| President |
Mr. James R. Cook |
446 Haynes Rd.
Marion, NC 28752 |
(828) 738-9612
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blueridgesar@hughes.net |
| First Vice President |
Mr. Harold J. Leiby |
2533 Hendersonville Road Arden,
NC 28704 |
(828) 687-6211 |
joleiby@charter.net |
| Second Vice President |
Mr. Bruce C. Whitaker |
661 Old Fort Road, Fairview, NC
28730 |
(828) 628-1089 |
chesley2@charter.net
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| Secretary and Newsletter Editor
|
Mr. James W. Brush |
2757 No. Mills River Road
Horse Shoe, NC 28742 |
(828) 891-9326 |
jimevie@earthlink.net
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| Treasurer |
Mr. Wayne M. Riggle |
2303 Appalachian Boulevard
Arden, NC 28704 |
(828) 651-8424 |
rigglew@bellsouth.net |
| Registrar |
Mr. John J. Robinson |
148 Ginger Guill Circle
Candler, NC 28715 |
(828) 667-0006 |
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| Genealogist |
Mr. J. Kenneth Cozier |
58 Stony Ridge
Asheville, NC 28804 |
(828) 253-4806 |
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| Chaplain |
Mr. Fisher F. "Bic" Bickerstaff
|
P.O. Box 335
Sylva, NC 28779 |
(828) 586-8330 |
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| JROTC Chairman |
Col. Richard W. Gardner |
590 Sunset Drive
Hendersonville, NC 28739 |
(828) 891-4550 |
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| Eagle Scout Awards Chairman |
Bill Pender Mitchell |
29 Hunters Lane, Hendersonville,
NC 28791 |
(828) 252-2878
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bmitch@bellsouth.net
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| Immediate Past President |
Dr. J Thomas Whetstone |
15 Spring Cove Court, Arden, NC 28704 |
(828) 684-8085 (H)
(828) 669-8011 (W) |
twhetstone@montreat.edu |
| Past President |
Dr. Gerald W. McDonald |
P.O. Box 1208
Mars Hill, NC 28754 |
(828) 689-4582
|
gerrylou3@msn.com
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| Prior Past President |
Mr. John A. Higdon |
337 Vanderbilt Road
Asheville, NC 28803 |
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JALLHIG@aol.com
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| Vice President General, Southeast District
NC, SC, GA, & FL) |
Mr. C.D. Williams |
55 W. T. Weaver Boulevard, Asheville, NC 28804 |
(828) 252-0972 |
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New members are welcomed to the Blue
Ridge Chapter. From L to R,
Winston Walden Pulliam, President Tom Whetstone, VPG C.D. Williams and William
Russell Elliot
ONLINE COPIES OF BLUE
RIDGE NEWSLETTER
Blue
Ridge Chapter Newsletter, Volume IX, Number 3 June
2007
Blue
Ridge Chapter Newsletter, Volume IX, Number 1 February
2007
Blue
Ridge Chapter Newsletter, Volume VIII, Number 6 December
2006
Blue
Ridge Chapter Newsletter, Volume VIII, Number 5 October
2006
Blue
Ridge Chapter Newsletter, Volume VIII, Number 4 August
2006
Blue
Ridge Chapter Newsletter, Volume VIII, Number 3 June 2006
Blue
Ridge Chapter Newsletter, Volume VIII, Number 2 April
2006
Upcoming Events and Activities
February 24 - Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge Ceremony,
Currie NC. This will be the 231st Anniversary Celebration of
the battle. The ceremony will begin with a meeting at Park Headquarters at
9:30 AM, after which participants will be led to the Bridge Monument by the
Guilford Fife and Drum Corps. A single wreath will be presented, representing
all the patriotic organizations within the region.
March 3 - Board of Managers’ Meeting, Statesville NC
March 17 - Celebration of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Greensboro NC.
There will be a formal wreath-laying
ceremony at the General Nathanael Greene Monument. Participants will meet
at the Visitors’Center at 10:15 AM to form the processional to the ceremony
site. A Dutch treat luncheon will follow the wreath laying ceremony.
April 20 – 21 Annual State Convention in Greensboro
July 7 – 11 Annual National Conference will be held in Williamsburg
VA
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| SAR marker dedicated at the gravesite of American Patriot Jacob Wetzel
in a ceremony conducted by members of Blue Ridge Chapter at family cemetery
near Brevard, Transylvania County, NC, 21 May 2006.
Four direct descendants of the patriot attended; descendant and SAR compatriot
Pat Patterson, Mineral Wells, TX, presented a history of Jacob Wetzel.
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Tom Whetstone, President of Blue Ridge Chapter; Jill Chapman,
DAR and Chairwoman of the Transylvania County Abandoned Cemetery Board;
Vice President General C. D. Williams, Compatriot of Blue Ridge Chapter.
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| President Tom Whetstone pins SAR Rosette to the lapel of new member Michael
Norwood Justus, 10 June 2006 |
The newly elected President of the Blue Ridge Chapter, NCSSAR,
Bill Clotworthy (the bearded gentleman on the right) is sworn into office
by Chaplain "Bic" Bickerstaff. Immediate Past President Tom Whetstone
looks on, 10 June 2006 |
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