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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 13, 1971—PAGE 7 UDC chapters meet jointly The joint meeting of the Dray ton Rutherford Calvin Crozier, and Eloise Welch Wright Chap ters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was held May 4 in the Fellowship hall of the A.R.P. Church. Hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs. Lonnie Gilliam, Mrs. W. C. Armfield, Mrs. R. F. Sanders, Mrs. Roy Anderson, Mrs. R. E. Hanna, and Mrs. W. R. Feagle. Mrs. R. B. Baker opened the meeting. Mrs. W. E. Shealy led in the Ritual and the Pledge and Salutes to the Flags. The hymn, How Firm a Foundation was led by Mrs. J. E. Wiseman at the piano. Mrs. Baker gave the National Defense report. Miss Juanita Hitt and Mrs. S. C. Griffith, Special Days chairmen from Calvin Crozier and Drayton Rutherford chapter were in charge of the program. Miss Juanita Hitt introduced the the Chorus from The Newberry Academy, led by Mrs. Harry Epting. A lovely program of “Folk Songs of the South” was given by the Chorus and enjoyed by all present. After thanking the girls, Miss Hitt gave a talk on the Origin of Confederate Mem orial Day, as follows: “A great thinker once said, ‘one of the greatest words in the English language is To gether’. Today we, the Calvin Crozier Chapter, the Drayton Rutherford Chapter and the Eloise Welch Wright Chapter meet together to observe Con federate Memorial Day. This is a day of blessed memory. Only a few of you have the memory of marching to the Square and decorating the entire square area around the Monument with garlands and wreathes of flowers. The wreaths of red roses covered the Monument. Memorial Day was the main event of the school year. The ‘Old Soldiers Reunion’ came on the same day and we had the sad memory of seeing the ranks of the old veterans growing more thin with each passing year. The school children no longer march to the Square and lay their flowers at the Monu ment. Today they ride past it never asking what it stands for. “ ‘Nor shall your glory be for got while fame her record keeps or Honor points the hallowed spot, where valor proudly sleeps. This is the inscription on 90 percent of our Confed erate Monuments. Are we for getting the meaning of the inscription? Petersburg, Virginia claims that the first Memorial Day was observed in June 9, 1865 when a teacher, Miss Nora Davidson, led her pupils in Blandford Church cem etery, where they placed flow ers on the graves of those who had died in the Battle of Crater, fought on that date one year before. The ladies of Richmond, Virginia, were among the first to carry flowers to Hollywood Cemetery. Jackson, Mississippi claims Decoration Day was be gun there April 26, 1865. This idea was conceived by Miss Sue Adams, who was called the ‘Lady with the Roses.’ “Wandering among the graves with some little girls, she not iced a bare plot of mounds without leaf or flower. She asked why these graves were bare. They answered that they were Northern Soldiers’ graves. ‘I will garland them with my pink roses,’ said Miss Adams. It was a golden deed, a kindly and gracious act. When this deed was published sometime afterward, it touched the heart of the whole North. “The State of Georgia, too, was early in initiating ooser- vance of Memorial Day. In Ap ril 1866, Atlanta was still under military law and their obser vance was limited to a prayer and wreaths of Stone Mountain Cedar were laid on the graves. In Biloxi, Miss., wreaths of Jef ferson Davis ivy are used for decoration on Memorial Day. This ivy grows at Beauvoir House, the last home of Jef ferson Davis. “For various reasons Confed erate Memorial Day is observ ed on different days in the Southland. Some choose May 10, the anniversary of the death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Some states designated June 3, the anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis. A few states chose April 26, the date Miss Sue Adams first decorated the graves in Jackson, Miss. “Let us return to our homes with a feeling of respect and reverence in our hearts for those countless mounds through out our land where rest our heroes in gray,” she said. She closed with a poem “Memorial Day”. Mrs. Scott Elliott, President of Calvin Crozier Chapter thank ed Mrs. Baker and Miss Hitt for their parts on the program and also the Drayton Ruther ford Chapter for arranging for the joint meeting. Mrs. R. P. Baker told of the convention of the Children of the Confederacy at Rock Hill. Mary Baker, Division President presided with Catherine Baker as her page. Twelve members of the Eloise Wright Chapter attended and two were elected to office: David Dickert, third vice president and Conii Sand ers, Chaplain. This Chapter won the award for the Best Chapter History. The UDC District meeting of May 15 has a change in sche dule. A coffee had been plan ned before the meeting, instead an open house will be held af ter the meeting. The members of all Chapters are urged to attend. Mrs. A. T. Neely - gave an invitation to S. C. Division’s 75th Anniversary May 28 at 3 o'clock in the Senate Chamber, where it was organized. A re ception will follow at the Gov ernor’s Mansion at 4 o'clock. The meeting was closed with prayer by Mrs. Elliott. The members were invited to the refreshment table where Mrs. J. J. Chappell and Mrs. Elliott poured punch. 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