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VIRGINIA DIVISION
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48th Annual General Convention
Huntsville, Alabama
July 18-20, 2002
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Congratulations to Ex-Virginia Division President Beth Huffer (left), who was elected to the office of Vice President General; UDC President General Suzanne Silek (center), who received the prestigious Robert E. Lee Award from Virginia Division CofC on Welcome-Historical Evening; and current Virginia Division President John Adams (right), who won the Senior Catechism Quiz for the second year in a row and was elected Second Vice President General. |
Virginia Division Awards
- Wiley Anderson Silver Tray - To the Division with the Best Communications (tie)
- Mary Tucker Tiernan Award - To the Division Making the Greatest Number of Public Talks on Southern History
- Pamela Rouse Wright Award - To the Division Purchasing the Most CofC Stationery and Supplies
- Katherine Whitacre Award - To the Division Purchasing the Most Membership Pins
- Ruth Mary Thompson Jones Award - To the Division with the Most Outstanding Work Promoting the Work and Life of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee
- William Cabell Vildibill Award - To the Division Submitting the Best Report on Monuments and Markers
Virginia Division CofC members at General Convention in Huntsville, Alabama.
- Margaret Murdock Award - To the Division Making the Largest Contribution to the Minute Book Fund
- Marion Duncan Loving Cup - To the Division with Membership Under 250 donating the Most Money to the General Scholarship Funds
- Millenium Award - To the Division with Membership 249 and Under Purchasing the Most Minute Books
- Margaret B. Roque Award - To the Division with Membership of 100-249 Submitting the Best All Around Report (tie)
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Virginia Division CofC members at General Convention in Huntsville, Alabama. |
Individual/Chapter Awards
- Jayne Cranek Award for Most Outstanding Division President's Work: Elizabeth Huffer (Tom Telegraph Chapter 868)
- 1st Place, Senior Catechism Quiz: John Adams (Antonia Ford Chapter 885)
Senior Catechism Quiz winner John Adams (left) with second-place winner John Killian (Alabama Division), Second Vice President General Jonathan Hicks, and third-place winner Sara Easom (North Carolina Division).
- James Edward Meadows Memorial Poetry Award: Robin Adams (Antonia Ford Chapter 885)
- Miss Sarah Elise Mitchell Dunklin Award to the Member under 12 Submitting the Best Poem on a Confederate Subject: Jenna Swanson (Turner Ashby Juniors Chapter 659)
- Dickens Award - To the Chapter with Membership Up to 20 Sending in the Best All Around Report: Belle Boyd Chapter 516 (Front Royal)
- Superior Chapter: Belle Boyd Chapter 516 (Front Royal)
- Honor Roll Chapters: Antonia Ford Chapter 885 (Fairfax), Skylark Chapter 886 (Richmond)
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Senior Catechism Quiz winner John Adams (left) with second-place winner John Killian (Alabama Division), Second Vice President General Jonathan Hicks, and third-place winner Sara Easom (North Carolina Division). |
Centennial-Maury Chapter President Sharon Maupin, mother of Virginia Division CofC Vice President Jamie Maupin, organized the first-ever Division charter bus trip to General Convention. Eleven Division members, three CofC alumni, assorted parents (including one dad and one grandmother), and the President General of the UDC joined the group as it made its way from Virginia through Tennessee and into Alabama for the three-day convention. TOP: Virginia Division members prepare to leave Huntsville for the return trip to Virginia. RIGHT: John Adams, Kit Willis, Kate Whitacre, and Lynn Willis prepare for the 12-hour ride to Alabama. |
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66th Annual Virginia Division Convention
Lynchburg, Virginia
June 14-15, 2002
The 66th Annual Convention of the Virginia Division, Children of the Confederacy, was held on Friday and Saturday, June 14-15, 2002, at the Wingate Inn in Lynchburg, Virginia. Lucy Mina Otey Chapter 892 served as hostess, assisted by the ladies of Kirkwood Otey Chapter 10, Virginia Division UDC.
On Friday afternoon, attendees were treated to a tour of Lynchburg's Old City Cemetery. Friday night featured a picnic supper courtesy of Kirkwood Otey Chapter (with surprise guest "Eddie Spaghetti"), followed by the traditional pool party. The next day, after conducting its business session, the Division elected officers for the 2002-2003 year. Mr. John D. Adams, a member of Antonia Ford Chapter #885, was elected to the presidency.
Total registration for the convention was 102, with CofC members outnumbering UDC members for the first time in recent memory!
Mr. John D. Adams |
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Other officers include:
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VIRGINIA DIVISION CofC OFFICERS, 2002-2003 (L-R): President John Adams, Vice President Jamie Maupin, Second Vice President Brooke Myers, Recording Secretary Kelsie Donahue, Treasurer Kit Willis, Outgoing President Beth Huffer, Historian Robin Adams, Chaplain Jenna Swanson, and Custodian Will Myers. Not shown: Third Vice President Crystal Brown, Editor Courtney Brown. |
Other awards and honors were as follows:
- Spencer Burch Award - Catechism Quiz, 13 and older
- 1st - John Adams (Antonia Ford)
2nd - Beth Huffer (Tom Telegraph)
- 1st - John Adams (Antonia Ford)
- Catechism Quiz 12 and younger
- 1st - Sean Williams (Antonia Ford)
2nd - Will Myers (Belle Boyd)
- 1st - Sean Williams (Antonia Ford)
- Catechism Quiz 6 and under
- 1st - Alex McLean (Belle Boyd)
- Best written chapter report - Skylark
- Best chapter scrapbook - Belle Boyd
- Second best chapter scrapbook - Skylark
- Best chapter yearbook - Skylark
- Most new members - Skylark
- Most members attending the convention - Tom Telegraph and Skylark (tie)
- Chapter donating the most money to Howard Stiles Nuchols Scholarship - Antonia Ford
- Chapter ordering the most catechisms - Antonia Ford
- Best Confederate poem - Robin Adams (Antonia Ford)
- Best Confederate artwork - Brooke Myers (Belle Boyd)
Katherine M. Whitacre Award: Outstanding Girl Member of the CofC Jenna Swanson
Turner Ashby Juniors ChapterW. Edward Senn Award: Outstanding Boy Member of the CofC Kit Willis
Skylark Chapter - Honorary President of Virginia Division CofC: Kendra Wimer (Tom Telegraph Chapter)
FRIDAY NIGHT POOL PARTY
Silly hats were the order of the day.
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Entertainer "Eddie Spaghetti" crowns Virginia Division UDC President Sam Lougheed, much to the amusement of Skylark Chapter Director Brenda Latham (rear) and Janet Adams (right). |
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| Division President Beth Huffer | David Lipscomb (Lucy Mina Otey Chapter) and his grandmother, UDC Convention Chairman Jo-anne Lipscomb (Kirkwood Otey Chapter) |
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| Virginia Division CofC Honorary Associate Member John Lougheed and his praying mantis hat | Sean Williams (Antonia Ford Chapter) and Eddie Spaghetti |
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| And the hats just keep on coming. . . | Ex-Virginia Division CofC President Brianne King (Richmond-Stonewall Jackson Chapter) with Becky McLean (Belle Boyd Chapter). |
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Virginia Division UDC Vice President Dolores Smith (left) with Virginia Division mascot Dolly (a faithful CofC Convention attendee), Fran Towberman (Caroline Grays Chapter), and Frank Towberman |
SATURDAY BUSINESS SESSION
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| Virginia Division UDC President Mrs. John W. Lougheed, Recorder General of Military Service Awards Mrs. John H. Gum, Virginia Division CofC President Miss Elizabeth Huffer, and UDC President General Mrs. Suzanne Silek | Vice President John Adams presents the Division's new insignia case. |
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| Second Vice President Dylan Lee conducts the catechism quiz. | Convention Parliamentarian and Past Virginia Division President Joan Logan Brooks (Kirkwood Otey Chapter) and Jo-anne Lispcomb draw door prize tickets. |
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Newly installed Division President John Adams, Vice President Jamie Maupin, and Second Vice President Brooke Myers watch as Mrs. Lougheed pins the Ex-Division President's pin on outgoing President Beth Huffer. |
Photographs courtesy of Mr. John W. Lougheed, Honorary Associate Member, Virginia Division CofC
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