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Texas Branch Chapter of the National Society Sons & Daughters of the Pilgrims

TEXAS BRANCH

of the

NATIONAL SOCIETY
SONS & DAUGHTERS OF THE PILGRIMS



                                                                            

 

 

Officers | Meetings | How to Join | Past Governors | History
Links | Charter Members | Newsletters | Pictures

Join Us!

We appreciate your interest in the National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims.   Any male or female over the age of 18
is eligible to join our Society,
without regard to religion or place of origin, if he or she is a direct descendant of a "pilgrim."   That term denotes any immigrant who settled before 1700
within the territory which later became the forty-eight contiguous states of the United States of America.


OFFICERS FOR 2011-2013

                                       

                                           Governor - Karen Avery Miller  
                                                                 4015 Lemmon Ave.,Suite 4001-311,
                                                                 Dallas, TX 75219-3737
                                                                 214-695-9052
                                            1st Deputy Governor -  Linda Adair Juba
                                            2nd Deputy Governor -  Amanda Freeman Cowan
                                            Elder -  Lana Henslee Filgo
                                            Recording Secretary -  Judy Parker Richardson
                                            Corresponding Secretary -  Peggy Latham Anderson
                                            Treasurer -  Carol Baskin Tatum
                                            Registrar - Ann Woodson Fowler
                                            Historian/Custodian - Gail Utley
                                            Parliamentarian - Karen E. McClendon


Branch Committees

Bylaws - Karen E. McClendon
Webmistress – Kathy Heaton Wells
Yearbook – Amanda Freeman Cowan
Hostesses - Linda Adair Juba



2011-2013 TEXAS BRANCH OFFICERS


(Seated) – Gail Utley, Historian; Karen Miller, Governor; Linda Juba, 1st Deputy Governor
(Standing) – Lana Filgo, Elder; Judy Richardson, Recording Secretary;
Peggy Anderson, Corresponding Secretary; Carol Tatum, Treasurer; Ann Fowler, Registrar;
(Amanda Cowan, 2nd Deputy Governor was unable to attend).


Congratulations to Our New Members!

Pictures of our New Members

The Texas Branch was organized August 13, 1925
in Dallas, TX.

Founded by
Judge John M. Spellman

MOTTO
"Land of our Fathers: Ours to Preserve.
Ours to Transmit. Liberty In Union; Now and Forever."

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CHAPTER MEETINGS & INFORMATION

Pictures from our Meetings


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Chapter meetings are held on the third Tuesday of September,

November, January and May.   Meetings will be held at the Park City

Club, 5956 Sherry Lane, 17th floor, Dallas, TX and begin at 11:30 am.

Phone the club for driving directions at 214-373-0756.  Complimentary

garage parking is available - show your parking ticket at the club

reception desk to be stamped. Please adhere to the reservation

deadline date as stated on each meeting notice for submission of

luncheon check to the Treasurer.   An electronic and/or postal mail

notice will be sent to all members prior to each individual meeting.

 

September 20, 2011 - Park City Club, 17th floor

Speaker, Kathleen Kent "The Wolves of Andover"

Hostesses: Carol Hooper and Laurie Wharton

 

November 15, 2011 Park City Club, 17th floor

Our Traditional Thanksgiving Feast, Lloyd Bockstruck, Speaker

Lone Star Company, Jamestown Society, invited guests

Hostesses: Helen Kelso and Barbara Baylis

 

January 17, 2012 Park City Club, 17th floor

Speaker, Rachel Evans

"The George W. Bush Presidential Center: Inspiring

Ideas, Innovation, and Action for a Freer and Better World"

Hostesses: Mary Lu McKeller and Pat Hendley

 

May 15, 2012 Park City Club, 17th floor

Speaker, Lackland H. Bloom, Jr " Constitutional Interpretation 101"

Hostesses: Linda Cummings and Beverly Holmes

 

Following are the dates for the Sep 2012 to May 2013 meetings. An

update with full program information will be provided in the Spring of

2012.   Save these dates! Same location!

 

September 18, 2012

November 20, 2012

January 15, 2013

May 21, 2013

Chapter Newsletters


HONORARY TEXAS GOVERNORS

HONORARY TEXAS GOVERNORS

 

Judge John M. Spellman1925-1927    Miss Ella Estill Parker1971-1973
Mrs. Cora E. Behrends1927-1929Mrs. E. Allen Brown 1973-1975
Mrs. Charles L. Syron1929-1931 Mrs. Frank Seay, Sr.1975-1977
Mrs. W. T. Harris1931-1933 Miss Mayme Bradley Farris1977-1979
Mrs. Edward H. Blum1933-1935Mrs. George J. German 1979-1980
Mrs. George E. Bell1935-1937Mrs. Horace J. Starkey1980-1983
Mrs. A.V. Lane1937-1939Mrs. Lewis P. O'Neill1983-1985
Mrs. Helmer Bekkelund1939-1941 Miss Elizabeth A. Wright1985-1987
Mrs. Earle D. Behrends1941-1943 Mrs. John L. Clark, Jr.1987-1989
Miss Rachel Foote1943-1945 Mrs. Horace J. Starkey1989-1991
Mrs. John M. Spellman1945-1947Miss Elizabeth A. Wright1991-1992
Mrs. Charles Looney1947-1951 Mrs. John L. Clark, Jr.1992-1995
Mrs. L. Warren Baker1951-1953Mrs. William H. Tabb1995-1997
Mrs. Elsie B. Wills1953-1955Mrs. Robert W. McKellar1997-1999
Mrs. Samuel H. Boren, Sr.1955-1957 Mrs. C. Lamar DeuPree1999-2001
Mrs. C. Leslie Birt1957-1959  Miss Mary Carolyn Trent2002-2003
Miss Marie Garlington1959-1961  Mrs. Hallie P. Garner2003-2005
Mrs. Balfour Clark1961-1963  Miss Carol Hooper2005-2009
Mrs. Myron J. Turner1963-1965 Mrs. Karen McClendon2009-2011
Mrs. L. Warren Baker1965-1967 
Mrs. C. Leslie Birt1967-1969
Mrs. W. Graeme Dixon1969-1971

For information about our chapter
or joining our organization contact:

Ann Woodson Fowler, Registrar at 972-392-0063 or
E-mail annf33@sbcglobal.net


For information pertaining to
the Website contact:

Kathy Heaton Wells, webmistress, E-mail rebeltrumpet@verizon.net

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Links to other sites on the Web

                                                                           National Society Sons & Daughters of Pilgrims Homepage

                                                                           State Branches

                                                                           Pilgrims & Puritans Homepage



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