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Aurantia Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 8-010-CA Riverside, California Organized December 10, 1905 |
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Mrs. Katherine Tootle was the moving spirit behind the organization of Aurantia Chapter. She called together a group of women to start a new chapter on May 10, 1905. She was selected Regent on June 15, 1905, but could not serve. When she resigned, the elected Vice Regent, Ruth Faxon Macrae, became Regent with Kate Dudley Wheelock taking office as Vice Regent; four charter members were granddaughters of the Revolutionary soldiers: Sophia Wood Plimpton (Mrs. Homer A.), Avis Allen Tallman (Miss), Julia Maria Tallman (Miss), Clara Maria Rowell Dole (Mrs. George H.).
Riverside's Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree California Historical Landmark No. 20 Riverside, California was the center of the greatest orange growing district in the world. The name Aurantia, meaning golden, was chosen from the botanical name of the orange tree, Citrus Aurantium. On December 10, 1905, Aurantia became the six hundred ninety-fourth chapter of the National Society and the ninth chapter to be organized in California. |
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"The minutes of the 09 January 1924 Aurantia meeting record the presentation of a gavel made of wood from the parent navel orange tree, replanted by Teddy Roosevelt (see picture below), that use to stand in the courtyard of the Mission Inn. It was presented by two chapter members Marion Clark Miller and Alice Miller Hutchings. A motion to add a silver plate with an inscription to the gavel passed on 14 June 1926. This gavel is still in use by our chapter and one of our most treasured possessions."
The inscription reads: "WOOD OF PARENT NAVEL ORANGE TREE AURANTIA CHAPTER, D.A.R. RIVERSIDE,~ CALIFORNIA FROM FRANK A. MILLER, 1924
The gavel measures 10 1/4 inches long by 2 5/8 inches high.
This picture of our chapter's gavel and its history can also be seen
at the Mission Inn Foundation & Museum, after October 1, 2006.
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Teddy Roosevelt replanting the parent navel orange tree.
Our Chapter's Theme:
Make a Joyful Noise for God, Home and Country
“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord. Psalm 98: 4, 6. NRSV.” "Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with psaltery. Psalm: 2 KJV"
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