, and under coach Dick(Mr. Whittemore's son) we have playedgames with other schools. Many we havewon but we have lost many, too, and wehave tried to be good losers. Hard uponthe heels of the sports came the band witha real band master—Mr. Sweet—I wouldhere pay tribute to him for his excellentwork with us. Oh! my life has been full—full to overflowing—full of good things.No time for juvenile delinquency at Hill-side. Is it any wonder that when we goaway for a short vacation we miss our busylife and can't wait to come back?And now it is June 18, 1948 it is all

over—the only school I've ever attended,the only real home I know. It fills me withsadness—and I cannot leave without a fewwords of gratitude. Maybe those expressedby Longfellow in the closing verse of his"Village Blacksmith" fit into my thoughts.

"Thanks, thanks to thee, trir worthy friend,For the lessons thou hast taught,Thus on the flaming forge of life,Our fortunes must be wrought,Thus on its sounding anvil shapedEach burning deed and thought."

Nom: The above is the "Honor Essay" writtenby thirteen year old Robert Reynolds for his grad-uation program at Hillside School June 18th last.He was a member of the Hillside band for threeyears and played on both the basketball and base-ball teams. Last year he received the HelenPouch Scholarship at Hillside and the JuniorMembership Committee is proud of his fine record.

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People are not equal. The scholar excels 'the ignoramus; the refined outclass thevulgar. The ambitious outstrips the laggard; the industrious outdo the indolent. Thebrave surpass the cowardly; the generous outmatch the mercenary. The brilliant out-shines the dullard; the God-fearing transcend the irreligious. People are not equal.

Author Unknown.

"Woodlarks." A Holiday Campfor the DisabledBY MARY VAN INGEN UNWIN

State Historian of England

ON Thursday, September 4th, 1947, fourmembers of the Walter Hines Page

Chapter, D. A. R., paid a visit to theWoodlarks Camp for Crippled Girl Guides,at Farnum

' Surrey. It was a glorious after-

noon, and the last day of the season incamp. Mrs. Luling, State Regent, England,Mrs. Moller, State Treasurer, and Mrs.Hawes, State Registrar, drove from Lon-don, and were joined at the camp by Mrs.Unwin, State Historian.The Chapter has subscribed to the funds

of this camp for many years—and in spiteof the loss of members during the war andother severe handicaps, the subscriptionhas always been paid, and this year it waseven increased.What wonderful things can be performed

by those fortunate beings who are giftedwith imagination, greatness of soul, plusdetermination to overcome all obstacles!

All these spiritual qualities are manifestin Lt. Col. Strover and Mrs. Strover, themoving spirits of Woodlarks Camp, socalled because the wood larks sing sosweetly in the woods at eventime. Mrs.Strover confided to me that the idea andwish to help the crippled, came to her as achild; and the idea, instead of being out-grown and cast away, grew with her untilit became one of her life's desires. Thenshe had the good fortune to meet a manwho had the same longing to help theunfortunate. The camp was founded in1930. Ten years later, the second worldwar broke out; the camp had to be closed,and Col. Strover was called to the Forces.But the gods were kind, and he returnedto his home, having won the D.S.O.

Woodlarks Camp was reopened whenwar ended, and a steady stream of crippledgirls have visited it each summer, andreturned to their homes with a new out-look on life—a new feeling that even theyare wanted, and that there is still work tobe done in the world, in which they canshare. This attitude of mind is surely

one of the great needs of the present dayamongst both the fit and the unfit; and atWoodlarks Camp it is evident that a newhope has been born in those lucky enoughto be admitted.

Mrs. Strover has now a great desire tomake a report on the treatment of "In-curables," whose sufferings she believescan be greatly alleviated by love and sun-shine. At present, most "incurables" arejust labelled as such, and put into hospitalswhere their bodily needs are attended toby an overworked staff, and they are leftwith nothing to do, nothing to alleviate themonotony of waiting for death—day afterday—month after month—year after year.These are the conditions that Mrs. Stroverwants to change. She believes that in manycases, these unfortunate people could betaught to help themselves; they could begiven the feeling that they are not utterlyforgotten. At Woodlarks Camp each per-son is taught to do something that will helpin the work or play of the camp. Evenwithout legs one can throw a ball or joinin the songs and stories told when thepatients gather round the campfire of anevening, beneath the dark shadows of thetall pine trees. They can also share in thesimple services held in the open air chapel,whose columns are also the pine trees, andwhose altar has been hewn out of a big log.The Hostel consists of large, almost open

air living room and dormitory. Over thefireplace in the living room hangs an oakpanel, and on it the following words areengraved:

"The Corner stone in Truth is laid,The Guardian walls of Honour made.The Roof of Faith is built above,The Fire from the Hearth is love;Though Rains descend and loud winds call,This Happy house shall never fall."

There were blind guides at the camp inits first season, and this panel was sentby them as a thank offering. There is a

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smaller panel on the farther side of thewall, from which is suspended a horn—and above it, the words "Be Ready."The open air kitchen with its homemade

cooking arrangements (where wood onlyis burnt) —the store cupboard and shedshave been erected by the staff, who havealso undertaken the immense task of con-structing a large swimming bath in thewoods. The materials used have been ob-tained from disused air raid shelters andemergency water tanks; the only outsidehelp was in excavating the site; this wasdone by a bulldozer in one day.Now Mrs. Strover has a new project in

hand—i.e., to start a permanent center forteaching crafts to disabled persons. Thisscheme would have to be run by paidteachers and staff. "We want £10,000,"said Mrs. Strover, as she showed us the

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house which is to become an IndustrialCenter.As I drove home, I thought of those

words—£10,000—Ten thousand pounds tobring hope and work and happiness tohundreds of unfortunate human beings,suffering perhaps, from the sins of theirfathers.How can we help? It came to my mind,

that if every D. A. R. Chapter in theUnited States would collect one dollarand send it to us, we could raise a sumwhich would enable "Woodlarks" camp tobecome a beacon in a darkened world.

Will you, daughters of a free country,will you help? Perhaps then the LondonChapter could present another panel to thecamp, commemorating the generous helpof the Daughters of the American Revolution in America.

Hartford Cemetery

HARTFORD CEMETERY is an ancientburial ground on the farm of Mr.

Edwin E. Ludwick, on the Lincoln High-way, midway between Irwin, Pennsylvania,and East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Here,remains a large well-built stone pile, be-neath which are the graves of John Mann,Sr. (1717-1794) • his wife, Eliza Mann(1722.1787); John Mann, Jr. (1751-1776) ;and his daughter, Amelia Mann (1765-1791) . A tombstone with these namescarved thereon marks the graves. Othertombstones, bearing only initials, have beenlost.The graves of John Mann and his son,

John Mann, Jr., both Revolutionary sol-diers, were marked by members of QueenAlliquippa Chapter, Daughters of the Amer-ican Revolution, of McKeesport, Pennsyl-vania, September 12, 1948. Tradition saysthat the younger Revolutionary soldier waskilled by the Indians.The first log cabin meeting house (Brush

Creek Reformed Church (Presbyterian) )was situated two miles westward of thisancient burial ground. It was burned bythe Indians about 1788. Another site waschosen, known as "Brush Creek", and asubstantial log cabin erected, which servedthe congregation until the division intotwo congregations in 1830, Turtle Creekand Brush Creek. Those who remained.decided, since a new building was neces-sary, that they would accept a more centralsite, and there the Rev. Mungo Dick, D.D.,preached the first sermon in the new edi-fice, and at the close of his dedication ad-dress, said, "We ha' ca'ed the kirk, BrushCreek, but we'll ca' it, Bethel noo!" Whenthe new United Presbyterian Church wasformed in 1858, the congregation became,and still functions, as the Bethel UnitedPresbyterian Church.

ELINOR JONES MCCONNELL,Regent.

The Historical Book Clubof Greensboro, N. C.

BY CLARA BOOTH BYRDPresident

THERE are relatively few "firsts" in anyarea of activity. We are all familiar

too with the rule in law that every man isinnocent until he is proved guilty. But theGuilford Battle Chapter of the D.A.R. isproudly claiming—and will until some sis-ter chapter says otherwise—to be the firstone in the Society to initiate the organiza-tion of a book club, the Historical BookClub of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Greensboro is a southern city with apopulation approaching one hundred thou-sand. There are two chapters of the D.A.R.here, both sizable organizations, with well-integrated programs. In addition, ofcourse, there are a number of otherwomen's patriotic groups, varying in sizeand activity.The purpose of the book club, we under-

stood, would be to study, through pro-gram review and private reading, the moresignificant books based on historical fact,whether non-fiction, fiction, drama, orpoetry; and in the beginning at least theclub would concentrate on the best of thenew books in this field.

It was decided that opportunity to joinsuch a club would be presented to membersof all patriotic societies in the city and thatprobably about twenty-five—an averagebook club membership—would respond.I was drafted to serve as first President

and organizer by the regent, Mrs. W. W.Whaley of Guilford Battle Chapter. Mrs.John Kellenberger of Rachel CaldwellChapter was chosen Vice President; Mrs.Oscar W. Burnett, Secretary; and Mrs.Joe H. Johnson, Treasurer. All are leadersin the civic life of the city.Any new idea has to be worked out and

when digging begins, one never knowswhat will be unearthed!

Letters of explanation and invitationwere sent to the members of the GuilfordBattle and Rachel Caldwell chapters. Plansfor presenting the matter to other patrioticgroups were under way. We knew that ifour enthusiasm were any gauge, the num-

ber of twenty-five would soon be enrolled.We realized, too, the potential importanceof the group at this juncture in history.Moreover, both regents, Mrs. W. W.Whaley and Mrs. Ellen C. deButts, gaveloyal support. But there were moments,when the envelopes were being addressedand the stamps stuck on, when we couldbut hope that our time and postage werenot being spent in vain.Well—you know the answer to those let-

ters, or this article would not have beenwritten. Responses came pouring in. Ap-proximately half the members of both chap-ters applied. The matter never was pre-sented to the other patriotic groups; but afew memberships, sent in by their presi-dent, were accepted from the UnitedDaughters of the Confederacy. Reluc-tantly, we had to close the list at 102. Thiswas made necessary largely because of thedifficulty, if not impossibility, of findingenough homes in which so large a groupcould meet. But we set up a waiting list,and this list includes applications fromwomen in one of the nearby towns. Indeedwe had discovered a gold mine of interest—right here in our own city!As an item of further interest, I should

like to record at this point that the initialsuggestion regarding the formation of thebook club was made by Mrs. C. E. Ander-son, a former regent of the Guilford BattleChapter.The work of organization was done dur-

ing the month of October 1947. Since wewere feeling our way in a new area ofactivity and interest, we decided to adopt,for the first year at least, the policy offewer and better meetings.The opening meeting was held on

November 4, at the home of Mrs. 0. L.Sapp, Jr., and resourcefully and success-fully, she provided a comfortable seat forevery one who came.Dr. Richard Bardolph, member of the

faculty of the Woman's College of the Uni-

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versity of North Carolina, whose specialfield is American history, was the founda-tion speaker. He gave a scintillating re-view of John Gunther's Inside USA. Atthe end of his hour and a quarter, we notonly wanted more, but were ready to "talkback to him"! The proverbial cup of teawhich followed the program only served toincrease our interest, and by the time wewere rgady to leave, we were convincedthat the Historical Book Club, born inGreensboro, North Carolina, in the year ofOur Lord 1947, on November 4, at threeo'clock in the afternoon, had arrived withevery promise of a long and happy anduseful life! Moreover, it was now anentity all its own.For the second meeting, we chose Paul

Green, of Chapel Hill and Hollywood, dis-tinguished playwright and author, to givea one-man performance of the Williams-burg, Virginia, drama, The Common Glory,of which he is the author. This symphonicdrama was first presented in the summer of1947, at Williamsburg, and is designed tobe performed annually during the summermonths—a companion piece, as it were, toThe Lost Colony, also written by PaulGreen, and performed annually at Manteo,North Carolina.Paul Green's appearance before such

private groups is very rare and when ourmembers knew that he was to be with us,naturally many of them wanted to bringguests. We decided to sell ourselves ticketsof admission for guests. One hundredtickets were issued—they were gone beforesun-up! A second hundred were issued,with the same result. The meeting washeld in the beautiful colonial AlumnaeHouse on the Woman's College campus,and when the day arrived—February third,there was an overflow crowd of 350. Amore highly representative group of womencould hardly have been found anywhere;and among them were a number of dis-tinguished guests from other cities. It wasa great day for the Historical Book Club.

Another interesting feature must bementioned. As an aid to continuity and toprovide for the individual reader, a booklist is prepared, and handed out at eachmeeting. We consider the booklist one ofthe real attractions of the club.The Greensboro Daily News, our morn-

ing newspaper, in its story of the meetingof February third, said that the HistoricalBook Club had "established itself as apowerful cultural influence." We shall doour best, through hard work and unifiedcooperation with a fine idea, to measure upto this high word of confidence.

Attention

The February issue of the magazine will carry a comprehensive article by Mrs.V. Eugene Holcombe, Chairman, Building Promotion Committee, on the new buildingwith an insert of the plans which also show the changes being made in Memorial Conti-nental Hall and the present Administration Building. Look for this story. We knowyou will be interested. We suggest, that you take your February magazine to yourchapter meeting and enjoy together looking over the plans for the complete structurewhich is rapidly taking on the New Look.

Sibley House Association of theMinnesota D. A. R.

SIBLEY HOUSE

MOST clubwomen and other workers inwomen's organizations early' in May

begin to look forward to a summer"breathing-spell," and perhaps assume thatDaughters of the American Revolution dothe same. That may be true in many states,and of Minnesota members, too, unless theyare state officers or members of one ormore of the D. A. R. or Sibley House Asso-ciation committees. In that event, thecoming of spring means more and greateractivity than at any other time of the year,for then Sibley House is opened for theseason, which closes only when primitiveheating methods become inadequate tocombat successfully the chill of autumn.

Sibley House, built in 1835 as the homeof Henry Hastings Sibley (the first stonehouse in what is now Minnesota) , is one ofthe most outstanding examples in the coun-try of an historic building restored andpreserved for posterity by the Daughtersof the American Revolution. Mr: Sibleycame to Minnesota before it was even aterritory (Minnesota celebrates next yearits Territorial Centennial) ; he was a Gen-eral, a fur trader, a delegate to Congress

from 1848 to 1853, the first governor ofthe state of Minnesota, a regent of the Min-nesota University, president of the Minne-sota Historical Society, a scholar, and astatesman. His house was the first capitolof the territory; the legislature met there;and the territorial court held its first ses-sion there.Two years after Sibley House was built,

Jean Baptiste Faribault, also a fur trader,built his home beside that of General Sib-ley. The latter's secretary, Hypolite DePuis,also built a house in the same block, andall three still stand in the village of Men-dota. They passed through many handsafter they were left by the original owners;finally, in 1910, Sibley House was takenover by the Minnesota Daughters of theAmerican Revolution; the restoration ofFaribault House was begun as a PublicWorks Administration project but in 1935was turned over to the D. A. R. for comple-tion; and the DePuis house is now the"Sibley Tea House," operated as are theother two under the management of theD. A. R. in its corporate capacity and underthe name, "Sibley House Association of

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the Minnesota Daughters of the AmericanRevolution."The officers of the Sibley House Asso-

ciation are the president, who is always theState Regent; vice-president (the StateVice-Regent) ; the recording and corre-sponding secretaries (of the state board),a treasurer who handles only Sibley Housefunds; and a Tea House treasurer. All ofthe work of the association is handled bythese board members and standing com-mittees who meet at least once a monththroughout the year and who literally hauntthe properties all summer in order to keepthem presentable and attractive to themany thousands of visitors who go throughthe houses. Sibley House itself is furnishedand maintained as an example of the homesof the period 1835 to 1862, many of theSibleys' possessions, donated to the Asso-

• ciation by descendants of the family, beingamong the furnishings. The first floor ofFaribault House is similarly furnished; butthe second floor contains a large collectionof Indian relics. The houses are open tothe public upon payment of a small fee,except that school children in groups ac-companied by their teachers are admittedfree. There were over ten thousand vis-itors last summer (approximately one-halfof them non-paying school children), rep-resenting practically every state in theUnion and many foreign countries. Twofull-time guides are in attendance to tellthe history of the houses and the exhibits;and extra guides are employed to assistwhen necessary. The amount spent lastyear for personal service and maintenanceof Sibley and Faribault houses was $4800;this was entirely apart from Tea Houseexpenditures, as that is handled as a sepa-rate project.An event of special importance and in-

terest last summer was a garden party and

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tea given May 24th by the MinnesotaD. A. R. for the members and guests ofthe Fifty-eighth Congress of the NationalSociety of the Sons of the American Rev-olution. The State Regent, Mrs. ClydeRobbins, and other state officers receivedthe guests at Sibley House, where a harpistplayed a program of American music ofthe period 1835-1862; and Honorary StateRegents formed a receiving line at Fari-bault House, where tea was served. MissLouise Burwell, honorary state regent, wasgeneral chairman of arrangements.

Another notable occasion was a Sundayin August when the Minnesota state officersof the National Rural Letter Carriers As-sociation entertained the officers of theNational Society at dinner at the TeaHouse; a souvenir Wedgwood plate with apicture of Sibley House on the upper sideand a brief outline of its history, on theback, was presented to each of the NationalOfficers.A beautiful illustration and description

of Sibley House appears in John Drury'smagnificent book, "Historic MidwestHouses" (Minneapolis, University of Min-nesota Press, 1947) ; and all members ofthe D. A. R. may feel proud of their con-tribution to the number of historic spotspreserved for coming generations.

Joining with the Minnesota State His-torical Society in the celebration of theTerritorial Centennial, the Sibley HouseAssociation is preparing a re-publication ofa booklet entitled "Romance of Men-dota," in which much more early Min-nesota history is presented than can be in-cluded in this condensed account of thesummer activities of the Minnesota Daugh-ters of the American Revolution.

MARY H. NONNWEILER,Chairman, Historical Committee

Sibley House Association.

If we cannot realize our ideals, we can idealize our reals.

Our Magazine and What I Found of InterestBetween the Covers

MY first copy was dated April 1944.In it I found a well-written article

called "What Can Be Done if You Try."It told about two wide-awake Daughterswho with a prospective membership of 77organized on Nov. 27, 1943, the BraddockTrail Chapter, which I am happy to saytoday numbers 192.Then each and every month there is a

message from our President General.There are articles and reports on Na-

tional Defense, Americanism and the Cor-rect use of the Flag, American Music, Con-servation and Red Cross, Press Relationsand Radio, Valley Forge, American In-dians and the minutes of the meetings ofthe National Board of Management.There are the Approved Schools and

their scholarships, buildings and furnish-ings; what we have done and are doingfor Kate Duncan Smith, Tamassee, PineMountain, and many other schools and col-leges that receive contributions fromN.S.D.A.R.Our members served in all Red Cross

channels both here and abroad. Manyserved as Nurses' aides, first aid classes,at camps, and hospital canteens, in motorcorps surgical dressings and many modernFlorence Nightingales were in our hospitalshere and in combat zones.For many years the D.A.R. Manual for

Citizenship has been used, more than anyother book, in preparing thousands ofprospective citizens to understand the prin-ciples of constitutional government not onlyto help the foreigner understand the privi-leges provided in our Republic, but toassist him in becoming a loyal law-abidingcitizen. The National Society distributesthe Manual free for Americanism trainingand has also been giving it to the G.I.brides who have arrived on our shores tomake their future homes. The Manualsare printed in 17 different languages.The Magazine features projects that re-

quire the assistance of D.A.R. members inhealth drives and other civic plans. Drivesfor "Safety First," "Fire Prevention" and"Wildlife" protection, planting memorialtrees and the beautification of highwayshave been claiming the attention of Chapterand State Conservation Chairmen.

Then I learn what other chapters havedone, when and what dates they have cele-brated, how they have earned money, his-toric places they have marked; about theirchapter houses, many of which go back tobefore the Revolutionary War.As to our American Indians

' in two

schools sponsored by the D.A.R. there arenow enrolled 86 students in high schooland grades, 90 in college; 31 college boyswho are G.I.s and 17 who are in highschool; and in the orphanages of theschools there are 29 boys and 30 girls.From scholarship funds an Indian boy ishelped to complete his course in medicinein one of the State Universities. He isspecializing in tuberculosis, the diseasewhich has made heavy inroads on Indianhealth.I find that a flight nurse, an Indian

woman, was trained by a D.A.R. scholar-ship. The Society plans nursing on alarge scale among the Indians as there isso much to be done for the future healthof these people who served us so well inWorld Wars I and II.Then I have read very interesting ar-

ticles about our statesmen of the AmericanRevolution, George Washington, ThomasJefferson, James Madison and John Adamsand many others; and about William Penn,founder of Pennsylvania and his announce-ment of the form of government of Penn-sylvania, April 25, 1682.

There are the Minute Men which thegovernment has used on all occasions con-nected with the War Loan drives. I learnedthat Daniel French designed the statue ofthe Minute Man, showing the young manwith his flintlock leaving his plow to de-fend his country; also that this same sculp-tor designed the famous Lincoln Memorialfifty years later.

I have learned much about the womenof Colonial Days and their business abil-ity. Mary Ball Washington, Eliza Lucas,Mrs. Elizabeth Timothy, Mrs. ClementineRand, Martha Washington, the Custer girls,and Dolly Madison.The plantation homes over which some

of the women of this period presided weretraining schools in what now would beDomestic Science Textile Art Schools, and

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they had manufacturing plants for soaps,dyes, candles and medicine. During thewar they made uniforms many times ofcoon skins, cartridge bags, and bags filledwith sand to be used in fortification.We read about the large silk flag which

floats from the ceiling of Constitution Halland the authentic copy of the flag of 1812,with its 13 stars and 13 stripes represent-ing the 13 states and colonies which be-came states in 1794. It was presented tothe D.A.R. on February 1, 1945. Thisflag is a copy of one seen by Francis ScottKey in "The Dawn's Early Light" overFort McHenry, September 14, 1814, andinspired the writing of our NationalAnthem by him.Very valuable are .the genealogical rec-

ords which give indices to many earlywills, tax lists, pension files, marriagebonds, and bondsmen and witness names.There are queries each month from D.A.R.members about ancestors they are seeking

and information is given which may helpestablish other lines.Each month "Parliamentary Procedure"

is given which answers questions in regardto rules and by-laws which must be fol-lowed by each and every chapter. That isvaluable information.What I have written are only a very few

of the many things I have found in theD.A.R. MAGAZINE. It is most educationaland helpful and I hope all of the memberssubscribe to it and enjoy it as much as I do.

Being -a chapter chairman, I try at eachmeeting to bring the MAGAZINE before themembers. Sometimes I tell them about awell-written article I have found; some-times something I have read about anotherchapter and what it has done. Then I al-ways ask for new subscriptions and re-newals and I seldom fail to get them.

SARA DAVENPORT BOYER,Chairman of Magazine, Braddock Trail

Chapter, Pennsylvania.

A Challenge

A chapter having one hundred percent paid up membership of the minimum

$5.50 per capita entitles that chapter to having its name placed on the Honor

Roll for the new building. Three chapters given below have reached that goal,

and each has gone beyond that minimum requirement and has topped the $6.00

and over per person as requested by our President General.

Ann Spafford Chapter, OhioMishawaka Chapter, IndianaJohn Hart Chapter, West Virginia

• All checks reached the Treasurer General's office about the same time.

This should be a challenge to all chapters to keep their dollars rolling. Who

will be the next? Watch for the Honor Roll, likewise our progress barometer.

The ceremony of breaking ground for the new building on the south side of thepresent group, near the Founders' statue, took place on Tuesday afternoon, October 26th,at four o'clock.

Members of the National Board of Management, Mrs. David Caldwell, Chairmanof Buildings and Grounds, Mrs. Eugene Holcombe, Chairman of Building, Mrs. RexRhoades and Mrs. Grace L. H. Brosseau, members of the Finance Committee, Mrs. JuliusY. Talmadge, Honorary President General and a number of National Committee Chair-men were present.

Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, President General, dug the first spadeful of earth andspoke a few appropriate words. She was followed by each member of her Cabinet inrotation who wielded the historic spade which was tied with the D.A.R. colors. Thisspade is the one that was used to break ground for Constitution Hall.

The Chaplain General, Mrs. Robert Keene Arnold, pronounced the blessing andthe United States Marine Band furnished the music.

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CommitteesD. A. R. Manual for Citizenship Committee

THE Daughters of the American Revolu-tion provide essential information for

American citizenship through the publi-cation of the D. A. R. Manual.For twenty-seven years the Manual has

given the needed information and instruc-tion to literally millions. It instills in ourcitizens, both new and old, a keen senseof the privileges and duties of citizenship.The Manual is published in English and

in seventeen foreign languages. The newChinese edition has just been printed andis now available for distribution.The fundamental purpose of the Manual

is to make available information to theforeign born who wish through the me-dium of naturalization to become citizensof the United States.

It contains a brief history of how thisnation began through its great documents

and symbols—the Declaration of Inde-pendence, the Bill of Rights, the Constitu-tion the Preamble; the story of the GreatSeal of the United States of America, theLiberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty; and anarticle on "How to Become a Citizen ofthe United States."The Manuals have been placed in large

numbers in the public schools as textbookson American citizenship, in which everyAmerican child should be trained.Let every member take an active part in

the service of this committee. The basisof democracy is the acceptance of respon-sibilities as well as the opportunities of acommunity. Let us accept our responsi-bility and opportunity in our communitiesto further the work of citizenship.

BARBARA WESTON HEYWOOD,National Chairman.

Junior Membership CommitteeTHERE have been a -number of inquiriesI concerning the history of the HelenPouch Scholarship Fund. As the JuniorMembership Committee is proud of its con-tribution toward the education of Americanyouth, I should like to give you a briefsketch of its development.By the spring of 1938 the Junior Mem-

bership Committee felt the need of a na-tional project though, even before that, thework of the Approved Schools had been ofgreat interest. In March the juniors of theMidwest Regional Conference passed a reso-lution recommending the establishment of,a national scholarship fund to be named inmemory of Helen Pouch, the daughter ofour Honorary President General, Mrs.William H. Pouch who had served asthe first National Chairman of JuniorMembership. This recommendation re-ceived the enthusiastic approval of thejuniors meeting together at ContinentalCongress on April 19, 1938, and contribu-tions were immediately accepted for thenew Helen Pouch Scholarship Fund.

At the end of the first year, the juniormembers voted to give three one hundreddollar scholarships annually: one each toTamassee and Kate Duncan Smith Schoolsand the other to a different ApprovedSchool each year, the first being given toNorthland College. The fund grew rapidly,and by 1944 a surplus had accumulated.This was invested in a $500 War Bond,which brings interest to the fund. Then,at a meeting held in Chicago on May 8,1945, it was recommended that one scholar-ship be given for each one hundred dollarscontributed during the year. This madepossible a greater expansion of the pro-gram, and in 1947 we were able to give ascholarship to each of the ApprovedSchools. This year the Junior MembershipCommittee gave thirty scholarships throughthe Helen Pouch Scholarship Fund.A little girl at Kate Duncan Smith said

that the letters "K. D. S. D. A. R." couldstand for friendship. When we watch thegrowth of our "scholarship children" andnotice their records in school and later in

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their communities, we are proud of themand glad that we could help them developinto healthy worthwhile American citizens.I'm sure they, too, will appreciate every-

•VOLLOWING a newspaper article de-l' scribing arrangements made to receivea large number of D.P.'s in this vicinity,White Plains Chapter, through its Chair-man of Manuals, offered a supply of thebooks to the committee in charge. On Nov.2nd the following article appeared in theWhite Plains Reporter Dispatch, under theheading: "DAR MANUALS TO BE GIVENTO DP COMMITTEE"—

"Citizenship manuals published by theDaughters of the American Revolution willbe distributed to displaced persons arrivingin Westchester under the new immigrationlaws, it has been announced by Mrs. How-ard Pugh of the White Plains Chapter ofthe DAR.

Valley Forge

ACROSS the intervening hills between myhome and Valley Forge I travel in a

heated car. The snow swirls before thecar, but the warmth within keeps the coldfrom my face, and numbness from myhands: even so I am bundled to the neckin furs.

Over this same road in the winter of longago travelled a band of weary footsore men.Worn, yet indomitable. Blood marked the

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thing you can do to help make the HelenPouch Fund grow.

MARY HELEN NORTH,National Chairman.

"The manuals, which are printed in 16languages, will be sent to the WestchesterCommittee for Refugees, Inc., headed byAlvin G. Steiglitz, which is now preparingto receive a number of DP's and refugeesfrom Germany."Mrs. Pugh, who is chairman of the DAR

for the Naturalization Court as well as forthe handbooks, pointed out that the lattercontain the U. S. Constitution, Declarationof Independence, and other historical docu-ments. As such, they have proved usefulto the YMCA and YWCA, the Boy andGirl Scouts and in adult education classes,as well as in libraries, she said. The DARpresents .a copy, she added, to all thoseacquiring citizenship through Naturaliza-tion Court."

footprints in ice and snow. Wind bitthrough the rags that covered their ema-ciated bodies.To go to Valley Forge for e brief visit

in winter I need a heated car and furs.To live at Valley Forge through an ice-

bound winter these Patriots were kept aliveby the warmth of their enthusiasm for,faith in and loyalty to their beloved land.

Because of their fortitude we live in thisLand of Opportunity today. Are we payingoff the debt?

HENRIETTA CARWITHEN,Historian General, N. S. D. A. R.

I hope the fund will soon be completed,so that the bells which ring out the clearnotes of every state in the Union will beproperly preserved. Valley Forge is sacredto all real Americans and the Bell Toweris a beautiful Memorial to those who gavetheir lives and fortunes to protect the free-dom which we now enjoy.

MRS. HOWARD P. ARNEST.

Book ReviewsBY FRANCES MARSH TOWNER

THE BIG FREEZE, by Bellamy Partridge.

People dropping like flies in the streetsor fleeing in great haste with their familiesand possessions, was the sight whichgreeted David Wakeman when he arrivedin New York City in 1832. The excite-ment was caused by a cholera epidemic•but the residents refused to name it as suchand believed it was all due to the weatheror the moon or intemperance as thechurches proclaimed. At any rate, thedeath-taking sickness served a great pur-pose in the end—the installation of a watersupply.

David Wakeman had been called fromhis engineering job in Philadelphia to actas a substitute in the construction of anew aqueduct fore an old friend who hadbeen taken ill. New York had become thecenter of attraction for young men hopingto find a successful career.

David was shocked at the antiquatedwells and cisterns used to supply the drink-ing water for the rapidly growing townand to their pollution was laid the causeof the great epidemic. An aqueduct wasa matter of immediate necessity so hepitched into heavy work; but day by dayhardships had to be faced and fresh set-backs seemed to occur overnight. A ringof politicians had taken a firm hand anda well-organized system of graft was in fulloperation.

Other obstacles had to be met, as for in-stance, in the person of James FenimoreCooper, the well-known writer, who hadjust returned from abroad, dissatisfied witheverything new in America. He threatenedto shoot if even a corner of his farm wasencroached upon in Westchester Countyand he finally did bring suit against thestate of New York.

It was during this time of the waterwayfight that Horace Greeley arrived in townhunting for a job. He came without lug-gage and it was said that even the seat ofhis trousers was sadly in need of a patch.He set up a small printing press, latertaking on the Tribune. He came to theaid of the aqueduct builders by printingthe facts in his paper. As a member of

the Institute, which had become a greatpower for progress and improvement,young Greeley with his squeaky voice andnasal twang, swayed the other membersof the Society and made them see the needof and the advantages to be derived fromthe Croton waterway.At last came the day when the great

aqueduct with its huge reservoir was readyfor the test and people came from far andnear to watch and they held their breathin anticipation. They waited and staredbut nothing happened and as night cameon they slowly returned to their homes.

Discouraged, heartbroken and humili-ated, David decided to find the cause of thetrouble. Alone, he slipped away and witha lantern and a boat he traveled along theunderground water course and most dra-matically does the author tell of that peril-ous trip. First came the loss of the lan-tern, then of the boat in the swirling watersand last the hanging on to the slippery sidesby his finger tips until he could find a wayto safety. To make matters worse, part ofthe reservoir was buttressed by an earthembankment which was apt to give awayat any time for the water was seepingthrough the cracks instead of followingthe proper course.

Floods, fire, serious labor troubles andfinally the big freeze were just a few of theobstacles faced by the engineer and theloyal backers before the work was com-pleted.The Big Freeze is an historical novel

though there is a love story, in which mostof the characters are fictitious but the readerdoes have a chance to meet the eccentricJames Fenimore Cooper, Horace Greeley,Washington Irving and Nathaniel Willis,who with his gossip column, was the WalterWinchell of his day. William CullenBryant is introduced into the picture. Hehad a deep, rumbling voice and alwaystried to Thanatopsize his every poem orspeech. Personal troubles of the heart,involved two New York belles and give theneeded light touch to the story.Mr. Partridge, the author, is well known

for his "Country Lawyer" and "January

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Thaw." He has given much in the way ofhistoric data in his latest novel but has justmissed a great opportunity for his charac-ters lack real feeling and warmth, or soit seems, for they do not stir the emotionsas , such a narrative should. The Crotonwater works of New York are famous andwonderful to see and the early days of sucha stupendous engineering feat should havebeen made more powerful and thrilling.

Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.of New York City.

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THE PARSON TAKES A WIFE, by MariaWilliams Sheerin.

How very refreshing it is to read a bookin which the everlasting triangle is not re-corded. Such a wholesome story has beenwritten by Maria Williams Sheerin in herfirst book, The Parson Takes a Wife.

It is a very human tale, filled with gentlehumor and sparkling in spots with wit.The author has shared with her publicevents in her own life as the wife of apopular rector. The story is real andstrikes immediate response in the heart ofthe reader for he feels that, in spite of themany problems which had to be solved,the writer would never have forsaken herlife for any other.The story opens when she was a young

girl living with her family in Richmond,Virginia. Following the old custom, shewas presented to the family friends afterher graduation and enjoyed a year of funand pleasure.However, craving for contact with the

outside world, she decided to take a job.Her family was horrified, for who everheard of a southern girl leaving home towork? But Maria was firm and decidedshe would like to run a tea room. Shedecided its color must be yellow and itshould stand under a tulip tree, but thescheme failed for she had never beentrained along those lines.Then came the glamour of being a clerk

behind a hotel cigar counter but when herlack of experience was revealed, she onlysucceeded in making the waiting list.By this time her mother was frantic over

the behaviour of her daughter so she con-sulted an old time church friend who founda place for her as his secretary. With him

she visited churches and prisons and as hewas slowly going blind, she helped himwith his articles for the Southern Confer-ence.Then she met Dr. Sheerin and married

him. Maria felt that as the wife of a rectorshe could continue to lead her own life andnot worry about the church or its parishion-ers, but she learned differently.With her husband she lived variously in

Fredericksburg, Richmond, Waco, Chatta-nooga, New York, and finally landed inWashington, where Dr. Sheerin was rectorof the historic Epiphany Church for sixyears, when, unfortunately, he died fromoverwork.The book is full of amusing incidents

and is most refreshing. Maria tried so hardto make herself liked and to obtain the nec-essary votes to make her husband a Bishop,but only succeeded in startling the staidchurch officers, especially when she askedone if he had ever had an illegitimate child!When the Sheerins moved to Washington

and Maria found the rectory located in theembassy section, she was delighted. Shefelt it would be a great education to haveher children mingle with the children ofother countries. Looking out of her win-dow one day, she was so pleased to see heryoungsters playing with those from theembassy: Picture her dismay when shelearned that they were the children of theAmerican cook who worked there.Maria found that life could be both

normal and very pleasant with a ministerwho never thought it wrong to act as areferee at a football game or to indulge insquare dancing on special occasions.The spirit of Dr. Sheerin is felt all

through the book and lives on in youngCharles, Jr., who plans to follow his fatherinto the ministry of the Episcopal Church.

Published by Macmillan.

THE BRIDE OF FORTUNE, by HarnettT. Kane.

Drama, tragedy, heartbreak mingle withthe odor of magnolias and the beauty ofthe flowering apricots; life on a largesouthern plantation and history in the mak-ing—all these are found in the pages ofBride of Fortune.


Harnett Kane, the author, is well knownfor his "New Orleans Woman" and his"Louisiana Hayride" but in this new novelhe has written a quickly moving romanceof the old south, which, when once started,cannot be put aside until the last page isreached. After the reader has burned hismidnight oil as he eagerly reads on and on,he still wishes for more!The story centers around Varnia Howell,

the beautiful dark haired wife of JeffersonDavis. She was an aristocrat of cottonrich Natchez, Mississippi, and was a belleas well, much in demand in the social world,but she had been given an unusual educa-tion for a girl of her time and much pre-ferred a continuation of her studies to thegay life of Natchez.

This worried her mother, so for aChristmas vacation she was sent to theplantation of an old family friend, JoeDavis. Here she met Jefferson Davis, laterPresident of the Confederacy. He was aWest Point graduate and had served in thearmy where he had made a brilliant record.Now he was home, living on his own plan-tation which adjoined his brother's.

Jeff was a widower and his wife, thedaughter of Zachary Taylor, had met witha tragic death. Varnia and Jeff fell deeplyin love and she was just eighteen when sheleft Natchez and became the bride and mis-tress of Brierfield.The dibuntry was in an unsettled condi-

tion and the future was none too bright asVarnia assumed her new responsibilities.Often she tried to influence the decisions ofher hot headed husband but when she failedshe never questioned further but turned andlent her aid. During all the years she didnot waver in her devotion but bravely facedthe tragic moments of life with a courageand strength seldom found in one so young.Laughter and tears are woven together

as the young couple helped make historyin our great America. Varnia went toWashington with her husband when he be-came a Representative; then back to theplantation and waited while Jeffersonserved with great distinction in the MexicanWar; back again to Washington when hebecame Senator and later Secretary of Warin the Pierce administration. So, with thisvaried political career, could anyone blameher for her dream of seeing her husbandin the White House?

Most dramatically does the author de-scribe the last visit of Calhoun to theSenate to protest the Clay plan. In thegallery, with tears on her cheeks, sat Varnia,when, wrapped to the chin in a heavy shawl,his face the color of death, Calhoun wasbrought in, supported by his friends. Thechamber was crowded and there he satwith trembling lips while a friend read hisspeech. At the end the entire Senate rosein tribute for all knew that Calhoun wouldnever return.

All through the book the reader experi-ences mixed emotions but none so sad asthe day when Jefferson Davis faced a packedSenate and tendered his resignation. Be-hind the rail sat Varnia for the last time.She saw her husband rise to his feet andin a voice hoarse with emotion, he startedhis farewell speech. He apologized if hehad at any time injured anyone and closedwith the historic words: "It only remainsfor me to bid you a final adieu." His headdrooped and all around him were weeping.Then came the years of the presidency

of the Confederacy and the long war. Atits close Varnia showed true heroism as shefought for the life of her children, sacri-ficing her cherished belongings that shemight provide food. A brave fight shewaged day by day to save her husband,lying manacled in a dungeon in FortressMonroe, moving heaven and earth to havehim freed. She visited Horace Greeley withher pleas and at great peril to his ownfuture career, Greeley signed the necessarypapers and once again Jeff Davis returnedto Richmond where cheering crowdsawaited him. There he rested until histrial.

Here the story ends but not until it hasclearly painted a lasting portrait of a tenderhearted woman, loving deeply and ever-lastingly; one who never faltered in herdevotion to her husband or who ceased tofight and to make sacrifices for her childrenand her home.

Published by Doubleday & Company.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON (The YoungMan), by Dr. Douglas Southall Free-man.

A brief magazine review can never dojustice to any work by Dr. Freeman but


historians and students will revel in thecontents of the two volumes just releasedon George Washington. Even the lay mindwill find tremendous interest in the life ofthis beloved hero.

Dr. Freeman worked for twenty yearson his famous biography of General Rob-ert E. Lee and it is often claimed that hecan account for every minute of the Gen-eral's activities during the civil war years.He often quotes him as saying: "It is his-tory that teaches us to hope."The first two volumes of George Wash-

ington (there are to be four more) as ayoung man, contain many pages of here-tofore unrevealed data, made possible bythe untiring research of the author, aidedby a grant from the Carnegie Corporation,which made it possible for him to examineall known sources of letters and printedmaterial.The books so far released take Washing-

ton through the first twenty-seven years ofhis life as a surveyor, a planter and a sol-dier and close with the military resignationof the Virginia Colonel at the end of 1758.They reveal the part played in the Frenchand Indian Wars and take the reader upto the time of his marriage.A very human man is portrayed, who

frequently flew off the handle from hisattitude of calm; a man with a complicatedcharacter, where strength and weaknesswere intertwined.

Search brought to light an old bookwhich gives the record of spinners—slavewomen—working under a white foreman,with a head weaver who was a Scotchman.Also, one finds that at Mount 'VernonWashington carried on a fish industry andin one year packed and sold nearly onemillion herring.Dr. Freeman goes into great detail as

to the ancestry and birth of George Wash-ington, starting with his great-great grand-father, the Rev. Lawrence Washington.Then comes the great-grandfather John,known as a two fisted, very aggressive

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planter, who began his American careerwith, a fight but ended with great pros-perity, plus a third wife who had alsobeen married three times.

His own father is portrayed as a man ofvacillation in business. Evidence showsthat the home in which the Father of HisCountry was born was bought for 5,000pounds of tobacco or the equivalent offorty-one pounds sterling.

It was most interesting to learn thatMary Ball, the mother, was a chronic com-plainer who felt she was justified in con-stantly demanding help and more helpfrom her sons in order to meet her re-quired needs. Outsiders considered her avery poor manager. George always grantedhis mother's demands whenever possibleand was very dutiful but kept away fromher.He was sent across the river to Fred-

ericksburg to school, where his trainingas a surveyor gave him a chance to learnwhere the unpatented lands were located.This he made the most of, with the finalresult that when he attained his twenty-first birthday he held title to 4291 acres,2000 of which he had purchased with hisown earnings. From the time he was six-teen, he was constantly lending to hisbrothers and cousins, who were often veryslow about repaying him.

If it is true that "history teaches us tohope" and we love America and want itto continue being the greatest country inthe world, then let us all read GeorgeWashington and see through Dr. Freeman'seyes the conditions in those early days andhow that great and sterling character foughtto save and to preserve the land that heloved.The author has the rare gift of present-

ing dry facts and data mixed with humaninterest stories and the reader stays rightwith him to the last page; and further willawait with keen anticipation the publicationof the following volumes.

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons.

Parliamentary ProcedureNELLIE WATTS FLEMING

Parliamentarian

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU, and maythese be your New Year resolutions.

Send your by-laws at least one month be-fore they are to be submitted for adoption.Subscribe to the Magazine so that you willnot ask the questions that were answereda few months previously. Always includesufficient return postage.Here is a question that your parlia-

mentarian hopes will not be necessary foryou to ask during this year. Question:Is it legal to use the black ball system inthe election of applicants for membershipin a chapter? Answer: If you have thisstatement in your chapter by-laws: "Thattwo negative votes shall bar a person frombecoming a member," it is, of course, legalfor you to abide by your rule. BUT DONOT HAVE SUCH AN ABOMINABLELAW. Amend your by-laws and substi-tute: "A majority vote shall be necessary

for election to membership" for your "blackball system." We women have discardedmany things such as hoop skirts, longdresses dragging on the ground and doingour hair like the "Gibson Girl," so whynot discard this rule? The National So-ciety desires that chapters have only amajority necessary for electing an appli-cant, and it uses only a majority vote inits own Board of Management for accept-ing members.Now I'm going to tell you a little secret:

Whenever I read the by-laws of a chaptercarrying such a rule I know immediatelythat chapter has in all probability been inexistence about 40 years or more and isalso one that limits its membership. Wellthis year let's bring ourselves up to date,for when you still carry such rules we canalways guess your age, both as an organi-zation and the age of the majority of yourmembers as well!Now here are a few more questions that

date the chapters. Question: Why do you(meaning the parliamentarian) always saythat Article 1 of the by-laws should read:"The name of this ORGANIZATION shallbe ," instead of saying this chapter

or this society? The answer is very simple.A group is an organization until its nameis specified in that Article 1, whether youare a chapter in any patriotic organization,a club, a sorority, a church auxiliary, etc.

Question: Why do you (again meaningthe parliamentarian) disapprove of thestagger system in electing officers? An-swer: Again this question dates the chapter,for in asking it the person always says:•"We feel some officers should be electedeach year for a term of two or three yearsso there will always be a few people onthe chapter executive board who are ableto advise the incoming officers of the waythings have been done by other boards."Answer: Now don't you see what is wrongwith that feeling. That chapter thinksthere should always be some "has beens"retained so that the chapter will keep ondoing the same old way. My advice is tobreak loose from this old precedent andtry having an entirely new board. Ofcourse I realize you will move your firstvice regent up to regent and the secondvice regent to the office of the first viceregent, probably the recording secretary tosecond vice and so on down until the veryend of the line when you will just have tosqueeze in a brand new person to take theplace of that last officer you moved up.But even so, do it all at once and don't"stagger" through it each year. It is ablessed organization of any kind that hasa few years of uninterrupted bliss of servicewithout "AN ELECTION," for if there areonly twelve members, politics will creep in.

Question: Is it a good idea to withholdmailing the chapter year book until thefirst of January when it is known and canbe reported by the chapter treasurer howmany members are delinquent and thenmail the book to just those who have paidtheir dues? Answer: Now why shouldmembers be penalized because a few havenot paid their dues on time? It remindsme of a large family in which there is onelittle boy who is made sick every time heeats chocolate ice cream, so the mother

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never serves chocolate ice cream to theother children because it makes Jonniesick if he eats it, thus punishing them forsomething they can not help. This particu-lar chapter had been in the habit of mailingthe year book to the members in September,but somebody conceived the above idea ofwaiting to see who might be delinquentthe first of January, thus disregarding oneof the finest laws of the country, that ofbelieving each person will do right towardshis fellow man. So mail those books atthe proper time and let the Treasurer Gen-eral deal with the delinquent members indue season.The following is a question that was

answered not so long ago, but from theseveral inquiries received it is wise to againgive you the same reply. Question: Maya chapter suspend a member or removeher name from its roster? NO. The Na-tional Board of Management is the onlybody with power to discipline the membersof the National Society. If you have sucha clause in your chapter by-laws it mustbe deleted.

Since Continental Congress last Apriladopted the law that no person could serveas a chapter regent longer than six con-secutive years, this question has come tome quite often. Question: We have in ourchapter by-laws that officers are not eligibleto serve in the same office more than oneterm of three years. Should we now amendthat to two consecutive terms? Answer:NO. This rule was adopted to take careof some folks who thought that nobodyelse could serve so efficiently as regent butthemselves, staying in that office in quitea few chapters from 25 to 42 or more yearscontinuously, so please do stick to your

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present law of just one term of three years.The National Society feels it wise to havenew regents attending Continental Congressevery few years, for it is there we reallylearn about our wonderful Society andreceive the inspiration to do our work thatit expects of us.As it is time to elect delegates and alter-

nates for the 1949 Congress your parlia-mentarian is taking the liberty of makingthis suggestion to those chapters who haveamong their members state officers and feelthey should make these state officers (otherthan the State Regent and State Vice Re-gent) delegates and alternates to Congress.Well this is probably a bit unkind, but ifthese state officers have at sometime servedas chapter regents, they have had the privi-lege of attending, so do elect others in yourchapter as your delegates and alternates;for as stated above, it is attendance ofCongress which gives us the knowledgeof the fine work our Society does.

Before closing this article, I do want topay tribute to one of our chapters geo-graphically outside of the United States,who sent me an especially fine set of revisedby-laws, conforming almost to the letterwith the Constitution and By-Laws of theNational Society and to the model in theHandbook. It is the Havana Chapter inCuba, a chapter whose officers and membersseldom have the privilege of attendingCongress, yet it conforms so beautifully tothe laws of the Society. What a lesson tothose of you who attend year after yearand have so many other opportunities toobserve and to conform that a chaptersituated outside of our country does nothave, yet does obey.

Ere thou sleepest, gently layEvery troubled thought away;Put off worry and distressAs thou puttest off thy dress;Drop thy burden and thy careIn the quiet arms of prayer.

Lord, thou knowest how I live,All I've done amiss, forgive;All of good I've tried to do,Strengthen, bless and carry through;All I love in safety keep,While in thee I fall asleep.

—HENRY VAN DYKE.

States

PENNSYLVANIA

HARRISBURG CHAPTER was hostessto the 52nd Annual Conference of the

Pennsylvania State Society, Daughters ofthe American Revolution at the Penn-Harris Hotel, Harrisburg, October 11, 12,13, 1948 with Mrs. Harlow Barton Kirk-patrick, State Regent, presiding.We were honored with the presence of

Mrs. James B. Patton, First Vice PresidentGeneral. Among the distinguished guestswere Mrs. James H. Duff, Mrs. William A.Becker, Miss Laura Clark Cook, Mrs. VanCourt Carwithen, Mrs. Loren Edgar Rex,Mrs. Benjamin Ramage Williams, Mrs.Harper Donelson Sheppard, Mrs. FurelRobert Burns, Mrs. Edward R. Barrow,Mrs. N. Howland Brown, Mrs. Joseph G.Forney, and Mrs. William Stark Tompkins.

Social functions were a Dutch TreatBreakfast for State Officers and StateChairmen; supper for Pages and Juniors;State Officers' Club dinner; Central Penn-sylvania Regents Club dinner; Central-North-West Regents Club luncheon; Teaat the Executive Mansion, Tuesday after-noon from four to six o'clock, when Mrs.James H. Duff, wife of the Governor andmember of Col. William Wallace Chapter,assisted by Mrs. Kirkpatrick and distin-guished guests of the conference, receivedPennsylvania Daughters.Monday, October 11th at 1:30 o'clock

a Memorial Service in Pine Street Presby-terian Church conducted by the State Chap-lain honored the memory of 211 members.Special tributes were paid to Mrs. WilliamH. Alexander, Honorary State Regent andex-Vice President General by Mrs. Benja-min R. Williams, Vice President General;to Miss Blanche E. Brunner, ex-State Treas-urer by Mrs. Joseph G. Forney, HonoraryState Regent; and to Mrs. James H. Krom,Regent, ex-State Director and ex-StateRegistrar, by the State Regent.Music by a String Trio Monday eve-

ning at 8 o'clock was followed with As-sembly Call blown by Barner Gamby ofWilliam Penn High School. The StateRegent, State and National Officers and

distinguished guests entered, escorted bypages with official flags and chapter ban-ners. Mrs. Kirkpatrick called the 52ndConference to order; the Invocation wasgiven by the State Chaplain; the Pledgeof Allegiance to the Flag was led by StateChairman, Correct Use of the Flag; Mrs.Herbert Patterson State Director, led TheAmerican's Creed; the National Anthemwas led by State Chairman Advancementof American Music. Mrs.

Chairman,F. Reed,

Hostess Regent, noting the coincidence ofmeeting on the 58th anniversary of theNational Society's organization, and Hon.Claude R. Robins, Mayor, welcomed theConference to Harrisburg; Hon. Louis J.Heizmann, State President, S.A.R., andMrs. John A. Fritchey, II, State President,C.A.R., brought greetings. The State ViceRegent responded.The addresses of Mrs. William A.

Becker, Honorary President General, andMiss Hazel B. Nielson, Secretary to theNational Defense Committee were stirringand enlightening. Dr. Walter D. Headspeaking at the State Dinner on "AmericanYouth Today" pointed out that children aremuch like their parents if you know whatthe parents are really like and said, "Oneof the most important things any of us cando is to make friends with these boys andgirls." Mrs. George A. Kuhner, NationalChairman, vividly presented our work inthe hospital on Ellis Island during an EllisIsland breakfast at which Mrs. Harold C.Edwards presided. A considerable sumwas contributed to our project, an adequatewater supply for Kate Duncan Smith School,by the 275 members and guests who at-tended the Approved Schools Committeeluncheon.

Chapter Regents' reports were receivedat the Tuesday afternoon session. Resolu-tions were passed petitioning the NationalSociety for the removal of salable articlesfrom the foyer, Memorial Continental Hall;Combatting Subversive Forces; "WorldOrganization vs. World Government"; Pub-licity; "Teaching Young America"; Sup-port of Flag Resolutions adopted by the57th Continental Congress.An invitation extended by Mrs. Herbert

Patterson, Director of the Western District,

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in behalf of Pittsburgh, Queen Alliquippa,Tonnaleuka, Gen. John Neville, Col. Wil-liam Wallace, Bower Hill, Jacob Ferreeand Elizabeth Gilmore Berry Chapters tohold State Conference, 1949, in Pittsburghat the William Penn Hotel, October 20, 21,22, was accepted unanimously.

Conference was adjourned at 3:15 P.M.October 13, 1948.

HAZEL GRAHAM GLESSNER,State Recording Secretary.

NEW YORK

ON October 6, 7 and 8 the 52nd annualconference of the New York State So-

ciety was held at the Seneca Hotel, Roches-ter, New York. Mrs. Edgar B. Cook actedas chairman for the hostess chapters whichwere: Colonel William Prescott, Deo-on-go-wa, Gan-e-o-di-ya, Gu-ya-no-ga, Ironde-quoit, Kanaghsaws, Kiandaga, Mary Jemi-son, Orleans, Seneca, Ska-hase-ga-o andTe-car-na-wun-na.The State Regent, Mrs. James Grant

Park, presided at all of the sessions exceptone, at which Miss Thelma LeBar Brown,State Vice-Regent, occupied the chair.Mayor Samuel B. Dicker brought welcomefrom the city of Rochester.The keen interest of each of the 460 mem-

bers registered was evidenced by their at-tendance at all sessions. The reports ofstate officers and chairmen showed the vastamount of work accomplished during thepast year. New York now has a member-ship of 14,902. One hundred and twenty-four entire or part scholarships are main-tained at Tamassee and Kate Duncan Smithschools, and aid is given to five collegesand sixteen other schools. Sixty thousandManuals for Citizenship were placed in pub-lic and parochial schools, boys' clubs andnaturalization courts. The conference votedto continue all national quotas; also to con-tinue the Empire State News and contributetowards the upkeep of a room in the TenBroeck House at Albany for the housing ofD.A.R. State papers, records, flags, etc.At the National Defense meeting, Mrs.

Ernest H. Perkins, Chairman, the speakerwas Mr. Edward Harris, second chairmanof the First Army Advisory Committee andArmy Manpower Committee, who stressedthe necessity for constant watchfulness and

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a well developed program of preparedness.Mrs. Perkins recommended the followingto every Daughter:

1. Know the policies of the NationalSociety.

2. Acquaint yourselves with bills beforeCongress and write your Representativeconcerning them.

3. Know what is going on in your schoolsand churches—what your children orgrandchildren join—watch the Youth Fed-eralist Group.

4. Exercise your right to vote.5. Use the facilities of your National

Defense Office.

At the banquet on Wednesday, Miss LauraClark Cook, Organizing Secretary General,honored us by being our speaker of theevening, and emphasized the importance ofteaching of American Government as wellas other forms of republican government,and even the study of totalitarian forms ofrule, so as to have a basis of comparison,to know why and how our form is the best.The state officers and chairmen receivedimmediately following the banquet.

Other speakers for the conference wereRepresentative Kenneth B. Keating; Repre-sentative James W. Wadsworth; Mr. JohnW. Finger, President Empire State Society,Sons of the American Revolution; Mr. Wal-ter B. Kenyon, President Rochester Chap-ter, S.A.R.; Mr. John P. Tyson, Head-master, Kate Duncan Smith School; Mrs.Donald B. Adams, National President, N.S.,C.A.R. All of these guests emphasized alsoconstant vigilance, education, and a strongNational Defense program.The plans for the new building in Wash-

ington were presented and New York's ninedirectors were appointed state chairmen forthe fund raising committee, each chapter tohave a chairman.A round table was held concerning the

work on the Bell Tower at Valley Forge.Three new directors were elected, Mrs.

George B. Wells, Mrs. Walter R. Littell,Mrs. W. A. Saltford. The nominating com-mittee for next year's election is: MissLillian Stebbins, Mrs. Stanley T. Manlove,Mrs. Frank Matthewson, Mrs. F. BradlyReynolds and Mrs. C. B. Raymond.The conference voted to endorse the

candidacy of Miss Edla S. Gibson, pastState Regent, of Buffalo, for Vice PresidentGeneral.

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The place for the 1949 state conferencewill be Lake Placid, October 5, 6 and 7.The members who attended this year's meet-ing returned home feeling that New YorkDaughters are cognizant of the importanceof the Society's work, and are willing andanxious to do all, they can to carry out itsaims and ambitions.

GERTRUDE L. LEWIS,State Historian.

INDIANA

VIVE National and State Officers of theDaughters of the American Revolution

participated in the impressive dedicationceremony of a pine forest within the Lafay-ette Unit of the Hoosier National Forest onOctober 27th. A few miles away is thebeautiful Mary Parke Foster Forest plantedby the Daughters nine years ago in honorof the Society's second President General,an Indiana woman.

Mrs. Furel Burns, State Regent, dedicatedthe penny pine plantation to "men andwomen who made the supreme sacrifice."She unveiled the marker made by the UnitedStates Forest Service. The program wasarranged by Lafayette Spring Chapter ofwhich Miss Clara Patrick of Tell City isRegent.R. H. Grabow, Bedford, U. S. Forest

Supervisor, said in a prepared address "theDaughters of the American Revolution is adevoutly patriotic organization. It is de-termined that the principles and libertiesof our nation shall not be lost. An imper-vious armor to resist any effort to weakenthe foundations upon which our freedom

LEFT: MR. A. J. QUINKERT, U. S. FOREST RANGER.

RIGHT: MR. R. H. GRABOW, U. S. FOREST SUPERVISOR

rests is a contented people. This content-ment grows from abundant lives and abun-dant lives spring from spiritual freedomand freedom from fear."The Supervisor told the audience of

about 75, that in joining the Governmentin this memorial the D.A.R. says "this isour method to assure you that your sacri-fice shall not have been in vain."

Short talks were made by the Rev. Mau-rice DeJean, Louis Zoercher of Tell Cityand Anthony J. Quinkert, forest ranger.

Attending in addition to Mrs. Burns wereMrs. Herbert R. Hill, Indiana Vice Regent;Mrs. J. Harold Grimes, Vice President Gen-eral; Mrs. Lafayette Porter, Past Vice Presi-dent General, and National Chairman of theDAR magazine; Mrs. George Hays, Bed-ford, Registrar elect; Mrs. L. S. McKinney,Huntingburg, southern Director elect; andMrs. Robert Shrader, New Albany, retiringsouthern Director.

LUCILE GERBER.

MASSACHUSETTS

ONCE during the three year administra-tion the State Fall meeting is held in

western Massachusetts. The fall foliage ofthe Berkshires at Stockbridge as a back-drop and the presence of Mrs. Roscoe C.O'Byrne, the President General, was auspi-cious for the inspiring meetings held atHeaton Hall, October 5th and 6th.Mrs. Warren Shattuck Currier

' State

Regent, presided at all meetings. Twelvepages escorted the National and State offi-cers to the platform. Following the usualpatriotic opening exercises, the ReverendEdmond Randolph Lane, Rector of SaintPaul's Episcopal Church in Stockbridge,gave the invocation. Mrs. Charles V. Der-rick, Regent of Ausotunnog Chapter of Leewelcomed the 500 assembled Daughters andMrs. Ralph A. Tyler, Regent of MercyWarren Chapter of Springfield, respondedgraciously.The State Regent presented the honored

guests: Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, PresidentGeneral; Miss Katharine Matthies, ThirdVice President General; Mrs. John T. Gard-ner, Corresponding Secretary General;Mrs. Howard Gorham, National Chairman,Student Loan Fund; Mrs. Roy E. Heywood,National Chairman, Daughters of American

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Revolution Manuals; Mrs. Malcolm E.Nichols, State President, Children ofAmerican Revolution; and Reverend Laneas a Son of American Revolution.

Miss Matthies, as Vice Chairman of theNew Building Promotion of the NorthernDivision, spoke of the dire need for thenew building and emphasized the personalprivilege of each Daughter to contribute.The State Chairman, Mrs. John Howard

Hill, asked for personal pledges from theplatform and seven hundred twenty dollarswas pledged in five minutes.The State Officers outlined their work

and projects for the coming year, stressingcooperation in all National and StateD. A. R. work.Mrs. Howard Gorham, National Chair-

man of the Student Loan Fund, spoke ofthe great work of the Society which enablesworthy students to carry on their educa-tion by means of the State Student LoanFunds.

Following the recess for dinner, theevening session opened with a processionalof State and National Officers in colorfulgowns, carrying arm bouquets of red roses,a gift of Mrs. Horace A. Whittmore, along-time member of the MassachusettsD. A. R.The State Regent, Mrs. Currier, pre-

sented the President General in a uniqueway, by reciting a poem by the HoosierPoet, James Whitcomb Riley "In a FriendlySort of Way."

Mrs. O'Byrne addressed the assemblageon "Our National Obligations." Mrs.O'Byrne spoke of the three unfinishedprojects, Valley Forge, The Tribute Groveand the Tamassee Auditorium and the newproject, the New Building. She exhibitedblue prints of the various parts of the newbuilding stating that this was the majorproject of the National Society. Mrs.O'Byrne's inspiring message created greatenthusiasm among the five hundred dele-gates present at the State Meeting.Miss Macie Williams, daughter of the

State Vice Regent, soprano, sang delight-fully two groups of songs at the eveningsession accompanied by Mrs. Frank Palmerof Peace Party Chapter. A brilliant recep-tion of National and State Officers followed.Wednesday morning session was devoted

to the three minute outlines of plans ofState Chairmen. Mrs. Roy Heywood, Na-tionl Chairman, displayed the latest Manual

LEFT TO RIGHT: MRS. RICHARD C. HACKETT, MRS.

ROSCOE C. &BYRNE, MRS. WARREN SHATTUCK CUR-

RIER, MISS GLADYS C. HALL

for Citizenship, printed in Chinese andbound in Pagoda Red.As the pages retired the colors at noon,

each Massachusetts Daughter, from CapeCod, North Shore in eastern Massachusettsand inland from all points of the compass,felt it had been a distinct privilege to meetwith the members of western Massachusettsin the Berkshires and doubly so since themeetings were graced with the presence ofour President General, Mrs. Roscoe C.O'Byrne.

ETHEL PERKINS HILL,State Historian.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

THE New Hampshire Society met inKeene on Thursday, Oct. 7th for the

Annual Fall Session.Mrs. David W. Anderson, of Manchester,

State Regent presided over the meetingswhich were held in the First CongregationalChurch. More than 200 members, repre-senting 37 chapters in the state, werepresent.Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, President Gen-

eral, was our honored guest and she wasaccompanied by Miss Katharine Matthies,3rd Vice President General.At the morning program invocation was

given by Mrs. Hiram Johnson, of Antrim,State Chaplain. Mrs. Norman Crowey ofCharleston led in the Pledge of Allegianceto the Flag, and the American's Creed was


led by Miss Ethel C. Grimes of Peter-borough.Mayor Frederick D. Mitchell extended

a welcome in behalf of the city, and Mrs.William A. Newton, regent of AshuelotChapter extended a welcome for her chap-ter and for the regents of the followinghostess chapters—Abigail Stearns of Wal-pole, Mary Varnum Platts of Rindge, OldNo. 4 of Charlestown, and PeterboroughChapter of Peterborough.The response was made by Mrs. J. Wen-

dall Kimball of Lancaster, State Vice Re-gent. Greetings were extended by Mrs.Maurice L. Johnson of Nashua, State Presi-dent of the Children of the American Revo-lution.

Recommendations from the State BoardMeeting were submitted by Mrs. Harry S.Parker, of Goffstown, State Secretary; anda resolution recommended that the gift ofa show ease, suilably marked, be given tothe "Attic" Room as a memorial to Mrs.Leslie P. Snow, of Rochester, HonoraryState Regent, and for many years NewHampshire Chairman of this MuseumRoom in Washington.

State Officers and State Chairmen eachmade two minute suggestions for the year'swork, and after the singing of the StateSong led by Miss Anne Seneck, of Pitts-field, State Chairman of American Music,Conference adjourned to the Parish Housefor luncheon.

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Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, President Gen-eral, reviewed the activities carried on dur-ing the past year and showed plans for thenew annex. She stressed the importanceof completing three projects which this ad-ministration inherited: 1. The NationalTribute Grove; 2. The Auditorium atTamassee; 3. The Memorial Bell Towerat Valley Forge. She also stressed thedignity and importance of committee work,committees being appointed either by Con-gress, State, or Chapter are a necessarypart of our work.Two minute reports of chapter regents

were enjoyed by those present, as weresolos rendered by Miss Avery of Keene.Mr. Ernest Sherman, Prof. of History,

Kimball Union Academy, and Dartmouth.Lake Sunapee Region Historian, spoke onthe "Restoration of Old No. 4 Fort" tellingof its strategic importance and of manyinteresting battles, which he said were theturning point in the struggle between theEnglish Colonists and the French andIndians.

After the retiring of the Colors, a recep-tion was held in the Parish House, withMrs. Arthur Mulvaney, chairman, assistedby members of the hostess chapters.

Guests were present from Vermont, Mas-sachusetts, Maine, Illinois, Florida, Con-necticut, and Indiana.

OLIVE STEWART AUSTIN,State Historian.

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We have too many men of science and too few of God. We havegrasped the mystery of the atom and neglected the Sermon on theMount.Man is stumbling blindly through a spiritual darkness while toying

with the precarious secrets of life and death. We know more aboutkilling than about living, more about war than peace.

—GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY.

Minnesota Officers' Workshop Tour

OUR State Regent, Mrs. Clyde Robbinsof Tracy, planned that this statewide

tour was to be essentially a workshop tour,and to this end she asked that hostess chap-ters provide meeting places and luncheonplaces in the five cities we would visit,which would encompass the state. Thoughfew of her officers could accompany her,plans were made and carried out, and wehope that all Daughters who attended thesemeetings felt repaid for the effort expendedin reaching the designated city of theirdistrict. We officers who could spend thisweek with Mrs. Robbins were asked totalk not only on our own particular work,but also on the work of the absent officersand committee heads. This we gladly did,knowing that our State Regent was savingthe heaviest burden for her own contribu-tion when she would carry all parts notallocated to us and then summarize theentire program and conduct a questionperiod before adjourning any meeting.This question period never failed to bringout interesting queries and many matterswere cleared up in a short time. Mrs.Robbins also gave advance information asto dates of our Annual State Conference inMarch, and the meeting of our ContinentalCongress in Washington in April.Our force was small as we met on the

afternoon of September 19th, but whatwe lacked in numbers we made up in en-thusiasm and soon we were at work pre-paring for the next day and, in fact, forthe entire week. Beside our State Regent,Mrs. Clyde Robbins, we were fortunatein having with us our State Vice Regent,Mrs. George Jones, who carried the addi-tional role of chauffeur as she whisked usfrom city to city. Mrs. Robbins relieved herat the wheel from time to time, and to thesetwo women we are very grateful. Othersin our party were Mrs. Walter Wheeler,State Recording Secretary, and Mrs. GuyFairchild, State Historian.Our "debut" was made at Hibbing, the

Iron Ore Capital, on Monday September20th, and there we met with the membersof our hostess chapter, Washington Elm,and later greeted the Missabe Chapter ofVirginia and the two delegations who camefrom Duluth—members of Greysolon duLhut and Daughters of Liberty Chapters.We were happy to have our State Chaplain,

Mrs. L. L. Michels, with us for the day andhear her report on her work. Also to. thismeeting, and to give their reports, cameMrs. Gordon Butler, State ConservationChairman, and Mrs. Wm. Ongalo, Chair-man of American Indian work. Regentswho were present reported on the activitiesof their chapters, and these reports featuredin every day's program of the entire weekwe were on tour. So many and variedare the activities throughout the state thatreports from regents were, in instances, realhighlights.

It was our privilege to have as our guest,at luncheon, this first day, Miss Alio ofHibbing, who is one of the five lucky youngwomen in the field of nursing who arereceiving scholarships from MinnesotaDaughters. To have her tell us later justhow much help we are to her made us allhappy. The attendance award was wonby Greysolon du Lhut Chapter, who wasrepresented by 12 per cent of its member-ship. This award, a gift of the officers ontour, was in every case a subscription toOur DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVO-LUTION MAGAZINE. A similar gift waspresented to each hostess chapter. Allafternoon sessions closed early, with out-of-town delegations in mind, but neverdid Mrs. Robbins leave a loose end flyingnor a question unanswered.• A very long drive in a downpour ofrain brought us late that evening to FergusFalls, the scene of our second day's ef-fort. Tuesday dawned bright and fair,and we were soon welcomed by FergusFalls Chapter members, who made usfeel so happy to be with them. Out-of-town Daughters came from Moorhead, amost enthusiastic delegation of membersof Lake Agassiz Chapter. We repeated thework we had given on Monday andawarded the attendance subscription to theLake Agassiz Chapter.

Next morning we rose early and droveto Sauk Centre where we found Sauk Cen-tre Chapter awaiting our arrival withfriendly hands extended in greeting. Del-egations arriving were soon identified asSt. Cloud Chapter, Dr. Samuel PrescottChapter from Wheaton, and WadsworthTrail Chapter of Morris. Our State Li-brarian, Mrs. John Cochrane of St. Cloud,

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was with us today and took her turn atreporting on her own work. Our day'sprogram was again managed smoothly andefficiently by Mrs. Robbins, who once moretied up all loose ends in a way that wasmuch appreciated by her audience. Thedelegation from Wheaton, with exactly one-third of the members present, seemedhappy to receive the attendance award andthe enthusiasm brought a glow to ourhearts as we parted. In mid-afternoon wehad learned that Thursday's session atSt. Peter had been canceled due to polio,so we drove directly to Minneapolis wheretwo of our party resided.Home affairs now claimed Mrs. Jones

and Mrs. Wheeler, but Mrs. Edward Linde-mann, Consulting Registrar, and MissLouise Burwell, a past State Regent, werepressed into service, and Thursday noonfound us in Miss Burwell's car en routeto Mendota where we lunched at our ownSibley Tea House. We looked out onFaribault House and Sibley House, whichwas the home of Minnesota's first Gover-nor, and were happy that they and thelovely lawns on which they were built be-longed to Minnesota's Daughters. A callon Miss Minnie Dilley, Past State Regent,was made when we reached Northfield, andsoon we were rested and refreshed enough

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to continue our journey to Albert Lea, thelast district to be visited.Our welcome in Albert Lea was all that

we could wish and the sessions were par-ticularly well attended, with large dele-gations responding to the call sent out bythe Chapter. Charter Oak Chapter camefrom Faribault, Wenonah Chapter fromWinona Red Cedar Chapter from Austin,and Rochester Chapter named for the homecity came with one-fifth of the membershippresent, thereby winning the attendanceaward. We were fortunate, on this ourlast day, to have with us several StateChairmen, and we listened with interestwhen Mrs. Albert Smalley of Rochesterreported on Manuals, Miss GertrudeBlanchard of Lewiston on Correct Use ofthe Flag and Mrs. C. W. Campbell ofAlbert Lea on Americanism. Mrs. Linde-mann told of her work as Consulting Regis-trar and Miss Burwell enlarged on the co-operation expected of us during the com-ing year—Minnesota's Centennial Year.Thus ended our week of workshop meet-

ings, leaving us weary but with the con-viction that it had been so worthwhile.We are deeply grateful for the manycourtesies shown us.

MRS. GUY FAIRCHILD,State Historian.

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Massachusetts

BARBARA LOUISE LAUGHTON ofLP Reading, Mass. "Miss Massachu-setts" of 1948: She is the daughter ofCharles K. and Marguerite (Kaltreider)Laughton. She became a charter memberof the "Olde Redding" Chapter D.A.R.when she joined with her mother and heraunt, Helen (Laughton) Wilson on June 8,1948; she was born in Boston May 7, 1929.Her revolutionary ancestor being Sgt.James Laughton of Bristol, Maine. MissLaughton in representing Massachusetts inthe Miss America Pageant at Atlantic City,placed in the fifteen finalists and receiveda scholarship of $1,000 which she is usingwhile attending Fisher School in Boston.She recently was chosen "Miss Army AirForce of Nqw England." Barbara was aGirl Scout, 4-H Club member, and a Rain-bow Girl. She was the "Miss Red FeatherGirl" of Reading in the 1947 Greater Bos-ton Community Chest Campaign.

Indiana State C. A. R.AS newly appointed Senior President of

the Indiana State C.A.R., I do not feelqualified to report on the actual progressof the past year. I can only pay my sincererespects to Mrs. Paulus and her splendidorganization and to assure you and themthat I will do all that I can in order topreserve and maintain the standards estab-lished under their guidance.

Having been a former local Senior Presi-dent, a school teacher, and now being themother of two growing youngsters (andboys at that!) I feel that I am able tounderstand your practical problems inkeeping and increasing, interest in theC.A.R. The average child nowadays hastoo many activities to absorb his or herattention and what we can offer, actually,is but an honor. And some children areso showered with recognitions that onemore means little to them. They valueonly those things that are shared by theirclique or gang. The lack of challengethat our membership offers them and thediversity of ages and interests, make chap-ter work and progress seemingly impos-sible. We have to compete with organi-zations far more popular and financiallysecure than ours.But in view of this depreqing outlook

let us consider these factors: Mrs. Lothrop,who organized the National C.A.R., lovedchildren. She wrote for them, she workedfor them, she believed in them. Suchenergy, faith, and spirit could not havebeen devoted to a hopeless cause. There-fore it is our mission as mothers, friendsand relatives of these eligible children tosustain and promote the vision of thefounder.

In order to promote a dream we haveto have a system whereby practical prob-lems can be faced and mastered. In pre-senting this program I am going to call it"The System of the Three P's"—Purpose,Plan, and Program.Our PURPOSE is to promote genuine

love of country in all its aspects to ouryoung people. For only enlightened youthcan cope with the universal problems thatalarm us and which they'll have to solveas future Americans and citizens. We arethe logical ones to foster this burning loveand respect because our ancestors knewthe price of democracy and it is not for

us, certainly, to fail now. Democracy wasnot easily won or nurtured. Our inheri-tance is great but it carries grave responsi-bilities with it. No child is too young torealize that or too young to assume thoseobligations.A PLAN for promotion should include

the resolve of every D.A.R. or S.A.R.,individual or group, to arouse interest inmembership among its eligible young peo-ple. You know them because your chil-dren and grandchildren are the potentialmembers and if your children and grand-children don't belong now, you should feelit to be your first duty, when you returnhome, to enroll them. As active membersof the D.A.R. you should prove your loy-alty by sponsoring your children's interest.Even if they can't actively participate, theminimum dues they _pay will help the So-ciety to expand to such proportions thechildren will clamor to belong. Make itthe smart or fashionable thing for themto belong! It will be your own attitudethat will sell it. Children reflect andadopt our attitudes and prejudices. Ithas been said that "there are no delinquentchildren—only delinquent parents." Letus say that there are no desultory C.A.R.—only INdifferent D.A.R. Now all youhave to do to organize a Society is to rec-ommend to me and I, in turn, will recom-mend to Washington some D.A.R. orS.A.R.'

in good standing, who is willingto find six eligible children, who may varyin ages from birth to twenty-one, whowould like to belong. There is your work-ing nucleus. And don't tell me the chil-dren are too busy. I know that. Butthey won't be too busy if we lose our formof government or concern for its perpetu-ation.

After you have agreed upon a Plan thenarrange an active PROGRAM around theage group that dominates your society.The older children are adult and originalenough to work out their own ideas. Theyounger children take pride in paper col-lections, dramatizing patriotic plays andstories, field trips, 'theatre parties, squaredances (which are gloriously American!) ,participating in charitable drives, collect-ing money or clothing for the ApprovedSchools, to mention but a few suggestions.Zeal has to be strong among these children

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in order to counteract the diversity ofages and social ties. Therefore it is ourjob to keep at the C.A.R. Children rarelydo anything on their own. The goodgrades they earn, the awards they receiveand the hours they practice are the results

of the constant reminding of their parents.What better cause have you than to re-

mind them that they are Americans?IRENE PYLE MILLAR,

C.A.R. Senior President fromIndiana.

A Real Daughter

MARY (POLLY) WHITLEY GILMOUR

jliKENTUCKY-BORN Real Daughter ofthe American Revolution was Polly

Whitley (Mrs. James Gilmour) .She was born in the year 1788 in the

brick mansion built by her father, ColonelWilliam Whitley in Lincoln County. This,the first brick house built in Kentucky, wasknown as "Sportsman's Hill."

Polly Whitley witnessed the great eventswhich occurred here prior to the war of1812 for this was her home until her mar-riage in 1814. She saw the horse racing

which took place at the nearby race trackbuilt by her father (the first circular race-track in Kentucky) and the lavish enter-taining for which the house was famous.Events of state were conducted here untilthe first legislature convened at Danvillefollowing Kentucky's separation from Vir-ginia. Her father represented the countyof Lincoln at that convention. He likewisewas a member of the Kentucky House ofRepresentatives in 1797.In the year 1813, Polly Whitley saw her

father ride away on his horse "Old Em-peror" for the long journey which was toend in his death at the Battle of the Thames.Here he was a volunteer with the Kentuckymilitia under Governor Shelby although inhis 65th year. In this battle he led asmall, carefully chosen group of volunteersinto what was certain death. This "For-lorn Hope" was intended to draw the fireof the British and their Indian Allies andreveal their locations. She witnessed thereturn of "Old Emperor" without his rider.Her father's friend, John Preston, broughtWhitley's horse and Long Rifle home toSportsman's Hill.

In the following year Polly Whitley mar-ried Dr. James Gilmour. In 1833 theywent to the comparatively unsettled stateof Illinois. Twenty years later she emi-grated to the wilds of Oregon with a daugh-ter and family. Here she spent most of theremaining years of her life. She is buriedin Sand Ridge Cemetery, Linn County,Oregon.Her portrait, painted by Jonniaux and

owned by a descendant, will one day takeits place in the house in which she wasborn.

ChaptersMecklenburg (Charlotte, N. C.) met at

the home of Mrs. Patsey Goodwin whenthe chapter celebrated its fiftieth anniver-sary on September 23rd, 1948. Otherhostesses included Mrs. S. B. McLaughlin,Mrs. W. L. Nicholson and Miss Lula FayeClegg, and Mrs. Gerard King, regent, pre-sided.

Miss Julia Robertson gave a short historyof the chapter and Mrs. James A. Houstonpaid tribute to the organizing regent, Mrs.Edward D. Latta, and to Mrs. StonewallJackson, first chapter regent. Many dis-tinguished guests were then introduced in-cluding Miss Gertrude Carraway, StateRegent, and other staff officers, also regentsof the other four local chapters.

Introduced also were Mrs. W. H. Belk,former chapter regent, honorary state re-gent, Past Vice President General, PastChaplain General; Mrs. B. D. Heath, for-mer chapter regent, Past Vice PresidentGeneral, and Past National Reporter Gen-eral for Smithsonian Institution; Mrs. Pres-ton B. Wilkes, Jr., Honorary State Regent;Mrs. H. J. Dunavant (former chapter re-gent), National and State Chairman ofGenealogical Records Committee; Mrs. J.A. Yarborough, National Vice-Chairman ofPress Relations; Mrs. Preston Robinson,State Chairman, D. A. R. Manual forCitizenship; Mrs. J. B. Hunter, presidentStonewall Jackson Chapter, UDC; Mrs.Lawrence Mason, president James LaneChapter, UDC.

Mrs. Yarborough presented each mem-ber a booklet, "Origin of the Daughters ofthe American Revolution in North Caro-lina," written by her. Mrs. John Roddy,vice regent, presented each of the chapterregents present with a golden corsage.

Miss Gertrude Carraway was honor guestand speaker of the afternoon. She told ofhow the chapter was ready to organize, buthad to- defer its plans because some of theprospective members could not be admittedinto membership until the National BoardMeeting in September. Thus they had todelay their formal organization until Sep-tember 27, 1898. She presented the chap-ter a copy of a letter written by Mrs. Lattato the National Society in August 1898.

Miss Carraway continued: "At the firstState Conference, July 2nd, 1901, at

LEFT TO RIGHT: MRS. GUY A. BURNS, MRS. JAMES A.

HOUSTON, MRS. W. H. BELK, MISS GERTRUDE CARRA-

WAY, MRS. GERARD KING, MRS. B. D. HEATH, MRS. H.

J. DUNAVANT, MRS. CHARLES L. ALEXANDER, MRS.

MASON WALLACE

Waynesville, Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, ourfirst chapter regent, gave a splendid report.She was a worthy leader, the wife of oneof our finest southern soldiers and Chris-tians."A marker was placed at McIntyre's

Farm where during the Revolution, Mrs.Jackson reported four hundred Britishwere routed by twelve American patriots."The chapter entertained the Second

Annual State Conference May 20, 1902, inCharlotte. In her welcome, Mrs. JohnVan Landingham, then chapter regent,quoted: 'Ye who boast in your veins theblood of sires, like these, lose not linea-ments.' Mrs. Latta was elected HonoraryState Regent."One hundred dollars was donated to

Continental Hall in Washington and Mrs.Stonewall Jackson was reported as hon-orary chapter regent. A monument hasbeen erected at McIntyre's Farm and plansare under way to mark the birthplaces ofJames Knox Polk and Andrew Jackson."Your first leaders, Mrs. Latta and Mrs.

Jackson, loved their Society and so todayin honoring your charter members and pastregents, we should realize anew our presentresponsibility and future service."

After this stirring address the meetingwas adjourned and guests invited into thedining room for refreshments.

LOUISE WERT DUNAVANT,Past Regent and Registrar.

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Wheeling (Wheeling, W. Va.). A win-dow display was arranged by WheelingChapter for Rededication Week, celebratedprior to the coming of The Freedom Trainon September Fourteenth.

Wheeling Chapter cooperated with theBoard of Trade in preparation for the visitof The Freedom Train. The chapter regent,Mrs. Carl G. Bachmann, served as a mem-ber of The Woman's Committee and MissEleanor Sweeney assisted with the work ofthe Historical Exhibits Committee.The window display, in W. J. Lukens

Company, exhibited "Symbols of AmericanFreedom". The evolution of the Flag waspresented with each period in our historyrepresented by a flag, forty in number.These were made and presented to Wheel-ing Chapter by two charter members, Mrs.John B. Garden and her daughter, Mrs.Russell R. Throp. Schools and organizationshave used this collection for educationalpurposes over twenty-five years. A pictureof the Rembrandt Pearle Portrait of GeorgeWashington, the United States GeorgeWashington Bicentennial Medal awarded toWheeling Chapter in 1933; a book, "BetsyRoss—Quaker Rebel" by Edwin S. Parry,and a bronze Eagle completed the articlesused in the display.The chapter was honored by being in-

vited to ride in the Veteran's Day Parade.The regent, Mrs. Bachmann, the recordingsecretary, Mrs. Harry E. Erickson, the his-torian, Mrs. Charles D. Towar, and MissEleanor Sweeney, were the chapter repre-sentatives for this event. The weather wasclear for the reception of the train and

WHEELING CHAPTER WINDOW DISPLAY

11,365 interested citizens of the Ohio Valleytook advantage of the opportunity to viewthe documents.

LOUISE S. TOWAR,Historian.

Western Shores (Long Beach, Calif.) .Western Shores Chapter observed the onehundred sixty-first anniversary of the sign-ing of the Constitution of the United Statesat a luncheon meeting at the LafayetteHotel on September 28. Donald P. Lane,prominent Long Beach attorney wasspeaker of the day and chose for his topic"The Constitution."

The twenty-fourth anniversary of thechapter was celebrated on this occasionalso. Mrs. Edward H. Lichty, regent,presided and spoke briefly on its organiza-tion.

Western Shores Chapter was organizedby the late Mrs. Williams Samuel Fackleron August 25, 1924. Mrs. Fackler was thedescendant of thirteen soldiers of theAmerican Revolution and possessed thesame number of ancestral bars. In tributeto her, the chapter has placed a D. A. R.Marker on her grave.

Activities for the year have been outlined.Western Shores Chapter will stress Na-tional Defense, contribute to the buildingproject, assist the Indians, support theD. A. R. Neighborhood Center in LosAngeles and promote the welfare of youthin the organization.

Miss Rolfe Tucker, the youngest memberof the chapter, is secretary of the LongBeach, D.A.R. Juniors. It is of historicinterest that Miss Tucker numbers amongher ancestors Colonel Isaac Coles of theAmerican Revolution, who was a personalfriend of George Washington. In his diarywritten on his trip south in 1791, PresidentWashington referred to Colonel Isaac Colesseveral times and gave an account of spend.ing the day and night of June 6 at his homein Virginia.

Mrs. E. J. Shipsey, chapter chairman ofthe Junior American Citizens Committee,organized a club at Burnett ElementarySchool last year. This was the first JuniorAmerican Citizens Club in the Long BeachPublic Schools by the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.

MRS. CLIFTON DWIGHT TUCKER,Chairman of Press Relations.


Everglades (Miami, Fla.). On Octo-ber 11, 1948, Everglades Chapter held aNational Founders' Day Silver Tea. Thisis the first time we have ever celebratedthis event and we entertained the two otherlocal chapters, Biscayne and Coral Gables.The beautiful colonial home, "Whitehall",residence of the Charles H. Crandons', onRed Road, was the scene of the party. Overfour hundred guests called during the teahours and a good sum of money was real-ized. The proceeds will be used to benefitthe many national projects undertaken bythe chapter. Here are a few of the thingswe have done so far this year: We havesent in our first donation to the NationalBuilding Fund in the amount of $130. Toour DAR schools we have made the follow-ing scholarship contributions:

Tamassee—$150.Kate Duncan Smith—$75.Bacone College—$30.

We have sent $14 to the National Museumfund.We are using an exhibit from Ellis Island

and making a contribution of $10 to thefund.Our chairman of the American Citizen-

ship Committee has been busy placing bigposters entitled "Americanism or Com-munism" in our public and private schools.On it the Bill of Rights, article by article,is pictured and life under Communism andthe corresponding way of life in the UnitedStates of America is clearly shown. Anyyoung child can understand it. The Na-tional Defense Committee is distributingthese posters in churches and businesshouses and public places.Our Conservation Chairman plans to con-

duct a tour by chartered bus to our newEverglades National Park and a contribu-tion is being made to the Tribute Grove inCalifornia.

ROSE F. WILLIAMSON,Press Relations Chairman.

Hiwassee (Loudon, Tenn.). The Chero-kee District met in Loudon, Tennessee atthe Cumberland Presbyterian Church fortheir annual conference Saturday, October23. As the members assembled, a back-ground of organ music was played by Mrs..J. E. McCall.The meeting was called to order by Mrs.

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W. H. Fillauer of the Ocoee Chapter, Cleve-land, Tennessee, District Chairman of theCherokee District.

Rules of the meeting were read by Mrs.John Emmette James, Recording Secretaryof Hiwassee Chapter, Loudon, acting asState Secretary in the absence of this officerdue to illness.At this time, Mrs. Fillauer presented

Miss Rachel Huff, Regent of HiwasseeChapter, who gave the welcoming address.Response was by Mrs. S. M. Varnell, His-torian of Ocoee Chapter.

During chapter roll call, eight chapterswere represented and four State Officerswere present, making an attendance offorty-seven members at the meeting.

Mrs. Thomas F. Hudson, State Regent,was the principal speaker, and she broughtus a message direct from the state andnational offices concerning our great work.The purpose of this annual meeting, is forthe State Regent to present personally areport and instructions making these meet-ings most interesting and inspirational toall who attend them. This year the districtmeetings are dedicated to safeguarding ournational defense.Luncheon was served at the grammar

school cafeteria by the Missionary Societyof the Methodist Church. Mrs. McCall andMiss Pope delighted us with songs andmusic at this time.During the afternoon business session,

reports were heard from the state officerspresent. Mrs. T. J. Bosman, State ViceRegent, presented her report first, followedby Mrs. Whittier B. Gates, Librarian andMrs. Elmer Rule, Registrar, with theirrespective reports and instructions for theyear's work.At the round table discussion, Mrs. Van

Amberg, Regent of Rhea Craig Chapter,Sweetwater, announced that Oak Ridgewas being opened for inspection with spe-cial exhibits emphasizing the use of atomicenergy in beneficial ways.

In her report for the courtesy committee,Mrs. Van Amberg extended thanks to theHiwassee Chapter for its many courtesiesextended to the members of Cherokee Dis-trict.

Misses Jane Smith and Mary ElizabethBacon served most capably as pages for theday.

MRS. JOHN EMMETTE JAMES.


Isaac Gilbert (Kingsville, Texas) .Chapter members were special guests at the

MRS. MARTHA LESH

one-hundredth birthday anniversary ofMrs. Martha Lesh on October 1, when herdaughter-in-law, Mrs. F. E. Lesh, enter-tained in her honor.The centenarian wore a gray crepe dress

with corsage of orchids, and was enthusi-astic in her praise of the D. A. R., whichshe says "comes next to her church in heraffection."

Mrs. Martha Lesh was a charter memberof the Paducah Chapter, Ky., her sister,Mrs. H. S. Wells, having been the organiz-ing regent. Later she became a life mem-ber. Her daughter, Mrs. Virginia LeshHart, regent of the Paducah Chapter, waspresent for the 100th anniversary, as wasalso her granddaughter, Mrs. James Dys-art of Columbia, Mo.Among the many birthday remem-

brances were orchids from Hollywood, redcarnations from the Kingsville Sons of theAmerican Revolution, and a MemorialContinental Hall plate from Isaac GilbertChapter. The plate has been hung nearher bed, opposite the companion flags (OldGlory & D. A. R.) , which she salutes eachmorning as she gives the pledge of alle-giance.A large, embossed birthday cake, holding

100 candles in rose holders and having asugar-spun orchid in the center, graced the

table. Napkins bore the inscription "Mar-tha Lesh-1848-1948" in gold.

Mrs. W. A. Francis, regent, and Mrs. R.D. Fullerton, vice-regent, assisted in pour-ing the punch and in serving the cake.

Cello solos were played by Miss MarthaAnn Fullerton, newest member of IsaacGilbert Chapter, and Miss Mary Sue Mc-Curdy, High School Good Citizen for 1948,accompanied her at the piano. Severalpiano selections were given by Mrs. Vir-ginia Lesh Hart, daughter of the cente-narian.

Cards of congratulation and lovely flowerarrangements came from many states andlocal organizations. One Kingsville Sun-day-School Class sent 100 red roses.

MRS. WILLIAM A. FRANCIS,Regent.

Eunice Baldwin (Hillsboro Bridge,N. H.) . An outstanding event in the his-tory of Eunice Baldwin Chapter was thecelebration of its fiftieth anniversary, heldon Saturday afternoon, Oct. 9. The pro-gram was given in the music room of theCommunity Building, with a tea followingin the Gilbert Memorial Room. Open forinspection were the chapter and new his-torical rooms, furnished by the chapterwith articles of interest given or loaned bymembers and other generous citizens.

Notable among those present was Mrs.Mary Grimes Thornton of Brookline, Mass.,organizing regent of the chapter, regentduring the first four years of its existence,and sole surviving charter member. Intro-duced by regent Mrs. Charles Perry, shetalked entertainingly of the chapter's earlyyears and the work done in placing tabletsand memorials in historic spots throughoutthe town, and the annual decoration of thegraves of soldiers of the Revolution and theWar of 1812. Mrs. Thornton still retainsher membership and her interest in thechapter, and entertainsits members everyseason at her summer home in Hillsboro.The occasion was honored by the pres-

ence of four state officers: Mrs. David An-derson, state regent; Mrs. Hiram Johnson,state chaplain; Mrs. Harry Parker, statesecretary; and Mrs. Dana Emery, statetreasurer. In her interesting address, Mrs.Anderson told of the annual meeting inKeene last week, and of the varied under-takings now being sponsored by the Na-


tional Society. The guests of honor, all ofwhom spoke briefly, were presented withcorsages of yellow chrysanthemums.The secretary, Mrs. Charles Wallace,

read letters from the non-resident members.Miss Madeline Gilmore sang "House ByThe Side of The Road" by Grace WarnerGulesian, and "Shenna Van," and "Year'sAt the Spring" by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach,long a member of the chapter. Mrs. MorrisPorter was the accompanist. Guests werepresent from Ashuelot Chapter of Keene,the Peterboro Chapter, and Mollie AikenChapter of Antrim. Mrs. Cora Hunt ofthe latter chapter spoke briefly of her earlyconnection with the Eunice Baldwin Chap-ter. Later she became a member of theMollie Aiken Chapter of Antrim, which wasan offshoot of the Eunice Baldwin Chapter.Out of town members of the chapter

present were Mrs. Cleaves McAlister ofPeterboro, Mrs. Bernice Maynard of Con-cord and Mrs. Joseph Stock of Meridith.Mrs. D. W. Cole, who is in Meriden, Conn.for the winter, also was here for the anni-versary.Following the program a reception to

the State Officers was held in the ChapterRoom. Downstairs in the beautiful GilbertRoom, Mrs. Perry, regent, and Mrs. B. D.Peaslee, vice-regent, poured at the tea tablewith a center piece of chrysanthemums andbeautifully decorated anniversary cakewhich was cut by Mrs. Thornton.

LENA P. Low.

Boca Ciega (Pass-A-Grille Beach, Fla.)honored Mrs. David M. Wright, state re-gent; Mrs. Roy Frierson, Curator General;and state officers with a reception Tuesdayevening, October 12th, at the StantonHotel, St. Petersburg, Florida. Other stateofficers honored were: Mrs. Edward S.Horton, vice-regent; Mrs. P. H. Odom,second vice-regent; Mrs. Austin William-son, recording secretary; Mrs. Grover C.Metcalfe, corresponding secretary; Mrs.Gilbert C. Broking, treasurer; Mrs. W. A.Kline, registrar; Mrs. Malcolm Merrick,historian; Mrs. W. J. Winter, librarian;and Mrs. James A. Craig, parliamentarian.The state officers were the house guests

of the chapter's regent, Miss Pearl Walker,Stanton Hotel, from October 12th to the14th.

State Chairmen of National Committeeswere also invited to the house party andreception. Those able to attend were Mrs.Eugene A. Smith, Chairman of the Ad-vancement of American Music; Mrs. J. C.Rogers, Chairman of Americanism; Mrs.Harry Ford, Chairman of Girl HomeMakers; and Mrs. J. C. Bruington, Chair-man of National Defense.The lounge of the hotel was attractively

decorated with gladioli, mums, pentus andother late summer flowers. A large silkflag with gold fringe and topped with agold eagle set off one corner of the mir-rored fireplace.The refreshment table was centered with

a hand painted punch bowl and on eachside were two silver candlesticks holdingblue candles and banked with fern andyellow mums. Mrs. Frank Turner, or-ganizing regent, presided at the punchbowl. Lime sherbet floated in the punchand with this was served attractive openfaced sandwiches, cookies, candy and nuts.

Miss Walker gave a welcome for thechapter. Guests were then entertained witha program of concert music. The stringquintette was composed of Geneva Sugden,first violin; Hazel W. Healy, second violin;Mabel Alden Ferry, viola; Charlene Low-man, cello, and Ruth Bernard-Myers, piano.Selections by the quintette included "Al-legro Brillante" by Schumann and "Sere-nade"— (nachtmusik) by Mozart. Pianosolos, "Clare de Lune" by Debussy and"Kammenoi-Ostrow" by Rubinstein werepresented by Mrs. Myers.

Mrs. Jack Watson served as generalchairman, assisted by various members ofthe chapter. Mrs. Starling Miller was incharge of the display of holiday cards, giftwrappings and handwork. One room wasdevoted to the display of these articleswhich will be sold at a Bazaar December4th. The funds will then be used forD. A. R. projects.

Invited guests in addition to the CuratorGeneral, state officers, state chairmen ofnational committees, and Boca Ciega Chap-ter members, included the regent and offi-cers of Tampa Chapter, DeSoto Chapter,Clearwater Chapter, Princess Chasco Chap-ter and Princess Hirrihigua Chapter.

(MISS) PEARL WALKER,Regent.


Ralph Humphreys (Jackson, Miss.)started its 48th year with a tea at the beauti-ful and historic Governor's Mansion.

STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: MRS. F. E. REHFELDT,

MRS. HERBERT FORREST, MRS. W. SMYLIE SHIPMAN,

MRS. 0. B. TAYLOR, MRS. E. D. HENNA, MRS. WM.

GREENE ROBERDS. SEATED: MRS. ROBERT HENRY, MRS.

J. C. WILKERSON, MRS. CARL FAUST

The tea honored the past regents of thechapter, eight being present for this, thesocial event of the year. Receiving withthe regent, Mrs. W. G. Roberds, and Mrs.Fielding Wright, wife of the State's Gover-nor, were Mrs. W. S. Welch, of Laurel,Vice President General D.A.R., Mrs. MaryWhitaker Robinson, Senior State President,C. A. R.; Mrs. Percy Clifton, Regent Mag-nolia State Chapter; Miss Ferris Cotter,State Treasurer; all past regents, and theofficers of the chapter: Mrs. J. Clyde Mc-Gee, Mrs. W. B. Harris, Mrs. Karenza Gil-foy, Mrs. G. C. Millar, Mrs. Hampton Jones,Mrs. R. G. Duke Mrs. W. G. Sours, Mrs.Chas. A. Neal, Mrs. F. F. Faucette, Mrs.Isham Beard.The chapter membership roll has reached

175 now, and a number of new names havebeen submitted for consideration.

EFFIE MARSHALL NEAL,Chairman, Press Relations.

La Grange (La Grange, Ga.) The Hon-orable Sidney Camp of Newnan, Repre-sentative in Congress from the Fourth Dis-trict of Georgia, spoke to members of theLa Grange Chapters of the Daughters ofthe American Revolution and of the Sonsof the American Revolution at a dinnermeeting at the Colonial Hotel in La Grange,last September.Mr. Camp discussed "Our Immigration

Situation," introducing the theme for theGeorgia D. A. R. historical programs forthe year, "Our Foreign-Born Americans:What They Have Contributed to Our Coun-try." He reminded his hearers that Amer-ica owes much to her immigrants whohelped build her railroads, her water sys-tems, and tilled her soil in yesteryear, andthat the first Americans were immigrants."The question of immigration today," Mr.Camp said, "is one of the most perplexingfacing the American Congress." Of specialinterest was his statement that promotersof Communism have been found notamong the immigrants but among thosegranted visas for special purposes in thiscountry. "But," Mr. Camp concluded, "Iam in favor of limiting immigrants to thenumber that we can teach the American

LEFT TO RIGHT: MRS. O'NEAL WALLS, BERLIN, GER-MANY; MRS. CLARENCE CRISP, WINDSOR, ENGLAND;

MRS. JOHNNY KING, LEGHORN, ITALY; MRS. JAMES

LANDERS, LUXEMBOURG; MRS. J. W. DANIEL, LIVER-

POOL, ENGLAND; MRS. A. E. MALLORY, CHAPTERCHAIRMAN OF MANUAL FOR CITIZENSHIP COMMIT-

TEE; HON. SIDNEY CAMP, CONGRESSMAN FROM

GEORGIA

way of life. Our present immigration lawsshould not be loosened."Of significance was the presence of a

group of new citizens, wives of Americansoldiers, who were special guests. Theycame to America from Leghorn, Italy;Luxemburg; Windsor and Liverpool, Eng-land; and Berlin, Germany.

Miss Tommie Martin, regent of the LaGrange Chapter, presided, and Pierce G.Blitch, president of the La Grange Chapter,S. A. R., presented Mr. Camp. OtherGeorgia programs on "Our Foreign-BornAmericans" during the year will includeour foreign-born humanitarians and philan-


thropists, scientists, inventors, builders andindustrialists, writers and publishers; ourforeign-born in the fine arts and in publicservice, concluding with "Our OrdinaryImmigrants." Stress will be placed on theimportance of the present immigrationlaws to our national well-being.

MRS. NEIL GLASS,Press Relations Chairman.

Campbell (Nashville, Tenn.) dedicateda bronze D. A. R. marker on the graveof Henry Guthrie, American RevolutionaryWar patriot, on October 27th in the oldfamily cemetery on the Guthrie farm nearNashville and Nolensville, Tennessee. Thiscemetery has the distinction of being lo-cated in a part of the original tract of landgiven to Henry Guthrie by the governmentfor his services during the RevolutionaryWar, most of which land is still owned bytwo of his Guthrie descendants. The cere-mony of the dedication of the marker wasattended by Mrs. Thomas F. Hudson, StateRegent of Tennessee and a great greatgranddaughter of the patriot, who took partin the exercises. A number of other de-scendants of Henry Guthrie were alsopresent.The exercises were presided over by the

Regent, Mrs. Walter L. Fleming. Assistingin the program were other officers of theChapter and Mrs. T. J. Bosman, State Vice.Regent. Greetings and family reminis-cences of Henry Guthrie were presented byMrs. Hudson, and a sketch of his life, pre-pared by Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, Chap-ter Historian, was read.Henry Guthrie was born in Hanover

County, Virginia, December 10, 1754, andremoved in childhood with his parents toHalifax County, North Carolina. He en-listed, 1774, in the North Carolina Conti-nental Line, in a company commanded byCaptain Samuel Waldon. He served alter-nately as a soldier and as a gunsmith in anarmory, and later was in the quartermastercorps. While a gunsmith in the town ofHalifax, North Carolina, a Tory struck himon the head inflicting a wound whose scarhe carried to his grave. After the close ofthe War he became a surveyor and assistedin determining the boundary line betweenVirginia and North Carolina. He was oneof the earliest surveyors in Kentucky, wherehe removed with his father in 1789.In Madison County, Kentucky, on Novem-

ber 24, 1796, he was married to Nancy AnnShackleford, daughter of Roger Shackle-ford and Nancy Ann Carter, who had emi-grated from Virginia. Fourteen childrenwere born of this marriage.

After living in Lexington, Kentucky,about three years, Guthrie and his familyremoved to Nashville, Tenn., where he issaid to have done important work as asurveyor. About 1806 he removed to thetract of land fourteen miles from Nashvillegranted him for his services in the Revo-lutionary War. Here he made his homeand bought more land, and here he diedJanuary 4, 1837. Interesting stories havebeen handed down from generation to gen-eration of Henry Guthrie 's experiences asa soldier, surveyor and as one of the pio-neers who developed our country at a timewhen Indian attacks were not infrequent.

MARY BOYD FLEMING,Regent.

Colonel Timothy Pickering (Salem,Mass.) held its first meeting of the seasonThursday evening, October 14th, in theHawthorne Room of the Hotel Hawthorne,with a good attendance of members andguests.The meeting was opened by the regent,

Mrs. Arthur E. Rowe. Mrs. Joseph Freitas,chaplain, led the devotional exercises withthe reading of Scripture, and an articleabout children. Mrs. Lawrence A. Carter,organizing regent, spoke of our StudentLoan Fund girl, Miss Thelma LeBlanc. Shesaid Thelma had graduated with highhonors from Boston University, and nowhas a responsible position in the researchlaboratory at Harvard college. The reportsof the various committee chairmen werethen heard. Mite boxes, which were sentto the chapter by the State Regent, Mrs.Warren S. Currier, were given to eachmember.The meeting adjourned, and was turned

over to the hostess chairman of the evening,Mrs. S. Dustin Perkins, who introducedHon. J. Elmer Callahan, whom Gov. Brad-ford appointed as chairman of the com-mittee on juvenile delinquency. The Gov-ernor himself is back of this movement.Sen. Callahan began his talk by saying,"We are all delinquents, because for yearswe have done nothing to prevent the shock-ing conditions which prevail in our institu-tions." He mentioned particularly the


Lyman and Shirley schools for boys; toldhow poorly they are managed, and ofchildren suffering from extreme cruelty ofthe guards, and of the strictest disciplineimaginable. He said these children arethe saddest and most tragic group any-where, and cited the case of an 11-year-oldboy placed in an institution by his motherbecause he was stubborn, who had re-mained there until he was 22 years old,and is now in state's prison. Sen. Calla-han felt that somewhere, somehow and bysomeone this boy should have had a chanceto rehabilitate himself.He asked for the interest of every parent

and citizen in this program, stating thatevery national organization has taken holdof it. He said that now laws have beenpassed requiring every parent whose childis in a state institution to pay the full ex-pense, and ended by stating that after Jan.1, 1949, the delinquent child will be sentto a youth service board, not to a stateinstitution, which will provide better careand better service at less expense to thecountry.A social hour followed, with refresh-

ments being served by the hostesses of theevening.A letter was sent to Gov. Bradford that

Col. Timothy Pickering Chapter appre-ciated the privilege of hearing SenatorCallahan on "Juvenile Delinquency," andthat it would support this movement.

SUSAN S. GAUSS,Press Relations Chairman.

Putnam Hill (Greenwich, Conn.) has

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the happy privilege of owning the GeneralIsrael Putnam Cottage where its meetingsand other events are held.From this beautiful historic cottage Gen-

eral Putnam started his ride to Stamford inorder to obtain reinforcements when theBritish were about to enter Greenwich, butit was then Knapp's Tavern where the Gen-eral was staying at the time. He saw in hismirror while shaving that the red coats wereapproaching, so goes the authentic story.The cottage is filled with carefully pre-

served relics of the Revolutionary period.The mirror in which the General glimpsedthe British is there and his hat, throughwhich the enemy sent a bullet, rests in itsoriginal half-moon shaped bandbox.The most recent gift to the chapter this

fall came from Mr. Henry M. Beekman andhis sister, Miss Effie B. Beekman, of Bed-minster, New Jersey, which is no other thanthe bridle worn by General Putnam's horseduring the famous dash down the steep hillnear the cottage.The Beekmans brought it to Greenwich

where suitable ceremonies were held at thecottage in honor of this most welcome addi-tion to the chapter's historical treasures.The regent, Mrs. William Jay Willson,gracefully accepted the bridle in the nameof Putnam Hill Chapter. Mr. and MissBeekman had cherished this valuable relicover the years, having inherited it origi-nally from their maternal grandfather, JohnStiger (1793-1886) who had received itfrom his father, Baltus Stiger (1762-1830)though possibly the grandfather, AdamStiger, first owned it.The chapter was formed in December

1897 and the cottage was purchased inOctober 1902 through the kindly efforts ofCol. Henry M. Adams, whose wife was themuch beloved organizing regent.We take great pride in having as one of

our members a past President General,Mrs. Grace L. H. Brosseau.Putnam Hill Cottage is open at regular

hours to visitors who are shown throughby our resident hostess and caretaker. Ifyou are ever in Greenwich you will greatlyenjoy seeing our little chapter home andthe fine collection of furniture and otherobjects of the Revolutionary period.

MRS. WILLIAM BELLAMY,Vice Regent.


Commonwealth (Richmond, Va.) helda most interesting and impressive meetingat McGuire General Hospital Auditoriumrecently.The program was arranged by Mrs. C.

Roy Mundee, Chairman of Conservationand her committee, and was called to orderby Mrs. Clive R. Herrink, regent.The large audience was composed of

chapter members, guests and patients of thehospital.The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was

led by Mrs. Beecher Stallard, Chairmanof the Correct Use of the Flag, and theAmerican Creed was led by Mrs. MarkSmith, Chairman of the Junior Group ofCommonwealth Chapter.

Appropriate musical selections wereplayed throughout the program by the fineU. S. Marine Band of Quantico Virginia.The speaker of the day was Mr. Robert

W. Slocum, District Forester, of the Vir-ginia Conservation Commission, who waspresented by Mrs. 1Vlundee.

Following the address, Mrs. Herbert W.Vaden, past Chairman of the Conserva-tion Committee, invited members andguests to assemble near the main gate ofthe grounds to observe the dedicatory serv-ice of the Washington Elm. This tree waspresented to Commonwealth Chapter by thestate society, D. A. R., in recognition ofthe planting of holly trees at this site in1946.A bronze tablet on the main entrance

gate was unveiled. The tablet bears thisinscription "Presented by CommonwealthChapter Daughters of the American Rev-olution, to Mark Holly Trees planted inHonor of Richmond boys who gave their

TABLET UNVEILED BY COMMONWEALTH CHAPTER

lives in World War II. October 16, 1946."Prayer was given by John L. McLean,

Chaplain, and the exercises concluded withTaps, played by U. S. Marine Band Bugler,Corp. John L. Snyder.

(MRS.) HELEN S. DURANT,Historian.

Fort Miro (Monroe, La.) is located inlovely Louisiana, the heart of the DeepSouth, where the intense summer heat is adisturbing factor in organization work.Not to be outwitted by the weather man,the ingenious Regent, Mrs. Gladys B.Sperry, discovered a way to carry forwardthe activities of the Chapter and also togive special pleasure to her co-workers.On August 25, with the soaring ther-

mometer flirting with the 100 degree mark,Mrs. Sperry called her officers and chair-men together for a workshop on board theluxurious cabin-cruiser "Brown Kraft."As the cruiser made its way slowly up

the Ouachita River (rated by the National

A WORKSHOP SESSION OF FORT MIRO CHAPTER

Geographic Magazine as the fifth mostbeautiful river in the world) the heat ofthe city was forgotten in the cool comfortof the spacious lounge.The workshop was held on the upper

deck while the cruiser lay at anchor in ashaded inlet about fifteen miles from thecity.From the brochure of committee work,

Mrs. Sperry gave each chairman the pagepertaining to her chairmanship; to eachofficer and chairman she presented a copyof the booklet "What the Daughters Do"and a copy of the Handbook.

Twenty-one prospective members wereendorsed for membership.


In closing the workshop Mrs. Sperrysaid: "The world-wide activities of theNational Society, Daughters of the Amer-ican Revolution, require the capable anddevoted service of all its members."The matter of attendance is an impor-

tant one. The more members a chaptercan have who take an active part in theSociety's objectives, the more influentialit will become, and the better will thatchapter carry on and accomplish the work.There are some members who 'just belong,'and too few who are willing to carry thebrunt of the work of the committees."In the words of Emerson, 'You cannot

create interest without understanding.' Soit is my desire and purpose that each andevery one attend all the meetings, study theHandbook, the booklet 'What the Daugh-ters Do' and the brochure page of instruc-tions, remembering at all times that 'thedevotion of thought to an honest achieve-ment makes the achievement possible.'"The earnestness of the regent and the

appreciation of the duties of officers andchairmen gained through the workshop,inspired the group to resolve to make thecurrent year the most significant in theChapter's history.

Refreshing drinks and a variety of de-licious confections were served by Mrs.Sperry and Mrs. Ray Junod, co-hostess, onthis delightful occasion.

Those present were: Mrs. Gladys B.Sperry, Mrs. Courtney Oliver, Mrs. ThomasLeigh, Mrs. Shelby Meek, Mrs. ManningMcGuire, Mrs. Clarence Faulk, Mrs. FaganCox, Mrs. David I. Garrett, Mrs. GilbertStovall, Mrs. T. 0. Brown, Mrs. Lewis C.Slater, Mrs. Charles M. Mitchell, Mrs. RayJunod, Mrs. Robert W. Hair, Mrs. LeoTerzia, Miss Eleona Brinsmade, Mrs. Gil-bert Faulk, Mrs. Ned Leigh, Mrs. H. FloodMadison, Jr., and Miss Ina Merle Thomas.

MRS. GILBERT STOVALL,Press Relations Chairman.

Hannah Woodruff (Southington, Conn.)at the first fall meeting, Oct. 14th, 1948,paid a fitting tribute to the pioneer an-cestor for whom the chapter was namedfifty-one years ago, when a bronze tableton the tombstone marking her burial placein the South End Cemetery was unveiled.The event had been planned as a projectfor the 50th anniversary of our chapter,

but we were unable to procure the tabletuntil this time.The Regent, Mrs. Francis L. Ashworth,

Miss Frances Walkley, chaplain, and Mrs.Raymond P. Dickerman led the MemorialService which consisted of part of Prov-erbs 13, words most appropriate to herlife, and a short sketch of the life of Han-nah Woodruff by Mrs. Dickerman. Thismay be of interest to Daughters elsewhere."One of the earliest settlers of the town ofFarmington was Matthew Woodruff, whocame from Hartford with his wife Hannahabout 1640. His son Samuel moved in1698 to that part of the town which after-wards became Southington, and marriedRebekah Clark, who became the motherof twelve children, among whom wasDaniel, the father of Hannah.She was born in the south-east part of

the town, July 7, 1730, but no house everoccupied by her is now standing. Of herearly life neither tradition nor record giveany definite information. When abouttwenty she married Capt. Asahel Newelland went to housekeeping at South End.Eight children were born to her and threeof her sons were in the Revolutionaryarmy. Capt. Newell died in 1769 and twoyears later she married Capt. Daniel Sloper,thus adding six more children to her re-sponsibilities, two of whom were after-wards soldiers in their father's company,he being captain of the Southington men.Thus six members of her family were in theRevolutionary army in various capacitiesof honor and danger, all finally returningunharmed. One son gained a reputationas a surgeon's assistant and another be-came a captain. Mrs. Sloper died Oct.27th, 1815, age 84 years."The veil of white silk from a parachute

used in World War II, and draped beneatha cluster of pure white flowers was liftedfrom the tablet by Mrs. Dickerman as thetwenty-four members present read inunison, "We, the members of HannahWoodruff Chapter, Daughters of the Amer-ican Revolution, dedicate this tablet to theone who performed the common duties oflife in an uncommon way and brought upfourteen children to be true patriots andwho, as wife and mother, exemplified inher life the virtues of a true AmericanPatriot." The tablet reads "To perpetu-ate the memory of our pioneer ancestor


whose husband and five sons served in theRevolutionary War." A prayer and bene-diction by our Chaplain closed the service.The meeting then adjourned to the spaciousand pleasant home of Mrs. C. Fayette Cur-tiss near by for the business session andsocial hour.The real 50th anniversary celebration

of the chapter was held late in 1947 at thehome of Mrs. Howard Smith in the adjoin-ing town of Plainville when a playlet en-titled "Hannah Visits Her Daughters"written by Miss Eunice MacKenzie, a pastregent, was presented in a most pleasingmanner. Mrs. Ernest E. Boyce, in a cos-tume of olden days, portraying the spiritof Hannah Woodruff, entered the room asif attending a present-day meeting, andaddressed several of those present askingwhat outstanding events had taken placesince the chapter came into being on June25, 1897. Many activities and projects ofthe early days as well as of more recentyears were brought to mind and the spiritof Hannah departed admonishing us tocontinue our good work until she shouldvisit us again. Mrs. John P. Reed led usat the piano in singing Christmas Carols.A beautifully decorated birthday cake, con-fections, tea and coffee were served by ourhostess, Mrs. Smith.

MRS. WALTER D. WALLACE,Corresponding Secretary.

Coral Gables (Coral Gables, Fla.).Honorary President General Mrs. LowellFletcher Hobart honored the Coral GablesChapter on Wednesday, October 20th onthe occasion of its 20th anniversary, whenshe attended the beautiful anniversary teaheld at Mrs. Reid R. Bronson's countryestate on Burteshaw Road.

Mrs. Hobart, who was in Miami attend-ing the American Legion Convention, wasa guest of Mrs. George C. Ross, member ofEverglades chapter, at a luncheon in theMarina Restaurant, preceding the birthdaytea.When the distinguished guest was intro-

duced by the regent, Mrs. Herbert Vance,it was recalled that Mrs. Hobart was Presi-dent General when Coral Gables chapterwas organized by Mrs. Charles HenryLeSueur. Mrs. Leslie Lide, daughter ofthe chapter's organizing regent, gave abirthday toast as she cut the beautifully

decorated cake and presented the first sliceto Mrs. Hobart.

Another distinguished guest at the teawas Mrs. Spessard Holland, wife of theUnited States senator from Florida. Sheis a member of the Bartow Chapter andduring the years she lived in the Governor'sMansion in Tallahassee, was an associatemember of the Caroline Brevard Chapter.

Other guests introduced were Mrs. M. F.Wittichen, regent of Everglades Chapter,and also state chairman of American In-dians; Mrs. Harold Machlan, state chair-man for Correct Use of the Flag and ex-regent of Biscayne Chapter, Miami Beach;Mrs. Guy V. Williams, Honorary StateRegent of Florida, and at present head ofresolutions committee for the state society;Miss Helen Warner, state auditing com-mittee chairman; Mrs. Fred Diestelhorst,jr., state press chairman; Mrs. GilbertBroking, state treasurer; Mrs. MalcolmMerrick, state historian; Mrs. Edward G.Longman, of the Girl Homemakers Com-mittee, also president of the Daughters of1812, Col. Carroll Lee Chapter; Mrs. RoyHenri Evans, state president of the Childrenof the American Revolution.Ex-chapter regents and charter members

were honor guests at the tea and took turnspouring at the beautifully appointed teatable and members of the Junior groupassisted the hostess in entertaining.Ex-chapter regents present were Mrs.

George W. Wood, Mrs. L. E. Westerdahl,Mrs. E. E. McCarty, Miss Helen Warner,Mrs. Richard F. Giersch, jr., Mrs. GilbertBroking. Officers of the sister chapters,Everglades and Biscayne were also specialguests.

First regular meeting of the 1948-49season of Coral Gables Chapter will be heldNovember 9 at the home of authoress Mrs.Frank N. Holley, jr.The chapter will sponsor the Nov. 10th

performance of "Three Men on a Horse"at the Box theatre, and plans are also beingmade for a full attendance at the D. A. R.Regional meeting in Fort Lauderdale onNov. 4 at the Tradewinds Hotel, when Mrs.David Wright, State Regent, and other stateofficers and chairmen will meet with Semi-nole, Himmarshee, Coral Gables, Ever-glades and Biscayne members to discussoutstanding projects of the National So-ciety.


Washington Court House (Washing-ton Court House Ohio) . On Monday,October 4, 1948, the Golden Anniversary ofthe Washington Court House Chapter wascelebrated with a luncheon at the Wash-ington Country Club, with one hundredsixty-five members and guests present.Favors were individual chrysanthemumboutonnieres. The individual white andgold program menus were the gift of theMartha Washington Junior Committee ofthe chapter. Members of the Junior Com-mittee acted as waitresses for the luncheon.The club house and the tables were lavishlydecorated with all yellow fall flowers, andwere breath-taking in their beauty.The chapter was organized September 22,

1898, with twenty members. Miss FlorenceOgle was the first regent. Four chartermembers are still living, viz: Miss GraceOgle, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Mary StimsonStutson, Evanston, Ill., Mrs. Daisy PattonHaynes, St. Petersburg, Fla. and MissEmma B. Jackson, this city. Miss Jacksonwas the only one present for this fiftieth an-niversary celebration. She spoke briefly ofthe earlier years when social affairs in theform of fancy dress and patriotic pageantswere a delightful part of the meetings. Thechapter has been served by twenty-four re-gents, the present one being Mrs. John M.

LEFT TO RIGHT: MRS. FRANK 0. MCMILLAN, MRS.

JOHN M. WEADE, MRS. JAMES B. PATTON

Weade. The chapter has had the honor ofhaving three members become state officers,Mrs. Max G. Dice, Mrs. J. Earl Gidding,and Miss Charlene Mark. Distinguishedguests present included Mrs. James B. Pat-ton, First Vice-President General, andformer member of Washington Court HouseChapter; Mrs. Frank 0. McMillan, StateRegent, Mrs. Charles W. Wendelken, StateChaplain, Mrs. Charles A. Longstreet, StateRecording Secretary, Mrs. Ralph 0. Whit:aker, State Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.G. R. Grimsley, State Director of the South-east District, Miss Charlene Mark, StateDirector of the Southwest District, severalstate chairmen, and regents in the South-west District. Mrs. John E. Rhoads, so-prano, sang a group of numbers, Mrs. W.Oscar Beatty gave a brief history of thechapter, and small Barbara King and LarryBarker gave a novelty song and dance num-ber. Hostesses for this meeting were Mrs.E. F. Todhunter, Mrs. Robert C. Haigler,Mrs. Albert S. Stemler, Mrs. John Gerstner,Mrs. A. B. Clifton, Mrs. Edgar Snyder, Mrs.Walter P. Thompson, Mrs. Robert P. Wil-son, Mrs. Forest Allen DeBra, Mrs. GlennB. Rodgers, Mrs. John R. Morehouse, Mrs.John D. Forsythe, Mrs. Richard P. Rankin,and Mrs. Robert Link.

MRS. J. EARL MCLEAN,Press Relations Chairman.

Francis Hopkinson ( Hight st own,N. J.). At last, "Molly Pitcher' of Revolu-tionary fame has been honored.On September 11th, 1948, Francis Hop-

kinson Chapter dedicated a tablet to hermemory, on the site of the well, situated onthe highway between Englishtown andFreehold, N. J. The speaker of the after-noon was Mrs. Theodore Fisher, of Hope-well, N. J., State Historian.You remember the day on which the

battle of Monmouth was fought was one ofthe hottest on record and Molly, who we aretold was born on a farm between Princetonand Trenton, N. J., her real name beingMary Ludwig, had come to visit her hus-band who was a cannoneer in Washington'sarmy and had been carrying water to thesoldiers. When her husband was overcomeby the heat, she took his place and as his-tog says, "worked his gun."She was not a camp follower as has some-

times been said, but a robust, kind-heartedwoman, faithful as a wife and mother.

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TABLET DEDICATED TO MOLLY PITCHER BY FRANCISHOPKINSON CHAPTER

After the death of her first husband, shemarried a man named MacCauley; she diedin 1833 and was buried at Carlisle, Pa. OnJuly 4th, 1876, the citizens of CumberlandCounty, Pa., placed a handsome Italianmarble stone over her grave.

There has been quite some discussion asto this well being the one Molly used. How-ever, when cleaning up, the workmen dis-covered a spring in the well.The Pennsylvania Railroad deeded the

ground to-the chapter and under the direc-tion of the Superintendent of the LongBranch division, Henry Tuoy, the groundshave been made a place of lasting perma-nence. We shall always remember that the28th of June, 1778, was not only the turn-ing point of the Revolution, but that MollyPitcher gave "what she could" for hercountry.

BERTHA S. CONOVER,Historian.

Topsham-Brunswick (Topsham,Maine). On the afternoon of November 5,1948, Topsham-Brunswick Chapter placeda marker on the grave of our organizingregent, Miss Mary Pelham Hill, in River-view Cemetery, Topsham.The ceremony was conducted by Mrs.

James H. Toas, Regent; Mrs. Orren C.Hormel], acting Chaplain; and Mrs. EdwinG. Patten, a charter member, who paid asplendid tribute to Miss Hill, a part ofwhich follows:"May our hearts be radiant with joy as

we dedicate and set apart this hour for sohigh and noble a purpose—to pay tributeof love and devotion to her who has touchedand enriched our lives by her noble exampleand association, leaving behind that fra-

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grance which will never depart while liferemains—Miss Mary Pelham Hill."She was a born leader of untiring

energy. She became interested in manyorganizations and filled many positions ofhonor and trust."Her ambition was to organize a chap-

ter combining Topsham and Brunswick.She labored diligently and lovingly andwith much gratification her heart's desirewas fulfilled on November 5, 1924. Sheacted as our advisor and counselor. Nowords can sufficiently express the value ofher work in advancing the interest anddeveloping a love for the chapter we soproudly represent."She was a woman of broad sympathy,

cultured and refined; a faithful attendant

MARKER PLACED ON GRAVE OF MISS MARY PELHAMHILL BY TOPSHAM-BRUNSWICK CHAPTER

at. our local chapter and the meetings inWashington, bringing home an enthusiasticinterest in and a great vision of the futureof her beloved organization."And so with faith and with hope and

with love we leave our dear one in theguardianship of God, knowing her to besafe in His Almighty care."

BLANCHE C. TOAS,Regent.

Culpeper Minute Men (Culpeper, Va.)celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary onJune 17 with a luncheon which was heldat Pelham House in Culpeper and 'attendedby members of the chapter and delegationsfrom Fredericksburg, Orange, Charlottes-ville, Luray and other places. It was alsohonored by the presence of Mrs. BruceReynolds, Vice President General, by theState Regent, Mrs. Everett L. Repass andthree of the State Officers.


Following the luncheon the afternoonsession was held in the Parish Hall of St.Stephen's Episcopal church, where in asetting provided by many tall stands offlowers and the American Flag which wasflanked by the flag of the Culpeper MinuteMen (this being a replica of the originalflag carried by this famous company dur-ing the war of the American Revolution,and said by historians to have been thefirst battle flag of that war) the meetingwas continued with Mrs. Joe Fray, out-going chapter regent presiding.. Addresses were made by Mrs. BruceReynolds, Mrs. Everett Repass and others,and greetings and a gift of a Kenmore Platewere presented by Mrs. McDaniel of Fred-ericksburg on behalf of Mrs. H. H. Smith,of Kenmore, who was unable to be present.Mrs. Fray then presented Mrs. BerkeleyG. Calfee, organizing regent, who, by re-quest, gave a history of the chapter begin-ning with May 25, 1923, the date when thir-teen women met in her living room withDr. Kate Waller Barrett, then State Regent,and organized the Culpeper Minute MenChapter with nineteen charter members."From the first" stated Mrs. Calfee, "the

objective of the chapter was to mark thelong neglected grave of Mrs. Betty Wash-ington Lewis, only sister of George Wash-ington, who had died and been buried onthe Western View farm near Culpeper.This was finally accomplished on the 7thof June, 1928, with impressive cere-monies." The speaker declared that "shehad fought more battles over the locationof that grave than the distinguished lady'sfamous brother had during the Revolu-tion," but added that like him, she hadheld her ground and reinforcements in theway of corroborative evidence had arrivedin large measure.

Other achievements of the chapter werethe shaft erected in honor of the MinuteMen at the entrance to the town of Cul-peper which was unveiled on October 27,1933, and the erection of a handsomegranite marker on the Guilford Courthousebattlefield at Greensboro, N. C., to markthe place where Brigadier General EdwardStevens (who had been an officer in theoriginal company of Culpeper MinuteMen) had been wounded while making agallant stand with his Virginia troops. The

second summer of the chapter, 1925, hadbeen marked by an ambitions historicalpageant which attracted much attention,pictures of it being reproduced in theNew York Times, in Washington and Rich-mond papers and in the movies. This wasthe re-enactment of the visit of GeneralLaFayette and his party to Culpeper on the22nd of August 1825.

These and other highlights of the twenty-five years were given by Mrs. Calfee, andfollowing this each regent spoke brieflyand gave some outstanding incident of heradministration.The large birthday cake with all twenty-

five candles lighted was then brought in,all former chapter regents uniting in blow-ing them out. Assisting in serving refresh-ments were the chapter's two Good CitizenPilgrims, Miss Barbara James of Culpeperand Miss Bettie Yowell of Madison County.

MRS. BERKELEY G. CALFEE,Regent.

Keziah Cooley Goss (Ann Arbor,Mich.) followed the suggestion that it puton a rummage sale to help the. financingof D. A. R. projects. The Ann Arbor Newsgave the chapter this nice write-up on Sat-urday, November 6, 1948:"Keziah Cooley Goss Chapter, Daughters

of the American Revolution, will hold arummage sale at 9 o'clock Wednesdaymorning in the YWCA barn."Proceeds from the sale will be used for

the final typing and binding of the indexingfor Samuel Beakes' Past and Present ofWashtenaw County written in 1906."The chapter has as its yearly project

the compiling of genealogical material suchas cemetery records, indexing of countyhistories and family records."The bound indexes will be added to the

records in Ann Arbor High School, theState Library at Lansing, the Burton Col-lection in the Detroit Library and theD. A. R. Library at Washington, D. C."The chapter is asking the public to assist

in its work by donating clothing, aishesand other articles for its sale."We took in $42.06 and thought we did

well as there was another large rummagesale the same day.

FLORA MONTANYE OSBORN,Registrar.


John Alexahder (Alexandria, Va.) onits 16th birthday anniversary voted tohelp stem the tide of juvenile delinquencyin Alexandria, Virginia, by its vigorousparticipation in the National project, "Hu-man Conservation," thereby initiating andsponsoring a group of junior summer toursfor the children 7 to 12 years old in ourvicinity.

Better planned recreation for more chil-dren by more people will definitely helpmould the minds and bodies of our futuregenerations into more patriotic citizens.This is certainly a challenge to any Daugh-ter or group of Daughters, especially inthese days and times when our daily news-papers are filled with the results or lack ofmuch needed supervised recreation amongour youth.The junior summer tours, three in num-

ber, were educational in scope, supervisedrecreation, also of inestimable value to thechildren who participated. The proceedsfrom this project helped another Alexan-dria youth attend Camp Charles HenryGrim, Alexandria's Police Boys Camp atKilmarnock, Virginia.Our first visit in late June, a midweek

outing, was to the National ZoologicalPark, Washington, D. C., and we coveredthe interesting spots en route. The second,July 14th, took us to historic Fredericks-burg, Virginia, where we visited the RisingSun Tavern, the Battlefield Museum, MaryBall Washington's house, James Monroe'sLaw Office, and last but not least, "MissAnnie," Mrs. H. H. Smith, Executive Sec-retary of the Kenmore Association, whomet us at Kenmore, the home of BettyWashington Lewis, wife of the patriot,Fielding Lewis, and sister of George Wash-ington our first president. The third tour,August 18th, found us at the beautiful re-stored Lee Mansion, the old WashingtonGrist Mill and Mt. Vernon.

All tours were made by local charteredbus, with adult supervision for every eightchildren. Rest room and picnic facilitieswere arranged in advance, and each childbrought a picnic lunch, with beverage avail-able at the picnic grove. Contacts weremade through the local schools, SundaySchools, clubs, and chapter group captains.There were splendid, newspaper articles andpictures, also radio announcements overlocal and neighboring stations.

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JOHN ALEXANDER CHAPTER CONDUCTED JUNIOR

SUMMER TOURS

It was quite gratifying and stimulatingto feel the reaction of the children andwith better laid plans and additional recre-ation by more people for more children, weare looking forward to junior summertours another year.

R. LLOYD S. SEAMAN,General Chairman, J. S. T.

Udolpha Miller Dorman (Clinton,Mo.) . State officers, regents and repre-sentatives of D. A. R. chapters of St. Louis,Columbia, Sedalia, Warrensburg and Wind-sor joined with members of the UdolphaMiller Dorman Chapter on October 20th tounveil a D. A. R. memorial marker at thegrave of Miss Emma Katherine Dorman,its organizing regent. The marker was un-veiled by her great-niece Merrelyn DormanMullaly, of Sedalia.

Prior to the ceremony the guests met fora luncheon at the old Dorman home, builtin 1852. It was here on January 13, 1914that Miss Dorman called together twenty-two women to form a D. A. R. chapter.Materials for this home were hauled by oxteam from Boonville and the furnishingswere purchased in 1849. One sees ma-hogany tables, early American handiwork,choice antiques, rare glass and importedchina. Brass, bronze and French can-delabra adorn the whatnot, mantels andtables. Thus the story of an old home wasseen and told.The chapter members and guests were

greeted by Miss Dorman's sister Mrs. LewisH. Phillips, and her daughters, UdolphaSarah Phillips and Mrs. Thomas M. Mul-lalv, and other members of the UdolphaMiller Dorman chapter. Mrs. Phillips was


MISS EMMA KATHERINE DORMAN

organizing regent of the Oceanus HopkinsChapter at Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1914.The meeting was opened by the regent

Mrs. Pauline Livingston Collins with theRitual. The Star Spangled Banner was sungand visiting officers were called upon fora few remarks. Mrs. Fred Wilkinson gavea most gracious tribute to Miss EmmaKatherine Dorman preceding the impres-sive ceremony at Englewood Cemetery.The chapter .has taken a definite interest

in the early history of its state; wrote andproduced the Centennial Pageant of thecounty; marked the grave of the only Revo-lutionary Soldier buried in Henry Countyand marked many old sites.

UDOLPHA SARAH PHILLIPS,Vice Regent.

Deane Winthrop (Winthrop, Mass.).Seventy-five members and guests gatheredat the St. John's Parish House, Tuesday,November 9th, where Deane WinthropChapter held its "Guest Day."The hostesses for the afternoon were the

Mrs. Edward Becher, Mrs. Uriah Coffin,Mrs. Alvah Crosby, Mrs. Edward Currier,Mrs. Fred Fisher, Mrs. Arthur Griffin, MissDora Ingalls, Mrs. Maud McClintock, MissGeorgia Moreland, Mrs. Howard Snow,Mrs. Clarence Tasker and Mrs. HarrietteWhipple.A festive atmosphere was given by the

artistic table with a floral centerpiece ofwhite chrysanthemums. Two past regents,Mrs. Maud McClintock and Mrs. EdwardCurrier presided at the table. The roomwas beautifully decorated throughout withplants and cut flowers of assorted coloredchrysanthemums.The regent, Mrs. Clark, extended a cor-

dial welcome to the State Regent, StateOfficers, regents from nearby chapters,officers representing the local Women'sClubs of Winthrop, members and guests.

Mrs. Currier, State Regent, spoke on"What the Daughters of the AmericanRevolution Do."The State Officers were then presented

and gave messages of greetings.Mrs. George C. Proctor, State Librarian,

and a member of Deane Winthrop Chapter,introduced the speaker of the afternoon,Mr. Ansel Wilson, who gave a most inter-esting account of "The Romance of FamilyNames."Deane Winthrop Chapter is now forty-

three years old and has a membership offifty-eight.

BEATRICE L. BECHER,Vice Regent.

"A people who do not remember the great deeds of worthy ancestors, will never do"anything worthy of celebration by posterity."

-.---LORD MACAULAY.

gen ealoical 21partment

KATIE-PRINCE WARD ESKER

Genealogical Editor

NOTE: All letters pertaining to this department should be addressed to the- Genealogical Editor, Administration Building, 1720 D Street, N. W., Washing-

ton 6, D. C.

REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS ANDPATRIOTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In the pension files of Revolutionarysoldiers may. be found the name of manya person who, in testifying for an applicant,implies or perhaps fully proves his ownservice. Or, some deponent in the case maymention the name of a soldier or giveinformation which serves as a clue andmay lead to further proof. The first in-stallment of an alphabetical list of suchsoldiers and patriots of South Carolinafollows. The name in parentheses is that ofthe pensioner, with pension number. Thebrief statement or quotation applies to theman whose service we seek to establish.ABBOTT, Solomon. Militia, Roebuck's

Regt. (John Henderson- w. Martlwt, W.3,984) Copy of Indent issued 29 June 1786to Solo. Abbot. . . duty in Roebuck'sRegt.

ALEXANDER, James. Militia. (AlexanderCopeland- w. Rebecca, W. 9,395) JaneMcMillan of Spartanburg Dist., S. C., age81 testifies in 1851 that she was wellacquainted with James Alexander, who wasa companion in arms" of the applicant.

ALEXANDER, Matthew. Prob. Militia.(John Henderson- w. Martha, W. 3,984)On an order for payment of Indents ap-pears the name of Matthew Alexander.

ANDERSON, Robert. Militia. (ThomasHamilton- S. 30,470) In summer of 1778applicant volunteered in horse company incounty which he thinks is now calledPendleton under Capt. Robert Anderson.ASHLEY, Robert. Militia. (John Ashley.

w. Eleanor, W. 281) Robert Ashley testi-fied that he entered with John Ashlew fromLancaster, Kershaw District—at Surrenderof Charleston and at Gates Defeat to-gether.

ATKINSON, Adville. Militia. (WilliamAbbot, S. 30,239) Applicant stated thathe knew in Marion's camp, Adville Atkin-son. (Name appeared to be "Adnae" inone place.)BAGNELL, Abel. Militia. (William Abbott,

S. 30,239) Applicant testified that he"also knew in Marion's camp . . . AbelBagnell."BAILEY, Lewis. Con'l Army. (Thomas

Howell. R. 20,385) In Camden County,Ga., 1829, Lewis Bailey testified that hehad known Thomas Howell since childhoodand served with in the Cont'l Army.

BARRETT, Richard. Patriot. (WilliamMitchell- w. Eleanor, W. 5,379) Applicantentered from Union District, S. C., Mayor June 1782 as substitute for RichardBarrett.BARRY, Andrew. Militia. (Samuel

Peden, S. 30,649) Applicant served severaltours from Spartanburg District, S. C.under Capt. Andrew Barry. (Name iswritten "Berry" in pension; but it seemscertain that it must be Andrew Barry ofSpartanburg Dist., who was a captain.)

BARRY, John. Militia, Roebuck's Regt.(Samuel Peden, S. 30,649) Applicantserved tour in 1780 under Capt. JohnBerry. (See note above.)

BASKINS, James. Prob. Militia. (WilliamCaruthers- w. Mary, W. 6,628) Applicantserved from Abbeville District; one touragainst Indians under Lieut. James Baskins.

BASKINS, William. Prob. Militia (WilliamCaruthers- w. Mary, W. 6,628) Applicantvolunteered in 1777 or 1778 under Capt.William Baskins, and .was made prisonerwith him; released at Battle of KettleCreek.

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BATES, Henry. Militia. (William Abbott,S. 30,239) Applicant "also knew inMarion's camp Henry Bates.BATES, James. Militia. (William Abbott,

S. 30,239) Applicant "also knew inMarion's camp James Bates.BEARDEN, Edmond. Prob. Militia. (John

Henderson- w. Martha, W. 3,984) On orderfor payment of Indents to a number ofmen from Spartanburg District appearsthe name of Edmond Bearden.BERRY, Andrew. (See Barry above.)BERRY, John. (See Barry above.)BIRD, John. Militia. (George Harbison,

R. 4,586) Applicant declares, "whileliving in Florida went over into Dale Co.,Ala. and proved my service by one JohnBird, a Revolutionary Militia soldier."BOWIE, John. 5th State Regt. (Thomas

Farrar, R. 3,449) Petition of John Bowie,the applicant and others states that he wascaptain of an Independent Company.BOYS, John. Prob. Militia. (Thomas

Hamilton, S. 30,470) Applicant declaredthat he knew Capt. John Boys while inservice.BRA , William. Patriot. (James

McWilliam, R 6,822) Applicant testifiedthat he substituted one tour from LaurensDistrict for William Bra (illegible) .BRADFORD, Thomas. Militia. (William

Abbott, S. 30,239) Applicant also "knewin Marion's camp Thomas Bradford. . . '

BRIDGES. Samuel. Col. Bratton's Regt.(William Copeland, S. 17,889) An originalPay Bill in pension file of Capt. Copelandwho served from York District shows nameof Samuel Bridges.

BRIG, Thomas. Col. Bratton's Regt.(William Copeland, S. 17,889) OriginalPay Bill of Capt. William Copeland's com-pany bears name of Thomas Brig (Briggor Bridges?)BROWN, Andrew. Prob. Militia. (John

Brown- w. Jincey, W. 5,906) AndrewBrown served several tours from Spartan-burg District according to statements inpension record of his son John Brown.BROWN, Hamilton. Prob. Militia. (James

Gill- w. Mary, R. 4,023) Hamilton Browntestified for applicant in Greene Co., Ala-bama, 1832—were hi service together.BROWN, Jacob R. (Prob. S. C. service)

(Daniel McKie- w. Frances, R. 6,750)Joseph Herndon testified in Maury Co.,Tennessee that applicant was introduced tohim in Newberry, S. C. by Dr. Jacob R.Brown who stated they both had been inRevolutionary War.BROWN, James. Prob. York County

Militia. (William Hillhouse, S. 7,008)James Brown, Anderson District, S. C.. . . in Battle of Hanging Rock with theapplicant.BROWN, Reuben. Militia. (Shad rack

Rodgers- w. Celia, R. 8,928) ReubenBrown testified in Kerhaw District, 1830,that he served 14 months with ShadrachRodgers under Gen. Richardson and Gen.Sumter.BROWN, Thomas. Prob. Militia. (May-

field Crane- S. 30,356) Applicant enteredservice in company of Capt. ThomasBrown; does not recall year.BROWN, William P. Militia. (William

Abbot, S. 30,239) Applicant stated thathe "also knew in Marion's camp WilliamP. Brown. .BUCHANON, John. 6th Regt., Con'! Line.

(James Wilson, R. 11,660) Applicant en-listed from Cravan County (later FairfieldDistrict) in 1776. John Buchanon waslieutenant.

BURNS, John. Col. James Williams'Regt. (George Wiginton, S. 32,600) Ap-plicant enlisted from Laurens Districtautumn of 1779 under Capt. John Burns.BUTLER, John. Prob. Spartanburg Dist.

Militia. (John Brown- w. Jincey, W. 5,906). . your affiant (John Brown) went into

service as substitute. Officers were . . .John Butler, Lieutenant.CAMP, Solomon. Col. Bratton's Regt.

(William Copeland, S. 17,889) OriginalPay Bill of Capt. Copeland's companybears name of Solo [obliterated by waxseal] Camp.CAMPBELL, Alexander. Militia. (Samuel

Houston- w. Martha, W. 7,810) Applicantentered in spring of 1779 from ChesterDistrict. Alexander Campbell was lieu-tenant.CAMPBELL, Archibald. Cavalry, Marion's

Brigade. (Robert Davis, R. 2,760) Archi-bald Campbell testified, WilliamsburghDistrict, 1846, that he served with RobertDavis.


CANTY, James. Militia. (William Abbott,S. 30,239) Applicant declared that he"also knew in Marion's camp . . . Capt.John Canty.

CAPPS, Greenberry. ( WilliamWoods, S. 21,589) Letter from Commis-sioner of Pensions re Greenberry Capps'application.NOTE: Greenberry Caps served from S. C.

and was a pensioner.—ED.CARSON, James. Militia. (John Mangum,

S. 16,939) Applicant enlisted in December1781 in Newberry District. Ensign wasJames Carson.

CARTER, John. Light Horse Company,Col. Purvis' Regt. (Solomon Fudge- w.Elizabeth, R. 3,824) Applicant enlistedfrom Edgefield District under Capt. JohnCarter." CARTER, Thomas. Light Horse CompanyCol. Purvis' Regt. (Solomon Fudge- w.Elizabeth, R. 3,824) Applicant declaredthat Capt. John Carter's brother, Thomas,was 1st Lieut.CARUTHERS, Robert. Militia. (Thomas

Hamilton, S. 30,470) Applicant volun-teered in horse company, Abbeville County,under Capt. Robert Caruthers.

CAUDLE, John. Militia. (William Abbot,S. 30,239) Applicant said he "also knewin Marion's camp John Caudle." (Namemay be Candle.)

CHAMBERS. Jacob. Prob. Camden Dis-trict Militia. (Samuel Houze, S. 735)Applicant volunteered in June 1781 fromCamden District. His lieutenant wasJacob Chambers.

CHANEY, John. Militia. (William Abbot,S. 30,239) Applicant "also knew inMarion's camp . . John Chaney."

CLARK, James. Militia. (Burrell Cato,R. 1.813) Deponet drafted from waters ofBlack River near Camden, June 1781 underCapt. James Clark.

CLARK, James. Militia. (Samuel Houze,S. 7,035) Applicant entered service June1781 from Camden District on Black Riverunder Capt. Jame Clark (see above), whodied shortly afterward. His lieutenant wasalso James Clark, who shortly afterwardleft the service.CLARKE, James. 6th Regt., Cont'l Line.

(James Wilson, R. 11,660) Applicant en-listed from Craven County (now Fairfield)

in spring of 1776. James Clarke enlistedsame day in same company.

COBB, . Union District Militia.(William Mitchell- w. Eleanor, W. 5,379)James Cobb deposed in Franklin Co.,Georgia, 1833, that he was a neighbor ofWilliam Mitchell when he went was inRevolution and that his father came homewith said Mitchell after a combined serviceof 15 months.

COFFEE, Henry. Sumter's Brigade.(Francis Adams- w. Mary, W. 5,198)Applicant volunteered about July 1, 1778,under Capt. Henry Coffee.COLBY, Andrew. Prob. Militia. (John

Henderson- w. Martha, W. 3,984) Onan order for payment of Indents to a num-ber of men from Spartanburg Districtappears the name of Andrew Colby.

COLLINS, Lewis. Militia. (Henry Hart-w. Martha, R. 4,699) Applicant enteredservice May 1778 from Orangeburgh Dis-trict (now Barnwell). . . Lewis Collins wasensign.NOTE: Name Lewis not quite legible;

may have been Levin.—ED.

COLLINS, Thomas. Col. Bratton's Regt.(William Copeland, S. 17,889) OriginalPay Bill of Capt. Copeland's companybears name of Thomas Collins.

COPELAND, Ripley. Marion's Brigade.(Aaron Copeland, R. 2,308) Applicantdeposes that Ripley Copeland served withhim and can testify.

COVINGTON, William. Prob. Militia.(Solomon Fudge- w. Elizabeth, R. 3,824)Applicant enlisted in 1781 from EdgefieldDistrict, under Capt. William Covington.

CRAIG, James. Sumter's Brigade. (Fran-cis Adams- w. Mary, W. 5,198) Deponentdeclares that he served first under Lieut.James Craig.

CRAIG, James. Militia. (Hugh Randolph,S. 14,252) Applicant drafted in countyof Fairfield, fall of 1777 under Lieut. JamesCraig.

CRAIG, John. ( William Hillhouse,S. 7,008) John Craig knew William Hill-house in Revolutionary War—both in Capt.Jameson's company.

DASON, William. Prob. Militia. (WilliamHowel, S. 21,203) Applicant testified thathe served from Edgefield District undersame officers as William Howel.

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DAVIS, Francis. Col. Bratton's Regt.(William Copeland, S. 17,889) OriginalPay Bill of Capt. Copeland's company bearsname of Francis Davis.

DAVIS, William. Col. Lacey's Regt.(Samuel Houston- w. Martha, W. 7,810)William Davis deposes in Fayette Co.,Ga., 1833, that he was a soldier of theRevolution and served with applicant.DICK, Charles. 6th Regt.

' Conn Line.

(James Wilson, R. 11,660) Applicant en-listed from Craven County (now Fairfield)in spring of 1776. Charles Dick enlistedin same company, same day.DICK, John. (Service and proof as

above.)DICKEY, James. Militia. (William

Abbott, S. 30,239) Applicant deposedthat he "also knew in Marion's campJames Dickey.")DICKSON, Jeremiah. Col. Roebuck's

Regt. (William Wood, S. 21,589) Appli-cant residing in Spartanburg District duringRevolutionary War; served one tour underCapt. Jeremiah Dick.DRAUGHAN, George. Col. Thompson's

Regt. (Philemon Hodges S. 32,326)Applicant enlisted with George Draughanin 1776 in North Carolina. They went toSouth Carolina where they served inThompson's Regt.DRAUGHAN, Robert. (Service and proof

as above.)DususK, Peter. Marion's Brigade.

(Alston S. Massey Emeline, R. 7,004)Widow testified that her husband servedfrom Chesterfield District, and that PeterDubusk was Lieutenant in his company.DUFF, Daniel. Militia. (William Mitchell-

Eleanor, S. 5,379) Applicant entered fromUnion District in 1780 under Capt. DanielDuff.DUGAN, Thomas. Militia. (Benjamin

Neighbors, S. 19,000) Applicant served a3-month tour from Newberry Districtunder Capt. Thomas Dugan.DUNLAP, George. Militia. (Robert Davis,

R. 2,760) Robert Davis served as footmanunder Capt. George Dunlap in 1789.DUVAULL, Lewis. Prob. Laurens District

Militia. • (Richard Gideon, R. 4,002)Applicant entered service from LawrenceCounty, S. C. in 1780 under Capt. LewisDuvaull.

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DWIGHT, Samuel. Militia. (John Roberts,S. 18,188) Applicant volunteered in 1776from Craven County (later All SaintsParish of lorry District) under Capt.Samuel Dwight.

(To be continued in February Magazine.)

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MISCELLANEOUS MARRIAGERECORDS

The following marriage records arefrom the files of the late Mrs. Natalie R.Fernald, who for years was one of theleading genealogists of Washington, andwho was, at one time, editor of the "Genea-logical Exchange" of Buffalo, N. Y. Thesemarriages are chiefly Southern; with some 'from Connecticut. They have not beenedited; but each one is printed just as Mrs.Fernald had entered the record.AB, John & Jane Netherby, by W. C.

Wreys, M. G., 23 July 1819. Elizabeth,Tenn.ABEL, John & Frances Fennel, 7 day, 6

mo. 1785. Culpeper, Virginia.• ABBOT, Abiah & Ellen Weakley, 4 mo.

1839. Culpeper, Virginia.ABBOT, John & Elizabeth Heatton, 27 da.,

8 mo. 1805. Culpeper, Va.ABERNATHY, George W. to Gabrilla

Smither, 19 da., 7 mo. 1832. Culpeper, Va.ADAMS, Ephraim & Mary Moore, 20 da.,

1 mo. 1820. Culpeper, Va.ADAMS, Henry to Delila Stover by Rev.

B. White, M. G., Elizabeth, Tenn.ADAMS, Henry & Manerva Fondren by

John Singletary, M. G., Elizabeth, Tenn.ADAMS, J. & Reece None by George Em-

mert, J. P., Elizabeth, Tenn.ADAMS, James & Missouri E. Kilby, 1 da.,

2 mo., 1843. Culpeper, Va.ADAMS, James W. & Seraphina Farr, by

Sam'l Sherfy, M. G., 14 Nov. 1874. Eliza-beth, Tenn.ADAMS, John & Margaret Calvert, 17 da.,

4 mo., 1794. Culpeper, Va.ADAMS, John Q. to Louisa Kilby, 23 da.

12 mo., 1843. Culpeper, Va.ADAMS, Thomas & Anne Houton, 20 da.,

2 mo., 1797. Culpeper, Va.ADAMS, Thomas & Anne Houton, 13 da.

10 mo., 1796. Culpeper, Va.

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ADAMS, William & Nancy None by Wil-liam Carter, J. P., 20 May 1817. Elizabeth,Tenn.ADAMS, William & Narcissa Walson, 3

mo., 1829. Culpeper, Va.ADAMS, William to Mary Jane White, 15

da., 4 mo., 1832. Culpeper, Va.

ADAMS, William & Sarah Emmert byA. J. T. Hyder, 31 Dec. 1877. Elizabeth,Tenn.ADCOCK, Absolom & Martha E. Morton,

26 Nov. 1826. Wentworth, N. C.

ADKINS, Ambrose & Frankey Manifield,10 da., 9 mo., 1784. Culpeper, Va.

ADKINS, Henry & Sary Vance by JohnI. Wiesen, J. P., 3 Oct. 1848. Elizabeth,Tenn.

ADKINS, John & Polly Rodgers by JamesEdens, 14 Feb. 1831. Elizabeth, Tenn.

ADKINS, Parker & Nancy Leford, byAlex'r Ross, 3 Jan. 1792. Christiansburg,Va.ADKINSON, Thomas & Sarah McCarrol,

24 Nov. 1808. Wentworth, N. C.

AIRS, Edmund & Mazey (or Massey)Bidditt, 1785. Farmville, Va.

AKERS, Wyatt & Miary E. Haley; he 22,a mechanic, b. Montgomery Co., son ofHenry Trepena Akers [sic-may be Henry& Trepena Akers.] she 16, b. Pulaski, dau.of John T. & Eliza Haley; both singleand res. of Pulaski. Married 13 Apr. 1854by James P. Curtis, Pulaski, Va.

ALDEN, Thomas & Rebecca Martin, 7 Feb.1807. Wentworth, N. C.

ALDRIDGE, John & Mary Riley, bond4 Apr. 1781; John Bragell, bondsman.Charlottesville, Va.

ALDRIDGE, William A. & Julia A. Tiptonby J. M. Hoffmeister, M. G., 30 Oct. 1861.Elizabeth, Term.

ALEXANDER, B. F. & Mary Kibler byG. M. Massay, 24 Dec. 1861. Elizabeth,Tenn.

ALEXANDER, William & Francky Rucher,27 da. 8 mo., 1782. Culpeper, Va.

ALMOND, John & Jane Bengham, 7 da.,4 mo., 1814. Culpeper, Va.

ALMOND, Joseph W. & Sarah F. Perry,11 da., 3 mo., 1847. Culpeper, Va.ALLAN, J. W. & Mary Cowen, by George

W. Glass, J. P., 9 Dec., 1852. Marion, N. C.

ALLAN, Willis J. & Elizabeth Patton, byJohn Finder Allan, M. G., 2 Mar. 1852.Marion, N. C.ALLEN, Archer & Elizabeth Allen, dau. of

James Allen, surety, 21 Dec. 1772. Farm-ville, Va.ALLEN, Benjamin & Aissias Chambers,

dau. of Josiah Chambers, 24 Apr. 1777.Charles Allen, Jr., surety. Farmville, Va.

ALLEN, Benjamin & Elizabeth Hudson,aged 21. Bond 20 Jan. 1781; m. 8 Feb.1781. Consent of Susannah Hudson.Charles Hudson, father and surety. Farm-ville, Va.ALLEN, Benjamin & Nancy Jane Bennet

by William Lewis, J. P., 28 June Elizabeth, Tenn.ALLEN, Charles & Elizabeth Chambers,

24 Apr. 1777. Consent of Josiah Cham-bers, father. Farmville, Va.-ALLEN, Churchill & Peggy Walden, 21

da., 4 mo., 1814. Culpeper, Va.ALLEN, Daniel S. N. & Mary Ann Camp-

bell by L. W. Campbell, J. P., 15 or 18Nov. 1865. Elizabeth, Tenn.ALLEN, George & Elizabeth Vandigriff,

9 Aug. 1805. Wentworth, N. C.ALLEN, J. W. & Mary Cowen by George

W. Glass, J. P., 8 Dec. 1852. Marion, N. C.

ALLEN, Jacob 0. & Ann E. Jones, 14 da.,11 mo., 1847. Culpeper, Va.

ALLEN, James & Sarah Chapman, 26 da.,12 mo., 1788. Culpeper, Va.ALLEN, James to Mary Hunt, 8 da., 2

mo., 1792. Culpeper, Va.ALLEN, James & Betty Chilton, 19 da.,

9 mo., 1799. Culpeper, Va.ALLEN, James & Eliza Q. White, 25 day,

9 mo., 1806. Culpeper, Va.

ALLEN, John & Lewcinda Stover, by H. C.Nace, J. P., 14 or 21 Jan. . Elizabeth,Tenn.ALLEN, John & Jane Tandy, spinster, 15

Aug. 1781; both of Albemarel Co. Hud-son Martin, bondsman. Charlottesville, Va.

ALLEN, John & Sarah Jane Collier, byV. Bowers, M. G., 5 Apr. 1848. Elizabeth,Tenn.

ALLEN, John F. & Nancy A. E. Lacy, 7Jan. 1873. Elizabeth, Tenn.

ALLEN, Nathaniel & Pamela Hudson, 17Aug. 1778. Peter Puckett, surety. Farm-Nine, Va.

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ALLEN, Neuman & Petty White, 24 da.,4 mo., 1812. Culpeper, Va.

ALLEN, Neuman & Mary Ann Brown, 21da., 9 mo., 1819. Culpeper, Va.ALLEN, Ossin & Susan A. Freeman, 21

da., 7 mo., 1845. Culpeper, Va.

ALLEN, Presby & Nancy Walden, 21 da.,12 mo., 1817. Culpeper, Va.

ALLEN, Wesley & Susanna Gaines, 13 da.,1 mo., 1800. Culpeper, Va.

ALLEN, William & Jane Cariger, by Ben-jamin Breever, J. P., 4 Dec. 1834. Eliza-beth, Tenn.ALFORD, James & Phebe Creek, by John

Hathaway, M. G., 12 July 1871. Elizabeth,Tenn.

ALISON, John & Marthey Daniels, byAndrew Shell, T. E. in M. E. Church, 9Sept. 1871. Elizabeth, Tenn.

ALlsoN, L. C. & Marah E. Hampton, byD. W. Ellis, 7 Sept. 1876. Elizabeth, Tenn.

ALLISON, Franklin & Elizabeth Daniels,by Andrew Shell, M. G., 9 or 10 Sept. 1-(1871?). Elizabeth, Tenn.

ALLISON, Benjamin & Nancy Murphy, byJohn A. Coxey, J. P., 30 Aug. 1851.Marion, N. C.

ALMONY, Nathan & Sarah Perry, by R.Ellis, M. G., 10 Feb. 1865. Elizabeth, Tenn.

ALTHANCE, John & Caty Venereck. Li-cense signed 14 June 1792 by AndrewSteel, Esq. Wytheville, Va.

AMES, James & Winney McGuinn, 26 da.,5 mo., 1795. Culpeper, Va.

AMISS, Hiram L. & Emily Young, 17 da.,11 mo., 1827. Culpeper, Va.

AMISS, James & Nancy Dennis, 28 da.,12 mo., 1815. Culpeper, Va.

AMISS, Melton P. & Elizabeth Robson,18 da., 2 mo., 1837. Culpeper, Va.

AMISS, Philip & Ann Tapp, 4 da., 9 mo.,1786 (also shown as 22 da., 2 mo., 1786).Culpeper, Va.

Aram, Thomas L. & Lucinda A. Lamp.kin, 28 da., 8 mo., 1828. Culpeper, Va.

ANDERSON, David & Lucy Horsley,. dau.of William Horsley, dec'd, 21 Sept. 1785.Christopher H. Holland, surety. Farmville,Va.

ANDERSON, George & Rachel Mont-gomery. License signed 6 Aug. 1795 byAndrew Steel, Esq. Wytheville, Va.

ANDERSON, George T. & Roda Jane Wil-liams, by E. Williams, J. P. Elizabeth,Tenn.ANDERSON, John & Sally Gilbert, by R.

Gannaway, 21 July 1832. Marion, Va.

ANDERSON, Larkin & Elizabeth McGehee,17 Sept. 1792. Consent of Jacob McGehee,father. Farmville, Va.

ANDERSON, P. C. & Roda C. Ellis by W. G.Barker, M. G. Elizabeth, Tenn.

ANDERSON, Robert & Mildred Carter,widow of Waddle Carter, 19 April 1790.James Wade, surety. Farmville, Va.

ANDERSON, Thomas & Sarah Weldon, 29Apr. 1778; Thomas Lorton, surety. Fran-cis Anderson, father, gives consent andstates that neither of contracting party isof Prince Edward County; signs "FrancisAnderson, Sr. of Amelia County. Marriagetook place in Farmville,- Va.

ANDERSON, William & Mary Holcomb,dau. of Philemon Holcomb, 1 Feb. 1774.Farmville, Va.ANDREWS, Samuel & Jensey Will, 14 May

1809. Wentworth, N. C.ANGEL, George H. & Lellia E. Custer by

J. M. Durham, M. G., 1 Jan. 1872. Eliza-beth, Tenn.ANGEL, James R. & Elizabeth Montgom-

ery ( or Merrit) , by L. W. Fletcher, J. P.Elizabeth, Tenn.ANGEL, Samuel & Lorrena Smith by R.

Ellis, J. P., 13 Nov. 1865. Elizabeth, Tenn.

ARAM, William & Mary Taylor by DanielR. Forbes, 24 Apr. 1869. Elizabeth, Tenn.

ARMBRISTER, Joseph & Sarah Whitley,18 Aug. 1842. Wytheville, Va.

ARMBRISTER, Philip & Caty Rush, 20Nov. 1796. Bond signed by John Mont-gomery. 'Wytheville, Va.ARCHER, John & Sarah Pierce by Ben-

jamin Cole, J. P., 14 Oct. 1860. Elizabeth,Tenn.

ARCHER, Smith & Nancy A. Marklandby E. Cole, J. P., 6 or 14 Aug. 1861.Elizabeth, Tenn.

ARMES, Aken & Molly Waddell, 21 Nov.1783. Farmville, Va.

ARMES, Micajah & Judith Hill, dau. ofJohn Hill. Bond 12 Aug.; m. 22 Aug.1797. (place?)

ARMISTEAD, John & Mary Ann Spencer,dau. of Sharp Spencer of Cumberland


County. Bond 11 Apr.; m. 15 Apr. 1788.Farmville, Va.ARMSTRONG, John & by Daniel

Lockett, 13 Feb. 1798. Farmville, Va.ARMSTRONG, Thomas & Amelia Cason.

17 Jan. 1797. Consent of Seth Cason,father. John Cason, surety. Farmville,Va.ARMSWORTHY, Robert & Mary Ann Allen.

Bond 9 June; m. 10 June by P. E. Farches,J. P. Mocksville, N. C.ARNOLD, Aaron & Catherine Donly by

J. Keys, M. G., 4 Oct. 1821. Elizabeth,Tenn.ARNOLD, David, son of John Arnold, &

Patience Harris, dau. of Lewis Harris,dec'd, 24 March 1790. Edward Harris,surety; Elizabeth Harris, mother. Farm-ville, Va.ARNOLD, George W. to Hannah Richard-

son by J. J. Campbell, M. G., 13 Aug. 1876.Elizabeth, Tenn.

ARNOLD, H. M. & Elizabeth A. Campbellby John I. Campbell, M. G., 8 May 1874.Elizabeth, Tenn.ARNOLD, John, Jr. & Mary Cason, 13

Dec. 1784. Consent of John Arnold, Sr.,father, and of Seth Cason, father; JosephAdcock, surety. Farmville, Va.ARNOLD, John, Jr. & Nancy Michael by

James Keyes, M. G., 16 Jan. 1818. Eliza-beth, Tenn.ARNOLD, Powell & Rebecca Roberts by

Simon Forbes, M. G. Elizabeth, Tenn.ARNOLD, Zachariah & Nancy Beasley,

dau. of John Beasley, dec'd, 4 Dec. 1784.Moses Arnold, surety. Farmville, Va.

ARROWOOD, John & Deby Houstin byR. Ellis, J. P., 2 March 1879. Elizabeth,Tenn.

ASHBRIDGE, Joseph & Sarah Pound, 6July 1801. Wentworth, N. C.

ASBURY, Charles & Jane McEhaney byIsaac Renfro, —, 6 May 1791. Christians.burg, Va.ASCHEW, William & Elizabeth Robinson,

24 Feb. 1779. Isaac Robinson, surety.Farmville, Va.

ASH, Greegham & Susanna Smith by H.0. Brown, C. P., 10 Dec. 1853. Elizabeth,Tenn.ASHBY, Nimrod & Frances Wright, spin-

ster; bond 30 Nov. 1759. Consent of Rob-

ert Ashby, father. Witnesses—John Mof-fett and Benjamin Ashby. Warrenton, Va.

ASHER, Joseph & Susannah T. Collars byL. White, J. P., 22 Jan. 1817. Elizabeth,Tenn.ASHER, William & Mary Dover by S.

White, J. P., 28 Nov. 1811. Elizabeth,Tenn.ASHLEY, Joel & Violet Caldwell, 26 July

1779. Paul Caldwell, surety. Farmville,Va.ASHTON, David G., b. Washington Co.,

N. Y., res. same place, aged 22, son ofBenjamin & Mary (Foster) Ashton, & Har-riet Woodworth, b. Washington Co., N. Y.,res. Fairfax County, Va., aged 22, dau. ofC. V. K. & Dolly (Fitch) Woodworth; bothsingle. Married 13 Oct. 1853, Fairfax, Va.

ASTIN, Peter & Jane Hill, 29 Aug. 1809.Wentworth, N. C.

ATCHISON, Peter & Susanna Barnard, 25Sept. 1795. Wentworth, N. C.

ATKINS, Addision B., b. Northampton,Mass., aged 30, res. of Philadelphia, Pa.,occupation clergyman P. E. Church, son ofIra & Desire A. Atkins; & Ellen C. Stuart,b. Fairfax Co., aged 28, dau. of C. C. &Cornelia D. Stuart, res. of Fairfax Co.;both single, m. 19 Oct. 1854 by R. Temple-ton Brown, Fairfax, Va.

ATKINS, George & Matty Martin, 27 Dec.1808. Wentworth, N. C.

ATKINS, Hezekiah & Mary Levin, 30 Oct.1784; Isham Harris, witness. Christians.burg, Va.

ATKINS, James & Elizabeth Davidson,18 May 1756; Joshua Davis, surety. Farm-ville, Va.

ATKINS, James & Margaret Paterson byWilliam Davis, 14 Feb. 1797. Wytheville,Va.ATKINSON, Henry & Betsey Howell. Bond

28 Feb. 1791; Edmond Fears, surety; m.2 Mar. 1791. Farmville, Va.

ATKINSON. Spencer & Frances Estes, dau.of Henry Estes, 27 May 1793; HenryEstes, Jr., surety. Farmville, Va.ATTER, Peter & Polly Enien; 27 Jan.

1795. License signed by John Montgom-ery, Esq. Wytheville, Va.

ATWELL, John, son of John Atwell, Sr.& Patsy Rice, dau. of Joseph Rice, m. 22Dec. 1796. Bond 19 Dec.; John Atwell,Sr., surety. Farmville, Va.


AUBREY, Patton & Margaret Burnett byCharles W. Godfrey, J. P., 4 Apr. 1853.Marion, N. C.

AUSTIN, Edwin & Milly Thompson, 23July 1806. Wentworth, N. C.

AUSTIN, Henry C. to Many I. Kidwell byG. Taylor, M. G., 3 Dec. 1874. Elizabeth,Tenn.

AVERY, Wilson, son of Jeremiah & EstherAvery, & Mima Chambers, dau. of Moses& Grace (Avery) Gaston, m. by J. T. Da11,J. P., 31 Jan. 1869. Morganton, N. C.

Avis, Edmond & Biddeth Maxey, 21 Feb.1785; Thomas Gibson, surety. Farmville,Va.

BAGBY, James & Patsy Price, 20 Dec.1784. Bond 21 June 1784; Charles Price,surety. Farmville, Va.

BAGBY, Jesse & , 15 Nov. 1795. JohnWoodfin, surety. Farmville, Va.BAGBY, Robert of Buckingham Co., Va.

& Betsey Penicks, dau. of William Penicks,30 June 1788. Farmville, Va.

BAGBY, William, son of John Bagby &Nancy Hubbard, dau. of John Hubbard; 20Mar. 1795. Farmville, Va.BAGLEY, George & Polly Neal, dau. of

Stephen Neal, dec'd, 12 Jan. 1799. Bond7 Jan.; Henrey Anderson, surety. Farm-ville, Va.BAKER, Andrew, Jr. & Polly Price, dau.

of William Price, Jr., 19 June 1799. Bond17 June; William Price, Jr., surety. Farm-ville, Va.BAKER, Blake & Nancy, wid. of Daniel

Allen, 14 Feb. 1795. Bond 13 Feb.; Wil-liam Cowan, surety. Farmville, Va.

BAKER, Caleb & Jane Thompson, 27March 1782. Bond 18 March; John Black,surety. Farmville, Va.BAKER, Charles & Mary Alford, dau. of

Thomas Alford; 10 Feb. 1786. Christians.burg, Va.BAKER, Charles & Charity Harrison, 7

Aug. 1801. Wentworth, N. C.BAKER, Joseph & Elizabeth Alford, by

Edward Morgan, , 28 Feb. 1793.Wytheville, Va.

BAILEY, John & Emily Beauchamp byMilton Hobbs, J. P., 4 June 1865. Mocks-ville, N. C.

BAILEY, Samuel & Cloe Tilden by Rev.Ely, 16 Dec. 1784. Lebanon, Connecticut.

BALDWIN, Caleb & Mary Hill, dau. ofJohn Hill, 14 May 1794. Farmville, Va.BALDWIN, Charles & Polly Walker Penick,

dau. of William Penick, 19 Dec. 1799.Bond 16 Dec.; William Penick, surety.Farmville, Va.BALDWIN, John & Sally Davidson, dau.

of Joshua Davidson, dec'd, 20 Oct. 1791.Bond 15 Oct.; consent of Sarah Davidson,mother. (Name also spelled Daverson.)Farmville, Va.BALDWIN, John, Jr., & Anne Simmons,

dau. of John Simmons, 27 Feb. 1794. Bond24 Feb.; John Baldwin, Sr., surety. Farm-ville, Va.

BALDWIN, Samuel & Mary Griffin, dau. ofWilliam Griffin, 1785. William Bald-win, surety; consent of William Griffin.Farmville, Va.BALDWIN, Samuel & Polly Womack, dau.

of William Womack, Sr., 16 Sept. 1799.Farmville, Va.BALDWIN, William & Eliza Baker, 25

March 1782. Farmville, Va.

BALDWIN, William & Mary, widow ofJames Griffin, 27 May 1778; James Rob-erts, surety. Farmville, Va.

BALES, Elias & Nancy C. Buffen, byDaniel Lockett, 13 Feb. 1798. Wytheville,Va.BALEY, Thomas & Milley Clark, dau. of

John Clark, 20 Dec. 1779. Farmville, Va.BANKS, Carter H. & Elizabeth Hinsley,

10 Jan. 1793. Wentworth, N. C.BARBER, Travis & Amey Pounds, 31 Jan.

1809. Wentworth, N. C.BARHAM, Newsam & Betsey Joyce, 22

'July 1794. Wentworth, N. C.BARKSDALE, Joseph & Hannah Butler, -

Nov. 1763; Charles Yancy, surety. Farm-ville, Va.BARNARD, John & H. Blagg, 21 Apr. 1795.

Wentworth, N. C.

BARNES, Jacob & Susanna North, 15 Mar.1784; William North, surety. Farmville,Va.BARNETT, James & Polly Terry, 24 Nov.

1807. Wentworth, N. C.

BARNETT, James & Rebecca Coleman, 27Nov. 1809. Wentworth, N. C.

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BARNETT, John & Mary Carter, 30 Jan.1783. Farmville, Va.

BARRIER, Samuel & Renie Cragg, 17 Mar.1866; Israel Teim, bondsman. Morgan-ton, N. C.

BARTLETT, Benjamin & Alee Evans, 22,1782. Farmville, Va.

BASE, John & Betsy Wade, dau. of CharlesWade, 21 Jan. 1793. Farmville, Va.BAsEBEAEn, Lodowick & Sally Day, dau.

of Richard Day, dec'd, and Lucrecy Day;6 Aug. 1789; Edward Farley, surety.Farmville, Va.BASEBEACH, Pears & Tabby, widow of

Stephen Chapman, 22 Nov. 1799. Bond,20 Nov.; Roberson C. Day, surety. Farm-ville, Va.

BASSETT, Daniel & Edna D. James, byW. H. Perry, J. P., 15 July 1866. Mocks-ville, N. C.BATEMAN, Josiah & Nancy Matlock, 3

Dec. 1807. Wentworth, N. C.BAUGH, Henry & Margaret Phillips, 29

March, 1786; George Vaight, witness.Christiansburg, Va.BAVEN, James & Betsey Green, 4 May

1792. Farmville, Va.BEASLEY, Fuqua & Rachel Hurt, dau. of

Benjamin Hurt, 6 Oct. 1792; Obadiah Hurt,surety. Farmville, Va.BEADEL, Thomas & Priscilla Osborne,

dau. of Thomas Osborne, 16 Dec. 1786.Thomas Beadel of Amelia County, surety.Farmville, Va.

BEATTIE, Absolom & Eliza Davis by Z.Mitchell, —, 12 June 1832. Marion, Va.BEATY, James A. & Sarah Myres by

Thomas Holcomb, J. P., 27 July 1851.Statesville, N. C.BEAZLEY, Hiram & Elizabeth Fore, dau.

of Joseph Fore, 17 Dec. 1798. Bond 24Nov.; John Fore, surety. Farmville, Va.

BEEKLE, John & Caty Steffey, 31 Dec.1793; license signed by Leonard Straw,Esq. Wytheville, Va.

BEESON, Jacob & Mary Bates, 12 May1795. Wytheville, Va.

BELL, George & Rebecca Calhoun, dau.of Adams Calhoun. No date shown; dateof consent 20 Dec. 1773; James Carter,surety. Farmville, Va.BELL, James, son of Thomas Bell, &

Betsey Richards, dau. of John Richards

of Buckingham County, 21 Aug. 1788;Joseph Bell of Prince Edward Co., surety.Farmville, Va.BELL, Josiah & Patsey Herbert by Daniel

Lockett; no date shown. Wytheville, Va.BENFIELD, Daniel L. & Jane A. Waugh

by John Davidson, J. P., 10 May 1851.Statesville, N. C.BENNETT, Elisha & Lucy Cason, dau. of

Seth Cason, 20 Nov. 1797. Philip Chap-man, surety; William Bennett gave consent.Farmville, Va.BENNETT, John & Judith Hubbard, dau.

of John Hubbard, 26 Nov. 1785. JohnFielder, surety. Farmville, Va.BENNETT, John & Sally Clarke, dau. of

John Clarke, 13 March 1787. Bond, 10Mar.; John Clarke, Jr., surety. Farmville,Va.BENNETT, William & Sarah Graham, dau.

of James Graham, 22 Oct. 1796. Farm-ville, Va.BERNARD, John & Nancy Butt, 30 Dec.

1800. Wentworth, N. C.BERRY, John & Franky Wooldridge, 17

Dec. 1805. Wentworth, N. C.BERRY, John & Caty Armrester, 20 Sept.

1792; license signed by James Finley, Esq.Wytheville, Va.BERRY, Joseph & Mary Walker, 23 Jan.

1809. Wentworth, N. C.BERRY, Isaac & Rebecca Mobley, 15 Oct.

1808. Wentworth, N. C.BERRY, Peter & Elizabeth Robins, dau. of

William Robins. Bond 4 Jan. 1794; BenoniOxerstreet, surety. Farmville, Va.BERRY, Thomas & Mary Hawkins, dau.

of Philip Hawkins; 18 Apr. 1793. Bond13 Apr.; Josiah Sharp, surety. Farmville.Va.BETTS, Elisha & Sally Walton, dau. of

George Walton, 27 June 1787; StephenDavis, surety. Farmville, Va.

BIBB, John & Lucy Jane Lockett, dau. ofStephen Lockett, 22 Feb. 1790; OsbornLockett, surety. Farmville, Va.

BIBB, Richard & Lucy Booker, dau. ofEdward Booker, 26 Sept. 1773; WilliamBibb, surety. Farmville, Va.

BIBB, William & Mourning Clarke, spin-ster, dau. of Christopher Clarke; both ofAlbemarle County, Va. Bond 23 Dec.1782; Joshua Key, bondsman. Charlott2s-.vil!e, Va.


BILLUPS, Richard & Elizabeth Redd, dau..of Thomas Redd of Lunenburg County.Bond 6 July 1791; Thomas Redd, Jr.,surety. Farmville, Va.

BIRD, Lee & Polly Caldwell, dau. of HenryCaldwell. Bond 31 May ; Allen Cald-well, surety.BISHOP, Hellans & MaEnda Call; bond

10 Dec. 1833. Marion, Va.BISHOP, Henry & Fanny Simpkins, dau.

of Daniel Simpkins, 23 May 1785; PeterRife, witness. Christiansburg, Va.BLACKMAN, Benjamin & Sarah Phelps,

17 Dec. 1730. Lebanon, Connecticut.BLACKMAN, Elijah & Charlotte Smith, 26

Oct. 1806. Lebanon, Connecticut.BLACKMAN, Elisha & Susannah Higley,

2 Jan. 1723-24. Lebanon, Connecticut.BLACKMAN, Elisha & Lucy Smith, widow,

23 March 1753. Lebanon, Connecticut.BLAGG, John & Elizabeth Whitworth, 17

Feb. 1795. Wentworth, N. C.BLANKENSHIP, Abel & Ann Carter, dau.

of William Carter, Sr., 13 July 1791; Wil-liam Carter, Jr., surety. Farmville, Va.

BLANKENSHIP, Marquis D. & LucindaShartzer by Samuel Layford, 28 Aug. 1839.BLANTON, Richard & Jane Rice, dau. of

James Rice, 31 Oct. 1795. Farmville, Va.BEVINS, James & Nancy Crawley by John

Williams, J. P., 1 July 1818. Elizabeth,Tenn.Buss, Azariah & Mary Tilden, 29 Apr.

1764. Lebanon, Connecticut.BOATWRIGHT, John & Jerusha, Penick,

dau. of William Penick, 8 June 1796.Farmville, Va.BOATWRIGHT, Reuben & Lucy Penick,

dau. of William Penick, 26 July 1796;William Penick, surety. Farmville, Va.BOGART, G., b. Indian Creek, age 23, &

Callied Norris, b. Buffalo Creek, Carter Co.,age 20; m. by B. F. O'Brien, J. P. at ErwinEdgar's, 11 Sept. 1881. Wit. J. F. Toney,J. R. Love, R. L. Erwin. Erwin, Tenn.

BOISSEAU, John & Nancy Carter, dau. ofWaddle Carter, dec'd, 11 July 1786; Sam-uel Carter, surety. Farmville, Va.BOLES, James D. & Martha Gouvens by

J. Smith, J. P., 21 Feb. 1866. EphraimGarther, witness. Mocksville, N. C.

. BONDS, Lewis & Margaret Trolliner, 2Oct. 1805. Wentworth, N. C.

BONHAM, Nehemia & Rachel Karr, byJohn Stranger, M. G., 6 Sept. 1761. Li-cense signed by James Campbell, Esq.BONHAM, William & Betsey Williams, 12

Dec. 1794. Wytheville, Va.BOOKER, David & Nancy Bibb, dau. of

William Bibb, — Dec. 1787. Farmville,Va.BOOKER, George & Susannah Cunning-

ham, 5 June 1794. Bond 4 June; PeterLeGrand, surety. Farmville, Va.BOOKER, John & Mary Booker, 7 Feb.

1781. Farmville, Va.BOONE, Solomon & Vienna Welsh, 3 July

1793. License signed by Jesse Evans, Esq.Wytheville, Va.&mum, William & Elizabeth Ellington,

dau. of Hezekiah Ellington, dec'd, 15 July1799; James Hudson, surety. Farmville,Va.BOULDIN, Richard C. & Nancy Farris by

John Jones, 20 July 1832. Marion, Va.BOVE, William & Maggie Willson, by C.

Anderson, J. P., 30 Jan. 1865. Mocksville.N. C.BOWERS, James & Betsey Green, dau. of

Malachi Green, 4 May 1792. Bond 2 May;Malachi Green, surety. Farmville, Va.BOWLES, Calvin & Cenith Walker by

J. L. Blackwell, J. P., 5 June 1851. States-ville, N. C.BOWMAN, John Sutton, Jr. & Pheby

Owen, dau. of Jesse Owen who gave con-sent, m. 5 Mar. 1788. Bond 8 Nov.;William Ligon, surety. Farmville, Va.BOWMAN, Royal & Elizabeth Morton 18

May 1756. Consent of Thomas Morton,father; Thorns Turpin, surety. Farmville,Va.BOWMAN, Sutton & Mary Frazer, 31 Dec.

1791. Bond 21 Nov.; consent of AlexanderFrazier, father; Richard Blanton, surety.Farmville, Va.BRACKETT, John & Phebe Davidson, 20

Nov. 1781; Joshua Davidson surety. Farm-ville, •Va.BRACKETT, John & Sally P. Anyan, dau.

of John Anyan, dec'd, 15 Dec. 1796. Bond14 Dec.; John Warson, surety.

BRACKIN, Thomas H. & Nancy Jane Revisby C. Anderson, J. P., 25 Mar. 1866.Mocksville, N. C.BRADBERRY, William & Mary Smith, wid.

of James Smith, 10 Jan. 1788. Bond 9


Jan.; William Ellington, surety. Farm-vine, Va.BRADBURY, William & Winnie Hines, 29

Mar. 1786. Bond 29 Nov.; consent of par-ents, William & Sarah Hines; Thomas Col-lier, surety. (Name also spelled Brad-berry.) Farmville, Va.

BRADFIELD, Lewis & Mary Farrow, 24Nov. 1807. Wentworth, N. C.

BRADFORD, J. C. & Armanda Smith byJ. C. Grayson, M. G., 15 Sept. 1853.Marion, N. C.BRADLEY, Edward & Catherine Moraine,

2 May 1781; Ezekiel Hendrick, surety.Farmville, Va.

BRADSHAW, Benjamin & Mary Rowlett,dau. of John Rowlett. Bond 19 Sept. 1785;John Penick, Jr., surety; consent of mother,Edith Rowlett. Farmville, Va.

BRANCH, Mathew & Elizabeth, wid. ofJohn Hamblen, 7 Sept. 1791; J. Hamlett,surety. Farmville, Va.

BRASHER, Asa & Elizabeth Linder, 4 Jan.1803. Wentworth, N. C.

BRASHER, Samuel & Amelia Mitchell, 6Jan. 1809. Wentworth, N. C.

BRASHER, Zaza & Elizabeth Lomax, 10March 1798. Wentworth, N. C.

BRAW, Michael & Barbara Nepp, 19 Nov.1797. Wytheville, Va.

BRAWLEY, John & Martha Hoge byDaniel Lockett, 8 Feb. 1793. Christians-burg, Va.

BRAZEL, Benjamin & Rachel Dickins,dau. of John Dickens, 28 March 1786;Samuel Mairs, witness. Christiansburg,Va.BREEDING, Spencer, age 19, son of John

& Margaret Breeding, b. Pulaski County, &Angella McDaniel, age 16, dau. of NancyMcDaniel of Montgomery County; bothsingle; m. 6 Apr. 1854 by John Deyerle.Pulaski, Va.BREEDLovE, William W. & Sarah H. Fos-

ter, dau. of Richard Foster, 30 Dec. 1790.Bond 30 Dec.; Samuel Foster, surety.Farmville, Va.

BRIGHT, James & Rebecca Allan by BaileyBruce, M. G., 8 Jan. 1852. Wentworth,N. C.BRIGHTWELL, Anderson & Nancy Bright-

well, dau. of Runald Brightwell, 14 Dec.

1786. Barnett Brightwell, surety. Farm-ville, Va.BRIGHTwELL, Barnett & Mary Guild, 21

Feb. 1782. Farmville, Va.BRIM, Mumfort S. & Margaret C. White

by Robert R. White, J. P., 7 Oct. 1851.Stateville, N. C.BRIM, Rawley & Elizabeth Asher, 7 May

1794. Wentworth, N. C.BRIM, Rice & Hane Hopper, 7 Sept. 1795.

Wentworth, N. C.BROADWAY, Joseph & Eliza Davidson,

dau. of Joshua Davidson, dec'd, 20 Oct.1791. Bond 15 Oct.; George Davidson,surety; consent of Sarah Davidson, mother.(Marriage recorded as "Elizabeth Daver-son.") Farmville, Va.BROADWAY, William & Sally Davison, 3

Mar. 1785. Farmville, Va.BROOKE, Aaron & Sary Wood, dau. of

James Wood, 27 Sept. 1785; Patrick Hig-gins, surety; consent of Joseph Wood.Farmville, Va.BROOKS, Anthony & Polly Bradshaw,

dau. of John Bradshaw, dec'd, 19 Dec.1799; Richard Bradshaw, surety. Farm-ville, Va.BROOKS, Bartlett & Susannah Smith, dau.

of Henry Smith, dec'd, 18 Aug. 1788; Wil-liam Baldwin, surety. Consent of MarySmith, mother. Consent for groom givenby Thomas Brooks. Farmville, Va.BROOKS, David & Sarah Brooks, dau. of

George Brooks, dec'd, 7 Apr. 1787; JohnFrazer, surety. Farmville, Va.BROOKS, David & Frances Berryman,

dau. of William Berryman, dec'd, 2 May1795. Bond 20 Apr.; Robert Holt, surety.Farmville, Va.*BROOKS, George Ash & Mary Snider, 14

June 1795. Wytheville, Va.BROOKS, Hezekiah & Nancy Smith, 21

Mar. 1791; William Baldwin, surety.Farmville, Va.BROOKS, James & Ann Wood, 31 May

1785; Joseph Wood, surety. Farmville,Va.BROOKS, Jesse & Mary Vaughan

' dau. of

Thomas Vaughan, 8 Oct. 1795. Bond, 5Oct.; Thomas Vaughan surety and consent.Farmville, Va.

* Note: Name appeared in one place on copyas Frances Perryman. See Brooks-Perrymanmarriage below—En.


BROOKS, John & Milly Perryman, dau.of William Perryman, dec'd, 23 Mar. 1792.Bond 20 Feb. 1792; William Baldwin,surety. Farmville, Va.BROOKS, John & Jean Whitley by Tim-

othy Burgess, 5 Feb. 1793. Wytheville, Va.

BROWN, Byrd of Campbell County, &Mary Goode, dau. of Robert Good, 4 Mar.1795; Samuel Goode, surety. Farmville,Va.BROWN, Daniel R. & Nancy E. Hunter

by J. C. Grayson, M. G., 20 Aug. 1851.Marion, N. C.BROWN, Frederick & Judith Kirk, 10

Apr. 1802. Wentworai, N. C.BROWN, Jacob of Coventry, & Molly

Powell, dau. of Rowland Powell, Jr., —Nov. 1786. Lebanon, Connecticut.BROWN, James & Pattie Venable, dau.

of Charles Venable, 10 Dec. 1787; RobertMartin, surety. Farmville, Va.

BROWN, James E. & Maro-aretta MariaCrockett, dau. of Robert Crockett, 17 Sept.1818; Robert Crockett, surety. Wytheville,Va.BROWN, John & Fanny Reddell, 12 Nov.

1808. Wentworth, N. C.

BROWN, John & Nancy Bethell, 8 Dec.1805. Wentworth, N. C.

BROWN, John C. & Elizabeth Atkins, 12May 1756; W. Brown, surety. Farmville,Va.BROWN, Philip & Elizabeth Garst by

Samuel Layford, Lutheran Minister, 10Oct. 1838. Salem, Roanoke County, Va.

BROWN, Thomas & Eliza Dilworth, 7Dec. 1807. Wentworth, N. C.

BRUCE, Alexander & Ann Penick, 15Mar. 1785. Bond 14 Mar.; Thomas Penick,surety. Farmville, Va.

BRUCE, Benjamin & Mary Crisal, 10 day,1 mo., 1810. Culpeper, Va.

BRUCE, Elijah & Malenda Browning, 12day, 1 mo., 1810. Culpeper, Va.

BRUCE, Ignatus & Sarah Johnston, 11day, 10 mo., 1799. Culpeper, Va.

BRUCE, J. T. & Mazie B. Rixey, 27 day.12 mo., 1898. Culpeper, Va.

BRUCE, James & Lucracia Gaines, 10 day,12 mo., 1886. Culpeper, Va.

BRUCE, Silas & Fannie Smith, 22 day, 11mo., 1864. Culpeper, Va.

BRUSTER, Ebenezer & Elizabeth Peary byDaniel Lockett, 7 Mar. 1791. Wytheville,Va.BRYANT, Jesse & Mary Hill Nelson, dau.

of Henry Nelson, 14 Aug. 1782. Bond,13 Aug.; Henry Nelson, surety. (Place?)

BRYANT, Eperson & Elizabeth Betts; bond14 Feb. 1833. Marion, Va.

BRYER, A. H. W. & Elizabeth Noblett,by J. W. Robertson, M. G., 3 Apr. 1851.Marion, Va.BUCHANAN, Joseph, b. Watauga Co.,

N. C., age 26, cabinet maker of Carter Co.,Tenn., & Edmoney Willey, b. Madison Co.,N. C., age 20; m. by A. Harris, J. P., 30June 1881. Witnesses—Davis Harris, J. C.Harris, Pinkston; all of Flag Pond, ErwinCo., Tenn. Flag Pond, Tenn.BUCK, Christian & Christina Steffey by

Jesse Evans, 11 Aug. 1796. Wytheville, Va.

BUCKINGHAM, Thomas & Elizabeth Terry,22 Feb. 1791. Wentworth, N. C.

BULLARD, Dexter, b. Ashford, Connecti-cut, son of Dexter & Juliana Bullard, age25, single, & Margaret S. Bullard, dau. ofChester & Elsey Bullard, b. MontgomeryCo., Va., age 17, single; m. by CephasShelburn, 18 June 1854. Pulaski, Va.BULLOCK, Patterson & Rhoda, widow of

Joel Watkins, 5 Jan. 1792. Bond 4 Jan.;Philip Watkins, surety. Farmville, Va.BURGER, Jacob & Sarah Bishop. Bond

19 Dec. 1833. Marion, Va.BURGIN, Robert M. & Arvey M. Burd by

Merret Burgin, J. P., 16 Dec. 1852. Ma-rion, N. C.BURRICK, James & Sarah Webster, 17

Dec. 1799. Wentworth, N. C.

BURKE, Richard F. & Betsy Perkinson,dau. of John Perkinson. Bond 7 Jan.1796; Dabney Morris, surety. Farmville, Va.

BURKS, Richard & Frances, widow ofClement Dunnevant,17 Sept.1797. Bond 16Sept.; Tapley Akin, surety. Farmville, Va.

BURKS, Thompson & Anne Rice, 31 Oct.1782. Farmville, Va.

BURKS, William & Aggathy, dau. of JesseOwen, dec'd. Bond 18 June 1798; JohnS. Bowman, surety. Farmville, Va.

BURTON, John & Elizabeth Rutledge, dau.of Thomas Rutledge, 4 Nov. 1799. Bond31 Oct. 1797; William Redd. surety; con-sent of Thomas Rutledge. Farmville, Va.


BUSTER, Michael & Rachel Farman byJohn Montgomery, 23 Aug. 1796. Wythe-ville, Va.BUTLER, Samuel & Naomi Childress, dau.

of Reps Childress, 22 Dec. 1797. Bond18 Dec.; Zech. Rice, surety; consent offather. Farmville, Va.

BUTT, Hazel & Masey Sherridon, 31 Dec.1795. Wentworth, N. C.BUTT, John & Nancy Wright, 10 Sept.

1809. Wentworth, N. C.(To be continued in February Magazine.)

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ABSTRACTS FROM PAPERS IN THESTATE DEPARTMENT

APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:ADAMS & JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATIONSNote: Earlier items in this collection were

printed in D. A. R. Magazine, issue of May1948.—ED.

31 May 1802From letter of DeWitt Clinton (N. Y. ap-

pointments)

Mercantile Characters

John Brown—Candidate for Member ofCongress. Former Pres. C. of C. A veryrespectable man.

William Edgar—Not a man of largeproperties, fine character—late Member ofour Convention.Solomon Townsend—A man of proper-

ties—an invincible Republican and oldcitizen.

Jonathan Pearsee, Jr.—a young man ofpromise. Should by no means be over-looked.

Daniel D. Tompkins—Also a Memberof late Legislature.

Nathan Sanford—a!so reputable in tal-ents.

Characters Who Ought Not to be AppointedBecause of Holding Lucrative Offices inthe State.

James Fairlee, Wm. Cutting

"On Account of Being Members of the littlefaction."

Thomas Smith, William P. VanNess,Timothy Green, Joseph Brown

Letter from DeWitt Clinton

Newton, 7 Sept. 1803

To the President:

Reference to appointment of Mr. Sand-ford as Dist. Atty. . . . He will resign asCommissioner of Bankruptcy . . . recom-mend as his successor Pierre C. Van Wyck,a young lawyer

Dudley Broadstreet Hobart, Collector ofBath, Mass. Vice—William Webb.Samuel Derby, Collector of York, Mass.

Vice—Joseph Tucker.

George Wolcott, Supervisor of Saybrook,Dist. of Middleton, Conn. Vice—RichardDickenson.

Aaron Hapert, Supervisor of New Bruns-wick, District of Perth Amboy, N. J. Vice—Andrew Lyle.

John Cutter, Collector of Snow Hill,Maryland. Vice—William Selby.

Martin Tapscott, Collector of YeocomicoRiver, Virginia. Vice—James A. Thomp-son.

Peterson Gurley, Supervisor of Winton,District of Edenton, N. Carolina. Vice—Laurence Mooney.Thomas C. Ferebee, Supervisor of Indian

Town, District of Camden, N. Carolina.Vice—Thomas Williams.Add—if approved by the President:Erastus Granger, Supervisor of Buffalo

Creek, District of Niagara, New York.Vice—Callander Irvine, resigned.

Jacob DeWitt of Norwich, Conn. willresign. Simeon Thomas to be appointedin his place.

Persons Worthy to be Appointed Commis-sioner of Bankruptcy in the State of R.Island.Constant Taber Samuel VernonThomas Peckham Paul M. MumfordNewport County, all of Newport.John Waite of South KingstonJames Sheldop of RichmondWilliam Layton of So. KingstonThomas Rumicill of North KingstonAmos Cross of North KingstonThomas Cole of WesterlyGeorge Thomas of No. KingstonCounty of WashingtonJames D. Wolf of BristolCharles Collins, junior of Warren


Gustavus Baylies of BristolCounty of BristolBenjamin Tillinghast—East Greenwich—

county of Kent.

The subscribers have the honor to rec-omend to the President of the United Statesthe Gentlemen whose names are abovewritten for Commissioners of Bankrups.April 30, 1802.

Chris. ElleryJos. Stanton

Pencilled notation:"Mr. Foster to furnish names for Provi-

dence."

Feb. 23Thos. Bee—Chief judgeJohn Sitgreaves of N. C.—Dist. judge

tl>

Joseph Clay of GeorgiaWm McCurry—Kentucky—to be Circuit

Judge of 16thJack Read—Judge of District of S. C.

Vice—BeeWm Hill—Dist. judge of N. C. Vice—

SitgreavesSaml Blackburn, Atty, for D—Dist. of

Virg.Rob. Grettan of Staunton—Marshall of

W. dist. Virg.Thos Gray—Atty, E. dist. TennesseeChas. J. Porter to be Marshall—E. dist.

TennesseeWm Pitt Beers of Albany—atty, Dist. of

AlbanyJames Dole Marsh—E. dist. of AlbanyJ. C. Mount florence of N. C.

CEMETERY RECORDS OF SOMERVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMAContributed by Memory A. Lester (Mrs. Robert M.) , New York City Chapter

KENNON, Eliz. P. / born 4 April 1805 /died 9 April 1880MAHAN, Matthew / born 9 Dec. 1812 /

died 30 May 1879MORROW, Wm. / born 7 Oct. 1802 / died

4 May 1879MORROW, Margaret / wife of Wm. / born

10 Jan. 1808 / died 30 Mar. 1888MORROW, Dr. James C. / born Green-

ville, S. C. 29 May 1808 / died 25 April1888MORROW, Mrs. Ann A. [or Anna] / born5 Nov. 1817 / died 9 July 1901JONES, Sarah R. / wife of J. J. Jones /

born 6 May 1828 / died 6 Dec. 1898JONES, J. J. / Born 3 May 1847 / died

26 Sept. 1928WINTON, M. E. / born 21 Dec. 1836 /

died 9 Aug 1914WINTON, Delia / wife of M. E. Winton /

born 25 July 1840 / died 1 June 1914ENGLAND, G. S. & Elizabeth [small

marker, no dates]BINFORD, Peter, M. D. / born 18 Feb.

1839] died 7 Feb. 1910BINFORD, Lula B. / wife of Dr. Peter /

born 15 Aug. 1859 ] died 27 Jan. 1898HERRING, Jesse G., Elder / born 1 Jan.

1843 / died 13 July 1891

SIMPSON, Bettie / wife of John M. Simp-son / born 1836 / died 1907SimPsoN, W. S. / born 26 July 1835 /

died 3 June 1891SIMPSON, Rev. John M. / born 1826 /

died 3 June 1909SIMPSON, Eliza / wife of John M. Simp-

son / born 25 Apr. 1833 / died 26 July1895HARLEN, Rachel / born 13 March 1774 /

died 14 Dec. 1858HARLAN, Jeff D. / born 23 May 1861 /

died 12 May 1888HARLAN, Henry L. / born 18 Oct. 1855 /

died 19 June 1889HARLAN, Emma / born 2 Feb. 1852 /

died 7 Nov. 1942HARLAN, L. L. / born 8 Sept 1814 / died

24 Jan. 1892HARLAN, Lucinda, wife of L. L. Harlan /

born Mar. 1822 / died 25 May 1908NELSON, Joseph H. / born 9 Feb. 1842 /

died 1 July 1941LYLE, WM. H. / born 31 July 1834 /

died 14 May 1907LYLE, Sarah / wife of Wm. H. Lyle /

died 21 Dec. 1900 / aged 57 yearsPOTEET, Prentise / born / died 8

April 1905


FOWLER, Juriah Graham / born 5 Oct.1839 / died 13 Jan. 1913FOWLER, De Kalb / born 11 Sept. 1834 /

died 30 March 1901GRAHAM, James B. / born 15 Sept.

1794 / died 22 Feb. 1849NOTE: In corner is name of J. L. Preston;

probably stone-cutter.--M. A. L.

STUART, James G. / Son Of J. B. & S. J.Stuart / born 4 July 1848 / died 6 June1849

STUART, Jane A. / wife of R. A. Stuart /born 15 Nov. 1795 / died 11 Jan. 1877STUART, Robt A. / born Roane Co., Tenn.

24 Sept 1794 / died 17 July 1873NOTES R. A. & J. A. Stuart had several children

b. 1824, 1828, etc.—M. A. L.

RATHER, John T. / born Prince EdwardCo., Va. 14 Mar. 1792 / died Tuscumbia,Ala. 3 Jan. 1881RATHER, Susan H. / wife of John T. and

dau. of Philagathus & Margaret Roberts /born 22 Aug. 1805 / died 23 Sept. 1854RATHER, Barbara W. / wife of John T.

and dau. of John & Mary McClellan / born13 May 1800 / died 26 Oct. 1826STUART, David / native of Ireland / died

15 Feb. 1837 / aged 72 yearsSTUART, Ann / native of Virginia and

consort of David Stuart / died Oct. 1837 /aged 68 yearsSKIDMORE, Jane C. / wife of W. T. Skid-

more / born 5 Apr. 1803 / died 21 Sept.1874 / aged 71TUNSTILL, Mary / wife of J. A. Tun-

still / born 16 July 1799 / died 23 Oct.1834

COLLIER, Dr. J. B. / born 6 June 1795 /died 19 Nov. 1837ROBERTS, Ann B. / wife of Linu— Rob-

erts / born 21 Apr. 1796 / died 16 Oct.

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1815 / dau. of Baylor [not quite legible]& Ann Banks

ADAMS, John / born 8 June 1764 / died5 Nov. 1844

HOUSTON, Esther H. / dau. of [datesand names of parents not clear. M.A.L.]

HOUSTON, Martha Jane / died 1828

MORROW, Hugh D. / born 14 Dec. 1800 /died 18 April 1864

MORROW, Mary L. / born 11 Jan. 1807 /died 23 Sept. 1853

MORROW, John A. / born 19 Sept.died 20 Sept. 1850MORROW, Hugh L. / born 2 Jan.

died 11 May 1876ENGLAND, G. S., Jr. / son of G. S.

England / born 1815 / died 1819

RICE, Eliz. / wife of H. H. Rice29 Mar. 1827 / died 16 July 1859NOTE: Headstone broken; upper half on ground.

—M. A. L.

RICE, H. H. / born 12 Dec. 1820 / died21 Mar. 1861

CHARLTON, Geo. P. / born 5 June 1822 /died 18 Mar. 1870FOWLER, Malkijah D. / died 1865 / aged

48 years

HARRIS, Hannah / wife of Robert Har-ris / born 10 April 1790 / died 9 Dec. 1859

ORME, James W. / born 22 April 1813 /died 8 May 1899NOTE: Somerville was founded about 1816,

when Madison County was opened for settlementby the Federal Govt. with Land Office in Nash-ville, Tenn. It was the first county seat of MorganCounty, and a newspaper was published there longbefore Decatur, the present county seat, wassettled. The old courthouse and jail—both ofbeautiful red brick—still stand. Time has passedthis little village by; it is not even on a rail-road.—M. A. Lester.

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MC MURTRY FAM

A genealogy and complete family historyof McMurtry families, including variousspellings (McMurtry-trie-trey-tray, etc.) isin preparation. Data is being compiledby Zelma McCord McMurtry (Mrs. Rob-ert), Route 3, Georgetown, Ohio, who de-sires correspondence with all descendants,particularly with those in allied families ofTaylor, Lusk, Hays-Hayes, Johnson andCreighton in Kentucky and other states;

1830 /

1836 /

& E. H.

/ born

ILY GENEALOGY

also Keiser, McDonald, Mekee, Kelso inMissouri and possibly California; Booth,Gregg, Pearson, Bloyd of Indiana, Haile inLouisiana; Berry in Alabama and Texas;Day of Texas.The compiler states that she is collaborat-

ing with others so wishes information fromall branches of McMurtry family, and thatno assessments of any kind will be madeagainst interested descendants.


BOOK REVIEW

AMITE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, 1699-1865,-VOLUME I, by Albert E. Casey, M. D.Publ. through the Amite County His-torical Fund, 2236 Highland Avenue,Birmingham, Alabama, 1948. Editionlimited to 275 copies. Price $10.00.

Amite, organized in 1809 as a territorialcounty, was taken from Wilkinson, whichhad been erected in 1802 from Adams, oneof the two original counties of the areathat later became the state of Mississippi.Thus, some of the records in this book goback to the very beginning of Americansettlement of present Mississippi.

Seldom has such a rich store of materialon a county been incorporated in one vol-ume, and the fact that so little has beenpublished from this genealogically impor-tant section, makes the work valuable in-deed. Included are—Marriage Licenses,Vols. I through V, 1810-1866; Wills, 1809-1860; Orphans' Court Records, 1809-1831;Spanish Claims; and Preemption Claims.Complete census records are given as fol-lows: Amite County—U. S. 1810, 1830,1850, and Territorial of 1816; WilkinsonCounty—Territorial 1805. There are manyother complete records of more or less im-portance. For instance, "Journal of LandCommissioners" is a sixteen-page recordreplete with information on some of theearliest of the Amite County settlers. Thereare numerous maps showing the county atearly dates, and eleven pages of originalplats show exact locations of the homes ofinhabitants from 1789 to 1803.The book contains 665 pages and is

substantially and attractively bound. Itis duplicated by what is known as thehectograph method. We would not denythat printing would have made a morefinished and pleasing product; but con-sidering the bulk of this work and the factthat so much tabulated text would have runinto prohibitive costs if printed, the dupli-cating process was practical. It is goodtype and quite legible.A comprehensive Table of Contents helps

make the book usable; but it is the excellentand complete name index which will winfor the author his readers' deepest appre-ciation.

Dr. Casey was assisted in his work byhis cousin, Miss Frances Powell Otken.

Their personal interest lies in the fact thattheir ancestors were Amite County pioneers.Dr. Casey has accumulated a vast amountof material on this county from federal,state, county, church, newspaper and fam-ily records. At present he is having min-utes of the various early churches printed.Personally, we very much hope that theentire 275 copies of "Amite County, Mis-sissippi, 1699-1865, Volume I" may bequickly disposed of and that Dr. Caseywill continue to put into book form allof his invaluable records of Amite County.—K. P. W. E.

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REQUEST FOR D. A. R. LINEAGEBOOKS

The Registrar of Sara de Soto Chapterearnestly desires to purchase the followingD. A. R. Lineage Books: Vols. 129, 130,131, 132 and 153. Mrs. W. S. Telford, Sr.,3701 Bay Shore Drive, Indian Beach, Sara-sota, Florida.

Queries

One query may be submitted at a time byany reader, with name and address. Pleasegive all known data as to names, dates, mar-riages, and locations of family covered byquery. Use typewriter, if possible. Queriesconforming to these requirements will beprinted in order received.

A-'49. Tuck.—Was Bennett Tuck, Revolu-tionary soldier of Halifax Co., Virginia, father ofDr. Davis Green Tuck who later went to ChristianCo., Kentucky? Would like list of Bennett Tuck'sdescendants with information. Lois Tuck SmithEllis (Mrs. L. C.), Glasgow, Ky.A-'49. Hager-Shrader.—.Inhn Hater. b. Hesse.

Cassel, Germany, 26 Dec. 1759; d. Johnson Co.,Kentucky; m. in Augusta Co., Virginia. 1783,Ann Mary Shrader. He served under Col. Greeneduring Revolutionary War; family lived in Vir-ginia, Pennsylvania and Johnson Co., Ky. Wishinformation on George Shrader, said to haveowned mill which supplied troons during Revo-lution, and whose sons all served in army whileAnn Mary tended the mill. (Miss) Nell Hawes,421 14th Street, Huntington, W. Va.A-'49. (a) McLendon -Mathis-Edwards.—

Mason W. McLendon, had land in Marion, Maconand Talbot Counties, Ga.; m. Mary —, whowas b. 1789, and d. in Taylor Co., Ga.. 1 Jan. 1855.Their son Willis, b. Talbot Co., 19 Dec. 1807, m.(1) in Talbot Co., 1832, Lucinda Mathis; (2) in1839, Henrietta R. Edwards of Taylor Co. Wishfull information on ancestry of Mason McLendon


and that of his wife Mary. Was Josiah McLendonof North Carolina and Wilkes Co., Georgia arelative?(b) Edwards-Heath.- James, Andrew &

Thomas Lawson Edwards, brothers, left Tennesseeafter the Revolutionary War and settled in JonesCo., Georgia. Thomas Lawson Edwards m. MaryHeath and had: Betsy, m. Thomas Butts; Maried,m. Dick Blowe: Patsy, m. E. Gardner; Frances, m.Sam Foy; William Posey, m. Winnifred Ann, dau.of Micajah & Rebecca (Heath) Blowe at OldFort, Jones Co., Ga. in 1823. Wanted parents ofboth Thomas Lawson Edwards and Mary Heath,with all data available. Mrs. Betty McLendonMcCrosky, Wharton, Texas.A-'49. (a) Carter. - Nehemiah Carter, b.

(when & where?), d. at Natchez, Adams Co.,Mississippi-will probated 5 Mar. 1814; m. Rachel

Children: Jesse; Parsons, m. Ann HaysDortch; Betty, m. - Adams; Phebe, in.Phipps; Sally, m. - Hackett; Hannah, b. 25Dec. 1764, d. 1826, m. 14 Nov. 1782, ArchibaldPalmer; Anna, m. - Landfin; Prudence,

King; Isaac, m. (1) - Lambert, (2) JaneFloyd. Nehemiah said to have been desc. ofRobert "King" Carter (1663-1732) who m. (2)Elizabeth Landon of Virginia. He must have beena Loyalist, for he sailed from Perth Amboy, N. J.in Jan. 1775 with Caleb King, founder of the nowextinct town of Kingston, Miss., settling in Ni7il-kinson Co. (then Louisiana Territory), Miss. onHomochitto River btwn Natchez and Woodville.Was his wife Rachel a Parsons? Will appreciateany clue to parentage of Nehemiah Carter or ofhis wife, Rachel.(b) Austin-Cooke-Palmer.---John J. Austin,

b. (where?) 18 Mar. 1785, d. 13 June 1833; m.(1) - -; their son David, b. in New Jersey,m. Charlotte Cooke, b. N. J., and had children:Abigail, b. J. J.; J. Dawson, b. Louisiana; Ada.lade, b. Louisiana; David Austin m. (2) 20 Sept.1804, Sarah, dau. of Archibald & Hannah (Carter)Palmer, who was b. 29 Jan. 1786; d. 4 June 1861,and had: William A. m. 29 Jan. 1829, ElizabethDraughan; Lewis Stirling, m. Nancy Lyles; Aure-lia, m. 29 Dec. 1826, Martin Clark; Robert Mc-Causland, m. prior to 1841, Louisa Bogan; SarahAnn, in. 20 Dec. 1832, Calvin S. Smith; MaryJane, m. 18 June, 1837, Henry Hobgood; HannahLouisa, m. - Aug. 1839, Joel Eddins; JohnQuincy Adams, m. Milly Ann Turbeville; SusanJones, m. 9 Jan. 1840, Samuel K. Smart; MerandaElizabeth, b. 10 June 1826, d. 5 Sept. 1835; andCharles Bushnell, b. 14 July 1828, d. 17 Jan. 1909,m. (1) 12 Oct. 1848, Margaret Lauretta Ferguson,who was b. 5 Jan. 1828, d. 5 Aug. 1855, and had3 daus.-Sarah Helen, Mary J. H. and Margaret L.He m. (2) 5 Aug. 1856, Henrietta Marion Hudson,b. 1 Aug. 1837; d. 17 Jan. 1915, and had children:James N. H. and Gertrude Z.John J. Austin's middle name said to have been

Jones. He was 1st Lieut. in War of 1812; alsocalled Major and Capt. Austin, which may havebeen ranks in militia; came to Louisiana in 1803,settling on 546 arpents of land near Laurel Hill,West Feliciana Parish; Justice of Peace manyyears. Any clue as to his place of birth, parents,etc. will be appreciated. Mrs. C. M. Rouzan,Route 1, Jackson, Louisiana.

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A-'49. Bartlett-Wilbor.--David Bartlett, b.Trenton, Maine, 9 Sept. 1780; d. 1844; m. atTrenton, 26 May 1805. Elizabeth Wilbor. Chil-dren: (1st 6 b. at Trenton) Elsander (Alexan-der?), Eben, b. 23 June 1807; Nahum, b. 16June 1809; Mary, b. 21 Jan. 1811; Reull, b.9 Jan. 1813; Eliza, b. 26 July 1815: Hiram; Har-riet, b. 10 May 1818; d. 18 May 1895; in. 1 June1836, Ahira Sinclair, b. 27 Oct. 1807; d. 3 Sept.1890; David; Jiba. Wish names, dates of birthand any information on parents of David Bartlett.Mrs. Donald M. Carson, 3456 Cadillac Blvd., De-troit 14, Michigan.

A-'49. Gloefeller-John.-Solomon' (JohnAdam", Solomon', Casper') Gloefeller, m. inGreene Co., Ohio, 8 Apr. 1824, Sarah John.Would like record of this marriage; also Revolu-tionary record of his grandfather, Solomon' Gloe-feller who came from Switzerland in 1843 withhis father Casper Gloefeller. Mrs. Charles W.Gloefeller, Waterville, LeSueur Co., Minnesota.A-'49. (a) Meanley.-Richard Meanley lived

in New Kent Co.. Virginia; oldest child b. 1712.Wanted name of his wife and his parents.(b) Fanning.-Bryan Fanning. d. Amelia Co.,

Virginia, 1765. Wanted name of his parents withdata. Mrs. Naomi McLain, 1343 Peachtree Street,Atlanta, Georgia.A-'49. Cooke-Thomas-Shaekleford.-Thomas

& Mary (Thomas) Cooke had dau., Rebecca, whom. abt. 1750, William Shackleford. Wish to cor-respond with anyone interested in this line. WasThomas Cook son of Thomas Cooke of Maryland,and was Mary, dau. of Robert Thomas of AnnArundel Co., Maryland? (Miss) Jean Wells, 122West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia.A-'49. Washer-Bruce.-Thomas Washer, Bur-

gess in 1619 from Isle of Wight Co., Virginia, m.Mary Bruce. Would like to have proof of herparents. Mrs. A. M. Todd, 106 West Paces FerryRoad, Atlanta, Geargia.A-'49. (a) Epenetus Howe m. 1740, Mary

Mead. Jesse Howe. (prob. from Connecticut) m.at Poundridge, N. Y., 1782, Mary Wood. Wouldlike name of father of both Mary Mead and MaryWood.(b) Newman-Waterbury.-William Newman

had dau., Hannah, b. 1657, who m. (as 1st wife)Lieut. David Waterbury of Stamford, Connecticut.Wish record of this William Newman. MyrtleRogers, 703 Snow Street, Brookfield, Missouri.A-'49. Wray-Baldwin.-Jordan J. Wray, b.

1 Apr. 1800 (prob. at Reading, Penna.) m. EstherBaldwin, v. West Virginia (then Va.) 1810-it isthought 2 May. Esther Baldwin had moved toPennsylvania while young. Seeking colonial rec-ords of her ancestors and will appreciate anyhelp. Eunice Tofflemire (Mrs. C. D.), Cameron,Missouri.A-'49. (a) Chilton-Nifong.-Francis Chilton,

b. Virginia; d. Missouri: m. Susan Nifong, b.10 Jan. 1810; d. 20 June 1873, bur. Harrisonville,Cass Co., Missouri. Children: Jesse, b. Freder-icktown, Madison Co., Mo., 5 Nov. 1830; d. Kan-sas City, Mo., 4 Mar. 1906; Francis; Cordelia.Want parents of both Francis Chilton and SusanNifong, with data, particularly Revolutionary serv-ice in line. She had brothers Washington, Jeffer-son and Alexander Nifong.


(b) Franks-Hardin.—Robert Franks, b. prob.Kentucky, 1809; d. New Madrid, Mo., 24 Nov.1854; m. 11 Nov. 1833, Eliza Hardin, b. on DutchRiver in Georgia, 2 Dec. 1809; d. Thomasville,Mo., 13 July 1882. Their dau., Susannah S.Franks, b. 14 Feb. 1836; d. Arcadia, Mo., 15 Nov.1854; m. in Fredericktown, Mo., Jesse Chilton.Wish parents of Robert & Eliza (Hardin) Franks,with any Revolutionary connection. Mrs. MaxineChilton Merwin, 3370% Canfield Avenue, LosAngeles 34, California.A-'49. Brown-Felton.—George Brown, b. pos-

sibly in North Carolina, moved to Anderson, SouthCarolina in 1805; d. 1845; m. in Surry Co.

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30 Sept. 1788, Rachel Felton, who d. March1853. Children: Jesse, Isham, Carey, Elijah, b.1802; d. 1846; m. 1825, Cindarella Sartor; Eliza-beth, Mary; Ascenith. Have considerable dataon descendants of Elijah Brown, but am veryanxious to have more information on George Brownand to learn names of his parents. Grace M.Parker (Mrs. Edward W.), 1710 Bull Street,Columbia, S. C.A-'49. Bradley-Christian.—William Bradley

m. abt. 1760, Elizabeth Christian. Was she dau.of James Christian? Who were William Brad-ley's parents? He lived in Amherst, Buckinghamand Campbell Counties, Virginia. (Miss) MarySmith, 107 West Paces Ferry Road, N. W., At-lanta, Georgia.A-'49. (a) Plunkett-Taylor-Pullum. — Wil-

liam Plunkett from Virginia to Putnam Co., Ten-nessee abt. 1812; m. Nancy Taylor; their 6thchild, Elizabeth, b. 17 Sept. 1826, m. 6. Jan. 1848,James G. Pullum. Wanted ancestry of WilliamPlunkett with all possible data.(b) Pullum-Hardeastle.---james Graham Pul-

lum moved from Georgia to Putnam Co., Tennes-see abt. 1810; had son, Jennings, who m. ArtieMencie Hardcastle, who was b. 1802. Wish namesof the parents of James Graham Pullum, with fulldata; also name of his wife, with date and placeof marriage. Floella Smith McDonough (Mrs.Thomas IL), 4011 Hillsboro Road, Louisville,Kentucky.A-'49. Diggs.—Hiram C. Diggs lived in Win-

chester, Randolph Co., Indiana. A son, Jack D.Diggs lived for years in Joplin, Missouri. For thepurpose of completing his granddaughter's D.A.R.he is asking help on his Diggs ancestry. He feelscertain of having Revolutionary ancestor who set-tled in Virginia and rendered service. Also, wouldlike to get in touch with person who has copy ofgenealogy called "The Diggs Family in America."Any help will be appreciated. (Miss) Emma C.Simkins, 1345 No. Weber Street, Colorado Springs,Colorado. (Registrar, Zebulon Pike Chapter.)

Robertson.—Jesse Mann Robertson, b.North Carolina, d. in Florida, 1873, bur. at Talla-hassee; by 1st and 2nd marriages had—David,James, William; m. 3rd Marcella Ann (Newsome)Lester, who had by her 1st mar.—Ruth, Mattie,Annie 8z Walter Lester. By mar. to Mr. Robertsonhad one child—Henry Newsome Robertson, b. 24Jan. 1866. Wish ancestry of Jesse Mann Robert-son, with full data. Was he descendant of JessRobertson, N. C. Revolutionary soldier? (Miss)Esther B. Balliet, 704 Magnolia Street, NewSmyrna Beach, Florida.

A-'49. Johnson.—Henry Johnson, Sr. said tohave been b. in Ireland, lived near Salisbury, N. C.(probably went there from Virginia) • his grand-son, Cave Johnson, was Postmaster Gen'l in Pres.Polk's Cabinet. Henry Johnson had brother, Isaac,who abt. 1796 moved from Virginia or N. C. toTennessee. His son, Henry, became an early gov-ernor of Louisiana; served in Congress as HouseMember and Senator, btwn. 1818-1849. While inWashington m. a cousin of Francis Scott Key.Henry Johnson d. in Pointe Coupee Parish, La.Did he leave descendants? (Miss) Edna M.Dickey, Monticello, Arkansas.A-'49. Mathews.—Richard Mathews, Revolu-

tionary soldier, m. Eleanor - ; among chil-dren were Sampson, b. Rockbridge Co., Virginia,1767, in Robertson Co., Tennessee, in early1800's; William, who was in Greene Co., Ken-tucky abt. 1806; John and Richard. Wantedancestry of Eleanor ( ) Mathews; was she aBradshaw? Also, desire data on William Math-ews. Mrs. A. G. Seal, Box 188, Monticello,Arkansas.A-'49. (a) Phillips-Lilly.—William Phillips of

Rensselaer Co., N. Y., m. (1) 1794, Lucinda Lilly(or Lillie) who was b. Union, Connecticut (Union-ville, Hartford County?—Ed.) in 1776: he m.(2) Nancy Dustin of vicinity of Pownal, Vermont.Children: (1st mar.) Susan, William, Michael,Abigail, Hiram, Sally, Julia, George, who manu-factured Phillips stoves, and Jane. Proof neededof Lucinda's parents, places of birth and marriage.Was she dau. of Ebenezer & Jerusha (Williams)Lillie, of Pownal, Vt., who had children—Caleb,Harvelar, Lucy and Lizzie?(b) Brown-Windrow-Warren.—Sterling

Brown, thought to have been Revolutionary sol-dier, lived in Williamson Co., Term. Among chil-dren were—a dau. who m. — Nance; two sons(one of whom had son, Wylie Brown), and LintBrown, Methodist minister, licensed to preach in1817, m. — Windrow and lived at WindrowCamp Ground, Williamson Co., Tenn. They hada son b. 1 Jan. 1820, who m. a dau. of Nathaniel& Nancy (Newman) Warren. Data on SterlingBrown will be appreciated. Mrs. Gladys HallMeier, Box 268, Brownsville, Texas.A-'49. (a) Booth-Threlkeld.—James Booth

m. Ellen —; from King George Co., Virginiato Mason Co., Kentucky abt. 1792; their dau.Ann, b. 24 Nov. 1749; d. in Fleming Co., Ky., Nov.1828; m. 1767, Benjamin Threlkeld, who was b. inKing George Co. Va., 1744; d. Mason Co., Ky.,1794; gr. gr. grandparents of querist. Wish Revo-lutionary record of James Booth, with any otherfamily data.(b) Waller -Gaither. — Thomas & Sophia

(Gaither) Waller of Mason y., had dau.Polly Waller, b. 5 Apr. 1776; Co.,d. 20 July 1849;m. 9 Jan. 1795, William Threlkeld, who was b.5 Sept. 1769; d. 20 Jan. 1832. Wish Revolution-ary record of Thomas Waller. Mrs. John D. Hall,Box 96, Rogers, Arkansas.A-'49. Powel-Adams-Foster.—Joshua Foster,

b. in Virginia, 1 Dec. 1793; m. in Virginia, 16Feb. 1819, Susan W. Adams, b. Virginia, 16 Oct.1801, whose mother is thought to have been aPowel. They had—Philip C., b. 21 Apr. 1820;d. — July 1820; Philip Brooker, b. 27 Apr. 1821;

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d. 13 Aug. 1830; John Calvin, b. 23 Feb. 1823;d. Aug. 1833; Stanley Adams, b. 24 Dec. 1824;d. 26 Jan. 1826; Mary Frances, b. 29 Oct. 1826;d. in Texas, 1 Jan. 1917, m. — Jones; StanleyAdams, b. 9 Oct. 1827; d. in Arkansas, 25 Apr.1863; m. Mary Ann Mariah, dau. of John &Sarah ( ) Bonner; Henry Wood, b. in Vir-ginia, 16 June 1831, d. in Tennessee, 1 Nov. 1891,m. in Tennessee, 1 Dec. 1856, Nancy A. Smith;Susan Mariah, b. Tennessee 3 July 1838, d. inTexas, 20 (or 25) May 1922, m. — Ruble;Joshua, b. Tennessee, 13 Sept. 1841; d. Arkansas,17 Jan. 1859. Wish ancestry and all possible in-formation on Joshua Foster and his wife, SusanW. Adams. Mrs. Merlyn Houck, Route 2, Still-water, Oklahoma.A-'49. Thomson-Hogg-Haynie.—Moses Thom-

son m. (2) Elizabeth Hogg. Their son, Matthew,b. in Augusta Co., Va. 15 Dec. 1772; m. 16 Apr.1801, Sible Haynie, and lived in Clark Co.

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tucky. Wish names of parents of both MosesThomson and Elizabeth Hogg. Elizabeth MooreHundley (Mrs. J. H.), 201 Sherman Avenue,Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.A-'49. White-Davis.—Lewis ( ?) White m. (1)

Margaret Davis, (2) (name unknown), (3)Griffith. Children: (1st mar.) —Lewis, b. 9 Sept.1800, m. Mary Morton Glass, dau. of Benjamin &Susan (Bourne) Glass of Owen Co., Kentucky;(2nd mar.)—Richard, Jemima; (3rd mar.)—Joel Johnson and Edmond White. MargaretDavis had sisters, Elizabeth, who m. Robert True,and Delilah, who m. Wright. Lewis Whitehad sisters, Polly, who m. John, brother of RobertTrue, and Elizabeth, who m. James Kinkead. TheWhite and Davis families were from Virginia toJessamine and adjacent Kentucky counties priorto 1800. Wish parents of Lewis White and hissisters, with any data available. (Miss) Mary B.Lockhart, 618 West Second Street, Santa Ana,California.A-'49. (a) Stanley-King-Goodell.—Noadiab

Stanley (or Standly) b. in West Hartford, Conn.,18 June 1759, m. Hannah King; their son Mosesm. Susannah Goodell (or Goodale), who was b. inAmherst, Massachusetts, 26 July 1784; d. at Vet-eran (county?), N. Y., 1 Mar. 1826. Wish dataon Moses Stanley.(b) Bohon.—John Bohon, Revolutionary pen-

sioner, Virginia service, m. Sarah —, and movedto Mercer Co., Kentucky in 1787; living in 1833.Desire names of their children with data. Mrs.Howard Doyle, Box 336, Parsons, Kansas.A-'49. (a) Helms-Mahaffey.—Isaac Helms,

b. in Virginia, 17 Nov. 1800; d. 19 Jan. 1876; bur.Logan Co., Illinois; m. abt. 1820, Rebecca dau. ofAlexander & Margaret (Kirpkatrick) Mahaffey,and moved to Ohio. Isaac had brothers, Peter,John & Daniel Helms—sister, Nancy, who m.Smoot, and Mary, who m. — Lytle (or Lykens).Wanted, parents of Isaac Helms, with any Revolu-tionary service in his line, or in ancestry of hiswife, Rebecca Mahaffey.(b) McWilliams-Thompson.—William F. Mc-

Williams, b. at Wrightstown, Belmont Co., Ohio,m. 28 Nov. 1833, Elizabeth, b. May 1814, dau. ofSamuel Thompson. Wanted, ancestry of WilliamF. McWilliams. Mrs. Paul E. Davis, Topeka StateHospital, Topeka, Kansas.

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A-'49. (a) Hodson-Brown.—William & Ann( ) Hodson had dau. Rebecca, b. BurlingtonCo., N. J., 9 May 1808, who. m. 3 Oct. 1829,Thomas Brown, and had one son, Thomas Harts-horn Brown. The earliest Hodson said to havecome from England and had land grant nearColumbus, Burlington Co., N. J., in 1680. Whowas he? Wanted, parents of William Hodson andof his wife Ann , with any data available.(b) Brown-Riehardson.—Henry Brown, b. 9

Sept. 1716, m. in New Jersey (prob. MansfieldTwp., Burlington Co.), 22 Jan. 1735, Ann Rich-ardson, who was b. 6 Dec. 18. They pad one son,John, Revolutionary soldier. Were there otherchildren? Ann had cousins: Elizabeth (Richard-son) Middleton, Jane Richardson & John Richard-son; and probably sisters: Martha, m. — Hand-cock; Susanna, m. Abraham Brown, and had son,Joseph Brown; Mary, Phebe, Jane & ElizabethRichardson. Were Abraham Brown and HenryBrown related? Also wish parents of both HenryBrown and his wife Ann Richardson, with data.Rohease B. Cook (Mrs. Harold A.), 343 SeminoleDrive, Erie, Pennsylvania.A-'49. Merritt-Lyon.—Solomon Merritt served

in Revolutionary War from Greenwich, Conn.;m. — Lyon; had son, Daniel, b. 28 Mar. 1772.Would like given name of wife, with parents ofboth, with data. Mrs. Elting F. Deyo, 44 Wake-man Road, Fairfield, Connecticut.A-'49. Jones-Montgomery. — Milton Streeter

Jones m. at Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia,1868, Rebecca, dau. of Richard & Charity (Har-vey) Montgomery. Wanted, names, dates and anydata on parents of Milton Streeter Jones; hismother or grandmother was Sallie (or Susan)Strober (or Strohbar), member of SaltzburgerCongregation, Ebenezer, Effingham Co., Georgia.Mrs. W. L. Robertson, 740 Magnolia Street, NewSmyrna Beach, Florida.A-'49. (a) Custer-Ball.—Nicholas Custer m.

abt. 1740, Sarah, dau. of John Ball, Sr. Hermother supposed to have been Sarah Roads.Would like to know who John Ball, Sr., was.(b) Swartz-Custer.—Peter Swartz, b. 1765;

d. 1852; m. in 17 , Mary, dau. of Nicholas &Catherine (Schradken) Custer. Wish place ofbirth and other data on Peter Swartz. Mrs. Eliza-beth B. Barghoom, 315 Franklin Street, N. E.,Washington 2, D. C.•A-'49. (a) West-Baker.—Jeremiah West m.

Millersburg, Bourbon Co., Ky., 1826, Mary (Polly)Baker. Wanted, his parents with any data.(b) William Trimble m. in Callaway Co.,

Missouri, 7 Apr. 1842, Martha Hughes, who wasb. 1823; d. Callaway Co., Mo., 3 Aug. 1876. Wishnames of her parents, with data. Mrs. C. M.Winn, 315 Castro Street, Norman, Oklahoma.A-'49. Hendershott-Von Sehall-Schumaker.

—Michael Hendershott, b. Sussex Co., N. J., abt.1753, bur. nr. Melleville, Columbia Co., Penna.,m. abt. 1753, Sarah Van Schall. He served inSussex County Regulars during RevolutionaryWar, later settling in Columbia Co., Pennsylva-nia. Children: John, m. Jane Kitchen; Williamm. Mary Kitchen; Jesse m. Jane Hodge (or Hodge-son) ; Jacob; Isaac, and others. Isaac m. abt.1810, Susanna Schumaker and had--Michael, b.


11 Mar. 1811, d. 8 May 1900; m. 9 Oct. 1833,Mary Reed and had 10 children b. in Batesville,Ohio; Jesse of Muskingum Co., Ohio; Jacob ofMorgan Co., Ohio; Abel, who settled in Michigan;Catherine, m. James Scott of Tuscarawas Co.,Ohio. Wanted any possible information on Mich-ael Hendershott and his son Isaac. Mrs. ClaudeMaxwell, 501 North Jefferson, Vandalia, Missouri.

A-'49. Hains.—Christonber Hains, b. Win-chester, Frederick Co., Virginia, 8 June 1760,Revolutionary pensioner, m. in Rockingham (orShenandoah) Co.

' Va., 14 July 1782, Tallitha

who was b. 28 Dec. 1760. (Was she TallithaShort?) They moved from Rockingham Co. toRussell Co., Va., and in 1810 to Allen Co., Ken-tucky. Children: Milly, Mary, Nanse, Sary.Betty, Christopher, Tallitha, Martha, Samuel,John St Chrissy. Wanted all possible data onChristopher & Tallitha ( ) Haim.

(b) Gatewood-Hains. —John Gatewood, b.Culpeper (or Spotsylvania) Co.

' Virginia, 10 July

1761, d. 6 Oct. 1835. Enlisted in RevolutionaryWar from Amherst Co.

' Va., granted pension in

1832 while resident of Allen Co., Kentucky; m.22 Aug. 1782, Nancy (or Ann) —, who wasb. 5 Feb. 1765. Children: Dotia, —inela, Arstiley,Roland, Wiley, Richard B., Miarah, Maria, JohnF. & Fletcher. Miarah (or Myrah) Gatewood,gr. gr. grandmother of querist is mentioned in'History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon Co.,Illinois by Powers,- as b. in Alabama and partlyraised in Georgia. She m. in Allen Co., Ky., Oct.1815, Christopher Haim, Jr.; moved to BarrenCo.'

Ky. and in 1829 to Satwamon Co., Ill. Wantedall data possible on John Gatewood and his wifeNancy (or Ann) —. Mrs. Jay W. Anderson,2712 Mulberry Avenue, Muscatine, Iowa.

A-'49. Harbin-Witherspoon.—Thomas WylieHarbin, b. prob. Hillsboro Co., N. C., 1760; m. inWilkes Co., N C., Mary, dm]. of John & Martha(Pettigrew) Witherspoon. Children: NathanielPriestley—went to Mississippi; Polly, Morgan,Harriet, Thomas, Wylie, Nancy and Fanny. Anyhelp on this Harbin line will be appreciated.Eugenia Lawrence Ray (Mrs. William T.), 677So. Milledge Avenue, Athens, Georgia.

A-'49. Williams.—Daniel Williams m. Ursula; living in Hanover Co., Virginia 1740.

Wanted Ursula's surname and parentage; ances-try of Daniel Williams, with any information asto dates, locations, their children's names, mar-riages and records. (Miss'Marie Williams, Box216, Summerton, Co. Carolina.

A-'49. Graham-Mead.—John Graham, b. Mus-catine Co., Iowa, Dec. 1852; d. Jan. 1932; m.Eva Sophia Mead, who was b. in Nobel Co., In-diana, Dec. 1859; d. Apr. 1938; both bur. atZepherhills, Florida. They lived at Ligonier andKendallville, Indiana; Moline, Elk Co., Kansas,and in Florida. Children: William Earnest, JamesEphraim, Frank Justice, Eliza Charran (whomdid she marry?), Minnie May, Florence Elvan,m. — Wright; Bertha Luella, m. — Under-wood; Earl Mead; Hazel Serena, m. — Under-wood; Ella Nettie Pearl, m. — Dalton; EdithBernice, m. — Sain. Would like to have par-ents of John Graham; also need addresses of hischildren. Invite correspondence with anyone in-

terested in above surnames. Mrs. Eva MeadFirestone, Upton, Wyoming.

A-949. McCarty-McCartv-Funderbur g.—James McCarty, b. South Carolina, 1784; d. inTexas 1856; m. in Clark Co., Georgia, 1809, Eliza-beth McCarty, b. in S. C.; d. Alabama bef. 1850;who was a stepdaughter of Isaac Funderburg ofS. C. and Georgia. James McCarty was in Au-tauga Co., Alabama, census of 1850; had bros.Charles and John McCarty, and a sister, Martha,who m. Benjamin Knott. Wanted parents ofJames & Elizabeth (McCarty) McCarty. Mrs.Howard H. McCall, Sr., 1041 West Peachtree St.,N. E., Atlanta, Georgia.

A:49. Ragland-Wright.—Pettus Ragland ofHanover Co., Virginia, wrote will in 1807, men-tioning deceased dau., Elizabeth, who had m.Jessey Wright. They had 3 children—two beingWilliam and David Wright. Does anyone knowname of the other child? (Miss) Ann WallerReddy, 1005 East Marshall Street, Richmond,Virginia.

Answers

Answers should be concisely stated, givingall information possible, with references andproof. They must bear full name and ad-dress of sender; but if requested only initialswill be printed. Type each answer with theexact heading of the query to which it re-fers. Our system of numbering is as follows:A-'49 —January 1949; B-'49 — February1949 and so on through K-'49—December.Answers will be printed with letter indicatingmonth in which the query appeared, fol-lowed by the year and, in parentheses, thepage number.

It is important to enclose stamped enve-lope if you wish reply mailed on to querist.

D-'48. (p. 313). Brown-Sallard-Shackle-ford.—Will of Burwell Brown, Charlotte Co., Va.,Book 2, p. 237; dated 3 Jan. 1803; Probated 7Feb. 1803. Sons: Eppes Brown of Georgia; Wil-liam, James, Henry, Irwin, John, Joseph C.Daus.: Patsey, Lucy Sullivant, deed of Tr. toJames Brown and William Adams; Sarah Adams;Rebecah Rudder; Nancy. Exr.: John Brown.Eppes, William, Patsey, Lucy. James, Sarah—

wife of William Adams who migrated in 1816 toSt. Louis Co., Mo., and Rebecca were childrenof first marriage.

Marriage Records, Book 1, p. 15: Eppes Brownand Sabine Sallard, dau. of William Sallard, 19Mar. 1788.On 4 Aug. 1832 Sarah Adams and Joseph C.

Brown were appointed admrs. of est. of WilliamAdams. (Probate Records, St. Louis, Mo., No.975.) Heirs: Burwell B. Adams, Franklin Co.,Mo.; Sarah Renolds; Lucinda, wife of Cain J.Brown; Elizabeth, wife of David Adams, dec'd;Nancy, wife of Dr. Shoemaker; James Adams,St. Louis Co., Mo.; Martha Adams, St. Louis Co.;Rebecca, wife of John E. Brown, St. Charles Co.,Mo.—Mrs. Wm. B. Adams, H. H. #6, Muncie,Indiana.

MINUTES

NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

SPECIAL MEETING

December 8, 1948

THE Special meeting of the National Board ofManagement was called to order by the Presi-

dent General, Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, in thePresident General's Reception Room, ConstitutionHall, Washington, D. C., on Wednesday, December8, 1948, at 12:00 noon.The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the

United States of America was given, followed bythe Lord's Prayer led by Mrs. Rex, Vice PresidentGeneral.The Recording Secretary General, Mrs. Lam-

mers, called the roll and the following memberswere recorded as present: National Officers: Mrs.O'Byrne, Mrs. Patton, Miss Matthies, Mrs. Lam-mers, Miss Cook, Mrs. Rhoades, Mrs. Tynes, Mrs.Carwithen, Miss McMackin, Mrs. Rex, Mrs. Bow-ker; State Regent: Mrs. Wells.The Treasurer General, Mrs. Rhoades, moved

that 234 former members be reinstated. Secondedby Mrs. Wells. Carried.The Registrar General, Mrs. Tynes, read her

report.Report of Registrar General

I have the honor to report 1,304 applicationspresented to the Board. E.THEL M. TYNES,

Registrar General.

The Registrar General moved that the 1,304applicants whose records have been verified by theRegistrar General be elected to membership in theNational Society. Seconded by Miss McMackin.Carried.The Organizing Secretary General, Miss Cook,

read her report.

Report of Organizing Secretary General

Your Organizing Secretary General herewithsubmits the following report from October 20thto December 8th:

Through their respective state regents, the fol-lowing members at large are presented for con-firmation as organizing regents:

Mrs. Kathleen Bailey Burts, Brookhaven, Geor-gia.Mrs. Frances Pugh Beaupeurt, Carson City,

Nevada.Mrs. Fannie E. Vann Simmons, Kenly, North

Carolina.

The following organizing regencies have expiredby time limitation:

Miss Rebecca Edith McConnell, DeFuniakSprings, Florida.

Miss Vera York, Lafayette, Tennessee.Mrs. Margaret Eslie Miller Sorensen, Torring-

ton, Wyoming.

Through their respective state regents the fol-lowing reappointments of organizing regents arerequested:

Miss Vera York, Lafayette, Tennessee.Mrs. Margaret Eslie Miller Sorenson, Torring-

ton, Wyoming.

The authorization of the chapter at Iola, Kansas,has expired by time limitation:

Through its state regent the following chapterhas requested official disbandment:

Northland, Aitkin, Minnesota.

The Dorothea von Steuben Chapter of Berlin,Germany, was automatically disbanded by theTreasurer General on November 17, 1948, forhaving been below the legal number for one year.The following chapters have met all require-

ments according to the National By-laws and arenow presented for confirmation:

Fort Conde, Spring Hill, Alabama.Cachinetac, Redwood City, California.St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, Florida.John Floyd, Homerville, Georgia.John Rogers,

Christopher, Illinois.

General William Shepard, Westfield, Massa-chusetts.

Alice Adams Ripley, Las Cruces, New Mexico.Colonel John Alston, Valdese, North Carolina.Malheur, Ontario, Oregon.General William Lee Davidson, Edenwold, Ten-

nessee.Sarah Robinson Erwin, Breckenridge, Texas.Anthony Smith, Lufkin, Texas.Fort Trial, Martinsville, Virginia.

LAURA CLARK COOK,Organizing Secretary General.

Miss Cook moved the confirmation of three or-ganizing regents; the reappointment of two organ-izing regents; the official disbandment of onechapter; the confirmation of thirteen chapters.Seconded by Mrs. Bowker. Carried.The President General spoke of the death of

the husband of the State Regent of Pennsylvania,Mrs. Kirkpatrick, and of Mr. C. B. Shaler, Presi-dent General of the Sons of the American Revolu-tion. Mrs. Carwithen moved that an expression ofsympathy on the death of her husband be sent toMrs. Harlow B. Kirkpatrick, State Regent ofPennsylvania; and a message be sent to Mrs. C. B.Shaler, wife of the late Mr. C. B. Shaler, PresidentGeneral of the Sons of the American Revolution.Seconded by Miss McMackin. Carried.The Recording Secretary General read the min-

utes of today's meeting, which were approved asread.The meeting adjourned at 12:35 p.m.

MAYMIE D. LAMMERS,Recording Secretary General,

N. S.'O. A. R.

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MRS. J. HAROLD GRIMES739 E. Washington St., Martinsville, Ind.

MRS. FREDERICK BREWSTER INGRAM1822 Bennett Ave., Dallas, Texas

MRS. LEROY FOGG HUSSEY20 Bangor St., Augusta, Maine

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERSOF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

(Organized—October 11, 1890)

MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL, 17th and D Streets, N.W.,Washington 6, D.C.

NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT-1948-49

President General

MRS. ROSCOE C. O'BYRNE, Administration Building, 1720 D Street, N. W., Washington 6, D.

1st Vice President General 2nd Vice President GeneralMRS. JAMES B. PATTON1676 Franklin Ave., Columbus 5, Ohio

MRS. FRANK EDGAR LEE415 7th St., Santa Monica, Calif.

3rd Vice President GeneralMISS KATHARINE MATTHIES, 59 West St., Seymour, Conn.

Chaplain GeneralMRS. ROBERT KEENE ARNOLD, Versailles, Ky.

Recording Secretary General

MRS. EDWIN STANTON LAMMERS1720 D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Corresponding Secretary General

MRS. JOHN T. GARDNER1720 D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Organizing Secretary GeneralMISS LAURA CLARK COOK

1720 D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Treasurer General

MRS. REX HAYS RHOADES1720 D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Registrar General

MRS. WILLIAM V. TYNES1720 D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Historian General

MRS. VAN COURT CARWITHEN1720 D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Librarian GeneralMISS HELEN M. MCMACKIN

1720 D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Curator General

MRS. ROY J. FRIERSON1720 D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Reporter General to Smithsonian InstitutionMRS. MILLARD T. SISLER, 301 Wagner Road, Morgantown, W. Va.

Vice Presidents General(Term of office expires 1949)

MRS. OBER DEWITT WARTHEN803 Church St., Vidalia, Ga.

MRS. OTTO H. GRIST7 E. Woodlawn Ave., Danville, Ill.

MRS. NATHAN RUSSELL PATTERSON1223 E. 27th St., Tulsa, Okla.

(Term of office expires 1950)MRS. LOREN EDGAR REX

310 E. Elm St., Wichita, Kan.MRS. BRUCE D. REYNOLDS

Biol. Bldg., University P.O.,Charlottesville, Va.

MRS. HERBERT E. McQuEsTEN104 High St., North Andover, Mass.

(Term of officeMRS. ROY C. BOWKER

4415 39th St., N. W., Washington, D. CMRS. BENJAMIN RAMAGE WILLIAMS

428 N. McKean St., Butler, Pa.MISS JEANNETTE ISAPELLE DENTLER

5732 S. E. Yamhill St., Portland, Ore.

C.

MRS. LEO CARLISLE GRAYBILL609 Third Ave. N., Great Falls, Mont.

MRS. GEORGE SARTELLBox 1406, Jamestown, N. Dak.

MRS. WALTER SCOTT WELCH820 4th Ave., Laurel, Miss.

eXpires 1951)MISS MARIE LOUISE LLOYD

4303 Woodlawn Ave., Little Rock, Ark.MRS. MARSHALL PINCKNEY ORB

809 W. Market St., Anderson, S. C.MRS. CLAUDE K. ROWLAND

7024 Forsythe, St. Louis 5, Mo.

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National Board of Management—ContinuedState Regents and State

ALABAMAState Regent—Abs. HENRY GRADY J ACOBS, SGOILSb0 Co.State Vice Regent—MRS. THOMAS L. MOORE, Randolph St..

Eurittla.

ALASKA

State Regent—MRS. ROBERT LAVERY, Box 827, Fairbanks.State Vice Regent—MRS. EDDY DAVIS, P. 0. Box 1263.

airbanks.

ARIZONA

State Regent—MRS. ROLAND M. JAMES, 819 N. 5th Ave..mison.

State Vice Regent—MRS. JAMES S. BETHEA, 105 CoronadoRoad, Prescott.

ARKANSAS

State Regent—MIIS. FRANK GERIG, Arkadelphia.State Vice Regent—MRS. Loris N. FRAZIER, Magnolia Farm,Jonesboro.

CALIFORNIAState Regent—Mon. CHARLES HASKELL DANFORTH, 607

Cabrillo Ave., Stanford University.State Vice Regent—MRS. EDGAR A. FULLER, 213 14th St.,Santa Monica.

COLORADO

State Regent—MRS. JAMES HERSCHEL WHITE, 316 W. 9th St.,Pueblo.

State Vice Regent—MRS. LEIGH B. PUTNAM, 2074 Albion St.,Denver 7.

CONNECTICUTState Regent—MRS. KENNETH T. TREWHELLA, 102 Connecti•cut Blvd., East Hartford.

State Vice Regent—MRS. GEORGE HAROLD WELCH, Brewsterltd., Mt. Carmel.

DELAWARE

State Regent—Do. PAULINE KIMBALL SKINNER, 74 AmstelAve., Newark.

State Vice Regent—Mon. GLENN S. KING, North Union St.,Smyrna.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

State Regent—MRS. DAVID L. WELLS, 4455 Quo St., N. W.,Washington 7.

State Vice Regent—MRS. JAMES D. SKINNER, 7525 AlaskaAve., N. W., Washington 12.

FLORIDA

State Regent—Mon. DAVID M. WRIGHT, Route #1, Box 179,Bartow.

State Vice Regent—Moo. EDWARD S. HORTON, Box 853,Winter Haven.

GEORGIA

State Regent—Man. YOUNG HARRIS YARBROUGH, Milledgeville.State Vice Regent—MRS. LEONARD Li. WALLACE, Madison.

HAWAII

State Regent—MRS. REGINALD WM. CARTER, 2266 MakikiHeights Dr., Honolulu 21.

State Vice Regent—MRS. JOHN EDGAR WALKER, Box 83,Puimene, Maui.

IDAHO

State Regent—MRS. SAMUEL C. SKIM-ERN, 522 4th Ave..Lewiston.

State Vice Regent—Mns. PAUL C. FEDDERSEN, Box 29.Kellogg.

ILLINOIS

State Regent—IVIRS. THONIAS LOW ARO MAURY, 842 GarfieldSt., Aurora.

State Vice Regent—Mas. MANFOIM E. Cox, 715 N. CrossSt., Robinson.

INDIANA

State Regent—MRS. FUREL BURNS, 608 Bond St., NorthManchester.

State Vice Regent—MRS. WAYNE M. CORY, "Campbelland,"Veedersburg.

IOWA

State Regent—Sins. EUGENE HENELY, 1014 East St., Grinnell.State Vice Regent—MRs. BURL O. ELLIOTT, 311 N. Market

St., Oskaloosa.

KANSAS

State Regent—MRS. WILLIAM Loris AINSWORTH, GreenHaven, Route #2, Derby.

State Vice Regent—Moo. FRANK J. KANIBACH, 1404 HarrisonSt., Topeka.

Vice Regents for 1948-1949KENTUCKYState Regent—DR. WINONA STEVENS JONES, 448 W. 3rd St.,

Lexington.State Vice Regent—MRS. BACON R. Monne, Harrookbarg.

LOUISIANA

State Regent—MRs. JonN N. P HARR, New Iberia.State Vice Regent—Moo. JAMES C. LINER, 216 K St.,.Monroe.

MAINE

State Regent—MRS. CHARLES Locke, Delano Park, CapeElizabeth.

State Vice Regent—MRs. EDWARD F. MERRILL, 149 MadisonSt., Skowhegan.

MARYLAND

State Regent—Moo. HARRY K. NIELD, 2214 Kenoak Ril.,Baltimore 9.

State Vice Regent—Moo. BRANT E. Roaeurs, 101 W. 29th St.,Baltimore 18.

MASSACHUSETTS

State Regent—Mon. Weimar; Sturruck Gunmen, 64 Marl-borough St., Newburyport.

State Vice Regent—MRS. ALFRED W 11.1.1 A XIS. H 2 StratfordAve., Pittsfield.

MICHIGAN

State Regent—MRS. CHESTER F. MILLER, 1237 Owen St.,Saginaw.

State Vice Regent—Moo. WALTER C. POMEROY , 1016 OaklandAve., Ann Arbor.

MINNESOTA

State Regent—MRS. CLYDE RomuNs, RFD #2, 'Imo,.State Vice Regent—Mon. GEORGE Ber JONES, 4933 Lyinhile

Ave., South, Minneapolis 9.

MISSISSIPPI

State Regent—Mao. EDWARD CAGE BREWER, 435 W. 211.1 St.,Clarksdale.

State Vice Regent—loins. HARRY A. ALEX A N DEII, Hon 711,Grenada.

MISSOURI

State Regent—MRS. WILLIAM J. Boon, RFD #2, St. Joseph.State Vice Regent—Miss INEZ MARTIN WOLFE, Ambassador

Hotel. 3560 Broadway, Kansas City.

MONTANA

State Regent—Sins. THOMAS E. LUEBBEN, 924 S. Pacific.Dillon.

State Vice Regent—Sins. JAMES HILL Montrow, Moore.NEBRASKA

State Regent—Mits. BvtioN K. Wottnam., 1925 E St.,Lincoln 8.

State Vice Regent—Mon. W. P. VENABLE, Cio ConsumersPower Co., Columbus.

NEVADA

State Regent—Moo. F. C. BAILY, 1229 Ralston St., It1,110.State Vice Regent—NIRs. THAD HOLCOMB, 770 California

Ave., Reno.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

State Regent—MRS. DAVID W. ANDERSON, 523 BetIColt Si..Manchester.

State Vice Regent—Sins. J. WENDALL KIMBALL, 44 Elm St.,Lancaster.

NEW JERSEY

State Regent—Sins. PALMER MARTIN Way, 6000 Pacific Ave.,Wildwood Crest.

State Vice Regent—MRs. RALPH WELLER GREENLA SF, 109 W.Englewood Ave., W. Englewood.

NEW MEXICO

State Regent—MRs. HARRY F. ASPINW ALL, 440 N. Hemmen,Albuquerque.

State Vice Regent—Mon. J. F. MADDOX, Box BE, Hobbs.

NEW YORK

State Regent—Sins. JAAIES GRANT PARK, 439 Brookville Rd.,Bronxville.

State Vice Regent—Miss THELMA LEB AR BROWN, 214 S.Clinton St.. Olean.

NORTH CAROLINA

State Regent—Silos GERTRUDE SPRAGUE CAIIRA WAY, 7 BroadSt., New Bern.

State Vice Regent—MISS MARY VIRGINIA Homve, 206 GreenSt., Wadesboro.


MR5. GRActs L. H. Iiiiusseau9 Martin Dale, Greenwich. Conn.

MR, Low ELL FLarcHER HOBART2912 Vet llllll Place, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mat. WILLLEM BUTIERBIMATH, 1923Hillcrest, Moline, Illinois.

NORTH DAKOTA

State Regent—Men. Maar J. WIENBERGEN, 21 Sixth Ave..

Dickinson.State Vice Regent—Mils. 0. A. STEVENS, 1110 Tenth St.,

Fargo.

OHIO

State Regent—Moo. FRANK 0. MEMILLEN, 518 W. Market

St., Akron.State Vice Regent—MRS. EARL B. PADGETT, 524 W. Cherry

St., Galion.

OKLAHOMA

State Regent—Mon. VniciL BROWNE, Cedar Lakes R. F. D.#3, Edmond.

State Vice Regent—MRs. HARRY L. WHIrsErr, 1209 E.

Broadway, Enid.

OREGON

State Regent—MRs. ARCHIE W. MCKEOWN, Route #2,

Box 101, Hood River.State Vice Regent—Mus. GEORGE ROBERT HYSLOP, 544 N. 7th

St., Corvallis.

PENNSYLVANIA

State Regent—Moo. H. B. KIRKPATRICK, 4405 Schenley

Farms Terrace, Pittsburgh.State Vice Regent—MOS. TLIOMAs LEE, 1 Lothian Pl.,

Philadelphia 28.

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

State Regent—MRs. MABEL R. CARLSON, 4211 Madison Ave.,

San Diego 4, Calif.State Vice Regent—

RHODE ISLAND

State Regent—Miss. Louts OLIVER, 106 Blackstone Blvd..

Providence 6.State Vice Regent—MRS. HAROLD C. JOHNsON, 35 Friendly

Rd., Cranston.

SOUTH CAROLINA

State Regent—MRs. HENRY JACKSON MUNNERLYN, 506 W.

Main, Bennettsville.State Vice Regent—Moo. BYRON WHAM, WilliStOn.

SOUTH DAKOTA

State Regent—Mao. A. F. SCHARNWEBER, 305 E. 5th Ave.,

Mitchell.State I ice Regent—Mrs.. LAWRENCE TINSLEY, Custer.

TENNESSEE

State Regent—Moo. THumAs FRANCIS HUDSON, 76 Clark Pl.,

Memphis.State Vice Regent—Miss. T. J. Bosoms, Observatory Dr.,

Nashville.

TEXAS

State It egent Row AML R. BARROW, 3402 Overbrook

Lane, Houston.State Vice Re'llera—M RS. FRANK GARLAND TRAU, 710 W.

17Va..liington Ass., Sherman.

UTAH

State Regent—Miss. E. A. HALL, 532 Center St., Salt Lake

City.State Vice Regent —MR.. Wst. H. LOGAN, 2867 Fowler Ave..

Ogden.

VERMONT

State Regent—Mao. EnwiN A. Moriss, Randolph.

State Vice Regent—Moo. RICHARD C. SuUTLICATE, 67 Maple

St.. White River Junction.

VIRGINIA

State Regent—MRs. EvErierr L. REPAS5, Box 92, Salem.State ice Regent—MRS. ROBERT DUNCAN, 218 S. Fairfax

St., Alexandria.

WASHINGTON

State Regent—MRs. DANIEL ROY SWIM, 1018 36th Ave., No.,Seattle.

State Vice Regent—Mss. CLAD.: R. DOBLER, 3323 FederalAve., Everett.

WEST VIRGINIA

State Regent—Mils. HARRY J. SMITH, 1210 Ann St..Parkerehurg.

State Vice Regent—MRS. ALEXANDER KEITH SICCLUNG, SR.,Box 28, Hartford.

WISCONSIN

State Regent—MRS. LELAND H. BARKER, 841 S. 3rd St..Wisconsin Rapids.

State Vice Regent—MRs. RAM, M. HALE, 124 Park Pl..Eau Claire.

WYOMING

State Regent—MISS ISABELL JANE HULING, 421 B St., RockSprings.

State Vice Regent—MRS. CLIFFORD W. AXTELL, Box 189,Thermopolis.

CHINA

State Re gent—MRs. HoLus A. WILBUR, 385 Elixabeth St.,Pasadena 6, Calif.

State Vice Regent—MRS. ALBERT M. DUNLAp, 1984/5Ling Sen La, Shanghai.

CUBA

State Regent—MRS. GEORGE A. CURRY, Calle Primera y,San Antonio, LaLisa, Mariana°, Havana.

State Vice Regent—MRS. JOsEekt A. loses, Gallen° 257,Havana.

ENGLAND

State Regent—Moo. THEonong W. LuLisic, Newlands,19 Dover Park Dr.. Rochamptou. London, S.W.15.

State Vice Regent—MRS. ROBERT BRAIN•RD MOSELEY, 2438N. Columbus St., Arlington, Virginia.

FRANCE

State Regent—MRS. STEPHEN FITEGIBIWN, NO W. 58th St.,New lurk, N. Y.

State Vice Regent—MRS. BARTON ALDE050N, 825 5th Ave.,New York 21, N. Y.

CANAL ZONE

MRS. GEoRce EUGENE, Box 235, Balboa. (Chapter Regent.)

PUERTO RICO

MRS. HENRY W. DOOLEY, P. 0. Box 4263, San Juan. (Chap-ter Regent.)

ITALY

Miss. KATHERINE SMOOT TUCCIMEI, 39 Via Taro, Rome,

Italy. (Chapter Regent.)

HONORARY OFFICERS ELECTED FOR LIFE

Hono-rary Presidents General

bins. RUSsELL WILLIAM MAGNA178 Madison Ave., Holyoke, Mass.

Miss. V.IILLIAM A. BECKER633 Boulevard, Westfield, N. J.

MRS. HENRY M. ROBERT, Jo.53 Southgate ANE., Annapolis, Md.

Honorary Vice Presidents General

MRS. WILLIAM VAUGHT, 1940908 Main St., Point Pleasant, W. Va,

Mns. HENRY BOURNE Joy, 1935299 Lake Shore Road, Crosse PointeFarms, Mich.

MRS. CHARLES BEACH Boort., 19382036 Oak St., South Pasadena, California.

Mn. James B. CRANESHAW, 19393128 Fairfield Ave.. Fort Wayne 6, Ind.

MRS. FRANK M. Dice, 1941"Dunmovin," Cambridge, 31d.

Mos. Thomas J. MAULDIN, 1942Pickens, South Carolina.

SIRS. HARPER DONELSON SHEPPARD, 1943117 Frederick St., Hanover, Pa.

MRS. WILLIAM H. PoULLI135 Central Park West, New York, N. Y.

MRS. JULIUS YOUNG TALMADGE1295 Prince Ave., Athens, Ga.

MRS. RoBERT J. JOHNSTON, 1943Humboldt, Iowa.

MRS. KENT HAMILTON, 19442317 Scottwuod Ave., Toledo, Ohio.

MRS. KATHARINK WHITE KITIKEDGE, 1947"Whiteacres," Springfield, Vt.

Sins. E. THOMAS BOYD, 19481313 Clarkson St., Denver, Colo.

Men. HOWARD H. McCall.. 19481041 W. Peachtree St., N. E., Atlanta, Ga.

National Chairmen of National Committees

Advancement of American Music

American Indians

Americanism

Approved Schools

MRS. CHARLES F. PEACE, Round Bay, Severna Park, Md.

Has. LOUIS J. O'Mane, Fairfax Hotel, Mass. Ave., Washington, D. C.

Miss. CHARLES R. CURTISS, 954 Glenwood Ave., Joliet, Ill.

Miss EDLA S. GinsoN, 396 Porter Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.

Caroline E. Holt Scholarship Fund Mils. MABEL R. CARLSON, 4211 Madison Ave., San Diego 4, Calif.

Conservation Miss. CHARLES A. CHRISTIN, Christin Ranch, San Fernando, Calif.

Correct Use of the Flag N1RS. MAURICE C. TURNER, 3820 GilIon Ave., Dallas 5, Texas.

Credentials MRS. WILLLtas H. EstwiN, 821 W. Broad St., Bethlehem, Pa.

D. A. R. Good Citizenship Pilgrimage Miss. Ror C. BOWICER, 4415 39th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine Mao. LAFAYETTE LEVAN PORTER (600 Ridge Ave., Greencastle, Ind.), 1720D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

D. A. R. Manual for Citizenship \Ins. ROY E. HEYWOOD, 201 Prospect St., Portland, Maine.

D. A. R. Museum MRS. ROY JAMES FRIERSON (3412 Gables Court, Tampa, Fla.), 1720 D St.,N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Mitt. HOWARD B. GORHAM, 380 Lloyd Ave., Providence 6, R. I.

Mist. GEORGE A. KenNEst, 30 S. 12th Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

Mns, T. II. NAPIER (8 Vine Street, Montevallo, Ala.), 1720 D St., N. W.,Washington 6, D. C.

Miss. H. J. DUNAVANT, 1040 Queens Rd., Myers Park, Charlotte 7, N. C.

Mao. FRANK C. Lova, 600 Allen St., Syracuse 10, N. Y.

MRS. Lao CLINTON, 1322 S. Guthrie Ave., Tulsa 5, Okla.

Junior American Citizens MRS. CHARLES B. HOFFMAN, 2080 Dexter St., Denver 7, Colo.

Junior Membership MISS MARY HELEN NORTH, 1512 N. Meridian St., Apt. 8, Indianapolis 2,Ind.

Membership Miss. Jumus Y. TALMADGE, 1295 Prince Ave., Athens, Ga.

Motion Picture MRS. LEROY MONTGOMERY, 7 Fairfield Ave., South Norwalk, Conn.

National Defense MRS. Crites G. MARTIN (412 E. 2nd St., Chattanooga 3, Tenn.), 1720 D St.,N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Press Relations MRS. HERBERT RALSTON HILL, 349 Buckingham Dr., Indianapolis 8, Ind.

Radio MISS DOROTHY FRANCES WRIGHT, 48 S. Clinton Ave., Trenton 9, N. J.

Miss. ROY V. SHREWDER, Ashland, Kansas.

MRS. JOHN BAYLEY O'BRIEN, 25 Parkview Ave., Bronsville 8, N. Y.

D. A. R. Student Loan Fund

Ellis Island-Angel Island

Filing and Lending Bureau

Genealogical Records

Girl Home Makers

Insignia

Resolutions

Transportation

Administrative Committees

Executive

Finance

Auditing

Printing

Buildings and Grounds

Art Critics

Miss. Roscoe C. O'BERNR, Administration Bldg., 1720 D Si., N. W., Wash-ington 6, D. C.

Miss LAURA CLARK COOK (172 Hillsdale St., Hillsdale, Mich.), 1720 I) St.,N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Miss HELEN M. Malec/cm (413 N. Broadway, Salem, Ill.), 1720 I) St.,N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

MISS KATHARINE MATTHIES (59 West St., Seymour, Conn.), 172(1 I) St.,N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

MRS. DAVID D. CALDWELL (3342 Mt. Pleasant St., Washington, D. C.), 1720D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Ma. MACGILL JAMES, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.Personnel MRS. Rex HAYS RHOADES, 3228 Cleveland Ave., Washington, D. C.

MR. C. F. JACOBSEN, National Metropolitan Bank, Washington, D. C.

Miss. James B. PATTON, 1676 Franklin Ave., Columbus 5, Ohio.Miss. HAMPTON FLEMING, 1622 Grove Ave., Richmond, Va.

Advisory Committee

D. A. R. Handbook

Parliamentarian

Chairmen of Special Committees

Revision of the By-Laws Has. OSMOND D. HEAVENRICH, 1504 Greenwood Ave., Jackson, Mich.Committee for Erection of Memorial BellTower at Valley Forge MRS. WILLIAM C. LANGSTON, 531 Roosevelt Ave.. York, Pa.

Units Overseas MRS. ROBERT BRAINARD MOSELEY, 2438 N. Columbus St., Arlington, Va.Building Finance Hits. Rex Hares RHOADES, 1720 D St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.Building Promotion Committee Miss. V. EUGENE HOLCOMBE. Apt. 301. Riverview Terrace, Kanawha Blvd.

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