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Arkansas State Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Volume 29, Issue 5 Aug. 2017
“Let everything you say be good and helpful so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.”
Ephesians 4:29
State Regent’s Message
Ahhhhh … August. It is mind-boggling to see how quickly summer
has come and gone. Students are scheduled to return to school
next week. DAR chapters are busy getting ready to reconvene in
September – planning programs, updating yearbooks, looking for-
ward to seeing their friends.
It was my privilege to attend the Back to School meeting at Beebe
on Monday morning and assist with the presentation of our first Hel-
en Pouch Memorial Fund Classroom Grant Award to Gail Vaden.
Gail is the 5th grade Social Studies/Literacy teacher at Beebe Mid-
dle School. Her proposal plans to use biographies of Revolutionary
War era famous Americans to learn to “read history critically and
create legitimate argument essays based on the books.” What a
great way to start the new school year.
Continental Congress was fun and enlightening. We had 9 members from Arkansas in attendance – 10 if we
are allowed to count Cora Burch, one of our Associate Members, who is a registered attendee from Michigan.
My report was presented during the Friday morning business session. It will be reprinted in full in the new
yearbook. There are also links on the national website that let you watch the various sessions from Con-
gress. Arkansas Daughters were recognized for their hard work, and a list of certificates that will be present-
ed at the August Board of Management meeting can be found elsewhere in this newsletter.
Speaking of useful website links: the national site offers access to information helpful for all kinds of DAR
work. The Chapter Regents Manual is a handy resource for both incoming and continuing officers. The
wording for the bylaws change adopted at Congress can be found in the updated NSDAR Handbook and the
Model for Chapter Bylaws.
Notices were sent Monday from National notifying us that the Chapter Dues Invoices for chapters are now
available in E-membership. This document is important as we begin to collect dues for the new year.
Old State House
Continued on page 2
Our annual Board of Management is just around the corner on Saturday, August 26 at the Heritage Inn Center at
Harding University in Searcy. Chapter regents or representatives: please be prepared to tell us about one major
focus for the coming year. Committee chairs: brief update on activities for the coming year. If you need DAR Good
Citizen Supplies, please contact Allison Holland. Orders for yearbooks and directories should already be submitted
to Kimberly Jones. They will be available for pickup at the BOM meeting.
I am looking forward to an exciting year. DAR continues to make a difference in our communities. Thank you for
your hard work. Be safe in your travels.
In DAR Service,
Jerrie Townsend
State Regent, ASDAR
Aug. 26 Board of Management, Searcy Sept. 23 Quapaw District Sept. 30 Marker Rededication, Marion Chapter Oct. 7 National BOM Meeting, Washington, DC Oct. 9 Dardanelle Rock Chapter Meeting Oct.11 National Day of Service Oct. 12 Abendschone Chapter Meeting Oct. 14 Marion Chapter Meeting Oct. 21 Cadron Post Chapter Meeting Oct. 23 Tate’s Bluff Chapter Meeting Nov. 14 Charlevoix Chapter Meeting Dec. 3 Old State House Holiday Reception, Little Rock Dec. 5 Fort Smith Chapter Christmas Luncheon Dec. 9 Frederick Van Patten Chapter Christmas Luncheon
2018 Happy New Year Jan. 13 Hot Springs of Arkansas Chapter Meeting Jan. 31—Feb. 3 National Board of Management Feb. 14 Ozark Mountains Chapter, 15th Anniversary Feb. 24 Colonial Dames XVIIC State Conference Mar. 10 Little Red River Chapter Meeting Mar. 17 Arkansas C.A.R. State Conference Mar. 28 Executive Committee Meeting Mar. 29—30—31 Arkansas DAR State Conference
State Regent’s Calendar for August—December 2017
Certificates Awarded at
Continental Congress 2017
Level 1:
Abendschone
Akansa
Arkadelphia
Arkansas Post
Benjamin Culp
Cadron Post
Captain Nathan Watkins
Charlevoix
Chicot Trace
Dardanelle Rock
Enoch Ashley
Fort Smith
Frederick Van Patten
Gilbert Marshall
Grand Prairie
Harrison Colony
Hot Springs of Arkansas
Independence County
James Bright
James K. Polk
John Percifull
Jonesboro
Little Red River
Little Rock-Centennial
Lovely Purchase
Major Jacob Gray
Marion
Ozark Mountains
Pine Bluff-John McAlmont
Provincia de Lal Sal
Prudence Hall
Strawberry River
Tates Bluff
Texarkana
Level 2
Captain Robert Abernethy
Colonel David Love
General William Lewis
John Cain
Maria Van Buren
Robert Crittenden
Level 3
Colonel Francis Vivian Brooking
Mine Creek-Paraclifta
Chapter Achievement
Chapter Achievement Award Committee
State, 2016 Chapter Achievement Awards 100% Participation
American Indians
Chicot Trace Chapter, Outstanding Service
Americanism Committee
State, U.S. Flag Bookmarks Distributed (3rd place)
Community Classroom Committee
Martha Koon, State Chair, Outstanding Service
Certificates Awarded at
Continental Congress 2017
Conservation Committee
Akansa Chapter, Support of DAR Conservation Initiatives
Chicot Trace Chapter, Chapter Conservation Project
Abendschone Chapter, Support of DAR Conservation Initiatives
Lovely Purchase Chapter, Support of DAR Conservation Initiatives
Constitution Week Committee
State with the Most Requested Proclamations
Abendschone Chapter, Excellence in Constitution Week Leadership
Arkadelphia Chapter, Excellence in Constitution Week Leadership
Frederick Van Patten Chapter, Excellence in Constitution Week Leadership
Chicot Trace Chapter, Chapter with the Most Number of Requested Proclamations
Leigh Ann Kennedy, Robert Crittenden Chapter, Outstanding Contribution to Constitution Week Promotion
Leigh Ann Kennedy, Robert Crittenden Chapter, Best Constitution Week Program “Getting the Vote Out” (2nd place)
Lana Gander Rodgers, Strawberry River Chapter, Outstanding Contribution to Constitution Week Promotion
DAR Genealogy Preservation Committee
Fran Pearson, Marion Chapter, Outstanding Service, Descendants Project Volunteer
DAR Good Citizens Committee
Jonesboro Chapter, Contacting 20 or More Schools
Akansa Chapter, Contacting 10 or More Schools
Marion Chapter, Contacting 10 or More Schools
Akansa Chapter, Outstanding Support of the DAR Good Citizens Committee, Contributing $500 or More to the DAR Good Citizen Award Recipient
General William Lewis Chapter, Outstanding Support of the DAR Good Citizens Committee, Contributing $500 or More to the DAR Good Citizen Award Recipient
John Percifull Chapter, Outstanding Support of the DAR Good Citizens Committee, Contributing $500 or More to the DAR Good Citizen Award Recipient
Certificates Awarded at
Continental Congress 2017
DAR Magazine Committee
The State with 100% Chapter Participation for Advertising, 2016
DAR Membership Committee
Captain Nathan Watkins Chapter, Trekker Level for DAR Team Awesome
Enoch Ashley Chapter, Trekker Level for DAR Team Awesome
Harrison Colony Chapter, Trekker Level for DAR Team Awesome
James K. Polk Chapter, Trekker Level for DAR Team Awesome
Marion Chapter, Outstanding New Member Orientation Events
DAR School Committee
State, DAR School Programs or Minutes (tie, 2nd place, South Central Division)
State, Other Items (3rd place, South Central Division)
Judith Coleman, State Chair, Outstanding Service
Junior Membership
State, Explorer Level, Inaugural States’ Honor Roll for Outstanding Support of Junior Membership Overall
State, Helen Pouch Memorial Fund Classroom Grant Award Participant
Gail Vaden, Arkansas State winner, Helen Pouch Memorial Fund Classroom Grant Award
Lineage Research Committee
Dorothy Kinnun, State Chair, Outstanding Service
Page Committee
Arkansas, Certificate of Appreciation
Arkansas, Bringing 1 Page to the 126th Continental Congress
Patriot Records Project Committee
D. Lisa Winkleman, State Chair, Outstanding Chair
Department of Defense Vietnam War Commemoration
Certificate of Appreciation to Vive Allen
Certificates Awarded at
Continental Congress 2017
Registrar General
Cheri Coley, Outstanding Service to DAR Successfully Completing the GEP III Course
Arkadelphia Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Captain Nathan Watkins Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Little Rock Centennial Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Charlevoix Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Gilbert Marshall Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Provincia de La Sal Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Strawberry River Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Cadron Post Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Tates Bluff Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Persis Lovely-Clarksville Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Dardanelle Rock Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
James K. Polk Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Frederick Van Patten Chapter, 100% Perfect Applications Verified in 2016
Service to America Committee
Betsy Barnes, State Chair, Outstanding Chair
The Flag of the United States of America
Robert Crittenden Chapter, Most Flag Certificates (1st place)
Marion Chapter, Best Flag Event (1st place)
Volunteer Information Specialists Committee
JoAnn Cooper, Outstanding Service VIS State Chair
Cheri Coley, Outstanding Service VIS Website of the Month Judge
Women’s Issues
Maxine Crow, Texarkana Chapter, “One Day” Family (1st place, South Central Division)
Laura Foster, Outstanding State Chairman Report (South Central Division)
State Registrar’s Report Jane Moore, ASDAR Registrar
These new members (May 2017 thru July 2017) are a result of the hardworking Arkansas registrars. We also
added transfers and reinstatements to our increase. Thank your registrar for her hard work and support her
efforts by encouraging the prospective members and welcoming them. The new members are spread across 17
chapters. Of the state’s 43 chapters 30 have had at least one new member by application in 2017.
ABENDSCHONE FREDERICK VAN PATTEN MARION
Donna Wenger (REIN) Lynsey Violet Piker Walker (JR) Donna Jean DeiTos Caylor
AKANSA GILBERT MARSHALL Martha Louise Jackson DeiTos
Samantha Riley Crimi (JR) Emily Elizabeth Suffridge (JR) Gina Kathryn Caylor Martfeld (JR)
Sandra Sharee Henderson Williams GRAND PRAIRIE Samantha Jayne Skoney (JR)
CAPTAIN NATHAN WATKINS Nonnie Lee Dyer Carroll Jayne Louise DeiTos Skoney
Martha Carol Bishop Adams HARRISON COLONY PINE BLUFF-JOHN MC ALMONT
Rita Joyce Winkler Barker Kristen LeAnn Sewell Hickman Emily Jean Buddington Voss
CHARLEVOIX Merica Meredith Maxfield Howie PROVINCIA DE LA SAL
Diana Lynn Johnson Holmes Susan Elwanda Kilgore Betty Jean Mashburn Kaucher
COLONEL DAVID LOVE Teri Lynn Ott Penquite Mary Alice Ball Mashburn
Debra Lynn Fuqua Burt JAMES BRIGHT Janet Lee Ball Paulette
Phyllis Ray Johnson Jones Debra Lea Smith Lewis PRUDENCE HALL
DARDANELLE ROCK LITTLE RED RIVER Marilyn Jo Denton Jenkins
Lori Ann Spencer Avil Yvonne Snow TATES BLUFF
FORT SMITH Norma Regina Snow Vivian Elaine Metts McRoberts
Susan Ann Snyder McKinney Eleanor Joyce Richardson
Codes: JR=Junior member, TI=Transfer In, REIN=Reinstatement
The Road to 250
Honorary President General, Lynn Young has been selected as the
Semiquincentennial Commissioner and America 250 Committee
National Chair.
The United States stands on the eve of a grand anniversary – and DAR is preparing to celebrate in a big
way! The National Society has established the America 250! Special Committee to plan DAR’s involve-
ment and maximize its visibility during our nation’s upcoming 250th birthday. Much like the 1976 Bicenten-
nial celebration, this observance provides an exceptional opportunity for community involvement, positive
public relations and – most important – membership growth throughout DAR.
The U.S. Congress has established the United States Semiquincentennial Commission to begin planning
for 2026, and the nonprofit organization USA250 has been officially tasked “to organize, advocate, pro-
mote and coordinate” celebration planning for the nation’s 250th anniversary; DAR is excited to be build-
ing a relationship with them.
Chaplain’s Necrology Report
Sharon Wyatt, Chaplain
Betsy Martha Davis Brummond
Abendschone Chapter
25 April 2017
Evonia McCartney Sackville Eggleston
Akansa Chapter
6 May 2017
Patsy Lou Mashburn Robertson
Little Rock-Centennial Chapter
10 May 2017
Jane Virginia Ostrom Wicks
Abendschone Chapter
13 May 2017
Sarah Jo Strickland Agent
Jonesboro Chapter
14 May 2017
Jane Palmer Sanderfur
Strawberry River Chapter
18 May 2017
Cynthia Kay Herring Wise-Shell
Little Rock-Centennial Chapter
16 May 2017
Clayta Jane Carver Scott
Hot Springs of Arkansas Chapter
30 May 2017
Anne Misenhimer Crofoot Queen
General William Lewis Chapter
3 July 2017
Ernestine Zwayer Weisschadel
Harrison Colony Chapter
10 July 2017
Dora Arlene Marshall Atkins
Chicot Trace Chapter
14 July 2017
Our prayers are going up for the families and friends of deceased members.
ASDAR Honorariums and Memorials
April 2017 through July 2017 by Carol Miles, Treasurer
Jerrie Townsend, State Regent’s Project
Honorarium from State Officers Club, Capt. Nathan Watkins Chapter, Arkadelphia Chapter, Benjamin Culp Chapter, Mine Creek-
Paraclifta Chapter, Col. David Love Chapter. James K. Polk Chapter, James Bright Chapter, John Perciful Chapter, Jonesboro
Chapter, Lovely Purchase Chapter, Osage District, Shawnee District, Elizabeth Wisner of the General William Lewis Chapter,
Janelle Riddle of the Osage District, and a Memorial to Cythia Wise Shell from Little Rock-Centennial Chapter
ASDAR Endowment Fund
Memorial for Anne Queen from Susan Veal from Arkansa Chapter
DAR Room
Honorarium to Buford Suffridge from Prudence Hall Chapter
Memorial for Susan Ware from Prudence Hall Chapter
Memorial for Anne Queen from Mara Cawein from General William Lewis Chapter
Veterans Hospital – Fayetteville
Memorial for Betsy Brummond from Osage District
Crossnore School General Fund
Memorial to Evonia Eggleston from Akansa Chapter
ALL HANDS ON DECK! ALL HANDS ON DECK!
Man Your Battle Stations, Prepare To Launch
Constitution Week – September 17- 23, 2017
Time to prepare for Constitution Week. Americans both young and old need to be educated about the importance
of the U.S. Constitution and the foundation it sets forth regarding our freedom and rights. The National DAR Mem-
ber’s only web site has information that will help you plan your Constitution Week activities. The USS Constitution
Museum serves as the memory and educational voice of USS Constitution, by collecting, preserving, and inter-
preting the stories of “Old Ironsides” and the people associated with her. They seek to create a positive, memora-
ble experience for both children and adults by inspiring within them a love for the freedom that Constitution sym-
bolizes. While there seems to be little doubt that the nickname “Old Ironsides” originated during the battle with
Guerriere, sources vary on whether an American or British sailor made the exclamation. The Museum offers
Learning Adventures Aboard “Old Ironsides”; check out this website (https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/about-us/
mission-history/ for your adventure. Be creative and let your imagination be your guide in planning your activities
that will make learning fun.
Frances Weathersby, Chairman Constitution Week
American Indian Committee
By Pat Bertnolli, State Chairman
The American Indian Chapter Chairs are encouraging their chapters to bring donations for the two schools we support. Bacone College and Chemawa Indian School “Want Lists” can be found on the web site. http://www.dar.org/members/committees/national-committees/american-indians/needs-lists
Personal items such as shampoo, deodorant, tooth brushes, tooth paste and regular size bar soap as well as laundry soap are always needed. Many of the children are away from home for the first time and phone cards can help them connect with parents and relatives.
Chapters will also start collecting donations to the American Indian Fund.
DAR Genealogy Preservation Committee
By Carole Falkner, State Chairman
Chapter Regents please remind your chapter members about the opportunity to do
volunteer work on the Supporting Documentation Project which is part of the DAR Ge-
nealogy Preservation Committee. The volunteer can work on her computer at home
at her own time and pace on this very worthwhile, national project. After signing up
through e-Membership she will be sent data which will be put into a special online
form. Data comes from original documents which were submitted with membership
applications. This data will go to the DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) and
will be available to registrars for use with new membership. Our goal is for each chap-
ter in Arkansas to have at least one volunteer for this project. Complete information
will be in the state handbook, or can be found online at the NSDAR Members-Only
website under the headings “Committees” then “DAR Genealogy Preservation Com-
mittee". For questions, contact Arkansas State Chairman Carole Falkner:
PROJECT PATRIOT has stayed busy during the summer months. We par-ticipated in several send off missions from Camp Robinson. Several chap-ters prepared goodie bags for the deploying troops. Addresses have been provided for male and female troops deployed overseas for those chapters wishing to send packages. Participation in flag lines at veteran's funerals has continued as well. I would like to give special thanks to Akansa, Fred-erick Van Patton, John Perciful, Major Jacob Gray and Prudence Hall chapters for their generosity and hard work in making the send off missions a success!
DAR Project Patriot
By Martha Mayland, Project Patriot Chair
Within our chapters
Grand Prairie Chapter in Stuttgart
Fort Smith Chapter in Fort Smith
Pictured is the Grand Prairie Chapter DAR school display that is currently at the Stuttgart Public Library.
It depicts all of the schools included in the DAR School brochure plus one poster
highlighting the local schools & a table with various school supplies. It has been
posted for 2 weeks and will remain on display until our Constitution Week
theme. Our chapter has had the use of this window for 2 years and the library has
had a lot of comments about our displays. This year we had Spring, Memorial Day,
Flag Day & Independence Day displays. After Constitution Week we will feature
Veterans Day, Thanksgiving & Christmas.
Our June meeting was a work session featuring a presentation by DAR
State Historian Ashli Ahrens, who discussed procedures and require-
ments for archiving DAR chapter records in permanent storage in Little
Rock. Members brought chapter yearbooks, history books and files for
viewing. Pictured are, from left: Linda Bowen, Cindy Osborn, Carolyn
Nelson, Anitra Fay, Tricia Westbrooks, Katala Williams, Ashli Ahrens,
Joan Stratmann, and Regent Nancy Raney.
Fort Smith Chapter member Pam Williams is serv-
ing as Osage District treasurer. She is pictured pre-
senting the treasurer's report at the District Meeting
July 22. Fort Smith Chapter members who attended
the meeting were Regent Nancy Raney, Tricia
Westbrooks, Cindy Osborn and Pam Williams.
Sherry Tolliver, pictured, and Barbara Webster Meadows
spoke to the chapter at our annual May Salad Supper
meeting. They described the history of the Lincoln High
School in Fort Smith, and they presented our chapter with
their Lincoln School history book.
Within our Chapters
Maria Van Buren Chapter in Clinton
Maria Van Buren Chapter member, Vice Regent Alice
George, stood with Patriot Guards at the July 25,
2017 service for retired Air Force Colonel Carroll F.
Sites who served in the military for 42 yrs.
Cadron Post Chapter in Conway
Cadron Post Chapter member Virginia Smith, front row, center (wearing corsage), celebrated her 90th
birthday June 3, 2017, at a party at First Baptist Church in Conway. DAR friends celebrating with her
are, front row, from left, Suzann Waggoner, Wilma Voyles, Carolyn Frazier and Nancy Thompson, and
back row, from left, Kimberly Jones, Carol Rolf and Sharon Lessenberry. Not shown are Jo Kilduff and
Kristina Ward, who also attended the reception.
Within our chapters
Ozark Mountains Chapter in Rogers
Osage District recently held their District Meeting on July 22,
2017. District Director Gretchen Magee welcomed 63
Daughters to the Doubletree Hotel In Bentonville. Ozark
Mountains Chapter and Regent Frances Ryals hosted the
meeting. State Regent Jerrie Townsend and Vice Regent
Junelle Mongno were in attendance. State Regent Jerrie
Townsend gave an inspiring program and District Director
Gretchen Magee gave an overview of Osage District's re-
sponsibilities in hosting State Conference in 2018. It was a
wonderful time of fellowship with the chapters in our District.
James K. Polk Chapter in Mena
As with most chapters, our ladies are on
'summer break' right now, enjoying vacations
and summer visits from grandchildren! How-
ever, we first had the honor of hosting the
Caddo District Flag Day meeting on June
14. We had approximately 40 members and
guests in attendance. Several James K. Polk
chapter members, Polk county businesses,
and Susan Veal provided door prizes. We
held a silent auction to benefit Bacone College
and our State Regent's project. Entertainment
and table service was provided by the Ouachi-
ta Strings, a Polk County youth orchestra, and
catering was provided by Chicorello's. We
were also fortunate in having both our local
newspapers represented to cover this event and interview various attendees. If you would like to read the
newspapers' coverage, you can go online to mypulsenews.com or menastar.com, and search DAR.
Within our chapters
Tate’s Bluff Chapter in Camden
Marion Chapter in Fayetteville
Tate’s Bluff Chapter DAR was busy this year sup-
porting the Ouachita County Historical Society as
volunteer tour guides at the McCollum-Chidester
House Museum during the Spring Daffodil Festi-
val. Visitors enjoyed stories about Camden’s earli-
est settlers and learned about the history of the mu-
seum and it’s antique furnishings. Each volunteer
was dressed in period costume and shared their love
of history with guests from far and wide. Often such
activities lead to new members. Once such encoun-
ter a few years ago led DAR member, Mary Carle, to
ask about DAR membership. Member Teresa Harris
was wearing the pretty blue fleece jacket with DAR
embroidery that was sold a few years ago and Mary
asked how she might contact a local DAR member.
Mary did join DAR and now shares her love of ani-
mals and wildlife rehabilitation with her DAR sisters
as well as the community. Tate’s Bluff members
invite all our DAR members and friends to visit Cam-
den during the annual Spring Daffodil Festival, look
for us at the museum and cemetery walk, preserving
history for the community.
Left to right: Linda Martin, Betsy Jordan and Sally Graves,
photo courtesy Glendle Griggs
Marion Chapter stepped up and answered the call for a women's military
unit in need of supplies. They have no PX on their ship. They requested the
following items: Toothpaste and small travel toothbrushes, sunscreen non
aerosol, face cream, Playtex multipack tampons, and any brand baby
wipes, travel size hand sanitizers and wipes, Clorox wipes, clear nail polish,
single use eye drops, coffee, sweetener and creamer, laundry pods and
fabric sheets, snacks and lots of gum.
Marion Chapter collected items at their May meeting. Cheri Coley, Service
to America Chair and Christina Twardowski, Project Patriot Chair worked to
inventory, count and pack items to mail.
Five boxes with a combined weight of 50 pounds, and a value of about
$350 was mailed.
The first box was mailed on May 25, 2017 and arrived at its destination on
July 1, 2017. The other four boxes are still in transit.
The two envelopes in the picture are 6200 coupons mailed to Coups for
Troops. This is our May mailing.
Within our chapters
Little Rock-Centennial Chapter in Little Rock
Mount Holly Cemetery is a historic landmark, and it was an honor for The Little Rock-Centennial Chapter to participate in this May 28, 2017 Flag event. There were 20 participates which included members, HODARS, and friends of members. We were assigned two sections of the cemetery, and we were given flags and a map with the names of the veterans in each section.
Mount Holly has about 500 veterans from all American wars from the Revolutionary War - the first Iraqi war. The flags placed on the Sunday before Memorial Day will remain in place until after July 4th to honor all men and women veterans buried at Mount Holly.
Major Jacob Gray Chapter's entrant in the Helen Pouch Memorial Fund Classroom Grant for the State of Arkansas was the
winner. Gail Vaden, teacher at Beebe Middle School submitted her winning idea for how she would use the $500 grant in
her classroom. Her project description states that the students will use biographies of Revolutionary War era famous Amer-
icans, purchased with the grant to read history critically and to create legitimate argument essays based on the books.
Major Jacob Gray Chapter in Jacksonville
Honorary Chapter Regent, Jayne Spears surprised Mrs. Vaden with the announcement in front of the entire Beebe faculty
and staff at the beginning of the school year meeting in Aug. Also in attendance were State Regent Jerrie Townsend, State
Vice-Regent Junelle Mongno, Honorary State Regent Jo Ann Cooper, current Chapter Regent Sharon Bode, chapter mem-
bers Mary Ford and Lyn Hicks.
ARKANSAS SOCIETY CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Razorback Society N.S.C.A.R. members were invited to ride on ‘Old Betsy’ June 24, 2017 in the Rodeo of the Ozarks Parade held in Springdale Arkansas. Old Betsy is a 1927 Fire Engine that the retired firefighters keep in good working order. The children liked it when Captain Creek sounded the siren! Some of the working firemen
showed the children the bigger new fire engines and answered questions while we waited to leave and line up for the parade. We rode with the Marion Chapter N.S.D.A.R. members. Everyone had a wonderful time!
Across these United States, twelve statues titled MADONNAS OF THE TRAIL were placed by
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution during the 1920’s as a tribute to pio-
neer women who exhibited courage, faith, strength, and love as they made their way across
the country to settle the vast unknown ahead of them. A group of Missouri women in 1909
decided the Santa Fe Trail needed to be marked. In 1911, the National Society Daughters of
the American Revolution voted at Continental Congress to support this project with each state
society contributing funds. The National Old Trails Road Association, established in 1912 to
assist in marking the trails and promote the construction of a coast to coast national memorial
highway, assisted with funding related to decisions about where to place markers. Judge Harry S. Truman, as
president of the association, supported the project. The idea for a statue as a memorial to pioneer mother-
hood came from Arlene Moss of St. Louis.
August Leimbach was proposed as the sculptor and given 3 days to come up with the design. His description
of the statue portrayed this narrative: “The pioneer mother with her two children was waiting for the father at
her block-house in the wild West, for the father did not come home as he had promised. She, believing him to
be in danger, put her little child in a blanket, grasped the gun and with the boy ran out in the field to look for
the father.” The statues are each 10 feet tall on a 6 feet by 3 ½ feet base; made of Algonite stone; weigh 5
tons; and cost $1000. Local DAR chapter, where they are placed, assisted with shipping and installation
costs. The locations of the statues are: Bethesda, MD; Wheeling, WV; Beallsville, PA; Springfield, OH; Rich-
mond, IN; Vandalia, IL; Lexington, MO; Council Grove, KS; Lamar, CO; Albuquerque, NM; Springerville, AZ;
and Upland, CA. These local chapters and national groups continue to maintain each statue to be viewed by
visitors as a reminder of the challenge women met and faced in the building of America.
Information for this article was gathered from the following websites: Smithsonian American Art Museum and Wikipedia
MADONNAS OF THE TRAIL
By Junelle Mongno
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Birthdays within our chapters
Jimmie Lois Jones, Hot Springs of Arkansas chapter member celebrated her 90th birthday July 2.
Virginia Smith, Cadron Post chapter member celebrated her 90th birthday June 3.
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