The Emma Sansom Chapter of the UDC

The Emma Sansom Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met Oct. 25 at the Rome-Floyd County Library.

President Sandra Salmon conducted the meeting. Chaplain, Melodye Brown, gave the devotion and led in pledges and salutes to the flags. For “Flag Minute,” Brown shared the history of the flagpole. 

Salmon and First Vice-President Frances Evans presented Daryl Jean Gould with two supplemental certificates on her Confederate ancestors. Pat Millican presented the historian general’s program on “The Great Seal of the Confederacy.” Salmon shared information from the 114th Georgia Division Convention held earlier this month in Savannah. Emma Sansom Chapter won 12 awards and these were shared with those present.

The Southern Literature and Arts Report was given by the president on two awards won from this category. Daryl Jean Gould, music chair, shared a song new the members, titled “Wheeler’s Calvary.” Millican, the Judah P. Benjamin chair, and Salmon presented a Judah P. Benjamin Award to Gould for her community volunteer work.

The club’s special speaker was Wayne Shelley speaking on “Ghost Stories.” Hostesses for the meeting were Pat Millican and Shirley Kinney.

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LAVENDER VIEW GARDEN CLUB

Lavender View Garden Club members met at the home of Shirley Muller for their October meeting. President Marion Richards was co-hostess. Ann Bradfield, program chairman, introduced the guest speaker, David Gregory, of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Gregory gave a presentation on back yard wildlife. He said black bears and raccoons love to eat bird-seed out of bird feeders and that there are many bob-cats, foxes and coyotes in Floyd County. However there are no cougars in this area. He emphasized to keep wild animals wild by not leaving food out and by not providing a place for habitat.

Alice Andrews, treasurer, reported the club had received a check from the Coosa Valley Fair Association for ribbons won by members. Doris Schultz, horticulture chairman, announced that the winners were: Andrews: Five blue, one red and two white. Ann Bradfield: One blue, two red and one yellow. Suzanne Field: One blue, two red and two white. Marion Richards: Two blue, two red and one white. Adine Shepherd: 11 blue, seven red, three yellow and two white. Andrews also reported a check had been received for volunteer service of the members at Harbin Clinic South Eastern Cardiovascular Institute. She then made new assignments for members volunteer work schedule at SCI.

Shepherd, from the awards Committee, reported the club was presented the first place national award certificate for the Blue Star By Way Memorial Marker at the Laurel District meeting in Hiawassee on Oct. 22. Peggy Eason, Suzanne Field, Marion Richards and Doris Schultz attended the meeting. Eason, past president, accepted the award presented by Betty Grimes, president of the Garden Club of Georgia.

Civic Chairman Ann Harris said she and Shepherd planted pansies in the garden plot and placed a colored ribbon on the sign as a seasonal accent.

Andrews, garden therapy chairman, reminded members to bring decorated Christmas stockings and items for the Fig Leaf project, for Clients at Northwest Regional Hospital, to the next meeting.

Bradfield, membership and program chairman, distributed the new 2010 Garden Club of Georgia Calendars and also announced the November/December meeting would be held at the Victorian Tea Room on Dec. 7.

Following the meeting, members had luncheon with a Halloween theme. Everyone then participated in a white elephant sale as a fundraiser for the club.