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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
Thursday, March 21, 2013 • 21
Lily of Cahaba DAR Marks Fifth Anniversary
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embers of the Lily of the Cahaba chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution held a luncheon Feb. 9 at Vestavia Country Club to honor Alabama State Regent Constance H. Grund and celebrate the chapter’s fifth anniversary. The Lily of the Cahaba chapter held its organizing meeting on Feb. 2, 2008 with 50 members and chartered a year later with 96 members. The chapter now has nearly 120 members. Constance served as the Organizing Regent of the chapter and is the current Regent for the State of Alabama. Among the national and state officers attending the celebration were NSDAR Reporter General Jean Vaughn and NSDAR Vice President General Rita Horton. Others included National American History Chairman Janeal Shannon, National Junior American Citizens Vice-chairman Jan Courter, National Junior American Citizens Vice-chairman
From left: Pat Campbell, June Wilkingstad, Contance Grund, Marlene Lawley, Kaye Sutley, Ives Ort, Mimi Taylor, Shelby Bailey and Susan Moore. Photo special to The Journal
Southeastern Division Tad Douglas, National Lineage Research Vicechairman Southeastern Division Carolyn Drennen, President General’s Advisor for the Kate Duncan Smith School Patrice Donnelly, Alabama Organizing Secretary Nancy Billings and Alabama Librarian Susan Tomlinson. Lily of the Cahaba officers include Regent Marlene Lawley, Vice Regent Susan Moore, Second Vice Regent June Wilkingstad, Chaplain Ives Ort, Recording Secretary Kaye Sutley, Corresponding Secretary Mimi Taylor, Treasurer Pat
Campbell, Registrar Shelby Bailey, Historian Jean Butterworth and Librarian Sally Woolley. Known as the largest women’s patriotic organization in the world, DAR has more than 165,000 members with approximately 3,000 chapters in all 50 states and 13 foreign countries. Any woman 18 or older who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible for membership in the DAR. For more information about the DAR, visit www.DAR.org. For more information about the Lily of the Cahaba chapter, visit www. lilyofthecahaba.com. ❖
Chamber Exec Speaks to Garden Club S
From left: Annie Butrus, Suzan Doidge, Carol Pitard and Sally Garner. Photo special to The Journal
uzan Doidge, Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce executive director, was the guest speaker at the Brookwood Forest area of Mountain Brook OffShoots Garden Club’s February meeting. The meeting was held at the home of Annie Butrus. Suzan gave updates on the Mountain Brook Village To: Leigh renovation and showed a map of the future Cahaba From: Over The Mountain Journal, 205-823-9646 ph., Park. 205-824-1246, fax She also stressed the importance of keeping tax Date: March 2013 dollars in Mountain Brook and expressing opinions about the proposed U.S. 280 changes affecting some This is your AD PROOF from the OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL for the Mountain Brook neighborhoods. March 21, 2013 issue. Please fax approval or changes to 824-1246. She delighted the crowd by testing their knowledge of the history of Mountain Brook and rewarding those with the winning answers with a door prize. Please make sure all information is correct, The president of Off-Shoots Garden Club is Sally including address and phone number! Garner. Carole Pitard is vice president. ❖
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