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Volume 28 No. 3 The Ties That Bind June 2012 – August 2012

“Good guys wear white hats” is a well-established phenomenon in old western movies. At a recent informal work session of the Alabama Division Executive Committee, the “good guys” (also known as the Alabama Division UDC Officers) could indeed be seen wearing white hats. Pictured left to right sitting: Corresponding Secretary Martha Young, Vice President Leslie Kirk, President Lynda Lowery and Second Vice President Donna Clark. Left to right standing: Registrar Glendora James, Historian Faye Gaston, Third Vice President Cyndi Himes, Assistant Registrar Pat Killian, Military Service Recorder Carolyn Skinner, Treasurer Carolyn Parrish and Parliamentarian Linda Watson. Not pictured are Chaplain Barbara Jenkins and Recording Secretary Marilyn Cash. And what were these Division Officers doing at their work session? Working for the betterment of the Alabama Division, of course! Much Confederate-related work has been accomplished and many goals to honor Confederate ancestors have been reached during 2010-2012 in Alabama UDC. Don’t miss the annual Division Convention to be held September 13-15 at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel in Mobile where many of the accomplishments of this term will be celebrated in addition to taking care of the Division’s business. Celebrations will involve hearing good reports and sharing success stories from Division officers, outgoing Chapter Presidents, District Directors, and Division Committee Chairmen. Pre-registration forms and meal registration forms must be postmarked by the absolute deadline of August 31. We look forward to seeing Alabama UDC members in Mobile in mid-September. Lynda Lowery Alabama Division President 2010-2012

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REAL DAUGHTER WAS A

TREASURED MEMBER

A memorial service was conducted by Hettie Harrington, Chaplain of the UDC Cradle of the Confederacy Chapter No. 94 of Montgomery, Alabama to honor the memory of the chapter's Real Daughter of a Confederate veteran, Mrs. Elizabeth (Harrell) Carrigan. She was 105 years old at her death in October 2011. Two sisters also lived to be over 100 years old. At the May 2012 chapter meeting, the Chaplain lit a white candle and led the chapter members in responsive reading of Scripture and prayer. Faye Gaston spoke the tribute to the life of Mrs. Carrigan. Mrs. Carrigan became a member of the Cradle chapter on the war record of her Confederate father, John B. Harrell of Georgia. She was born at home in rural Georgia on March 8, 1906, and delivered by an older sister. When she was 15 years old, her family moved to Montgomery. When she was 19 years old, she married James K. Carrigan. She had one daughter, two-grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was a "foster mother" to several children. Alabama Governor Fob James declared September 2, 1998 to be "Elizabeth Carrigan Day". A proclamation was read and she was presented 36 roses. In 2002, the Cradle chapter presented her with a "Real Daughter" pin when she was 96 years old.

In March 2006, RoseMary Davis and Mae Manning helped her celebrate her milestone 100th birthday at her party with family and friends. Faye Gaston's article about her was published in the October 2006 "UDC Magazine". When she was 102 years old, there was a feature story about her in the January 16, 2009 "Montgomery Advertiser" newspaper. She remembered riding in the first electric street cars in Montgomery. She liked to watch the Montgomery Rebels minor league team play baseball and visit Oak Park. She was a member of Highland Avenue Baptist Church for 72 years, serving in a visitation program to young mothers. In 1999, she became a member of Eastern Hills Baptist Church. The chapter paid her annual membership dues. Several chapter members visited her through the years with birthday and Christmas gifts. One gift was a lap robe signed by members of the chapter. Chapter scrapbooks with information about her are preserved in the Alabama Archives and History building in Montgomery. At her graveside funeral in October 2011, the only floral tribute was the wreath of magnolia leaves from the Cradle chapter. Faye Gaston spoke a tribute to her special status of being a daughter of a Confederate veteran. Other chapter members attending were RoseMary Davis, Tommie Gayle, Hettie Harrington, Mae Manning and Rena Underwood. Mrs. Gaston also spoke a tribute to her at the memorial service of the annual meeting of the Jefferson Davis District in Opelika in March 2012.

UDC Cradle of the Confederacy Chapter No 94 members who attended the funeral of special member, Mrs. Elizabeth (Harrell) Carrigan daughter of Confederate veteran John B, Harrell of Georgia. Left to right, with the chapter's wreath, Rena Underwood, Hettie Harrington, Mae Manning, Tommie Gayle and Faye Gaston.

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Charles S. Stewart Chapter Elects

New Officers

Newly elected officers of Charles S. Stewart Chapter #2390 United Daughters of Confederacy, Foley, include from the left, Mary Beth Majesty Registrar, Barbara McCamish Treasurer, Sara Rikard Third Vice-President, Barbara Alphin Second Vice-President, Sue Smith Vice President and Barbara Jenkins as President. The installation was recited by a former Alabama Division President Mary Ellen Alhstrom. Other officers, not present, are Secretary Sharon Pittman, Historian Sheila Stone-Schoen, Chaplain Julie Welborn and Edna Woodard, Parliamentarian. The chapter held its May meeting at St. Paul's Episcopal Church where the presidents gavel was passed. Announced were the future plans for Jefferson Davis luncheon and hosting the July Birthday Party at William F. Green's Veterans Home at Bay Minette. The annual Division Convention will be held in Mobile September 13-15 at Riverview Plaza Hotel. Members are urged to make reservations.

Heritage Members Celebrate

Charles S. Stewart Chapter 2390 of The United

Daughters of Confederacy held an abbreviated

ceremony Monday, June 11, to celebrate the

birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

With umbrellas in reserve, flags were placed on

Confederate graves at Point Clear’s Confederate

Rest Cemetery by members Sara Rikard, Sharon

Pitman, and CofC member Alexis McCarthy. After

pledge and salutes to the United States, Alabama

and Confederacy’s First National flags Chapter

President Barbara Jenkins called attention to the

program’s cover displaying Davis’ photo and the

cotton boll emblem of the UDC. Members Julie

Welborn and Mary Beth Majesty followed Jenkins

on the program. Each shared familiar quotes that

were once spoken so eloquently by the

Confederate president.

Following the cemetery ceremony members

Jenkins, Rikard, Welborn, Pitman, Majesty, Edna

Woodard and guests Bettie Moore, Peggy Large

and Alexis McCarthy enjoyed lunch at Point Clear’s

Grand Hotel Grand Dining room.

The chapter will host a birthday celebration at

William F. Green Veterans Home July 25, at 2:00

P.M. The party will honor veterans housed at the

home who will celebrate July birthdays. Members

are asked to attend and become a part of this

annual celebration.

Seated from left to right are Mary Beth Majesty-

Chapter Registrar, Edna Woodard-

Parliamentarian, guests Bettie Moore and Peggy

Large, Alexis McCarthy- Julia Brown Stewart

Chapter #961, Children of Confederacy, Chaplain-

Julie Welborn, President- Barbara Jenkins,

Secretary- Sharon Pitman, and Third Vice-

President Sara Rikard.

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Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne

Chapter ~ Active in May 2012

Major General Patrick R. Cleburne Chapter

was chartered June 1, 2003 with 30 members

and Lynda Lowery as first Chapter President.

The Chapter’s goal is to add 12 to 20 members

each year and has earned the Division Award for

“Chapter with the Most New Members” every

year since 2003. Also, five times this Chapter

has earned General’s annual Huey Award,

presented to the Chapter gaining the most new

members. With attrition, membership in this

Chapter remains at approximately 160 members

in recent years.

Much success with membership is due to the

work of 2008-2012 Chapter President Pat

Killian, who previously served as Chapter

Registrar. Pat also serves as Alabama Division

Assistant Registrar. She processed 231

supplemental applications during 2010-2011,

resulting in Alabama winning “Division

Registering the Greatest Number of

Supplementals” at the November 2011 General

Convention.

At the Gen. Cleburne Chapter’s May luncheon meeting, President Killian announced certificates for the Chapter’s newest members: Betty Pittman and Joan Lovvorn (pictured above) as well as Kristin Hyatt and Linda Jones. Also at the May meeting, members who attended the Division UDC’s Confederate

Memorial Day Ceremony in Montgomery on April 23 reported. Thanks were expressed to members who went into the schools in Cleburne County and in Oxford to work with the 4th graders during April for Confederate History and Heritage Month. The Chapter’s two newest scholarship recipients, William Stephens and Emily Pennington, were announced. An additional $520.00 was collected for the Division Flag Fund to conserve the 20th Alabama Infantry Flag.

Pictured above are incoming 2012-2014

Chapter officers installed by Martha Young,

Director of the Letitia Ross District and a

member of the Admiral Semmes Chapter 57

of Auburn.

The Chapter’s program in May was presented

by Robert Lindley who spoke about the

Confederate Collection at the Janney Furnace

Museum in Calhoun County.

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A SUMMARY OF WORK OF THE CRADLE OF

THE CONFEDERACY

CHAPTER NO. 94, MONTGOMERY, AL

Leslie Kirk, Chapter president, was chairman of the UDC Alabama Division Convention, September 2011. She presented certificates of appreciation to 14 chapter members for their participation. She created a web-site for the chapter. She delivered cancelled stamps and drink can tabs to CofC. She was appointed Alabama division Vice-President, 2011-2012. Faye Gaston was elected District Chaplain for 2012-2014. Faye Gaston, Historian of the UDC Alabama

Division, 2010-2012, wrote chapter news for "UDC

Magazine" and "Ties that Bind."

RoseMary Davis and Tommie Gayle attended the

CofC Christmas program at Confederate Memorial

Park in Marbury, Alabama. Tommie Gayle and

Mary Alice Waits assembled 19 packages for

veterans and attended the Montgomery VA

Hospital special meeting where Tommie Gayle

received the UDC certificate.

Bonnie Shanks collected cancelled stamps for the veterans. Anne Sykes Adams, RoseMary Davis, Faye Gaston, Hettie Harrington, Sandra Shell and Mary Alice Waits attended the Jefferson Davis district meeting. RoseMary Davis, Tommie Gayle, Faye Gaston and Leslie Kirk attended the CofC program at Confederate Memorial Park on April 19, 2012. Two Confederate flags on loan to the museum were unveiled. RoseMary and Faye toured the new barracks and purchased CDs by the 33rd Alabama Band. RoseMary Davis was Alabama Division chair of the Confederate Memorial Day program at the Capitol in Montgomery on April 21, 2012. 15 members turned in a life-sketch with a photo for the chapter's records. Two ancestor pins, one 150th year anniversary pin and a chapter President’s pin was ordered. 28 chapter members subscribed to "UDC Magazine". Anne Sykes Adams and Anne Tidmore presented programs in September and October 2011. There were two deaths: Lorene Sellers Moore and Elizabeth Harrell Carrigan (Real Daughter).

The chapter held a birthday celebration at the June 2012 meeting for the 101-year-old, Louise Vines. New member Anne Tidmore, Regent of the First White House of the Confederacy, donated a history book compiled by Ann Ryals to a library. Mrs. Tidmore conducted the installation of chapter officers for 2012-2014 at the June meeting. Hettie Harrington reported that two schools participated in the 4th grade coloring and quiz contest. The chapter has 78 members as of June 2012.

Bonnie Shanks, Chapter Recording Secretary, is shown taking notes at a chapter meeting. She distributed detailed minutes to members. She compiled the chapter's 2011-2012 scrapbook that will be preserved in the Archives and History building in Montgomery, Alabama.

Faye Gaston and Bill Rambo at 2011 Alabama

Division Convention

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CofC President Visits Memorial

Chase Landon Joiner, President of Julia

Brown Stewart CofC Chapter #961, recently

visited this Confederate monument at

Demopolis. His CofC Chapter is sponsored by

Charles S. Stewart Chapter #2390 from Foley.

Joiner, the grandson of member Barbara

McCamish, was in Demopolis to play in an All

Star tournament.

The now defunct Marengo Rifle Guards

Chapter #312 dedicated the monument

October 10, 1910. It was built to honor the

soldiers who served, were wounded and died

for the South. The dedication that day was

cause to celebrate with a large Bar-B-Que.

General William H. Forney Chapter 468

Anniston, AL. organized May 1, 1901

Spring of 2012 was a busy but enjoyable season

for the Anniston UDC members. Chapter members

joined a road trip to Atlanta Georgia with our

sister chapter Gadsden-Etowah 1620. The

morning was spent at the Atlanta Cyclorama &

civil war [War Between The States] museum,

followed by lunch at the Six Feet Under restaurant.

That afternoon a group of Atlanta UDC members

met and joined with the Alabama ladies on a

guided walking tour of Historic Oakland Cemetery.

A very enjoyable and educational day spent in

Georgia.

This year’s annual Confederate Memorial Day

services held at Edgemont cemetery in Anniston

was hosted by Gen. William H. Forney and Gen.

John H. Forney UDC chapters, “Tige” Anderson,

Alexandria Rifles and Pelham SCV camps.

Following the memorial service at the grave site of

General Tige Anderson, ‘Taps’ was played by a

bag-piper.

UDC member Joyce La Taste ordered and had

installed two Confederate markers for the

unmarked graves of Corp. Henry Augustus Napier,

who served in Co. H 1st Regiment Florida Infantry

and Pvt. John Nevil Seale, who served in Co. H. 30th

Regiment Alabama Infantry. They were honored

with a dedication service conducted by President

Helen Johnson, Chaplain Linda Howard and

Recorder Joyce La Taste. A weeping widow

marked each grave site. Great-Great

Granddaughters Hope Tumlin of Atlanta Ga. and

Penny La Taste of Rome Ga. gave a history of each

man, placed a flag and a wreath on the grave,

followed with “Amazing Grace” being played by a

bag-piper.

Everyone re-grouped later at the John Pelham

monument in Anniston for the annual service with

all those attending remembering their CSA

ancestor by calling out their name, unit and

placing a flag at the base of the monument. Later

that afternoon in the Jacksonville City cemetery,

services at the grave site of General William H.

Forney, General John H. Forney and John Pelham

were held with flags and wreaths being placed.

For the first time in recent times every

Confederate soldier’s grave was marked with a

Confederate flag. What a sight.

While on a tour of Italy two chapter members

carried flags with them which were placed on

graves in that country. At the Anniston library a

display of flags, chapter memorabilia and four

local CSA heroes’ photos and histories was created

and placed there by chapter member Sonja

Randle. At the 2012 R.O.T.C Spring Awards

Ceremony at Jacksonville State University, senior

cadet, Amber Johnson was awarded the General

William H. Forney UDC Patriotic award by chapter

president Helen Johnson. Amber is the descendant

of Confederate veteran James Mason Johnson.

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UDC DeKalb County Chapter #1456 Attends Ladies’ School

On Saturday, June 23, 2012, nine UDC members along with family and friends attended the “HGB

School for the Ladies” hosted by Amber Hancock, Sisters for the Cause. The event was held in historic

Chickamauga, Georgia at Lee and Gordon’s Mills.

The day was filled with many lessons on period dress, clothing and life of the 1860’s. Several lessons

included hairstyles and makeup. Gwen Williams volunteered for an authentic hair styling lesson

conducted by Amy Jones and Alyssa Donehoo. Amber Hancock presented period letter writing and

read several letters she had written describing home life to the Confederate soldier. Mary Alice

Ufford demonstrated quilting and sewing during the Confederate years. Other lessons on historical

occasion dresses, footwear, headwear and accessories were presented by Jennifer Benefield. A

delicious luncheon was served.

UDC members and friends attending from DeKalb County were:

Seated: Pat Dooley, Martha Stanley, Carolyn Aldrich, Gwen Williams

Standing: Myra Taliaferro, Emily Slattery, Rena Garner, Kaylee Slattery, Donna Kelly, Kim Slattery,

Brenda Berghammer, Susan Dooley

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Charles S. Stewart Chapter 2390 and Julia

Brown Stewart CofC Chapter 961

Visits William F. Green Veterans Home

Charles S. Stewart Chapter #2390 and Julia

Brown Stewart Chapter CofC #961 hosted a

birthday party for veterans housed at William F.

Green Veteran’s facility at Bay Minette, Alabama.

The chapters’ visit was made July 25, 2012 at 2:00

P.M. Under the direction of the facility’s activity

director four chapter members, five CofC

members and two visitors served birthday cake

and ice cream to approximately 30 veterans and

their guests. In addition to the cake and ice-cream,

the veterans were entertained by the piano as a

guest played many sing-a-longs, for their

enjoyment. Chapter members assisting were Mary

Majesty, registrar, Sara Rikard, third vice-

president, Barbara McCamish, vice-president, and

Julie Welborn, Chaplain. CofC members were

Kristen Gibbs, Erin Sammons, Cooper Boddy,

Kaleb Brown and Derek Brown, great-

grandchildren of Rikard. Visitors were Dana

Boddy, granddaughter of Rikard and Jerry

Majesty, husband of Mary Beth Majesty.

This party is an annual patriotic event held by the

chapter to celebrate all the birthday’s celebrated

in the month of July. Members will anxiously

await next year’s July party.

L to R: CofC members of Julia Brown Stewart Chapter #961

Kristen Gibbs, Hunter and Kaleb Brown and Erin Sammons.

The children assisted Chapter members serving cake and ice

cream to the veterans housed at William F. Green's Veterans

Home.

Julia Brown Stewart Chapter

#961 CofC

Julia Brown Stewart Chapter #961 Children of the

Confederacy members assisted Charles S. Stewart

Chapter #2390 UDC serving ice cream and birthday

cake to the Veterans housed at William F. Green

Veterans Home. The July Party is an annual event

supported by the United Daughters of the

Confederacy. This is the 3rd

year for Julia Brown

Stewart #961 to help with the Birthday Party. They

have a program and meeting there also. Then they

go around and visit with each Veteran. The Children

and the Veterans love it. They always sing Happy

Birthday to the Veterans with a birthday that month.

Attending were Kaleb and Hunter Brown, their

Mother, Dana Boddy and Brother Cooper Boddy a

future member, Kristen Gibbs, Erin Sammons and

Sara Rikard CofC Director. Also Barbara McCamish,

Julie Welborn, Mary Beth Majesty and Jerry Majesty

attended from the UDC.

This month they have had a swimming party.

Members attending were Erin Sammons, Kristen

Gibbs, Hunter Brown, Kaleb Brown, Cooper Boddy

and Sara Rikard CofC C Director. Julia Brown Stewart

CofC C plans to continue collecting pull tabs and toys

for Ronald McDonald House. They also will continue

to send Christmas cards to Soldiers and Veterans.

Reed and Chase Joiner have collected the most pull

tabs of any member ever since they became

members.

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The 58th Annual General CofC

Convention

The 58th Annual General CofC Convention took

place in Gettysburg, PA on July 19-21, 2012. Miss

Haileigh Himes, Third Vice President Alabama

Division Children of the Confederacy attended the

convention with her Grandmother and

Grandfather Mr. and Mrs. John (Cyndi) Himes.

Miss Ann King, Ex-President of AL Division UDC

also attended.

Before arriving in Gettysburg, PA we stopped in

Lexington, VA to visit Washington & Lee

University, VMI, Lee Chapel and Museum,

Stonewall Jackson’s home (while teaching at VMI).

We visited Stonewalls grave and left lemons as

well as an apple for Gen. Robert E. Lee’s horse

Traveler.

What a wonderful history in such a close

proximity of each other.

The CofC Convention Chairman, Mr. A.J. Widowski,

Ex-General CofC President did a wonderful job

planning and executing a great convention. The

Ohio Division UDC ladies did a great job in making

everything look perfect. They thought of

everything, this was by far the best convention

ever. We started with registration and received a

red backpack full of many different items that

really came in handy during our stay.

The first thing was our Director’s luncheon with

all Division’s and CWND. Mrs. Janet Johnson, Mrs.

Pam Trammell and Mrs. Alice Williams gave their

reports and concerns about the CofC and its

growth and things we can all do to make things

better for this organization.

We need at least one new CofC chapter per year

and 50 new members to keep up with the age

outs, resigned or dropped members to stay ahead.

Miss Haileigh Himes escorted the Alabama flag in

on President’s evening and gave the Division

report; she even added a song that was enjoyed by

all in attendance. Did I mention she just turned 6 a

few days before convention?

She had fun making new friends and seeing other

friends she had made at previous conventions.

Our tour of Gettysburg was fabulous. The weather

was rainy and cool the whole time but, it sure beat

the hot weather in Alabama any day.

After Historical Evening, President’s Evening, Tour

of Gettysburg, Swimming Party, and Confederate

Ball, we were all a little tired at the end of the

convention. But, before traveling home we

decided to check out some of the battlefields on

our way back; like Antietam, Chancellorsville,

Fredricksburg and the shrine of Jonathan Thomas

“Stonewall” Jackson.

We all learned and enjoyed these wonderful

places that told so much about our Confederate

history.

May God forever bless the South and the CofC!

Mrs. Cyndi M. Himes, Director

Alabama Division CofC

Miss Haileigh Himes and Cindy Himes

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Jefferson Davis UDC Chapter #2307 –

Hurtsboro, AL

May 8, 2012 was the last meeting of the year for

this UDC Chapter. Pres., Teresa W. Raley was

hostess for a luncheon for the chapter members,

with Sybil Humber and Mary Worrell, co-

hostessing. Officers were elected and installed

and plans for the 2012-2014 were made.

Pictured left to right: back row – Noel Dudley and

Winnie Beezley

First row- Teresa W. Raley, Ann Dudley, Lucille

Beezley, Donna McKee, Mary Burt, and Sybil

Humber

Pictured left to right: back row – Noel Dudley,

Winnie Beezley, and Mary Burt

First row – Mary Worrell, Ann Dudley, Lucille

Beezley, Donna McKee, and Sybil Humber

Letitia Ross District and Jefferson

Davis District Annual Meeting

Saturday, March 17, 2012 – Saugahatchee

Country Club – Opelika, AL.

Pictured with Dr. Lynda T. Lowery, Alabama

Division UDC President are members of the

Jefferson Davis #2307 – Hurtsboro, AL: left to

right: Teresa W. Raley, pres., Dr. Lowery, Mary

Worrell, treas. and Sybil Humber, vice-pres.

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June and July 2012 Events in Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne Chapter

In June, this Chapter hosted an annual Military Service Ceremony. The Chapter event was held at

the Anniston-Calhoun County Library and included ten individual UDC Military Service Awards.

Two of the ten were World War II Crosses of Military Service for Fred R. Lett and James H. Gilreath,

Jr., but neither WWII veteran was able to attend. Chapter member Alice Gilreath Duckett accepted

on behalf of her father.

Other bestowals included a posthumous Korean Cross of Military Service for John Lewis Watson

and a Vietnam Conflict Cross of Military Service bestowed on Joe Berl Duckett. Two medals were

bestowed on Wayne Bonner: a Vietnam National Defense Service Medal and a Korean

Expeditionary Service Medal. Claude Miller received a Vietnam National Defense Medal, and

Rhonda Morehead received a Persian Gulf War National Defense Medal. A posthumous National

Defense medal was bestowed upon John Herman Spears and accepted by wife who is a member of

the Chapter. Mike Killian accepted a posthumous Meritorious Service Award on behalf of his father,

Victor Killian.

In July, the Patrick R. Cleburne Chapter held a planning meeting at the historic Dodson Memorial Presbyterian Church in Oxford. Built in 1857, the Church’s history includes connections to the Confederate period in Alabama, and the beautiful stained glass windows are original from that time. Carrie Rich, a high school senior, was welcomed in July as the Chapter’s newest member. During 2011-2012, this Chapter added 18 members to its roster. With normal attrition, membership remains at approximately 160 as the largest Chapter in this Division and one of the largest in UDC. In July, another donation was made to the Division Flag Fund which brought to $1,785.00 the amount donated by this Chapter toward conservation of the 20th Alabama Flag. During the previous year, Chapter members donated $2,660.00 to the Division’s project to conserve the 30th Alabama Flag. Chapter plans for 2012-2013 include establishing another Alabama Division Scholarship,

bestowing UDC Military Service Awards upon living World War II veterans, scheduling interesting

speakers and programs for Chapter meetings, and conducting benevolent outreach projects

involving the several communities from which the Chapter’s members are drawn.

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Joe Wheeler UDC # 291 Installs New Officers

The grounds of the historic McEntire House on the Tennessee River was the setting for the installation of the

2012-2014 Officers of Joe Wheeler 291 on May 10th, 2012. The McEntire house is an antebellum Greek

Revival mansion which was constructed prior to 1836 and used as headquarters by both Confederate and

Union forces during the war. In 1862, the plans for the Battle of Shiloh were drawn up at the home before the

home was occupied by Union Forces.

Alabama Honorary President Judy Blackwell installed the officers using the traditional Installation of Officers

protocol. After the officers were installed, outgoing President Bettye Moore presented incoming President

Linda Edwards with the Daughters’ Flag and the Chapter President’s pin. Mrs. Moore received her past

President’s pin from Mrs. Edwards.

Ginger Reeves gave the daughter’s a “history lesson” completed with an easel teacher board on General

Robert E. Lee. It was a fun and interesting program as well as educational. President Bettye Moore thanked

her officers with gift bags and thanked the members for all their hard work during her administration.

Delegates and alternates were chosen for the Division Convention in Mobile and the General Convention in

Richmond.

New officers seated l to r: Bettye Moore - Historian, Linda Clemons – Recorders of Military Crosses, Linda

Edwards – President, Rita Birdsong – 2nd Vice President.

Standing l to r: Sarah Gray – Parliamentarian, Kathy Jones – Registrar, Laverne Foster – Chaplain, Terri Dean

– Treasurer, Sidney Hjelm – Recording Secretary, Betty Lovvorn – 3rd Vice President.

Not pictured Faye McWhorter – Vice President and Glendora James – Corresponding Secretary.

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General Edmond Winchester Rucker

Chapter News In the early 1990’s the Gen. Edmond

Winchester Rucker Chapter had a portrait made of Mrs. Alberta Martin. At that time she was recognized as the only known living Confederate widow. One copy of the portrait was presented to the City Library in Elba, AL where she lived. The other copy has been held by the chapter. This year, chapter members decided that the portrait needed to be placed where it would be seen and others could learn about “Miz Alberta.” In July, the newly framed portrait was presented to the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society for placement in their library.

At the chapter’s August meeting, a Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Donna Clark for her tireless efforts in the design and approval of our chapter’s pin. The pin is an oval design featuring one side of the Rucker’s Brigade flag in the center. This flag is the familiar St. Andrews Cross with the wording “Rucker’s Brigade” and “Forrest’s Cavalry.” The pin was manufactured by Pamela Wright. The last item on the agenda for the August meeting was the passing of the gavel to the new chapter president. Outgoing President Shirley Edberg presented Pat Richter with the Gen. Edmond Winchester Rucker Chapter 2534 memorial gavel.

Gen. Edmond Winchester Rucker Chapter 2534 officers for 2012-2014 are L to R: Pat Richter, President; Holly Muller, Vice President; Donna Clark, 2nd Vice President; Kim Larson, 3rd Vice President; Laura F. Rowell, Recording Secretary; Shirley Edberg, Treasurer; Georgia Fleming, Registrar; Marie Koach, Historian; Irene Carter, Chaplain; and Laura D. Rowell, Recorder of Military Service Awards.

UDC "Reads" Book Drive for the Flag Preservation Fund

Calling all UDC members to DONATE gently loved/used books for sale at the Alabama Division

Convention September 13-15 to benefit the 20th Alabama Infantry Flag Preservation Fund!

Ladies, we all love to READ! Some of us probably could open our own library our collection is so vast!

And we all love a BARGAIN! If you have been thinking about cleaning your bookshelves for the latest

editions, well, now is the time to do it and help the Alabama UDC "SAVE the 20th Alabama Infantry

Flag!"

Hard cover books, paperbacks, fiction, nonfiction, biographies, children's, cooking, decorating, sewing,

music, sports, comics, etc., well, you get the idea. The books just need to be 'gently' used. But we will

take BRAND NEW books too!

Collect as many as you can bring with you! Look for the Alabama UDC "Bookmobile" at the convention!

Flag Preservation Committee

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