Show r i c sr y rn f G w 1 43 e t Y r R. R v a d vv a t I k Y f. f vy- vy Ji vr v f a ii a fc AVin Y One Man Convention Ira Ira center Utah's only civil war veteran receives his G GAR A R convention badge from Mrs Elizabeth Burrows chaplain right i ht while Mrs Mary H. H Schnell secretary looks on I Lone Surviving Member of f Utah GAR Reelects I Self Commander at Encampment Sixty-second Sixty annual encampment encampment encamp encamp- ment of the Utah department Grand Army of the Republic was I observed Friday by Ira Utah's only Civil war veteran at ata a convention in the Newhouse where he reelected himself department commander Commander was assisted assisted assisted as as- by Mrs Elizabeth Burrows I chaplain and Mrs Mary H. H Schnell secretary both women being beIng being be be- ing granddaughters daughters wives and mothers of ot American soldiers Mrs Grace Hays acted as officer of the day Convening at the same time the Thomas H. H H Gordon circle Ladies of the GA GAR R heard an address addres's by their heir national president Mrs Theo C. C Redfern Cranston R I. I who stressed the duties of a patriotic socIety in wartime Back War Var Effort She encouraged the women to tobe tobe tobe be active in all phases of the war effort and particularly urged participation participation par- par in the national project of raising a fund for blood plasma processing centers The money noney will be given to the centers to o carry carryon on their work so vital to the men fighting the present war she he explained New officers of the circle were scheduled for election at the end of f the afternoon said Mrs rs Emma Bosley president Mrs Anna Anschultz St. St Louis Mo national president Womans Woman's Relief corps auxiliary of the GAR meeting concurrently with the theother theother theother other sessions asked for increased membership in the organization declaring that the auxiliary must m maintain Its patriotic work The auxiliary's defense work includes providing awards of each to students at West Vest Point Annapolis and the coast guard academy she told the meeting Noon Banquet Mrs Wilda Vilda Walters auxiliary president said that elections of that organization also were slated for late afternoon All AU affiliated orders of the G GAR A R including representatives of the Daughters of Union Veterans Veterans Veter Veter- ans of the Civil War Var united for fora forI I a noon banquet A musical program program program pro pro- gram at the luncheon included se se- se by Mrs Randolph Streeter soloist Mrs Andrew Smith pianist pianist pianist pia pia- Mrs Eurelia first violin Mrs Mary Barton second violin Miss Kaye Haycock daughter daugh daugh- ter of ot Mr and Mrs George W W. Haycock recited an ode t to the flag During the morning sessions entertainment entertainment entertainment en en- was provided by four women known as the Happy Grandmothers who wandered from one meeting to another making making making mak mak- ing music music- garbed in costumes of ot the past century They were Mrs I H. H S. S Stevenson Mrs John Mork I Mrs John R R. Terry and Mrs Charles E E. E Wade Their bonnets most of them years old attracted attracted attracted at at- particular attention especially especially espe espe- that of Mrs Terry who claimed that it was the first hat hatin hatin hatin in southern Utah |