First of all, an update for the last blog. Jim has not received Feb. or March Social Security checks as of this date! They have attempted to do direct deposit but Wachovia Bank keeps bouncing the checks back to SS.
Last week the Social Security representative in Andalusia said they would mail paper checks and we should get them in 7-10 days. He suggested we use another bank to see the checks would go to a new account. We also bank at Troy Bank (local) and will try having our checks sent there in April.
Now for the DAR news... I am a member of the John Coffee DAR Chapter and 3 of us "daughters" are going to Auburn on March 11-12 to attend the Alabama DAR annual meeting. Our District is responsible for all the arrangements this year, which includes table arrangements for luncheons and banquet Wed. night. Our chapter will assist with the Regent's Banquet. We will be assisting a chapter in Montgomery. They asked if we would provide 25 "favors" for the officers and guests at the head tables. We will have 9 out-of-state guests at the first tier head table. We tried to come up with something for them to take back home as a remembrance of their trip to the Ala. conference.
One of our members does beautiful china painting and I knew she had been painting little tea bag caddies for her craft show in 
May at Ole Alabama Town in Montgomery. I thought those would make beautiful gifts for our ladies and asked if she would sell me 25 @$3 each. I picked them up on Friday and have enjoyed looking at them. Here you see a photo of the caddies.
May at Ole Alabama Town in Montgomery. I thought those would make beautiful gifts for our ladies and asked if she would sell me 25 @$3 each. I picked them up on Friday and have enjoyed looking at them. Here you see a photo of the caddies.
I wrapped the little dishes in tissue paper, included some green tea bags as well as some other assorted tea bags, and then wrapped the package in white toole. Added some shamrock decorations and green ribbons for the bows. I printed out little gift tags with a note about the artist and our club's name. I can't wait for the ladies to unwrap their gifts. I'll take my camera and get some photos.
Jim is going to the the state meeting with me. He will attend the National Defense luncheon on Wed.with
me, along with my friend Jane and her husband. He and Jim can keep each other company while we are attending the meetings.
We have 53 members in our DAR chapter, but many live away from this area. It's a shame that only 3 members are attending the state meeting. I go every year and enjoy all the events and seeing old friends.
I usually get an award from the NSDAR Genealogy Preservation Committee for over 100 volunteer hours each year, copying old applications onto the DAR computer website. This year I am a state winner in the American Heritage Division for the rag rug I crocheted. It was entered in the fiber arts category. They sent the application on to the National level. It would be neat to win there.
The conference is being held at the Auburn University Inn and Dixon Conference Center on the Auburn University campus.. We got our reservations in late so we are having to stay 3 miles away from the conference center.
The conference meals are all very expensive, I think. The luncheon is $25 each, the banquet is $39, and breakfast is about $20 I think. I'm only eating the luncheon meal. Wednesday night we plan to go out to eat with Jane and Jess, and get back for the 8 pm general meeting. A reception follows that so it will be a long day. We have to help host the reception and tonight I made cookies to add to the table of goodies. I hope the ladies don't linger at the reception so we can go to our rooms before midnight!
We plan to skip the breakfast event and eat the hotel continental food and go to the closing session at 9 am on Thurs., and vote for new officers, who serve for 3 years. We have to check out by 12 on Thurs. and will start back home after that.
The meeting is always held in March and I like to see what the new fashion is for spring every year. Then I'll go shopping for a new Easter outfit when I get back home.
My sister Christine is a DAR member in Maryland. She joined before I did and I used her papers to join. Apart form the revolutionary ancestor we joined under, we each have 9 other revolutionary ancestors we have researched and they are listed as supplementals on our record. My sister did all of the research and I just tagged along..... Thanks Chris!!
