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Dear Arkansas Daughters,
As this State Regent has traveled around the state visiting
Arkansas chapters, she has developed a new sense of pride in this state.
Everywhere she has gone, there are Arkansas Daughters making a
difference within their communities. Daughters have kept alive the
traditions and memories of our heritage and history; you have nurtured
and mentored our youth through involvement and support of school and
literary projects, C.A.R., and scholarships. Community leaders have been
recognized through Community Service, Conservation, and other
National Awards. You have whole-heartedly supported our troops
through Project Patriot. Our veterans have not been forgotten either.
Your volunteer work within our VA hospitals and clinics has been
outstanding and gratefully accepted. These sites have benefitted from
your presence and presents. Your generous gifts have resulted in
renovation of two SICU waiting rooms within the John McClellan facility
in Little Rock. Your gifts of comfort items, calling cards, coffee, games,
and a seemingly never-ending list of other things have made life more
comfortable for our veteran patients and their families. “Horses for
Heroes” is making a difference in rehabilitation of our wounded warriors.
And the list of accomplishments does not end there. Arkansas
Daughters have given thousands of hours to promote patriotic events,
collect Bible records and genealogical data, mark gravesites of American
Revolutionary patriots, AND you have worked toward preservation of
our incredible National DAR buildings and its contents. In traveling
approximately 23,000 miles during the past two years, your regent has
discovered first-hand why Arkansas Daughters are recognized and
respected for their dedication.
Representing Arkansas this regent has attended National
Board of Management meetings, visited several other states as guest at
their conferences, and toured Berry College in Rome, Georgia. She has
served on the Board of Trustees, Kate Duncan Smith (KDS) School in
Alabama, and on the Advisory Board as its vice president at Tamassee
DAR School in South Carolina and has visited their campuses. Highlights
for this regent, however, have always been the visits to Arkansas
chapters despite the excitement of a prolonged stay in our nation’s
capital during the blizzard in February! Since that time this regent has
visited Enoch Ashley, Captain Basil Gaither, Cadron Post (for their 30th
anniversary tea), Tate's Bluff (also, for their 30th
anniversary and then at
Garvin Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs), Major Jacob Gray,
Hot Springs of Arkansas, Charlevoix, Little Rock Centennial, and Prudence
Hall. Additionally, your regent has attended SAR events including
Arkansas Post festivities and meeting with their President General twice,
with the Colonial Heritage Era Societies, and the formal opening of the
VA Clinic in Searcy (as well as attending an orientation class for
volunteers). She looks forward to her visit on Mount Magazine with the
Abendschone members as they present Lori Spencer with the National
Conservation Award and to her visits with Provincia de la Sal and
Shawnee and Caddo Districts. The upcoming C.A.R. regional meeting
June 18 and 19 should prove exciting as will upcoming trips to Tamassee
and KDS in the company of your State Regent-Elect Sue Thompson.
As your State Regent writes this message to you, it comes with
the realization that the 2008-10 administration is coming to a close and
she will attend her last NBOM meeting in July 2010. The energetic,
productive Calvin Administration 2007-10, also, is coming to a close.
Changes lie ahead, but DAR remains a constant in many ways: We
continue our objectives of historic preservation, education, and
patriotism being ever aware of our priorities of God, home, and country.
Arkansas Daughters, you have faithfully committed yourselves to the
ideals of NSDAR and have selflessly shared your gifts, both tangible and
intangible. You have truly kept the butterfly effect alive.
This regent salutes you and thanks you for these incredible two
years.
In DAR service,
ARKANSAS STATE SOCIETY
DAR NEWS VOLUME XXV ISSUE 2 May 2010
"And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season
we shall reap, if we do lose heart." Galatians 6:9
A Message from your State
Regent
Table of Contents
Meet your New State Regent page 2
Meet your New State Vice Regent page 3
State Conference Results page 4-6
From the Chapter page 8 & 9
Project Patriot page 9 & 10
Good Citizen page 12-15
New Members, Deaths, Honorariums and Memoralx page 16 &17
ROTC page 17 & 18
Meet Your New State Regent
Sue Tener Thompson (Mrs. Verl )
Member since 1993
NATION DAR SERVICE: National Vice Chairman Membership Committee, South Central Division 2007-2010,
National DAR Speaker Staff 2007-2010
Club Affiliations: National Vice Chairman Club - Life Member; Heritage Club Member;
State Vice Regent’s Club – Vice President/Chaplain 2009-2010 – Life Member.
STATE DAR SERVICE: Arkansas State Vice Regent 2008-2010, Arkansas State Registrar 2006-2008, Co-Chairman Arkansas Historical Marker Book Committee 2004-2008
Club Affiliations: State Officers Club – Life Member – President 2007-2008
CHAPTER DAR SERVICE: Marion Chapter Regent 2004-2006, First Vice Regent 2002-2004, Treasurer 2000-2002, Registrar 1994-2000, numerous chairmanships, VAVS volunteer
N.S.C.A.R.:
Organizing Senior President, James Leeper Society, Fayetteville AR 2006-2007
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY:
Member First Baptist Church, Fayetteville, AR; served on several church committees, taught Preschool Sunday School for 12 years; Cooperative Emergency
Outreach volunteer; Veteran’s Affairs Volunteer Service, member Washington County AR Genealogical Society, member Washington County Historical
Society.
EDUCATION AND CAREER:
Attended Fort Hays State University, Hays KS, AIB/ABA recognition for completed courses of study in Applied Banking; 12 years experience in the banking and
credit industry. Five years as a small business owner
FAMILY:
Husband Verl L. Thompson (deceased); one son, Kevin Thompson, who lives in Siloam Springs AR and has given me three grandsons and four step-
grandchildren. Two step-children, Philip, who serves our country in the Department of State and is posted in Manila, Philippines, and Vivian, who sells real
estate in Taos, NM and is a singer and song writer.
Meet Your New State Vice-Regent
Jo Ann Roth Cooper (Mrs. Arnold Cooper)
National DAR Service
Heritage Club Member since 2007
Chapter DAR Service:
Joined Jonesboro Chapter NSDAR as a junior in 1974, 36 years of membership and now Life Member
Served Chapter as Librarian, Genealogical Records Chairman, Yearbook Chairman, Chapter Registrar 1997-2005, Chapter Regent 2009-2010
District Service:
Served as Treasurer, Shawnee District 2004-2006
State DAR Service:
Membership Chairman 2001-2002, State Registrar 2002-2004, State Genealogical Records Chairman 2004-2006, State Recording Secretary 2006-
2008, State VIS Chairman 2008-2010
Club Affiliations: Life member of State Officers Club serving as Secretary/Treasurer 2009; Life Member of Cameo Society
Church and Community:
Member St Mark’s Episcopal Church, Jonesboro; served on Vestry 4 years, President of ECW, member of altar guild; served as Secretary of
Jonesboro High School Athletic Booster Club; Water Safety Instructor with American Red Cross and Red Cross Blood Drive Volunteer; Auxiliary
member, pink lady, at St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center; Past President of Chapter AJ P.E.O, Jonesboro; member of Chapter DL P.E.O., Cabot,
member National Society of the United State Daughters of 1812, served as treasurer and now registrar; Founding President of James Wiseman
Honnoll Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, Past State Third Vice President, State Registrar and Past President of Arkansas Division
United Daughters of the Confederacy; Member of Craighead County-Jonesboro Public Library board 10 years, Member Crowley Ridge Regional
Library Board 10 years, serving on State Library Board at the present time appointed by Governor Beebe.
Education and Career:
Public school education in Searcy, White County, AR; attended Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX; Louisiana Tech, Ruston LA and graduated
with degree in Business Education from University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, graduate work at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.
Office manager, for deceased husband Dr. Wayne Taylor a Family Practice Physician, for 26 years. Taught accounting to dependent wives on
Hickam Air Force Base and Pearl Harbor Navy Base in Hawaii, taught business education classes at Black River Vo-Tech School in Pocahontas.
Family:
Husband Arnold Cooper, retired Vice President and Branch Manager of A.G. Edward’s office in Jonesboro, member of NSSAR and Arkansas
Pioneers; Son Lance Taylor, Executive Director of Arkansas Activities Association, member of NSSAR, lives in Cabot with his wife, Tanya, and two
daughters, Elliot and Leighton who are members of C.A.R. and C of C. Daughter, Jodie Hickman lives in Little Rock with husband John and two
daughters Taylor and Kori Ann. Jodie is a member of NSDAR and Cameo Society as are her daughters. Lance and Jodie are members of Arkansas
Pioneers. Three Step children: Todd Cooper, wife Lisa and son Luke live in Little Rock; Dr. Scott Cooper, wife Cynthia and daughter Mary Bowman
live in Rogers; Kristin, husband Lee Maris and children Mary Cooper and Tripp live in Little Rock. All of these grandchildren are members of C.A.R.
and C of C.
State Conference Results
American Heritage
American History
American Indian
Chapters under 50: 1 Chicot Trace; 2 Tate's Bluff; 3 Captain Nathan Watkins.
Chapters 50-99: 1 Arkansas Post; honorable mention Little Red River
Chapters over 100: 1 Akansa; 2 Jonesboro.
Americanism
Chapter Achievement Awards
Children of the American Revolution
Enrolled new Members
1 Jonesboro; 2 Maria Van Buren; 3 Provincia de la Sal;4 Robert Crittenden
Outstanding Event
1 Chicot Trace 1st place Dallas County Fair for educational booth
Hospitality
Marion enlists CAR society to assist members at State Conference, attend DAR
Meetings and a Real Daughter Dedication
Major Jacob Gray invited ASCAR to serve August BOM meeting
Community Service Awards
1 Carmen Susan Bell Abendschone
2 South Central Carmen Susan Bell Abendschone
2 Robert Alan Megahan Akansa
3 Kay Martin Tate's Bluff
3 Jerry Bolin General William Lewis
Conservation
Constitution Week
Most Proclamations (10) Jonesboro; Most Events (20) Benjamin Culp; Most
Number of Articles (24) Akansa; Most Square Feet of Displays (154) Chicot Trace;
Most Broadcast Minutes (510) Strawberry River; Outstanding Activities: John
Percifull, Akansa, Chicot Trace, and Benjamin Culp.
DAR Good Citizen
DAR Magazine
DAR Museum
DAR Scholarship
Sponsoring Students for scholarships:, Akansa, Jonesboro, Colonel David Love,
Major Jacop Gray, General William Lewis, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Post, and Benjamin
Culp.
Sponsoring students for NSDAR scholarships: Chicot Trace, Little Red River and
Persis Lovely
Awarding Chapter Sponsored Scholarships ($3687): Akansa, Chicot Trace,
Dardanelle Rock, General William Lewis, John Percifull, Jonesboro, Little Red
River, Major Jacob Gray, Persis Lovely, Pine Bluff, Robert Crittenden, and Tate's
Bluff.
Making extra donation to NSDAR Scholarship Fund($1215): Akansa, Dardanelle
Rock, Marion, and Ozark Mountain.
DAR School
DAR Service for Veterans The Flag of the United States of
America
Genealogical Records
Historical Preservation
Chapters under 50: 1 Major Jacob Gray; 2 Texarkana; 3 General William Lewis
Chapters 50-100: 1 Harrison Colony; 2 Maria Van Buren.
Chapters over 100: 1 Marion; 2 Akansa.
Junior American Citizens
Most number of children involved in all JAC Activities ~Chapters up to 49 members: 1st-Robert Crittenden, 2nd-Persis Lovely, 3rd-John Percifull ~Chapters 50-99 members: 1st-Charlevoix ~Chapters over 100 members: 1st- Jonesboro, 2nd- Marion Most number of Contest Entries submitted to State ~Chapters up to 49 members: 1st-Robert Crittenden, 2nd- Persis Lovely, 3rd- James Bright ~Chapters 50-99 members: 1st- Charlevoix ~Chapters over 100 members: 1st-Jonesboro, 2nd-Marion Most pictures/articles published: ~Chapters up to 49 members: 1st- Robert Crittenden, 2nd- John Percifull ~Chapters over 100 members: 1st- Jonesboro, 2nd- Marion New Participation at State Level: Strawberry River
Junior Membership
Most new Junior Members: Arkansas Post & Little Rock/Centennial
Target Marketing: Marion
Kid friendly approach to meetings: Ozark Mountains
Lineage Research
Membership
Membership Contest Essay: Sylvia Lynch Matthews (Akansa)
National Defense
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Program
1 Chicot Trace; 2 Abendschone
Public Relations and Media
Best Newsletter: 1 Marion; 2 Arkansas Post; 3 Akansa.
Best Media Coverage: 1 Cadron Post & Tate's Bluff; 2 Chicot Trace; 3 Major
Jacob Gray. Honorable Mention: Abendschone, Benjamin Culp, Captain Nathan
Watkins, Dardanelle Rock, General William Lewis, Maria Van Buren, Robert
Crittenden and Strawberry River.
Best Print Media Campaign: 1 Akansa; 2 Chicot Trace; 3 Cadron Post.
Best Overall Public Relations for chapters over 50 members: 1 Akansa; 2
Harrison Colony; 3 Maria Van Buren.
best Overall Public Relations for chapters under 50 members: 1 Robert
Crittenden; 2 Strawberry River; 3 Major Jacob Gray.
Seimes Technology Center
The Flag of the United States of America
Chapters 12-39 members: 1 John Percifull; 2 Benjamin Culp.
Chapters 40-99 members: 1 Chicot Trace; 2 Major Jacob Gray; 3 Tate's
Bluff; 3 Strawberry River.
Chapter 100+ members: 1 Akansa; 2 Jonesboro.
Volunteer Information Specialists
Special award: Martha Poplin for her years of dedication
Chapters less than 50 members: Nita McDonald (Benjamin Culp); Rochelle
Cockran (John Percifull), Mary Jackson (Texarkana).
Chapters 50-99 members: Patty Windle (Dardanelle Rock), Barbara Coleman (Fort
Smith), Sally Jo Gibson (Harrison Colony).
Chapters 100+: Betty Korbus (Akansa), Gale Markley (Jonesboro), Janie McKinney
(Marion).
Chapter Development & Revitalization
Commemorative Events
Chapters 0-49 members: Chicot Trace.
Chapters 50-100 members: Harrison Colony.
Chapters 100+ members: Akansa
DAR Genealogy Preservations
Arkansas Post: Marilyn Hembrick Sickel, Elizabeth Robnett Simmons, Jerri Jones
Townsend. Chicot Trace: Virginia Wood Frost. Jonesboro: JoAnn Roth Cooper,
Susan Mays Dacus. Little Red River: Fran Ruth Marvin Pearson. Ozark Mountains:
Valerie Ezell Scott. Major Jacob Gray: Shirley Hawkins Harrington, Carole Falkner
Villarreal. Prudence Hall: Frankie Young Holt. Strawberry River: Ruth McHenry
Ashcraft.
DAR Project Patriot
Most activities/projects supporting goals of DAR.Members 0-40 :Grand Prairie;
members 41-80: Major Jacob Gray & Harrison Colony. Members over 80: Akansa
Most items sent to Landstuhl Medical Center . Members 0-40: Ozark Mountains.
members 41-80: Robert Crittenden. Members over 80: Akansa.
Most money for Project Patriot activities. Members 0-40: Independence County
and Ozark Mountains. Members 41-80: Harrison Colony & Robert Crittenden.
Members over 80-Akansa.
Best Overall Chapter in support of Project Patriot: Akansa
DAR Speaker's Staff
1 Susan Veal; 2 Sheila Beatty; and 3 Sue Thompson.
Friends of the Library
Insignia
Literacy Promotion Committee
Arkansas won an award from NSDAR South Central Division for Outstanding
Service of a State.
Individual DAR Member Contributions: Shirley Barham (Cadron Post); Tanna Clark
(Benjamin Culp).
Outstanding DAR Chapter Contributions: Abendschone, Akansa, Benjamin Culp,
Cadron Post, Captain Nathan Watkins, General William Lewis, Independence
County, Marion, Ozark Mountains, and Tate's Bluff.
Historical Marker Book
Colonel David Love and Marion
President General's Project
3rd Year 100% in President General's Project: Arkadelphia, Captain Basil Gaither,
Chicot Trace, Colonel David Love, Gilbert Marshall, Hot Springs of Arkansas, James
Bright, John Percifull, Little Red River, Lovely Purchase, Pine Bluff, and Robert
Crittenden.
Protocol
Volunteer Genealogist
Woman's Issues
State Historian
Revolutionary War Markers:
Old Washington Cemetery (Eli Collins, John Holman, James Williams) : Benjamin
Culp, John Cain, Mine Creek-Paraclifta, and Texarkana.
Camden (Priscilla Elliott): Akansa, Benjamin Culp, Cadron Post, Chicot Trace, and
Tate's Bluff;
Columbus (Edward Johnson): Benjamin Culp.
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Camden REAL daughter (SarahMcGill): Akansa, Benjamin Culp, John McAlmont,
Major Jacob Gray, and Tate's Bluff.
Wreaths on Patriot's graves (George and Anderson Tate): Tate's Bluff
Fayetteville, Evergreen Cemetery REAL daughter (Catherine Robards Stirman):
Marion
Maintenance of Historical Marker (Willie Hock) designer of Arkansas State Flag:
Pine Bluff .
Texarkana Memorial Marker at Arkansas Tourist Bureau.
State Registrar
New Members: Chapters 0-50 members: 1 Ozark Mountains; 2 Major Jacob
Gray; 3 Little Rock/Centennial; Chapters 51-100 members: 1 Tate's Bluff; 2
Robert Crittenden; 3 Colonel David Love. Chapter Over 100: 1 Marion; 2
Akansa.
Supplements: 1 Arkansas Post; 2 John Cain; 3 Colonel David Love.
Outstanding Chapter Registrar: Jeanette Frahm, Akansa.
Veteran's History Project
NSDAR LITERACY PROMOTION COMMITTEE SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION
2010 CONTEST JUDGE’S RESULTS
OUTSTANDING SERVICE OF A STATE:
1. KANSAS
2. ARKANSAS
3. TEXAS 6
Announcement
American History Essay Contest Themes
2010-2011
The themes for the American History and Christopher Columbus Essay Contests for the 2010-2011 school year have been released, so that chapters may communicate with local schools before the end of the current year. For details, please visit the Members web site at http://members. dar.org/committe es/history/ index.htm
NSDAR Building Hours during Continental Congress
The plan is to be open on Friday, July 2nd
but closed
on Saturday and Sunday, July 3rd
and 4th. However,
special arrangements will be made on Saturday
between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. for chairmen and others
who require access in order to set up for activities
on Monday.
DAR GREAT PLAINS AND GRAND PRAIRIE
TEA DURING CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 2010
As you may know, Arkansas Daughters join with
the Daughters of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South
Dakota and Wisconsin for the DAR GREAT PLAINS
AND GRAND PRAIRIE TEA. The tea will take
place at the J. W. Marriott Hotel on Wednesday, July
7, from 3:30 until 5:30 p.m. If you want Tea invitations sent to your friends,
please notify Sue Thompson, 315 West Allen Avenue,
Springdale, AR 72764 or email
[email protected]. The deadline is May 15.
Remember to send the following information:
Your name, address, email address and phone
number
Your friend's names, addresses, email
addresses and phone numbers
Remember, you will be responsible for the cost of
your guest's tickets. Tickets are $46.00 and will not
be sold during Continental Congress.
DID YOU KNOW THAT AKANSA AND
HARRISON COLONY ASDAR ARE NOW
LISTED AS FOUNDING PARTNERS WITH
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS VETERANS
HISTORY PROJECT? THESE TWO DAR
CHAPTERS HAVE JOINING WITH A DAR
CHAPTER IN INDIANA WHO HAS ALSO
COMMITTED TO BEING A PARTNER (25
INTERVIEWS A YEAR). ONLY 3 DAR
CHAPTERS IN THE WORLD HAVE MADE
THIS COMMITMENT AND TWO ARE IN
ARKANSAS.
AKANSA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO DO THIS WITH JEANNE &JEFF MEEK.
THE SITE HAS AS LAST COUNT 107
INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY JEFF &
JEANNE.
Announcement
See Your DAR Photos Featured at Congress
A picture is worth a thousand words! The sentiment behind this saying has never been more true. In an age when people’s attention spans are
getting shorter, photos are a great way to catch someone’s eye and tell a story when they might have just glazed over a bunch of words.
Good photographs are a great way to share with the public all the amazing work that DAR chapters are doing and the
variety of members involved. DAR Headquarters needs your help in gathering more contemporary photos to show
examples of the true foundation of our Society – our local members hard at work.
Members, chapters, states – send in your favorite photos of Daughters, local events, volunteer activities, etc – and you
will help spread the word about the great work that DAR does in communities across the country and around the world.
These photos will go in a database for possible inclusion in upcoming promotional materials, including a special feature at
this year's Continental Congress.
The most compelling photos are of members in action, bringing to life the objectives of historical preservation, education
and patriotism and showing the broad range of activities in which DAR members can participate. Examples include:
Volunteering at schools or VA hospitals
Naturalization ceremonies
Dedications or memorials
Events at your chapter’s or state’s historic properties
Assembling care packages for troops
Award and scholarship presentations
Educational programs
Unique chapter events
Photos used for promotional purposes must be extremely high quality, both in artistic composition as well as technically.
Please make sure that photos are clear, well-lit, high-resolution, and not grainy or pixilated. One sure way to provide
great photos is if your chapter has had a professional photographer at an event, or can acquire photos from a newspaper
that covered an event.
By sending in your photos, you agree to allow the National Society to use them in any future print, video or online
publications. Please obtain the appropriate permissions from everyone pictured before sending the photo, and include
their names and a description of the activity. Only send duplicates of your photos because physical photos or photo CDs
cannot be returned.
Please email photos to [email protected], or mail photos or a photo CD to:
Public Relations Office
NSDAR
1776 D Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
We look forward to seeing – and sharing – all the exciting work you are doing
Dear Daughters
I want to thank you for all your help and patience as I compiled the DAR News. I have enjoyed meeting you
whether it was in person or online. DAR is a wonderful organization and it does such good works for our
community. It is so true that "Arkansas needs DAR".
Sincerely,
Ann Presley
From the Chapters
Abendschone
Abendschone Chapter nominated Carman Susan Bell for a
Community Service Award for her work in getting ECHO
started in Eureka Spring, Ar. ECHO stands for Eureka
Christian Health Outreach. It is a free health clinic that
extends medical services to those in the Eureka Springs area
who cannot afford health care. It is staffed with at least one
Doctor, several nurses, a Pharmacist, and a lot of volunteers.
They also serve an evening meal before the clinic opens up.
The meals are furnished by local churches and other
organizations and served by volunteers from those groups.
They have just moved in to their own building that also has a
thrift shop, coffee bar and bookstore. Carman Susan Bell was
on the Oprah Show some time in the late fall or winter before
she was on the Dr. Oz Show. They were featured on the Dr. Oz
Show this winter. Several of our chapter members are regular
volunteers; putting in many hours with ECHO. The chapter won
First Place, State in Community Service and Second Place
South Central District-Community Service. Our chapter
member Sherry Kerr did all the paper work to get Suzie's name
placed in nomination. Sherry has been a volunteer with ECHO
since its inception in 2005.
Fort Smith
The Fort Smith Chapter of DAR presented Good Citizen
Awards to students from Greenwood High School, Van Buren
High School, and Union Christian Academy in Fort Smith.
Pictured are two of the three students with Good Citizen
Chairman Shirley Perez at the February meeting of the Fort
Smith Chapter.
JROTC Awards were presented in April to one student
each in ceremonies at Alma, Van Buren, Greenwood and Fort
Smith Northside high schools.
Our annual salad supper was held May 3 with twenty-
one members and three guests. Our program, “The Presence of
the Past, A History of Fort Smith,” was a colorful presentation
of Fort Smith history from 1817 through Judge Parker‟s days.
Displays included photos of students studying various aspects
of Fort Smith‟s history, along with quilts and artifacts.
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Captain Basil Gaither
The Capt. Basil Gaither Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution awarded three students from Pulaski
Academy for excellence in American History. These students
are: Caroline Fortson, Emily Shull, and James Hughes. Twenty-
five dollar checks and certificates were awarded to the
students and a thank you to their teacher, Nancy Schaefer in
appreciation for the hard work of these 8th grade students,
Kathy Webb, State Representative donated an American Flag
and an Arkansas Flag to Pulaski Academy Middle School on
behalf of the chapter. History is alive in Little Rock!
Major Jacob Gray
Major Jacob Gray Chapter NSDAR awarded its 2nd $500
chapter scholarship to Brittany Briswalter, a senior at Cabot
High School. Brittany will be studying nursing at the University
of Central Arkansas this fall.
Jonesboro
Jonesboro Chapter in attendance at State Conference
Front Gale Markley, Vice Regent, State American History
Chair; Jo Ann Cooper, Regent, State VIS Chair; Carolyn
Atkinson, Historian, State American Heritage Chair Back
Welda Hunt, Librarian; Barbara Dacus; Sarah Dacus, Registrar;
Elizabeth Parsons, Page.
Contest winners with teachers from Buffalo Island School
System in attendance at Jonesboro Chapter DAR Meeting,
February 23, 2010.
Pictured from left are Nicole Stewart, BIC East Elementary
Principal; Julie Thompson, sixth grade student; Carolyn
Atkinson, DAR member; Kasey Davis, sixth grade student; and
Jill Sanders, Social Studies Teacher.
Tate's Bluff
Tate‟s Bluff Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution
Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Tate‟s Bluff DAR Chapter members and friends gathered
Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Tate Cemetery near Tate‟s Bluff on
the Ouachita River to honor the grave sites of Anderson and
George Tate, Revolutionary War soldiers. A short service was
held at the cemetery, followed by a luncheon at the river home
of Jean Smith, one of the Chapter organizing members and
former Chapter Regent. Alfred Smith also served as host.
State DAR Regent, Mary Lee Schultz of Cabot, joined the
group for the event and presented a program on the early
history of DAR. Emma Jean Wood, Jean Smith, and Barbara
Morton gave highlights of the organizing of the Chapter and
the Tate‟s Bluff Chapter first year. The Chapter currently has
sixty six active members. The Chapter encourages Patriotism,
Education, Historical Preservation, and Genealogy through local
projects and yearly events.
Prudence Hall
Betty Harp presented the book Forgotten Patriots to Jeff
Baskin, Librarian at the Laman Library in North Little Rock.
Betty Harp presents the NSDAR Conservation Award to Ed
McDonald for his important work with Monarch butterflies.
PROJECT PATRIOT
". . . the most important program of the year."
DAR Project Patriot is the official Daughters of the
American Revolution committee that supports America’s
service personnel in current conflicts abroad. As you can
see in the photo on the left, Sylvia Matthews and Sheila
Beatty worked as a tag team in explaining the myriad of
ways the Akansa Chapter of the DAR "Akansa Soldier
Squad" works to help our military - past and present. This
group serves our Active Duty Military by being present at
deployments, welcome homes, and ceremonies honoring
soldiers as they return. They also provide the honor guard
for fallen soldiers, send gifts with the "Any Soldier" Project,
and send out holiday mail to soldiers. Veterans are not
forgotten by this Patriot Project. This group has collected
thousands of dollars of in-kind donations for the VA
Hospital; they work with the Wounded Warrior project,
provide Veteran's Day Programs, and support Wreaths
Across America. In the special project category, they
provide "pocket" flags for veterans (They gave one to each
Veteran present in our audience -pictured here is Leif
Ericson receiving a pocket
flag from Sheila Beatty), they
have collected clothes and
toys for "Tyler's Kids" (A
soldier, Tyler, noticed the
many needs of children in Iraq
- and he asked for assistance
for them.) The Patriot Project
also has sent school supplies
to children in Afghanistan and Iraq. Larry
Averill honored these two women by awarding each
of them Rotary's highest honor, a Paul Harris Fellow Award.
A Paul Harris Fellow award occasionally is made to non-
Rotarians for outstanding public service. Larry is correct
that these two clearly deserve this award. As Larry
remarked, "They are everywhere when it comes to our
troops." Sylvia and Sheila established the Soldier Squad,
have traveled over 10,000 miles supporting our active duty
personnel and our veterans, and work tirelessly for Project
Patriot.
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Project Patriot
All,
I just wanted to send out a few lines to update everyone on the
1037th. As you all know, we were stuck in Wisconsin longer than
expected before departing to Afghanistan. Well, we are finally
to our permanent location. We have been here for about a
month or so now, and are up and running missions doing what we
were trained to do. I really can‟t go into specifics, but I can
tell you our Arkansas boys are doing a fantastic job. When we
first got into country, we had to spend some extra time at
Kandahar Airfield getting our equipment fielded. While doing
so, we had to deal with some trucks that came from Iraq and
weren‟t in the best of shape. SFC Greg Stanley and his
maintenance team worked many long days getting the
equipment up to par to keep our soldiers safe. My hat is off to
that team as they showed everyone here that they knew their
stuff. I would also like to point out that our commo NCO, SGT
Jeremy Ervin and his team worked hand in hand with the
maintenance team getting all of the cammo gear installed and
functioning. I wish that everyone at home could see that our
boys worked circles around any active duty unit that had
better equipment. Once we finally got to move out and start
running missions, these boys excelled. I‟m sure the ones that
have been home on leave have been talking us up, and I am here
to tell you that it is all true, every word. LTC Seats and CPT
Mason and the entire 875th should be proud of how the 1037th
is representing the 875th and the entire state of Arkansas. I
would thank everyone, but I would leave someone out, so I will
tell the entire area Thanks for all of the support. Please take
these words to heart when I say again that everyone should be
proud of our soldiers, the families and friends, and the entire
Jonesboro and surrounding communities. We are doing our job
and doing it well. We are head and shoulders above our peers
and intend to stay that way. The morale of the soldiers is high
and keeps climbing. During this time, we have had some new
fathers, some new husbands, some new grandfathers, and some
new uncles. Keep the good news coming, we love to hear stories
from home.
Thanks again for your time.
CPT Bradley J. Smart
Commander
1037th Route Clearance Company
From the Sentinel-Record, Sunday March 28, 2010 page 8B
Letters to the Editor:
“SEAL team‟s „heartfelt thanks‟
Dear Editor:
On March 24, I, along with 50 of my teammates from
the Naval Special Warfare community, had the distinct honor
of visiting Hot Springs to attend the memorial service of our
fallen teammate, Chief (SEAL) Adam Brown. Adam needs no
introduction to your audience. Throughout the day, each of us
in uniform was thanked countless times for our service to the
nation by the citizens of Hot Springs. In reality, it is we who
must thank your town.
The members of our team live in an isolated world. We
work in remote areas and our efforts, both mental and physical,
move quickly from one enemy target to the next. We know in
our hearts that these efforts are important, but it is easy to
forget the true reason behind what we do. Yesterday, in your
town, we were reminded of what lies at the heart of our
efforts.
We sat in a church filled with Adam‟s friends, family
and loved ones. In that sanctuary, we saw the piece of America
this is worth fighting and dying for. In our drive to Adam‟s
gravesite, we saw countless numbers of your townsfolk lining
the streets, holding American flags high and saluting as Adam
passed through. In their actions, we were reminded of what
makes our nation great.
At Adam‟s final resting place, we saw rows of your
citizens quietly paying their final respects to our fallen
brother. In their faces, we saw our own wives and children, our
own parents and loved ones and we knew that Adam would be
remembered in Hot Springs as the hero he is.
For all that, we send you our deepest respect and
heartfelt thanks.
In deepest regard,
The Warriors of Naval Special Warfare”
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Captain Brad Smart, commander of the Arkansas
National Guard 10Sorry I have not gotten back to you
yet. You can send it to me and I will distribute. Things
we need are shaving razors and/or blades, shaving
cream, body wash, beef jerky, etc. We greatly
appreciate anything you guys send. Please don't feel
obligated to send anything. If you choose too, thank
you very much.
Smart, Brad
1037th RCC, 105th EN BN
FOB WILSON
APO AE 0935537th Route Clearance Company wrote
Hillside School
We invite all DAR members to join us for a day of tribute to
the invaluable connection between your organization
and Hillside School. DAR Day will take place on Saturday,
November 6, 2010 in combination with another favorite
Hillside event: Farm Day. We know you will enjoy the
opportunity to visit our campus farm and to meet other Hillside
community members, supporters, neighbors, and friends. An
invitation, with event details and RSVP information, will be
mailed at the start of the next academic year.
State Conference Pictures
Crowley Ridge SAR Color
Guard
New Cameo Officers: Sarah Dacus, Jonesboro Chapter,
Historian Louise Wisener, Akansa Chapter, Treasurer MarJo
Dill, Pine Bluff Chapter, Rec. Secretary Vive Allen, Harrison
Colony Chapter, Vice President Susan Railsback, John
McAlmont Chapter, President.
Change of Addresses
Mary Lee Schultz 49 Lindulake Drive
Cabot, Arkansas 72023-9325
501-941-5259
(Email remains the same:
maryleeschultz@ yahoo.com)
Volunteer Field Genealogists Training
October 12-13, 2010 Norman, OK
Volunteer Field Genealogists (VFG)workshops
are held in various locations around the
nation. Training is given in the proper
completion and documentation standards
required by the DAR for verification of
applications. Graduates of this class may
then share this information by leading
workshops at the local level. Training is
conducted by staff genealogists from DAR
Headquarters in Washington, D.C. While this
program is geared to DAR members, anyone may
attend. Registration Form Volunteer Field Genealogists Workshop October 12-13, 2010 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center 2501 Conference Dr Norman, OK 73069
norman.embassysuites.com 405-364-8040 or 1-800-embassy Please make your own hotel reservations.
The DAR rate is $130/night
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Good Citizen Winners for 2010
Akansa Chapter Top: Victoria Lynn Bell with parents Nathan & Phyllis Bell (Mena High). Middle: Mason Cole Qualls with parents Thomas & Rebecca Qualls (Fountain Lake High). Bottom: Alexander Dimitrl Fergadis with parents Dimitre & DianeFergadis (Jessieville High).
Other winners: Micah Thompson (Umpire High); James Ira Stone (Delight
High); Chantavong Mark Vilavanh (Western Yell County High); and
Samantha Jewell (Van Cove High).
Captain Basil Gaither Chapter
Regent Linda Ferstl,Joshua David Jones from Pulaski Academy and Lorna Kirkpatarick from Arkansas Baptist High School and Robert Dudley from Catholic High were entrants (Robert not pictures)
Tate's Bluff Chapter
Included in the photo are: Rachelle Sorrells, counselor NGHS; Alexia
Forbes( Harmony Grove High; Clara Freeland, Chapter Chair; Amelia
Lindsey (Camden Fairview High) winner; and Peggy Burton, CFHS
Principal.
Colonel David Love Chapter
Annette Rawls Sandy Funderburg – essay coordinator Quinn Ranahan – Good Citizen
Abendschone Chapter
Baltazar Lemus (Eureka Springs
High)
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Chicot Trace
Caitlin Buchannan of Fordyce
Little Red River
Vice Regent Fritzie Statler present award Sarah Martin of Beebe as her
mother, Jackie Martin, looks on.
Marion Chapter
Back row left to right: Justin Bramall from Greenland High School, Reid Joseph from Har-Ber High School, Zachary Schrock from Prairie Grove High School and Courtney Rees from West Fork High School. Front row left to right: Sue Thompson, DAR Good Citizen Chairman for Marion Chapter NSDAR, Olivia Wood from Elkins High School, Annemarie Beck from Fayetteville High School, Dilma Pena from Springdale High School, and Jeanne Tackett, Marion Chapter Regent. Caitlin Mitchell of Lincoln High School is not pictured
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Charlevoix Chapter
Justin Lynn Hopper-- Nicole Spiers Marcus -
Armorel High School Manila High School
Alayna Marie Bell - Rivercrest High School
Brooke A. Siegler -
Blytheville High School
Callie Elizabeth Wright - Gosnell High School
Darian Darshun Dyson- Osceola High School
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Major Jacob Gray Chapter
Kayla Lashun Drone
North Pulaski High School
Justin Allen Blankenship, Cabot High
Alana Beth Whatley, Jacksonville High
Texarkana Chapter
Left to Right: Larissa Powell of Arkansas High School and Whitney Davis
of Genoa High School.
General William Lewis
Terrence Heaggans of Morrilton High
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Robert Crittenden
Chapter
Laura Foster with Dylan McVay, West Memphis Christian School
Fort Smith Chapter
From left: Rebel Clay of Greenwood High, DAR Good Citizens Chairman
Shirley Perez, Hannah Smith
Arkansas Post
Alexis Aufderheide and her mother Margo. 15
Dardanelle Rock
Dardanelle High School senior Mazie Pyburn and Chair Lee Ann Daniels.
State Winner
Junelle Mongo (Major Jacob Gray), State Regent Mary Lee
Schultz,Justin Allen Blankenship (Cabot High), Principal
Zanya Clarkson, Guidance Counselor Jayne Synder, and
Good Citizen Chair Martha Koon.
Attention District Directors
Your Junior Membership Chairman
wants to come to your District
meeting to sell Junior Membership
items.
Contact Leeann Mobley at [email protected]
New Members ...as April 30, 2010
ABENDSCHONE Virginia Hansen AKANSA Cynthia Cerenzie Kaylene Farthing Caroline Gann Jennifer Gann Cindy Henry Thea Kocher ARKANSAS POST Dana Niemeier Debra Shea BENJAMIN CULP Janice Harrison Sally Kalkbrenner Martha Steed INDEPENDENCE COUNTY Charlotte Poliquin JOHN PERCIFULL Janice Meyers LITTLE RED RIVER Stacey Allen Amy Taylor LITTLE ROCK/CENTENNIAL Charlotte Alexander LOVELY PURCHASE Jean Olsen MAJOR JACOB GRAY Cody Ellis MARION Mary Holt PINE BLUFF Laura Fuger TATES BLUFF Jimmie Beavers Catherine Landers Glaze Catherine Dru Glaze
Transfers in: CHARLEVOIX Agnes O'Neal from TN Mary Wimberley from TN JAMES BRIGHT Sarah Clark from Little Red River JAMES K. POLK Nancy Leffel from Member at Large
MINE CREEK-PARACLIFTA Judy Hile from TN
PRUDENCE HALL Laura Lafferty from Major Jacob Gray ROBERT CRITTENDEN Sandra Logan from TN
We Hold In Memory...reported January 16,2010 through May 15,
2010.
"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
Margaret Pratt Schank 3/6/2010
HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS
Emily Condit IrvineSimpson 3/9/20110
ARKANSAS POST
Yvonne Amonette Armstrong 2/25/2010
JOHN MC ALMONT
Patricia Ann Barnes Eddins 5/2/2010
JONESBORO
Frances Rorex Burris 4/25/2010
Hervey Lee Wallace Howington 2/14/2010
Marie L. Parker (Inactive) 1/15/2010
Willie Van Horn (Inactive) 1/13/2010
WILLIAM STRONG
Bevery "Pete" Burnett (Inactive) 4/6/2010
MARION
Marguerite Karnes Deaton (Inacative) 1/16/2010
ENOCH ASHLEY
Mary Cummings Jongeward 4/19/2010
STRAWBERRY RIVER
Loretta Catherine Rooker Taylor-Buddhu 2/9/2010
CHARLEVOIX
Ruby Nell Bevill Huntzicker 1/8/2010
JAMES K. POLK
Eva Sherman Furr 3/13/2010
CADRON POST
Frances Caroline Smith LaFace 3/21/2010
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MARIA VAN BUREN
Opal Chandler Kidd Koone (Inactive) 3/6/2010
COLONEL DAVID LOVE
Peggy Jane Culbertson Carter 2/11/2010
MEMBER AT-LARGE
Helen Elizabeth Polk Wolf 1/27/2010
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MEMORIALS AND HONORARIUMS
State Regent's Project Honorarium for Mary Lee Schultz Cameo Society Honorarium for Mary Lee Schultz State Officers Club Honorarium for Col. Patricia Anslow Chapter Regent's Club Memorial for Dewey Snowden Grand Prairie Chapter Memorial for Jerry Waymire Mary Deere through Provinia de La Sal Memorial for Beverly "Pete" Barnett Robert Crittenden Chapter Project Patriot Honorarium for Sheila Beatty Junelle Mongno through Major Jacob Gray Arkansas State Society C.A.R. Honorarium for Barbara Mitchell John McAlmont Chapter Arkansas State Society Student Scholarship Endowment Fund Memorial for Frances LaFace Cadron Post Chapter Memorial for Sue Brian Jo Kilduff Honorarium for Donna Davis John McAlmont Chapter Honorarium for Susan Veal Major Jacob Gray Chapter Memorial for Frances LaFace Jo Kilduff through Cadron Post Chapter Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Memorial for Jerry Waymire Sally Yarberry through Provincia de La Sal 17
Arkansas DAR Room Memorial for Frances LaFace Berry Korbus through Akansa Chapter Tamassee DAR School General Fund Honorarium for Bob Jolly Akansa Chapter Honorarium for Chuck Fuller Chicot Trace Chapter Hillside DAR School General Fund Memorial for Margaret Schank Akansa Chapter
ROTC AWARDS
Dardanelle Rock
Outstanding Senior ROTC student was C/CSM Aaron Anderson.
Outstanding Junior Cadet C/CPT Katelyn James
Major Jacob Gray
Cadet Lt. Colonel Meagan Byerley at the Beebe ROTC Dining Out. Presenting the award were Charlotte Huntley, National Defense Chairman, and Junelle Mongno, Chapter Regent
Cadet Jenna Sneed at the Cabot High School
Jonesboro
Heather Dapp receiving the ROTC Award at ASU
on April 17, 2010 Presented by Jo Ann Cooper, Regent
James Bright
ROTC chairman, Diane Jones, presented the medal to William Fleming, a history major at the University of AR Apr 22, 2010.
Tate's Bluff
Thomas Adam James
Prudence Hall
Bonnie Clough presents ROTC Medal to North Little Rock High School student Michelle Phillips.
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