May 18th Lord Craven Meeting

The Lord Craven Meeting was held Saturday, May 18, 2013, at the Carolina BBQ Que on South College Street in Wilmington.  The guest speaker was Honorary State President Gwen Causey. She installed the new officers and present President Bonnie Becmer with the traveling gravel award. This is the 2nd year for this award and Lord Craven received the gravel for the year. To receive this award it is the chapter that receives the most new members by percentage. This is the past State President's Project Award.

Former Lord Craven Chapter President with Carol Weiss, the newly sworn in  Lord Craven Chapter President.

The new officers from left to right:   Carol Weiss, President; Cynthia Avent,1st VP; Pat Elsaesser, Treasurer; Doris Thompson, Chaplain; Judy Caison, Recording Secretary; Pat Gooding, Corresponding  Secretary and Connie Outlaw, Registrar.These officers were installed on Saturday, Mar 18, 2013.  Not present were elected officers Undine Longo, 2nd VP and Mary Earp, Historian, Curator and Librarian.They will be installed at a later date.

Green Swamp, NC - Hiking, Venus Fly Traps, Spiders and Wildflowers

photograph Venus Flytrap, Skip Pudney

Gwen Causey, Honorary State President gave a program about the Green Swamp. It was first owned by John Green and called John Greens Fields and in 1795 the land was valued at 4.2 cents an acre. Civilian Conservation Corps Camp built roads, railroads and buildings in the Green Swamp. Gwen's brother was the first caretaker of the Nature Conservatory, which in 1974 received over 13,000 acres. In the Green Swamp there are Long Leaf pine, Pond Pine, 14 different carnivorous plants and 10 different orchids.

Civilian Conservation Corps