Thirty-Seventh Star Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Located in McCook, Nebraska.

Organized February 21, 1912.

37th Star meets the first Tuesday of each month - See Program for Dates and Place Below.

37th Star Officers 2008 - 2010

Regent - Lillian Corey Kehler

lilkehler@gmail.com     308-278-2640

Vice Regent - Sherrie Goad Dack

sdack@swnebr.net 308-345-3239

Chaplain - Carolyn King Christie

308-345-4455

Secretary - Charlotte Ulrich Lawson

308-345-4190

Treasurer - Beryl Hamilton Knotwell

308-394-5781

Registrar - Sharon Beebe Lytle

308-345-5208

 

2008-2009 Programs

SEPT 1st
Meeting 11:30 AM @ High Plains Museum
Carpool to Danbury Depot for lunch
Program: Patsy Redfern, Danbury , Tour Danbury Depot

OCT 6th
Meeting 1:00 PM @ Community Hospital
Program: Sharon Conroy, Women's Health

NOV 3rd
Meet 10:30AM @ Hillcrest Nursing Home
Lunch 11:30 AM @ Fuller's Restaurant meeting follows
Program: Patsy Redfern, Veterans' Celebration

DEC 1st
Meeting Noon @ Sharon Lytle's Home for Christmas Meal
Program: Members, Christmas Memories

JAN 5th
Meeting 1:00 @ High Plains Museum
Program: Sherrie Dack, DAR Pin Placement

FEB 2nd
Meeting 1:00 PM @ High Plains Museum
Program: Sherrie Dack, DAR Indian Schools

MAR 2nd
Meeting 11:30 PM @ Chief Restraunt
Program: Doroty Hauxwell, Good Citizen Award
                Christie Clapp, Women of the American Revolution

APR 6th
Meeting 1:00 PM @ High Plains Museum
Program: Beth Ann Hartzer, Floral Demostration

MAY 4th
Meeting 1:00 PM @ High Plains Museum, DAR Room
Program: Annual Open House - Memorial Service, Alumni &
                 Honor Members Year's in DAR Presentations.
                 Guests welcome.

HONOR MEMBERS

Life Member

Alpha Christian Dutton Easterly*
Esther Bailey Sherman*
Florence Franklin Watkins*

70 Years

Winona Metheny*

60 Years

Beryl Knotwell

50 Years

Marian Bramwell*
Alma Galloway
Rosa Hahn*
Marjorie Herrman*
Marjorie Johnston*
Ruthella Jones*
Bertha Messinger*
Marjorie Vant*
Stella Witham*

40 Years

Christine Ferguson*
Evah Nielsen*

25 Years

Helen Allen, Maribeth Augustyn, Zolona Chinn*, Constance Chrisman*, Carolyn Christie,
Christie Clapp, Wilma Cohen*, Virena Creasman*, Margaret Easter*, Judy Hall, Dorothy Hauxwell,
Lois Hoff, Mary Keslin, Lucille Kleesick*, Sharon Lytle,
Doris McCasland, Julia Martin, Dorothy Nicholson, Freda Olson
Mitty Quigley, Patsy Redfern, Mildred Reeves, Judy Reiman

*Denotes deceased

 

MEMORIAM

Ida Milligan (Mrs. C.T.)*

37th Star Chapter Regent 1955-56

Nebraska State Regent 1969 - 1970

Mrs. E.E. Gillette*

Nebraska State Auditor 1921-1923

Nebraska State Chaplain 1926-1928

Nebraska State Historian Mar 1928 - Oct 1928

37th Chapter Regent 1925-1926

Mrs. Christine Van Pelt Ferguson*

Nebraska State Treasurer 1954-1956

Nebraska State Chaplain 1956-1958

Mrs. Oneta Silvester*

Nebraska State Musician 1996-1998

 

Membership in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution is open to any woman, not less than eighteen years of age, who is lineally descended from a man or woman who aided in the cause of American Independence. A prospective member must be able to prove her lineage back to an ancestor who served the American cause during the American Revolution. Please contact our Regent, Vice Regent or Registrar.

 

37th Star Ancestors 

Arthur, Richard

CT

Baldwin, Joseph

CT

Bates, Ephraim

VA

Beebe, William

CT

Bell, Martha McFarlane

NC

Bellis, Adam

NJ

Biddle, Andrew

MD

Boyer, George

PA

Calkin, Oliver

NY

Carlton, Lewis

SC

Carpenter, John

VA

Cart, William

PA

Chastain, John

VA

Corey, Phillip

RI

Cress, George

VA

Davis, Devotion

NC

Ellis, Ephraim

MA

Folwer, Jeb

RI

Gaddis, Thomas

VA

Gammill, John

NY

Jackson, Benjamin

NJ

Jackson, Edward

NJ

Loomis, Jonathan

MA

Mercer, John

VA

Miller, Ebenezer

CT

Nettleton, Thaddeus

CT

Pease, Isaac

CT

Powers, William

VA

Shepard, William

MA

Slaven, John

VA

Spence, Burwell

VA/NC

Stone, James

RI

Strobridge, William

CT

Taylor, James

CT

Wadlington, James

SC

Webster, Jonathan

MA

Wilson, Henry

NC

Wilson, Robert

NJ

Winslow, Stephen

MA

Wiseman, Isaac Sr.

PA

 

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