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STEPHEN 0. fORD • A 1ESSAGE FROM TilE COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION Adva nce remittance required. Managtr Makt cltecks payablt to flu Troasur-r GmFral 0 A LETTER FROM THE COMJ\'IITTEE ON PATRIOTIC EDUCATION AND CONSTRUCTIVE CITIZENSHIP • ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS Qua lifications for Membership ( Extract from the Constitution) • EVENTS OF STATE SOCIETIES A \' l\1A shall be eligible to membership in the ociety who. being of the age of eightee n yem·s or over and a citizen of good repute in the community, is the lineal descendant d • an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in loyalty to, and rendered active service in DIGEST OF MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE C0!\1l\11TTEE MEETING the cause of American Independence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militia­ • man or minute man, in the armed force or the Continental Congress or of any one of thl' MEMORIAL TRIBUTES several Colonies or States, or as a igner of the Declaration of Independence. or as ,1 WILBERT H. BARRETT; C. WESLEY PATTEN member of a Committee of afety or Correspondence, or as a member of any Continental, 0 Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature, or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of resi tance to the authority of Great Britain. ADDITION TO MEMBERSHIP AND RECORDS OF NEW MEMBERS Application for membership i made on standard blanks furnished by the State Soc ie ties. • These blanks call for the place and date of birth and of death of the Revolutionary ancestor INDEX OF ANCESTORS and the year of birth, of marriage, and of death of ancestors in intervening generations. (July llntl O ctober, 1947) Membership is based on one original claim; additional claim are filed on upplement:;l • papers. The application and supplementals are made in duplicate. IN MEMORIAM • TATE AND CHAPTER OFFICERS PRE~"i OF JtiDD & DETWEILER. J-;C, '\\-ASIIl~CTO~. D. C Volume XLII October, 1947 Number 2 General Officers Elected at the Huntington, West Virginia, Congress, May 15, 1947 Board of Trustees~ 1947-48 President General . A. HERBERT FOREMAN. Western Union Building, Norfolk, \'irginia. • THE General Officers and the Past Presidents General, together with one member from each State Society, constitute the Board Vice Presidents Ge neral of Trustees of the National Society. The following Trustees for the several States were elected May 15, 1947, at the Congress held CHESTER R. ~IARTIN, 89 Hazard Ave., Providence, LLOYD D. SMtTH, 731 Grand ~larais, Grosse Pte. Park R. I. Mich. at Huntington, West Virginia, to serve until their successors are New England District (Maine, New Hampshire, Great Lakes District (~Iichigan lllinois, and Wis- Vermont, ~las;achusetts, Rhode Island, and Con­ consin). ' elected. necticut). HAROLD III. BLANCHARD, 555 Parker St., Newark, N.J. DR. J. A. GooDRICH, 504 Commodore Hotel, De, MONTANA ~Joines, Iowa. ALABA;:tEs CRENSHAW, 1004 1st Natl. Bank Bldg., WAL TE R D . KEMMIS, Sidney. N~rth Atlantic District (l':ew York and New Jersey). North Mississippi District Olinnesota, Korth an~ Montgomery. NEBRASKA South Dakota, Iowa and l\'ebraska). JoHN H . AGEE , 2945 Van Dorn Ave., Lincoln. DR. JoHN A. FRITCHEY II, 1800 North 3rd St .. Harrisburg, Penna. AJ.IZO;:AD MULLAN, Z8 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix. NEW HAJIIPSHIRE 1\Iid Atlantic District (Pennsylvania, Delaware, MASON E. !11tTCHELL, Conway, Ark. ARKANSAS DouGLAS SLOANE, Ridge. Maryland, and District of Columbia). South Mississippi District (:O.Iissouri. Kansas, Arkan­ MASON E. MITCHELL, Conway. NEW JER EY sas, Oklahoma and Texas). CALIFORNIA GLENN K. CARVER, 18 S. Crescent, Maplewood. J. EDWARD ALLEN, Warrenton, N. C. GEORGE L . GARY, 916 De Young Bldg., San F ra n­ NEW MEXICO cisco. South Atlantic District (Virginia, North and South CoL. FRANKLIN RtTER, 31Z Kearns Bldg., alt Lake RoY A. STAMM, 1323 No. 13th, Albuquerque. Carolina, Georgia, Florida). City, Utah. COLORADO NEW YORK GEORGE E. TARBox , 439 Williams St., Denver. Rocky Mountains District (Arizona, New 1\lexicn WILLIAM H. PoucH, 2 Park Ave., New York. FURMAN B. PEARCE, 1020 Union Bldg., ew Orleans, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana). CONNECTICUT NORTH CAROLINA La. HARRY J . BEARDSLEY, 193 Grand St., Waterbury. W. OLIVER SMITH, Raleigh . DELAWARE Southern District (Alabama, 1\Iississippi, Louisiana, BRIG . GEN. H. G. MATHEWSON, 869 Walnut St. Ala· NORTH DAKOTA Tennessee). JoSEPH L. PYLE, 311 Industrial Trust Bldg., Wil­ meda, Calif. ' mington. ALEXANDER Bu RR, Bismarck. Pacific Coast District (California, Nevada, Wash­ OHIO \\'tLLtAM III. PETTIT, 514 Callahan Bldg., Dayton, Ohio. DISTIIICT OF COLUMBIA ington, Oregon and territories of Alaska and BENJAMIN D. HILL, ]R., ZZ19 California St., N. W . CLARENCE SHRINER, 2217 Carew Tower, Cincinnati. Cen tral District ( West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio H awaii). and Indiana). FLORIDA OKLAHOMA BENJAMIN I. PoWELL, 183 S. 14th St., M iami. MERRI LL S. BERNARD, I ZI Z S. Indianapolis Ave., Tulsa. Chancellor General FIANCE Secretary General MARQUIS DE CHAMBRUN . OREGON VtCTOR FtNCH, Seaside. WnLtAM S. BENNET, 44 Wall t., :\'ew York, K Y. A:ORGIA FRANK B ARTLETT STEELE, 1227 16th Street, N. W., DAVID ll!: MYERS, Stoneleigh Ct., Washington, PENNSYLVANIA Washington 6, District of Columbia. EuGENE C. BoNNIWELL, 101 W. Carpenter Lane. Philadelphia. lAWAII Genealogist G~neral RHODE ISLAND IDAHO MARLON M. GowDY, 19 Dewey St., Providence. Treasurer General ALBERT H . CoNNER, Prisons Industries Boa rd , Wash­ CHARLES W . TucKER, 9 Ashburton Place. Boston, Mass. ington, D . C . SOUTH CAROLINA WALTER ] . BRISTOW, Columbia. GEORGE S. ROBERTSON, 1508 Fidelity B uilding, Balti­ ILLINOIS more I, Maryland. ALONZO N . BENN, 30 N. La Salle St., Chicago. SOUTH DAKOTA Chaplain General INDIANA SAM UEL H ERRI CK, 1705 K St., Washington, D . C . Registrar General ]ESSE C . MooRE, 182 N . P enna. Ave., I ndianapolis. TENNESSEE VEN. WILLIAM F. BULKLEY, 7 5 P St.. Salt Lake Cit}', IOWA FRANK W. ZIEGLER, 506 Commerce Union Bldg., U tah. WILLIAM M. BAKER, !ZOO Grand Ave., D es 1\l oi nes. Nashville. FRANK B. STEELE, 1ZZ7 16th Street, N. W ., Washing­ TEXAS ton 6, D. C. lANSAS WtLLIAM M. BillY, New England Bldg., T opeka . CHARLES H. LANE, 4820 Travis St., Houston. Librarian General UTAH l£NTuCKY GEORGE ALBERT SMITH , 47 East S. Temple Street. Historian General RANSOM H . BASSETT, Starks Bldg., L ouisville. Salt Lake City. M cD oNALD !II ILLF.R, 1ZZ7 16th St., N. W., Washing­ LOUISIANA Louts W . K EMP, % Texas Co .. H ouston, Tex. ton 6. D. C. VERMONT FuRMA N B . P EAR CE, 1020 U nion Bldg., New Orlean . CHARLES L. WooDBURY , Burlington. IIAINE VIRGINIA FRANK D . F ENDERSON, Alfred. WALTER B. LtVEZEY, Newport News. EXECUTIVE CO~IiUITTEE. 1947 ·1948 IIARYLAND WASHINGTON EDWARD D . SHRINER, Frederick . WtNSLOW S. ANDERSON, Walla Walla. IIASSACHUSETTS WEST VIRGINIA • THE following were nominated by the President General and c:rr ELMER C. STRATTON , 78 Chauncey St., Bo ton. ]OHN G. WnLIAMS, Hotel Chancellor, Parkersburg. firmed by the Board of Trustees at Huntington, W. Va., May 15, 19 ' IIICBIGAN WISCONSIN ~ RALPH D . joHNSON, 2948 P enobscot Bldg., D etroit. ]OHN E. DICKINSON, 555 Highland View Drive, lllsNEsoTA West Bend. LOUIS ANNIN AlliES, New York, N. Y. ALLEN L. OLIVER, Cape Girardeau, Mo. ]OHN G . BALLORD, 320 Hodgeson Bldg., Minneapolis. WYOMING WILL H. DANIEL, Huntington, W. Va, DENJAJIIIN H. POWELL, Auotin, Tesu ]AY STODDARD, Cheyenne. WALLACE C. BALL, Detroit, llllehigan G. RIDGELY SAPPINGTON, Baltimore, llld. lllsslsstPPI SJIIITH L. 1\IULTER, East Orange, N. J. CIIARLES D. SIIALER, Plusbur,.h, l'a. PERcY L . CLIFTON , Jackson. lllssouRJ (The names of General Officers will be found on Guy M . Wooo, 6756 Chamberlain St., St. Louis. the second cover page.) >\ . HERBERT FORE~IAN , Preddent Grnernl Chairman. Ex 0//irio .... <::1 ~-.... "- .... -<::>"' ~ .... ~..,"' "l ~ <::1 ] ~ "l ..,..,- .fi The Sons of the ~ ~...."' A10eri~an Revolution -<:> Magazine "<! {; c:: ('.. Qucarterly Bulletin of the National Sodety of the ~...."' <::1 c· Sons of the American Revolution (_, 'C. " " -;:; "' PuhlJshed at Waehine-ton, D. C., in July, October, January and April. <:; ~ Entered as aecond-dass matter March 31, 1924, at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., under the act ef ~ Aueust 24., 1912. .., <:) .~ ;:: ~ National Headquarters, 1227 16th Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. <:> ..Q ~ "' ;;; ·;: Telephone, District 8490 .,.... "..., \..) ~"' ... .; National Society of The Sons of the American Revolution ..,"' ....,:: Organized April 30, 1889. JneorJ)orated by act of Con~tress , June 9, 1906 .,..."' ..., ~ President General, A. Herbert Foreman, Western Union Bldg., Norfolk, Va . ~ ;: ;:: ;:! "' "'<: ::.: ., 1!1 ~~ ?,"' <:; ,.· -"<: THE 1948 CONGRESS """'"" .5 .,~ ~ "' "'<:"' May 24-26, 1948 :::"" MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA ·;;;"" ..."' '<::!"' The Nicollet Hotel will be Headquarters, with the Hotel Radisson supplementing . '<::! ;:!"' Reservations may be made now to Welles G. Hodgeson, Chairman of Hotels and Reserva­ <::1 ~ tions , at 1038 Midland Bank Building. Minneapolis. c..."' ~ A fine program is being planned which will be announced in some detail in the January -e... \fagazine, when arrangements will be more complete. See text. page 68.