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388 roll. She conducted all the work of the corps in an able manner, and endeared herself to the members by her courtesy, her unselfish spirit, and devotion to the cause. Although higher honors have been conferred upon her by the State Department, she still continues her work for the Ideal corps, serving on committees, aiding in Grand Army fairs and in all ways possibie for the welfare of the cause.

Fletcher Webster Post sincerely appreciates her efforts in its behalf. As a Department Aide on the staff of the Department President of Massachusetts for several years, she officially visited others corps in the State, serving as inspector, installing officer, and in various capacities. As a delegate to national conventions she has travelled extensively in the South and West, and was a participant in the late convention at San Francisco, as delegate at large from Massachusetts. At two successive State conventions she was elected a member of the Department Executive Board, and in 1892 was appointed Department Inspector. The exacting duties of this position, which required a thorough knowledge of the work, she performed in a pleasing manner.

In the conclusion of her report to the convention held in Boston she summarized her official work of the year as follows: "I have attended all council meetings; was present at sixteen social or county days; attended sixteen exemplifications; instructed four corps; inspected nineteen corps; was also present as a guest at the inspection of eight corps; have attended twenty-seven receptions and other social gatherings; installed ten corps; have written six hundred and nineteen letters and postals; have visited in all sixty-six different corps at their regular meeting; have represented the Department at three county days, also served as delegate at national convention held in Washington, and performed such other duties as pertained to my work. For the invitations that I was unable to accept owing to official work I tender my sincere thanks. To the assistant inspectors who have served the Department so faithfully I also express warmest thanks. To the many who not only gave their time and strength to the work but contributed their expenses I am deeply grateful. The many kind letters received front them will always be treasured as pleasant memories of our year's work together, and the friendships formed during the year will, I trust, never be broken."

In 1908 Mrs. Goddard was appointed a National Aide by Mrs. Lodusky J. Taylor, of Minnesota, National President. In this position, as in all others, she has rendered admirable service, and has been an earnest officer and a liberal contributor, never failing to assist the cause so near her heart. At the convention held in Boston last February she was elected Department Junior Vice-President.

George B. Goddard served five years with the Army of the Potomac. He is a member of Fletcher Webster Post, No. 13, and is deeply interested in the work of the Woman's Relief Corps, assisting his wife in advancing its objects. He is now a manufacturer of shoe supplies and rawhide goods in Brockton. Mr. and Mrs. Goddard have one daughter, Ida May, who was born in Brockton, October 21, 1875.

NNA BARIGHT CURRY, Dean of the School of Expression, Boston, was born June 19, 1854, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She comes of a long line of Quaker ancestors, broken only once in two centuries. Her parents, Samuel Carpenter and Frances (Dean) Baright, have recently moved to North Adams, Mass.

The Barights settled in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, N.Y., before the Revolution, on a grant of government land deeded to them by King George. This homestead remained in the family until about 1870. Two Carpenter brothers came to America with William Penn. One of them settled in Pennsylvania, the other in New York. Through the Deans and Mabbetts, on her mother's side, Mrs. Curry is descended from Joseph Castine, one of the original nine patentees who owned and settled the township of Nine Partners in Dutchess County, New York. Her maternal grandmother was Helen, youngest daughter of General Samuel Augustus S. Barker by his second wife. Miss Meribah Collins, of Dutchess County, New York.

General Barker, originally of Branford, Conn.,