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VOL. LXXII, NO. 3 WINTER 1978

WASHINGTON AT C. Brumidi, artist, citizen of the U.S. "Treaties are like pie-crust-intended to be broken." The alarming results of 3be PRESIDENT GENERA(S MESSAGE the violation of the Salt I accords by the Soviet Union are set forth in an ar­ 9!Je SONS ticle by former Secretary of Defense, of the from Baltimore, Maryland Melvin R. Laird, in the December 1977 AMERICAN issue of the Reader's Digest, pages 97- I 0 I, entitled ''Arms Control: The REVOLUTION Your President Texas on December 15 for its celebration of Bill of Rights Russians are Cheating.": MAGAZINE General has offi­ Day. All of these meetings were well attended, the President Mr. Laird gives the data in regard to cially visited a General's addresses well received and in all instances im­ the te ting of the SAM.5 missiles to number of District pressive hospitality was extended to the President General upgrade its anti-aircraft missile system Conferences, State and Mrs. Barnes. to an ABM system, the production of a THE SONS OF THE MAGAZINE Society Confer­ Next year, until the ational Congress in Louisville on new intercontinental missile-the The SAR magazine is published qua11erly by The National Society of The Sons of the ences, and Chapter May 26 to June I, every available week-end has a speaking SS-16, as well as the SS-20. The sub­ American Revolution at $2.00 per year. Second class postage paid at , D. C. and meetings since his engagement for your President General. Unfortunately, it marine construction yard on the White at additional mailing offices. Official publication of SAR, 2560 Huntington Avenue, induction as Presi­ has been necessary to decline several invitations because of Sea and the Khabarousk submarine Alexandria, Virginia 22303. Lt. Gen. Herman Nickerson, Jr. Editor. dent General of the these prior engagements. Your President General enjoys construction yard in Siberia have been National Society. these visits to our Compatriots and is quite pleased with the covered by canvas and planking placed EDITOR'S NOTES His first official reception he has received. over intricate lattice-work to prevent We would appreciate use of the ad­ you can recommend for us to publish visit was to the Gen­ A an editorial comment, the National Society, as its first the United States from counting and dress change form on the reverse of the please end it to your Editor. eral Philemon Tho­ Resolution passed at the Congress in Milwaukee, wa di­ studying missile launch tubes. It is un­ mas Chapter at clear how much of a military advantage mailing label. When you move please With the publishing of this WINTER rected to the retention by the United States of its sovereign Issue, we are back on schedule. We Baton Rouge, Lou­ rights in, and jurisdiction over, the Panama Canal and the Soviet Union has gained by these notify us promptly of your change of isiana on July 12, violations of the Salt I accords, but it is address. This will save your Society announce deadline dates (tentative) for Panama Canal Zone. This issue is of immediate and vital the next four i sues: 1977, to confer the importance and was the subject of comment in the President clear that the Soviet Union is deter­ money. Gold Good Citizen­ General's Message in the Fall 1977 issue of the SAR mined to gain decisive military When a Compatriot dies we publish ship Medal upon the Magazine, with particular reference to the excellent article superiority over the United States by his name in the column "IN whatever means. MEMORIAM." We, the living, can Honorable Joe W. by Compatriot Jerry A her, National Chairman of the SA R Issue Deadlines in 1978 Sanders, Chief Jus­ Americanism Committee. on page 38 of the Summer Issue of Mr. Laird also points out that not­ help by notifying the Headquarters of deaths so that we can memorialize our WILSON KING BARNES tice of the Louisiana the Magazine. There is an excellent and definitive article in withstanding hard times in the Soviet Spring firm 28 February PRESIDENT GENERAL Supreme Court, the November 1977 issue of the DAR Magazine, beginning economy during the past four years, the Compatriots. We have had Compatri­ Summer tentative 2 June designated as the at page 872, by Mrs. Phylis Schatly, National Chairman of Soviet Union is currently allocating at ots unmemorialized for several years Fall tentative 28 August Man of the Year by that Chapter. This was a most enjoyable National Defense of the NSDAR, entitled: "What's at least 17 per cent of its gross national only discovering the fact through the Winter tentative 28 November and rewarding meeting. Stake in the U.S. Canal at Panama?" It is recommended product to the military in contrast to an return of the SAR Magazine. Please With the e deadline dates for sub­ Your President General and Mrs. Barnes attended the reading for Compatriots of the National Society, SAR. All allocation by the United State of less as ist us. mission of material, we hope to mail as Atlantic Middle States Conference held on July 29-30 at Compatriots, as individuals, are urged, in accordance with than six per cent of its gross national We hope you liked the histo1ical follows: Wilmington, Delaware at the beautiful Hotel Du Pont. Resolution I, "to demand of the President, the Senate and product. In the modernization of its sketch of Brigadier General David Spring I April 1978 Foreman in the Fall Issue. We seek Compatriot Carl F. Bessent, Vice President General for the the House of Representatives that there be no relinquish­ ground forces, the Soviet Union is out­ Summer I July 1978 Atlantic Middle States District, presided at the business ment or surrender of sovereign rights and jurisdiction over spending the United States by a ratio of more historical articles. If you have Fall 2 October 1978 such a piece of writing or know of one meeting which was a well-planned, productive meeting. the Canal and Zone ... "This requires immediate attention. three to one! It is apparent from these Winter 2January 1979 Your President General was the principal speaker at the Also of vital importance for the security of the Nation and developments that the Nation will be in banquet held the evening of July 30. His address was well grave danger unless the expenditures of the preservation of its sovereignty, is Resolution No. 6 "Na­ THE COVER received. For a full account of this meeting, see page 15 of tional Defense," found on pages 19 and 20 of the Fall Issue the United States are substantially in­ the Fall 1977 issue of the SAR Magazine. of the Magazine. This Resolution urges the members of the creased as urged by Resolution 6. All A lunette painted by Constantino On September 9 to II, your President General attended National Society "to express their support of an adequate Compatriots, as individuals, should Brumidi high on the walls of the old the Des Moines Di trict Conference over which Compatriot national defense budget by a decrease in non-defense spend­ forthwith proceed to see to it that Reso­ Senate Committee Room on Military Lyman D. Tout, the Vice President General for the North ing and an increase in total defense spending and their up­ lution 6 is implemented. Affairs. As well as we can determine Mississippi District ably presided, consisting of the SAR port for the following programs: (I) the Trident subma1ine; this is only the second time it has Societies in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa and (2) the B I Bomber; (3) the Cruise mis ile; (4) the antiballistic (];~C..~ IN THIS ISSUE been reproduced. It was titled by Nebraska. At the Membership Workshop on September 10, missile system; (5) the modernization of the American Navy CHAIRMAN LANGE Brumidi evidently with Washington's The Padre Says ...... 4 words in mind: " We have this day no there was much constructive work together with an excellent to be equal to or superior to the Soviet Navy; and (6) ASKS YOUR HELP address from Mrs. Henry Wallace. the State Regent of the adequate tactical air forces, missile systems and modern Genealogical Inquiries ...... 4 less than 2873 men in camp unfit for Iowa Society, DAR. There was a dinner in the evening at ground forces." The National Society maintains a In Memoriam ...... 4 duty because they are barefooted which your President General was the principal peaker. The most important function of the Federal Government listing of the locations of the graves of Valley Forge ...... 5 and otherwise naked." (Dec. 23, Three of the State Societies SAR from the New England is to provide for the defen e of the Nation. It is obvious that Revolutionary War veterans. In some Compatriots in the 1777). The two soldiers with Wash­ District held a meeting at Concord, New Hampshire on Sep­ without adequate military capability, the United States is left cases, these records contain additional Public Eye ...... 6 ington may be Brumidi's conception tember 16 and 17. In spite of inclement weather the meeting open for destruction or blackmail by its enemies. This must data such as rank, service, death date New Members ...... 7 of Steuben and Lafayette. Practically was well attended and profitable for SAR work. Your Presi­ never happen. It is our duty as members of the National and even photos of the gravestone. Our Chapter & State News ...... 9 all decorations in the Capitol Build­ dent General and Mrs. Barnes thoroughly enjoyed this meet­ Society to see to it that it never does happen. present listing of 22,867 graves consti­ The Star Spangled Banner ...... 20 ing are immigrant Brumidi's work. ing and the graciou hospitality extended to them by Compa­ The truly alarming expansion of military power by the tutes a minute percentage of the esti­ SAR Reviews ...... 22 Aged 22 he landed Sept. 18, 1852, triot Forrest F. Lange, President of the New Hampshire Soviet Union during the last few years gives added impetus mated 300,000 total; All State organiza­ Price List ...... 23 filed for citizenship Nov. 1852, was Society SAR and his charming wife, Ada. to Re olution 6. This has been accomplished by the Soviet tions and SAR Chapters are strongly When You Are Traveling ...... 26 admitted Nov. 1857. He was so fired After the meeting of the National Board of Trustees on Union's substantial increase in military expenditure and also urged to immediately appoint a Graves Directory of Officers ...... 27 with love of liberty and of his adopted October 22, your President General visited the New Jersey by its violation of the Salt I accords. It should come as no Committee Chairman, to promote the country that he worked 50 years de­ Society at a luncheon meeting in Morristown, New Jersey surprise to those familiar with the Marxist-Leninist determi­ location and registration of all Revolu­ picting on the walls and on the mag­ on November 12; the Colorado Society for the State Confer­ nation to destroy capitalism and the capitalist nations in tionary graves in their areas. The nificent dome the patriots and the ence in Denver, Colorado on November 26 and 27; the order to have a communist world established. Any method, necessary supply of report forms glories of his new country and signed Illinois Society for its Annual Dinner Meeting in Chicago on including the violation of treaties. is deemed to be justified to should be obtained by writing to the them " C. Brumidi, artist. Citizen of December I and the Paul Carrington Chapter in Houston, accomplish this end. Indeed, Lenin is quoted as stating that: Executive Secretary, NSSAR, 2560 the U.S." Would the SAR Compatri­ Huntington Avenue, Alexandria, Vir­ ots like to read the full-length story of ginia 22303. this man?

WINTER 1978 3 VALLEY FORGE ~POlk~~··· By Major General Amos A. Fries The Rel'erend SAMUEL J. HOLT THERE IS NEYER A TRUE HEART I AMERICA, BUT Washington had, however. beyond any man then li ving. or Thi~ service is offered our readers at the nominal rate of $1.00 per line. The Chaplain General m perhaps any other man li ving ~ince. the ability to remain followmg requirements MUST be adhered to: WHAT THRILLS at the words "Valley Forge." Those "The fundamental problems of hu- Payment for insertions be made in advance. words instantly bring to mind, not great victories, but calm in the face of death, of cold and hunger. of intrigue. manity remain what they were when ~II c~py must be printed or typewritten. Proofs cannot be furnished. The basis for the triumph of lofty spirits over every disaster that can envy, and malice, and that is the Washington we honor today they were first apprehended by the esttmatt~g the cost of an inquiry is 53 characters per line, including spaces and threaten the human soul . at Valley Forge. great minds of antiquity and then re­ punctua!ton .. Your name and address must be counted as part of your insertion. It is a real inspiration to spend a day in devotion at Valley While Washington and his men ~uffered at Valley Forge , formulated by the great thinkers of the Your 1 .nquu~ ~~d payment should be directed to SAR, 2560 Huntington Ave., Forge, the scene of the greatest trials and the greatest Congress was apathetic and powerless. The term of enlist­ open.i~g centuries of the modern age. Alexandna, V1rgm1a 22303. Replies to your inquiry must be directed to your own triumphs of the heroic figures who struggled and won the ment of many of Washington's men had expired. The Briti~h Stabthty and change in the social order, address, and not to the SAR. first great war for hu.m an independence in the Western were buying up at fabulous prices, if you please, all the food moral equality, economic equality and stuffs in the surrounding country. His men were offered by World, and devote a short time to reviewing the men and the equality of opportunity, justice, the Need names, etc., parent(s) of ROBERT ALEXANDER deeds that make this historical spot the most sacred of a ll spies that got into camp, comfort and plenty if only they role of reason in public life, the balance CHANDLER, b. 1828-d. 1888, Williamsburg and Claren­ those places where American blood has been shed in the would desert. All these dangers Washington had to confront of citizenship and private virtue-these don Counttes, ~outh Carolina (b uried , Manning, S.C. and to overcome. And for overcoming th e m we cannot give cause of Liberty. pr?blems an? others which engaged the Rev. Samuel J. Holt Cem~tery); also mterested in CHANDLER Genealogies in him too much credit. or hold too high before our children, mmds of philosophers in the past still Chaplain General ~ene1 al, but espec1ally South Carolina, Virginia. Joseph Ba r­ The War of the Revolution had been actively under way for nearly three year , when the dark days of Valley Forge the grandeur of his life at Valley Forge. en~age the minds of social scientists nowadays." Edward A. lon Chandler, Jr. , P.O. Box 1357, Elizabethtown, N.C. became the Gethsemane of Washington and a ll who fought While we are recalling the glories of Washington on this Shils. 28337; call collect, 919/862-4176 (day), 919/862-3883 (night). hallowed spot we must not forget the marvelous Lafayette, CAR VER!NORTON: Isaac Carver b Lincolnville ME for American independence. There had been glorious vic­ ~hether . democracy can carry the burdens that we are tories for the Colonies, and likewise bitter defeats before who, fired with the ideals of liberty and freedom, left home, placmg on tt , the amount of agreement necessary for social 22Janl811 d there 1890/1 m there (i nt) 9Sep1839 Deborah po ition and vast wealth to throw himself into the struggle Norton b there 1814 d there 19Marl870. Need anc of Deb. Valley Forge, but as is often the case. the greatest victory order, the consequences of social mobility, the causes of the colonists had achieved, brought in its wake the greatest for American Independence. Who can doubt that the youth­ lawlessness and of the acceptance of law and authority have H : N1ckerson, Jr. Suite 302,2560 Huntington Ave. Alexan- menace that ever faced the cause for which Washington and ful enthusiasm of Lafayette at Valley Forge did not add always been with us. ' dna, Va. 22303. ' other patriots were fighting. greatly to Washington's implicit faith that divine Providence We look back on history as completed segments of time WINTER(S): Christian Winter(s) b PA ca 1770/l,d Huron Barely two months before Washington took up winter had ordained that the Colonies should be free and inde­ when we accept these problems as having been solved within Co ~H s of John. Bros & sis: Benjamin, Daniel , Jacob, quarters at Valley Forge, Burgoyne had surrendered at pendent'J the terms of th.e total scene. However, like a painting, they Dav1d, A.braham, Emmanuel, Catherine, Samuel & Susan. reason~ Saratoga, thus ending the terrible menace of having victori­ Valley Forge may be called for more than one are dead and lifeless except for a few personalities and the Need a ll mfo on Christian & John. H. Nickerson, Jr. Suite "the turning point of the Revolutionary War." Had the little ous British armies interposed between the Eastern Colonies 302, 2560 Huntmgton Ave., Alexandria, Va. 22303. army under Washington disintegrated here, would ton~ of. the time. There is not the human emotion of ex­ and those to the south and west. Again as has too often been LANE: J acob, b. 1/28/1800, Pittsburg, Pa. d. 1/ 14/ 1881, never have recognized the Coloni~ts, and the food, the cloth­ penencmg what w~s happening nor the uncertainty of the the case, the real hero of the battle, that fine and worthy Bath, ~ason County, Ill. Need parents & ancestry. Inez ing and the ammunition which that French alliance brought ?utcome. I am remmded of a scene in which a white man was soldier, General , through the interference of m the act of killing an Indian. I would feel much different F. Wh1te , 926 N. 30th St., Billings, Mt. 59101. would never have been forthcoming, and independence for the , had been relieved of his command if PARKER: Need ancestry, wife and children of Francis from my present reaction I had been the Indian, or if he just before the decisive battle that brought victory. It was in the American Colonists would have disappeared, not had been~ member of my family. It is the same problem that H(ubbard?) Parker, of Hartford, Conn. , 1885. Mrs. S. Bos­ forever, of course, but for long years, and the whole course man, 108 Waverly , Wilmington, De 19803. this fashion, that, on the unworthy brow of the egotistical was expenenced by a social scientist recently in Washington and inefficient Gates fell the crown of Victory. of World history been changed. who had lectured on lawlessness in our cities and who was Gates, after Burgoyne's surrender. instead of hurrying Washington believed in a Divine Providence with all hi s mugged on his way home. ' south to help Washington defend , sent hi s mes­ heart and soul and body. He prayed alone and in secret more America should be adjusted to periods of terrific change. sengers and soon followed in person, not to aid Washington, often than hi s fellow men. Through a ll the trials of the Revo­ We have had httle else m the whole course of our hi s­ but to importune Congress one way or another to put him in lution there ran the deepest religious convictions and we, in ~ory .. . Early settlers left what was the culture of their time ~ supreme command. Plotters took Gates out upon the heights this day, with its love of money and comfort, this day of m Europe. to ~orne to a raw, hostile environment on these and showed him the promised land of Commander-in-Chief scientific invention, and careles freethinking ways, must shores. Wtth httle more than a foothold established on our of the Continental armes, if only one man, George Washing­ remember and never forget. that no people ever achieved Atlantic ~oastline, we erupted in a tremendous change of the IJ======1f==n ::::::::::Al======em==o==r===ia==m~~~~ ton, could be removed, and thus began, for Washington, that greatness excepting those who believe in a power beyond whole phtlosophy of government and the rights of the peo­ long, bitter, winter siege of hunger and disease and cold, and that of their own feeble brains and bodies. · ple. There was the constant westward push in the century Without the vision of a glorious future, Washington and MoRRIS G. Aero,. JR .. N.Y. Soc. Lt ovo M. K .\GLY. Kan\. Soc. worst of al l enemies to fight, intrigue, envy, and malice. that followed. Much of that western adventure was a chaos At FRED C. BL ·\KE. Ma''· Soc . Ronror M . KEII oGc. \1ich. Soc. It has often been said and with a little of real truth, that the other patriots, would never have faced starvation, cold, of the problems stated by Shils. Every element of society Rt CII ARD E. Bt AKE. Ma"'· Soc. Ct FJ\1E' 1 K E'~"EDY. Ma'~'· Soc. intrigue, and malice and the bullets of the enemy, and we SM•·tL Et H EAVRI N BRI:.:IDE;-JBACH. D.C. Soc L AWRI''Cr LA'-PHER. R. I. Soc. Washington never won a battle, yet achieved Independence KEN~ETH C. BRocK. Fla. Soc. was footloose and disestablished in the settlement of the D OI'A I o L. LlWII.,. Calif. Soc. for the American Colonies. Certain it was that he, facing never would have had the United States of America. West. Ct A RE I'.CE R. BRowr-. . N.J. Soc. R ANSOM H . LocKRIDGE. Va. Soc. These patriots were all Nationalists. They believed in the H AROI o A. CAR'! WRIGHT. Pa. Soc. HLC.It M . McC\tN. Tenn. Soc . always the hardest tasks, and nearly always with the .There was almost a parallel chaos in the East and North CurFoRo E. CHARLOCK. N.J . Soc . J OH N M . M c D ADL, Te>... Soc. union of one people, under one fl ag, with a single purpose, H E~RY G. Cl ••K. N.Y. Soc. meagerest resources. had been forced, time and time again, wtth development of a gigantic industrial world. Whereas Oo'\1,\ tlJ McDoUGt\ l. N.J . Soc. and in the Declaration of Independence following the close ~he BEl DEN R. CoLE. Neb. Soc. J AMES T. Mr c Htt:-. Va. Soc. to flee before the enemy. But let us remember this, that no the st~ shooter was often the ruler of the West, wealth was CH ,,RJ ES B. CooK. Ma'i 'i. Soc. BF :-.J \MI!'II J. Mot rETr. N.J. Soc. of the first year of the war, they referred to the 13 Colonies J oSEPH E. CoLt TER. Ma'is. Soc . FR,,K," P . M ooRE. Ohio Soc. one of them and no one since, has ever claimed that Wash­ GEORGE CRAl"E. as "The United States of America." They fought , not for used m the East ~o ~ircumvent the intention of legislatures, E. Ariz. Soc. At HER 1 E. Mos t L E\. Conn. Soc. ington was afraid to fight. No more daring, and perhaps no regul~tory commtsstons and the basic rights of people. P ~LN. CRISPI~. N.J . Soc. JoH' H . M oss. Ohio Soc. any species of internationalism, but for a pure nationalism H -\RRY L. CROSBY. wa ... h. Soc. Jo 11' W . Mos t ott FR. JR .. Pa. Soc. more brilliant campaign exists in all history, than the week' Thts century has seen a reverse of the established order of 0110 C. NoRD. N.Y. Soc. that should give them the right to work out completely their W t\R;-..ER A. CRLSI:,BERRY. Iowa Soc. campaign inaugurated more than a year before Valley Forge, the la.s t: Treme~dous power has shifted or is in the process GoRDON C. CLRR'. Ohio Soc . W\1 Tr R Gut-~ P\RK ER. Md. Soc. own destiny without any interference from foreign sources, a LEwis H. Plc"E, s. S.C. Soc. by Washington's ever memorable crossing of the Delaware of shtftmg to dtsadvantaged groups. From what we have WILL B. D ERBY. N.J. Soc. right which Washington and other presidents resolutely RoBERT H . DIETER. N .Y . Soc . HE'"' W . P1rR c•. D .C. Soc. on Christmas night in bitter cold , ice, snow, and darkness. In seen, there is no ~arante.e that the one shall be more just C. EVERETT DI EVE...,DORF. N.Y. Soc. CH \RL ES N. PtrRSO". DeJa . Soc. maintained. Wu LI •\M D . DowsE'!. JR .. Mich. Soc. L'"" TRIPP P1 AO·. SR .. N.Y. Soc. that brilliant week he so outfought and outgeneralled the th~n the other. Wtth Prestdenttal spending in the last cam­ S. K . ESHELMAN. JR .. Pa. Soc . RoBFRT S. PoRT.-. JR .. Fla. Soc. Taking from the Old World the sciences, the arts, and L L fHER H . Rt KE'\IBAKER. JR .. Ala. Soc. vastly superior forces of British regulars that they gave up p~tg.n set at twenty-one million dollars, an additional eleven ALV•\RD G. FACKLE R. Ohio Soc . inventions that fitted the new world, they unhesitatingly cast LLOYD B . FERRELL. Kans. Soc. CHARLES A. Rou '"s. SR .. Ala. Soc. the attempt for more than a year to capture Philadelphia. mllho.n w~re spent by one labor organization while individual GEoRGE I. FISHER. JR .• Md. Soc . Wt'\ICH El L A. RoYcE. Va. Soc. Again hi daring attacks at Brandywine and Germantown aside those things they felt unsuited to the new land and JOH'l REID FRE'ICH. W . V. Soc. B. W . s .\,ROR,, Minn. Soc. contnbutwn.s were closely checked. And it was legal. SAMLFt HLBBARD Scorr. Ohio Soc. then, just as unhesitatingly, they grasped all new ideas they HowARD R. FLRBECK. N.J. Soc . just before he fell back to Valley Forge, showed that he was . Thus, whtle the mastodons of power battle with swinging H UBERT D. GALLAGHER. N.J. Soc. H ow\RD P. SMITH, N .Y. Soc. felt were fitted for America-out of which they carved the CH \Rt ESE. SPALl o t,G. Calif. Soc. always ready to fight when there was a chance that he might ttdes of change, people are caught in the personal experi­ WILLIAM W. GooDHUE. Ma ss. Soc. Constitution and built a nation the like of which the world H owARD W. GoRH>\M. Conn. Soc . PHt!'- E \!:ISH ·\W SPRAGLE. Mali\. Soc. win. He never, however, was stampeded into fighting when ~nc~s of these problems. It demands a real sense of faith that M ANTON L . GRAFF. N.J. Soc. KE!'INETH C. STELl E'WERF. N .Y. Soc . has never seen. ALBERT P. wr"DELL Okla. Soc. the chances were that he would imperil the safety of the !tfe ts worth livi.ng,.and that we are responsible beings. There J AMES C. H AN RAHAN. Mich. Soc. One thought I leave with you: in Nationalism lies the right JoH N B. H ARRIS. Ala. Soc . CHARLIE H . TAYLOR, Ala. Soc. cause for which he was fighting. All this sounds very general ts a need of fatth m. a God who is above all these changes HERB ERT L. TEDRO. Wa,h. Soc. of a people to pursue their own ideals unhampered by out­ LT. GEN. G uv N . H ENNINGER. Neb. Soc . Et MfR L . TERRL SR .. N.J. Soc. and it is. It is only recalled to point out that the steadfast, WILLI AM E. H ENRI E. Ariz. Soc. siders, lies the hope of a greater America in the future to who c~res for us. Wtthout such a hope there is only personal BE~~Err E. ToLSLEY. I ll. N.Y. Soc . sublime. patient and commanding figure of Washington at suffermg and despair. It is our faith that makes life endura­ JAcoB A. HoFFMAN. Md. Soc. GoRMA' T. WHtTF. Va. Soc. which your children and my children have a right to look . JAM ES B. HoMAN. M.D .. DeJa. Soc . H owARD W. WHn :-."l v. Calif. Soc. Valley Forge encompassed a soul of fire when fire was ble. It was such a faith that sustained at ARTH UR M. HoRN. SR .. N.J. Soc. NoRMA;..! B. Wtt o. N.J. Soc. From FIFTY YEARS OF NATIONAL SOJOURNERS, needed. EARLE H . H ouGHTALING. JR .. N.Y. Soc. WILBLR C. WILSON. Ill. Soc. by LaVon Parker Linn, and used by permission of the author Valley Forge, and it is our strength today. Rov B. H uNT. Tex. Soc. Gt:.ORGE H . Wooo. Ariz. Soc. and National Sojourners, Inc. 4 SAR MAGAZINE WINTER 1978 Compatriots in the Public Eye NEW MEMBERS Compatriot* EUGENE PAUL AMOS, a member of the can Legion. He is also a Past Commander of* Overlea-Perry GREETINGS and a WARM WELCOME Delaware Crossing Chapter. Kansas Society, has chaired a Hall Post 130, The American Legion, Department of Mary­ committee of sixteen citizens of Shawnee, Kansas, studying land. the need for a general purpose community center for youth Compatriot CHARLES K. FLETCHER, San Diego and residents of the town. Chapter, founder of Home Federal Savings & Loan, was There have been enrolled in the office of the Registrar Charles Albert Garlinghouse Donald George Mathis Compatriot ALEXANDER FRASER, Governor of the recently feted in Honolulu, Hawaii, when a ribbon cutting General from August I, 1977 to December I, 1977., a total of James Hugh Gordon, Ill Raymond Livingston Mathis Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Texas, and past ceremony was held at the opening of a 21-story office build­ 305 new members distributed as follows: Francis Garrison Hall Cytil Martin McAlister President of the San Antonio Chapter was chosen by the ing that will house the Pioneer Savings & Loan of which he is Alabama 8, Alaska 0, Arizona 12, Arkansas 5, California Robert Philip Hare, IV Timothy Kent McCammon Mayor of the City of San Antonio to be a guide for H. R.H . currently President and General Manager. 24, Colorado 2, 7, Delaware I, District of Co­ George Edward Hoffman William Edwanl Melching Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, during his visit to Compatriot DR. GEORGE D. YOUSTRA, president of lumbia 3, FLORIDA 48, Society in France 0, Georgia 0, Clinton Adrian Huston Dona ld Edgar Mohn the Alamo in October, 1977. the General Andrew Pickens Chapter of the South Carolina Hawaii 0, Idaho 0, Illinois 14, Indiana 23, Iowa 5, Kansas 6, George Dodge Jaillet Kermit Rolland Todd Compatriot JOHN D . RUGG of the Society, presented a copy of his book America In Person to Kentucky 3, Louisiana 2, Maine I, Maryland 10, Mas­ Josiah Walker Keel Frederick Wilson Chapter (Ohio) has been named to the Board of Trustees of the President of at Valley Forge. This sachusetts 7, Michigan 4, Minnesota I, Mississippi 2, Mis­ Edward Cornell Keyworth Vaughn, Jr. the Ohio Genealogical Society. Former longtime informa­ volume is a compilation of 96 first-person eyewitness ac­ souri 7, Montana 0, Nebraska I, Nevada I, New Hampshire John Ruben Langford Leonard Francis Vosmeier tion director for the Air Weather Service of the U.S. Air counts of America's past. It can be ordered from Compatriot I, New Jersey 6, New Mexico 0, 15, North Ewell Tanner Lay Mark Leonard Vosmeier Force, he has also been named to direct the information Youstra for $6, postpaid. Carolina 6, North Dakota 0, Ohio 12, Oklahoma 3, Oregon Gilbert Edward Ned Clifford Vosmeier program of the statewide OGS, which has members Compatriot LT. CMDR. RICHARD N. I, Pennsylvania 8, 0, South Carolina 7, South Linkswiler, Jr. Duane Alden Widdifield throughout the world. ANDRIANO-MOORE, President of the San Francisco Dakota I, Switzerland 0, Tennessee 4, Texas 24, Utah 0, Athol Thomas McCullough Compatriot WILLIAM T. BRINGHAM, SR., Execu­ Chapter was recently appointed to the National Committee Vermont 0, Virginia 12, Washington State 3, West Virginia Henry Emerson Mitchell IOWA SOCIETY tive Vice President at Sigma Chi Headquarters received the for CAR (Children of the American Revolution). They must 2, Wisconsin 3, Wyoming 0. Joseph Frank Munroe John Vernon Bellis highest Masonic Honor at Supreme Council meeting in have heard that he and Mrs. Andriano-Moore are expecting Edward Allen Newton Stephen Douglas Pittsburgh. Bill has previously received highest award from their second child in January. If you will remember their first ALABAMA SOCIETY laurence Butler Mat1in Norman Emerson Polk Schroeder. Sr. his own Fraternity when he was elected to membership in child is a future DAR. Let's all hope that this new one will John Irwin Clisby Kenneth Ray McMains David Alexander Preston Thomas Hobart Schroeder the Order of Constantine. His professional collegues pre­ be a future SAR. Jacob Martin Cochran Michael Warren MLtrphy Frank Allen Reynolds Horace Sherwin Strong sented their highest award to him when the American Soci­ Compatriot ALFRED WALDEN has been appointed to Curtis Alden Hicks Paul Lewis Nichols Ba11lett Richards. Jr. Clifford Amos Whitcomb ety of Association Executives gave him the Key Award. serv7 on the Naples City Parks & Recreation Board, Irons John Carl Sparrow John Edward Robb Compatriot CLIFFORD RAGSDALE HOPE, JR. of Flonda. Marshall Schavland Knudsen Stanley Dean (Couey) James Edward Rogers KANSAS SOCIETY Garden City, Kansas, i the newly elected President of the Compatriot REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS E. BASS Ralph William Konkel Thompson David Daniel Schrock, Jr. James Cecil Craig Kansas State Historical Society headquartered in Topeka. (USN-RET.), Executive Director of Stratford Plantation, Gladys Rabon Page Lorenzo Dow Wakefield Donald Romaine Sias James Gaylord Crowley Arkansas State Society President Compatriot CHARLES attended the dedication of a monument in St. Louis, Mo., William David Page, Jr. Paul Thoma. Walker George Alsop Sprinkel, IV Robert Eugene Fuhlhage W. OVERTON and his lovely wife, Patricia, returned in May 17, to Robert E. Lee who as a young Lieutenant in the Edwin Arden Watkins Charles Creed Taylor, II John Tanton Miller November from three months tour of Europe. Currently, U.S. Army's Corps of Engineers helped to plan the levees to ARIZONA SOCIETY James Weston Taylor William Edgar Moore C. W. Overton, CDR (Ret.) is President of the Central Ar­ maintain the channel of the Mississippi River. William Scott Ergenbright COLORADO SOCIETY Timothy Asher Townsend James All;ia Shelby kansas Chapter, the Retired Officer's Association ; and, Boyd Kent Hartman James Ray Howard Edwin Gibson Ubbens Chairman of The Senior Corps of Retired Executives Robert Bruce Hartman Henry High Rymer Ralph Lawrence Waltman KENTUCKY SOCIETY (S.B.A.) for the State of Arkansas. Roger LaMonte Hartman Horace Fremont Webb, Glen Leon Dooley Compatriot JAMES L. DAVIS, JR. a member of the James Wallace Polk CONNECTICUT SOCIETY Andrew Lawrence We1man , John Mark Jackson, Sr. Mississippi Society now residing at 1813 South Lakeshore Brian Millard Pollock Donald Fitz-Randolph Jr. Jack Leon Upton, Jr. Drive, Homewood, Alabama, was recently sworn in as Ad­ Harry O'Brien Potter Albertson Edwin Delos Wetmore ministrative Law Judge for the Bureau of Hearing and Ap­ William 0' Brien Potter Richard Clark Bradley Fred Grasse Yount LOUISIANA SOCIETY peals for the Social Security Administration. The office to Dale Richard Sandige James Avery Main John Elbert Foote which he is assigned covers the Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Seth Fields Scott John Lewis Parker, Jr. ILLINOIS SOCIETY David Leroy· Willie Anniston, and Gadsden areas. Lester Bryant Thomas William White Spencer David Lee Colver Compatriot JOHN T. PURNELL, Delaware Society Miklos l. von Berg Alan Frederick Tobie James Robert Davies, II MAINE SOCIETY Vice President for Sussex County, and manager of the Neil Mclean Tobie John Hobart Davies Robert Eggert Prince Kent-Sussex Better Business Bureau, was the speaker at the ARKANSAS SOCIETY Gilbert Roger Dayton MARYLAND SOCIETY Sept. I Dover meeting of Delaware Chapter 1114, National John Henry Caldwell, Jr. DELAWARE SOCIETY Oliver George Haskell Howard Clinton Beck , III Association of Retired Federal Employees. John Henry Caldwell, III Richard Allen Peoples, Jr. Tyler Henry Haynes, Jr. Roland Reece Corey, Jr. Compatriot C. ROBERT GODFREY, Delaware Soci­ Henry Morschheimer William Hanner Haynes Charles Donald Dietrich ety, is the Commander of American Legion Post 29, Wil­ Louis Conner DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA G hlee Raymond Howerter Edwin Warfield Gramkow mington Manor, and editor of the Post No. 29 Bulletin, a Morschheimer, Jr. LeRoy Hanson Barnard, Jr. Roland Clarke Lawrence Elmer Ma11in Jackson, Jr. monthly newsletter. James William Shackelford David Harry Hammer James Parks Compatriot TIMOTHY R. BENNETT, SR. Vice Presi­ Gilbert C. Hazard Howard Creighton Roberts John Glenn McCiaughry James Henry Pope dent, District of Columbia Society, SAR, was recently CALIFORNIA SOCIETY Jerry A. Smith Robert Henry Taylor elected President of the Bond Club of Washington. Henry Perry Adams FLORIDA SOCIETY Donald Wesley Tennis George Lindenberger Compatriot (Col.) SAMUEL PIERCE, JR. Past Presi­ Jack Edward Andrews, Jr. John Douglas Arnall Robert Lincoln Vorwick Van Bibber, l V dent of the District of Columbia Society has been elected Oscar Elwyn Bailey John Madison Bennett Robert McLane Warfield Governor of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Robert Maskell Bell William Curtis Brunk INDIANA SOCIETY Columbia. Arba Spencer Deeds Blodget Arthur Edward Chapman Edgar William Hauser, II SOCIETY Compatriot NICHOLAS DONNEL WARD, Past Pres­ Virgil Uriah Buck Reginald Bryan Chastain Edgar William Hauser, II I Daniel MacPherson ident of the District of Columbia Society has been elected ARCHITECTURAL LETTERS • David Gerard Crombie Clinton Lavern Clough Evert James Hauser Barraford, III President of The Aztec Club of 1847 . MEMORIALS • NAME PLATES Glenn Edward Crosby Ralph Collins Connally Don Forest Hedges • TABLETS • SIGNS Harold Poor Dakin Compatriot JAMES ASHLIN LOGAN , of the Kentucky Evan James Drummond Louis Brewster Coryell Perry Seth Huxford Robert Rudolph Parrish Society, is listed in Who's Who in American Law, a presti­ BRONZE/ ALUMINUM Lloyd Victor Engle William Bruce Earl, Jr. Charles Edgar Jackson Choose Meierjohan-Wengler and Charles H. Sherman gious Marquis publication, just off the press. Compatriot Edmund L. Gaulden James Ball Fensom Gayle Orner Kamp you choose distinctive quality William Paul Meade Logan is a past President of the Kentucky Society. Robert Root Gifford William Montgomery Floyd James W. Kerr craftsmanship. For catalogue and Sherman price list, write today. Robert Lyell Hundley Auren Oscar Folsom, Jr. David Ray Lash Compatriot HENRY C. PEDEN,JR., a Charter Member Frank.Aibert Wilcox, Sr. of the Aquila Hall Chapter of the Maryland Society, Robert Edwin Klees Leroy Eugene Folsom Edward Clare Macer MEIERJOHAN·WENGLER, INC. Walter Stanley Furbee Vernon Mathas Frank Albet1 Wilcox, Jr. has been elected Baltimore County Historian in The Ameri- 10330 Wayne Ave ., Cincinnati. Ohio 45215 • 513/771 -6074 Robert James Mahaffay 7 6 SAR MAGAZINE WINTER 1978 MICHIGAN SOCIETY Lynn Scott Hamilton VIRGINIA SOCIETY WASHINGTON SOCIETY John Warner Dickinson David Russell Medert David Watson Agnew Robert Strayer Follette George Gilbert Jerome Stanley Clement Mizer John Frederick Brinley Bradley Albin Roe Gary Lee Kyser Robert LaRue Needham Walter Smith Chitwood George Melbourne Senter ehapferanJ Donald Leo Richardson Frederic Hull Roth Floyd Lester Van Etten, Jr. NEWS Henry E. Shaw, Jr. William Lehr Gibson WEST VIRGiNIA SOCIETY MINNESOTA SOCIETY Ronald Joseph Staats Ernest Lee Kirkpatrick Hilary Mitchell Burch State Societies ana~~nfs Marshall Mervin Smith William Dever Timmons, Jr. Nathan Stilson Raitt Orla Emmitt Cutright, Jr. Maurice Anson Thorne MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY OKLAHOMA SOCIETY James Robert Troth WISCONSIN SOCIETY Malcolm Stuart Sutherlanc Thomas Buford Donovan A11hur Garfield Weed, Jr. Leonard Prentice Eager DELAWARE SOCIETY William Scott Weddell Philip Hubbard Viles John Thomas Whealen Robert Dean Rati Your SAR Magazine staff recom­ The 55th annual Delaware State Philip Hubbard Viles, Jr. Richard Andrew Whealen Eugene Donovan Strandt mends that state societies appoint a Sunday Service was held Jan. I, in the MISSOURI SOCIETY qualified compatriot to assemble and Washington Memorial Chapel of the Clay Cantwell OREGON SOCIETY transmit ready-to-print material to the National Shrine at Valley Forge, Pa .. Clifton Ru!>sell Cowherd John Huston Richardson office of the Editor. Cooperation by co-sponsored by the Delaware State John Richard Hutcherson such state societies will obviously Societie · of the DAR and SAR. Floyd Daniel Reese PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY enable us to accord them a maximum The !90th anniversary of Delaware's Frank Howard Skelly George Martin Alexander of representation within these pages. Dec. 7, 1787, ratification of the U.S. Do not send newspaper clippings Dudley Thompson Victor Theodore Alexander Visits Elementary Schools Constitution was celebrated by the William Lorren Wood John George Foight, IV or chapter notices, instead of ready­ Delaware Society at its annual Ratifi­ Martin Robert Fountain to-print resumes of activities. Many situations necessitate the cation Day Dinner Dec. 10 at the du­ NEBRASKA SOCIETY George F. Mills Pont Country Club. "Lafayette in Del­ Donald Wayne Miltner. J1 Richard Jacot Monk editing of submitted copy, and were­ serve the customary editorial pre­ The San Diego Chapter Color Guard was aware" was the subject of Dr. Norman James Eugene Potts rogative of condensing or omitting in attendance at the massing of the Col­ B. Wilkin on, retired director of re­ NEVADA SOCIETY David Leroy Rabe that which circumstances justify. ors in Balboa Park on November 6. Color search, Hagley Museum, Wilmington. Mark Edward Porter Due to limited space, the text of Guard members were Carl Lamb, Jerry SAR Silver Good Citizenship Medal SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY speeches and essays cannot be pub­ Hayes, Robert Stevens and Carroll Moore, was awarded Delaware State Society NEW HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY prior to passing in review. William Norman Epps, Sr. lished. CAR President Elizabeth Kersch; Dallis Perley Gilson, Jr. George Bowman Hartness Submitted photographs must be SAR Law Enforcement Medal to Franklin Galberth Hughes, black and white glossy prints, for COLORADO SOCIETY Dover, Del., Police Chief William NEW JERSEY SOCIETY Jr. satisfactory reproduction, and must The Colorado Society held its Ar­ Spence. Bruce Davi French Lt. Col. Charles Osborne be "SAR subject-related." mistice Day Banquet on Nov. 26, in "Capit al Punishment: Life and Lester Raymond Harle Logan Do not send photographs or mate­ Denver. The guest speaker was Presi­ Death Penalty" was the topic of Dr. Thomas Churchill Rupert James McCormac, Jr. rial which are of such value that their dent General Wilson King Barne . This William H. Flay hart Ill, Professor of Langhorne, Jr. Marcus Henry Wall, Sr. return is necessitated. A service was an official visit to the Society. Hi story and Political Science. of Del­ Bernard George Long Harry Sherrill Witt charge of $1 will be made for each The Bill of Rights Day Banquet was aware State College, Dover, Del., and Donovan Daniel Sheldon photo or item that must be returned. held on Dec. 15 , also in Denver. The president-elect of the Dover Kiwanis Donald Milton Widdows SOUTH DAKOTA SOCIETY Any news material that predates the speaker was Steve Ritchie, Air Force Club, at Delaware Society's Nov. 7 last previous deadline will be consid­ Herbert Samuel Schell Academy football star and distin­ luncheon meeting in Wilmington . ered too outdated for publication, and EMPIRE STATE SOCIETY guished combat pilot wit.h an impres­ Delaware Society's Constitution will be rejected. Stuart David Baker TENNESSEE SOCIETY sive addres for all Amenca. Day dinner, held Sept. 16 in Rehoboth Eugene Francis Cassidy William James Garrett THE DEADLINE FOR ALL MATERIAL FOR THE NEXT ISSUE FEB. 28, 1978. Beach, was arranged by SA R' s Sussex Robert Gene Cox Ewing Ambrose Grizzard, CONNECTICUT SOCIETY Timothy David Edwards Jr. JOE HEAD RINGS HIS BELL At the October 10 dinner-meeting of Louis Albert Fanning James Ivan Potts, Ill IN KANSAS the General David Humphreys Branch Robert Gordon Field Ellis Floyd Vaughan Bradford Churchill (Not to mention Iowa, Missouri, and CALIFORNIA SOCIETY the speaker was Dr. John Goetsch who Loveland, Jr. TEXAS SOCIETY told of his trip to the Rocky Moun tams all points N,E, W,S) On the .S.th of November, Lt. Cmdr. on an ecological expedition and showed Philip Bernard Migliore Danny Lee Ault Richard N. Andriano- Moore, Presi­ Charles Carson Otterstedt, William Lee Ault, Jr. sl ides of the territory he visited. At the dent of the San Francisco Chapter at­ November meeting the speaker was Ill Walter Foster Baird Kansas is famous for her cyclones and tornadoes. tended the Board of Managers meeting Robert Franklin Petrasek, Jr. Glenn Harris Beadles Everyone is familiar with Dorothy and her fantasy trip on a Harold Hornstein, the editorial writer of the California Society in Santa Bar­ for the New Haven Register, who re­ David Tingley Reynolds Richard Carl Boward Kansas whirlwind to a mysterious land. But Dorothy has bara. The Santa Barbara Chapter, Milford Lee Sater William Major Bowles, Jr. met her match. Joe and Leona May Head have come to counted his experiences in holding in­ hosts, did an outstanding job in site terviews with residents of the State in Harold Putnam Spears Morgan Rainey Bunch, Ill Kansas with their Liberty Bell. Over four thousand elemen­ selection and hospitality extended. Hugh Dougherty Stevenson Cubit Edward Graves tary school children and their teachers have rung the Bell preparing his weekly feature, titled The Board of Managers voted to "OUR CONNECTICUT". Henry William Stoutenburg Henry Lamar Hammond with pride and enthusiasm. Engendered by the cyclonic have a committee look into the feasibil­ John Samuel Henderson energy of Joe Head, love of country and respect for her flag NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY ity of setting up a "California Society, Thaddeus W. Carmichael John Stephen Hudler now have new meaning to these lucky Kansans. Compatriot SAR Educational Fund" whereby Tony Durelle Hudler, Sr. David Wolfe of the Delaware Crossing Chapter arranged a Hugh Gwyn Chatham, ll members or others can make large Richard Thurmond Tony Durelle Hudler, Jr. schedule of appearances at thirty schools in the Shawnee­ monetary donations without in.curring Chatham, Jr. Hudler, II Mission District. The Overland Park Fire Department ren­ an unexpected tax burden. This com­ Frank Winford Latham, Jr. dered outstanding cooperation in a daily ritual of unwrapping Aldis Claude Henderson mittee is to report back at the May William Howard Lawson and storing the S.A.R. Liberty Bell replica. The Sons of the William Alan Lambert Board of Managers meeting with their Richard Scott Miller American Revolution is an organization with deeper mean­ John Early Powers findings and recommendations. Stephen Scott Miller ing and added lustre since Joe Head's whirlwind tour here. Compatriot Robert Fulton, State Mrs. Erwin F. (Betty) Seimes, Past Presi­ OHIO SOCIETY William Sandefur Shadrach Four thousand children have told eight thousand parents Medal and Awards Chairman, ex­ dent General, National Society of the Roy Luther Anderson Thomas Leonard Stack and ten thousand brothers and sisters of their experience plained the importance of rewar~ing Plan NOW to attend the Daughters of the American Revolution, John Cooper Brungart William Baty Stack with S.A.R. and Joe Head. And their fame will extend later deserving members with appropnate 88th Annual Congress received from Delaware Society SAR Gold John Walter Brungart David Charles Strawn into Topeka and Wichita. Keep up the good work, Joe and decorations and awards. He passed out May 27-31, 1978 Good Citizenship Medal for her outstand­ Donald Franklin Chase II Bryan J. Vicars Leona May. The USA and SAR glow ever brighter with the official criteria and forms required The Galt House ing services in Delaware DAR and Na­ David Albert Gilchrist tional DAR Activities. Mark Franklin Zoeller your burnishing oratory. for the various awards. Louisville, Kentucky 8 SAR MAGAZINE 9 WINTER 1978 County Vice President John T. Pur­ nell. Mrs. Erwin F. (Betty) Seimes, Pa~t President General of the a tiona I Society of the Daughter~ of the Ameri­ can Revolution, was awarded the SAR Gold Good Citizenship Medal for her 197§ outstanding service~ in Delaware DAR and ational DAR activities. Iron Hill. where SAR erected a monument in 190 I. was dedicated Sept. GENEALOGICAL 3 as a state park. and Compatriot Ed­ ward W. Cooch Jr. spoke at the PUBLISHING reenactment of the Sept. 3, 1777, Battle of Cooch's Bridge, Del.. his ance tral COMPANY home .

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY The D.C. Society held their annual MARYLAND MARRI­ Cono,titution Da) Dinner at the Offi­ AGES, 1778-1800. By Rob­ cers Club. Bolling Air Force Base on crt Barnes. 313 pp., indexed. September 15. The guest of honor and 1978: $15.00 speaJ..er for the evening was Colonel At the SAR-CAR Veteran 's Day ceremony November 11 at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Wilferd Smith "ho poke on '"Alexan­ Fort Myers, Florida. I to r: Cypress Lake H.S.ROTC color guard, Amy English (CAR) dria's Role in the War of 1812". The ~hat better time for SARto !oin forces with DAR than at a Thanksgiving Party (Nov. 14) Franklin Barber, SAR : Robert English, Pres. CAR; Carl Grimes V.P. CAR; Father Ward ; INDEX TO THE 1810 highl~ght of the evening wa. the pres­ Ill Bay Pme Veterans Hosp1t~l at Bay Pine, Florida! Unloading gifts (including 1000 Donald Molloy, Major Timberlake and Cypress Lake H.S. ROTC Honor Guard F1nng CENSUS OF NORTH entation of a Con~titution Bell by Vice stereo records) are Compatnot Ben Stevens, Chairman of Florida's SAR Saramana Squad. Chapter Veterans Patients Committee; Compatriot Ralph L. Longley, State Chairman of Bv Elizabeth President General Carl F. Bessent who CAROLINA. P. the newly formed committee and member of the Sara mana Chapter; Mrs. Ralph Longley spoke to the Societ) on the significance Bentley. 282 pp. 1978. $17.50 Chairman Veterans Project, Sara De Sota Chapter DAR ; Mrs. John L. Pottenger, Vic~ members led the Pledge of Allegiance. of our Constitution. Of special interest County Sheriff Frank Wanicka. The Regent, Boca C1ega Chapter; Mrs. Walter Bogart, Co-Chairman Veterans Patients Com­ made the principal speech and placed a was the fact that this bell is one of only Sheriff talked on the activities and the mittee, Sara De Sola Chapter; Mrs. Ben Stevens, wife of Saramana SAR Chairman. wreath in honor of war dead at the base BURKE'S DORMANT, five presented by Mr. Bessent to each facilitie of the Lee County Sheriff De­ of a rep! ica of the I wo J ima Memorial. of his State Societies. the mold was de- FLORIDA SOCIETY partment. Visiting Compatriot George ABEYANT, FORFEITED, Commissioners and Clerk of Court as A Color Guard and Honor Guard firing troyed after the five were made. Morris, Trustee to the ational Soci­ AND EXTINCT PEER­ On ovember 17 the Daytona- their speaker at their October meeting. ety from the Florida State Society, re­ quad from the Cypress Lake High AGES. 642 pp., illus., indexed. Ormond Chapter held their regular His talk was on Collier County record ported on the recent Tru tees Meeting. School ROTC unit also participated in monthly meeting. In commemoration keeping and stres ed those records The next meeting of the National Trus­ the ceremony. The invocation and ben­ (1883), 1978. $20.00 of their military service in WW I, Presi­ which would be available for the use of tee is Feb. 10 & II at Atlanta, Ga. ediction were pronounced by Caloosa dent Robert G. Elliott and Past Presi­ citizens doing genealogical work. Chapter members Father Harry Ward The SA R South Atlantic District meets THE ENGLAND & HOL­ dent Florida Society George E. Mor­ A Project Committee has been at Atlanta at the same time. (Florida Society Chaplain) and Donald ris, Jr. awarded the SAR Military Ser­ named to determine the worthwhile Caloosa Chapter will have a special Molloy, who is Senior Chaplain of Billy LAND OF THE PIL­ vice Medals to four Compatriots: projects Naples Chapter may best Washington's Birthday Meeting to Bowleg Society CAR. Franklin GRIMS. Bv Henry 1. Dexter. Joseph L. Lamberson, May 2, 1897; choose to pursue in 1978. It will also be which the SAR Ladies are invited. The Barber, Secretary of Caloosa Chapter 673 pp., illu~ .• inde~cd. (1906), We ley M. Ba tedo, October 23, 1897; the duty of this Committee to deter­ date is Saturda1·. Feh. 25 at the Fort acted as master of ceremonies. 1978. $22. 50 William G. Truesdell, April 23, 1895 mine the best means of raising funds to Myers Country Club. Mark your The Palm Beach Chapter conducted and Ralph H . Mann, October 14, 1894. fulfill these objectives. The Committee calendars now as this is not the usual its regular monthly meeting Dec. 20 Each has been a regular and faithful is currently composed of Denni meeting date. with a total of 74 Compatriots and INDEX TO MARRIAGES participant in SA R Chapter activitie . White, Charles Straughn and Duane For the second year Caloosa Chap­ guest in attendance. With all of the AND DEATHS IN THE Guest speaker was George E. Mor­ Julian. ter sponsored the Billy Bowlegs Soci­ newly elected officer being present. an (BALTIMORE) SUN, ris. Jr. who officiated at the installation At it November meeting the Catoosa ety CAR in a Veteran's Day ceremony impressive ceremony conducted by Thomas of Officers in January of thi. year. Chapter pre ented the SAR Law En­ ovember II . The ceremony was held Past President General Matthew B. 1837-1850. By L. Compatriot Morri congratulated the forcement Medal and Citation to Lee in the veteFans section of Memorial Sellers and Past Florida Society Presi­ I lollowak. 787 pp., indexed. Chapter on their significant mem­ Gardens Cemetery. Fort Myers. CAR dent George E. Morris, Jr. installed the ( 1950), 1978. $25.00 ber hip increase during thi calendar new Chapter officer for 1978. year. A new chapter of Children of the GEORGIA SOCIETY IMMIGRANTS TO THE American Revolution is being formed Membership Awards announced at MIDDLE COLONIES. Ed. in the aples Area under the organiz­ the 87th SAR Congress included five Michael Tepper. Reprinted with ing spon or hip of the Naples Chapter members of Coweta Falls Chapter. a new Introduction and Indexes. ofSAR and Big Cypress Chapter of the Quite an accomplishment! - - 178 pp. 1978. $10.00 DAR. Duane Julian is the Liaison offi­ Tom Bi hop, Deerfield School. Al­ cer for SAR and organizing Vice Presi­ bany, Georgia's entry in the ational dent of thi new organization. Mrs. Oration Contest won first place at Donald Berg of the DAR is the or­ Milwaukee. Hugh Charle Moore, ganizing President. If you have any ORDER DIRECTLY FROM At the November dinner meeting of the Naples (Florida) Chapter's fourth annual Brook tone School, won first place in ons/daughters or grandsons/grand­ District of Columbia Society, held at Ft. luncheon banquet was held November 5, Georgia last year. daughters you wish to be affiliated with GENEALOGICAL McNair on November 15, the guest From the left is Florida Society President with 90 members and guests in atten­ The December Holiday Party was the CAR, plea e call Mrs. Berg at speaker was the Reverened William M. Dr. Bill Hatt, along with Judge Jame~ dance. The principal speaker was the held in Green Island Hills, Dec. PUBLISHING 262-5218 for further information. In thi. Knott in the center receiving his SAR Gold Hon. A. Robert Williams. His subject, Petersen, Rector, St. Johns Episcopal 5- trictly ocial and no speeches. COMPANY Church, Centerville, Va. He spoke on the way should a CAR member wish to Citizenship Award. To Judge Knott's left Florida's Cultural Resource Programs. Children of the American Revolution 111 Water Street French Forces as they participated in join the SAR or DAR later in life, the is Palm Beach Chapter's President, Ray Pictured I to r are Ben Anderson, Pres., presented the program on Nov. 28th at Northern Virginia during the Revolution. transfer is ea ily made. Shepley, whose chapter presented the Dennis White, Sr. Vice Pres . Naples Chap­ Baltimore, Md. 21202 Award. Judge Knott is among the top Fourth Monday meeting of Coweta Chaplain Petersen is in the uniform of a The Naples Chapter had William ter; W. Robert Williams, Deputy Seely. of leaders in Florida's Historical Society and State, Fla., and Naples Compatriot Falls Chapter. Mrs. Charles Q. Hall, Revolutionary War Chaplain, (American). Reagan Clerk of the Collier County also in Geneaology. Charles Straughan. senior advisor for CAR, was in charge. 10 11 SAR MAGAZINE WINTER 1978 went up to the rostrum and told Judge retary know if you can and will attend Colonial Governor Thomas Chittenden Our Chapter was represented by: Barnes that his address "made the the Congres as a Delegate or Alter­ of Vermont was the Patriot Ancestor Mr. & Mrs. Richard McGehee, Mr. & most sen<;e and was most in piring" of nate Delegate. from 27 through 31 presented by his descendant, Compa­ Mrs. Bob Howland, Mr. & Mrs. Ted Hammer, Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Law­ any she had ever heard at an SAR af­ May. Subsequent Congre ses are in Non-Profit triot Albert Boaz Padon. fair. San Deigo ( 1979), South Carolina rence, Mr. & Mrs. Gus diZerega V, Corporation Thomas Jefferson Chapter of To­ Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ingling, Mr. & Judge Barnes in tailed the slate of ( 1980), Oklahoma (1981 ). peka, in search of ways to develop state ~ociety officers for the upcoming Mrs. Macy Lewis, Mr. & Mrs. Virgil The senior member of Continental in Your Home more interest in the SAR organization. year. C. W. "Ted'" Grange was in­ Pangburn and Frank Kruske, Jr. Chapter. Dr. Clay A. Ball, marked hi now has a monthly breakfast on the stalled Illinois state president, and At the August breakfast of the Del­ IOOth birthday on 19 November. A re­ second Saturday of each month, usu­ Carleton L. Banker state secretary. tired physician in general practice, Dr. aware Crossing Chapter, an interesting ally with a short program, followed presentation on Colonial coinage was President Grange's first official act was Ball was born in Sockum, Monroe TO DEFEND AND with a brief business meeting. In the appointment, that same night , of Township. Delaware County. Still ac­ given by Mr. Walter Wolfert, president November, Kelsey Petro, the last char­ of the Johnson County (KS) Numisma­ On October 12th at a joint meeting of the Gordon P. Tierney to the newly tive, and interested in the events of to­ PRESERVE THIS ter member of the chapter, told of SAR and the DAR chapters in the Colonel created po. t of Member. hip Secretary. day. Dr. Ball and Mrs. Ball reside at tic Society. A collection of early U.S. members who started the Topeka chap­ coin and currency wa displayed. John Dooly Chapter area Compatriot Judge Barnes had declared, in his talk. Westminster Village at Muncie. A re­ CONSTITUTION ter 53 years ago. There was a fine at­ Gerald G. Fling, Georgia Senior Vice Pres­ that every state should have one. Compatriot John Duncan, chapter v-p, cent member of SA R. Dr. Ball is proud tendance and everyone enjoyed the fel­ ident presented the Silver Good Citizen­ Illinois has a dandy' of his membership and of his ancestors' Establishing a small, privately owned told of hi s Patriot Ancestor's participa­ corporation In your home Is simpler than lowship around the tables. On Novem­ ship award to Mr. Glenn Horner of Warner Judge Barnes. at this meeting was contributions toward gaining our Inde­ tion in the American Revolution. Robins, Georgia for his work with youth. It sounds and the tax savings can be ber 27 Thomas Jefferson Chapter had a Vice Pre ident General Arthur made an honorary citizen by proclama­ pendence. thousands of dollars. dinner meeting with guests invited. Al­ The award was given by the Georgia State tion of the Governor of Illinois. Mansfield King. in the continuing Society. From the left: J. William McCul­ ADD TO YOUR PURCHASING POWER though it was an icy, cold day, 48 at­ series of talks on Patriot Ancestors of loch II , President of Col. John Dooly Operating a chapter of tne Committee tended the meeting. Member were for­ members of the Chapter, told of one of Chapter, Glenn Horner, and Gerald G. KANSAS SOCIETY to Restore the Constitution as a non­ tunate to have Joseph W. Snell, execu­ Fling , Sr. profit corporation can add thousands of his nineteen patriot forefathers, a Fifer, tive director of the Kansas State His­ Samuel Mansfield. Compatriot Laird Joe Head and the replica of the Lib­ dollars to your purchasing power by torical Society, give a well-researched Children members and parents at­ making the income tax system work for Wilcox was the featured speaker pre­ erty Bell have been speaking and ring­ talk on "Fun on the Kansas Frontier." tended. you instead of against you. The big plus senting "The Psychological Aspects of ing in the local schools for over a week. Is that, as president of a small In March Thomas Jefferson will be SAR members <;hould encourage Genealogy". Emphasizing that the At the 19 ovember breakfast meeting corporation, you can enhance the host to the 87th Congress of the Kansas CAR and help to enroll our children of the Delaware Crossing Chapter, financial base for your patriotic popularized novel "Roots" is a and grandchildren. endeavors. Society. Stampeding Joe gave the assembled travesty of genealogic veracity, the TV .. Keep USA First ... the exhibit. was The December meeting of the Wash­ version has sparked a renewed interest Compatriots a sample of his pre. enta­ DEDUCT COSTS OF MAINTAINING announced by H. C. Harden. Chair­ ington Chapter, gave an opportunity to in heredity and traditionalism which tion to the school children. Compatri­ YOUR PROPERTY discuss where the Chapter is and where man. Sample of materials available for ots Charles M. Wi Ison, Boaz Padon You can deduct, as part-time business has been lost in the 1950s and 1960s as this outdoor advertising project and pa­ expenses, some of the costs of it 's going,-a business-oriented meet­ characterized by young people trying to Smiles at the annual meeting of the Willard Howard and Ralph H. Goodeli triotic program were displayed and ex­ maintaining your property, e.g. ; ing for members, however, potential "find themselves". Illinois Society of SAR: Len Young Smith, a. sisted Joe and Leona May at times mortgage payments and utilities, plained at Monday night meeting. members who may have an interest in past president general, President General but Joe and the Bell are the BIG mileage costs for your car (even buy an any of the following subjects, also in­ The September breakfast was at­ Barnes, and Dr. Leslie Bryan , past vice automobile for business purposes). tended by 55 members and guests. SHOW. Continuing a serie of pres­ depreciation on equipment, vacation vited. Matters discussed include: ILLINOIS SOCIETY president general and past president of entations of Patriot Ancestors, a Delaware Crossing Chapter was the Illinois Society. travel costs (when related to chapter I. Liberty Bell visit to Wichita. The annual meeting of the Illinois brother act composed of Compatriots business), and salaries paid to members 2. Program and projects for the com­ founded in 1960 by members of the Society was held December I. The Willis and Milton Tainter told of the of your family. ing year. Kansas Society meeting at Old Grinter meeting, which President General participation of Eaires Tainter in the WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW 3. Compatriots diZerega V and Mc­ House near Edwardsville, Kansas. The Barnes addre ed. wa made up of 1::!4 INDIANA SOCIETY American Revolution. Several item. of and provide you with all the things you Gehee visit to the State Meeting of the October meeting was designated by compatriots and wives. with a good The Continental Chapter Bylaws es­ heraldic intere t were shown a well as need: certificate of incorporation, Kan as Society. President Ralph H . Goodell, Jr. a showing of OARs. as well. Illinois" old books and pictures of the Tainter minutes for your first board of directors 4. Compatriot diZerega V visit to the Founders Day. On 20 October, Com­ tablish the four pecial days of each meetings, by-laws to be adopted at your oldest DAR, (incidentally 88) who ha~ family and their kin. year which determine meeting dates. In first meeting of officers of the National Board Meeting in Washing­ patriots and guests met for luncheon in attended some 24 or 25 state meetings. 1978, these meeting will occur on the Mr. Allan Perry, archivist with the corporation, and much more. ton. the Grinter Methodist Church for a re­ following Thursday evenings: 16 Feb­ Federal Records Center, was guest WRITE TO ME TODAY! Make a place for 5. Signing up of new members (we view of the church' history capably ruary, 15 June. 14 September. and 9 speaker at the I 7 December breakfast your children in tomorrow's world. have 8 to I 0 men who are close to join­ given by Mrs. Laura Daniels, a 50-year November. Even though notices are meeting. His topic was titled " Indians ing). member of the church. Scott W. sent 10 days prior to each meeting. and Other Loyalists in the American Our Chapter is grateful to the lovely Kelsey, Kansas Society President, son some may want to mark these dates on Revolution". Thi afforded some in­ a..ce ,tL_, ladie of the Eunice Sterling Chapter, of a former president of KSSAR and the calendar in the event that mail ser­ sight for the assembled Compatriots Archibald E. Roberts, Daughters of the American Revolu­ past Grand Master of Ma ons in Kan­ vice is delayed. into the attitudes and sympathies of Lt. Col., AUS, ret., Director CRC tion, for a splendid October meeting. sas, Scott E. Kelsey, brought greetings The Indiana Society's Winter Meet­ those who were "on the other ide'". We were their guests in the Junior from the State Society. Past Vice Pres­ ing will take place on Saturday, II Feb­ BONUS League House. It is indicative of our ident General and recipient of the SAR ruary, hosted by the Clarence Cook friendship to report that the spacious Minuteman Award, Judge Donald Chapter in Indianapoli s. All members "Tax Shelter" package includes "THE meeting room was at near capacity. Campbell Little, was honored as the REPUBLIC: Decline and Future Chapter Regent Mrs. John Dabrow Founder and first President of Dela­ and wives will be welcome. The Alexis Promise", big (BY, x 11) book. Identifies Coquillard Chapter of South Bend will financial powers reshaping America for presided and the usual DAR format ware Crossing Chapter. Following lun­ host the Indiana Society's Annual "corporate state" of 1980's. Explains was followed. Chaplain Ruth True cheon, Compatriot David Wolfe gave a Meeting on 8 April. President General legislative remedy, successful in many gave the Invocation. Mrs. Robert presentation on his Patriot Ancestor, states. to defend your "life, liberty and Howland led us in the Pledge to the Rev. Enoch David. Curator Jack At the sixth annual luncheon meeting of and Mrs. Wilson K. Barnes of Mary­ property". the General Chapter Presi­ land will attend. Flag followed by the singing of our a­ Cromwell of the Grinter House dent Graydon W. Regenos, on behalf of Members of the Indiana Society are tiona! Anthem. Museum conducted the party on a tour the chapter, presented the Silver Good fortunate in that the National Society's FOR PROSPECTUS, Mr . Dabrow dispensed with their of the old ·home which is a National Citizenship Award to Compatriot Frank A. Annual Congress in 1978 will convene Topeka's (Kan.) Thomas Jefferson Chap­ bu iness meeting until after the pro­ Historic site built by Moses Grinter Ward, II on the left, local attorney and Send your Name, Addre•• & Zip, with in Louisville. The Kentucky Society ter President Wendling H. Hastings con­ 2se for poatage and handling. To: gram. She yielded the floor to our who operated the ferry across the Kan­ president of the Galesburg Historical So­ gratulates Executive Director Joseph W. Chapter president, Richard McGehee. sas River on the old military road be­ ciety, "i n recognition of dedicated and has been making special plans for a COMMITTEE TO RESTORE long time, and an out tanding Congress Snell of the Kansas State Historical Soci­ He expressed our appreciation for the tween Fort Leavenworth and Fort unselfish service and leadership in ety, following his talk, " Fun on the Fron­ THE CONSTITUTION numerous worthy causes in the commu­ is in store for all who attend. Because hospitality shown us. Mrs. Dabrow Scott. The Delaware Indians camped tier," at a November meeting of the chap­ Post Office Box 986 nearby thus giving a dual meaning to nity, particularly in connection with the of Louisville's proximity to Hoosier ter. At left is Kansas Society Vice Presi­ thanked the committee responsible for Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 the naming of the Delaware Crossing preservation of local buildings and places SARs, we should have a record dent William C. Baker and at right is Kan­ the meeting, headed by Mrs. Robert of hi sto ric interest." number in our delegation. Let the Sec- sas Society President Scott W. Kelsey. Howland. Chapter. 12 13 SAR MAGAZINE WINTER 1978 free black settlement in the United patriots of Duluth greatly in re­ EMPIRE STATE (N.Y.) SOCIETY States. This tract of land, which origi­ establi hing their chapter. Compatriot John L. Loeb, Jr. gave nally consisted of 94 acres, was given December 17, the Minnesota Society New York Chapter a handsome new to four black soldiers of the Revolu­ was the guest of the Captain John Chapter flag in testimony of the con­ tion. The four men were al o granted Holmes Chapter, DAR, for a Christ­ tributions to the history of New York their freedom at this time. Parting mas Party. The Ladies of the DAR by the ance tors of another Board Ways was their home and also their last served a wonderful luncheon and pre­ Member, William G. Mulligan, whose resting place. The marker reads: In sented a Christmas Play to the enjoy­ ancestor Hercules Mulligan hosted • memory of Cato Howe, Plato Turner, ment of all. General Washington when he led the Prince Goodwin, Quamamy. NEW JERSEY CHAPTER victorious into New With the Color Guard's flags draping York in 1783, and in appreciation of the graves, a brief ceremony was held Pres. Gen. Wilson King Barnes Comp. Mulligan's long personal, his­ ' and the marker hammered into the stressed member hip as the primary torical and professional contributions Rochester Chapter (N .Y.) marked the ground at the side of the memorial aim of the National Society during hi to New York Chapter and the SAR. grave of Col. Nathaniel Rochester, foun­ stone. Among the speakers were Mrs. talk at the autumn meeting of the New President Addams is proceeding with der of the city and namesake of the Chap­ Marjorie Anderson, Executive Direc­ Jer ey Society in Morristown, Nov. 12. preparations for the 43rd Colonial Ball ter. Photographed at the ceremony, from The Annual Constitution Week Banquet of the Louisiana Society was held at the New tor of the Museum of Afro-American In this connection he discussed mea­ in February, the premier SA R social the left , are principal speaker Dr. Blake Orleans Country Club. Receiving along with State President William S. Arkle and Mrs. Ethnohistory and Rev. Vernal Simms, sures that the national organization event of the year. The restoration of McKelvey, Councilman Paul Haney, Hon. Arkle were Past President General Ryall Morgan and Mrs. Morgan, National Trustee 0. D. Pastor of the Bethel A. M.E. Church of might undertake to overcome the de­ Barber B. Conable, Jr. U.S. Congress, the Odeii-Rochambeau House at Comp. Charles Shepard. Fontenot and Mrs. Fontenot, First Vice-President T. Fitzhugh Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, Plymouth. State President Robert Bol­ cline in the roster. Hartsdale, N.Y. is progressing under Vice-Admiral Pierre N. Chabonnet, Jr. and Mrs. Charbonnet. Vice-Admiral Charbonnet, ton led the gathering in a alute to the Pres. Gen. Barne. also paid tribute Commandant of the Eighth Naval District at New Orleans and Chief of Naval Reserve of the direction of Comp. Robert J. flag. Mrs. Raymond Flick, Pa t State to Comp. William Young Pryor, New Stackpole, Chairman. Gifts, contribu­ Your Ancestors by a Study of Their the United States, was the featured speaker at the banquet which was attended by 114 Jersey president, 1956-57, and a former compatriots and their ladies. From the left: Morgan, Fontenot, Charbonnet, Arkle, Wil­ Regent, DAR. concluded the cere­ tions and bequests by SARs would be Writing," and met jointly with the son. mony with a beautiful, haunting rendi­ member of the national staff. Comp. appreciated. This is the largest single Kilowanoke Chapter, NSDAR, at tion of Taps. Pryor again is chancellor of the New project ever undertaken by any Chap­ their chapter house for the November MAINE SOCIETY MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY Jersey society. ter, a credit to all SARs! meeting. The annual Christmas party of the On October 29th the Maine Society Compatriot Eugene Richard , Presi­ MINNESOTA SOCIETY Oriskany Battle Chapter held its an­ On August 20th Rochester Chapter board of managers was held at the state held it Fall Conference in Auburn. dent of Old Colony Chapter, reports on nual memorial service at the Oriskany honored Col. Nathaniel Rochester, The Minnesota Society held its quar­ headquarters, in Elizabeth, Dec. 9. The guest peaker was Rear Admiral Veterans Day activities: Massachu­ Battle Monument. President Stanley F. placing an SAR marker at hie; grave at terly meeting of the Board of Managers West Fields Chapter concluded an ac­ Edward A. Rodgers, Superintendent of setts' Continental Color Guard, com­ in connection with the Duluth Chapter, Countryman placed a wreath in mem­ Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, with tive year with a musicale, Dec. 6, at the the Maine Maritime Academy. The manded by Richard Thorndike, par­ ory of that gallant and courageous special ceremonies. He was founder of in an effort to revitalize the activity of Westfield Woman's Club, with the Admiral, who is an authority on the ticipated in Plymouth's Veterans Day struggle and the honored dead and the City and namesake of the chapter the Duluth area. Several Compatriots DAR and the Westfield Musical Club U.S. Merchant Marine and its prob­ parade and at the memorial services wounded of August 6th, 1777. Chapter that bears his name. Only one other made the trip from southern Min­ participating. The performers were lems, delivered a most interesting and that followed. The parade's Grand members also took part in the recent city in the United States is named for a nesota. Following the regular business, Mis Esther Remeta and Steven timely talk on "Maine Maritime Mar~hall Col . George Shilling awarded reenactment of the battle by the reacti­ Revolutionary Officer. President a wonderful program was pre ented by Greene, local high school violinist and Academy-Pa t. Present, and Fu­ the Color Guard the honored first con­ vated Revolutionary War unit that took Stuart C. Rogers presided for Roches­ Mr. Henry Roberts, noted naturalist, pianist. ture." Among subjects discussed at the tingent position. part-Colonel Frederick Vischer's 3rd ter Chapter. Distinguished guests author, and lecturer from the Duluth Comp. and Rev. Donald R. Pepper, conference was a proposed school The two mile parade route was inter­ Regiment Tryon County Militia. were: Hon. Barber B. Conable, Jr., US area. He presented a slide-illustrated president of Jockey HoUow Chapter re­ essay conte t, in an effort to promote rupted by a wreath laying at Memorial A crowd of 20,000 and fine support Congressman; Rear Admiral William program on the Four Seasons of peated, Apr. 19, for West Fields Chap­ patriotism and good citizenship. It was Hall and the World War Bridge. Color from Compatriots and wive made the R. Cox. USN Ret., representing the Northern Minnesota, truly a beautiful ter hi lecture on "The Spy in Washing­ also voted to award, for the fir t time, guard member, Clarence Fish, a World participation of Huntington Chapter in North Carolina Society of the Cincin­ set of slides, covering all aspects of the ton' Army" which he had delivered R. 0. T. C. medals to outstanding cadets War II, veteran, tood at attention on the "Heritage Festival" at Hecksher nati; City Councilman Paul Haney; Dr. natural hi tory of the region. This before an enthralled meeting of the at the Maine Maritime Academy. The the bridge, holding the marker and flag Park a success in every way. Compa­ Blake McKelvey, former City Histo­ ovember 12 meeting aided the Com- New Jersey Society several months Maine Legislature recently granted which we were to place on the graves of triot Bill Shay cheduled activities, rian and principal peaker; ESS State funds to the Maine Society to support four black veterans of the Revolution. earlier. with Comp. Gerald Raynor, Secretary, Secretary Ray C. Perry: State Histo­ its program of placing SAR marker on The parade then continued onto the and President John M. Miller, Jr. and rian Roy Goold: Chapter officers and the graves of Revolutionary War veter­ Soldier's Green, a large park with a wives worked Saturday and Sunday ar­ members of the Board of Manager ans. Over I ,500 of the markers have monument in the center. The main ranging and etting up the displays. ESS, Henry R. Emerson, Treasurer been placed by the Maine Society. Veterans Day ervice was held here. During the day Compatriots Miller and and Charles F. Weinmann, Secretary. The Maine Society, SAR unani­ The speaker included Harold Peck, Shay demon trated lead ca ting, Pres. And a number of direct descendants of mou ly endor ed Compatriot Alexan­ parade organizer and commander of the Miller also demonstrated the use of hi Col. Roche ter including Compatriot der Hamilton for re-election to the of­ American Legion Past #44, and "Brown Bess" rifle. Also as isting dur­ Charles Shepard. The remarks of Dr. fice of Librarian General at the 1978 Dorothy Dix, Vice Commander of the ing the day in various capacities were McKelvey on the life of the patriot National Congress. Thi endorsement American Legion. When the service compatriots: West Gardner, Roy were mo t enlightening and interesting was voted at the Fall Meeting on 29 was over, Commander Peck arranged Bunce, Reginald Metcalf, Bill Stein­ as were Congressman Conable's histor­ October 1977. for our transportation back to our cars hoff. Erne t Fitter, Gerald Raynor, ical remark about the Rochester area in orth Plymouth and then with his Walt Kuhn and Douglas Stratton and during the post-Revolutionary era. It lead car as an escort brought us all to New Jersey SAR President Albert L. Tom Shay. The SAR wives were also wa a fine event with a large number of Stokes of Princeton and Dr. D. Stanton very much in evidence with their chapter members and Rochesterians at­ the Legion Po t for a lunch of chicken, Hammond of Paterson, at an informal ob­ a orted drinks and sociability. splendid baked good and fine assis­ tending. The chapter will institute an servance of Dr. Hammond's 90th birthday annual observance at the grave under Commander Peck with other mem­ anniversary at state headquarters, Sept. tance. Reginald Metcalf also com­ bers of the Legion and SAR accom­ 22. Comp. D. Stanton Hammond 3rd was manded the Militia detachment. Art the direction of Comp. Emerson. panied us to the Parting Ways Ceme­ president of the New Jersey Society Sniffin had a genealogical display. Karl The Nov. 17th chapter meeting was tery. Among the SAR member was 1937-38 and has been consistently active Packard also participated with a dis­ privileged to hear W. Stephen Thomas, Milton S. Braddock of Yarmouth Port, in the ~ubsequent years, especially in play; and Willard Mansell, drummer Vice-President, New York Society of Mass. Compatriot Braddock in collab­ marking and preserving of many of the with the Militia detachment were the Cincinnati talk on the subject oration with Mrs. Marjorie Anderson Memorial services in Plymouth took place myriad historic sites in the state. among the many chapter members who " Doctors in Camp and Hospital" Until a recent illness he was a member has established the authenticity of Part­ at Parting Ways Cemetery. Eugene participated in the Festival. which included an interesting discus­ Shown at the Fall Conference of the Richards, President of Old Colony Chap­ and attended practically all the meetings ing Ways. On Oct. 3rd Huntington Chapter sion of the archaeological excavations Maine Society are (left to right) Librarian ter, SAR , stands in front of marker desig­ of the board of managers and social func­ he participated in with his father at General , State Presi­ Parting Way Cemetery was in 1777 heard an interesting talk by Comp. nating early black settlement, with speak­ tions of that body. His has been a voice Monistown, N.J., and other battle and dent Col. Enoch W. Hunt, and Rear Admi­ Parting Ways Settlement. Here are cel­ ers, the Rev. Vernal Simms and Marjorie quickly and earnestly raised in deferise of Gerald Raynor, Certified G raphoana­ ral Edward A. Rodgers, guest speaker. lar hole that are evidence of the first Anderson looking on. the society and in upholding its purposes. lyst, "Breathe Life Into the Study of encampment sites of the Revolution. 15 14 SAR MAGAZINE WINTER 1978 Stoney Point Chapter held its 14th sented to the Village of Catskill for the sponsored by the Lower Cape Fear little known Baron Fredrick Yon tions in order to produce a Patriot Annual Awards Dinner at the US Mili­ Maintenance of Revolutionary War Chapter of the SAR. Stueben. This subject was the result of which fulfill!-> it!-> mis~ion. That new'> is tary Academy, West Point on Nov. II. Veterans' graves. A U.S. flag that had The program included presentation research both here and abroad. Compa­ best which concerns future events. A., With Master of Ceremonies and distin­ flown over the Nation's Capitol was of a special plaque, emphasizing the triot Moore is to be congratulated for soon as plan~ for a meeting are guished Compatriot, J. Moreau Brown, also presented. SAR emblem in bronze; b1ief remarks hi spectacular and informative ad­ finalized. please report the date. If the I II officiating, the SAR Good Citizen­ Buffalo Chapter held its Joint Patri­ on the life and career of Benjamin dress. There followed a ocial period in Pwriot is the succe~s hoped for. guest'. ship Medals were presented by Pres­ otic Societies Meeting recently, with Smith, who was governor in 1810-11; which the guests could meet and talk to from other chapters may begin to at­ ident G. Roland Mills to Or. Donald F . the Society of Colonial Wars, Western the marking of Gov. Smith's grave at the Baron and enjoy a closer viewing of tend other chapter's meetings. At the Clark, and the award to Rockland N.Y. Section, and the Buffalo Associa­ Brunswick Town which included tiring his dress uniform. very least we shall become more sup­ County's 1977 Man and Woman of the tion of the SR. It was the 17th Annual the cannon by the Wilmington District The Thank giving luncheon of the portive of one another, compatriots in Year to Judge John A. Gallucci and Dinner. Officiating for Buffalo Chap­ in uniform; and a barbecue Benjamin Franklin Chapter had as its every sense! Mrs. Donald Vernon. Distinguished ter, President Thomas H. Speller. Dis­ dinner. speaker William G. Keener, Chief South Carolina Society is seeking an guest attending were: Norman H. tinguished SARs attending were ESS Over 100 attended, including mem­ Curator of the Ohio Historical Society, entrant in the Douglas G. High Hi~tor ­ Dieter, President ESS, SAR; J. Wes­ Past President and Past ational Trus­ bers and their spouses of the Lower Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Keener spoke ical Oration Contest. a highlight of ley Pullman, Ill, immediate Past Pres­ tee, Robert B. Newcomb, and ESS Cape Fear Chapter, the DAR chapters about the history of the early Indian of every Congress. Compatriot J. Roy ident ESS and Past Chapter President; Vice-President Chase Viele. The guest of Wilmington and Brunswick County, Ohio and their cultures. a topic both Smith. Jr .. of The Citadei-Charle !->tOn Chapter. is State Chairman of the Pa t Ch. Pres. Dr. Cecil H. Kindle; speaker wa Or. Gerald C. Saltarelli and a special delegation from the interesting and educational. At the Cincinnati Chapter's Annual event. Westchester Ch. President, and Regis­ Chairman and President of Houdaill~ Jacksonville, N.C. Chapter of the Mr. Robert Ewing, President of the Thansgiving Dinner are Chapter Presi­ trar ESS, Or. Ralph H. Bacon; Chap­ lndustrie . This was but one of the out­ Children of the American Revolution. Ohio Society SAR, spoke at our last dent John T. O'Neil, Compatriot Wm. A. Boys from the tenth. eleventh, and ter officers, A11hur T. Ellsworth, standing SAR events Buffalo chapter is George McNeir, president of the meeting. His talk was very informative Moore as Baron Von Steuben, Chaplin twelfth grades of high school may en­ Vice-Pres.; Robert P. Knight, Record­ known for within the ESS. Lower Cape Fear Chapter, presided at on the events and happenings in the General Samuel J. Holt. ter. They mu-,t deliver a five minute ing Secretary; Dr. Cecil H. Kindle, Binghamton Chapter co-sponsored the occasion. Other chapter members National Society; new address, new address on an event, personality, or deavors. I hope to carry on this excel­ achievement of the Revolution. follow­ Corres. Secretary; Robert B. Hemin­ an SAR-OAR display on Family His­ participating were Milan. Wood, who Secretary-General, etc. Compatriot lent tradition during and after my term over, Treasurer/ Registrar: and Rev. tory in the downtown Binghamton Pub­ reviewed the record of Gov. Smith; Bob then ended his talk with the history ing their written version of the speech as President." rea~onably clo'>ely, but using no notes. Rudolph Wissler, Chaplain, and a full lic Library for several weeks. It was Walser Allen who is also chaplain of of the SAR. Compatriots Henry B. Brown. Jr .. compliment of chapter members and seen by a large number of people and the N.C. Society, SAR, gave the invo­ Guests at our last meeting were Ber­ This search should interest every C. Leslie Hunsberger. and Harry member. as it i:.. a primary means of guests. Guest speaker wa the Hon. was excellent in content. ln charge of cation; and, Roy Sandlin. Chapter nard Naylor, Clark Loofbourrow and Woolever, Jr. attended a Quarterly George Wing (former Worthington involving youth in a patriotic activity Benjamin A. Gilman, Congressman the display was Compatriot Gordon R. chaplain, who gave the benediction. Meeting of the National Tru~tees in 26th Distrist who pointed interesting Woodward, Registrar, and Mrs. W. K. Dorsey, past president of the mayor). Also present were grandfather and of promoting the SARin the public Alexandria, Va., October 21/22. They eye. and . a~propriate remarks to the ap­ Woodward who is the Broome County Lower Cape Fear Chapter. who is and grandson, C. Weir and Tom visited the new offices of the National Write Compatriot Smith, P.O. Box preciatiOn of all. The meeting was Historian. General of the Wilmington District Arend. Society and met the then Acting 416, Charleston 29402, if you wish f~rther complimented by a splendid On November 19th Binghamton Minutemen, commanded the unit at the Executive Secretary Herman Nicker­ further information or are willing to dmner. Past ESS President J. Moreau Chapter was host to the Empire State tiring of the cannon. PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY son and his staff. Our group was well Brown, Ill and Mrs. Brown are now Board of Managers in Binghamton. The presentation of the plaque was push the success of the contest in your Philadelphia-Continental Chapter has received and agreeably impressed with community. Local preliminary events residing in San Francisco. Welcoming remarks were given by made by Compatriot McNeir to all they saw and heard. past-President and current Secretary the honor of being the "Most Active would make e.xcellent chapter projects, Syracuse Chapter benefits from the William G. Faulk Jr., who accepted on The Pennsylvania Society has in­ James C. Babbitt; the Invocation by Chapter" in Pennsylvania for the third but is imperative that they conform in talents of its very able President Col. behalfof the State of North Carolina, creased annual dues from four to five Manager Gilbert W. Corbin. After a year. We have had a variety of pro­ every way to the rules of the national Charles W. Skeele, demonstrated by and expressed appreciation for the dollars. Half of the extra dollar will be tine luncheon the meeting was tumed grams beyond those of our regular contest. The state "finals'' will be a the interesting programs at the monthly interest role played by the Lower Cape used to help chapters that do not have over to ESS President Norman H . Die­ monthly meetings. Special events in­ feature of the annual meeting in luncheon meetings. In September a talk Fear Chapter. The Chapter is the enough man-power and money to oper­ ter for the business meeting. It is al­ State's largest. cluded these seven affairs: Washing­ Charleston on April 15. The winner and slide presentation wa given by ton's Bi11hday, Valley Forge Park ate effectively. The other half-dollar ways a pleasure when the State Board Gov. Smith held many state offices will receive an award and his expenses Compatriot Leonard Mowry of his Nationalization, Past President's Din­ will be added to a Permanent Fund that has the opportunity to meet at Bing­ during his lifetime. He was a general in to compete on behalf of the South travels in South America, and also pic­ ner-Dance, Flag Day at the Betsy Ross will create investment income to sup­ hamton. the Revolutionary War and served as Carolina Society. tures of a recent joint meeting and pic­ House, SARICAR Picnic, The Annual port expanded State Society activities. nic of Syracuse Chapter and the NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY aide-de-camp to General George Washington. Church Service and The SAR/ DAR SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY TENNESSEE SOCIETY Sojourners. The Bicentennial program Special ceremonies honoring the Constitution Day. The installation of officers for 1978 in Constitution Week, opening with in October centered on a talk by Col. memory of one of North Carolina's During the years we have grown to The Citadel-Charleston Chapter the Lower Cape Fear Chapter took Citizenship Day on September 17 , 1977 Ralph Unger who gave an easel pres­ 363 member . Attendance at all the "Carolina Day" was celebrated at the early statesmen and patriots, Governor place at the chapter's December meet­ was emphasized in Tennessee this entation and talk on the Battle of Benjamin Smith, were held at the functions has broken records, we have Carolina Yacht Club with a reception ing. year. T. F. Wagner, Chairman, Saratoga. The November luncheon Brun ·wick Town State Historical Site, an excellent Newsletter published attended by members of the Rebecca Americanism Committee, Tennessee heard Mr. Chapin Condit, formerly monthly, the Americanism Committee Motte and Fort Sullivan DAR chapter Society, urged all chapters in Tennes­ with the Franklin Automobile Co., OHIO SOCIETY has had noteworthy accompli hments. in addition to other guests and mem­ see to issue news releases and urge the speak on "The Franklin, the man, the On November I the Cincinnati Chap­ the Memorials and Revolutionary bers of the Citadel-Charleston Chap­ cognizant officials of their cities to em­ car, the club." All intere ting pro­ ter hosted the 2nd Annual Thanksgiv­ Graves Committee installed 640 flags, ter. Capt. John Coussons, USNR, phasize the importance of our Ameri­ grams. ing Dinner. Well attended by Compa­ the Awards Committee has presented Head of the Hi tory Department of the can Constitution and good citizenship. Syracuse Chapter will be host to the triots, their guests, many local OAR II ROTC medals and recommended 14 Citadel, and scion of a long line of To­ Widespread cooperation in this attempt Empire State Society for the Annual members, Daughters of the American other medals including 2 Gold Good ries, delighted the crowd with a witty to reaffirm positively our principles of Meeting in April 1978. Colonies, and Daughters of the War of Citizenship Medals, the Interesting and appropriately informative addre s. Americanism was gratifying. ESS President Norman H. Dieter 1812, and other guests. A typical Speakers Committee has brought us Eighty celebrants will remember the The John Sevier Chapter and the and Westchester Chapter Pre ident Or. Thank giving Dinner was served and many interesting speakers for our occasion with pleasure. Chickamauga Chapter of the Tennessee Ralph H . Bacon, who is also ESS Reg­ Compatriot Samuel Holt, National monthly meeting . The Palmetto Patriot has been born OAR share the privilege of beautifying istrar attended ceremonies at Catskill Chaplin General gave us much thought These are the valedictory thoughts of and christened Vol. I, No. I, Fall 1977. the cemetery where once stood the old on October 4, called "People of as to the purpose of celebrating retiring President Samuel D. Foster. It begins as many worthwhile publica­ Brainerd mission in Cherokee territory Catskill, Past, Present & Future." Three members of the Wilmington District Thanksgiving in his opening blessing. His successor, Harry Woolever, Jr., tions must be, on a limited scale. It is long before Chattanooga became a city. Co-sponsers of this event were The Minutemen prepare to fire the cannon as A musical program presented by the salutes Comp. Foster in his first "Pres­ the hope of the South Carolina Society, Much history of the pioneer mis­ George Washington Chapter, Virginia part of the program by the Lower Cape Breakfast Club of the Mariemont High ident's Message": that it will grow and prosper, reflecting sionaries who brought the Christian SAR and On-Ti-Ora Chapter NY Fear Chapter, SAR , of Wilmington, N.C., School wa most appreciated. "As a result of the patient, in­ the increased vigor of the Society itself honoring the memory of Gov. Benjamin message to the Cherokee children may NSDAR. Included in the ceremony Compatriot William A. Moore of the telligently applied efforts of my pred­ and the expanding goals of the Chap­ Smith, who was one of the state's early be seen in the epitaphs of the was the marking of the grave of Private Cincinnati Chapter presented, in full ecessors, the general officers, commit­ ters and State Society. patriots and statesmen. In the foreground tombstones in this place of silent re­ Peter Bogardus by President of Geo. uniform with equipment of the day an tees and other Compatriots. your Editor is Julian V. Brandt, Ill , P.O. are Julian Walker (left) and Charles membrance. Washington Chapter and Mrs. Charles address that gave us new insight and Chapter has achieved a high degree of Box 416, Charle. ton, 29402. He wel­ Davies. In the right background is Reg­ In an effort to further ecumenicity Link DAR Regent. A check was pre- inald Horrell. understanding of the problems of the success in nearly every field of its en- comes, indeed requires, your contribu- 17 16 SAR MAGAZINE WINTER 1978 among our DAR and SAR, the Ward, Orem, who was the organizer Potomac River and its history. The an­ the Washington-Lee Explorer Post No. The Thomas Jefferson Chapter has Crowley was elected Chaplain. Daughters have invited the Sons to and first president of the Chapter, and nual Christmas dinner on Dec. 8, 1977, 1732, BSA, and the Dick Anderson published a Roster of its officers and The Thomas , Jr. Chapter celebrated Yorktown Day. Oct. 19. come to their meetings and the Sons who was elected on Sept. 20 as regis­ featured a talk by local historian Mayo Society, CAR. members, its Constitution, and the have reciprocated. Our program trar of the Utah Society of SAR. He S. Stuntz, V .- P. of the Historical Soci­ The George Washington Cleek Chap­ Chapter's By-Laws, all updated to 1977, by laying a wreath on Gen. Nel­ son's grave and aiding the Virginia So­ chairman. Kinchen Exum, arranged a had been historian of the Society in ety of Faitfax County, who discussed ter under the leadership of Pres. Hugh Aug. I, 1977. Members of the Chapter most interesting program in December 1976-77. the early hi tory of that County, includ­ S. Gwin made arrangements for the participated in commemorating Veter­ ciety in its commemorative activities. in which three of the ladies of the DAR The new president is a professor of ing two events during the American Semi-Annual Meeting of the Virginia ans' Day on the Charlottesville Mall, The Chapter presented its annual shared in a discussion about "Christ­ business management at Brigham Revolution. Society on Sept. 9-10, 1977, at Natural Nov. 11, along with American Legion Edwin K. Phillips Scholarship to the mas Long Ago In Chattanooga." All Young University, and served during The Col. George Waller Chapter held Bridge, Va. Pres. Gwin represented his Po t No. 74. Thomas Nelson Community College these ladies who have a most illustrious the past year as chapter vice president its annual Ladies' Night on Nov. 15 at Chapter again on Andrew Lewis Day, The animal election of the Thomas and received a Certificate of Apprecia­ line of ancestors gave us a deeper ap­ and as chairman of the Good Citizen­ Martinsburg. A Thanksgiving dinner Oct. 9, 1977, at Point Pleasant, West Jefferson Chapter was held Dec. 2, tion from the Student Government As­ preciation of our heritage. ship awards program of the Utah Soci­ was enjoyed by 27 compatriots and Virginia, where he presented to the city 1977. U.S. Representative J. Kenneth sociation of the school. The chapter These exciting programs are not only ety. He also is first vice president of the guests, after which the following offi­ a framed American Revolutionary Robinson of Virginia's Seventh Con­ also presented the SAR's Medal of adding new members to our Chapter Utah Society for 1977-78. cers were elected for 1978: Pres. Ed­ Map, 1774-1783 (published in 1976 by gressional District spoke on '·NATO Appreciation to Mrs. Ralph D. Witt. but bringing back to the meeting some Comp. Matthew Hilton, Rhodes ward L. DuPuy, Jr.; 1st V.-P. George the Virginia Independence Bicenten­ and the National Security." The pres­ Past- Regent of the Col. Francis Mal­ lory Chapter, DAR, in recognition of of the older members who have not at­ Scholar candidate from Brigham nial Commission, Williamsburg), listing ent officers were re-elected for a sec­ her efforts in encouraging membership tended for some time. They are aiding Young University in the field of the first battle as Oct. I 0, 1774, when ond year with only two replacements: in the Thomas Nelson. Jr. Chapter. and adding to returnees as well as to American history, addressed the Utah Col. Andrew Lewis defeated the Comp. Thomas N. Eaton became our recruitees. Valley Chapter breakfa t meeting Dec. Shawnee at Point Pleasant. Vice-President, and Comp. Stanley Joe SAR. 13, in Provo.

VIRGINIA SOCIETY The emi-annual Meeting of the REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS Virginia Society was held in Natural (Pension data courtesy of the National Ge~ealogical S~ci­ Bridge Sept. 10. Registration and the ety. Please do not use as proof of service wtthout checkmg meeting of the Board of Managers were further documentation.) held the preceding evening, with two national officers attending (V .- P. Gen. ABRAHAM GOULD After his exchange and while he was still living in Lancaster Carl F. Bessent of Maryland, and Sur­ File No. S32756 Cert. No. 10057 Co., PA, he was drafted there several times for the term of2 geon Gen. (Dr.) Walter A. Porter of Issued May I - 18 -Torn months - each time he did not serve himself but hired a Virginia). Act of: March 18.18 substitute, who served the whole time for him. Va. Soc. Pres. Braxton H. Tabb, Jr. AT: 8 Per: Mo. He lived in Lancaster Co., P A 15 or 20 years after the Revo­ called the Meeting to order, Va. Soc. From April 9- 18. lutionary War, then moved to Jefferson Co., KY where he Chaplain (Rev.) Samuel H. Sayre gave App. for Pension: Agency: Mass. married and resided until about 19 years ago when he moved the Invocation, and Dr. Porter led the April 9, 1818 Service: Mass. to Floyd Co., KY. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Pres. Age: 64 Rank: Private I Peter Tittsler, of Clark Co., Indiana, declare that I am DAR ladies visited the John Sevier Chap­ HughS. Gwin of the George Washing­ ter of the Tennessee SAR. In the pictures Residence at date of App: ~ell acquainted with Daniel Deal. We lived in the same ton Cleek Chapter, in charge of ar­ are: seated, Mrs. Cyrus Griffin Martin; V.-P. Gen. Carl F. Bessent (rt.) presented a Suffolk Co. Mass Boston neighborhood and were drafted in 1776 a~d served under rangements, welcomed the delegates, gold-plated replica of the liberty Bell to standing left to right, Mrs. Van Dyke Ochs, Residence at date Captain Stivers, etc. We served together 111 the same Co. Bob Adams, Tennessee historian; and and Va. Soc. 3rd V.-P. Roderick D. Virginia Soc. Pres. Braxton H. Tabb., Jr., of Enlistment: under Captain Freeker until said Daniel Deale was taken a Brown responded. in commemoration of Constitution Week. Mrs. James E. Abshire. Enlisted 1775 for 8 months by Captain Barns, Col. Ward, prisoner near Fort Lee, N.J. Va. Soc. Pres. Tabb summarized the The Col. Carroll Wright Membership Cup is in the foreground. reinlisted for I year 1776. TEXAS SOCIETY Atlantic Middle States Conference of He died in Floyd Co., KY on July 4, 1839 or July 2, 1840. July 30, in Wilmington, Del., and in- May 8, 1829, wife Susannah Gould 61. Dallas Chapter held its November T. Rhodes, Jr.; 2nd V.-P. Daniel M. ' troduced V.-P. Gen. Bessent. Comp. Sons, John Gould 30. Wm. Gould 26. meeting on the 12th. Coffee, as usual, Baptist; 3rd V.-P. Thomas H. Leath; Bessent brought greetings from Pres. Mary Gould 28. Elizabeth Gould 24. was served. The address was a return Sec'y-Treas. F. Donald Slaydon; Reg­ Gen. (Judge) Wilson K. Barnes, com­ Jane Gould 20. Family living with him. He has a son Reuben CATHARINE DEALE, WIDOW OF DANIEL DEALE visit by popular demand of Tom istrar Woodrow E. Carter; Chaplain mended the Virginia Society for its who is a Marriner. Pauken, recent legislative candidate James F. Hodnett; Historian Thomas DEALL, DANIEL, or selection of Past V.-P. Carroll Wright who repeated his inspiring talk on the B. Stanley, Jr. DEALL, DANIEL, or DEALE, or as candidate for President General, Constitution. The George Washington Chapter has DEALE, or DEAL, CATHARINE gave further information on the pro­ been celebrating the 200th anniversary Cert. No. 4.762 gress of the Headquarters Committee, DEAL File No. W6.999 UTAH SOCIETY of the American victory at the two Bat­ Issued: Dec. 2, 1854 and stressed the importance of bringing File No. W6.999 Cert. No. 13.802 B.L. Wt. 36.640-160-55 tles of Saratoga, Sept. 19 and Oct. 7, Act of: Feb. 3, 1853 The first luncheon meeting of the Salt the young people into the SAR. B.L. Wt. 36.640-160-55 Issued: June 1833 1777, which led to Gen. Burgoyne's At: 26 66/100 Per: Annum Lake Chapter for the 1977-78 season The George Mason Chapter met at surrender. On Sept. 14, the Chapter Act of: June 7, 1832 66 From: Feb. 3, 1853 was held Oct. 10 at the Alta Club. The the Tyson's Corner Sept. 29, 1977, to At: 26 /JtlO Per: Annum met at the Goodwin House to hear Mr. Agency: Indiana guest speaker, Mrs. Susanna Grua of hear Historian and Marine Ar­ From: March 4, 1831 App. for Pension: George E. Hill, II, representative of Service: PA the Association for the United Na­ chaeologi t Dennis B. Short of Virginia App. for Pension: Agency: Ind. August 7, 1854 the World Health Organization to the Rank: Private tions, presented an informative talk on Commonwealth University speak on United Nations and presently a April II, 1833 Service: PA Age: 73 Years the history and goals of the U.N. "The Uncovering of a Possible Vir­ stockbroker, speak on "Gentleman Age: 73 Years Rank: Private Res. at date of App: Crawford Co., Indiana Compatriot Graham T. (Chip) ginia Warship" (sunk by the British in Johnny Burgoyne." His talk gave in­ Res. at date of App: Smallwood of Philadelphia, who ad­ the Chickahominy River in 1781). A sight into the man who as a British Floyd Co. Kentucky Res. at date dressed the Constitution Day dinner of joint meeting, hosted by the George General was blamed by his countrymen Res. at date of Enlistment: the Utah Society in September, has Washington Chapter, was held at the for their disaster at Saratoga, but who of Enlistment: Catharine Deal declares that she is the widow of Daniel transferred his membership to Utah Goodwin House in Alexandria, Oct. was also known as an author, play­ Daniel Deale, Deall, Deal, was born April, 1759 in Lancas­ Deal who was a Revolutionary Soldier and a U.S. pen­ and was welcomed as a new member of 12, 1977. A traditional annual joint wright, politician, and womanizer. ter Co., P A. while residing there- He enlisted in the fall ?f sion;r under the Act of Congress, June 7, 1832. the Chapter. He is a professional meeting with three CAR Societies The Annual Christmas Party of the 1776 and served two month as a private under Captam She married Daniel Deal October 9, !801 in Jefferson Co., genealogical researcher working in Salt (Washington and Lee, Freedom Hill, George Washington Chapter was cele­ Casper Stivers, PA Co; soon after he enlisted and served as KY. Her name before said marriage was Catharine Shake. Lake City. and Falls Church) was held at Tyson's brated jointly with the Dr. Elisha Dick a private under Captain Anthony Freeker, Col. Klotz's PA. Her husband, the said Daniel Deale, died July 4, !839 or Dr. Melvin J. Stanford of Provo was Corner on Nov. 16, 1977. Mrs. Darius Chapter, DAR, on Dec. II at the Regt. When he had served about 3 months, he was ta~en July 2, !840. elected as president of the Utah Valley Gaskins, Senior President of Freedom Christ Church Memorial Parish House prisoner near Fort Lee, N.J. and was exchanged after bemg Chapter. He succeeds William R. Hill Society, CAR, discussed the in Alexandria, for the benefit of both held a few months. There is no further family data. 19 18 SAR MAGAZINE WINTER 1978 -

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER militia, in the third stanza of the song Key gives vent to a stand in defense of their homes and Country, the "Star By Major Francis S. Key-Smith* slight vaunting exultation felt himself as he realizes that the Spangled Banner" shall wave, vain boast of the British had proved them unavailing. With "O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." Great-Grandson of Francis Scott Key the flag still flying and the enemy's ships "in dread silence" I about him, he asks: IT IS MY PURPOSE to give you a brief interpretation of in the past have confus~d the two and stated that Key and his "And where are the foes who so vauntingly swore the words .oft he ''Star Spangled Banner,'' but prior to co~pantons were detamed aboard Admiral Cochrane's flag­ That the havoc of war, and the battle's confusion ship, !he "Minden." Records of the Navy Department at d~tn? so, 1t may assist in the better understanding of A home and a country should leave us no more: Washmgton and the office of the British admiralty in Lon­ th1s mt.erpretatlon to recall briefly to your memories, Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution; do.n, clearly show this to have been an error as the British t~e salient facts leading up to the occasion which fur­ No refuge could save the hireling and slave sh1p named "Minden" at the time of the b~mbardment of mshed Key the inspiration for writing the song. From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave; Baltimore was the flagship of Sir Samuel Hood, stationed in Late tn August. 1814. the British, as you will remember And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave the East Indies and was not in American waters. I marched from their ships at anchor in the Patuxent River' O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!" near Benedi.ct. lhrough Upper Marlboro to Washington: The anxiety of Key and his companions can possibly be appreciated at this late day when it is recalled how easily They me~ wit~ little or no reststance from the militia guard­ The reference to hireling and slave in this stanza refers to Washmgton. fell to the ~ritish and that Key had many rela­ mg the Ctty ot Washmgton and after a brief encounter easily the fact that a large number of the British troops engaged in tives and fnends hvmg m Baltimore. captured the city. the attack on Baltimore were hired soldiers and not British The bombardment of Fort McHenry commenced about Upon entering the city, they bumed the Capitol and many subjects fighting for patriotic reasons. two o'clock in the afternoon of September 14, and until other publtc butldmgs. In the concluding stanza of the Anthem, the Christian darkness closed m and hid from sight the flag, our little Upon their retreat to their ships they again passed through spirit and fortitude of the author manifests itself. The words Amen can party, being anchored in a position from which Upp.er Marlboro and some stragglers from their ranks, be­ are: commg botsterous and disorderly, a citizen of Marlboro, Dr. they could see the Fort and the flag, could watch the attack ~tlltam Beanes, caused them to be arrested and placed in and gam some Idea. of how the fo11unes of war were going. "0 thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Jatl. After darkness set Ills however, it was impossible to see the I Between their loved homes and the war's desolation; : Word reaching the British officers of the arrest of these Fort or the flag but Key tells us in the first stanza of the Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land stragglers. General Ross dispatched a squad and took Dr. Song: Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a na- Beanes from hts house and bed in the middle of the night, tion! placed htm aboard a bareback animal, and made him tide "That the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air Then Conquer we must, when our cause it is just, some twenty or thirty miles from Marlboro to their ships Gave proof through the mght that our flag was still there. " And this be our motto, 'In God is our trust;' where he was tmpnsoned as a felon and placed in the hold of And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave one of thetr vessels. However, shortly before the break of day, the bombard- O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!" The citizens of Marlboro. becoming alarmed for the safety ment ceased and they knew that the attack was over, or in 'I of Dr. Beanes, dtspatched Mr. Richard West, who lived near the words of Shakespeare: A glance at this stanza shows that, while giving thanks for the town .. to Washington to request Francis Scott Key to "The hurly-burly's done, the victory and its resultant peace, Key was, nevertheless, make a mtsston to the British Fleet for the purpose of inter­ The battle's lost and won. " not a believer in pacifism or the present day doctrine advo­ cedm~ for the release of Dr. Beanes. It was necessary that but how t~ey h~d no means of ascertaining and then, of cated by some misguided Americans of "Peace at any Lettet s of .Marque be secured from the Government and cou.rse , t~e1r anxiety must have become most intense. It was price," but believed Providence aided tho e who aid them­ upon secunng these. Key was advised by those in authority dunng this mterval between the ceasing of the bombardment selves and that freemen should stand t~at he had b.est go to Balttmore and there secure the ser­ and the break of day that Key, restlessly pacing the deck of "Between their loved homes and the war's desolation;" vtces and asststance of Colonel John S. Skinner, the Gov­ the v~ssel w~th growing anxiety and alarm, received the in­ and a ernment age~t for the exchange of prisoners at that port. spiration which resulted in his writing of the National An­ " .... heav' n-rescued land ," I them. He a~cordmgly went to Baltimore and together with Col­ "Blest with victory and peace," onel Skmner, satled in a small American boat from Baltimore At the break ~f day, as he turned his anxious eyes toward could never be acquired by cowards, being the reward for down the Bay, coming up with the Btitish at the mouth of the the Fort,. where 111 the sunset glow of the evening before the patriotism, courage, and valor to those only who are not THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT Patuxent River. flag of his Country was so proudly waving, he asks in the afraid to fight in a just cause, trusting to their God for guid­ Boarding the flagship of the Fleet, under the flag of truce, fir t stanza of the Song a most natural question: ance and deliverance. he. and Colonel .Skinner were courteously and kindly re­ "0 I cetve~ by .th~ Bnttsh but when they made known the object say. can you see, by the dawn's early light , Up to a dozen years ago this was still the general and of thetr mt.sston, they were frankly told that Dr. Beanes had What so proudly we hailed, ~t the twilight's last gleaming? prevailing sentiment of all America and Americans. Let us The music adapted to the words was the tune by which an acted hornbly toward certain British soldiers and his release Whose broad stnpes and bnght stars through the perilous hope it shall ever continue so to be, notwithstanding the old English song of that day entitled "To Anacreon in would not ?e consented to. However, after some argument fight ' views of some now to the contrary. That it may please God Heaven" was sung. There has been some objection to the a~d producmg letters from wounded British officers telling of O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly stream­ the time may never come when any nation, or group of na­ music on account of this but when it is remembered that this kmdness and medical attention rendered them by mg ... tions, may feel that American honor and dignity or the prop­ piece of music, like its original words, would have long since Dr. Beanes, Key was successful in securing the consent of o, say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave erty and lives of her citizens can be lightly regarded or de­ been lost in oblivion but for becoming the air of our National General Ross and Admiral Cochrane to the release of the 0 er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" stroyed with impunity. Anthem, the objection is inconsequential. The music, a clas­ Doctor. Although there is a similarity in the words concluding each sical piece in itself and excellently adapted to the words, was and continuing, he thus d.escribes his feelings and the inspir­ reincarnated and Americanized when it became the music of They were all advised, however, that notwithstanding the I of the four stanzas of the "Star Spangled Banner," the sen­ : agreement to release Dr. Beanes, the British could not allow ~~g scene that greeted h1s eye as the morning sun arose timent contained in each is distinctly and entirely different. the "Star Spangled Banner." How it came to be selected as any of them to depart at that time, as they contemplated an hftmg ."th~ mists of the deep," and disclosing his Country'~ The first is in the nature of an interrogation put by the the air for the words seems also to admit of some doubt. flag still VICtonously flymg: ~ttack up?~ Baltimore and fe.ared that through their presence author to himself, when he asks does the "Star Spangled Family tradition, however, has it that two brothers, Fer­ m the ~nt1sh Fleet, they might have gained some informa­ Banner" yet wave. dinand Durand and his brother, musicians, playing at the tiOn W~Ich would be detrimental to the British. They were "On that shon;, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, "O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" Holiday Street Theater in Baltimore, upon seeing the words accordmgly carried up the Bay aboard the British frigate Wher~ the foe shaughty host m dread silence reposes, The second is a declaratory exclamation, declaring that in print, tried them to first one piece of music and another "Surprise" until reaching the mouth of the Patapsco when Wh~t IS that whtch the breeze, o'er the towering steep, 1.1 the flag which he still saw waving over the Fort was the until it was found they best fitted the tune of "Anacreon in the~ were tra_nsferred under guard of British sailors of As It ~tfully blows, now conceals, now di closes? "Star Spangled Banner" coupled with an expression of hope Heaven," to which tune it was that evening sung upon the marmes to their own vessel, the name of which is in doubt Now It catches the gleam of the morning's first beam that "Long may it wave." stage of the Holiday Street Theater and from thence it be­ but It was supposed to have been the "Minden." The British In full glory reflected now shines in the stream· ' The concluding lines of the the third stanza are somewhat came and was acclaimed the National Anthem of America, also had a battleship named the "Minden" and some writers '\is the Star Spangled Banner; 0 long may it ~ave defiant, asserting that, notwithstanding the boastfulness of ''The land of the free and the home of the brave.'' 0 er the land of the free and the home of the brave!" the enemy, the "Star Spangled Banner" in triumph doth wave. From FIFTY YEARS OF NATIONAL SOJOURNERS, ;~~dress at George Washington Camp, Heroes of '76, August 2, R~calling that General Ross had boasted he would take The last stanza concludes with a promise that whenever by La Von Parker Linn, and used by permission of the author Baltimore and make it his winter headquarters if it rained freemen, reposing their trust in God, shall, in a just cause and National Sojourners, Inc. 20 SAR MAGAZINE WINTER 1978 21

i Rohrbach Genealogy-Volume 1/. The Rohrbach and PRICE LIST Rorabaugh families of America who are descendant of Hans George Rohrbach who immigrated from Germany to Orders should be sent PREPAID to National Headquarters, 2560 Huntington Ave., Suite 302 America in 1732, by Lewis Bunker Rohrbaugh. Maine Coast Alexandria, Va 22303. Make checks payable to "Treasurer Gen., SAR." Printers, Rockland, Maine 1977. Pages 279-hard cover. Jewelry & Accessories The compiler in hi Preface enumerates his sources and, in Membership rosette for lapel with clutch-back, %" or W' ...... 1.50 REVIEWS his words, with reference to Jacob Hartman Rohrbach's In lots of 24 or more ...... 1.25 1941 book, "I have corrected as many of the errors in this Miniature enameled SAR membership lapel bar ...... 1.50 Thompson, Dawson, Mendenhall, Harline Genealogies by book as I could ... 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Sylvester The Hull Family in America, (Hull Genealogy) from Mr. New membership application instruction booklet, per 100 ...... 7.50 "Pledge to the SAR" cards, per .50 Marble Luther, of Garrettsville, Ohio, in collaboration with Frederic Hull Roth 10 ...... Joseph Gardner Luther of Swansea, Massachusetts, started per 100 ...... 3.00 this search for the family's history, amassing a treasure of The Norman, 1720-1976 and Information on the Walker, Basic Documents (reproductions of Bill of Rights and statistics, source material, and lore. From 1918 to 1976 Les­ Clayton, Wier and Blackburn Families, from Mr. Paul H. Declaration of Independence), 18" x 24", set of two ...... 2.50 lie Leon Luther of Moravaia, New York, devoted the Walker and Miss Margaret Newman Dinner Place Cards with attractive SAR insignia in color, each ...... 12 greater portion of his life to research of the family history. The Thomas Mathis and Allied Families, from Mr. Addis National Society Constitution & By-Laws (1976 Edition) ...... 1.00 For information contact George Luther, 2531 Lakeview Mathis "What My SAR Membership Means to Me" booklet ...... 15 "What My SAR Membership Means to Me" booklet, per Street, Lakeland, Florida 33801. The Luther Family in America, from Mr. G. Arthur Luther 100 ...... 8.00 Membership promotion pamphlets per 100 ...... 3.00 Lemuel Mallory and His Descendants, Compiled by Dr. Holmes--Ross Ancestors 1620-1977, from Mr. Roger Stuart Single-sheet application blanks, per 100 ...... 5.00 Vance M. Holland, published Portales, New Mexico, 1976. Brown Single-sheet application blanks, per 500 ...... 22.00 Pages 932 plus index, hard cover, illustrated with some History of the Andrew Carithers Family and a Partial Geneal­ Two-page application blanks, per 100 ...... 8.00 genealogical charts. Well documented. A greatly appreciated ogy, from Mr. William Edgar Moore Work Sheets per 100 ...... 4.00 addition to our library. The Howes Family Tree, (Diagramatic), from Capt. Wm . H. Supplemental blanks, No state imprint, per 100 ...... 6.00 Collins Chapter Charter, suitable for framing (set of two) ...... 2.00 Descendants of Ulrich Spoon/Spohn (1717-1781), Of Lan­ By-Law 19 Reinstatement Blanks, per 20 ...... 1.50 caster County, Pennsylvania. Edited and published by Lois History of Little Egg Harbor, from Mr. Raymond L. Mathis Transfer blanks, per 25 ...... 1.50 Ryno Finfgeld-1977-M&D Press Henry Illinois . Pages and Mr. Donald G. Mathis Membership cards with state society imprint, per 100 ...... 15.00 240, soft cover. This family history is carefully prepared, Portia, from Doubleday & Company, Inc. Membership cards with state society imprint, per 500 ...... 20.00 well indexed, and has good documentation. Rohrbach Genealogy, Vol. II, from Mr. Lewis Bunker Membership cards with state society imprint, per 1000 ...... 25.00 SAR ZIPPO LIGHTER Rohrbaugh "Old Glory" all occasion assortment greeting cards ...... 5.00 22 SAR MAGAZINE SAR Mugs ...... 6.00 23 NATIONAL SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ® The GALT 88th ANNUAL CONGRESS Louisville}Cffue THE GALT HOUSE HOUSE LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY Luxury HOfel May 27 thru June 1, 1978 Is Pleased to Welcome the NATIONAL SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRE-REGISTRATION FORM to their 88th ANNUAL CONGRESS For your convenience and the increased efficiency of the Registration Committee at Louisville, please May 27- june 1, 1978 complete and return this form, together with your check or money order, at your earliest covenience. If you will extend this cooperation, a complete packet containing badges, tickets, programs and other Louisville's true representative of gracious, luxury Congress material, will be ready for you upon your arrival at the registration area. Act today! You 'll save accommodations, the Galt House Hotel, annually is time and inconvenience! host to dignitaries, statesmen and celebrities. Following a tradition that dates back to 1835, the REGISTRATION and PRE-REGISTRATION FEE : $65 per person. Pre-Registration closes on May 20, Galt House is the latest in a line of distinguished, 1978. This fee includes two banquets, two receptions, one luncheon, one bus tour, a badge, souvenirs outstanding hotels. The Galt House offers 700 rooms and suites, 17 meeting and banquet rooms [the and the time of your lives. largest seating over 2,000 auditorium style], 3 restaurants. 2 cocktail lounges, live entertainment RETURN THIS FORM WITH YOUR CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO THE KENTUCKY and a mall of specialty and boutique shops. SOCIETY, SAR c/o Dr. Gradie Rowntree, 70 Valley Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40204 THE FLAGSHIP ROOM D. MARIE LOUNGE Penthouse-level dining Sailing ship in the sky

------THE FOUNTAIN ROOM THE ENGLISH TAVERN Elegance with a view A rollicking good time PLEASE PRINT Do not write in this space THE RIVER GRILL Overlooking the Ohio Pre-Registration No. ____ SAR Member's Name Check ____ GaltHouse M.O. _____ Fourth & River Address $ By Louisville, Ky. 40202 [502] 589-5200 Overpayment _ _ Ck. No. .- • Free Parking State Society Underpayment ____ Returned on MAIL TO: Reservations, the Galt House Hotel All reservations must be received by April27. SAR Title or Rank Fourth & River, Louisville, Ky. 40202 [502] 589-5200 Rates Subject to Change I will be attending the 88th Congress of the National Name Address Society of the S.A.R. Please reserve accommodations Room will be held only until6:00 p.m. unless and acknowledge accordingly. guaranteed with a $25 deposit.

PLEASE CIRCLE TYPE OF ROOM DESIRED Guest: ______Name ...... Single [1 person ...... •.... $27 Guest: ______Address ...... Twin Double [2 persons] ..... $33 City ...... State ...... Zip ...... Guest: ______Parlor Suite ...... $85 Arrival Date ...... Time ...... All prices subject to State and Local Sales Tax. During the Congress, 1/we plan to stay at Departure Date ...... Time ......

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71 A WARM AND VERY SPECIAL INVITATION TO ALL SAR COMPATRIOTS, FLORIDA T I. LIVING PAST PRESIDENTS GENERAL President . WilliamS. Hatt, M.D., 1866 Hillview St.. Sarasota Wh CD YOU nrc rave Jog- REGARDLESS OF AFFILIATION, IS EXTENDED BY THE FOLLOWING: 33579. Secretary. Cecil L. Bothwell, Jr., 833 N . Magnolia Ave .. Or· JAM ES B. GARDINER . New York. 1969 WALLAC> C. HAt L. Michigan. 1950.51 lando 32803. GEORGIA P.O . Box 49~. Alpena 49707 Box 87. Stuyvesant Sta .. New Yor~ 10009 WALTER R. MARTIN. Rhode Island . 1970 MILTON M. LoR\. Iowa. 1954 FRANCE, SOCIETY IN ALABAMA Atlanta Chapter, monthly luncheon meetings, 2nd Fri. at 12:15 p.m. , 16 Ma "'hall Way. Rumford. 02916 3809 Third Ave .. Sioux City 51106 President , Comte Rene de Chambrun, 52 A venue de~ Champ~ Tennessee Valley Chapter, meets at 7:30 3rd Tues. monthly at the Adm. Ben Bow Inn, 1470 Spring St., N.W., visiting SARs & wives EDGAR WiLLIAMSON. JR .. New Jersey. 1955 EuGENE C. McGUtRE. Ohio. 197 I 1220 Goodale Blvd . . Columbus 43212 Elysee•. Paris 8e. Redstone Arsenal Officer's Club, Huntsville. invited, Reservation unnecessary. 1260 D Argyll Circle. Lakewood 08701 Secretary-Treasurer. Comte Francois d'Harcourt, 35 Ave. RvAI.I S. MoRGAN. Alabama. 1972 GEORGE E. TARBOX. JR .. Colomdo. 1957 Matignon . Paris 8e. ARIZONA ILLINOIS Box 3~06 . Birmingham 35205 The Polo Club. 3131 EaSI Alameda. Apl. 707, GEORGIA Phoenix Chapter meets every Tues. at the Westward Ho. For inf. phone Springfield Chapter Visiting Lincoln-Land? Meets monthly at various Denver 80209 DR. M. GRAHAM CLARK. JR .. Mi~SOliTi , 1974 President. Kenneth B. Grubbs Jr., P.O. Box 10226 . Atlanta HoRACE Y. KtrCHELL , Mi s~o, i~sippi. 1961 School of the Ozark,. Point Lookoul. Mo. 65726 Secy. Bruce Wilson, 247-2135. locations. No reservations needed. Call Chapter Pres. or Secy. for L1. CoL. RoBc R·t D. SA VAG>. Pennsylvania. 1975 30319. P.O. Box 266. Greenwood 38930 Secretary. Douglas R. Davis, P.O. Box 56. Austell 30001. Palo Verde Chapter, Breakfast meetings, 9:00a.m., 3rd Sat. monthly, information. 861 N. Hanover St.. A304. Carlisle. Pa . 17013 CHARI ES A. ANDERSO'I . M. D .. Ohio. 1962 HAWAII Golden Hills Country Club, E. Broadway & Power Rd. , Mesa. Phone KANSAS 546 Wa;hington Ave .. N. E .. Warren 44483 MATTHFW B. Sttt ERS. Florida. 1976 President. L. Claggett Beck, M.D., 4807 Kahala Ave .. Hon· 3030 N. E . 40th Court. Ft. Lauderdale. Fla. 33308 Sec. Chapel, 985-8820. Delaware Crossing Chapter, Breakfast meetings last Sat. monthly at 9 HowARD E. CoE. Ma"'sachusett"i. 1965 olulu 96816. Box 832. Oak Bluff,. 02557 Secretary· Treasurer. Ralph B. Cloward, M.D., 388 Alexan· Saguaro Chapter meets for breakfast on 3rd St. monthly except July & a.m. Holiday Inn, I-35 & 95th St. , Lenexa. Reservation unnecessary. KENNEl H G . SMITI-I. SR .. Penn-;ylvania. 1966 der Young Bldg .. Honolulu 96813. Aug. at 8:30 a.m., Sir George's Restaurant, Peoria & 107 Ave. Sun Ph: Ralph Goodell (913) 831-6633 . Box 2302. MidCity Sta .. Philadelphia. Pa. 19103 IDAHO I HONORARY PAST PRESIDENT GENERAL City. LOUISIANA LEN YouNG SMITH. Jllinoi-.. 1967 President . Walter A. Young, 2515 Height. Dr .. Boise 83702. 333 N. Michigan Ave .. Chicago 60601 Secretary. Thomas C. Farrer, 300 Hot Springs Dr., Boi()e L. CALIFORNIA Louisiana Society is holding a luncheoh every 2nd Thurs. monthly at the WAITER G . S1 ER I I"G. Tex. 1968 HAROI o PuT AM 83702. Mea'e Manor. Apt. 313. Dunedin. Fht. 33528 Oakland Chapter meets 6:45 p.m., 4th Mon. monthly except Dec. Pendennis Club, 115 University Pl. , N. 0. P.O. Box 289 1. Hou,ton 77001 ILLINOIS President. C.W. Grange, 125 Stratford Rd .. .Des Plaines. IL Lovely's Restaurant , 336 Grand Ave. Oakland. Gen. Philemon Thomas Chapter, Baton Rouge . Noon , 1st Tues. 60016. ~I Orange County Chapter meets 3rd Mon. monthly, 2310 E. Lincoln monthly at the City Club, 335 North Blvd. Luncheon optional. DIRECTORY OF OFFICERS Secretary, Carlton L. Banker, 1140 Forest Ave., Wilmette Ave., Anaheim. For info. call Pres. (714) 524-991, Pl acentia. MASSACHUSETTS I! 60091. INDIANA Pasadena Chapter. Luncheon 12:30 2nd Tues. monthly. Brotherton's Boston Chapter meets 1st Mon. monthly at 12 :30 P.M. except July, President General President . Gtrict (Penna .. Del.. Md .. D.C. & Va .) MISSISSIPPI Richard F. Boddie, I 101 Vicke"' Ave .. Durham. N.C. 27707 age 99504. Secretary. Edward C. Wardlaw, 1925 N. Salem Dr .. Anchor· President, William B. Jones, P.O . Box 100 Pascaqoula 39567. DeBary-Deltona Chapter Luncheon meeting 12 noon at the Deltona Inn, TEXAS (South Atlantic Di,t.J Secretary, Gen. James L. Davis, 110 Poinciana, Jackson, MS /II & age 99504. 3rd Mon. monthly. For info call 775-4302. El Paso Chapter meets at noon 1st Sat. monthly at Jerry'Wolfe Restau­ South Atlantic Di\lrict t N.C .. S.C .. Ga . Fla.) 3921 I. S. L. Johnson, Jr., 900 Strong Ave .. Greenwood. Mis "o. 38930 ARIZONA DeLand Chapter Luncheon meetings. 11:45 a.m., 2nd Mon. monthly rant, Rodeway Inn , Geronimo & Interstate 10. President. S. Grant Conner, 10133 Camden Ave .. Sun City MISSOURI Southern Di~trict (Ala .. Mi"'"o .. La. & Tenn.) President. Dr. Donald Worley, 27 Clover Dr. , Belleville . II Heart of Texas Chapter meets at 10 am 2nd Sat. Jan. , April , July & Oct. C. A. Walworth,4003 Staunton Ave .. Charle"'ton. W.Va. ::!5304 85351. except Sept. at the University Inn Restaurant. Constitution Week Di­ Secretary. Spurgeon E. Welsh, 10408 Floriade Dr.. Sun City 62221. (Centrdl Di

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