Slate ITill Chapter Receives Recognition At DAR Conference Slate Hill chapter was named to the Daughters of American Revolution ate honor roll at the recent DAR state convention in Roanoke. A report on the confer ence was given at the chapter meeting Wednesday. Mrs. C. F Wilson, chapter re gent, reported at regents'night on Slate Hill's act ■•vines. They includ ed a joint banquet last fall, with Mrs. John Wesley Dixon .peaking on Jamestown: clean-up of Slati Hill cemetery, and joint organiza tion of the Cl rry G v< Children of the American Revo lution. Nearly 400 member of the 104 DAR chapters heaid a past presi de nt of the U. S. Chamber of Com merce deliver a sharp attack on personal handouts from govern m.nt public expense. Clem D. Johnston, of Roanoke, now chairman of the Chamber ex ecutive committee, termed demo cracy an "unfinished business." and listed five essentials to the American way of life: dignity of man, faith in the capacity of nun to solve his own problems, equali ty of opportunity, social change by persuasion and maximum op portunity for release of opportun ity. A second conference speaker was Dr. Jean Stevenson, national DAR chairman of genealogical records, who proposed a state wide program to place vital rec ords on the DAR library in Wash ington and the state archives in Richmond. Gene Watson Has II is Fourth Birthday Gene Watson celebrated his fourth birthday Saturday with a party given by hi: mother. Mis. W A, Watson, III iVatsoi home on Milnwood road Mrs. E M. Pairet assisted Mrs Watson The guest list included Kathy and Gina Pritchard. Tommy Paiv et. A1 Arrington, Gary Atkins, Donny K syton. Bet Baldwin. Bri an Kay ton. Kipper and Lisa, La foon. Judy Dugger. Sally Anne Watkins. Betty Burger. Connie L-u Gills, Betty Watson. Susan ‘McIntosh. Jackie and Steve Fer guson, Janet Verier. Tenv Lock Oepry," (t-: ’ ., M l --I Chapman. St/'ve and Gloria Har ding. Charlene Dowdy. Jenifer Whr.:.k»r. Kathy Jarett Betty Billings, and out-of-town guests Gill and Gordon Smith, of Peters burg.
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