A 60-year DAR pin was presented to 1976 organizing regent, Sarah Peel Mabry (right), by DAR officer Sherry Hebert (left).
DAR District VII directo r Carol Lowe (left) spoke after being introduced by Smith-McMillan Chapter regent Pamela Burke (right).
A $4,500 donat ion to th e Faison House was made by the Smith-McMillan Chapter NSDAR. Shown are (from left) Claudia Valastro, DAR member and Faison House docent; Marie Watts, treasurer and Faison Preservation Society vice president; Jackie Head; and Pamela Burke, Smith-McMillan Chapter regent.
A program on “N.W. Faison House, Uncovering It’s True Past, The story of Louisiana Brown Faison (freed woman)” was given by Marie Watts.
The annual Smith-McMillan NSDAR Chapter Christmas luncheon was held at the Fritsch Auf! Valley Country Club in La Grange.
During the social prior to the program, members and guests mingled and perused the many beautiful items in the Christmas raffle benefitting the chapter’s scholarship fund for area high school recipients.
Regent Pamela Burke opened the program at 11:30 a.m. along with chaplain Kathy Schatte in leading the DAR ritual. Sherry Hebert accompanied on her violin the singing of the national anthem. Burke welcomed and recognized special guest Carol Lowe, director of District VII in Texas.
