An event of considerable importance last Saturday in Sidney was the organization of Delaware Chapter, Order of the Daughters of the American Revolution, instituted by Mrs. Benji Spraker, of Palantine Bridge, N.Y.The meeting of the Chapter for organization was held at the home of Mrs. F.H. McKinnon, the rooms being decorated in patriotic colors appropriate to the occasion. Those eligible to membership are lineal descendants of soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War under Gen. Washington. Thirty names were placed on the roster as charter members and the following officers elected:
Regent, Mrs. F.H. McKinnon; Vice Regent, Mrs. C.W. Spencer; Rec. Sec’y, Mrs. V.D. Keeler; Cor. Sec’y, Mrs. R.W. Silver; Treasurer, Mrs. Clinton Taylor; Registrar, Mrs. Jas. L. Clark; Historian, Mrs. Dora J. Turner. The Directors elected were: Mrs. P.S. Young, Mrs. L.M. Day, Mrs. Allie Printy. After the business meeting, during which Mrs. Spraker gave a fine address, four course dinner was enjoyed by the new chapter, Mrs. McKinnon acting as hostess for the occasion. The menu was exceptionally well served. The tables were prettily decorated with flowers and American flags, candles with red shades, reminded one of the colonial period, the memories of which the D.A.R. desire to perpetuate.
The new Chapter starts out with good promise of a large and desirable increase in its membership.
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