Thank You to Our Veterans!

Memorial Day ceremony at 11:00 AM at the Veterans Memorial adjacent to St. James Town Hall on 211

On Monday, May 29, 2017, the Richard H. Stewart, Jr. American Legion Post 543 will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at 11:00 AM at the Veterans Memorial adjacent to the St. James Town Hall on Route 211. All local communities are invited to attend. Colors will be presented by the Post 543 Honor Guard. The National Anthem will be sung, and a memorial wreath will be placed, followed by taps. Ms. Lois Moore, soloist, will be performing patriotic songs.

This year, our guest speakers are a husband and wife. They are active duty members of the U.S. Air Force; Chief Master Sergeant Shane Flint and Chief Master Sergeant Karen F. Beirne-Flint. Shane Flint is the Command Chief, 688th Cyberspace Wing, Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland, Texas. The 688th Cyberspace Wing is part of the new 24th Air Force. The 24th Air Force is the operational warfighting organization that establishes, operates, maintains and defends Air Force networks. As the Command Chief, Shane serves as the principal advisor to the wing commander on all matters of military readiness, morale, quality of life, professional development and effective utilization of resources for over 2,100 military, civilian and contractor members. Karen Beirne Flint is the Superintendent of the 8th Field Investigations Region of the Air Force, Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) at Peterson AFB, Colorado. She is the primary advisor to the region commander on all issues relating to discipline, health, welfare, morale and professional development of over 250 active duty, reserve and civilian AFOSI special agents and professional staff which supports the Air Force Space Command, Air Force Global Strike Command and the United States Air Force Academy.

Seating will be provided for all attendees at the Veterans’ Memorial. Parking is limited and carpooling is strongly encouraged. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will take place inside the St James Community Center. Light refreshments will be available in the St James Community Center, following the ceremony.

Lord Craven Colonial Dames 17th Century May 20th Meeting

The Colonial Dames of the 17^th Century Lord Craven Chapter held their meeting on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at St. James Plantation at the Reserve Club. The highlight of the meeting was the swearing in of new officers for The Lord Craven Chapter for 2017-2019. 

Pat Gooding, the new President of the Lord Craven Chapter poses with former President  Ruth-Anne Bolz

Carole Weiss swears in the officers to their new Lord Craven officers for 2017-2019

Former President Ruth-Anne Bolz passes the gavel to President Pat Gooding

Treasurer: Anne Boone; Recording Secretary: Patricia Johnson; Chaplain: Marie Preston and President: Patricia Gooding; Missing from photo are: Vice-President, Linda Rivenbark; Corresponding Secretary, Diane Kuebert; Registrar, Carol Jutte; and Historian, Martha Blacher

Former President Ruth-Anne Bolz pins her ribbon on the new President Pat Gooding

 Chaplain Marie Preston will continue serving as The Lord Craven Chaplain for another term.

Row 1: Carole Weiss, Pat Johnson and Anne Boone
Row 2: Judy Caison, Claudia Evans and Yvonne Brown

Row 1: Jo Stroud, Jewel Hansen, and Pat Tucker

Row 2: Marie Preston and Kathy Miller

Phyllis Wilson, your Lord Craven photographer and blog manager. This is Phyllis in her Revolutionary outfit that she wears to the naturalization ceremony in Southport. 

Row 1: Nora Hickam, Pat Elsaesser and Ann Nickerson
Row 2: Pat Gooding, Ruth-Anne Bolz and Fran Carlsen

The contact people for Ancestral Charts are Ky and Cindy White. Their website is

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Provide Ky with your gateway ancestor and our lineage to them. He does the rest. He is also a researcher and an author.

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The Colonial Dames of the 17th Century Lord Craven Chapter Holds the May Meeting on May 20th

The Colonial Dames of the 17^th Century Lord Craven Chapter will hold their meeting on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at St. James Plantation at the Reserve Club.The meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 AM. There will be a buffet luncheon served after the meeting. Registration is required.  The highlight of the meeting will be the swearing in of new officers for The Lord Craven Chapter for 2017-2019.  If you have any questions contact Ruth-Anne Bolz, President of the Lord Craven Chapter at rafb@bellsouth.net . Contact Carol Jutte, Registrar at ctidewater@hotmail.com  for more information on becoming a member. As a friendly reminder, no denim is permitted at The Reserve Club. Be careful to follow speed limit signs. 

Directions: Enter St. James Plantation off of 211. Stop at gate. Tell them you are attending the Lord Craven Chapter Colonial Dames Meeting at The Reserve Club. Then, go down St. James Drive and make your first right turn onto Ridgecrest Drive. Speed limit is 30 mph. Turn left onto Wyndmere Drive. Speed limit is 20 mph. Next,  turn left into the Reserve Club. The clubhouse is all the way down on the right side. 

New officers are:

President: Patricia Gooding

Vice-President: Linda Rivenbark

Chaplain: Marie Preston

Recording Secretary: Patricia Johnson

Corresponding Secretary: Diane Kuebert

Treasurer: Anne Boone

Registrar: Carol Jutte

Historian: Martha Blacher

Message from Lord Craven Colonial Dames 17th Century President

     Current Lord Craven President, Ruth-Anne Bolz, new Lord Craven Vice-President, Linda Rivenbark and new President, Pat Gooding - New officers will be sworn in at the May 20th meeting at The Reserve Golf Club at St. James Plantation in Southport, NC.

Lord Craven Chapter is growing!!  We currently have 10 applications waiting approval in Washington. 

We will be donating $250 to the North Carolina Room at the New Hanover County Library and I hope to have the names of the books we will be donating to the library in honor of Helen Taylor at the May meeting. 

The money we received back from Wreaths Across America has been used to purchase 30 pairs of much needed sweat pants for both men and women at the VA Hospital at Fayetteville.  They will be delivered before our meeting.

Thank you to the 2015-2017 Executive Board for all their help these past 2 years and to all members for supporting Lord Craven Chapter.

I have enjoyed my term as President of Lord Craven Chapter and hope to see you at the May luncheon.

Ruth-Anne Bolz

President