Memorial Day

 

Lord Craven Colonial Dames Meeting Was held at The City Club in Wilmington on May 18, 2023

Once an apt headquarters for the Historic Wilmington Foundation - a non-profit aimed at preserving the city's rich architectural history - and now home to the City Club of Wilmington, the DeRosset house was once just that – the residence of doctor and merchant Armand John DeRosset III and his family. The Lord Craven May meeting for 2023 was held at The City Club in Wilmington, NC. Thank you Dale Spencer for making the arrangements.

 Assistant Professor Tara White, Public Historian, and Educator at the University of NC Wilmington was our guest speaker. Her topic was the Gullah Geechee heritage. She has more than 20 years of training and experience in museums and historical organizations. Academic fields of speciation include public history, 20th-century US History with a focus on the history of the South, women's history, and African American History. She is a board member of the Black Belt American Genealogical and Historical Society; board member of the Alabama Historical Association; Alumni of Distinction SUNY Distinction; Chancellor's Awards for Academic Faculty for Teaching Excellence.

Lord Craven Colonial Dames Officers were sworn in by State President Pat Gooding.

 

L to R: Martha Blacher, Historian/Librarian; Suzanne Palmer, Registrar  Jane Teachey, Corresponding Secretary;  Michele Russell Recording Secretary;  Sally Spainhour, Chaplain and  Dale Spencer, Vice-President; Cindy Sellers, President and Susan DeGroote photographed below, Treasurer.

                                                

                 Susan DeGroote - treasurer of Lord Craven 2023-2025

The above photos show leaving President of Lord Craven, Carol Jutte pinned the Chapter's President's pin to the new President, Cindy Sellers. Then Cindy presented Carol with the  Ex-President's pin upon leaving her position.

Seated, Pat Gooding, State Colonial Dames President, Dale Spencer, standing, Lord Craven Vice- President and Carol Jutte former Lord Craven President

Welcome Katrina Summers as a new member of the Lord Craven Chapter.

Lord Craven member, Alexis Thompson held the beautiful bowl that Carol Jutte designed and donated for the Lord Craven meeting held on May 18, 2023.

Colonial Dames XVIIC National Conference April 4-8, 2023

The Ninety-Ninth Annual Conference was held April 4-8, 2023 at the Hilton Arlington National Landing, Washington, DC. Pat Gooding and I were off and running to start our week of attending 3 different National Lineage Societies National Conferences. The first event for the start of the NSCDXVIIC National Conference was attending the Open House and Tea at Headquarters with a meet and greet. We attended the Registrar General’s Workshop, Conference Meetings, Awards Luncheon, Achievement Luncheon, Memorial Service, and the Banquets in the evening with fiddle music and the National Choir. 

There have been some updates with the Registrar General regarding the process of sending in Applications and Supplementals. Please be in touch with our Registrar before submitting any supplementals for 2023. 

The election of new National Officers for 2023-2025 was held with Yvonne Hiteshue from Ohio being elected President General and the first President General from Ohio. The new National Officers can be found on the National Website at The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century (colonialdames17c.org) 

Zack Lemhouse, an accomplished musician with over 25 years of experience playing the violin was the guest speaker. Zack was inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame in 2020. Zack plays traditional Scottish fiddle music and teaches annually at the Jink and Dibble School of Scottish Fiddle, a Scottish Fiddle camp held in the mountains of North Carolina every summer. The music Zack played from his fiddle sounded as if he was playing the bagpipes. 

Information provided by President Carol Jutte 

 The national headquarters of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America is at the Dumbarton House in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The Dumbarton House is a Federal style house located in the Georgetown neighborhood. 

Pat Gooding our new North Carolina State President.

Meg, Cooke, the North Carolina State President from 2021-2023 assisted the new State President Pat Gooding with her sash. Pat will be President of North Carolina from 2023-2025.

Pat Gooding the NC State President and Carol Jutte the 3rd Vice-President of NC Colonial Dames

Carol Jutte, Yvonne Hiteshue, and Pat Gooding at the National Conference for Colonial Dames XVIIC which was held on April 4-8, 2023

 Pat Gooding, NC State President, and Yvonne Hiteshue, 

 President General