September 25, 2017 - The recent 2017 District IV workshop of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas was held in Tyler. District IV consists of twelve east Texas chapters, bounded on the north by Tyler and Longview, on the east by Center, on the south by Livingston and on the west by Mabank. Attending from the William Carroll Crawford Chapter were Judy Lee, Merle Howard, Barbara McClellan, Maggie Casto, Gail Sholar, Fay Eddins, Vickie Martin, Lavonne Wood, Carol Looney, and Alease Copelin. Also shown in the picture are DRT President General Barbara Stevens and District IV Representative Johnnie McWilliams.
After the Friday afternoon tour of the American Freedom Museum in Bullard, the host chapter sponsored a pizza party at the hotel, for an evening of fun, fellowship and embarrassment. The fun and fellowship was simply connecting with and seeing members from other chapters. The embarrassment was how little I knew about Texas during the Texas Trivia game. (Did you know that two soft drinks originated in Waco? Of course, Dr. Pepper, but also Big Red.)
Saturday morning, following the pledges to our US and Texas flags, the business session began. Reports from the State Board of Management (the State of the DRT message) and committee reports were given.
Breakout session for chapter presidents, chapter registrars and chapter treasurers were held, reminding those officers of changes concerning their reports and/or application occuring in the past year. Other chapter members heard the session on “Building a Strong Chapter” presented by President Barbara Stevens. Workshops deal with the day to day running of a successful chapter.
Ending the day, William Carroll Crawford Chapter President Judy Lee extended the invitation to the 2018 District Workshop, to be hosted in Center by the William Carroll Crawford Chapter.
Submitted by Maggie Casto
