MARTHA WAYLES JEFFERSON CHAPTER NSDAR
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Opelika Court House
HISTORY
MARTHA WAYLES JEFFERSON CHAPTER NSDAR
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Opelika Court House
HISTORY
The Martha Wayles Jefferson Chapter NSDAR is located in Opelika, Lee County, Alabama. Lee County was created by the Alabama legislature on December 5, 1866, and formed from Chambers, Macon, Russell, and Tallapoosa counties. Opelika, which had a population of more than 4,000 in 1866, was selected as the county seat of the newly created county. The name Opelika in the Creek Indian language means "big swamp." Lee County is bordered on the east by the Chattahoochee River and the State of Georgia.
The Lee County area was opened to settlement in 1832 by the Treaty of Cusseta. The city of Opelika was established in 1834 and celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2004. Other towns and communities in Lee County include Loachapoka and Auburn, the site of Auburn University. In 2005, the Opelika-Auburn Metropolitan Area had a population of 123,254.The Martha Wayles Jefferson Chapter was organized on July 4, 1898, at the home of Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood. Its founder, Fannie Louis Witherspoon Harrison, was a descendant of Thomas and Martha Wayles Jefferson.
HONORED CHAPTER DAUGHTER
Shelby Dean Ward
ASDAR REGENT 2006-2009
Newly Elected!
Vice-President General
Good Citizen Award Winners!
13th. Jan 2010
L to R: Betty Pridmore (vice-regent), Shelby Ward,
Nicole Carmack (1st place, Beulah), Ashlyn Morgan (2nd. Opelika High) and
Cassie Cole (3rd. place, Wadley High School) with chapter Regent Linda Shabo
CHAPTER OFFICERS,
2009-2012
Linda Williams Shabo |
Regent |
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Betty Pridmore |
Vice Regent |
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Golda McDaniel |
Chaplain |
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Sarah Rowe Morton |
Recording Secretary |
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Tracy Lawson |
Corresponding Secretary |
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Mary Hanson |
Treasurer |
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Letha Hermes |
Registrar |
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Jane McDaniel |
Historian |
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Charlotte Hoyt |
Librarian |
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Jean Martin |
Parliamentarian |
Tuskegee Veterans Hospital
Medical Center
Representatives:
Linda Williams Shabo, Sarah Rowe Morton, Virginia Allen and Susan Jackson.
CHAPTER MEETINGS
All meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month with the exception of our September Constitution Week Luncheon which is on Thursday, September 17, 2009 and our October meeting which has been scheduled on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 to allow members to attend Dedication Day at the KDS Dar School at Grant, AL on October 14th. and 15th.
Guests and prospective members are always welcome.
If you would like more information about attending a meeting or joining our chapter,
please contact Regent Linda Shabo.
MEETING SCHEDULE
September 17, 2009
Constitution Week-Patriots' Day Luncheon
Theme: Honoring the American Patriots who Defend Our
American Way of Life.
Speaker: Mayor Gary Fuller
Chapter Members shown L-R: Mary Hanson,
Dora James, Jean Martin,
Linda Shabo and Betty Pridmore with Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller
Signing Constitution Week Proclamation
October 13, 2009
Columbus Day
Historical Program on President James Madison
Presenter: Kathryn Madison Penton
November 11, 2009
Veterans Day Observance
Program on Heroines of the American Revolution
Presenter: Shelby Dean Ward
December 9, 2009
Christmas Meeting with Admiral Semmes UDC
A Visit to Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee was scheduled
Merry Christmas
Shown 2nd. row L to R: Sara Morton, Mary Myles (VA staff), Santa, Martha Young
and Lee Hermes;
1st. row L to R: Delores Shell, Linda Shabo (chapter regent) and Mary Potts
UDC president
January 13, 2010
Election of Delegates to State Meeting
Presentation of Chapter Good Citizen Awards
Good Citizen Awards
February 10, 2010
Presidents' Day Observance
Program on Women's Issues:
It was different in Martha's Day
Presenter: Sidney James Nakhjavan
March
9-11, 2010
ASDAR State Meeting in
Auburn, AL
April 14, 2010
Program: Community Service
We Recognize Those Who Serve
Award Recipients to be Announced
May 12, 2010
Our Veterans
Changing Roles and Changing Times:
In the past many soldiers were conscripts who received pensions and bounty
land
if they lived long enough. Many of our citizen soldiers
supplied their own horses and guns.
June 11, 2010
Flag Day Luncheon TBA
July 7-11, 2010
Continental
Congress
OUR PATRIOT ANCESTORS
Knott, Thomas NH
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