The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet in the community room at First National Bank on Main Street in Smithville on Saturday, March 20 at 9:30 a.m. The subject of the meeting will be American heritage. Hostesses will be Marjorie Matetzschk and Pat Small and the speaker will be Vice Regent Michelle Kee, who will give a program on lace history.
The public is welcome to attend.
The Lost Pines Chapter NSDAR held its regularly meeting on Saturday, Feb. 20 with TSDAR State Regent Joy Hagg as speaker. She presented an informative and interesting program titled, “Honor the Ladies.” The program was about women who have NSDAR chapters named after them.
Hagg and chapter chaplain Marjorie Matetzschk officially welcomed the group’s newest member, Pat Topping.
Two members were presented with a vase of flowers for their outstanding service in the Lost Pines Chapter NSDAR.
Fran Godwin, chapter treasurer for more than 10 years, has carried on her duties during her own illness and that of her husband. The other honoree, Ella Lee Sheffield, who is most deserving of recognition for what she has done to promote the local chapters of TSDAR and NSDAR, was South Central Division Program committee vice chairman of NSDAR a couple of years ago. She has served as chairman or co-chairman on several TSDAR committees. She has held many chapter offices including regent from 2005-2007 and chaired many committees. Sheffield presents the chapter’s annual genealogy workshop every August and is helpful to anyone who believes they qualify to become a member of NSDAR. She has been a member of NSDAR since 1976 and she has been chapter registrar since 2007. No matter what office or chair she held, she helped the group chapter grow. Sheffield has personally researched and typed 53 DAR applications so others could join NSDAR.
For more information, please call Regent Mary Edith Scott in Smithville at 512-237-5415 or Vice Regent Michelle Kee in Elgin at 512-581-3242.