Constitution Week from September 17-23rd

 L-R: Susan Zimmerman, Natasha Robinson (5th Grade Teacher), Emily Laga-Rivera 
(Lead AIG Teacher) and
 Heather Holbrook

Constitution Week Bulletin Board
at Virginia Williamson Elementary School

Constitution Week is September 17-23 and Sandra Winstead and Diana Fotinatos, with the support of Carol Jutte, Martha Koletar and Phyllis Wilson have planned the following events to commemorate when the Constitution was signed 231 years ago:

• There will be a Constitution Week display at Harper Library in Southport during September.

• Churches and Fire Stations in Southport and Oak Island will be participating in Bells Across America on Monday, 9/17 at 4:00 PM by ringing their bells.  And this year, Cub Scouts from Oak Island will be ringing the bell at the Oak Island Presbyterian Church. We invite all chapter members to request their church participate as well.  Photos are encouraged and welcome.   

• Mayor Deborah Ahlers of Caswell Beach will be signing and displaying a Proclamation in Town Hall for Constitution Week. 

• Bolivia, Southport, Supply, and Virginia Williamson Elementary Schools have been contacted about our chapter making classroom presentations, decorating bulletin boards, and distributing bookmarks to the fifth-grade students who will be studying The Constitution as part of their social studies curriculum.  

Thank you to all those who have volunteered to help with bulletin boards.  And a big thank you to Sandi Winstead, the former Constitution Week Chairperson, who continues to serve our chapter on the Constitution Week Committee and does the classroom presentations each year in colonial dress.

Info provided by Martha Koletar

Keep checking for more photos and information during the week of September 17-23rd.

WWAY’s Histories and Mysteries of Cape Fear

                   The cast of stars that appeared in the filming of Histories and Mysteries of Cape Fear.


Members of our chapter recently became film stars as they participated in the filming of a soon to be released segment of WWAY’s Histories and Mysteries of Cape Fear. The intent of the series is to bring North Carolina’s history back to life!

Filming took place at the beautiful Airlie Gardens. It was very hot wearing Colonial period gowns, but loads of fun. Our chapter joined with the Stamp Defiance Chapter, Wilmington Ladies Tea Walk Chapter and Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge Chapter in Wilmington to stand-in as extras in the documentary focusing on the voices of women in history

Brandon Ewers is the Producer, Director, and Editor. In the past, he has produced the following historical documentaries of particular interest to Brunswick and New Hanover Counties: Ghost of Burgwin-Wright House; Civil Rights, Civil War; USSNC Battleship; Screen Gems Studio;

Cape Fear River; The Ghost of Samuel Jocelyn; Birth of Blackbeard; The Maco Station Light; and many others. 

Movie stars from Brunswick Town were Carol Jutte, Jean Green, Martha Koletar, Linda Lashley, Mary Beth Losch, and Phyllis Wilson. Pat Tucker was supposed to be a star in her beautiful dress, but unfortunately she became ill. 

L to R. Martha Koletar, Brunswick Town Chapter, Judy Ward, Stamp Defiance Chapter and Phyllis Wilson, Brunswick Town Chapter