Minutes of the
President Bolen called the
meeting to order at
Members present: Jack Bolen,
Luke Lloyd, Marty Miller, Ed Neugaard, Richard
Hardesty, Alan Bell, Barry Marler, Ken Skillman, and
Welcome
guests: June Bolen, Jeanne Lloyd, William Riley and his daughter Billie Marie
The president introduced the
guests.
The minutes of the April
meeting were approved.
The secretary reported only
typical monthly activity during the past month and briefly discussed the recent
state society meeting.
The treasurer reported a balance of $1924.02.
The registrar, Luke Lloyd,
gave an update on the status of those applying for membership. There are 9
current working applications. Roger Quackenbush was
approved this past week. The other new application with the state registrar is
Willard Hawn. One prospect elected not to join sighting that the requirements
to prove the bloodline are not strict enough – DNA being his preference.
There being no further
business the meeting recessed for lunch.
President
Bolen reconvened the meeting and introduced Vice President Neugaard who, in turn, introduced
Captain William Riley of station 7 in the Bloomingdale area. The President
presented the Fire Safety award and then asked the Captain to detail a story
that had been widely reported in the papers. The story involved a boy who had been
struck by and subsequently dragged by a car across an intersection. The 8 year
old boy ended up trapped under the car. Equipment necessary to lift the car was
several minutes away and so after a quick assessment Captain Wiley, by strength and ingenuity, lifted the
car off the boy. The boy has since completely recovered.
The president then moved on
to the remainder of the business meeting. Under old business the recently
completed ROTC program was discussed. It was suggested that we begin the
process of determining which member will present at which school earlier in the
spring to allow better coordination. The secretary, who coordinates the
program, thought this was a fine idea and agreed to do this next year.
The chapter continues to
search for a suitable recognition for Janett Tetrick’s service to the chapter. Since she has already
received the SAR awards available to the chapter the idea of some custom award
was discussed. Richard Hardesty moved and Luke seconded that the President be
empowered to spend up to $200 on a suitable award. The motion passed
unanimously.
Allen Bell reported on our
plans to begin a color guard. He has so far been unable to contact Ed Young the
state commander but is confident that we’ll be ready to start at the latest in
the fall.
The President called on
Barry Marler to give a brief overview of his current
activities. Barry is the recent past president of the Florida CAR and is now
serving as a regional vice president of the National CAR. He is in the ROTC at
Georgia Tech and has a busy summer planned having just completed his freshmen
year.
Luke Lloyd suggested that
the chapter secure the appropriate service medal for those current and future
members who served in time of conflict. Ken will publish a notice in the
newsletter asking members to provide information if they thus served.
The vice president reported
that the September meeting would be to honor an FBI agent with a law
enforcement award.
Marty won the 50/50 drawing and
donated his share to the chapter. The treasury was thus enriched by $7.00.
President Bolen led the
recessional. Chaplain Hardesty gave the benediction. The meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Yarnell
Chapter Secretary