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DAR press release

Geneice Morris, Sarah Maples Registrar, introduced Jane Doclar who was the speaker at a seminar given by the Sarah Maples Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to help perspective members fill out applications electronically on line. The seminar was held at The Library at Cedar Creek Lake on September 24, 2016 and lunch was served. Jane took us step by step with slides to show us how to do electronic applications. After each step she answered questions we might have. Proof has to be downloaded to the application to support every statement.

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Drama teacher Glenda Gregory along with her Mabank students came up with a skit having to do with Constitution Week. Pictured are Grace Dickens, Jacey Pridgen, and Morgan Crawdord. It was so nice to have these students entertain the Sarah Maples Daughters of the America Revolution and we hope they will come back. The scribes were Jacey Pridgen and Morgan Crawford who took turns reading the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Grace Dickens played Freedom. The first ten Amendments (Bill of Rights) were ratified effective December 15, 1792. Freedom lit a candle for each of the ten amendments. It was a wonderful skit and the girls did a great job for Constitution Week. (Courtesy photo)

Ian Snyder (pictured) from the Mabank High School recited an essay, “The Preamble to the United States Constitution,” at the last meeting of the Sarah Maples Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution on September 21. It was written for Constituting America’s Essay Contest on February 21, 2011, written by David Bobb, PH.D., director of the Hillsdale College, Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. The Chapter says the Preamble to the United States at each meeting, and it is probably the most well known part of the Constitution. We are grateful to Ian for reading Dr. David Bobb’s essay as he takes the Preamble apart line by line as he explains the meaning of each phrase and helps us to comprehend each word. It is important to know how to use these phrases correctly. The Preamble is like poetry and we remember the words, if not the meaning. So thank you Ian for helping us learn more about the Preamble. (Courtesy photo)

Press release

Carol Dwinnell was the speaker at the Rootseekers meeting on September 19 at the Tri-County Library in Mabank. Suzanne Fife made the introductions. Carol has a very interesting ancestor who lived in Massachusetts during the witch trials. Her topic was “Much Maligned Family.”

In 1692 three sisters were tried as witches in the Salem Witch Trials. Two were hanged, Rebecca Towne Nourse, wife of Francis Nourse, and Mary Towne Estey. The Third sister, Sarah Towne Bridges Cloys (Clayse), wife of Peter Cloyse was imprisoned and one historian says released while another says she escaped and hid in a cave until exonerated.

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