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President’s Message Fall 2018

Kenneth McInnis

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How in the world did this happen?

Granted I’ve served in many capacities since first joining the Clan MacInnes Society - back in 1981 - starting with being “Mary’s boy” (founder Mary Faulk), which included having t-shirts and stickers made; mailing out Clan tent boxes (only a couple back then); assisting with the newsletter, and driving Mary to/from multiple games and assisting over the years; then onward to being a Commissioner and, ultimately, Vice President four times. I’d say in those first few years that Mary and I hit upwards of 8-10 games and festivals per year.

Well, everything had calmed down and I thought I had reached my pinnacle until that fateful day when I received a call from Norm – head of the nomination committee – asking if I would be willing to serve as President. After the moment of numbness wore off and the wife’s laughter died down, I happily accepted.

The nomination couldn’t have come at a better time as well. My life has slowed down considerably (note the sarcasm) as all I am doing now is serving as Commander for Turner Ashby Commandery No. 35 (Masons/Knights Templar); Companion Captain of the Host for Warren Chapter No. 5 (Royal Arch Masons); President of Bull Run Chapter, Roughnecks Motorcycle Club (Public Safety MC), and probably the most time consuming….Head Coach of the Fauquier High School Girl’s Lacrosse Program which

is like having 40 daughters. Seriously, think about that for a minute. Oh yeah – and I am still working or at least will be until this December when I have decided to retire since working is starting to get in the way of all my hobbies.

Honestly, I am pleased and humbled to be your President/representative and will try my best to keep abreast of all things MacInnes. There are a number of ideas in the works and swirling around in my head, but before I make the leap I first need to bring myself up to speed on the mechanics of how things are done within the IACM and will be working with all the officers to ensure we are on the same page. I will also be asking you – yes, all of you – what you want to see in our future besides just a newsletter showing up in your inbox and a place to sit at various highland games around the country.

That said, one of my first actions is to form the Past Presidents Advisory Council (PPAC): John McInnis, Norman MacInnis and Malcom McInnis. This appointment was based on the number of items all three are currently working for the IACM, as well as their experience, positive influence, overall guidance and past service.

CONTENTS

President’s MessagePages 2-3

Best Weekend Ever - 2018 AGMPages 5-8

Australia BeatPage 9

Canada BeatPage 10

Scotland BeatPage 11

The MagicPages 12-13

My GMHG ReunionPage 13

From the Tents/Member NewsPage 14

John MacInnesPages 15-17

To Us It’s Famous - Part SixPages 18-20

Aftermath of the ‘45 - Culloden Battle on Morvern 1

Flowers of the Forest Page 22

Officer’s Directory Page 23

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One of the first items the PPAC will work is the proper use of our Crest. I still see IACM members purchasing items from vendors with the MacInnes of Malagawatch crest that depicts the MacInnes tartan clad arm grasping a bow with the motto: Ghift dhe Agus an Righ. I have even noticed on Facebook that people are getting this crest tattooed on themselves. Hate to say this, but this is the wrong crest. This is the crest that was issued with the grant of arms to Murdoch MacInnis of Malagawatch and matriculated to his son – William John MacInnis. This crest is THEIR personal property. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs unfortunately and incorrectly decreed this crest as the suitable crest for the Clan MacInnes.

Want some even better news and wonder why the PPAC has to work on the proper use of our crest? The Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland has decreed that the IACM’s Crest with the motto MacAonghais a-rithist can be used as the CLAN MACINNES crest…The bad news: It is not be used with the belt and buckle which is used by clansmen wearing the Chief’s crest. The IACM Crest or Association Crest should be used with a plain circlet inscribed with the Association’s motto or slogan. The reason for NO strap and buckle – no one can be the Kinsman of a Club. The Association is the Armiger, so members of the association may wear the crest as a form of livery badge. The Clan Thompson Society has recently received arms and they were just advised the same thing. Problem is – they had 1,000 crest badges made and are not too pleased.

Finally, speaking of Armigers – which actually means: “one entitled to bear heraldic arms”, I announced at our July AGM that Malcom McInnis and I had our petitions approved by the Court of the Lord Lyon, and Letters Patent are in the process of being matriculated and painted for both of us. We first discussed the requirements for obtaining our own arms with John McKinney at the 2017 AGM picnic dinner where we hosted Clan MacKinnon. John put us in touch with respected expert Dr. Bruce Durie and the rest is history.

In November 2017, Malcom had arms granted to Angus McInnis who immigrated from the Isle of Jura, Scotland and had the arms matriculated to him and I had arms granted to Duncan McInnis of Cumberland County, North Carolina and those arms were matriculated to me. Keep in mind – the Court of the Lord Lyon grants arms to the first individual eligible for arms and even though I presented proofs going back to the Isle of Jura as well – Duncan was living in North Carolina prior to the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 which put him under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Lord Lyon. Once we receive our letters patent we will both provide additional detail.

I would be remiss without thanking all the officers who have recently completed their terms of office. Their commitment, dedication and hard work did not go unnoticed and is appreciated. As for me - John and his predecessors have set high expectations and I look forward to the challenge.

In closing I would like to once again thank you for allowing me the privilege of serving you as President. I will be at the Virginia Highland Games over the Labor Day weekend at The Plains, Virginia and then the Scotland County Highland Games in Laurinburg, North Carolina the 6th of October. Hope to see you at one of these events. MacAonghais a-rithist! Aye, Ken McInnis

This Autumn issue is chockful of news, featuring our Annual General Meeting weekend mid-July at the Grandfather Highland Games. And this season is equally full of holidays. Here’s wishing each and all Happy Autumn…Happy Canadian Thanksgiving October 8…Happy Halloween and Samhain October 31, Happy Thanksgiving USA November 22…and Happy St. Andrews Day on November 30.

Front cover photo courtesy of Steve McKinnis

Editor’s Note: Steve & Donna McKinnis, Acting Editors

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“The Bestest Weekend Ever” 2018 AGM at Grandfather Mountain

by Donna Copen McKinnis

Photos by Bonnie Glenn and Steve McKinnis

That was the enthusiastic pronouncement overheard from a group of elementary-age MacInnes cousins. The adults seconded.

The 48th Clan MacInnes Annual General Meeting during the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville, NC drew a crowd second only to the Fortieth Anniversary AGM in 2010.

And what a crowd. About 100 packed the two Clan tents Saturday…first-timers to Grandfather Games…newbies from the 40th and 45th anniversaries returned…families who have come every year since they joined 25-45 years ago…kids who grew up with the games in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s now headed to college, getting engaged, or bringing their own kids.

The weekend kicked off at Thursday night’s “Torchlight Ceremony”. Cecile Nowatka, who joined at last year’s AGM and associate professor of psychology at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC., proudly carried the Clan MacInnes flag.

On Saturday the MacInnes tents overflowed under sunny skies and near-perfect weather. Three new members joined IACM (see Membership page 14).

Grandfather Games first-timers--all from the 2016 Scotland Clan Tour--reunited with other tour members and met new MacInnes kin. Newcomers were Colleen and Tom Guarraia of Richardson, TX, Dawna Southern of Ozark, AR, and Robert “Mac” and Cookie MacInnis of Indian Orchard, MA.

The Tourist Reunion Group All took the 2016 Scotland Tour and reunited for the first time at GMHG. From left: Leila McInnis, Cookie MacInnis, Michael McGinnis, Colleen Guarraia, Bob “Mac” MacInnis, Dawna Southern and grand-daughter Zoe, 14, and Tom Guarraia.

Cecile Nowatka

GMHG first-timers, Colleen Guarraia, left, and Cookie MacInnis back turned) man the Clan tent’s registration table. This was Colleen’s first-ever Highland games anywhere

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President-elect Ken McInnis brought his family of 12. The Myles MacInnes gang included daughter Lesley and nephew Robert MacFarlane visiting from Scotland with wife Donna and baby Nina. The Bill and Joyce McInnis family were a half dozen, minus three grandchildren. The Neill McInnis family numbered nine, but missing dad Colonel Neill and mom Susan due to health. Other longtime members absent due to health problems included past president Norm MacInnis and outgoing secretary Martha Long and husband Tom.

Saturday evening, 61 members in kilts and tartan attended the annual AGM dinner at the Best Western Hotel in Banner Elk for a “Scottish Feast”.

A highlight of the evening was President John’s award of “The Order of the Golden Bow” medal to William McInnis of Columbia, SC for his many years of outstanding service. Bill set up the Clan’s Database of member genealogies and family histories, and over 30 years grew it to its impressive current 33,350 listings.

Outgoing President John McInnis introduced incoming President Ken McInnis and his 2018-20 officers. Both John and Ken thanked the outgoing officers for their years of committed service.

President Ken’s first official duty was presenting the “John McKinnis 2019 Memorial Scholarship” to John for his eight years as an excellent president. John will work with the Scholarship Committee on guidelines for this special $600 scholarship.

On Sunday, nearly 30 Clan MacInnes members marched in the annual noon Parade of Clans. Mid-afternoon clouds and drizzle sent all packing, with goodbye hugs and waves until next year.

President Ken McInnis, left, smiles as John McInnis—unusually speechless for a minute—learns about the special John McInnis $600 Memorial Scholarship for 2019 in John’s honor.

Bill McInnis (seated, third from left) receives the 2018 Order of the Golden Bow award from President John.

Myles MacInnis and daughter Lesley (both stand-ing at far right) having fun with family and friends, including Myles’ nephew Robert MacFarlane (left in white shirt and thumb up) visiting from Scotland with his family.

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Clan Piper Rachel Benefield-Pfaff leads Clan MacInnes during GMHG’s Parade of Clans on Sunday.

A wee rest for Scot McInnis, wife Sarah, son John and daughter Jordan. Scot, a police officer in Danville, VA, has been coming to GMHG since he was a baby. Scot is the son of President Ken McInnis

Lori McInnis, wife of President Ken, at left, dances with her grandbabies Jordan, rear, and Johnnie, front, as performer Seamus Kennedy knocks out a tune.

Scott McInnis family, with wife Allison, daughter Maren and son Porter. Scott, son of past president Col. Neill and Susan McInnis, has also been a GMHG regular since he was born.

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T.J. Krueger, right, of Riverview, FL joined friends in the tent Saturday, especially Bob “Mac” MacInnis, left. T.J. and wife Mary were on the 2016 Clan Tour with Bob and wife Cookie.

Leila McInnis and boyfriend Ted Nguyen set up the Clan’s two tents Friday. Her dad, Convenor Wade McInnis, held down the main tent the rest of the weekend.

This wandering Fairy Princess sprinkled gold dust in the MacInnes tent.

Piper Rachel begins the AGM dinner.Three wee girls are we. From left: Nina MacFarlane, Jordan McInnis, and Molly Acton.

Wade McInnis, Mid-Atlantic Commissioner and Convenor hosts our tents every summer at GMHG, with cousin Minor Glenn, right, and her photographer daughter Bonnie.

The Scottish Feast buffet included salmon or Shepherd’s Cottage Pie entrée with scones, summer salad, string beans, and Tipsy Laird Trifle for dessert.

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The 2018 Elections ReportThe election of new officers was announced at the 2018 Annual General Meeting, July 14 in Banner Elk, NC. This year’s process was smooth, and thanks must go to the Nominating Committee led by Past President Nor-man MacInnis, to Steve McKinnis for the online voting process, and to Jackie McInnis for serving as the Elec-tion Judge and standing in for Secretary Martha Long. We had a record turnout.

Your new officers are:

President: Ken McInnis Vice President & Director - Communications: Steve McKinnis Secretary: Judith McInnis Treasurer: Karal Perry Director – Cultural: Donna McKinnis Director – Member Services: Eric Perry

This new board took the helm at the close of business at the dinner meeting and has the option to add others later by appointment.

I want to thank all those who served during the past four (or eight) years in director positions: several of the above plus Norman MacInnis, Alton MacInnis, Arvie McGinnis, Jonathan McInnis, Martha Long, Malcolm McIn-nis and Ray McInnes. They did a fine job and many will be called upon again to step up.

Our new President has spent most of his adult life involved with the Association and bridges the years from our Founders to today. He was recently granted Arms by the Lyon Court. He will be making appointments and reaching out to you to take on tasks we need done to assure we will continue.

Congratulations to all.

John McInnis, Immediate Past President

Tuckered out in tartan: Porter McInnis, son of Scott and Allison McInnis.

Tartan, tartan, tartan! At Scottish Highland Games, even service dogs and babies wear tartan. You never know what you might see.

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They’re Dancing Up A StormOur Highland Dancing son and daughter are having a busy season and winning competitions.

Hamish, now age 21, placed 1st at the Australia Commonwealth Championships, followed by his win of 1st at Newcastle Highland Dancing Adult Championships 4 March .

Then he packed his costumes, kilt and dancing shoes for five and half months

of dance studies and competitions in Scotland. At the 9th June North of England Championship, he placed first in Highland Fling, 1st Irish Jig, 2nd Seann Truibhas, 2nd Hornpipe, and overall trophy Adult Section. At the Kenmore Highland Games 4 July in Perthshire, he shared a trophy in Adult Section.

As this newsletter goes to press, he will compete in “The Big One” – the World Highland Dancing Championships during the Cowal Highland Games 23-25 August. Crossing our fingers!

After dancing at the Braemar Highland Games in September, Hamish will head home to Brisbane to begin saving to do it all again in 2019.

Sister Imogen, 19, is also winning trophies. In mid-May she was awarded fourth place at the Moreton Bay Championship near Narangba, QLD. Just a week later on May 27 at the Eastern Australia Championships near Sydney, she won fourth place (19 and over) plus fifth place National Premiership (16 and over).

Imogen is studing nursing at Mater Hospital in Brisbane.

Our family wishes everyone a Happy St. Andrews Day!

North England Championships wins: 1st in Fling, 1st Irish Jig, 2nd Seann Truibhas, 2nd Hornpipe, and overall trophy Adult Section.

Highland Fling shared trophy Adult Section at Kenmore Highland Games, Perthshire.

Coming Events & Highland Games8 Sept: Ipswich Pipe/Drum Championships8-9 Sept: Knox Highland Gathering9 Sept: Armadale Highland Gathering15 Sept: Scots on the Rocks Chaotic Celidh22 Sept: Port Adelaide Highland Dancing Championships24 Sept: Toowong Pipers Society Int’l Pipe Recital 30-10 Oct: Stringmania: Alasdair Frasier w/ Melbourne Fiddlers Club6 Oct: Canberra Burns Club Highland Gathering20-21 Oct: Outlander Fan Gathering21 Oct: Illawarra Scottish Fair4 Nov: Central Coast Scottish Spectacular9-11 Nov: Beechworth Celtic Festival30 Nov: St. Andrews Day nationwide1 Dec: Daylesford Highland Gathering

AUSTRALIA BEAT

Imogen at Champions of Champions Championship 1 April.

by Faith McInnes

Faith McInnes Co-Commissioner Australia/New Zealand

Super happy 4th place at Moreton Bay Championship

Eastern Australian Championship 4th place 19 and over, 5th in National Premiership 16 and over.

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A Bit from BonnieGreetings from hot Nova Scotia. We have had amazing hot weather since the end of June.

Our summer got off to a busy start. The Antigonish Highland Games July 1-8 were a success again. We had a wonderful Clan tent with many visitors. We also had dancing, ancient heavy events, pipe and drum bands, and tug of war. Many visitors experienced the wonderful

hospitality of our little town.

Antigonish also had the privilege of hosting the National Special Olympics the end of July. We hosted over 1,400 athletes and coaches along with 3,000 family members. It was truly an amazing experience. Our heritage was highlighted with a beautiful Cairn built, which will soon be joining our Clan MacInnes Cairn in the city’s Cairn Park. We entertained our guests with a pipe band, and Highland dancers escorted the winners to the podium. Our highland pride was shining all week.

On a personal note, we have a new granddaughter who was born on May 25. Her name is Dylan McKinley MacDonald and she is a beautiful baby.

Happy Autumn! Bonnie

Piping & Celtic Performing Arts College Takes Big Step ForwardThe new Celtic Performing Arts Center at the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada opened July 8 with the showstopper production, Great Scot! Its new 300-seat theatre allows the college to stage indoor

CANADA BEAT

by Bonnie MacInnis

performances, use for fundraising, and partner with other local performing groups.

Located in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, the school added fiddling this year to its almost 30 years of teaching Highland bagpiping, Scottish-style snare drumming, and Island step dancing.

From Clothing to BeerNova Scotia brothers Kevin and Scott Saccary —who founded the popular New Scotland Clothing Company’s line of quality, locally made clothes— have expanded into beer. They started in 2014 selling hoodies and shirts, but knew they also wanted to create high end craft beer using as many local ingredients as possible. And so they formed New Scotland Brewing Company and launched their new taproom with live music this summer with six signature beers.

Coming Events 6-9 Sept: Quebec City Celtic Festival8 Sept: Trenton Scottish-Irish Festival, Quinte W. ONT8-9 Sept: Beach Celtic Festival, Toronto & Colchester Highland Games28-30 Sept: Nova Scotia Harp Festival8 Oct: Happy Thanksgiving! national Canadian holiday8-13 Oct: Celtic Colours Festival, Cape Breton18 Nov: Toronto Annual Church Parade24 Nov: St Andrews Society of Toronto Charity Ball & St Andrews society of Ottawa Dinner Gala30 Nov: Happy St Andrews Day!

Bonnie MacInnisCommissioner, Eastern Canada

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SCOTLAND BEAT

Drives for Autumn ColorsQueen’s View, Perthshire, is one of Scotland’s most photographed. The B8019 is ideal for lochs, mountains and forests--named after Queen Victoria’s 1866 admiring visit.

Fife Coastal Route covers 85 miles from Kincardine to Newport on Tay, with historic towns, Fife’s famous bridges, picturesque fishing villages and beaches still unspoiled.

Killin, Loch Lomand & Trossachs National Park holds spectacular sight and sound with water cascading over rocks and under the bridge. Follow part of the 12-mile route from Killin to Ardtainaig along the famous Rob Roy Way for views over the head of Loch Tay toward Tarmachan Ridge and Ben Lawers range.

Now You Can Find Places in Gaelic Not sure what the Gaelic name on the bilingual road sign means, or its origin? This newish website offers answers: http://www.ainmean-alt.scot

by Donna Copen McKinnis

Scotland’s Latest Landmarks — Grand Buildings & Restorations Mid-September heralds the long-awaited V&A Design Museum in Dundee, including the reassembled 1896 Long Oak Tea Room in Glasgow by Charles Rennie MacIntosh. And Glasgow has been celebrating MacIntosh’s 150th birthday all year.

The £10 million revamp of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is expected to finish late this year, introducing new rooms, a learning center, and extensive interpretation.

The other project slated to finish late this year is Moat Brae, the 1823 Georgian home in Dumfries, birthplace of Peter Pan. Its three-day grand opening festival will be one of the final flagships events for “2018 Year of Young People”. The restored Moat Brae house will serve as a new National Centre for Literature and Storytelling, while the grounds will be reinvented as a Neverland Discovery Garden.

Fall Favorite:20th Wigtown Book Festival This small, sleepy market town in Dumfrieshire transforms during autumn leaves – 10 ten days of books beyond counting, booklovers by the thousands, and celebrity and new authors.

Self-proclaimed as Scotland’s National Book Town, this year’s milestone festival will run 21-30 September. It will offer 200 events: readings, signings, performances, workshops, even fungi foraging and local farm visits.

Wigtown boasts a bevy of bookshops: The Reading Lasses, UK’s only specialist women’s bookshop; Beltie Books & Café with garden seating; and The Hut with 17,000 secondhand volumes. Last but absolutely not least is The Bookshop, Scotland’s largest secondhand book store, claiming more than a mile of shelves containing a staggering 65,000 books.

Coming Events & Highland Games1 Sept: The 186th Braemar Gathering2 Sept: Blairgowrie Highland Games4-9 Sept: Dunhill Links Championship, St Andrews8 Sept: Pitlochry Highland Games15 Sept: Invercharron Highland Games16 Sept: Edinburgh Kilt Walk, new route11-15 Oct: Shetland Accordion & Fiddle Festival19-31 Oct: Int’l Storytelling Festival, Edinburgh30 Nov: Happy St Andrews Day!

http://www.ainmean-alt.scot

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The MagicPhoto Story by Dawna Southern

As I ascended the winding road for my first visit to Grandfather Mountain (GFM), the awe-inspiring fog that gives these hills their name, The Great Smoky Mountains, was rising and billowing with each shift of the wind. The anticipation of my first GFM Highland games was building enough excitement to be compared to Christmas morn. Looking up the mountain from the roadway, the amazing shape of the “Grandfather’s” face forms the border where the mountain meets the horizon. As the smoky fog swirls with the wind it appears Grandfather is blowing smoke rings.

Winding higher and higher into the heart of the Smoky Mountains, the fog increases to hide the tops of each peak. One gets the feeling of entering a magical fairy land. A land where anything is possible, if only you allow yourself to dream it. My excitement heightens as the RVs, campers and tents of all the vendors come into view. At the car park the lines of every make and model stretch as far as the eye can see. Just up the hill the hustle and bustle of vendors, patrons and visitors floats across the fog.

As I top the hill the American flag and the Scottish flag come into view, hanging high in the trees. The fog shrouds the hillside in mystery. Like a maze the fog plays with our senses, teasing us to guess what lies just around the bend. What magical mythical character could be dancing in the fog-covered paths?

Even though the tops of the tents are hidden in the fog, one can see acres and acres of clan tents. Ninety some clans are represented at this incredible display of Scottish pride.

Every person has an aura of kinship. As I walked the quarter mile track to locate the tent of my ancestry, the friendly “Good Mornings”, the smiles, oh, and the brilliant costumes, pulled me into that land of magic. The fog only added to the wonderment and brought the charm and romance of Scotland to all of my senses.

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Once I found my MacInnes tent, the magic was exponentially magnified. And there, surrounded by individuals who are like-minded in our pursuit to preserve our Scottish heritage, I discovered the source of the magic.

Have no doubt the magic is real, but not without the hard work and dedication of people like Steve and Donna Copen McKinnis, Wade McInnis and his daughter Leila, our out-going president John McInnis, and our newly elected president Kenneth McInnis. Thanks to all these kinsmen for making my first Grandfather Mountain Highland Games a magical event.

And Now, My GMHG ReunionTwo years ago, my sister and I were privileged to be part of the 2016 MacInnes Clan tour to Scotland. This was an experience to be cherished for a lifetime. But more than the heather, the castles, the history and the scotch, more precious than the splendor of Scotland were the friendships we made. Although the miles may have kept us apart, social media has allowed us to stay in touch.

I bring this up to say this year’s trip to Grandfather Mountain Highland Games (GFHG) gave me the opportunity to have a “family reunion” with some of those friends.

There is a sense of coming home when friends get together. It was as if no time had passed between us; the hugs, the conversation, and oh, the memories (and maybe a dram or two). As we walked through the corridors of our minds, the memories lost in the shadows of everyday life would spring forward, laughter would abruptly follow. Mac and Cookie, Wade, and Vickie, Michael, Leila, TJ, Colleen, you are all amazing. It was grand to spend time with you. Even though we made promises to stay in touch, life will get in the way, and that is OK because when we meet again, it will be as if no time has passed.

As splendid as the reunion of old friends is, there is something special about making new friends. GFMG gave us the best of both. We made new memories and felt the warmth of recounting the old. If ever you have thought about going to GFHM, don’t put it off any longer. It is an experience you will never regret.

The history of our ancestry and the friendship of others in the MacInnes Clan await you. We can only preserve our Scottish history and culture if we each take a part. The responsibility belongs to each of us. Our children and our grandchildren deserve to know from whence they came. “A Scot is Scot even unto one hundred generations.” But the icing on the cake is that you will get much more out of being a part of this family than you could ever put in.

Dawna Southern is a member from Ozark, Missouri.

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From the TentsJohn R. MacInnis, Michigan Convenor

We had the honor at the 169th Detroit HIghland Games on August 5-6 to receive a thank you from one of our 2018 scholarship recipients. Kathleen Donoho from Indianapolis, IN and her mother stopped by Saturday to thank Clan MacInnes for her $250 dance scholarship. We accepted her thank you for the Clan, we being myself and my daughter Eileen Clare MacInnis Smith.

We also learned that Kathleen has a form of Muscular Dystrophy, apparently a form that doesn’t hinder her dance skills. Happy to say, she won five awards at the Detroit competitions, one was first place in the Jig.

Eileen brought a new energy to our Clan tent display with a picture of Jamie and Claire, the lead actors from the popular “OutLander TV program. We had lots of visitors to our tent admiring the images of those two hunks.

Our members might be interested to know a Clan MacInnes plaque is one of 69 clan plaques hanging in the Society of St. Andrews Burns Kilgour Centre in its Burns Room. The Centre is in Troy, MI, close to the I-75 exit for Rochester Road, at 2363 Rochester Road south of Big Beaver Road.

(Editor’s Note: John donated the plaque on behalf of Clan MacInnes.)

Last, our family is planning a MacInnis reunion in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in July 2020 for descendants of Angus and Sarah (MacGillivray) MacInnis from the Ohio part of Antigonish County. They are linked to three Scottish brothers who mi-grated to Nova Scotia in 1800: Andrew, Donald and Hugh. My ancestor was Andrew, while past president Norman MacInnis’ ancestor was Hugh, who settled in the Cape George area. My family has held this reunion every 10 years since 2000. Contact me at: [email protected].

NEWS FROM OUR MEMBERS

Thank you so much, Clan MacInnes, for helping to make this happen with your generous scholarship gift for our Aselin, off soon to the Ohio Scottish Arts School for a week of piping, drumming, dance and fiddle classes.

This photo and thank-you comes from the Neal Family as they compete at the Ohio Scottish Games in June. Aselin Neal (second from right), Scottish fiddle student, won our Mary Faulk Scholarship of $400 this year. It’s a musical family: dad and sister play bagpipes, mom plays drums, fiddle and cello. (photo courtesy of Neal Family)

Please join me in welcoming our newest members.

Ceud Mile Failte(a hundred thousand welcomes)

Teresa MacInnis Putnam 603 S. Serena Hills Dr.Moore, SC 29369

Neal and Nicole McInnis4881 Viera Dozier Rd.Pfafftown, NC 27040

Jerry McAninchP.O. Box 243Bat Ave, NC 28710

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Eric MacGinnes Perry

Director of Member Services

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:eric%40macinnes.org?subject=To%20Eric

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John MacInnesStore-keeper, tweed and kilt maker, Onich, Lochaber, Inverness-shire

by Iain Thornber

I have enjoyed reading the piece in the Clan MacInnes Archer of Summer 2018 by John McInnis under his series, “To Us, It’s Famous” (part 5) in which he refers to John MacInnes and King Edward V11 visiting Mamore Estate at the head of Loch Leven.

I’ve done a good deal of research on visits by His Majesty and other members of the Royal Family to Lochaber and I cannot find any reference to him being at Mamore other than in 1902 and again in 1909 by which time he was of course King and not The Prince of Wales.

The “Inverness Courier”, one of the Highland’s most prestigious newspapers founded in 1817 and still being published bi-weekly, records the following which appeared on 1 October 1909:

During his Majesty’s residence at Mamore Lodge, Archibald McIntyre, jeweller, Fort-William, had the honour of submitting for the King’s inspection a varied selection of jewellery, including Cairngorms, and other valuable and precious stones. After inspection, his Majesty was graciously pleased to express his approbation of the display, and made extensive purchases. This is the second occasion on which Mr Macintyre has been so honoured.

On the same occasion Mr John MacInnes, clan tartan and tweed merchant, Onich, by Royal command, exhibited patterns of tartans in piece and rugs, Portree tweeds, Highland costume accoutrements, etc., of which his Majesty made a large selection. This is now the fifth occasion on which Mr MacInnes has been patronised by Royalty.

T. Spence, photographer, Fort William, had the honour of photographing the Royal party at Mamore, and at the same time also took groups of the stalkers, gillies, hill ponies, etc.

It was, and still is, the custom generally that members of the British Royal Family have items brought to wherever they happen to be at the time for them to make their selection in private. I doubt very much if Edward, either as Prince of Wales or King, actually visited the Onich Store (although I stand to be corrected if it can be proved otherwise).

My opinion is that a local rumour grew that he had, and for obvious reasons, John MacInnes had not denied it, and who could blame him as he appears to have been a shrewd businessman well aware of the attention royal customers would attract. I note in the newspaper report that John had sold his wares to Royalty on five separate occasions previous to 1909 which confirms the quality of his work and that he was highly regarded in Royal circles in much the same way as members of the Royal Warrant Holders Association are today. It is possible that he may have been commanded by the King’s Private Secretary, to appear at Balmoral Castle, the home of the Royal Family during the annual deer stalking and Highland games season, to show what he could produce and to take orders.

King Edward VII came to Mamore on Monday 20 September 1909 and stayed for three days as the guest of Mr Frank Bibby, of Bibby Line Limited, now a ship owning division of Bibby Line Group, a diverse, £1billion global business and one of the longest established family businesses in the UK with companies in the financial services, distribution, retail, shipping, marine and construction sectors. The Bibby family leased Mamore estate from Mrs Cameron-Lucy from 1897 to 1934. The purpose of the King’s visit was to take part in the

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annual stag cull. It was not the first time His Majesty had visited Mamore. He came with Queen Alexandra in 1902 during the Coronation Cruise of the Western Highlands.

In 1909 the King and his small party came in two cars from Tulchan, Glenisla by way of Fort William passing through specially built archways at Nevis Bridge and the Parade ground where the Provost, magistrates and town councillors were assembled. The High Street was festooned with bunting, flags and tartan displays for the occasion. It was a lovely sun afternoon. The Royal Party reached Mamore about 4.30pm and was met by Mr & Mrs Frank Bibby and family and the Chief Constable of Inverness-shire.

Because of a knee injury the King was unable to stalk in the conventional manner so two drives, in which deer were moved by thirty-five stalkers, ghillies and beaters towards the rifles waiting out of sight in specially built stone butts, were arranged for the following two days. On the first His Majesty, who was accompanied by his loader and head stalker Duncan MacColl, killed six stags and on the second a further three. The average weight was 16st - 9lbs. On both days the King and his party rode to the butts on ponies.

Organising deer drives on this scale, especially for King Edward who at that time was the head of the world’s greatest power, could not have been an easy task for Duncan MacColl. His responsibility was no less than that of a major general on the eve of some great military battle; that he was able to get his men to move several hundred stags within shooting range on two occasions among the hills high above Kinlochleven, was a brilliant feat and said much for his knowledge and understanding of the movement of deer.

Before leaving Mamore on the morning of Thursday the 23rd September, the King presented a number of gifts and medals to his hosts and others who had been involved in making the arrangements for his visit. His gift to Duncan MacColl, who accompanied him throughout, was an inscribed stalking telescope. Photographs of the royal party with the Bibby family, the estate stalkers and ghillies and the stags that had been shot, were taken at Mamore Lodge by Thomas Spence, a Fort William chemist and photographer. The King and his party then sailed off down Loch Leven on Mr Bibby’s 417 ton steam yacht, Jason, to Kentallen Pier in Appin where they boarded a special train waiting to take them to Balmoral.

The principal feature of the 40,000 acre Mamore Estate lying between Glen Nevis and Loch Leven, is its numerous lofty mountains. There are at least ten summits over three thousand feet in height.

The old deer forest of Mamore was much larger than it is today. King James IV of Scotland made it a royal forest and installed Duncan Stewart of Appin its Keeper in 1502. Several Gaelic hunting songs of the 17th and 18th centuries testify to the quality of the Mamore stags, especially those on the eastern boundary. In Craigs burial ground there is a tombstone with an unusual inscription to an officer who often took his sport in Mamore: “To the memory of Captain Patrick Campbell of the 42nd Regiment who died on the 13th of December, 1806, aged 83 years. A true Highlander, a sincere friend and the best deerstalker of his day.” He was known locally as Padraig More Ardseale, Big Patrick of Ardsheal, which is in Appin.

Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian, toured Scotland and the Hebrides in 1769 and published a book about his experiences three years later. Journeying from Fort William to Glencoe and Kingshouse Inn on the edge of Rannoch Moor, he stopped for breakfast at Kinlochleven, then a little village where he ate, “most excellent minced stag, the only form I thought that animal good for in.”

Iain Thornber Knock House Morvern by Oban Argyll Scotland PA80 5UU Email: [email protected] Continued on page 17

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Images and Captions

His Majesty King Edward VII with his host Mr & Mrs Frank Bibby and other guests outside Mamore Lodge in 1909. The King, seated front row, 4th from left, is wearing a cloak of Balmoral Estate tweed. Was it made by John MacInnes? (Photograph courtesy Iain Thornber)

The Mamore stalkers and ghillies with the heads of the stags killed by the King and his guests in 1909. They are all wearing the Mamore Estate tweed. Perhaps John MacInnes produced that, too. The little girl, who appears here and in the other photograph, is Frank Bibby’s daughter. (Photograph courtesy Iain Thornber)

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To Us, It’s Famous (6th in a series) by John McInnis

The Kilt and Our Tartan(s)During the annual mob scene that was the 2018 Grandfather Mountain Games, a lively dialog erupted with the Innes Clan representative regarding the so-called “Red MacInnes” tartan. A bit of it was on display in our tent and the Innes challenged us for co-opting his tartan. It has long been my understanding that the Red was really not ours but further research is enlightening. I offer a tip of the bonnet to Steve McKinnis for digging into this.

But first, some historyArchaeological evidence proves that weaving plaids existed at least 3,000 years ago; the oldest found in China. Weaving skills moved westward with migratory Indo-European tribes of which the Celts were part. Similar textile fragments have been found in Halstatt cultural sites in Austria – home of the Celts.

Surviving ancient textiles show a wide range of color. The word “tartan” is probably of Old French origin coming from “tartarin”, meaning Tartar cloth – from the Tartary region in Central Asia. In Gaelic, it is “breacan” and the word “plaide” roughly means “blanket”.

Highlanders in the 18th Century and earlier did not wear the kind of kilts we know today. Their clothes were adapted from the Irish style; basically a long tunic often covered by a cloak drape – a long swath of fabric that hung to the knees (or beyond) and was gathered by a cord passing through loops sewn inside the cloak and then a belt on the outside. The notion we have of lying down on the cloak and gathering it all up is probably a myth. For one thing, there was simply no room in the typical house for all this activity and you don’t want to do that outside in the rain and cold.

The kilt first emerged as a mode of dress in the late 16th century. This outer Great Kilt or breacan-an-feileadh (pr: BRE-kan an Feelay); literally “tartan wrap”, was constructed from wool which was plentiful in the times; designed to shelter them from the weather and provide freedom of movement for farm labors. Wool fiber draws up when it gets wet. It is ideal for bundling up to sleep in the great swaths of heavy, damp wool because it traps body heat. Even out with the flock in frigid weather, it can be iced up on the outside and (almost) toasty inside. The sheep were more important than his comfort.

Except for the rain, it is unlikely they got frequent cleaning, so they were quite smelly and stained. A “Captain Burt”, an English engineering officer, was sent to Inverness in 1730 as a contractor and we owe much to his blunt and often acerbic descriptions of life at that time. In a 1726 letter from Captain Burt, “. . . the plaid serves the ordinary people for a cloak by day and bedding at night . . . it imbibes so much perspiration that no-one can free it from the filthy smell . . .” The colors of the yarn were dull and had nothing at all to do with family or Clan but rather district or locality. If dyed at all, it was from local plant extracts. Eventually, new colors were developed or imported as trade with Asia expanded, but whatever the local weaver made, you wore. The pattern, if any, may have gone up and down in one village and side to side in the next. Weaving was a cottage industry practiced more often by men and in the cold, dark months in rooms without much light. The arrival of splendidly bright plaids waited for highly motivated commercial weavers and the development of chemical dyes.

Sometime in the 1720s, the small kilt (filleadh beag) was created probably for wear in industrial settings. That is generally presumed, at least. As some Clan chiefs adopted them, it became fashionable. Thus clansmen, local weavers, common patterns - shortly before the last rising of the Jacobites.

After Culloden (1745) and the official prohibition of the kilt in 1746, whatever they sported as a symbol of their highland heritage went literally underground. That proscription was lifted in 1782, so kilts again became permissible even though the old Clan system was broken. In the ensuing years, the romantic legacy (and flawed memories) of the Great Highland Clans and Chiefs was resuscitated.

Enter Sir Walter Scott. Along with his dramatic literary portrayals of Highland characters, he was the master of spectacle that brought King George IV to Edinburgh in 1822 to meet his wild Highland Continued on page 19

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subjects. It was a gaudy affair and the Highlanders came ready to party with the King. No doubt sporting plaids and accoutrements of their more recent design, they made a show of it - each more splendid that the next. Or, so thought the Royals.

Then came the “Sobieski Stuarts” – two brothers (Welshmen John & Charles Allen) claiming royal Stuart descent and inside knowledge of legendary tartan patterns and modes of dress. In their 1842 book, ‘Vestiarium Scoticum’, they claimed the historical Clan plaids were revealed in a 15th C. text they had discovered. Although soon regarded as bogus and a complete hoax, the novelty of it all plus the new enthusiasm for “All Things Scottish” was a source of stimulus for the weaving (and kilt marketing) industry. In 1846 the first chemical dye was developed, and many followed. Thus began an industry that gives us our distinctive plaids and commercial backing to the legend of the “ancient” Clan Tartans.

The Tartan RegistryNot until 2008 was there established a formal authority for tartan – by act of the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Registry of Tartans is administered by the ‘National Records of Scotland’ and advised by industry representatives and Lord Lyon. The older “Scottish Tartan World Registry” and its offshoot, the “Scottish Tartan Authority”, were the archivists prior to that. Those collections were transferred to the Registry and the two organizations were dissolved.

The Registry lists six MacInnes tartans. They are numbered with the The Scottish Registry of Tartans number.

1. Onich Grocer: No. 1464. Dated 1/1/1908. Threadcount recorded by William McInnes in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland, 44/73, 15 November 1960. This is the blue/green we mostly use. MacGregor-Hastie: No. 189. Added between 1930-50. Not much info. This is the Red MacInnes.

2. Ancient Hunting: No. 1614. Pringle’s Mill – Inverness. Could also be the dress red MacPherson.

3. Dress: No. 923. Dalgliesh Weaving firm in Selkirk. Nothing else.

4. Dress Dalgliesh: No. 6566. Dated 1/1/2005. Designed for dancers.

5. Homecoming: No. 7815: Dated 8/12/2008. Copyright. Sett & Colors authorized by Norman MacInnis

The Registry can email the ‘sett” – the thread count and color pallet – for any listed tartan. Analysis of the two Innes variants most similar to the Red MacInnes shows remarkable similarity such that the average eye would see no difference without close and detailed examination. The closest to the red MacInnes seems to be the Innes No. 1109 first described in 1950 to be a “compromise” between one from 1881 and previous drawings. But all this does not confirm that the one we displayed at Grandfather was the MacInnes or the Innes. Close examination (literally counting threads) is necessary to close the case.

But in the end…There seems to be no controversy over the widely-worn Onich Grocer blue/green tartan or the copyrighted Homecoming plaid of which there are only two or three in existence.

The late Donald MacInnes of Cumbernauld had written about the controversy in 2001.

“The ‘red tartan’ mentioned is the old Dress MacInnes Tartan. Sometimes erroneously referred to as the ‘Innes’ tartan and worn for many years as such.”

“John MacInnes based his green Hunting MacInnes Tartan, designed at the turn of the last century, on the older red tartan. A comparison of these tartans shows clearly the similarity.” (reference MacInnes of Onich tartan).

“Thomas Smibert published a book in 1850 entitled the Clans of the Highlands of Scotland in which he assumed the MacInneses and Inneses were the same Clan. (Dr. Patrick Barden, an expert on Scottish Heraldry made exactly the same mistake when we were talking a couple of months ago.) Smibert is the root of the confusion! This error was compounded by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, the late Lord Lyon.” Continued on page 20

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“The Scottish Tartans Society wrote in 1992: “Count No.2 shows the commonly seen Innes tartan, previously also known as the Dress MacInnes. This sett appeared in Thomas Smibert’s ‘The Clans of the Highlands of Scotland’ 1850, as Inness of Moray and for this reason Innes of Learney appears to have made this pronouncement. However, W. & A. K. Johnston in their ‘The Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland 1906, 2 Vol’. show both the red and green (labelled Hunting) under the name MacInnes. Innes of Learney says “the true Clan Aonghais (MacInnes) is that given in MacIntyre North’s “Book of the Club of the True Highlanders”, as taken from Logan’s (James Logan, The Scottish Gael 1831) original list which is green and red predominant”. One must assume that he is referring here to the red sett, and apparently contradicting his own statement concerning the disposition of these two tartans”.”

“The ‘Clan Innes’ does not appear in the famous R. R. McIan and James Logan’s “Costumes of the Clans”. The Clan MacInnes does appear with an illustration of the famed MacInnes Warrior at the Battle in Morvern.”

“So in a word, Smibert made a simple error - the Lord Lyon in good faith accepted the error - and because of the weight of authority of the Lord Lyon of that time, Inneses have been wearing the red MacInnes tartan believing it to be their own to this day. The red MacInnes seems to be more popular in Scotland than it is in the USA.”

Relying on old texts got us to this confusion but close comparison of the registered setts (now by act of government) seems to lead us out of it. The Red MacInnes is unlike ANY of the Innes tartans. Whether or not they are wearing ours in error is not our concern.

Innes TS1109 (DC Stewart variety) MacInnes TS189 (MacGregor-Hastie)

At this size it is hard to see the difference, but at the right edge you can see the repeat of the sett is different.

Pictures and sett courtesy ©The Scottish Registry of Tartans https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk

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We have all read that “Butcher” Cumberland’s soldiers did not follow normal rules of war following Culloden [battle] and were particularly brutal dealing with the wounded and those trying to escape after the battle.

We know, too, that Gaelic and wearing tartan were proscribed following the 1745 rebellion. However, the effect on the common people of the Highlands is not always obvious from history books and television programmes. I found a glimpse of how grim it was when going through some papers my father left. In the 1970s my parents researched our Maclnnes ancestors and looked at various source materials as well as census records. I came across some notes my father had copied into a notebook which recorded what happened in Morvern following the ‘45. It is recorded that people named Maclnness fought on both sides of the conflict in Culloden, presumably it usually depended on which side the local laird told them to be on. My father had noted that in 1745 “not one man from Morvern joined the loyalist Argyll Militia”.

The Argyll Militia was the army of the Chief of the Campbells. Whether those MacInneses were Jacobite supporters or just did not want to be involved we don’t know. The authorities must have thought they were rebels as their retribution for not joining was nasty, which my father’s notes show.

February 1746, Cumberland sent orders through General Campbell (later 4th Duke of Argyll) to waste Morvern. I believe a lot of parish records were lost then, making pre-census ancestry research difficult today. Captain Robert Duff RN with naval sloops “Terror” and “Princess Anne” destroyed every boat found on the coast of Morvern.

10 March at 4am landed: Lieutenant Lindsay, a detachment of the Scots Fusiliers, Captain Campbell with 20 men from Mingary Castle, a lieutenant and 55 men from the ship, to burn the houses and destroy the effects of all out in the Rebellion. By 6pm had destroyed from Drimnin to Ardtornish except a town of the McDougals (possibly Mungasdail).Though fired on from the hills no men lost. Captain J. Hay RN added details five days later. Near 400 houses (were wasted) amongst which were several barns well filled with corn. Horse, cows, meal and other provisions were destroyed by fire and fire arms. The night before the landings when

the ships were seen, some of the inhabitants removed the whole of their linens, woollens and clothes from their houses. Some parcels of these were found by soldiers while sailors were burning everything. No casualties, 1 local killed 1 wounded. The burning was on a fearful scale and evidence can be seen by the scanty regrown woods between Drimnin and Lochaline, compared to the natural forest from Ardtornish to Innismore. In 1746, after protests by 3rd Duke of Argyll, there was less brutality in Morvern--and the Argyll militia disarmed the Morvern men more humanely than the English troops in the Great Glen, etc. (Though) Argyll threatened that he would banish all the rebellious inhabitants, drive out their cattle and bring in new tenants.

Devastation followed, but so did recovery.

Coming in Winter Issue: “The Recovery of Morvern”

Aftermath of the ‘45 and Culloden Battle on Morvernby Torquil MacInnes

The Battle of Culloden By David Morier

From Wikipedia

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FLOWERS OF THE FOREST

Sarah Daughterty McInnis 1914 - 2018Sarah Elizabeth Daughterty McInnis passed away at age 104 on July 3 in Melbourne, Florida.

Sarah and husband Bill McInnis were very early members of Clan MacInnes and attended the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games for many years, Bill being a descendant of Angus McInnis from Jura who immigrated to North Carolina in 1819. After Bill’s death, Sarah continued to attend annually until a couple of years ago. Sarah lived in Melbourne for over 30 years.

Sarah Elizabeth Daugherty was born 10 April 1914 in Trenton, Missouri, to Harry A. and Edna Butler Daugherty. She graduated from Hendrix College in Arkansas and became a school teacher. She married Reverend William M. McInnis, a Presbyterian minister, on 25 December 1935 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. They were parents of two children, Bill and Betty.

Sarah and Bill made many moves during their life together—living in Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, England, and the Azores Islands. Sarah accompanied her husband to many addresses while he followed his calling as a Chaplain during World War II and the Korean War, as well as ministering to several congregations in the U.S. Sarah was an avid duplicate bridge player, and until recently, did not hesitate to pack her bag when a fellow traveler said “let’s go.”

William Shepard “Bill” McAninch

William McAninch, 77, of Bat Cave and Asheville, NC died February 23, the husband of Jerry McAninch and father of Cecile Nowatka.

Born in Little Rock, AR in 1940, Bill graduated Tulane University with honors in sociology and economics, where he also met Jerry, the love of his life and wife of 56 years. He later graduated the University of Arkansas School of Law, then joined the Marines attaining the rank of captain. After the Marines, he earned a graduate law degree at Yale University. Bill considered his university and service experience as life changing - he resolved to correct injustices.

He joined the School of Law faculty at University of South Carolina where he spent most of his professional life. His teaching interests centered on criminal law/procedure and constitutional law, including capital punishment seminars. Early on, he developed a clinic for third-year law students to serve as attorneys for indigent inmates. He sought to teach by the Socratic Method, as well as experiential learning with student tours into prisons and ride-alongs with police officers. He also developed a seminar for trial court judges and law students to analyze sentences in recent criminal court cases.

He wrote extensively on criminal and constitutional law. He developed and wrote “The Criminal Law of South Carolina”, an essential guide for lawyers and judges statewide. He went on to co-author a similar book for all citizens, “Guide to South Carolina Criminal Law and Procedure”. Both books are still being published. He worked with the S.C. Governor’s office pro bono many years to develop fair sentencing guidelines for judges and served on the American Civil Liberties Union’s national board.

In 2002, he retired from the law school, by then the Solomon Blatt Professor of Law. As a parting gift to the school, he and Jerry established a loan forgiveness fund for recent graduates working in public interest law positions. Bill’s retirement interests included land conservation, supporting Asheville arts organizations, local Yale Alumni Club, travel and daily hiking.

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Officers and Board of Directors Commissioners and Convenors

PRESIDENT: Kenneth McInnis 8139 Greenwich Rd., Catlett, VA 20119. Tel: (540)788-3773 email: [email protected]

US REGION 1 - Mid Atlantic (DC DE MD NC NJ PA VA WV): Wade & Vickie McInnis 290 Preacher’s Bottom Ln., Moravian Falls, NC 28654. Tel: (336)667-7406 email: [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT-OPERATIONS: Steve McKinnis 11505 E. Calle Javelina, Tucson AZ. 85748-8339. Tel/Fax: (520)290-1268 email: [email protected]

VA CONVENOR: Ken McInnis 8139 Greenwich Rd., Catlett, VA 20119. Tel: (540)788-3773 email: [email protected]

TREASURER: Karal Perry 14 Jakes Lane, Dexter, ME 04930 . Tel: (207) 852-3999 email: [email protected]

US REGION 2 – N. Atlantic (CT MA ME NH NY RI VT): Norman MacInnis 65 Deerfield Rd., Nottingham, NH 03290. Tel: (603) 734-4483 email: [email protected]

SECRETARY: Judith McInnis 1506 Heatherwood Road, Columbia, SC 29205 Tel 803-787-6534. email: [email protected]

ME CONVENOR: Eric Perry 14 Jakes Lane, Dexter, ME 04930. Tel: (207) 478-3271 email: [email protected]

DIRECTOR-CULTURAL AFFAIRS: Donna Copen McKinnis 11505 E. Calle Javelina, Tucson, AZ 85748-8339. Tel/Fax: (520)290-1268 email: [email protected]

VT CONVENOR: Barry MacInnes 7 Winter St. W., Lebanon, NH 03784 Tel: (603)298-7663 email: [email protected]

DIRECTOR-MEMBER SERVICES: Eric Perry 14 Jakes Lane, Dexter, ME 04930 . Tel: (207) 478-3271 email: [email protected]

US REGION 3 – So. Atlantic (FL GA SC): George McInnes 2149 Arcadia Greens Dr., Sun City Center, FL 33573. Tel: (813)642-9526 email: [email protected]

DIRECTOR-COMMUNICATIONS and WEBMASTER: Steve McKinnis (see above) Web Site: www.macinnes.org email: [email protected]

US REGION 4 – Southwest (CO KS NM OK TX): John McInnis 2203 Herrington Ct., Arlington, TX 76018. Tel: (817)417-0054 email: [email protected]

Appointees CO CONVENOR: VACANT

Past President Advisory Council US REGION 5 – Mid-South (AL AR LA MS TN): Ponder McInnis 10005 Chase Island Dr., Shreveport, LA 71118. Tel: (318)686-7681 email: [email protected]

PAST PRESIDENT: John McInnis 2203 Herrington Ct., Arlington, TX 76018. Tel: (817)417-0054 email: [email protected]

US REGION 6 – N. Pacific (AK ID MT OR WA WY): Alton & Carole MacInnis 1414 Brookwood Ave., Richland, WA 99352. Tel: (509) 521-4799 email: [email protected]

PAST PRESIDENT: Norman MacInnis 65 Deerfield Rd., Nottingham, NH 03290. Tel: (603)734-4483 Email: [email protected]

US REGION 7 – Midwest (IL IN KY MI MO OH): VACANT

PAST PRESIDENT-: Malcolm McInnis 409 Turkey Cove Lane, Knoxville, TN 37934. Tel: (865)675-6002 email: [email protected]

MI CONVENOR: John Ross MacInnis 43903 Galway Dr., Northville, MI 48167. Tel: (248)349-5943 Cell (248)756-2977 email [email protected]

GENEALOGY: Jonathan McInnis 644 Hampton Trace Ln., Columbia, SC 29209. Tel: (803)695-0726 email: [email protected]

MI Assoc. CONVENOR: Shawn MacInnis 2338 Tipperary Rd., Kalamazoo, MI 49008. Tel:(269)373-8924 email: [email protected]

NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Steve and Donna McKinnis (see above) email: [email protected] [email protected]

US REGION 8 - Mid-North (IA MN NE ND SD WI): VACANT

CLAN ARCHIVIST: Donna Copen McKinnis, (see above) email: [email protected]

US REGION 9 - So. Pacific (AZ CA HI NV UT): Arvie & Jolea McGinnis 1273 W. 4000 N., Pleasant View, UT 84414. (818) 205-4732 email: [email protected]

CLAN CHAPLAIN: Rev. Jason McInnis 128 Norwood, Shreveport LA 71105. Tel: (318)798-9424 email: [email protected]

AZ CONVENOR: Steve & Donna McKinnis 11505 E. Calle Javelina, Tucson, AZ 85748- 8339. Tel: (520)290-1268

email: [email protected]. CLAN CHAPLAIN: Rev. Rachel Benefield-Pfaff 123 Bayou Cl., Gulfport MS 39507-4622. Tel: (228)863-5170 email: [email protected]

CANADA EASTERN CA1 (NF NS NB PE): Bonnie & Dan MacInnis 4378 Highway 7, Antigonish, NS, Canada B2G2L3. Tel: (902)863-2487 email: [email protected]

CLAN PIPERS: Rev. Rachel Benefield-Pfaff ( see above) Randy McInnis 1413 Autumn Ridge La., Fort Mill, SC 29708. Tel: (803)802-5838 email: [email protected]

CANADA CENTRAL CA2 (NU ON QC MB): Ronald & Cori Angus 241 Main St. S., Waterford, Ontario, Canada N0E 1Y0. Tel: (519)443-8212, Fax: (519)443-8212 email: [email protected]

QUARTERMASTER: Eric Perry (see above) CANADA WESTERN CA3 (AL BC NT SK YU): VACANT

MERCHANDISE & SALES: Jolea McGinnis 1273 W. 4000 N., Pleasant View, UT 84414. (818) 205-4732 email: [email protected]

SCOTLAND, U.K. & EUROPE: Alex MacInnes 9A Wyndam Park, Ardbeg Isle of Bute, Scotland PA20 0NT

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SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Susan Paradis 6 Nicole Dr., Waterville, ME 04901. (207)873-4259 email: [email protected]

AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND – Ray & Faith McInnes 51 Burnaby Terr., Gordon Park, Australia QN 4031. Tel: 07/3357-5241 email: [email protected]

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EDITOR’S NOTE

The next issue of the Clan MacInnes Archer will be the Winter 2018 issue. The deadline for all photos, articles, and notices will be November 7.Please make note of this date.

HOW TO CONTACT CLAN MACINNES

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Membership: Eric Perry [email protected]

Webmaster: Steve McKinnis [email protected]

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