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United Daughters of the Confederacy - North Carolina Division
Volume 43 Number 2
September 2015
Division President’s Report
I
t seems this year has just flown by. We have all been so busy. I hope everyone had
a wonderful 4th of July celebrating our nation’s independence.
I want to say a sincere “thank you” for all of the invitations I received from you to
be present at your District Meetings, your dedications, Sesquicentennial events, Lee
Birthday celebrations and memorials. I was not able to attend them all and I’m sorry
I couldn’t be there with you. I was honored to attend the ones I could. I am proud of
you for all the many wonderful things you have accomplished for the UDC. Dedication
and re-dedications are important to preserve our Confederate history. Memorials are also a big part of our
Southern culture and we should never cease to remember our Confederate dead.
We have recently experienced anger, hate and negativism against our Confederate monuments and the
Battle Flag. Our President General is handling the situation the way she thinks best for our Organization.
She has an Executive Committee, just as the Divisions do, and they work together to make decisions. She
felt it was in the best interest of the UDC to protect our Headquarters Building in Richmond so she sealed
it from everyone, and that included the public, the SCV and the UDC. Except for the employees, no one
is allowed entrance. She hired extra security to be sure it, and all of the precious artifacts, records, furniture,
paintings, etc. inside, would be safe.
As you know…no one speaks for the UDC except for the President General, Pam Trammell. She asked
everyone to please say nothing to the media and you are adhering to her request. I’m proud of NC for
following her directives as I well know how hard it is to keep silent. If anything is said by us, it could be
twisted and taken out of context and become something we NEVER said.
I urged you all to contact your representatives asking them to vote for Bill S22 the “Historic Artifact Management and Patriotism Act” and again you came through. I heard from many of you advising that you
had done so. Thank you ladies, for standing up for not only our Confederate monuments, but also for all
of our state’s monument, plaques, and memorials depicting North Carolina history.
You, North Carolina Daughters, are awesome. I appreciate your work and dedication. There is much to do
and everyone is pitching in. We have two conventions in the planning stages, and that takes team work. I
hope you will plan to attend both conventions. The Division Convention is in Durham and the General
Convention is in Raleigh. You will never have a more opportune time to attend a General Convention as
you will this November. We want to show the Daughters from the other Divisions just how great North Carolina is. The Convention Call for the Division convention is on our Division website and the Convention
Call for the General Convention is on the General website. I hope you have made your reservations and I
look forward to seeing you at both!
August 2002
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Division President’s Report - Continued
Concerning our Division Convention, please remember to bring your items for the Tea Cup Auction. We
did this last year. It is a change from the silent auction. Contact Connie Dedmon, Chairman, for questions.
I know you have items that you would like to part with and this is the perfect time to do it.
At the Friendship Luncheon on Friday, you will have an opportunity to make a donation to our House
Maintenance Fund. You may do this as individuals and as Chapters. You can donate in memory or in honor
of someone. If your donation amount qualifies, you may be entitled to a donor bar to wear on your ribbon.
Check with Vice President, Donna Snipes.
Please remember to check our Division Website often as it changes. New to the website is the Protocol for
Daughters as well as the Page Protocol. If you’re not sure of what to do or what to wear, please consider
these sites.
Thank you Chapters who have submitted your Monument Inspection and/or Monument Repair Reports. As
you know this is my President’s Project and follows that of Past Presidents, Aileen Ezell and Eleanor Kraus.
This information is a part of our history and will be vital in the future. All of our monument information will
have a special place at our UDC House in Raleigh so that we may have access to it immediately. I know
all of you can at least go to your monuments, complete the Inspection Report form, or just write your own
report, take a photo and submit all to me. I don’t need a Repair Report unless it states actual repairs done
and a photo. Our Founding Daughters worked hard for this part of our Confederate history. We need to
do our part. I urge the Chapters who did not send in a report this year to please send me one next year.
BEARS AT THE TABLE! Our President General has a Patriotic Project for her term and it is the Action
Track Chairs for Veterans. This is no ordinary chair, it has tracks like a tank, thus making it possible for
severely wounded veterans to go places they could not with a regular wheel chair. It also costs $15,000 per
chair. We are asking individual Daughters, Chapters and Districts to consider making a donation of any
amount to this worthwhile cause. The Division will have a “GI Bear Table” at Division Convention with
11” GI Hero Bears that sing “God Bless the USA” for sale for $15.00 each to help with the effort to purchase
these chairs. Also note that these cute bears can be seen on our website and there is also an order form if
you would like to order them. Please help these veterans. They lost their limbs fighting for our freedom.
We need to help them to now have their freedom to get about and go fishing, hunting and do the things
they once did.
The Children of the Confederacy had a wonderful Division Convention in Charlotte. It was nice to see
the leaders of tomorrow perpetuate our Confederate history. Congratulations to Ashley Gray, the incoming President of the NC Division, CofC. Spring Board in Richmond on March 7th was well attended by
NC Daughters as was the Massing of the Flags June 7th to commemorate the 207th birthday of President
Jefferson Davis. Thank all of you ladies for your participation. It was wonderful to see NC represented so
well plus we had an opportunity at both events to invite Daughters to the General Convention in Raleigh.
We had our UDC Lineage Table at the DAR Conference in Durham this year. The Asheville Chapter and
Kathryn Herrmann outdid themselves with a beautiful tower of UDC information. There were also “goodies,” information sheets, UDC Magazines, pens, etc. We had much interest and I think it was a worthwhile
endeavor.
If your Chapter would like a book listing all of the recipients, including the dates and the class of Cross/
Medal/Certificate, who received Military Service Awards from your chapter, please contact Karen Powers.
She is working diligently along with Michelle Powers to put all of this vital information in a database. This
is a huge undertaking and an important one. Some of our Chapters may have a book, but is not complete
to date.
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September 2015
Division President’s Report - Continued
We dedicated our NC Sesquicentennial Marker at Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh on Saturday, April 11,
2015. Our Monument Committee Chairman, Aileen Ezell, as well as the Chairman of our Sesquicentennial
Committee, Sue Curtis, brought remarks. After the Invocation was said and the Ritual repeated, Caroline
Odom, our Division Treasurer, was presented with a certificate of appreciation. Caroline was instrumental
in the creation of the monument and having it erected. Our many thanks to Caroline for a job well done!
Please be reminded that we are “Daughters Serving Seniors,” the Division President’s Benevolent Project.
Remember to purchase items for “forgotten” seniors in the nursing home your Chapter has selected to give
to them at Christmas. Don’t forget to include a Christmas card with your Chapter’s name. This is a great
way to show how much we love and care for others, especially those who are forgotten.
The Division Patriotic Project is the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War. Please
see our website and contact the Patriotic Activities Chairman, Dorothy Watson, for more details. When you
see a Vietnam Veteran, don’t hesitate to tell them “Welcome Home,” because they risked everything for
us and never got a “Welcome Home.” I think it’s about time. A little late, but still something they deserve.
You can partner with the Department of Defense to participate in two events a year for two years to honor
these men and women. After all, one of our Objectives is Patriotic!
If you or your chapter would like to sponsor an award NEXT year, (2016) look in your Minutes Books to see
what awards are offered by each Division Officer. When you decide what award you would like to sponsor,
create the proper wording and then contact the Division Officer for approval. You will have to give the
Division Treasurer a check for the amount of award you wish to present. Only after the prize money has
been given and the name and details of the award are approved, can it be listed in the Minutes Book. So,
if you desire to sponsor an award to be given at the Division Convention in October 2016, it would have to
be in the Minutes Books what will be disbursed at Spring Board. You will have
to get the money and information to the proper officers at this Division
Convention or as soon as possible.
Again I want to thank ALL of you for everything you are doing. I know we lead
busy lives outside of UDC, but you are still doing outstanding things for our
Organization. I am proud of each one of you. I want to congratulate our new
members on joining the UDC and thank them for honoring their
Confederate Ancestor.
Thank you for all your emails, calls and cards of encouragement.
Nothing could be accomplished without YOU. You are the UDC….
You are “Working Together to Honor Our Confederate Ancestors”.
You are special ladies and I’m honored to be your President.
Pat Gasson
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September 2015
Vice President
Y
ou have been
busy ordering
insignia and that’s
a good thing. Orders have come in
from every District!
Again, I would like
to encourage each
Chapter Vice President to get a copy of the Vice President’s Manual. It not only lists your
duties as Chapter Vice President, it
also describes each pin, how to fill
out which order form and has a copy
of each order form, application for
General Page Pin, Monetary Contribution Form, the application for
VAVS pin, Member for Member
Form and the Insignia Return Form.
Perhaps the chapter can purchase the
various Manuals and pass them along
to the officer next term.
Some reminders when ordering
your insignia - all orders must be
1) legible; 2) include all required
proof(s); 3) be on current Insignia order forms; 4) include a check amount
made payable to Treasurer General
UDC in the correct amount. Multiple orders may be placed on the
same Non-Engraved Order Form
with one check for the total amount
included. The Engraved Order form
can have only one order per order
form with individual checks with
each order form.
Pins requiring proof are: 1) the No. 1
Badge Set; 2) Ancestor bars No. 4 and
No. 4A; 3) 10-25-35-50 Year Membership Pins; 4) Member for Member
Pin; 5) Memorial Building Endowment Fund Pin; 6) Legacy Fund Pin;
7) Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service
Pin (VAVS) and 8) the Page Pin. If
you are uncertain what the required
proof is, check in the Manual!
Some other housekeeping notes. On
the order forms at the top where it
asks for the Member Name, Chapter
Name, Chapter Number, City… the
next box says DIV/CWND - this
refers to the DIVISION which of
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course is North Carolina. Some have
put their DISTRICT number in this
box. Chapter Vice Presidents must
sign the order form and put the date
received and date processed. It also
asks for an email address and I realize
not everyone has an email address,
but if you do, please include it. In
every organization there is a chain of
command, and it is no different when
you order Insignia: it starts with the
member then goes to the Chapter Vice
President, who after checking it over
and signing it (and keeping a copy for
her records) sends it to Division Vice
President who checks the order over
and signs it and sends it to Vice President General . Please do not send your
orders directly to the Vice President
General, it will be sent back.
So what happens to your order once
the Division Vice President mails it
off? Well, once the orders for Insignia are received and processed by
the Vice President General, orders
for Engraved Insignia are forwarded
by electronic means to the appropriate Vendor. Non-engraved Insignia
orders are forwarded by electronic
means to the UDC Business Office.
After orders have been sent by electronic means, the Vice President
General copies all orders for Insignia
and checks. The original orders for
Insignia and checks are sent by U.
S. Mail with delivery confirmation
to the UDC Business Office. Copies
of orders of Insignia and checks are
kept by the Vice President General
until the conclusion of her term at
which time they are destroyed in an
appropriate manner. Now, some of
you may have known this, but the
newcomers may not.
I would like to make a point of
clarification. Many have sent emails
asking about the status of their Insignia orders. It seems the problem
was with the engraver; the company
lost an engraver and at one point
was as much as 25 orders behind.
Hopefully, by the printing of this
article, the orders have been caught
up. Vice President General, Mrs.
Pat Bryson, has been doing her job
but the backups at the engraver had
made it seem as though she wasn’t.
The 2015 General Convention will
be here before we know it, but you
still have time to make a donation
to the UDC Headquarters House
Maintenance and receive a Donor
Bar. The Donor Bars are available
at three different levels: Bronze for
donations of $125 to $299; Silver
for donations of $300 to $499 and
Gold for donations of $500 and up.
The Headquarters House is looking
good, but there are always last minute things to be done – think about
when you have guests over at your
own home, you want everything just
right – we’re opening Our Home to
the entire country!
I’m sure most of you are already
aware of this, but the newbies might
not, at one time North Carolina had
185 UDC Chapters! Some town/cities had more than one, Charlotte and
Raleigh each had four Chapters. Cities such as Asheville, Brevard, Concord, Dunn, Durham, Fayetteville,
Greensboro, Henderson, High Point,
Kinston, Lexington, Mount Airy,
New Bern, Newton, Red Springs,
Rutherfordton, Wadesboro and West
Jefferson had two Chapters. Since
then some kept both Chapters, some
dwindled down to one Chapter or no
Chapter. Other towns/cities folded
with the one chapter they did have.
We have also added some Chapters:
two Chapters in Butner, one Chapter
in Clarkton, a Chapter added in Forest City and another Chapter added
in Franklin. We rejoice to have 50
Chapters in 2015!
Keep up the good work Chapter
Vice Presidents! We are proud descendants of Confederate Soldiers
who fought for what they believed
was right.
Donna Snipes
September 2015
Third Vice President
he NC Division CofC held
T
it’s 78th annual convention in
Charlotte, NC March 27 – 28th,
2015. President William Gray
presided over all meetings. William’s theme this past year was
“Returning to Our Past to Prepare for Our Future.” Supplies
were raised for the USO of Charlotte and were delivered after the
convention by William and his
family. The CofC held a raffle to
raise money for the NC Division
Scholarships and the new General Diamond Jubilee Scholarship.
A total of $315 was raised and
will be divided between NC Division and General. We also had
a backpack donated at convention to be raffled off. This pack
was one of the attendee’s gifts at
General CofC Convention this
past summer in Texarkana, Arkansas. We raised $55. This money will also be divided between
the scholarships. Elections were
held for new officers and Ashley
Gray was elected president.
At convention we had a total of
47 people attend with 13 CofC
members in attendance. We were
privileged to have in attendance
Patricia Gasson, NC Division
UDC President; Mrs. Wilda
Council, Honorary President of
Division and General; Mrs. Gail
Sifford, NC Division Recorder of Military Service Awards;
Mrs. Laura Conner, 3rd Vice
President General and General
Director CofC; Kathy Smith
Brewer, former NC Division
CofC director, Former General
CofC Director and NC Division
Honorary President; and Ms.
Joni Conner-Little, 3rd Vice
President General and Director
of the CofC from the Florida
Division. Each convention we
hold a catechism quiz. This is
so much fun. We have 3 different levels…pre-junior for small
children up to age 5, juniors from
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6 to 12 and seniors 13 to 18. The
catechism books can be ordered
from General. Each CofC chapter needs to have one. You’ll be
surprised at how much you don’t
know! We took a tour of Historic
Rosedale plantation and learned
about the house, plantation, and
former owners. At our evening
banquet, we handed out all of the
awards. The 3 top awards were
as follows: CofC Boy of the Year
- Patrick Sterling, Jr.; CofC Girl
of the Year - Morgan Morefield;
and CofC member of the Year William Gray. Our speaker that
night was John Ellis. He gave an
informative program on flags of
the Confederacy. Everyone was
amazed at all the different flags.
Our convention next year will
be held in Greensboro. Please
make an effort to attend.
The General CofC Convention
was held July in Lynchburg, VA.
The group toured Appomattox
Courthouse. North Carolina was
well represented with 6 CofC
members and 7 UDC members
present. Ashley was elected as
Historian General
and William was
elected as Custodian General.
Loren Stelring
was elected as
Chairman of
the Nominating
Committee. Katie Sterling was
named as Honorary President of
General and she was also named
the Most Outstanding CofC
Member. William Gray received
the Best Report at President’s
Evening. The following chapters
received the Honor Roll Chapter
Award: Burke Davis 478, Lizzie
Lindsay 776, Charles F. Fisher
73, Bentonville Grays 930, and
Robert F. Hoke 867.
We currently have 147 members
with 10 members aging out this
year. I urge each chapter to recruit new members.
I look forward to another
successful year!
Karen Powers
McGowan Storage of Virginia, President; Hanna Farper of Florida, Vice President;
Jaquelyn Beck of Texas, Second Vice President; Taylor Thaxton of Georgia, Third Vice
President; Hailey Jenkins of Florida, Recording Secretary; Paige Wallnofer of Florida,
Treasurer; Ashley Gray-North Carolina, Historian; Savannah Mills of Florida, Chaplain;
William Gray of North Carolina, Custodian; Matthew Myer of South Carolina, Editor.
September 2015
T
Treasurer
hank you
Chapter
Treasurers! You
completed the
per capita forms
for 2014-2015 so
that all General
and Division
dues could be
posted on time.
2015-2016 per capita forms (FY
2016) will be available in December and are due by Feb. 15th,
2016. You should begin collecting dues from members this fall
so that you don’t have to scramble to collect at the last minute.
The $5.00 member assessment
for the 2015 General Convention
is now complete so you won’t
have to collect that this year.
Remember that Granddaughter,
Great, Great Great, Great Great
Great Club dues should be collected as well and sent directly to
those Club Treasurers for those
members.
Former members that wish to
be reinstated are always encouraged. For $40.00, a former
member can be reinstated.
Please include a note with member’s name and chapter with
payment. The Division Treasurer has the Reinstatement forms
to process for General.
The Annual Financial Report
for each chapter is due to by
October 31st. The time frame is
09/01/2014 to 08/31/2015. It is
mandatory that each chapter file
this report with the Division Treasurer, in order for our non-profit
status to stay intact. Also, each
Granddaughter Club treasurer
must file an Annual Financial
Report to that General Club Treasurer. Please send the Division
Treasurer a copy as well.
The Federal required filing
with the IRS of an e-postcard,
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Recording Secretary
W
ith the
help of our
president and vice
president I have
included in the
presidents packet
a list of Chapter
presidents with
names, addresses,
phone numbers, and email addresses. Also a listing of the chairman of each committee with their
email address, a list of the Executive Committee, and the General
Executive Committee is included.
Chapter presidents and committee
chairman, I need you to get your
reports by September 1, as I have
to send the manuscript to the printer by December 1. Remember
we have the general convention
here in November. Don’t wait until
our convention in October to turn
your report in. I am expecting all
division officers, all chapters and
all committee chairman to turn
in a report. This is your time to
help record our history for future
generations.
You can send your reports to me
by email in an attachment using
Microsoft Word. My email address is [email protected].
My snail mail address is 322 Aiken
Avenue, Creedmoor, NC 27522. I
prefer that you send the reports by
email.
We have 17 Executive Committee
members, 50 chapters, 57 committees, and 8 district directors that
need to send me a report.
As of 8/14/2015 I have received
reports from 43 of the 50 chapters, 5 committee reports, and no
district reports. Ladies you took
the job as chairman of these committees so I am expecting a report
from you.
If you have changes in your addresses, emails and phone numbers please email them to me so
we will have correct information to
go in the minutes book.
In your reports make sure there is
nothing that would harm anyone
or cause anyone to file a law suit
against the Division. The reports
for the chapters remain at 250
words.
WORKING TOGETHER WE
CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS
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aka, Form 990-N, must be done
online at http://epostcard.
form990.org/ anytime between
September 1 and January 15. An
emailed receipt from the IRS
will be received when the filing is
completed. A copy must be sent
to the Division Treasurer. If you
do not complete this filing before
Jan. 15th, I will be checking each
EIN and I will file the Form 990N for you.
Mildred C. Goss
Thank you for the opportunity to
serve as your Division Treasurer. I look forward to seeing you
at Division Convention. Please
note my new mailing address:
Caroline Odom, 408 Sportsman
Trail, Wendell, NC 27591-7490.
Caroline Odom
September 2015
Registrar
D
ear Registrars
and other
interested chapter
members:
SEPTEMBER 1,
2015 is the date all
applications have
to be on the new
application.
All UDC application forms have
been revised and after September
1, 2015 all original and supplemental applications printed on the old
2013 form will be returned to the
Chapter Registrar. I would like to
suggest that you go into your saved
forms and delete all blank forms
then save the current forms as there
have been some changes made to
the new form.
This is supposed to be an easy
change for all of us with the major
change being the elimination of
marriage proof. Marriage proof,
however, can be used to prove
maiden names and any other information that might be on the proof.
You can still list marriage information on the proof lines that have
been added to the new form.
I am glad to hear this because marriage information provides much
history for family historians. I have
received several “new applications”
with first generation marriage proof
on the proof line. I like that because
it gives me proof of the legal last
name of the woman entering our
organization.
Please be sure not to mark on
tombstone photos. Add any information that you would normally
highlight in the margins. Likenesses of the soldier and photos
of his tombstone are added to the
archived applications.
As all of these new applications are
coming in, I know that some of you
are saying, “Oh no, not another
one.” But we are so lucky to have
this growth spurt. Contact and
contact again and make all of these
ladies welcome. Help these potential members with their applications
because most are not genealogists
and you are.
I look forward to seeing you
at conventions in Durham and
Raleigh. Contact me anytime at
[email protected]
or call me 336-449-7780
Division Chaplain
E
ach chapter president or
chaplain is aware there have
been some changes made to our
Deceased Member form. It is
very important these forms be
completed fully. When submitting the individual form, please
include the number of years the
Daughter was in the UDC and
any offices she may have held on
the chapter, Division, or General
level. We really need to remember our sister Daughters as
completely as we can.
This year there is a new form
each chapter needs to submit
to the Division chaplain. This
form may seem redundant but
it was designed to make sure no
Daughter’s passing is forgotten.
Each chapter should submit
the Deceased Chapter Member
Record by Sept. 8 with the name
of all Daughters that have passed
away or submit the form noting
the chapter has not lost any
Daughters.
If you have any questions, please
contact me.
Karen Edwards
NC Division Chaplain
Peggy Johnson
As of August 15, 2015, the North Carolina Division has lost nineteen members.
Below is a list of those Daughters.
Asheville 104 – Peggy Lee Farrell; Henry C. Severs 2305 – Helen Keistler Chappell; Coltrane-Harris 2076 – Anna Lois Cobb Bulla; Robert F. Hoke 78 – Mary Ann Sturkey Greenland;
Guiford 301 – Emma Sue McNeely Buchanan; John Blue 2174 – Dorothy Sneed Newton; Robeson 942 – Virginia Musselwhite King; Joseph J. Davis 537 – Linda Perry Jones – Division President 1979-81; Granville Grays 409 – Rubylee Evans Farmer, Nellie Grey McFarland, Virginia Lee
Landis Estes, Bettie Jean Dunn Williams; Cape Fear 3 – Elizabeth Carolyn Hardy Dallis, Norma
Louise Sellers Grabenstein, Cassie Juanita Wells Herring, June Elizabeth Pittman Swinson; Onslow
Guards 1477 – Eppie Lee Rhodes,; John W. Dunham 374 – Emilie Crawford Gardner English;
Theodore Hassell 437 – Easter Rogerson Mizell.
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September 2015
2015 UDC General Convention
Nov. 5 - 9, 2015, North Carolina
The North Carolina Division is hosting the 122nd Annual General Convention in Raleigh, NC on November 5-9, 2015. The General Convention Committee has been working diligently to finalize plans for attendees
from all over the country! You do not want to miss out on this opportunity to help show that “Nothing Could be
Finer” than being in North Carolina! The Convention location is the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel located in downtown Raleigh. The Hotel Sales Manager and Hotel Event Coordinator have been working closely with us on
reservations, room set up, and menus. Every event is planned in detail with the full support of the Host Hotel.
The Convention Call as well as the Pre-Registration form and Event Reservation form is published in
the August issue of the UDC Magazine. You can also find it online at www.ncudc.org as well as www.hqudc.
org. From the Tours to the Banquets to the Business sessions, we hope that all attendees take full advantage of
all that the General Convention has to offer. Be alert! There are special surprises planned throughout the days
of the Convention.
A special thank you goes out to all of those across the State who are already working to make this Convention special. From decorations to ditty bags to door prizes as well as speakers, entertainers, and vendors,
many of you are working hard to make sure that NC shines during this Convention. As previously communicated, those responsible for the ditty bag item and the door prize item from your District, please bring them to
the Division Convention. Arrangements to get perishable items at a later date should be coordinated directly
with Caroline Odom.
If you have not been contacted and are willing to volunteer, please let us know what days you will be
attending the General Convention by directly contacting Caroline Odom. We need individuals to man the sales
table for ornaments and T-shirts to be sold, supervise delivery of corsages from the florist to the correct person,
be responsible for Lost & Found, staff the Hospitality room. While Registration is open in Magnolia I, we will
have a Hospitality room open in Magnola II which is right next door. This will be a place for attendees to get
information about the surrounding downtown area as well as NC in general. Please contact Michele Miller if
you are interested and able to assist in the Hospitality Room.
We look forward to seeing you in Raleigh! Kathy Brewer, Caroline Odom, Melanie Perryman and Margaret Sink
Board of Trustees Division Headquarters
he house is
T
almost ready
for November
and the General
Convention. Our
bathrooms are
upgraded thanks
to your generous
donations. We
still have painting, landscaping,
cleaning and general aesthetic
items to be done. Our house won’t
be perfect but it will shine and impress the Daughters visiting from
across the country.
The library has been moved into the
Bailey bedroom and sitting room.
The Bailey bedroom was set up in
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the old library. Amazingly we were
able to find a place for everything.
The library now has a filing room,
a larger closet and more room to
work. Our librarian is still working
on the arrangement to make sure we
make the best use of the space.
We have one new addition to the
house that was donated by Representative Mitchell Setzer. He has
gifted us with a beautiful grandfather
clock. He has also donated two
robot vacuums which keep the upstairs and downstairs floor dust free.
(We have fondly named them the
Mitchell-bots!) We are fortunate to
have Mitchell as our tenant. He pays
the utilities at the house year round
which saves us thousands of dollars.
We are having the land-line at the
house removed since everyone has
a cell phone.
I would like to thank all of you for
your continued support. The Board
and the Executive Committee make
every effort to spend your donations wisely. We could not keep or
maintain the house without you.
Please let me know if you have any
questions or concerns about your
house. Also, please come visit. We
are happy to show you around or
you can host your chapter meeting
at the house.
Teresa Langley, Chairman
September 2015
Chapter News
Asheville 104 has received several requests for
membership over the summer and will reinstate
4 previous members on September 1st. Asheville
104 and members of District 1 conducted a wreath
laying at the newly restored Last Shot Monument
during Downtown Waynesville’s commemoration of the Battle of Waynesville in May. Chapter
members attended and participated in the Vance
Monument Rededication in June in historic Pack
Square, downtown Asheville. Our members were
instrumental in fundraising for this project.
Sadly, we lost our beloved Honorary Member,
Winston Pulliam, husband of member Elizabeth
Graham, in July.
Asheville 104 looks forward to another year of fellowship and celebrating our pride in our Southern
Heritage.
Kathryn Herrmann, President
Bethel Heroes 636, Rocky Mount
The Graham 944 Chapter has been busy honoring our Confederate ancestors. We participated
in three Memorial Day Services and flagged many
graves. One grave that we were especially pleased
to flag was the grave of Graham 944’s first President,
Ellen Carolina Parker, wife of Col. Edward Sanders
Parker. We proudly reach across generations to honor our Confederate heroes. Two of our Great Great
Great Great Granddaughters along with a Great
Granddaughter presented the wreath at the Graham
Memorial Day Service.
We have shared our history with our larger community
with speakers from our chapter. We are very fortunate
to have four Daughters willing to do the hard work
to prepare and to present historical and educational
programs on things from teas to the role of women in
the 1800’s.
We are so excited about the Division President’s
Project, Daughters Serving Seniors. In response to the
list of items needed at the nursing home we chose, our
members are collecting socks, sweaters, scarves, and
toiletries. We are looking forward to delivering gifts to
the nursing home which houses several United States
veterans.
We have had the great joy of welcoming several new
members into our Chapter and with more members
we add to the energy and diversity of this wonderful
team of ladies.
Peggy W. Johnson, President
Division President Pat Gasson with members of the
Bethel Heroes chapter at the Dedication of the Sesquicentennial Marker
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CHAPTER NEWS continued
Guilford Chapter 301, Greensboro is grate- erate Monument is now protected by a beautiful
ful for the gift to the Greensboro Historical Museum in honor of our President to restore the kepi
belonging to Lt. Colonel William Rankin (18241899). “The Greensboro Historical Museum wishes
to thank Guilford Chapter 301 Greensboro United
Daughters of the Confederacy for providing the
funds to conserve a Civil War Kepi that belonged
to Lt. Col. William Rankin through the ‘Adopt an
Object’ program. On April 20, 2015, the Kepi was
officially adopted by Guilford 301 in special honor
of Joanne Phipps Sharpe, long-time chapter President.” This gift was anonymous and made to the
museum on behalf of Guilford 301.
Our Children of the Confederacy Chapters, Lizzie Lindsay 776 and Burke Davis 478 hosted the
May 8th Confederate Memorial Day observance
at Green Hill Cemetery. CofC Director Michelle
N. Miller did the UDC Welcome, Vice President
Caroline Sterling, Lizzie Lindsay 776, served as
Mistress of Ceremonies; Burke Davis 478 President Patrick Sterling issued the Call to Service and
Opening Prayer. Bringing greetings were Rodney
Williams, former NC Society Commander of the
Military Order of the Stars and Bars; Jeffrey Franks,
Colonel John Sloan Camp 1290 SCV Commander
and William Gray, NC Division Children of the
Confederacy President. Lucas Hamby, re-enactor
with the 28th NC Regiment, was the keynote speaker. The Honors Salute was rendered by members
of the Guilford Grays and Patterson's Battery.
Orange Light Artillery. Major Jay Callahan played
Taps. Former member Janice Horne joined Yvonne
Brown, founder of the Black Confederate Rose,
adding another Lady in Waiting to this year's service. They placed the mourning wreath in front of
the Confederate Monument.
Our Annual May Luncheon was held on Tuesday,
May 19, 2015 at Greensboro Country Club, commemorating the Chapter’s 115th Anniversary....
and the fifth and last of the Sesquicentennial Years
observance. NC Division President Patricia H.
Gasson was present and conducted The Winnie
Davis Award Ceremony. This award was presented
to Joanne Phipps Sharpe for her outstanding contributions beyond the required duties of membership,
excluding the realm of history, and especially for
her work in protecting the Mound that is the resting
place of 300 unknown Confederate soldiers and
stabilizing the area surrounding the Confederate
Monument at Green Hill Cemetery. The ConfedPage 10
brick retaining wall, topped with a simple wrought
iron railing and brick pavers around the monument, extending into a walkway.
Guilford President Sharpe conducted The Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Award Ceremony. This
award was presented to Bradley R. Foley, local author for furthering the preservation of Confederate
history through his research, writing and public
speaking. The Keynote Speaker was Clint Johnson, whose topic was 1865 – THE WAR FOR
SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE ENDS.
NC Division President Gasson and Kathy Smith
Brewer of Charlotte conducted the Military Service Award Ceremony. The World War II Cross
of Military Service was presented posthumously to
Corporal James Patterson Bryson and Private First
Class Paul W. Wheless.
During the past year we have had three new members, Susanne M. Danger, Debra M. Davidson and
Susan G. Redmon, as well as one transfer, Sarah
A. Lawn. We currently have 4 new members in
process, plus two CofC members, Brittany Saige
Lamm and Kathryn MacKenzie Sterling, who are
transferring to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Our initial Paver Project surrounding the Confederate Monument has been completed. A new
project has been developed and anyone interested
in honoring their ancestor with an engraved Paver
can contact Ann Nowlan for more information at
(336) 885-7919. The order form is also included in
this newsletter.
Dedication of the final phase of the Confederate
Monument at Green Hill Cemetery was held on
Sunday morning, August 9, 2015. This dedication
was held in private due to the current turbulent
times.
We will be celebrating the birthday of our oldest
living member, Frances Weston Register, at our
September 15th. Frances is a North Carolina Division Honorary President since 2000 and will be
100 years old on September 21st. Her address is
700 South Holden Road, Greensboro, NC 27407.
Join us in remembering her birthday!
Ann A. Nowlan, Secretary
September 2015
CHAPTER NEWS continued
Capt. Samuel A. Ashe 2572, Raleigh
The Captain Samuel A. Ashe Chapter 2572 has
47 members: 1 Granddaughter, 12 Great-Granddaughters, 28 Great-Great-Granddaughters, and
6 Great-Great-Great- Granddaughters. We are
proud that all chapter members subscribe to the
UDC magazine. The chapter publishes a monthly newsletter, Carolina and the Southern Cross,
which has won Best NC Division newsletter 13
times and won the Best Chapter Newsletter on the
General level twice.
Our chapter sponsors the Robert F. Hoke CofC
chapter 867 and we encourage those members to
attend our UDC Chapter meetings. This past year
the Ashe Chapter gained 2 new members and 3
transfer members. Our members have completed
14 supplementals and ordered 32 pieces of insignia. Our members regularly attend Division and
General Conventions, Winter Board Meetings,
District VI meetings, Spring Board, and Massing
of the Flags. We also have members who attended the 2015 North Carolina Division MOS&B
convention and the 2015 National SCV Reunion.
This is the 2nd year in a row that our Chapter
has had members who participated in the SCV
Debutante Ball. Last year we had CofC member
Rebecca West and her sister chapter member
Mary Catherine West presented as debutantes and
this year Chapter 3rd VP Michelle Powers was
presented. This was a great honor for all three
of these young ladies and the Ashe chapter is very
proud of them.
The Captain Samuel A. Ashe chapter is looking
forward to once again co-sponsoring the Robert E.
Lee Birthday Celebration at the NC Capitol January
16, 2016. Teresa Roane, UDC Archivist/Librarian,
will be the guest speaker. We encourage everyone
to attend.
This past year our chapter has made donations to
numerous charities. We have given to both General
and Division funds as well to the Dr. Fabius Haywood Scholarship Fund, Civil War Trust, Bennett
Place Support Fund, The World War II Museum,
and Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation. We have
also donated to the North Carolina UDC Headquarters House Maintence. We also donated $1000.00 to
the Division of State Historic Sites to have a wayside
exhibit placed at Bentonville Battlefield. Chapters.
Members also donated items to Durham VA Hospital, Goodwill, Salvation Army, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts and sent care packages to deployed military personnel. Members volunteered at schools,
churches, UNC TV, North Raleigh Ministries, and
Safe Haven For Cats. Our on going fundraisers of
Vidalia Onions, Convention Jackets, and Note cards
allow us to donate generously.
Karen Powers, President
Michelle Powers escorted by Byron Brady at the
2015 SCV Debutante Ball
Rebecca and Mary Catherine West, daughters of Cathy
and Anthony West, at the 2014 SCV Debutante Ball
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CHAPTER NEWS continued
Robert F. Hoke 78, Salisbury The Hoke
Chapter enjoyed hosting friends at its annual
Lee-Jackson-Maury Luncheon on January 17 in the
Stanback Auditorium of the Rowan Public Library
in Salisbury. The Director of the Historic Salisbury
Foundation, Inc., Brian Davis, presented a slide
presentation on “The Houses of Lee: Architecture of Stratford Hall and Arlington House.” The
Division President Pat Gasson and Recorder of
Military Service Awards Gail Siffford joined members, spouses and CofC members from Charlotte,
Concord, Denver, Forest City, Graham, Greensboro, Lexington, Lincolnton, Mooresville, Newton,
Statesville, and Wilmington chapters. We retold
the stories explaining why we remembered the
birthday honorees with lemon, chicken, and salt as
themes for our fun door prizes and in our delicious
buffet selections. Our original programs and placemats included photos and historical information
on the men, their wives, and our Hoke Chapter
monuments. Hoke Chapter members and husbands
in attendance were: Sandra & Ron Boyer, Sue &
Ed Curtis, Linda & Ed Davis, Dianne Hall, Trudy
& Grady Hall, Anne Saunders, Nancy Sloop, and
Barbara Upright. The 2016 Luncheon is scheduled
for January 15.
In March Chapter members and spouses attended
a Sunday morning worship service after which a
WWII Cross of Military Service was bestowed on
a member of the church. Attending were: Sandra
& Ron Boyer, Sue & Ed Curtis, Linda & Ed Davis,
Trudy & Grady Hall, Joan & Sam Nash, Nancy
Sloop, and Barbara Upright.
The Chapter’s most arduous and satisfying project
each year is its 3-day Symposium that focuses on
the only military prison located by the Confederate
Government in North Carolina. The 18th Annual Salisbury Confederate Prison Symposium was
held April 17-19, 2015 with attendees coming from
Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin. On Friday we
assembled in a church fellowship hall for a banquet
and a lecture, on Saturday in a Catawba College auditorium for 6 lectures, and on Sunday in city and
federal government cemeteries for two Memorial
Services. Flags were displayed each day and the
event concluded on Sunday afternoon with a tour.
One of our 7 speakers talked about the history of
Salisbury’s military prison; another discussed simPage 12
ilar problems at Salisbury and Florence, SC; two
spoke about military units captured and sent to
Salisbury; one gave data about shortages in Salisbury during the fall 1864; another spoke about
one of the Union POW sailors in Salisbury; and
in recognition of the Sesquicentennial one lecturer
detailed Stoneman’s Raid into Salisbury to destroy the Prison in April 1865. Those who worked
the event included: Ed & Sue Curtis, Ed & Linda
Davis, George & Annette Ford, Stanley & Dianne
Hall, Chris Hilton, Tom & Mary Hines, Nancy
Sloop, and Barbara Upright. The 2016 Symposium is scheduled for April 8-10.
The Chapter held a public Bestowal Service on
May 9 in the auditorium of the Rowan Public
Library for Confederate Memorial Day and
Armed Forces Day. Six veterans were recognized
with Crosses of Military Service and one with an
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Ed Curtis
spoke on “Veterans of Yesterday and Today,”
music was provided, and flags were displayed. A
local artist brought both patriotic and historic canvases to display. Refreshments were provided by
members. Personal care items were collected for
a donation to the VA Voluntary Service for hospitalized veterans at the Salisbury VAMC. Those
who participated were Sue & Ed Curtis, Linda
& Ed Davis, Dianne Hall, Anne Saunders, Kale
& Nancy Sloop, and Barbara Upright. The 2016
Bestowal Service is scheduled for May 14.
Members and Honorary Associate Member
volunteered hours with the Salisbury Confederate
Prison Association, VA Medical Center, Historic
Salisbury Foundation, Inc., Meals on Wheels, and
Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic. In addition to
donations made to UDC funds, money was sent
to LandTrust of Central NC for the preservation
of Ft. York, to the Bennett Place for its Museum,
to the Salisbury Confederate Prison Association,
Inc. for a future Museum and Learning Center it
is working toward, and to the Salisbury VAVS for
its Christmas Fund at the VAMC. The Charles F.
Fisher Chapter 73, CofC, which was re-chartered
in 1995, has several Hoke Chapter Members
helping with its functions and the Chapter made a
special contribution in its honor to a local charity.
Sue Curtis, President
September 2015
I
Benevolent Committee News
am honored to serve as your
Chairman of the Benevolent
Committee. Our benevolent activities are one of the cornerstones
of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. Our gifts of time,
money, and donations of items are
meaningful to us, and vital to those
who receive them.
dents have contacted me to discuss
their ideas, and many Daughters
are already purchasing items. I
look forward to receiving your
reports about this special project!
Please let me know if you need
guidance regarding how to report
this project.
Historian
Greeting North
Carolina Ladies:
At the time of
writing, I am
busy compiling
historical statisSuggested items for this project are: tics, processing
Jefferson Davis
I have received your Benevolent
•
Chap
Stick
or
other
lip
balm
Medal applications and reading
Activities Annual Reports, and
•
Socks
or
Footies
student essays. (There are over 100
am moved by the extent of your
•
Soft
Candies
[Candy
canes
of them!). Thanks for keeping me
generosity. So many hours, dolshould
be
given
to
facility
for
busy. For those of you who follars and donated items have been
appropriate
distribution]
lowed instructions and have sent
given to those who desperately
•
Lotions
me your newsletters and yearneeded them. I thank you all for
•
Shower
gels
books, thank you. Only chapter
your dedication and willingness to
•
Tissues
scrapbooks and chapter press
help others.
• Razors
books will be accepted and judged
at Division Convention. Looking
I do need to point out that some • Shampoo
of the reported items are not ac- • Non-breakable Christmas or- forward to seeing y’all at both the
naments [Hand-made would Division Convention and the Gencepted as Benevolent Activities
be great if you are crafty!]
eral Convention (I wear that hat
donations, and should not be
included in your annual reports. • Packaged snack crackers [check too right now!) Busy and Exciting
for peanut butter allergy at the times for North Carolina! Travel
Donations to churches are not acfacility]
Safe and see you in October!
cepted. Nor are donations to The
Humane Society or other animal • Stamps
Melanie A. Perryman
rescue programs. The report form • Note cards
itself is a good guide to help you • Cookies
report what is allowed, and offers • Stuffed animals
suggestions for activities that you • Sweaters, Etc. [Call the home
am so excited to let everyone
you choose for needs they are
may report.
know that we have been workaware of.]
I am especially excited to remind
ing hard at the NC Division
you all of our President’s Benevo- If you have any questions, please Headquarters House Library. We
lent Project – Daughters Serving feel free to contact me by email have moved the library to anothSeniors. I introduced this project at: [email protected] or by er room in the house with more
for President Pat Gasson at our telephone at (336) 229-1719.
space. We have also expanded
Spring Board Meeting. Each
it to have a separate file room.
Chapter is asked choose a nursing I am so proud to be one of such a We are continuing to update all
home in their area, contact the fa- loving group of ladies, and I am of our databases with the main
cility to determine their residents’ thrilled with all of the incredible focus this past few months being
needs, and prepare a decorated things you have so graciously done on the Military service awards
box or basket of items for the res- for others this year!
papers. We are trying to put all of
idents. This should be delivered Tammy Hall Shropshire
these papers in alphabetical order
at Christmas to ensure that these Chairman
and as we do this we are double
seniors receive a gift during the
checking all to make sure that they
holidays. Several Chapter Presiare in the database. We hope to
have this completed by General
Convention. I am very honored to
The Confederate Courier is the official publication of the
have this job and with the help of
North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Conmy mom, Karen Powers, we plan
federacy. It is published twice yearly. DEADLINE FOR THE
® NEXT ISSUE IS JANUARY15, 2016. Please email your articles
to provide a Library that all UDC
members will be proud of.
to [email protected]. Please copy and paste the articles into
the body of the email and do not send them as attachments.
Michelle Powers, Chairman
Division Librarian
I
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Division Photos
District IV Meeting
District VIII Meeting
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More Division Photos
Children of the Confederacy
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Guilford Chapter 301 is starting a new Fund that will be used to make improvements to the Confederate Monument
and surrounding area. We will be selling engraved brick pavers to be placed around our Confederate Monument
and walkway to the street. Each engraved brick paver can be purchased for $100.00 each. Each brick has room for 3
lines of copy with 18 characters per line. This includes spaces and punctuation. An engraved brick paver is a special
and unique way to honor a Confederate relative or person. The Monument Project was begun to protect the sacred
ground of 300 unknown Confederate Soldiers and this Fund will continue to protect this site.
Your Name __________________________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip ________________________________________________________________________
Telephone __________________________________________________________________________
_____Check Number
Make Checks payable to: Guilford
Mail to: Linda Reid, Treasurer
6052 Ingold Rd.
Whitsett, NC 27377-9731
Chapter 301
For: Mound Preservation Project
Please print carefully. If you are ordering more than one brick, use a separate order form. Any questions contact
Ann Nowlan at 336/885-7919.
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ORDER FORM
Please complete Ship to,
Quantity, and Totals
United Daughters of the Confederacy
North Carolina Division
VENDOR
UDC North Carolina Division
c/o Caroline N. Odom
408 Sportsman Trail
Wendell, NC 27591-7490
QTY
DATE:
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DESCRIPTION
Bear
11” American Heroes GI Bear
UNIT PRICE
TOTAL
$15.00
SUBTOTAL
Make Check Payable to NC Division Treasurer
SHIPPING PER
BEAR
$7.00
TOTAL
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