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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1964
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE THREE
Confederacy Children
Honor Mrs. Wright
At the recent national conven
tion of the Children of the Confed
eracy in Atlanta, Mrs. Eloise
Welch Wright was chosen the
first and only “Sweetheart of the
Children of the Confederacy.”
A contest was conducted in
which the most outstanding woman
in each state was selected. The
winner in each state was entered
in the national competition. The
judges selected Mrs. Wright as
^Sweetheart” and the announce
ment was made at the General
convention.
The following was submitted as
Mrs. Wright’s qualifications to be
chosen for this honor:
Mrs. Eloise Welch Wright was
born in Newberry, the daughter of
Dr. Spencer Glasgow Welch and
Cordelia Strother Welch. Her fa
ther, Dr. Welch, served in Com
pany D, 13th Regiment. He enter
ed service as a private and was
promoted to Assistant Surgeon.
Mrs. Wright has been an active
member of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy for almost 65
years. She joined on November 14,
1899. She has held almost every
office in her chapter, the Drayton
Rutherford. She organized the
Calvin Crozier Chapter, UDC, in
Newberry and has been an Honor
ary Member of this chapter for
over 55 years.
After serving in several Divis
ion offices, she was elected Presi
dent, the youngest president in
the history of the South Carolina
Division.
During her term as Division
President, Mrs. Wright went be
fore the Finance Committee of
the State Senate, to plead the
cause of the Confederate Veterans.
Through her untiring effort and
with the help of other Daughters,
the Confederate Infirmary had
been established. And now, with
the destiny of this hanging in the
balance, Mrs. Wright was ready to
appeal to the Legislature for help.
The Committee assured her they
would grant an appropriation, if
the UDC would raise funds to
furnish the buildings. Mrs. Wright
led the Division in raising $1,000
in a few weeks. Now, the Confed
erate Home, which had grown out
of the Confederate Infirmary, was
established to shelter the widows
and daughters of Confederate
Veterans.
After serving on the General
Board in two offices, she was
elected to the organization’s high
est office, that of President Gen
eral of the UDC.
This election was in Los Ange-
. les, in November 1941 and the fol-
I lowing month Pearl Harbor was
bombed. On December 13, 1941,
she wrote President Roosevelt
pledging the full support of the
daughters in the war. Mrs. Wright
launched a campaign which includ
ed the organizing of Red Cross
Chapters, the purchase of Relief
Bonds, aid for the nurses train
ing fund. Everywhere women were
sewing, knitting, making hospital
garments and preparing surgical
dressings.
One honor accorded her was the
invitation to fly on an Army
transport, as guest of the War De
partment, to Fort Des Moines,
Iowa, where she observed the
training of the Women’s Army
Corps. Also included in this trip
was a visit to Camp Crowder,
Missouri, where she viewed a pa
rade of women who had completed
their training. She witnessed Col.
Oveta Culp Hobby administering
the oath to the group.
In 1917-1918, Mrs. Wright serv
ed as S. C. Division Director of
War Relief work. Through her
leadership, four beds were endow
ed in the American Hospital in
France, at a cost of $600 each; 92
French and Belgian orphans were
supported; $700,000 in Liberty
Bonds were bought; $100,000 War
Savings Stamps were purchased;
countless numbers of garments
were knitted and made. All of this
was accomplished by her, through
the S. C. Division, UDC.
Her efforts and contributions in
two wars far surpassed what could
have been expected of any individ
ual.
Mrs. Wright is an accomplished
writer. In addition to having many
articles published, her historical
essays have taken prizes. She is
the author of the History of the
South Carolina Division, UDC. She
aided in writing and compiling the
UDC General history.
Her greatest accomplishment in
writing is the compiling and edit
ing of “A Confederate Surgeon’s
Letters to His Wife”. These are
based on letters written by her
father to her mother. They were
written in camp or on the battle
field. Dr. Douglas Freeman, in his
“Lee, the American,” quotes often
from these letters.
Mrs. Wright served as UDC
Editor of the Confederate Veteran
and later did work on its successor,
The Confederate Bulletin.
As a result of her serving as
Chairman of the Education Com
mittee of the UDC, many loans
and gifts scholarships were pro
vided, thereby enabling worthy
Southern boys and girls to receive
their educations, through funds
contributed by the UDC.
Because of her love of books
and the desire that they be made
available to others, she was in
strumental in establishing the
Newberry County Library Associa
tion. She served as president an(J
treasurer for forty years. She has
watched this grow from empty
shelves into what is now known as
the Newberry-Saluda Regional
Library, which occupies the first
floor of the Old Newberry Court
House. A graduate librarian is
now in charge. There are two
branch libraries, in Whitmire and
Saluda, and a Bookmobile.
An 1892 honor graduate of Co
lumbia College, she finished first
in her class. She taught school in
Newberry and Spartanburg. After
her marriage to Robert Downs
Wright, the couple lived in New
berry. She is the mother of two
children, the late Mrs. Hunter
T >own and Captain Downs Wright
U. S. Naval Air Force. She has
wo stepchildren, Mrs. A. C. Gar-
lington and R. Day Wright.
In 1956 Mrs. Wright was pre
sented an award by Columbia Col
lege for “Outstanding Service to
Church and State.” She is still
serving as a church trustee and a
member of the Board of Stewards
of Central Methodist Church in
Newberry.
Only last year she saw one of
her life-long dreams come true.
It had been her desire for South
Carolina to erect a monument at
Gettysburg. This would be a fit
ting tribute to our men who gave
their lives on that battlefield, and
South Carolina’s losses were heavy.
For years she worked toward this
end. Finally in the early 1950’s
she succeeded in having the State
Legislature appropriate $50,000
for the monument, only to have
the Governor veto the bill. Dis
heartened but not discourged, she
persevered in her cause. In July
1963, South Carolina erected a
beautiful monument at Gettys
burg. Her name appears on that
monument and the program of the
ceremonies attending the dedica
tion was dedicated to her. Her
picture also appeared in the pro
gram.
Mrs. Wright is a member of the
Jasper chapter DAR; charter
member of the Newberry Wom
an’s Club; charter member of the
Newberry Civic League; a mem
ber of the committee for choosing
the State Mother of The Year.
She was chosen Woman of The
Year by the Business and Pro
fessional Women in 1963.
The most amazing thing about
Mrs. Wright is that her efforts
and contributions have been in
all fields, and not limited to one
or two. To quote Mrs. Caroline S.
Coleman, author of South Caroli
na, “And still they gazed—and
still the wonder grew—how one I
small head could carry all she
knew, or how Eloise Wright’s one
pair of hands and one thinking
cap can accomplish such moun
tains of work.”
Listed in Who’s Who in Ameri
can Women” and “Palmetto
Lives”, there is not an individual
in South Carolina who has made
the contributions which could com
pare with hers. One of her prized
possessions is a handsome silver
vase, presented to her at the 1958
S. C. Division Convention, in ap
preciation of her sixty years of
service in the State Organization.
We feel that Mrs. Eloise Welch
Wright would be typical of what
we think the Sweetheart of the C
of C should be.
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"We are at war with the Communists..."
—J. EDGAR HOOVER
WHY did we give up in Cuba? We called the communist bluff
on Oct. 22, 1962. We demanded on-sight inspection. Why
24 hours later did we agree to UN inspection? Why 24 hours
after that to inspection * the Red Cross? Why after that did
we do nothing? Are the missiles still there?
WHEN did America first adopt a no-win policy? Under the
Democrats in Korea! Why was MacArthur fired? H ® wanted
to win!
WHAT tinhorn dictator will pull Uncle Sam*s whiskers next? the
tinhorn in Cuba. . . or the school children in Panama again?
WHERE will our boys be fighting next in something that looks like
war, kills like war, but is called “peace” by LBJ, McNamara,
and the other appeasers?
WHAT good does it do to tell families of our boys who will die
today in Viet Nam that “this isn’t war”?
WHY don’t we have peace and freedom through preparedness
and strength and worldwide respect, instead of “peace” like
Viet Nam and “respect” like Panamanians have for us?
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WHV don’t we know what’s really going on in Viet Nam?
Tomorrow, it may not be your neighbor's son
who is wounded or killed in Viet Nam ... it
may be YOUR son! And you STILL wont know
what's going on! WHY?
BARRy GOLDWATER says we can win WITHOUT WAR! We
must have the will to win and the strength to deter the com*
munists. Appeasement, accommodation, and containment won’t
win!
BARRy GOLDWATER stands for a firm foreign policy, for victory
in the cold war, for a strong national defense, and for telling the
people the truth!
support BARRY GOLDWATER
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