December 12th DAR Meeting

Diane Kuebert, DAR Schools committee chair introduced guest speaker Larry Haverland, former house parent for the Crossnore Schools.

 

The Brunswick Town Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held their Wednesday, December 12, 2012 meeting at the Trinity United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on 209 East Nash Street, Southport, NC at 10:00. Larry Hauerland, Former Houseparent at the Crossnore School  in Crossnore, NC was the guest speaker. He started working there in 1976.  At that time he and his wife had a three year old son. Two years later their daughter was born  so there were twelve children in his family. They lived in a cottage together. They shared a room with another child and assisted with many chores during the day. A special time was set for school work and recreation. It was a very loving and caring environment for the children. Crossnore is one of the six DAR approved school. Look over the links below to find out more abou the schools.

Friends of DAR Schools Fund
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution has a new way of giving gifts and donations to the DAR Schools which is through the Friends of DAR Schools Fund. The brochure explains how members may make gifts to the six DAR Approved Schools. You may print it out and use it for reference.
http://members.dar.org/darnet/forms/DS-1000.PDF

DAR School Committee

The link below will open up to information about the DAR School Committee and the six DAR Approved Schools.
http://www.members.dar.org/committees/school/index.htm

 

 

 

 Norma Eckard, DAR commemorative events chair shared a display panel she prepared about the WWI Bunker Repair at Caswell Dunes from 1918.  Much time and effort is going into to getting funding for this project and work done before the 100th anniversary. The poster shows and article that was printed in The State Port Pilot  newspaper.

This table is full of wonderful gifts from DAR members for the Crossnore children for Christmas.

 DAR members brought sweet and savory delectables for the Christmas Tea.

A special thank you goes to DAR member, Carol Jutte, who took pictures at the December DAR meeting and provided information to blog manager, Phyllis Wilson.

All DAR members are encouraged to view "Today's DAR" video at this web site:
http://www.dar.org/natsociety/todaysdar.cfm