Sons of the American
Revolution
Meeting Notice and News, March
2011
Compatriots,
Our next
meeting will be held on March 19th in the private meeting room of
the Piccadilly Cafeteria, located at
We’ll be presenting our annual Fire Safety medal to Mario Pitts. We
appreciate your attendance to acknowledge the service of this man.
Below are a number of other items that may be of interest to you. Thanks for taking the time to look them over.
Regards,
Kevin Yarnell
Secretary,
Our Color Guard participated
in two events this past month. The first was the annual Massing of the Colors
held in
Annual JROTC Luncheon,
April 16th
We hope you’ll save the date and make every effort to attend our 13th annual JROTC luncheon. Each year our chapter provides JROTC medals and certificates to the commanders of the local High School JROTC and university ROTC units. The commanders award these medals to one of their outstanding cadets.
In order to allow the members to meet these fine young men and women we began inviting the chosen cadets to attend our April meeting. Over the years we’ve earned a good reputation with the units and many schools attend every year. That positive response is due in large measure to the willingness of the membership to take a break from their “usual lunch partners” and eat with a cadet and his guests. The personal touch is most appreciated by the cadets and their families.
The program this year will look at events from the life of Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley. The building in which our secretary works at Tampa Catholic is named in honor of this man. Some Christmas-time reading revealed that the Archbishop was quite the man of conviction and had a hand in molding American public opinion in the lead up to World War II. The secretary hopes to use these stories to inspire all of us to a greater commitment to our core values.
A Personal Note from
the Secretary
I regret
that I won’t be able to attend the March meeting. I’ll be in
The seminary program will necessitate a 4-year absence from most of the chapter meetings and so I’ll be unable to continue with the chapter’s secretarial duties. Robert Koehler has agreed to take over for me for the fall meetings. We’re very grateful for his willingness to take on the minutes and membership duties.
We hope to divide up some of the other things that need to be done by and for the chapter to several members. We’ll provide greater detail next month. Many of these jobs are short-term or once per year obligations. (For example, we have to file the “Chapter Challenge” report prior to March 31st each year.) None are difficult but they are all important and the chapter will be grateful for volunteers to take on these tasks for 2012.
There are two note-worthy exceptions to the above description. Bob Yarnell has agreed to take over this simple newsletter next fall until a replacement can be found. Clearly this is a larger commitment as it requires the editor to produce eight publications each year. You may find the first one to be a bit time consuming but after a few months you’ll be surprised at how quickly the job can be completed.
The second larger commitment is the JROTC program. Here too, we have plans to divide up the work but will need a coordinator who can be our point of contact with the unit commanders. Some patience is required since not all the unit commanders are quick with responses to emails and letters. Mostly, I trust you’ll keep in mind how important this program is to the young men and women we honor and thus volunteer the time to help.
For each job we’ll make sure you’re properly prepped to do the work. Please begin to give some consideration to how you can help out our fine chapter.
While I won’t
be leaving until next August, allow me to take this opportunity to express my
appreciation to the chapter for letting me do these jobs over the course of the
last several years. It has truly been a pleasure. I trust those who take up
these various duties will find them to be as rewarding as I have.
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Some Pictures from
Our February Meeting
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The top left picture
is of Terry Brown, a prospective member, who, dressed as Top right: President
Lloyd presents Paul Farley with a War Service medal Bottom left: Bill
Floyd receives his Military Service medal Bottom right: Our
speaker, Ken Nichols, receives a certificate of appreciation from Luke. |
Minutes
of the February 19, 2011 meeting of the Tampa Chapter SAR
President Lloyd called the meeting to order at
Members present: Marty Miller, Luke Lloyd, Terry Doan, Chuck Copeland,
Alan Bell, Jack Bolen, Roger Quackenbush, John Sessums, Chuck Hawley, John Skillman, Charles Klug, Milt Alexander, Robert Koehler, Paul Farley Gray
Reece, Dick Young, Robert Yarnell, and Kevin Yarnell
Welcome guests:
Wives: June Bolen
Other guests: prospective members Leo Kelly
and Terry Brown; Ken
In our continuing effort to get to know our members, the President asked
Robert Yarnell to give a brief self-introduction.
John Skillman gave a brief report on the recent Florida Board of
Management meeting. He’ll be attending the Last Naval Battle celebration and
invited others to join him.
The President and members introduced the guests.
The minutes of the January meeting were approved.
The secretary related some emails from members that were unable to
attend. Our ROTC program will begin in earnest next month. Details for the
April luncheon were provided and the secretary asked for volunteers to help
with making the award presentations at the high schools.
The President asked the secretary to provide some further explanation of
the Chapter Challenge Contest run by the Florida Society which he provided.
Treasurer Chuck Copeland reported a checking account balance of
$2,548.56 and cash of $136.88 for a total of $2,685.44.
On behalf of the Chapter Color Guard, Alan announced that the group will
be presenting the colors at the March 12th C.A.R. State Annual
Meeting to be held in
Alan Bell, the chapter registrar, reported on the status of our
prospective members. We have 2 membership applications pending at national. A
third prospect is nearly complete as are nearly a dozen supplemental
applications
Under old business, Terrell Sessums researched
the issue of liability insurance and sent his findings to the President. Based
on this information, the chapter decided that such insurance was not necessary.
Chuck Copeland, as Treasurer, requested that the chapter books be
audited. The President asked for a volunteer.
The meeting recessed for lunch.
The President then presented awards to
- Paul Farley
with a War Service medal for his service in
- Bill Floyd
with a Military Service medal for his service.
The President then called on Bob Yarnell, the Vice President, to
introduce our speaker Ken Nichol. Ken is a member of the St. Petersburg Chapter
of the SAR and spoke on the Declaration of Independence. The speaker began by
detailing the major events leading up to the Declaration. A handout detailed
twenty-eight such events which Mr. Nichol explained. He then gave a brief
overview of the Declaration and concluded with a few significant events that
occurred after the Declaration was signed.
John Skillman won the 50/50. He donated his share to the treasury which
was thus enriched by $27.00. John Skillman provided three copies of the
“Patriots of the American Revolution” magazine which were given to three
additional attendees whose tickets were selected.
The President led the recessional, Jack Bolen gave the benediction, and
the meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Yarnell
Chapter Secretary