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Crane Chronicle/Stone County Republican
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STONE COUNTY
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DAR Holds March Meeting
Speaker: Margaret Kane
Elk Horn Prairie Chapter
of The Daughters of the
American Revolution met on
March 1, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at
the Aurora Library in Aurora,
Missouri. Chaplain Lola
Clark opened the meeting
with prayer. Regent Barbara
Cohu welcomed members
and guests and led the DAR
Ritual.
Roll Call and the reading of
the Minutes by Secretary Carol
Ann Pilkenton, the Treasurers’
Report by Treasurer Margaret
Kane, President General’s
Report and Preamble to the
Constitution by Barbara Cohu,
National Defense Report by
Margaret Seburn, Constitution
Minute by Eleanor Cooper,
Indian Minute by Charlotte
Cole (Bi-Centennial of The
War of 1812 to be celebrated
in Canada and June 18,
2012 by DAR), Women’s
Issues by Charlotte Cole
(as a rule stories by men
are action led while women
are about relationships),
Committee Reports-Essays
and Scholarships by Barbara
Cohu and Myrna Fischer,
Flag Moment by Margaret
Seburn (in 1777 France
recognized our flag), Regent
Cohu announced April 6,
2012 four new patriots will
be added to DAR Museum
in Jefferson City, Missouri,
Project Committee Chairman
Margaret Seburn announced
the Service Award for the
Aurora Community Center
goes to Sharon Sumner, and
Corresponding Secretary
Myrna Fischer read a Thank
You Note from Jane Daniels
and a luncheon invitation to
meet State Regent Mrs. Donna
Nash, concluded the business
meeting.
Needing no introduction
member Margaret Kane gave
an interesting talk about:
“Women of the Civil War” and
the contributions, conflicts,
and sacrifices they made. Mrs.
Kane give many informative
facts which included butter
was $4.00 a pound while
factory workers made $4.00 a
week. Margaret shared books:
Enemy Women by Paulette
Jiles, Daughters of the Cause
by Robert Broadwater, At
Gettysburg, or What A Girl
Saw and Heard of the Battle
by Mrs. Tillie Pierce Alleman,
and Notable Persons and
Places in Missouri’s History
by Rex T. Jackson.
Lola Clark, Chaplain, closed
with prayer.
With a St. Patrick’s Day
theme, green cake and punch,
mints and nuts was served by
hostesses Charlotte Cole and
Kitty Crider.
Annual Honor’s Tea will be
held on April 5, 2012 at the
Aurora Community Center at
1:00 p.m.
Jenkins Fire Annual
Chili Supper Scheduled March 17
The Annual Chili/Soup
Supper for the Jenkins Fire
Department will be held
March 17 at Station 1 located
on Highway 39 just north of
Highway 248. The all-youcan-eat
menu will also include
hot dogs, dessert and drink.
Serving will begin at 4:00 and
end at 7:00.
Proceeds from this year’s
Chili Supper will be used
to help pay for the recently
purchased modern pumper
truck which will replace the
department’s 50-year old
pumper currently housed at
Station #1. The new truck
will be displayed at the Chili
Supper.
A stainless steel grill
originally donated by
Journagan True Value in
The Farnum Family From Galena, Missouri
Tours The Rio Grande Valley Of South Texas…
We took the whole family,
Norm & Trish, and our six children:
Daniel (19), Benjamin
(17), Hannah (14), Nathaniel
(12), Maggie (7) & Matthew (6)
on the longest music tour we’ve
ever been on! Leaving our Ozark
Mountain home in Galena on Jan
9th, we returned recently from a
five-week music tour through
the Rio Grande Valley of South
Texas. Our family performed 30
shows for 29 venues in 35 days
Aurora and won by Jim Fohn
who donated it back to the
department is being raffled.
Tickets are $1 each or six for
$5.
The department is composed
of all volunteers and needs
many more. There is a job for
anyone—from fundraisers to
emergency crews. Firefighter
and first responder positions
do require training, which is
provided by the department.
Volunteer applications will be
available at the supper.
For more information
contact Diana Guthrie at
847.8709 or James Vincent at
574.6323.
Wear your green for St. Pat’s
Day and join your friends and
neighbors for this community
event.
– that’s a lot of music! At the 20
RV parks where we played, most
of our variety show performances
ran about 90-minutes each.
Additional venues included the
All Valley RV Show in Mercedes,
two performances for the
Winter Texan Expo at the McAllen
Convention Center, two
shows for the 2nd Annual American
Roots Music Festival at the
Chicken House Opry in Mission,
and two for the 8th Annual Rio
Grande Valley Music Festival in
Mercedes. A huge blessing was
to be able to trade five music
performances for lodging at the
La Copa Hotel in McAllen. We
did 90-minute shows for their
numerous hotel chain locations
in the valley, in McAllen (where
we stayed), Mercedes, Alamo,
and at the Best Western La Copa
Inn Beach Resort on South Padre
Island.
While in the valley, we were
able to attend a few performances
by some of the other family
bands circulating there. We enjoyed
shows by the Harpers, the
Link Family, Lindley Creek, the
Punches (all from Missouri), and
– new to us – the Alaska String
Band. Additionally, there were
a couple of days scheduled for
fellowship time with these and
some of the other of the many
family bands touring the valley.
In addition to a short visit to
the Alamo on the way down to
the RGV, we spent an afternoon at
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