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ARKANSAS STATE SOCIETY DAR NEWS VOLUME XXV ISSUE 1 FEBRUARY 2010 Greetings Arkansas Daughters, Here we are in the midst of winter with the floods, snow, and ice hopefully behind us. We have begun a new year full of promise and need. We still have reports to complete and Master Questionnaires (MQ) to answer. By completing these reports online, we save time, paper, and frustration; and we have contributed to conservation goals. (Did you include this on your MQ?) Please capture on your MQ all the hours you gave. Did you recycle? Did you help a child read? Did you donate books? How often did you greet troops coming or going from overseas? Did you send them something? Did you donate flags or teach on a class on flag protocol or heritage? Did you celebrate Constitution Week? National Day of Prayer? Lincoln’s birthday? Washington’s birthday? Flag Day? Did you help in parades? Visit veterans? Donate/visit DAR schools? Research/report Native American heritage? There are so many ways our Arkansas Daughters have contributed to our communities; please report all of these activities. Don’t forget your Chapter Achievement report! After visiting DAR schools in South Carolina and Alabama, your state regent traveled to Stuttgart, Texarkana, Morrilton, Little Rock, Searcy, Mena, Jacksonville, Harrison and points in between in addition to moving to a new home over Christmas. In December 2009 we welcomed a new chapter: James K. Polk Chapter in Mena with Alice Carpenter serving as chapter regent. We welcome them into our midst! And thank you, ladies, for the warm receptions. February 3-6, 2010, will again find this regent in Washington, D.C., for National Board of Management. That will be followed by trips within our own state, continued preparation for our State Conference April 30 May 2, 2010, at the DoubleTree Hotel, Little Rock, and final preparations for our fantastic bus trip to Continental Congress in July. Thank you, Daughters, for your continued support, love, and dedication. You make DAR an incredible association of women dedicated to Historic Preservation, Education, and Patriotism. This regent is so proud to be affiliated with you. Thank you for keeping the Butterfly Effect active. In DAR service, Table of Contents State Regent's News Page 1-2 Other News Page 13 Conference Reminder Page 3 From the State Page 3-4 From the Chapters Page 5-7 Announcements Page 7-8 New Members Page 11 Memorials & Honorariums Page 12-13 A Message from your State Regent "And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart." Galatians 6:9

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Page 1: VOLUME XXV ISSUE 1 FEBRUARY 2010 - arkansas-dar.orgarkansas-dar.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/darnews_feb10.pdfVOLUME XXV ISSUE 1 FEBRUARY 2010 Greetings Arkansas Daughters,

ARKANSAS STATE SOCIETY

DAR NEWS

VOLUME XXV ISSUE 1 FEBRUARY 2010

Greetings Arkansas Daughters,

Here we are in the midst of winter with the floods, snow, and ice hopefully behind us. We have begun a new year full of promise and need. We

still have reports to complete and Master Questionnaires (MQ) to answer. By completing these reports online, we save time, paper, and

frustration; and we have contributed to conservation goals. (Did you include this on your MQ?) Please capture on your MQ all the hours you

gave. Did you recycle? Did you help a child read? Did you donate books? How often did you greet troops coming or going from overseas? Did

you send them something? Did you donate flags or teach on a class on flag protocol or heritage? Did you celebrate Constitution Week? National

Day of Prayer? Lincoln’s birthday? Washington’s birthday? Flag Day?

Did you help in parades? Visit veterans? Donate/visit DAR schools? Research/report Native American heritage? There are so many ways our

Arkansas Daughters have contributed to our communities; please report all of these activities. Don’t forget your Chapter Achievement report!

After visiting DAR schools in South Carolina and Alabama, your state regent traveled to Stuttgart, Texarkana, Morrilton, Little Rock, Searcy, Mena,

Jacksonville, Harrison and points in between in addition to moving to a new home over Christmas. In December 2009 we welcomed a new

chapter: James K. Polk Chapter in Mena with Alice Carpenter serving as chapter regent. We welcome them into our midst! And thank you, ladies,

for the warm receptions.

February 3-6, 2010, will again find this regent in Washington, D.C., for National Board of Management. That will be followed by trips within our

own state, continued preparation for our State Conference April 30 – May 2, 2010, at the DoubleTree Hotel, Little Rock, and final preparations for

our fantastic bus trip to Continental Congress in July.

Thank you, Daughters, for your continued support, love, and dedication. You make DAR an incredible association of women dedicated to Historic

Preservation, Education, and Patriotism. This regent is so proud to be affiliated with you. Thank you for keeping the Butterfly Effect active.

In DAR service,

Table of Contents

State Regent's News Page 1-2 Other News Page 13

Conference Reminder Page 3

From the State Page 3-4

From the Chapters Page 5-7

Announcements Page 7-8

New Members Page 11

Memorials & Honorariums Page 12-13

A Message from

your State Regent

"And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we

shall reap, if we do not lose heart." Galatians 6:9

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State Regent's Schedule

February

3-6 NBOM Washington,D.C

13 Enoch Ashley Chapter Meeting 12:00

23 Col. Heritage Societies Hot Springs Country Club Geo. Washington B/Day 11:30 a.m.

27 Tate's Bluff 30th Anniversary .

March

11-14 Nevada State DAR Nevada NV State Conference

18-20 Louisiana State DAR Lafayette, Louisiana LA State Conference

19 Captain Basil Gaither Terry Branch Library 100th Anniversary 1:00 p.m.

25-28 Kentucky State DAR Lexington, Kentucky KY State Conference

29 Tate's Bluff, Capt. Basil Gaither Garvin Gardens, Hot Springs Tour of Gardens Lunch

April

10 Major Jacob Gray Clara Mitchell's home Insignia 1:00 p.m.

17 Arkansas Post Wreath Laying w/SAR 1:00 p.m.

20 Charlevoix Chapter Meeting 12:00

23-25 Minnesota State DAR Mancato, Minnesota MN State Conference

29 ASDAR Executive Board Meeting DoubleTree Hotel, Little Rock 6:00 p.m.

30 ASDAR State Conference DoubleTree Hotel, Little Rock

May

1-2 ARDAR State Conference DoubleTree Hotel, Little Rock

8 Little Rock Centennial Little Rock Chapter Meeting 12:00p.m.

8 Prudence Hall North Little Rock Chapter Meeting 1:30 p.m.

13 Abendschone Mt. Magazine Conservation Award Luncheon

Presentation

15 Shawnee District Jonesboro

24-29 Tamassee/KDS DAR School SC/AL

June

14 Caddo District District Meeting

July

4-11 Continental Congress Washington, D.C.

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ASDAR State Conference Featured

Speaker

Mary Steenburgen, an academy-award

winning actress, is our featured

speaker during our Saturday night

.banquet Ms Steenburgen, wife of actor

Ted Dansen, is an accomplished stage and

film actress, comedian, executive

producer, etc., who hails from Arkansas.

Her movies include "Melvin and Howard,"

for which she won her academy award,

"Did You Hear About the Morgans?," "The

Proposal," and many more. She received

acclaim on the Broadway stage, also.

Make plans now to attend State

Conference April 30 - May 2, 2010.

Featuring American Heritage, specifically

Arkansas heritage, as well as election of a

new Executive Board. This will be a fact

and fun-filled few days. You will not want

to miss it!

From State

VAVS

I delivered 145 pairs of house slippers to the NLR VA

yesterday (thank goodness I put them in waterproof

bags) and Joni was most appreciative to receive them

for distribution. They were handed out on Christmas

day. I found some Christmas cello bags that were large

enough for the slippers, included a card in each and tied

the bags with ribbon. I thought they looked very nice.

I was concerned about the logistics of getting the right

size to the patients but was assured Doug could do this.

If my understanding of past distributions is correct,

these shoes were given out to the indigent patients or

patients who have little or no family, first.

Thank you for helping to make this project a success

and for your support. The "Daughters" have been so

generous and helpful this year - isn't that GREAT!!!

Patty Windle NSDAR Representative to VAVS Advisory

Committee

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE

POINTERS #2

A number of Chapters brought copies of their

bylaws to the August Board meeting but our

State file is still missing bylaws of several

Chapter. Many sets of bylaws contained no date

making it hard to decide which was the current

copy. The date any change in bylaws is made

should show at the very end, indicating when

they were adopted, revised or amended.

PARLIAMENTARY POINTERS #4

Minutes should be written as soon as

possible after a meeting. It is a great help

to the Recording Secretary if the

Presiding Officer will furnish her a copy of

the agenda – whether it be a simple list or a

detailed script. With this the Secretary can

note any changes from the plan, and quickly be

able to produce accurate minutes. Delay often

means an important motion is never recorded

resulting in the intended action not being

completed.

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Show off your creations!

Arts and Crafts

This is our version of the

county fair.

You make it.

We appreciate it.

We thank God for you.

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Membership

Copies are still available of "A Good Foundation For a

New Member," a 27-page handbook of information. It

was written for chapters to present to new members

and contains a concise overview of the Society, its

objectives, definitions of terminology, protocol, insignia,

DAR Library, Seimes Technology Center, DAR Museum,

Arkansas DAR Room, DAR schools, DAR publications,

supplementals, and most importantly, opportunities for

new members to get involved in DAR activities.

Cost is $2.00 each. Please make your check to DAR

State Treasurer, and mail it to: Mary Cooper Miller,

DAR Membership Chairman, 38 Riverview Rd., Batesville,

AR 72501-8050.

DAR Good Citizen

I am compiling a list of all the schools

participating in the DAR Good Citizen Program.

I need for each chapter to email me a list of

their schools' names, city and county in which

they are located. They will also need to include

their chapter's name. I want all schools

sponsored, even if a student did not participate

in the DAR Good Citizens Scholarship Essay

Contest.

DAR Project Patriot

Ladies: Many of us, especially those of us who belong to other lineage societies, have been told that our soldiers need helmet liners - knitted, woolen hat liners for combat area. From what I understand, these liners are not simple or cheap to knit. As your State DAR Project Patriot Chair I want to thank those of you who have sent the liners to our soldiers. However, I checked with Captain Smart, commander of the Arkansas National Guard 1037th Engineering Company, and he told me the following: " I appreciate the offer on the helmet liners. I did pass out the original ones that were sent. Unfortunately, they aren't authorized for wear while in uniform. I found the guys that we have that are bald and gave them one to wear while in the barracks. Since then, we have been issued ones that are authorized for wear while in uniform. Thank you very much for the thoughtful ideas, but we can't use them at this time. Please pass my heartfelt appreciation to the ladies as I know they are doing anything they can to support the troops. Thank you again for all that you do and have a safe and happy holiday season. CPT Smart"

DAR Room Notepaper Committee

After 18 months of wonderful service as the chair of

the DAR Room Notepaper Committee, Nina Corbin has submitted her resignation, which was regretfully

accepted.

Eleanor Swineford has agreed to fill this position until

the end of this administration. (Thank you, Eleanor.)

Please continue supporting our DAR Room at the Old

State House through your purchases of DAR Room

notepaper and History of the DAR Room booklet.

Eleanor's contact information is:

Eleanor Swineford

18 Chad Court

Cabot, Arkansas 72023-9430

501-843-2493 louruton@futura. net

REGISTRAR’S MESSAGE

Akansa Chapter recently added three new members,

Janet McCain Huckabee, her daughter, Sarah Elizabeth

Huckabee, and long-time family friend, Anita McCauley

Murrell. In December 2008, Janet Huckabee was in

charge of the Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes.

Members of Akansa met Janet while volunteering

reading, sorting and packaging the cards. Discussing

with Janet our patriotic heritage and our ancestors,

Janet revealed she knew next to nothing about her

ancestors. Intrigued, Akansa member Sheila Beatty

offered to help Janet research her family. Sheila then

asked her if she found a Revolutionary War ancestor,

would Janet join Akansa. Janet responded that she

would, on the condition that her best friend, Anita

Murrell, would join too. Beatty and Akansa Regent

Sylvia Matthews then began assisting both Janet and

Anita in their quest for their ancestors.

Sheila worked diligently for months to prove an ancestor

and even found five for Janet. This piqued her interest

enough in family history that Janet and Anita joined a

group of ladies to do research in Salt Lake City at the

Family History Center library in October. They are now

“hooked” on genealogy and know more about their

ancestors.

The lesson for us as members is that there are ladies

who are interested in joining DAR but do not know how

to begin. They need help with the process. As Chapter

Registrars you know it can be very time-consuming, but

there are prospects who would appreciate our expertise

in hunting and gathering the documents for their

applications. Just be aware and available to share your

knowledge with others. It will help us grow as a society.

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From the Chapters

American Indian Speaker

Dr. John Thomas

Dr. John Thomas, Native American from the Pima

Nation of Arizona, presented the program to Jonesboro

Chapter on Nov. 18, 2009.His program described the

many Indian Societies who lived in Arkansas, as far back

as 1200 AD, their customs that led to productive

farming practices of America. The name, Arkansas,

came from an Indian word, Arkansans, which means

"living down the stream".

Prudence Hall

Sarah and Emma Bailin, twin students of Chapter member

Melissa Donham at Central High School, showed their

documentary Soldiers in Skirts at the November meeting

of Prudence Hall Chapter. This film follows the career of

WAC Ruth Blanton, a Bald Knob, Arkansas woman who

went overseas as a stenographer during a time when most

men believed that a woman’s patriotic duty was taking

care of hearth and home. and has already won a number

of awards. The girls have been making documentaries for

several years, and are avid students of history.

Major Jacob Gray

Mike Polston, Cabot High School History Teacher, is Major

Jacob Gray Chapter's Outstanding History Teacher. He is

shown with Elaine Payne, chapter historian, Junelle

Mongno, chapter regent, Cabot School Superintendent

Thurman, Cabot Mayor Williams, and Cabot High School

Principal Clarkson.

Major Jacob Gray Chapter NSDAR donated the book

Forgotten Patriots to the libraries at Jacksonville High

School, Cabot High School, and North Pulaski High School.

The chapter donated subscriptions of the American Spirit

DAR Magazine to the Amy Sanders Library in Sherwood

and the Nixon Library in Jacksonville.

Major Jacob Gray Chapter NSDAR members delivered

$5000 worth of clothing, books, videos, games and

personal care items to the Arkansas State Veterans

Nursing Home in Little Rock in time for Santa. The items

were collected through a combined project of the chapter,

the Jacksonville Museum of Military History, and the Mt.

Tabor Methodist Church in Jacksonville.

On behalf of chapters around the state, Major Jacob Gray

Chapter NSDAR delivered 150-200 dozen cookies and

candies to the Little Rock AFB Cookie Drop. The cookies

were to be distributed to airmen in the dormitories on

base.

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Jonesboro

Jonesboro Chapter DAR participated in the Veterans

Day parade held Nov 7, 2009 in downtown Jonesboro.

The parade was moved to Saturday due to the

deployment of 1037th Route Clearing Company. The 200

soldiers of the Jonesboro and Paragould-based 875th

Engineer Battalion were consolidated into the 1037th

Route Clearing Company and they left Nov 10,

2009 headed for their mobilization station in

preparation for deployment to Afghanistan in early

2010. The soldiers marched in the parade under the

command of Major General William D. Wofford of the

Arkansas National Guard. Over 2000 people turned out

for the parade. Sixteen Jonesboro Chapter members, 2

members of Robert Crittenden Chapter DAR, 9

HODARS and 2 prospective C.A.R. members were on

hand.

Jo Ann Cooper, Regent

of Jonesboro Chapter, presenting Welda Hunt, Chapter

Librarian, with her 25 year certificate. November 18,

2009

Tate's Bluff

The Tate’s Bluff Chapter invites DAR members from

across the state to the Camden Daffodil Festival, March

12 – 13, 2010. The Festival is considered one of the best

in Arkansas and showcases magnificent private daffodil

gardens, historical homes, the Hale log cabin village, the

DAR award winning Oakland Cemetery Walk, Civil War

re-enactors, Poker Bike Run, 5K Run, Bikers Show, plus a

tour of one of Camden’s early churches, St. John’s

Episcopal Church, where volunteers will present history

on the original stained glass windows. In addition, Quilt

and Art shows will be staged in the Great Hall of First

United Methodist Church, where the Daffodil Welcome

Center is located. Entertainment, Craft and Food

vendors will be available in the downtown area, and

shuttles to the houses and gardens are provided from

the Welcome Center. The Festival will be topped off

with the Championship Steak Cook-off on Saturday

evening. For more information, Camdenfestival.com, or

e-mail [email protected].

Abendschone

The Abendschone Chapter would like to share this

picture of us in the 76th Veterans parade in Branson,

MO. Our float is the "Spirit of 76" and the chapter

members handed out over 3600 hand held American

flags to the men and women at the parade.

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Colonel David Love

Pictured left to right: Margaret Norton, Janie Fuller,

Mary Calhoun, Annette Rawls, Susan Williams, Jan West,

Regina Dunn, Virginia Grizzell, Connie Mullis, Pat

Matthews, Jody Gladden, and Carolyn Brown; seated:

Peggy Carter, Virginia Gatewood (associate member),

Anne Burgess, and Kitty Hoofman)

The Colonel David Love Chapter NSDAR held a

Christmas luncheon at the Monticello Country Club

on December 5, 2009. The 90th anniversary of

this chapter was celebrated at this luncheon.

Regent Annette Rawls conducted the meeting.

Chaplain Connie Mullis gave a brief history of the

chapter. The Colonel David Love Chapter was

organized on February 15, 1919 and was named for

Colonel David Love. Love fought in the

Revolutionary War and served under General

Francis Marion. He was the ancestor of Orlean

Maloney; she was the organizing regent for the

chapter. At present, there are more than fifty

members of the chapter. Earlier in the morning, six members of the chapter

participated at Campground Cemetery for the

dedication of a DAR marker on Virginia T.

Cavaness' tombstone. Treasurer Jody Gladden,

who is a relative of Cavaness, delivered the

tribute. Cavaness served as a regent several times

for the Colonel David Love Chapter; she served in

other officer capacities, too. Regent Annette

Rawls and Chaplain Connie Mullis conducted the

dedication ceremony.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

James K. Polk (6063AR)

Regent Mary Carpenter [email protected]

Vice Regent Dorothy Kinnun [email protected]

Rec. Sec. Era Looney No Email

Treasurer Verna Smith [email protected]

Registrar Roberta Ashman [email protected]

Historian Margaret Shepherd [email protected]

Cadron Post's 30th Birthday Tea

Sunday, Feb 21, from 2:00 to 3:30 pm

at UCA President's House

140 Donaghey Ave

Conway, AR.

DAR is a family affair

Arnold Cooper, SAR member and husband of Jonesboro

Chapter Regent, Jo Ann Cooper, spent time with his

grandchildren Mary Cooper Maris and Tripp Maris on

Veterans Day. He spoke to the children at their school

about his time in the Marines. Tripp and Mary Cooper's

mother, Kristin Cooper Maris, is a member of Jonesboro

Chapter DAR and Tripp and Mary Cooper are members

of Aquixo Chapter C.A.R.

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There will be a special State Conference issue of

the DAR News. It will have your registration and

information about the events. Don't forget your

baskets for the auction.

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Annual George Washington Birthday Celebration

Set for Feb. 23rd

The 6th annual George Washington luncheon will be again

held at the Hot Springs Country Club Tuesday, February

23, beginning at 11:30 . The speaker will be USAF

Brigadier General H.D. McCarty - Chaplain for the

Arkansas Razorbacks for 30 years. More information

about Brigadier General McCarty will be forthcoming.

The luncheon will be Chicken Marsala served with rice

pilaf, hot rolls, green beans almandine, house salad, cherry cobbler, coffee & tea. Cost of the luncheon is

$17.00. Please make checks payable to Akansa Chapter

NSDAR and mail to Sheila Beatty, 27 Doblez Circle , Hot

Springs Village , AR 71909-5109 . Paid reservations

must be received by February 17. Please note the name

of your chapter on the check.

Tate's Bluff Chapter

will be celebrating our 30Th anniversary on

Saturday, February 27Th by laying wreaths

on the graves of our Patriots, the Tate

brothers, at the Tate Cemetery near Tate's

Bluff and having a luncheon following the

Graveside event.

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New Mexico Society Daughters

of the American Revolution

Extends a warm invitation to all Daughters to attend

The New Mexico Field Genealogist Workshop

Presented by the NSDAR Genealogy Staff

Friday, October 15th

- Saturday, October 16, 2010

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily

The Courtyard Marriott in Albuquerque, NM

$125.00 Workshop fee, payable to NMSODAR

Price includes breakfast and lunch each day, a

$10.00 Registration fee and all materials for the course

Hotel Reservations should be made directly with

The Courtyard Marriott

(please mention DAR for the special room rate of $90. plus tax

per night)

5151 Journal Center Blvd.

Albuquerque, NM 87109

Phone 1-505-823-1919

Toll Free # 1-877-905-4496

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Change of Addresses

Winnie Talley [email protected]

Pat Carroll WAVERLY HEIGHTS APT 155

3400 ALCOA ROAD

BENTON, AR 72015

Mary Lee Schultz 49 Lindulake Drive

Cabot, Arkansas 72023-9325

501-941-5259

(Email remains the same:

maryleeschultz@ yahoo.com)

Sue Johnson [email protected]

Welcome and Awards Ceremony for the

688th Engineer Company of the Army

Reserves (Harrison)

Mary Lee and Vive Allen with Staff Sergeant

Chad Johnson who was master of ceremonies.

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Mary Lee Schultz with David Hoss, State President of Sons of the American Revolution.

I Am Grateful For This Military Man Of Mine

Yolanda Antonette Jackson

He wakes up early to do PT. He comes home late and manages to be with his family. He goes to the field for weeks at a time. Just to make sure that the equipment is fine. Travels all around the world to his next duty station. And in some cases only to leave his family for a while. His uniform is camouflaged, but the enemy he can't dodge. The foods he eats are not as good as mine. He is just glad that he has a home to come to. He sometimes misses a birthday or two. Of his children and mine. But he loves to hear that I am his only Valentine. He gets lonely on our anniversary. And glad to find that the card I sent arrived on time. These are some of the things the military goes through. Now far, far away on the other side of the world. To defend our country are our boys and our girls. Not once but twice I was left behind.

But there is one thing I know.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS

MILITARY MAN OF MINE.

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Cluster Meeting

From Left: Lorraine Belote, Mary Mosley, Regent Fran LaFace,

Ruth Smith, State Regent Mary Lee Schultz, Suzanne

Waggoner, Mary Coleman, Willa Voyles, and Shirley Barham.

General William Lewis Chapter hosted a cluster

meeting at the Rockefeller Center on Petit Jean

Mountain on November 14, 2009. Members from

Cadron Post, Dardanelle Rock, Persis Lovely, and

Maria Van Buren attended. State Regent Mary Lee

Schultz spoke on her recent trip to the DAR

sponsored schools, Tamassee, Berry College, and

Kate Duncan Smith.

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Bus to Continental Congress

The bus trip is on! We will leave

Arkansas Sunday, July 4, 2010,

spend the night in Knoxville,

Tennessee, and continue into

Washington, D.C., arriving at the

Willard International Hotel on

Monday, July 5, 2010.

We will spend six nights at this

world-famous hotel, which is within

walking distance of many of DC's

must-see sites. (The White House is

one block away). Our bus will take

us back and forth to the DAR

Constitution Hall for morning,

afternoon, and evening sessions.

We will leave on Sunday, July 11,

2010, following the "sashing" of our

new State Regent and after her first

National Board of Management

Meeting. She plans to join us on

the bus on the return trip home!

We, again, will spend the night in

Knoxville and arrive back in

Arkansas on Monday, July 12,

2010.

Cost is $1,350 if 40 individuals sign

up. The trip is limited to 40--

husbands, sisters, friends, etc. are

invited (sorry, no pets).

First payment is due December 6,

2009, in the amount of $350

(nonrefundable) with check made

out to Arkansas Society DAR and

mailed to

Mary Lee Schultz

1300 Military Road

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New Members ...as of January 31, 2010

ABENDSCHONE

Murphy, Mary

AKANSA

Atkinson, Gladys

Wood, Joyce

Davis, Joan

Evans, Stacy

Huckabee, Janet

Huckabee, Sarah

Hughes, Doris

Koons, Jeanne

Loumena, Sarah

Murrell, Anita

Patty, Karen

Shearin, Linda

Vingelen, Sally

ARKADELPHIA

Miller, Barbara

ARKANSAS POST

Dougan, Mollie

CADRON POST

Clay, Candice

CHARLEVOIX

Bolton, Nancy

Rogers, Rebecca

CHICOT TRACE

Abbott, Katrina

COLONEL DAVID LOVE

Tenorio, Debbie

DARDANELLE ROCK

Teal, Lissa

GRAND PRAIRIE

Nash, Wanda

JONESBORO

Dacus, Barbara

Dyer, Mary

MAJOR JACOB GRAY

Breshears, Evia

King, Susan

Moore, Nancy

MARIA VAN BUREN

Tudor, Joyce

MARION

Mitchell, Elizabeth

Wills, Virginia

OZARK MOUNTAINS

Hillman, Karen

Sanders, Rachelle

Simpson Carmeleta

Vanhook, Deborah

Ozark Mountains (cont.)

Dalbey, Erin

Raybon, Mary

Voyak, Patricia

PRUDENCE HALL

Dixon, Stephanie

Toalson, Lauren

TATES BLUFF

Barnes, Mary

Bowles, Kathryn

Buchner, Cheryl

Crumpler, Patricia

Crumpler, Teresa

Estes, Kelly

Hopper, Linda

Jordan, Kathy

Robbins, Ellen

Craig, Lisa

Darden, Mary

Knight, Suzanne

Nunnally, Muriel

Taylor, Carolyn

XTEARKANA

Neill, Amanda

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We Hold In Memory...reported October 15,2009 through January 15,

2110.

"Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for

the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall

be ended." Isaiah 60:20

AKANSA

876978 Karen Elizabeth Hanson Patty 11/29/2009

GILBERT MARSHALL

736111 Margaret Virginia Clark Hamilton 11/29/2009

870946 Lucy Margaret Searcy Brillhart 9/26/2009

GRAND PRAIRIE

771619 Rose Mary Wittenauer Waggoner 11/28/2009

HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS

419386 Mary Edwards Miller Dickson 12/2009

JOHN MC ALMONT

415392 Louise Patterson Turner Dawson 12/27/2009

847532 Ada V McNorton Orso 12/72009

MARION

542145 Gloria Tabor McPherson 11/24/2009

517634 Helen Davis Seifritz 1/7/2008

PERSIS LOVELY-CLARKSVILLE

612513 Mary Ann Powell Stratman 11/19/2009

PRUDENCE HALL CHAPTER

736270 Doris Breeding 12/31/2009

PINE BLUFF

713938 Rita Jean Walker Barrett 12/4/2009

TATES'S BLUFF

725390 Sue Rothwell Brian 1/16/2010

TEXARKANA

713487 Ellen Edwardine Harris Smart 1/21/2010

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MEMORIALS AND HONORARIUMS

Arkansas DAR Room

Memorial for Mrs. Leroy (Avery) Nelson Little Rock-Centennial Chapter Memorial for Doris Breeding Prudence Hall Chapter Honorarium for Susan Railsback John McAlmont Chapter

Honorarium for Dr. Bill Layher John McAlmont Chapter Memorial for Lois Magness Jeanne Tackett through Marion Chapter Honorarium for Mary Lee Schultz Sue Thompson through Marion Chapter Arkansas State Society Student Scholarship Endowment Fund

Honorarium for Susan Veal John Percifull Chapter Memorial for Lois Magness Jeanne Tackett through Marion Chapter Honorarium for Mary Lee Schultz Sue Thompson through Marion Chapter Loyd-Chesshir Scholarship Fund

Memorial for Nelda Smith Wilson Mine Creek-Paraclifta Chapter Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

Honorarium for Lewis Hinkle John McAlmont Chapter State Regent's Project

Memorial for Rose Mary Waggoner Grand Prairie Chapter Arkansas State Society C.A.R.

Honorarium for Sue Thompson Pamela Redfern through Marion Chapter Honorarium for Mary Lee Schultz Sue Thompson through Marion Chapter Tamassee DAR School General Fund

Memorial for Linda Chastain Susan Veal through Akansa Chapter Memorial for Karen Patty Sylvia Matthews through Akansa Chapter Kate Duncan Smith DAR School Health Fund

Honorarium for Phyllis Randolph Sue Thompson through Marion Chapter Kate Duncan Smith DAR School General Fund

Memorial for Myrtle Van Trease Cora Lee Pollard through Major Jacob Gray Chapter Seimes Technology Center

Honorarium for Mary Lee Schultz Jean Dickerman through Strawberry River Chapter Project Patriot

Honorarium for Gladys Lile Marvin and Wanda Chamberlin through Akansa Chapter

President General's Project

Honorarium for June Linke Ronald McDanie l through Major Jacob Gray Chapter

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Mine Creek-Paraclifta

Lee Ann Turner and Kathy Stinnet

Lee Ann Turner

Kathy Stinnett 13

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ye Winton

The program on American Quilts was given by Sammye Winton

of Dierks, LeeAnn Turner of New Hope, and Kathy Stinnett.

They explained how quilts have evolved over the centuries

from handmade bed covers fashioned from fabric scraps or

feed sacks to the highly stylized and artistic quilts of today.

There are quilting clubs around the country, which loosely

unite these hobbyists such as the Howard County Extension

Homemakers Club, Uncommon Threads. However, DAR's

guests were individuals whose incentive is traditions handed

down from family members and their own passion for creating

one-of-a-kind home decor items. DAR was honored to have

had a look at this modern continuation of American's heritage

in the home.

Sammye teaches the newer concept of paper piecing to a local

group of quilters. She also displayed her beautiful cathedral

windows masterpiece which calls for more skilled handiwork.

Lee Ann brought older quilts, one of which was done by her

great-grandmother as a child. Kathy is the most recent one to

take up quilting. She presented a quilt telling the historical

story of the Underground Railroad and the pathway slaves

followed to freedom.

"OUR STATE CONFERENCE PLANS ARE BEING

FINALIZED. THE INFORMATION REGARDING

STATE CONFERENCE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

THE DATES OF CONFERENCE ARE LATER THIS

YEAR SO EVERYTHING IS PUSHED BACK.

I ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT CONFERENCE ON APRIL 30 - MAY 2, 2010."

THANKS. MARY H. DEERE

STATE CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN