Fund”. Both are for contribu-

tions to help offset expense

incurred when the chapter is

visited by the President Gen-

eral or her representative and

to pay for meals for those

service men and women who

are awarded Military Service

Awards by the chapter.

There are still some commit-

tees that need chairmen. Do

you have a particular field of

interest that you would like to

take part in? If so, please con-

tact me.

Fredrea Cook, President

Cowskin Prairie, CWND

Our installation at the Belvedere

Mansion, in Claremore, was quite

an event! It was wonderful to see

so many happy, smiling faces in

attendance.

My thanks to V.V. Larkin, Ex-

President of the Oklahoma Divi-

sion and to Barbara Crew-Hutton,

Ex-Honorary President of the

Oklahoma Division, for the beauti-

ful installation service. Mary Jeanne

Hansen, Honorary President of

General was instrumental in getting

the Officer books for our new

Officers and we owe her our grati-

tude, as well.

As you will see in this newsletter,

we now turn our attention ahead

to more activity and service. Au-

gust 15—16 are the dates of our

Annual Meeting and Chartering and

I have appointed Sherry Rollins to

chair that planning committee. She

and her committee are work-

ing industriously to make our

first annual event memorable.

For several months we have

worked diligently to organize

and we have come a long

ways. The theme of the An-

nual Meeting is “Follow the

Yellow Brick Road”. I hope

you will plan to be in Baxter

Springs for our Annual Meet-

ing and the unveiling of our

Charter, induction of new

members and presentation of

Chapter Member Certificates.

I have established two sepa-

rate special funds for the

chapter. The first is the

“President General’s Courtesy

Fund” and second is the

“Military Service Awards

I’m happy to say that several of

our members are sending manu-

facturer Coupons to me to be

sent to our Commissaries over-

seas. I have gone over the one

and a half million count with two

million as my next goal. With

Cowskin Prairie's help as well as

some of my local community,

here in McAlester, that goal will

be met before you know it.

I’ve taken over my dining table

to cut material out for Choctaw

shirts and dresses for three of

my great grandkids plus loading

it down with coupons. So you

can see I’m staying busy. I’m

looking forward to bringing

home lots of coupons from our

Annual Meeting in August, so I

hope you ladies will load me

down.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Coupons for Overseas Military by Charleen Samuels ~ Patriotic Activities Committee

Cowskin Prairie, 2702– UDC

Baxter Spings, Kansas

J U N E 1 5 , 2 0 1 4 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

CHAP TE R

OFF ICERS

P R E S I D E N T

F R E D R E A C O O K

1 S T V I C E P R E S I D E N T

C A R R I E C O O K

2 N D V I C E P R E S .

D A N A H U T T O N

3 R D V I C E P R E S .

J A N E T W E A T H E R R E D

T R E A S U R E R

S H E R R Y R O L L I N S

R E C O R D I N G S E C R E T A R Y

K A Y F L E M M I N G

C O R R E S . S E C R E T A R Y

K A T H Y R O B I N S O N

R E G I S T R T A R

J E A N B O H A N N A N

H I S T O R I A N

J A C Q U I E C A R T M E L L

R E C O R D E R O F

M I L I T I A R Y C R O S S E S

H E L E N B U R G M A N

C H A P L A I N

B E T T Y K E M P

P A R L I A M E N T A R I A N

B A R B A R A C R E W -

H U T T O N

Follow the Yellow Brick Road!!!

P A G E 2

Follow the

Yellow

Brick

Road!!

Tentative Annual Meeting Schedule

August 16, 2014

Bus to General Convention As most of you know, I have organized another trip to General Conven-tion. The bus will depart from Muskogee early on

November 5th and re-turn on November 12th. The bus will make nec-essary pick-ups in Mus-kogee, Oklahoma and across Arkansas and Tennessee.

We will be staying at the Omni Hotel and all Gen-eral Convention activi-

ties will be at your fin-

gertips. Our Southern Belle Dinner will be held at the famous Tobacco Company Restaurant, across from our Hotel.

There is limited space available to invite guests. Should you wish to do so, please contact me, as I am keeping the seating/reservation ar-rangements.

If you would like an itin-erary for this bus trip, please contact me and I

will see that you get

one. The cost for the trip is $1100.00 and de-posits are now being taken, with staggered payments to help our

pocketbooks.

6:00-8:45 a.m. Breakfast - Dining Area 8:45-10:00 a.m. Meet in lobby 9:00 a.m. Carpool to Baxter Springs, Kansas 10:00-11:30 a.m. Welcome - Baxter Springs Heritage Center Museum. Tour facility at your leisure

Registration – Sales area in the museum solarium

11:30 a.m. Meet in museum solarium to carpool to the historic Cooper Home Noon-2:00 p.m. Charter Luncheon, Cooper Home Presentation of Charter and Certificates Induction of new members

2:00-4:00 p.m. Business Session Reports of Officers and Chairmen [5 minute time

limits] Action on proposed Bylaws (Bring copy of your report for the

President and Recording Secretary) 4:00 p.m. Travel back to the Holiday Inn Express, Miami, Oklahoma

6:00 p.m. Informal Dinner - Dining Area, Holiday Inn Ex- press for Final Business Session, if needed

August 15, 2014

2:30-3:00 p.m. Registration – Sales area in the Dining Area, Host Hotel, Miami, Oklahoma

3:00-6:15 p.m. Fun Run for $$ to benefit the Military Service Award Meals Fund 6:30-7:30 p.m. Dinner & Prizes-Fun Run Winners - Dining area,

Holiday Inn Express

7:45-8:45 p.m. Communications Workshop – Dining Area

C O W S K I N P R A I R I E , 2 7 0 2 – U D C

Richmond or

Bust!!

Har-Ber Village Women’s Fashion Exhibit

Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Cowskin Prairie Chapter was in-

vited to help open the historical

Women’s Fashion Exhibit at Har-

Ber Village on June 28th. This was

the second living history invitation

extended by the village to the chap-

ter in two months. Several of our

members were able to participate

and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Escorted by Jim Rollins, they braved

the hot sun, strong winds and

storms that rolled in that after-

noon. Our members strolled

through the village, posed for pho-

tos, answered questions and in

general, had a great time. The pub-

lic gave great feedback and appreci-

ated the United Daughters' of the

Confederacy for the living history.

Cowskin Prairie Chapter Installation

Members of the Chapter gathered at

the Belvidere Mansion for a luncheon

and Installation.

Brianna Rollins, Sherry Rollins, Carrie Ann Cook, Fredrea Cook, Kathy Robinson

and Kay Fleming Photo Courtesy Jim Rollins

Photos Courtesy Jim Rollins

Kay Fleming shows her ankles!

Actually, she was showing off her

bloomers.

Sherry Rollins stops for a rest Brianna Rollins, Sherry Rollins and Kay Fleming

June 12, 2014

L-R: President Fredrea Cook, Vice President Carrie Cook, Recording

Secretary Kay Fleming, Treasurer Sherry Rollins, Registrar Jean

Bohannan, Historian Jacquie Cartmell, Parliamentarian Barbara Hutton

and V.V. Larkin Photo by Barnie Larkin

An organizing gavel was a surprise gift from V.V.

Larkin and Barbara Hutton, who officiated the

Installation. Photo by Carrie Ann Cook

P A G E 4

“It was very

humbling to see

these Warriors

as they were

wheeled in to

be so honored”

Subscribe Today !

Oklahoma Honor Fights

by Charleen Samuels

Annual Meeting August 15 and 16

Baxter Springs, Kansas

UDC Magazine Subscription

By Betty Kemp, Magazine Co-Ordinator

I encourage you to subscribe to

the UDC Magazine at $15.00

per year. Two-year subscriptions

$27.00 and three-year subscrip-

tions $40 are also available.

The UDC magazine is the official

magazine for our beloved United

Daughters of the Confederacy.

The General Officers give

monthly updates for the activities

of their office.

There is also opportunity for local

Chapters, Chapters With No

Division, and Divisions to submit

news of their activities. There is

an Historian Official Program.

Historical articles and news of the

Children of the Confederacy.

If you already subscribe to UDC

Magazine, to renew, send your

name, mailing address, date from

the mailing label and undated

check made payable to Treasurer

General, to Betty Kemp, Address

in CP Yearbook. If new subscrip-

tion, just your name, mailing

address and undated check made

payable to Treasurer General.

Please notify me if your subscrip-

tion address has changed. In-

clude your full name, address,

expiration date as it appears on

the label, new address, and the

date that your new address be-

came effective.

Subscription to the UDC Maga-

zine will help you to be a well

informed member of UDC.

day Inn Express in Miami,

Oklahoma . We have a special

rate of $69 plus tax. Be sure

to give the code “UDC”

The dress is casual business so

no shorts and flip flops please.

We are planning on having a

sales table with our new Chap-

ter Pins, Crystal Sunflower

By now all of you have re-

ceived your Call to Conven-

tion. The deadline for returning

the Annual Meeting Reservation

is before August 1, 2014. Mail

it to: Sherry Rollins, Address

in Yearbook.

Don’t forget to call and make

your reservation at the Holi-

Pins, Honey Bee Earrings, Pew-

ter Magnolia Pins and more.

All pins are to be worn off the

official UDC Ribbon.

Lawton, Norman, Claremore,

Clinton, Sulphur, Ardmore and

Talihina. There are other Veter-

ans that do not live in the centers

which are also eligible to make

the trip.

Each Veteran was paired with a

youth escort as they were

wheeled into the auditorium dur-

ing the “Parade of Patriots”.

They were recognized by name

and branch of service they had

served in, then they were given an

OHF bag containing a hat, lap

blanket, bracelet and pictorial of

the “World War II Memorial”

entitled “Jewel of the Mall” and a

packet of letters from area school

children who write letters to the

Veterans thanking them for their

service.

It was very humbling to see these

Warriors as they were wheeled in

to be so honored.

Their days are growing shorter so

please continue to thank all of our

proud Veterans any and every

time you get the opportunity.

I attended an “Honor and Recog-

nition Ceremony” at the Talihina

Veterans Center on June 11,

2014. It was honoring the Okla-

homa Veterans that will be going

to Washington D.C. to see and

visit the World War II Memorial.

It’s called “Operation 4G” which

represents “Giving to the

Grounded Greatest Generation”.

The Oklahoma Department of

Veterans Affairs World War II

says there are 489 Veterans living

at Veterans’ Centers including

C O W S K I N P R A I R I E , 2 7 0 2 – U D C

Reminders

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Copies of approved applications

and transfers are available for

$1.00 each from the Chapter

Registrar—Jean Bohannan, Ad-

dress in CP Yearbook

All Officers and Committee

Chairmen will be called on to

give Annual Reports with a 5

minute time limit.

Dues are due September 1.

$15 General Dues +

$5 Chapter Dues = $20 Total.

To fulfill the sacred duty of

benevolence toward the survi-

vors of the War and those

dependent upon them

To honor the memory of

those who served and those

who fell in the service of the

Confederate States of America

To record the part played

during the War by Southern

To collect and preserve the

material necessary for a truth-

ful history of the War Be-

tween the States and to pro-

tect, preserve and mark the

places made historic by Con-

federate valor

To assist descendants of wor-

thy Confederates in securing a

proper education

women, including their

patient endurance of hard-

ship, their patriotic devo-

tion during the struggle and

their untiring efforts during

the post-War reconstruc-

tion of the South

To cherish the ties of

friendship among the mem-

bers of the Organization

the active members shall

constitute a quorum pro-

vided at least three Ex-

ecutive Committee

Members are present.”

Please remember to

bring your proposed By-

laws with you as we will

not have copies to pass

out.

Daughters at our meet-

ing we will be voting on

the following proposed

Standing Rule:

“At our CWND Business

Meetings, one third of

Proposed Standing Rule

Objectives of the UDC

“We will be

voting on

the

following

proposed

Standing

Rule”

Cowskin Prairie Chapter, CWND

Baxter Springs, Kansas

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Organized April 6, 2014

~ Why I Am a Daughter of the Confederacy~

The name "United Daughters of the Confederacy" is a registered trademark of the General Organization and may not be used

outside the Organization without the express written consent of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I was born a Daughter of the Confederacy. A part of my heritage was that I came

into this world with the blood of a soldier in my veins...a soldier who may have had nothing more to leave behind to me and to

those who came after me except in heritage..a heritage so rich in honor and glory that it far surpasses any material wealth that

could be mine. But it is mine, to cherish, to nurture and to make grace, and to pass along to those yet to come. I am, therefore, a

Daughter of the Confederacy because it is my birthright.

I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I have an obligation to perform. Like the man in the Bible, I was given a talent and

it is my duty to do something about it. That is why I’ve joined a group of ladies whose birthright is the same as mine...an organi-

zation which has for its purpose the continuance and furtherance of the true history of the South and the ideals of southern wom-

anhood as embodied in its Constitution.

I am a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy because I feel it would greatly please my ancestor to know that I am a

member. It would please him to know that I appreciate what he did and delight his soldier love to know that I do not consider the

cause which he held so dear to be lost or forgotten. Rather, I am extremely proud of the fact that he was a part of it and was num-

bered among some of the greatest and bravest men which any such cause ever produced.

I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I can no more help being a Daughter of the Confederacy than I can help being an

American, and I feel that I was greatly favored by inheriting a birthright for both.

Written by Mary Nowlin Moon 9Mrs. John)

A member of Kirkwood Otey Chapter 10, Lynchburg, Virginia

First read at a Chapter meeting on June 2, 1915

Published by Kathy Robinson, Corresponding Secretary