Synopsis of the Proceedings of the Department of Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, Volume 17E.B. Stillings & Company, 1896 - United States |
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00 Yes Yes 3d Tues 4th Tues 657 WASHINGTON Abbie Adjutant-General Aft's Agnes Parker Alternate Annie appointed Asst Brigham Burleigh Cambridge Cambridgeport Chairman Charlestown Clare H Clark Cook Corps Presidents Department Convention Department of Massachusetts Department Relief Fund Department Secretary Department Treasurer Dorchester elected Eliza Elizabeth Elliot Emily Ev'gs 1st Ev'gs 2d Ev❜gs Fall River flag Fuller Grand Army Hattie Helen Installing Officer Instituting and Installing Julia Julia Hamilton June Junior Vice-President Past Knowles Lizzie Louisville Lowd Lowell Lucy Lynn Mary Massachusetts Medford Memorial Day Memorial Fund Miss Elliot motion National Convention National President Nellie Number of Corps Order Organized Jan Past Department President Past President Delegate present President Senior Vice-President quarter Recommendation Republic Sarah Senior Vice-President Junior Soldiers Somerville South Boston Springfield Susan Thurs Turner Veterans Vice-President Junior Vice-President Vice-President Past President vote Woburn Woman's Relief Corps Worcester Yes Yes Yes
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Page 118 - Peace on the whirring marts, Peace where the scholar thinks, the hunter roams, Peace, God of Peace ! peace, peace, in all our homes, And peace in all our hearts...
Page 213 - The grave grows green, the flowers bloom fair Above that head; No sorrowing tint of leaf or spray Says he is dead. No pause or hush of merry birds, That sing above, Tells us how coldly sleeps below The form we love.
Page 217 - LABOR with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone. Something uncompleted still Waits the rising of the sun. By the bedside, on the stair, At the threshold, near the gates, With its menace or its prayer, Like a mendicant it waits ; Waits, and will not go away ; Waits, and will not be gainsaid ; By the cares of yesterday Each to-day is heavier made ; Till at length the burden seems Greater than our strength can...
Page 217 - God calls our loved ones, but we lose not wholly What He hath given ; They live on earth, in thought "and deed, as truly As in His heaven.
Page 140 - These sayings are true at all times, and equally true that " a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
Page 198 - To specially aid and assist the Grand Army of the Republic and to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead. To assist such Union veterans as need our help and protection, and to extend needful aid to their widows and orphans. To find them homes and employment, and assure them of sympathy and friends. To cherish and emulate the deeds of our army nurses...
Page 213 - October, for the purpose of transacting such business as may properly come before it. At the April meeting in each year the board shall elect officers.
Page 202 - Yes, honor and glory for them are eternal; The nation they ransomed their memory will keep; Fame's flowers immortal will bloom ever vernal O'er the graves where our heroes in glory now sleep.
Page 42 - I therefore move that a committee be appointed to confer with a similar committee from the other organization, and that this Congress instruct that committee upon what basis we will admit them.
Page 229 - Oct. 2, 1895. To POST COMMANDERS AND CORPS PRESIDENTS : Massachusetts has been honored by the Convention of the WRC, held at Louisville, Kentucky, in the election of Mrs. LIZABETH A. TURNER to the exalted position of National President of that grand Order. A reception to Mrs. Turner has been suggested and the undersigned, feeling assured that our comrades generally, also members of the Woman's Relief Corps, will be anxious to participate in such an event, we most respectfully request you to come...