A.A. Moir - A.L. McCleary Scholarship
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Application submissions
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Attention Tacoma School District High School Students
First awarded in 1924, the Alida Abbott Moir and Ada L. McCleary Memorial Scholarship annually supports a senior graduating from a high school in the Tacoma Public School District in Tacoma, Washington. The scholarship started out as two scholarships: • The Ada McCleary Memorial Scholarship was started by the chapter in 1924 to honor Ada L. McCleary, honorary State and Chapter Regent, who had died unexpectedly in 1923. • Emma Alida Moir bequeathed the chapter $5000 in 1955 to start a scholarship in memory of her mother Alida Abbott Moir. In 1995 the chapter combined the two scholarships to increase the annual scholarship amount. How to Apply Applications are accepted from September to March, annually (use the dates noted on the Washboard.org application). The applicant must have a GPA over 3.0 and a current high school senior in the Tacoma School District. Applicants must apply with all required documents noted on the application posted through TheWashboard.org; direct applications will not be considered. Apply at www.the washboard.org The Legacy: |
Ada L. McCleary
(1861-1923)
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Ada L. McClearyAda L. (Johnson) McCleary moved west from Ohio with her husband Henry McCleary (1861-1943) in 1890, and originally settled in Tacoma, Washington. Together they had two sons, Charles and Frank. After settling in Washington, Henry started the McCleary Timber Company and was one of the founders of the town of McCleary, Washington. Ada joined the Mary Ball Chapter in 1904 and served as the Mary Ball DAR Chapter Regent from 1910-1912 and again from 1917-1918. She served as DAR Washington State Regent from 1913-1915. She served as the DAR National Chairwoman of the Old Trails Road Committee from 1915-1917 and her outstanding dedication to DAR and philantropic work lead to her election as DAR National Vice President General in 1919. She served as Vice President General from 1920-1923. Ada unexpectedly died in her sleep September 25, 1923. She was 63 years old.
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Alida Abbott MoirAlida (Van Low Abbott) Moir was born in Stockbridge, Windsor County, Vermont in 1851, and married William M. Moir in 1875. William was born in Scotland in 1851 and immigrated to the United States, working as a mechanical engineer with the Union Pacific Railroad which built the train line that terminated at Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Washington in 1873.
By 1878, William and Alida settled in Tacoma, raising their two children, Emma and William. William retired in 1911 after 30 years working with Union Pacific Railroad.Alida passed away in Tacoma in 1934. Alida and her daughter Emma Alida Moir (1876-1955), were both active members of the Mary Ball Chapter, NSDAR. |
Mary Ball Chapter
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