Molly Foster Berry Chapter February meeting

Molly Foster Berry Chapter NSDAR met Friday, Feb. 19 at the First United Methodist Church with Chapter Regent Mary Ann French presiding. Members joined in the Opening Ritual, Pledge of Allegiance and Americans Creed. Chapter Chaplin Bernita Hill performed the new member welcome ceremony for Sandy Rylander. The Regent read the President General's message. National Defense report by Nolene Whiteside explained military equipment being used by American forces in Afghanistan. She also gave the Treasurer's report. Due to illness of the Secretary, no minutes were read. Bernita Hill gave the Indian Minute on the Seminole Tribe. Constitution fact was by the Regent. Sandy Rylander's member information was added to chapter yearbooks. The Regent gave a brief report on Junior Membership.

Nolene Whiteside gave the program on Henry Hudson-Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. After several voyages on behalf of English merchants to explore a prospective Northeast Passage to India, Hudson explored the region around modern New York City while looking for a Western route to Asia under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company. He explored the Hudson River and laid the foundation for the Dutch Colonization of the region. Hudson's final expedition ranged further North in search of the Northwest Passage to the Pacific coast of Asia, leading to his discovery of the Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay. After wintering in James Bay, Hudson tried to press on with his voyage in the Spring of 1611 but his crew mutinied and they cast him adrift. His ultimate fate is unknown.

A get well card was signed for Grace Hendrix. Members shared their memories of Washington's and Lincoln's birthday traditions. Avis Stradley shared a book on the DAR Museum in Washington, D.C. with the group. The meeting adjourned with the Daughter's Pledge.

-- Submitted by Mary Ann French.