St. Joseph Chapter celebrates 50th anniversary

The St. Joseph Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution members met to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our chapter. Two charter members, Mable Hodges and Mazie Stone, who are sisters, are still members and were present, filling in the members on the history of the chapter. Regent Davida Carnahan led the celebration and the following meeting. Regent Carnahan and Chaplain Fran Walters administered the new member oath to our newest member, Cindy Lang. We are pleased to have her join us. Members brought canned goods to be given to the Two Fish Market for the Thanksgiving baskets and will bring Christmas gifts for the Clifford Chester Sims State Veterans’ Nursing Home at the next meeting. These are just a few of the things our chapter does in our local community. The guest speaker was the well-known local historian, Kesley Colbert, who spoke on the history of St. Joseph and Port St. Joe, taking us from the time the bay was named St.

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