VIRGINIA DIVISION
CHILDREN OF THE CONFEDERACY

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65th Annual Virginia Division Convention

Front Royal, Virginia
June 15-16, 2001

The 65th Annual Convention of the Virginia Division, Children of the Confederacy, was held on Friday and Saturday, June 15-16, 2001, at the Warren Rifles Confederate Memorial Museum in Front Royal, Virginia.

On Friday, local historian and John S. Mosby SCV Camp member Sam Riggs treated attendees to a pre-convention walking tour of Front Royal ending at the Prospect Hill Cemetery monument to the executed members of Col. John S. Mosby's command. The following day, after conducting its business session, the Division elected officers for the 2001-2002 year. Miss E.A. Huffer, a member of Tom Telegraph Chapter #868, was elected to the presidency.

Other officers include: John Adams (Antonia Ford Chapter), Vice President Dylan Lee (Antonia Ford Chapter), Second Vice President Kendra Wimer (Tom Telegraph Chapter), Third Vice President Crystal Brown (Norfolk County Grays Juniors Chapter), Treasurer Brooke Myers (Belle Boyd Chapter), Recording Secretary Virginia True (Tom Telegraph Chapter), Historian Robin Adams (Antonia Ford Chapter), Chaplain Jamie Maupin (Skylark Chapter), Editor Jenna Swanson (Turner Ashby Juniors Chapter), Custodian

VIRGINIA DIVISION CofC OFFICERS, 2001-2002 (L-R): Outgoing President Miss Katie Fraser; President Miss E.A. Huffer; Vice President Mr. John Adams, Honorary President of Division Miss Jennifer Props; Second Vice President Mr. Dylan Lee; Third Vice President Miss Kendra Wimer; Recording Secretary Miss Brooke Myers; Outgoing Recording Secretary Miss Christina Fox; Historian Miss Virginia True; Outgoing Chaplain Mr. Andrew Griffin; Chaplain Mr. Robin Adams; Custodian Miss Jenna Swanson; Editor Miss Jamie Maupin. Not shown: Miss Crystal Brown, Treasurer

Other awards and honors were as follows:

• Spencer Burch Award - Catechism Quiz, 13 and older

  1st - John Adams (Antonia Ford)
  2nd - Jennifer Props (Tom Telegraph)

• Catechism Quiz 12 and younger

  1st - Dylan Lee (Antonia Ford)
  2nd - Sean Williams (Antonia Ford)

• Catechism Quiz 6 and under

  1st - Edward Lipscomb (Lucy Mina Otey)
  2nd - Alex McLean (Belle Boyd)

• Catechism Quiz - Past and Current Virginia Division CofC and UDC Presidents

  1st - Joan Logan Brooks (Kirkwood Otey)
  2nd (tie) - Suzanne Silek (Warren Rifles) and Katie Fraser (Antonia Ford)

• Best written chapter report - Antonia Ford
• Best chapter scrapbook - Tom Telegraph
• Second best chapter scrapbook - Lucy Mina Otey
• Best chapter yearbook - Tom Telegraph
• Most new members - Alexander Nelson Seymour
• Most members attending the convention - Tom Telegraph
• Chapter chartering with the most new members - Princess Anne Rebels
• Chapter donating the most money to Howard Stiles Nuchols Scholarship - Antonia Ford
• Brianne N. King Award to the chapter ordering the most insignia - Belle Boyd
• Chapter ordering the most catechisms (tie) - Tom Telegraph and Princess Anne Rebels
• Best Confederate Poem - E.A. Huffer (Tom Telegraph)
• Best Confederate artwork - E.A. Huffer (Tom Telegraph)

• Katherine M. Whitacre Award: Outstanding girl member of the C of C - Brooke Myers (Belle Boyd)
• W. Edward Senn Award: Outstanding boy member of the C of C - John Adams (Antonia Ford)

• Honorary President of Virginia Division CofC: Jennier Props

  Honorary Division President Miss Jennifer Props (at right)

• Robert E. Lee Award: Mrs. Anne Simmons (Warren Rifles)
• Honorary Associate Member of Virginia Division CofC: John W. Lougheed

  Outgoing Division President Miss Katie Fraser bestows honorary associate membership in Virginia Division CofC on Mr. John W. Lougheed

Congratulations to Virginia Division President E.A. Huffer on her election as Historian General, Children of the Confederacy, and to Virginia Division Vice President Mr. John Adams on his election as Chairman of the Nominating Committee! Congratulations on a job well done to Miss Brooke Myers, Virginia Division Recording Secretary, who served as Chairman of the 47th annual General convention!

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