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1 61 65 Confederate Courier United Daughters of the Confederacy - North Carolina Division Volume 44 Number 3 Division President s Report Daughters, I know you are all busy getting your end of the UDC year work done. It s hard to believe that this UDC year is practically gone. Thank you for all your hard work to honor your Confederate Ancestors. The deadline for our next Confederate Courier will be August 4, Please your photos and articles to Amy Huss, Editor newest address: amyhuss@ icloud.com. The GI Bears are still for sale. Remember the proceeds go toward the President General s Patriotic Project, Action Track Chairs for Veterans. The bears are also for sale on our Division Website. I hope you have also partnered with the Department of Defense to honor and remember our Vietnam Veterans. The Commemoration has been extended through Veterans Day 2025! Thank you for your wonderful support of the clean up and restoration of Confederate monuments and markers damaged in Oakwood Cemetery. A check for over $4,000 was presented to the Executive Director, Robin Simonton, by Melanie Perryman on behalf of the Division. Following our Spring Board Meeting in April, the Global War on Terror plaque was dedicated. Remarks were brought to us by Aileen Ezell, Chairman of our Confederate Monuments and Memorial Markers Committee, Gail Sifford, Division Recorder of Military Service Awards, and Carolina Cooper, Chairman of the House of Memory and State Confederate Cemetery Committee. A poem was read by Margaret Sink, past Recorder of Military Service Awards. Our Chaplain, Karen Edward, recited the prayers. We were honored to be asked to be a part of the rededication of the grave marker of a Texas Confederate, Jared K. White, Company B, 8th Texas Cavalry, and Terry s Texas Rangers, buried in Willow Dale Cemetery in Goldsboro. Ellen Bryan, President of the Confederate Heritage Chapter in Goldsboro, and her members care for the grave and place a yellow rose on it each year. North Carolina ladies in Arlington, VA The Children of the Confederacy Convention was held in Greensboro on April 29th and 30th, It was a wonderful convention. The tour of historic Mendenhall Plantation with the hot dog lunch was a big hit. Congratulations go to Caroline Sterling who was elected the NC Division CofC President. Attending also were Laura Conner, 3rd Vice President General, and Mackie Storage, CofC President General. We were saddened by the death of an Honorary Division President, Frances Ola Weston Register of the Guilford 301 as well as Kathryn Baird, Past Division President, of Robeson 942. These were ladies of many talents who dearly loved the UDC. They will be missed. August 2002 Page 1

2 Division President s Report contimued The Division Convention will be held this year October 5 8, 2016, at Sheraton Greensboro Four Seasons. You may certainly begin making your reservations now. The link will be on the website shortly as well as the Convention Call. Remember to tell them you are with the UDC to get the UDC room rate. District IV is the host Chapter with Joanne Sharpe the Convention Chairman. The phone number for the hotel is Connie Dedmon, Chairman of the Growth and Development Committee, and Wilda Council, Co-Chairman, will be taking items for the Tea Cup Auction at Convention. Please gather together nice items for sale and bring them to the Sales room to Connie or Wilda on Wednesday and Thursday. I was honored to have attended the Confederate Memorial Day services on May 7, 2016, at Oakwood Cemetery. It was moving and meaningful. I was proud to have presented, along with our Vice President, Donna Snipes, the Stonewall Jackson award to Van Langley for all of his hard and tireless work on our Grand Old Lady. What would we do without him??? Also, I was pleased to have been invited to the Madison-Mayodan-Greys Chapter s bestowal service of Military Service Awards. Twelve awards were presented with a lovely reception following. The Membership Directory is for sale. Mrs. Wilda (Council) and her son, Chip, have been gracious and have again printed this much needed book for us. Please let her know if you would like one. The cost is $20.00 and well worth it. Mrs. Wilda is in the Stonewall Jackson Chapter. Have you checked the Division and General Websites lately? If not, you may be missing important information and updates. Note when doing your reports, the Education report may be found on the Division Website. I have enjoyed attending your District Meetings and regret that I could not attend them all. It s a nice time to meet new Daughters and to renew acquaintances with others. I especially like hearing of the many things you do for our Organization. It was a pleasure to have presented the New Member Certificate to a new Daughter at the District IV meeting and also at Spring Board. Massing of the Flags was Saturday, June 4th at 2pm at our UDC Headquarters in Richmond. The program was great and our President General did a splendid job. On Sunday, there was a Confederate Memorial Service at Arlington National Cemetery at 11am presented by the DC Division. The featured guest was Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Unfortunately, the UDC was not permitted to bring in the Confederate Colors this year. However, we did say the Salute to the Confederate flag. We proudly wore it on our Insignia and also had a picture of it on our programs. Again, I want to remind you to look on the General Website and copy the forms from there for your reports. These are the up to date, most current forms. Be sure you send the form listing your new Chapter officers as well as your 250 word Chapter report to Division Recording Secretary. If you have not received your 2015 Minutes Book, contact Mildred Goss to get one. Look on page 28 to see the UDC Calendar for This will advise you when your reports should be submitted and to whom. The deadline for articles for the October (the NC) Issue of the UDC Magazine was June 1st. I look forward to reading that Issue to see your submissions. Have you seen our newest pin, the Founder Pin, with the photo of Mrs. Parsley? I know you ll want one, they are stunning. You may print the form from the Division Website and send it to our Division Vice President, Donna Snipes. Mrs. Eliza Parsley, the Mother of the North Carolina Division, has had her make over. Her portrait which hung in the dining room of our House, was cleaned and restored. She will have a new frame soon and be placed in the dining room (at a date to be determined) for all to see. See remarks from our Division Vice President for more information on Mrs. Parsley. Please don t forget to send to me your Monument Inspection and Monument Repair Reports. The weather is nice now and you should be able to get out and inspect them. Don t forget to include photos. Page 2

3 Division President s Report contimued North Carolina ladies at 2016 Massing of the Flags Richmond, VA The sale of the NC Founders Pin continues to go well. As of this writing there are only 20 left! That is a good thing! While on the topic of Mrs. Parsley, she is presently getting her new frame. The new frame will complement the portrait and be in the same style as the original. While she was being restored, Mrs. Hessling asked an expert who deals with frames to come look at it and he stated that the frame would cost more to restore than it was worth. Once the framing is complete, Mrs. Parsley will be going to the country for a long rest. She will be well rested and in peak health again for her unveiling at the Division Convention. Chapter Vice Presidents I want to strongly encourage you to avail yourself of the Vice President Manual. The Manuals are available online on the General Website. If you happen not to have a computer, please ask your Chapter President to download it and print it off put it on a thumbdrive and take it to Staples or Office Depot and have them print it off. Those manuals are a must to help you do your job. Vice President Thank you for what you are doing for our sisters and children who have been the victims of domestic violence. This is our Daughters for Safe Sisters Benevolent project, Tammy Shropshire, Chairman. Also, I want to thank you for your book donations to county and school libraries for our Books for a Better Southern Education. We strive to teach children the true Southern history. These are two ways we can accomplish the Objectives of our Organization. Daughters, you are awesome in your generous donations of your time and talents and donations to the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the varied projects. I am so proud of all of you, My Ladies. I am honored to be your President. Pat Gasson Also want to remind you that every organization has a chain of command and the UDC is no different. The chapter member who wants to order Insignia fills out an order form gives it to the Chapter VP who proofs the order & makes a copy of the order/proofs for her records. sends it to the Division VP who processes the order & makes a copy for her records sends it to VP General who processes the order. IF there is an issue with the order then it reverses.general to Division to Chapter to Member.. the member does not contact the General Officer. No one has sent an order with a staple in it way to go ladies! I want to encourage every Chapter to have a New Members Class or Meeting. Remember when you first joined the UDC and all the questions you had and all the things you didn t know. Take a new member under your wing and be their mentor, not forever, but until they learn the ropes. Thank you for allowing me to serve as your Division Vice President. Donna Snipes Page 3

4 Third Vice President The NC Division CofC held their annual convention on April 29 30, 2016 in Greensboro, NC. It was a huge success. We started the weekend with a Pizza Party on Friday night. We decided to do this to help everyone get to know everyone since we had several new attendees. The party was for the kids as well as the adults. In attendance to the convention were four General CofC Officers: Mc- Gowan Storage, President General; Hannah Harper, Vice President General; Ashley Gray, Historian General; and William Gray, Custodian General. We also had Mrs. Laura Connor, Director General and Patricia Gasson, NC Division President, in attendance. The Business meeting was held and new officers were elected with Caroline Sterling elected to be the Division President for She will take over after the General Convention in July. Other Officers elected were: Patrick Sterling, Vice President; Leann Miller, 2nd Vice President; Taylor Morefield, 3rd Vice President; Kirkland Hunter, Recording Secretary; Alyvia Gaiser, Treasurer; Christopher Wilson, Historian; Natalie McBride, Chaplain; and Taylor Crouch, Custodian. I know they will do a great job in the upcoming year. After our business meeting on Saturday we had a picnic lunch and a tour of Mendenhall Plantation in Jamestown, NC. This was a very informative tour and everyone learned so much about the house and family that had lived here. That evening at our banquet we had the honor of a delicious taco dinner. Afterwards Peggy Johnson, NC Division Registrar presented her program entitled, A Mother s Story. The kids loved it and asked numerous questions. This true story is about Peggy s Great Grandmother and the loss of her sons during the War. We officially announced the winners of two CofC scholarships to President Ashley Gray and to Past President William Gray. Both will be attending UNC- Charlotte in the fall and both will receive $ per semester. The NC Division CofC would like to thank Guilford 301 UDC and the Lizzie Lindsay 776 and Burke Davis 478 CofC for hosting this convention. We would especially like to thank Mrs. Michele Miller for all of her hard work organizing all of the events. Y all did a great job! Next years convention will be held in Salisbury, NC. Thank you to the Charles F. Fisher 73 Chapter CofC and the Robert F. Hoke 78 UDC Chapters for agreeing to host. We will have those dates soon. The NC CofC is currently making plans to attend the CofC General Convention July 2 23, 2016 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The CofC Alumnae will be hosting and North Carolina will have past members helping out as Marshalls, guides and anywhere else they are needed. We look forward to attending and hopefully seeing you there as well! Registration is on line at HQUDC.ORG Karen Powers All Attendees of the 2016 Cof C Convention at Mendenhall Plantation. Pictured above are the four General officers from North Carolina (l. to r.): Hannah Harper, Vice President General McGowan Storage, President General William Gray, Custodian General Ashley Gray, Historian General Page 4

5 Third Vice President s Report continued Peggy Johnson presenting the program about her great grandmother during the War. Registrar love learning new things and often I you are my teachers. Here are some ideas that you have shared with me. When submitting Applications with common proof, one Chapter registrar puts a listing with her paper work to let me know how each proof was connected. This cuts down on the time needed to process these Applications. Thanks for the great idea. Another Registrar, realizing that not everyone is familiar with North Carolina and its county system, will add a map when needed to prove place. Good idea. This past weekend, my husband and I visited several cemeteries looking for tombstones to prove ancestry for people. After 150 years, these stones are crumbling and becoming unreadable. We are the ones to record the history and save the names of the people of the Confederacy. I know that you take your office seriously and see how necessary good record keeping is to our history. Keep up the good work keep submitting those applications. Peggy Johnson Recording Secretary Ladies it is that time of year when we start gathering our information for the Minutes Book and other reports. Chapter Presidents on your chapter report for the minutes book please follow this guideline: Name of Chapter, location Number of members, District Meetings when, time List officers with name, address, phone number and address (do not list husbands name as it will not be in the minutes book.) then your report 250 words or less. (If it is over 250 words, it will be cut). I am expecting reports from all division officers with their awards, all district directors, all committee chairman for this minutes book in a WORD document as an attachment. DO NOT SEND IT AS A PDF file as we cannot change a pdf file. If you do not know how to send an attachment then put the report in the body of the . All reports for the minutes book should be sent to me at my address mildredgoss@nc.rr.com and not by snail mail. These reports are due July 15 along with your other reports. Please don t forget to put the name of person completing the report. Mildred Goss Call for Pages! Join us as a Page at the NC Division Convention in Greensboro this October 6-8. If you want to get involved, if you want to meet other Daughters, if you want to learn more about the UDC, if you want to have fun, then paging is for you!! We would love to have you page for the whole convention, but if you are unable to be there for each session, consider paging for one or two sessions. Please contact me with questions or just to say Yes, I will do it! Call me at or me at kristijr@nc.rr.com. In UDC Love, Kristi Rudd Johnson, NC Page Chairman Page 5

6 Hello all, Hope everyone is starting their spring and summer off well. I wanted to share the highlights and deadlines coming up. School Essays and Artwork are due to me by May 31st. General Member Essays (topics found in General Minutes Book) are due to me by July 1st. Yearbooks and Chapter Newsletters are due to me by July 15th. Statistical Reports are due to DIVISION PRES- IDENT by July 15th. Then the Division President will forward to me. You may send me a (copy) if you wish, but the Division President MUST also have this report. The New Statistical Report is more streamlined and can be found on the General website. NC Division Member Essays (topics found in NC Division Minutes Book) are due to me by August 1st. hope that each Recorder subscribes to the UDC magazine I and that you make a copy of the Recorder General's monthly article and include it in your Recorder's notebook. I want to make sure that you have included her article in the June/July 2016 issue since it deals with finding the NARA number on Fold3. Many of you are using the wrong number which is slowing down the processing of your application. The correct instructions are: Find/pull up the record you are searching for in Fold3. 1) At the bottom of the page you will see an "I" which is in a circle. This is where you search for the Image Information. 2) Click on that "I". 3) A new window should open on the left hand side of your screen. Historian All School Essays, Artwork, Yearbooks, Chapter Newsletters and NC Division Member Essays will be judged PRIOR to the NC Division Convention in October. ONLY Press books and Scrapbooks will be judged AT the NC Division Convention. Note the following changes: DO NOT Submit any Newsletters for judging at General. Only the winning Division Newsletter will be sent to general for judging. Newsletters have to have at least 4 issues, but no more than 12 and must be a hard copy and bound together in some way. The Historian s Manual is online and all the guidelines for newsletters, press books, scrapbooks are also online and available for download. The guidelines for yearbooks is located inside the Historian s manual and does not yet have a separate guideline document available for download. Please contact me if you have any Historian questions I can help you with. My address is mpudc92@ gmail.com. My mailing address is 5812 Farragon Hill Lane, Wendell, NC Melanie Perryman Recorder of Military Service Awards 4) Scroll down until you see either Publication Number or Microfilm Number. There will be a number there that starts with an "M", e.g., M311. 5) Then scroll down further until almost the end and you will see Roll Name, e.g., That is the Roll number. 6) So for this example it is Microfilm Number Roll Number These are the NARA numbers which you must provide. The numbers that are on the National Park Service site are not the numbers to be provided. Only use the NARA numbers. I also hope you have printed the current manual and forms from the website and have all your information in one place. It makes your job so much easier. Thanks for all you do to honor our veterans! Gail Edwards Sifford Page 6

7 Hello again, ladies. It s time to get serious about submitting photos for the Division Scrapbook! A few chapters have sent some wonderful shots of their activities, but wouldn t it be grand to have something from every one of our North Carolina chapters? Please get yours to me as soon as possible, so the Scrapbook Team can create wonderful pages for your chapter. Please remember the process: Add the names of ALL people in the photos, the purpose of the event and the date for each. Scrapbook rules require this information if you don t provide it, the item cannot be included in the scrapbook. You could send your things to me in either of two ways. You can use snail mail to Paula James, Division Notices Division Scrapbook In Memoriam P.O. Box 901, Elon, NC Or you can photos, documents, or scans from your computer (saved as.jpg only!) to me at pbjames37@ gmail.com, and I ll print them for use. If you snail mail them, please include information about each document or photo in pencil on the back or include a separate page with the information. Please DO NOT write on the front of the photo! If you them, please label each item (e.g., Photo 1, Photo 2 ) and in the message, include the required information (Photo 1: Jane Doe, Sue Smith, 10/15/15 chapter meeting). I look forward to hearing from your chapter soon! Thanks! Paula James, Chairman Karen J. Edwards, Division Chaplain The North Carolina Division has lost the following Mrs. Frances Ora Weston Register 22 Sept April 2016 District IV Guilford 301, Greensboro Mrs. Mary Arnold Gray Creedmore 30 Dec March 2016 District IV Guilford 301, Greensboro Mrs. Juanita H. Rogers Dail 4 April May 2016 District VIII Cape Fear 3, Wilmington Mrs. Betty Lou Cannon Pearce 6 March April 2016 District VI Joseph J. Davis 537, Louisburg Helen Harwood 7 August December 2015 District III Albemarle 103, Albemarle, NC Martha Helms McKnight 7 December January 2016 District II Stonewall Jackson 220, Charlotte, NC Matilda Severs 6 June December 2015 District II Henry Severs 2305, Charlotte, NC Barbara Terry Hall 29 July May 2016 District VI Granville Grays 409, Oxford Katherine Scott Baird 18 June May 2016 District V Robeson 942, Lumberton, NC The Confederate Courier is the official publication of the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is published quarterly. DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE IS August 4, Please your articles to amyhuss@icloud.com. If you do not know how to send attachments, please type the information directly into your . Please send photos in pdf or tiff format. Page 7

8 Southern Literature and Arts Report 2015 The following report was inadvertently omitted from the 2015 Minutes Book: Twenty-five of fifty chapters responded, four of which had no report. Fifty-five dollars was donated to the Southern Literature and Arts Fund. There were 31 programs on Southern/Confederate literature or arts. Fifty-nine books, CDs, DVDs, and tapes were donated to libraries. The number of Southern/Confederate books read by members included: 88 fiction, 238 nonfiction, and 36 poetry. The number of books reviewed by members included: 8 fiction, 37 nonfiction, 2 poetry, and 2 movies. The number of Southern/Confederate writings by members was 15. The number of poems read at meetings was 62. Special Projects dealing with Southern/Confederate literature included: (1) One book was authored by a member, (2) Newsletters were offered for sale, (3) Books were given as door prizes at special events, (4) A book list was provided for adult reading, (5) Information was shared with those working on a book concerning military prisons, (6) A search was done on Confederate Prisons, and (7) There was a public display of books on the war and prisons. Special projects dealing with Southern/Confederate works of art included: (1) The restoration and embellishment of Southern Period photographs, (2) The restoration of a Civil War Kepi, (3) The donation of a Jefferson Davis lithograph, (4) A display and discussion of period clothing and jewelry, (5) The maintenance of monuments and tombstones, (6) Displays of special exhibits during chapter events, (7) The inclusion of period paintings in a symposium program booklet, (8) The display of period paintings at a Bestowal Service, (9) The display of pictures at lectures and presentations, and (10) The display of prints from lithographs at a symposium. It is through Southern Literature and Art that we support and promote the rich history of our Southland. Therefore, it is incumbent upon all of us to participate in this effort. The challenge is for all chapters to have something to report. Margie Parker Brantley, Chairman Chapter Reports,Chapter Rating Sheet, and Committee Reports Chapter Presidents it is that time of the UDC year to compile and submit your Chapter Reports, Chapter Rating Sheet, and Committee Reports. There are several locations in the Minutes Book concerning the submission of your reports and also on the Chapter Rating Sheet itself. To make it as simple as possible please a copy of all your reports to NC Division President Pat Gasson at historydivernc@gmail. com, Recording Secretary Mildred Goss at mildredgoss@nc.rr.com, and Corresponding Secretary Ruthann Mittelstadt at rooroo6320@gmail.com. If you do not have the reports can be mailed to NC Division President Pat Gasson, 833 Arnold Road, Wilmington,NC , NC Recording Secretary Mildred Goss, 322 Aiken Avenue, Creedmoor, NC , and NC Corresponding Secretary Ruthann Mittelstadt, 6320 Hebron Church Road, Mebane, NC The reports are due by July 15, 2016 and I will forward your individual committee reports to the committee chairman. Let your Chapter shine by submitting a detailed Chapter Report along with the condensed 250 word report for the Minutes Book. Both reports will be filed at the NC Division Library to assist with future research and both reports are used by the Division President to compile her report for General. Just a reminder that the Chapter District Report you submit to your District Director is not forwarded on as your Chapter Report. Thank you Chapter Presidents for your hard work and I look forward to receiving your reports! Ruthann Mittelstadt, NC Corresponding Secretary Page 8

9 Grave Markers Effective , the UDC is utilizing Newman Brothers of Cincinnati, Ohio, as the vendor for our grave markers. (The previous provider had open heart surgery, has not done well, and could no longer produce our markers). There is a HUGE increase in price. Real Daughter (UDC & non Member) and non UDC Member Wife of Confederate Veteran are now $345. UDC Member or former Member 4 inch marker - $147; UDC Member or former Member 7 inch marker - $188. The prices include engraving on the Real Daughter (UDC member) marker, lugs (4 inch marker) or stake (7 inch marker) mounting hardware, and shipping/ handling. There is a change in the process for ordering grave markers. All Orders will be sent directly to Newman Brothers, along with the Authorization Form & check. Send a copy of the Order, Authorization Form and check to the General Grave Marker Chairman for her records. As the orders will no longer go through me as the Division Chairman of Graves & Grave Markers, be sure to include such orders on you chapter annual report. Allow 6-8 weeks for your order to arrive. How to order grave markers: 1. Complete Order Form and UDC Grave Marker Placement Authorization Form (both forms are on the General Members only website). Mail the Order Form, Placement Form Authorization Form, along with your check to: Newman Brothers 5609 Center Hill Ave. Cincinnati, OH Send a copy of Order Form & Authorization Form to General Grave Marker Chairman: Kathy Arth 4006 Font Hill Dr. Ellicott City, MD Iron Crosses for Confederate Veterans In order to get credit for your work, the Cross has to be ordered from an approved vendor, and J. S. Walters is the only vendor approved by the UDC. To order an Iron Cross; 1. Prepare a letter stating the number you are ordering, with a check or money order attached, made payable to J. S. Walters, and mail to: J.S. Walters Iron Cross $112 PO Box 986 Shipping $ 24 Moultrie, GA Total $136 Delivery UPS; physical address only (PO boxes not accepted by UPS) Allow 2 weeks for delivery J.S. Walters - phone leave message Jessie McLam Division Chairman, Graves & Grave Markers Page 9

10 Chapter News Robert F. Hoke Chapter 78, Salisbury, The 19 th Annual Salisbury Confederate Prison Symposium, April 8-10, 2016, was another success for the Robert F. Hoke Chapter 78. Attendees from Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Canada came to learn more about this Confederate military prison and to share their information. Members began welcoming guests to the Reunion of Descendants and Friends at 5:00 pm on Friday at the Landmark Church fellowship hall. Displays and sales tables lined the room and refreshments were offered prior to the self-introductions at 6:00 pm. The Friendship Banquet at 7:00 pm began with a welcome by Sue Curtis, Hoke Chapter President and Symposium Chairman. Veterans in attendance were recognized for their service by UDC members pinning red, white, and blue lapel ribbons on each as soloist Eva Millsaps sang God Bless the USA. The Southern buffet meal was followed by photographs in front of the flags and door prizes. Honorary Associate Member and Symposium co-chairman Ed Curtis introduced the keynote speaker, author Roger Pickenpaugh of Ohio. Mr. Pickenpaugh has written books on both northern and southern prisons and his talk at the banquet contrasted Camp Chase and Salisbury. The evening ended with Mrs. Millsaps singing Let There Be Peace On Earth. On Saturday morning members set up displays and sales tables in the lobby outside the Tom Smith Auditorium at Catawba College at 8:00 am and were ready on time for the 9:00 am lectures. Author and Professor of American History at the College, Dr. Gary Freeze, presented a general review of the Prison and personal thoughts on why it is important to keep the history of the Prison alive. Historian Greg Cheek of North Carolina spoke on the recruiting of Salisbury POWs into the Confederate Army. Historian and author Mary Anne Gorman of Massachusetts discussed POWs at Salisbury who were designated as hostages by the Confederate government. After lunch the lectures began at 1:15 pm with author and historian Bruce Smith of Indiana who shared that his relative died as a Salisbury POW prior to discussing the Dix-Hill exchange policy. Historian and genealogist Joan Fuess of New York spoke about her North Carolina Confederate ancestor who served as a Salisbury prison guard before being captured and sent to 3 Union prisons Page 10 himself. This year the 7 th lecture was replaced by a 5:00 pm tour of Fort York by historian and author Chris Watford of The Land/Trust of Central NC. The Fort is the location from which the Confederate Army successfully defended the Yadkin River railroad bridge on April 12, On Sunday morning the first Memorial Service was conducted at 10:00 am at the Historic Salisbury National Cemetery. Salisbury POW descendant and Air Force veteran Mike DuMont of South Carolina gave the Memorial Address for the deceased Union soldiers, and Salisbury Guard descendant and Air Force veteran William Marley of Virginia read the traditional poem, The Blue and The Gray. At the 11:00 am Memorial Service at the Old Lutheran Cemetery Salisbury Prison Commandant descendant and Hoke Chapter member Annette Ford of Florida gave the Memorial Address for deceased Confederate soldiers, and Salisbury POW descendant Shelley Gayler of Texas read the poem. At both services there were flags and music and the graves were decorated by the Hoke UDC, Charles F. Fisher Chapter 73 of the Children of the Confederacy, Salisbury Confederate Prison Association, Inc., Order of the Black Rose, and Gibbon-Burke Camp 2 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. The 4 th IA Independent Lt. Art. fired 3 cannon volleys during the first service as did the 40 th NC Reg., Co. G, Orange Lt. Art., Patterson s Battery during the second service. The final activity of the weekend was a Sunday afternoon tour of the Prison site with Ed and Sue Curtis as tour guides. The tour began at the SCPA lot not far from the Prison s front gate and ended at the Historic Salisbury National Cemetery. Hoke members and husbands who attended or helped included Ed and Sue Curtis, Nancy Sloop, Linda Davis, Anne Saunders, Dianne Hall, Tom and Larry Hines, Barbara Upright, Chris Hilton, Grady and Trudy Hall and Julie Hunter. The Chapter is planning to hold its 20 th Annual Salisbury Confederate Prison Symposium April 28-30, Guilford Chapter 301, Greensboro: Guilford 301celebrated its 117 th anniversary during the chapter s annual tea and meeting in April. During the event, Jackie Rieson received her membership certificate on the service of her great grandfather. And, Pam Hanzaker received a supplemental certificate on the service of her great, great grandfather.

11 Following the tea, a memorial service was held to honor beloved sisters and past chapter presidents: Frances Ora Weston Register and Mary Arnold Gray Creedmore. The Chapter hosted Confederate Memorial Day Service at its monument in Green Hill Cemetery. Guests were welcomed by Chapter President Joanne Sharpe. Greetings were extended by Jeff Franks, Colonel John Sloan Camp 1290, Commander and Rodney Williams, Military Order of CHAPTER NEWS continued visited the Confederate Monument on the grounds of the Capitol Building and rounded out our visit at the War Between the States exhibit at the Museum of History. We continued our benevolent activities with a contribution of supplies to a Women's Abuse Shelter. In May we distributed gift bags to the Veterans who live at South Village in Rocky Mount. We celebrated Confederate Memorial Day with a ceremony of rememberance at our very own Confederate Monument in Rocky Mount. Several members were able to attend Confederate Memorial Day Services at Maplewood Cemetery in Wilson and the Heritage Day Event in Raleigh. Stars and Bars, Past NC Society Commander. During the service Lizzie Lindsay 776 CofC member Alyvia Gaiser was presented the Jefferson Davis Historical Silver Medal. And past silver medal recipient, Leann Miller, was presented a follow-up certificate of merit. The girls received honors based on outstanding work for researching, co-writing and performing two skits which were presented to Guilford 301 UDC at its December 2015 chapter meeting. The poem Confederate Memorial Day was read by Caroline Sterling, NC Division CofC President Elect. Yvonne Brown, founder of Order of the Black Confederate Rose, placed a floral tribute at the base of the monument. Her escort was a member of the Guilford Greys. The service closed with a 21 gun salute by the Guilford Greys, three cannon volleys by Patterson s Artillery and playing of Taps by Major Jay Callaham. Bethel Heroes 636, Rocky Mount: Members of Bethel Heroes 636 have had a busy spring. In April we met at the NC Division House in Raleigh with members of John W. Dunham 374 and George B. Singletary 313 for a joint April meeting. Our tour of the house was most informative. A delightful visit was had by all. While in Raleigh we Graham 944, Graham: On a beautiful sunny May day, we held a service in conjunction with the Col. Charles Fisher 13 of Graham at the Memorial Wall in Graham. This wall has the names of all men who died on the battlefield serving our country. Several of our members dressed in period dress and the men dressed in grey serving as our color guard. With the firing of muskets and laying of wreaths, it reminded me of the services that our forbearers held. One of the highlights of the service was this poem written by Tammy Shropshire. Flowers for the Fallen By: Tammy Shropshire I brought a bunch of flowers The kind you loved so well And lay them on the granite That marks the day you fell I wish that you could see them Perhaps you somehow do This small but faithful token Of how we honor you Thank you to all who honored the soldiers of the Confederacy on the Confederate Memorial Day season. Page 11

12 Division Activities Photos Presentation of a Military Service Award by the Madison-Mayodan Greys: l to r: Division President Pat Gasson, Recorder Susan Irving, recipient, and Cindy Tilley, Madison-Mayodan President. Confederate Heritage President, Ellen Bryan and a UDC representative from Texas at the Rededication of the marker for Jared White, the Texas Confederate buried in Goldsboro. President Gasson, Van Langley, and Vice President Donna Snipes at the Confederate Memorial Day Service in Oakwood Cemetery where Van received his Stonewall Jackson Award. Page 12

13 More Division Photos President Gasson reads the Ritual at the Dedication of our newest plaque for the Global War on Terror at the House of Memory in Oakwood Cemetery. Division Members at the Dedication of our newest plaque for the Global War on Terror. Division Third Vice President Karen Powers with the CofC Officers elected at the CofC Convention in Greensboro, April 29-30, Karen Powers with Laura Connon, 3rd Vice President General; Mackie Strange, CofC President General; Caroline Sterling, Division CofC President; President Gasson, and other CofC members Page 13