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Apr 2016 Editor Don Hyland, Assistant Editor Dr. Virgil Short For Members of General Joseph Bartholomew Chapter Son's of the American Revolution Bloomington, IL, Chartered Oct 21, 1975 Don Hyland, Editor Gordon Bidner GJB SAR Pres. The Chapter Meeting of Mar. 15, 2016 was held at the Lakeside Country Club at 6:00 pm with 20 mem- bers, wives, and guests in attendance. Don Hyland provid- ed Patriotic back- ground music and picture show of past chapter events be- fore the meeting was called to order. After the meeting was called to order by President Bidner and attendants wel- comed, the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Al Abbott, SAR Pledge was led by Ray Owens, and the invocation was given by Chapter Chaplain, Virgil D. Short MD. Chapter business conducted included Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports presented by David Ashbrook and Don Hyland respectively. David updated the chapter on issues and actions taken since the last chapter meeting. Don updated the financial status of the chap- ter. These reports were discussed and accepted. Other business included motions made, seconded, and approved to accept leadership decisions to create the new Associate Membership category, to donate $100 to the Miller Park WW II Memorial project led by Dale Mills, a Viet Nam Veteran, and to develop a new committee, Membership Commit- tee, in an effort to in- crease awareness of who we are and support increase in member- ship. Solicited donations for the ILSSAR Auxiliary Silent Auction Basket for the May 13th ILS- SAR Meeting in Springfield were col- lected. Those present then par- took of a meal from the house menu. Dan Leifel, our first Associate Member, was present- ed his Associate Member Certificate and Pin by Bill Hammitt assisted by Virgil D. Short MD following which he presented the program for the evening, “John Jay: The Most Hated Founding Father. ” The meeting was then closed with the SAR Reces- sional. Virgil D. Short MD GJB SAR Chaplain and Host for This Meeting For details see pg 10 Dan Leifel Receiving Cerficate and Pin as GJB SAR Chapter’s First Associ- ate Member. L-R Gordon Bidner, Bill Hammi, Dan Leifel, Virgil Short MD
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Editor Don Hyland, Assistant Editor Dr. Virgil Short
For Members of
General Joseph Bartholomew Chapter
Son's of the American Revolution
Bloomington, IL, Chartered Oct 21, 1975
Don Hyland, Editor
Gordon Bidner GJB SAR Pres.
The Chapter Meeting of Mar. 15, 2016 was held at the Lakeside Country Club at 6:00 pm with 20 mem-bers, wives, and guests in attendance.
Don Hyland provid-ed Patriotic back-ground music and picture show of past chapter events be-fore the meeting was called to order.
After the meeting was called to order by President Bidner and attendants wel-comed, the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Al Abbott, SAR Pledge was led by Ray Owens, and the invocation was given by Chapter Chaplain, Virgil D. Short MD.
Chapter business conducted included Secretary’s and
Treasurer’s reports presented by David Ashbrook and
Don Hyland respectively. David updated the chapter
on issues and actions taken since the last chapter
meeting. Don updated the financial status of the chap-
ter. These reports were discussed and accepted.
Other business included motions made, seconded, and approved to accept leadership decisions to create the
new Associate Membership category, to donate $100 to the Miller Park WW II Memorial project led by
Dale Mills, a Viet Nam Veteran, and to develop a new committee, Membership Commit-tee, in an effort to in-crease awareness of who we are and support increase in member-ship.
Solicited donations for the ILSSAR Auxiliary Silent Auction Basket for the May 13th ILS-SAR Meeting in Springfield were col-lected.
Those present then par-took of a meal from the house menu.
Dan Leifel, our first Associate Member, was present-ed his Associate Member Certificate and Pin by Bill Hammitt assisted by Virgil D. Short MD following which he presented the program for the evening, “John Jay: The Most Hated Founding Father.”
The meeting was then closed with the SAR Reces-sional.
Virgil D. Short MD GJB SAR Chaplain and Host for This Meeting
For details see pg 10
Dan Leifel Receiving Certificate and Pin as GJB SAR Chapter’s First Associ-
ate Member. L-R Gordon Bidner, Bill Hammitt, Dan Leifel, Virgil Short MD
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L-R Virgil Short MD, David Ashbrook, Dan Leifel, Gordon
Bidner, and Sandi Bidner
L-R Edward Procter, Al Abbott Jr., Robert Bowen, and
Louise Bowen
L-R Lance McCormick, David Dougall, Marlene Edwards,
David Edwards, and Ray Owens
L-R William Hammitt, Jean Hammitt, Jay Cummins, and
Tobe Bradley (guest)
Dan Leifel, First Associate Member and program speaker
of the evening
Basket and donations for the ILSSAR Auxiliary Silent Auc-
tion Basket for the May 13th ILSSAR Meeting
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L-R Clark S. Killingworth, VP GJB SAR Chapter and Thomas
Ashby, Pres. ILSSAR
Richard Chamblin, Great Lakes District VPG
Above are photos of some attendees of the ILSSAR BOM meeting held Feb 12-13, 2016 at the B/N Marriott Hotel and Conference
Center.
Please note the Apr 14, 2016 GJB SAR
17th Annual Outstanding Good Citizen-
ship/Scholarship Banquet will be held at
the Bloomington Country Club at 11:30
am. Reservations must be received by
Gordon no later than Apr. 1, 2016. Use
Reservation Form on page 9.
Jim DeGroff, ILSSAR Secretary and Webmaster
John Dyrud, NSSAR/ILSSAR Trustee
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Illinois was well represented:
1. Great Lakes District VPG Dick and Cheryl Chamblin
2. ILSSAR President Tom and Linda Ashby
3. ILSSAR Sr. VP Toby and Sue Chamberlain
4. ILSSAR Trustee John Dyrud
5. ILSSAR Chaplain Dave Ashbrook
6. J. Gordon Bidner, Pres. General Joseph Bartholomew SAR Chapter
7. Dr. Allan Campbell, Captain Zeally Moss SAR Chapter
Here is a ‘short report’.
1. SAR 1,000 Recognition Breakfast Feb. 27th—Dr. Allan Campbell was awarded the ‘Signer
Level Recognition’ pin for a contribution between $1,776 and $5,327 AND Sue Chamberlain became a George Washington Fellow as did Gary R. List.---congratulations Allan, Sue and Gary---AND thank you!
2. The ‘Solid Light Proposal’---was discussed at length at the ExCom meeting on Feb. 25th and
then again on Saturday morning. Fourteen state societies sent Resolutions to the NSSAR Leadership with eight in favor of the Solid light Proposal and six expressing opposition to the proposal. During the ExCom meeting Bill Stone (AL), Chair of the Solid Light Committee, Da-vid Billings (AL), Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, David Boring (MI) and Randy Ellis (OK) Chair of the Budget Committee and Sam Powell (NC), SAR Foundation President all made presentations regarding the ‘Proposed Center Exhibit Hall/Museum’. These same presentations were then made again on Saturday morning—at the trustee’s meeting-- along with a video provided by the Solid Light folks and a presentation by the Solid Light Project manager. The floor was then opened for questions and comments before breaking for lunch and additional comments, a motion and a ballot vote. The first motion was to pay the balance of the $549,000 bill for ‘The Plan’ which passed with but one dissent. Then another motion was made to proceed with the Solid Light Interactive Museum Plan and start a Capital Cam-paign for $10 million dollars to fund the project. The project is tentatively not to start until the money is raised and or pledges received. The Trustees earlier were advised that the Muse-um Board recommended two alternatives a $5 million dollar project or a $7.5 million dollar project with the Museum Board in support of the $7.5 dollar project. Why the $10 million? Two reasons 1) it fits within the ‘1776 Campaign’ 2) It will take some time to attain this goal and costs and technology will likely increase and change. The roof top garden and the base-ment ‘video’ were not included in the proposed motion OR discussion. From 2000 to 2007 the NSSAR has raised $4,265,387 and from 2008---2015 $7,300,330 has been raised at an average of $912,541 per year. Twenty two percent or approximately 7,500 of the SAR mem-bers contributed an average of $296/member over these last 15 years. So, it appears it will take 5-7 years at best to raise the $10 million. Remembering that NSSAR has a debt pres-ently of $1,238,715.47 for the headquarters buildout. The total ‘net assets’ for year end 2015 is $8,010,027.80.
3. The vote was 44 Yea’s and 29 No’s. ---73 voted---trustees, VPG’s, General NSSAR Officers and 8 PPG’s— 60.3% in favor and 39.7% against the motion. I guess the thing that bothered me most was twofold: 1) The ‘major press’ that was made and the attempt to provide infor-
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mation that wasn’t previously available to members to pass the issue including the ‘PPG Sympson Letter’, the ‘financials’ from Billings, Boring and Ellis and the Powell Fund Raising Report. 2) When the vote was announced a loud YEA from those in favor of the motion---I could understand an applause, but not the loud voices. Why, it further substantiated the fact that this was more about winning and face saving than it was about doing what is best for the SAR or at least seriously considering the objections and concerns raised. If I were in NSSAR leadership I would be MOST concerned about the 40% that feel both ignored, disen-franchised and being seen as some have said as ‘naysayers’! I promise all of you reading this summary that the 40% love the SAR as much as the 60% and most im-portantly want the NSSAR to remain solvent and committed to its members and purpose.
4. SAR Branding Report by Rick Hollis was made to the ExCom members and accepted with thanks.
I think I have attended 10 NSSAR Leadership meetings since 2008 ---when I became ILSSAR Presi-dent, then Trustee and then a VPG. The meetings are most generally interesting and informative and over the years I have made several good friends and acquaintances. It also seems that most often there is an issue(s) in a political sense and under currents. It also seems that there is a con-stant battle by past NSSAR leadership to remain in control of the direction of the SAR. The one thing that came out of this--- that was most positive--- is that concerns were raised about the ‘Solid Light Plan’ and many ‘Rank and File Members’ expressed their concerns and they had a voice and a hearing of sorts. The major concern expressed by many was the lack of a good ‘marketing/evaluation’ of the project along with reasonable projections of attendance and revenue versus ex-penses. The expectations is for a positive revenue stream for the ‘Education Outreach Interpretive Center’ of around $200-300,000 per year with an average yearly attendance of around 65,000.
Lastly, IT (Information Technology) Chair Bill Marrs (TX) gave his report on the updating of the web site, SAR Data System Development and Mike Scroggins on digitizing some 2.2 million pages of ap-plications and supporting documents as they head toward a Genealogical Research System similar to the DAR. The good news is IT is being worked on and budgeted for as funds are available.
I will stop here and not report on the several committee meetings I also attended. I would be pleased to answer any questions this email might raise--- and if any of the ILSSAR attendees feel I have er-rored or misspoken in any way in this abbreviated report please feel free to make your comments.
In SAR Service, Gordon
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PROGRAM / EVENTS 2016
Jan. 13th, 7:00 p.m. 2016 Program Planning at the home of Bill and Jean Hammitt.
Feb. 1st. Knight Essay’s Due.
Feb. 12-13th ILSSAR BOM meeting. B/N Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Normal, IL. Feb. 25-27
th. NSSAR Spring Leadership meeting. Louisville, Ky.
March 10th
. Illinois Patriot Newsletter Deadline for April
March 15th
6:00pm. Lakeside CC. Program: “John Jay: The Most Hated Founding Father,” Dan Leifel,
Host: Virgil Short.
March 19th. Schweizer History Teacher Award applications due---April 1st for ILSSAR.
March 24th. GJB SAR Good Citizenship/Scholarship Applications Due.
April 3rd
7:00 p.m. GJB SAR Good Citizenship Committee meets at the Bidner Home.
April 14th
11:30 a.m. 17th Annual GJB SAR Outstanding Good Citizenship/Scholarship Luncheon. Bloomington CC, Speaker: Dr. Tim Killeen, President University of Illinois, “The Future of Higher Education,” Hosts: Al Ab-bott, Dave Ashbrook, Don Hyland, Don Lush, Virgil Short, GJB SAR Color Guard
April 18th
7:00 a.m. Patriot’s Day. Bob Evans Restaurant IAA Drive—“Open Discussion,” Host: Clark Kill-ingsworth.
May 13-14th. 126th ILSSAR Annual Meeting Abraham Lincoln Hotel, Springfield, IL.
May 30th
7:00 a.m. Bob Evans Restaurant IAA Drive, Bloomington, Hosts: Don Hyland and Don Lush—9:00 a.m. Memorial Day Parade—Bloomington, IL.
June 10th. Illinois Patriot Newsletter Deadline for July.
June 14th
7:30 a. m. Flag Day. 1st Presbyterian Church, Normal, IL. Catered by Times Past Inn. Hosts: Dave Ashbrook and Jeff Kretlow
July 4th
. Independence Day. “Down’s 4th
of July Parade.” Hosts: Don Hyland, Don Lush.
July 8-13th. 126th NSSAR Congress, Boston, MA. Westin Copley Hotel.
July 12th
6:00 p.m. Lakeside CC. Program: “John Hawes I.,” Lance McCormick, Host: Bill Hammitt.
August 11th. Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade
August 12-13th.ILSSAR BOM Meeting Wyndham Springfield City Centre Hotel, Springfield, IL (The old Springfield Hilton)
Sept. 10th. Illinois Patriot Newsletter Deadline for October
Sept. 20th
1:00 p.m. SAR-DAR Constitution Week and Law Enforcement/Fire Safety/EMS Awards Program. Col-lege Park Christian Church, 116 N. Cottage Ave., Normal, IL. Keynote speaker: Appellate Judge Jim Knecht, Hosts: Jeff Kretlow, Cherie Valentine and Don Hyland.
Sept. 29-Oct 1st. NSSAR Fall Leadership Meeting, Louisville, KY.
Oct. 11th
6:00 p.m. Lakeside CC. Program " Moses Allen,” Ray Owens, Nominate the 2017 Officer/BOM Leader-ship Team, Host: Ray Owens.
Nov. 4-5th ILSSAR BOM Meeting Marriott Pere Marquette , Hotel, Peoria, IL.
Nov. 11th
12:30 p.m. Veteran’s Day—Michael’s Restaurant, Bloomington, Lt. Col. William L. Warren, Elect and install the 2017 Officer/BOM Team. Host: David Edwards
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2016 Chapter Officers Agenda of Meetings
President: J. Gordon Bidner 5150 E 2050 North Rd. 309-963-4240 Carlock, IL 61725-9417 [email protected]
Vice President: Clark S. Killingsworth 1402 Shannon Dr. 309-454-1485 Normal, IL 61761 [email protected]
Secretary: David K. Ashbrook 15895 Old Colonial Rd. 309-825-3369 Bloomington, IL. 61704 [email protected]
Assistant Secretary: Jay L. Cummins 8 Buckingham Ct. 309-838-0971 Bloomington, IL 61704 [email protected]
Secretary Emeritus: Harry E. Hoit Luther Oaks,601 Lutz RD 309-557-8246 Bloomington, IL. 61704 [email protected]
Registrar: David J. Dougall 2006 Wakefield LN 309-663-0709 Bloomington, IL 61704 [email protected]
Genealogist: William M. Hammitt 1103 Spear Dr 309-452-1527 Normal, IL 61761 [email protected]
Treasurer: Donald E. Hyland 304 Felmley Dr. 309-287-2939 Normal, IL. 61761 [email protected]
Chaplain: Dr. Virgil D. Short 704 Lara Dr 309-452-7857 Normal, IL 61761 [email protected]
Sergeant-at-Arms: Alvin R. Abbott, Jr. 204 Collins Dr 309-808-4551 Normal, IL 61761 [email protected]
Editor, The General’s News: Donald E. Hyland 304 Felmley Dr. 309-287-2939 Normal, IL. 61761 [email protected]
2016 Board of Managers
David L. Edwards, 904 Star Dr., Heyworth, IL 61745, 309-498-1007, [email protected]
Alan C. Washburn, 1413 Chadwick Dr, Normal, IL. 61761, 309-454-4933, [email protected]
William A. White, 608 S. Darst St., Eureka, IL 61530, 309-467-3433, [email protected]
Welcome
Pledge of Allegiance
SAR Pledge
Invocation
Secretary’s Report
Treasure’s Report
Other Business
Program
SAR Recessional
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General Joseph Bartholomew Chapter
Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
David James Dougall
Illinois No. 8380
National No. 185020
Date of Admission – October 1, 2012
By Descent From
Uriah Hanks
Uriah Hanks was born May 4, 1736 in Sagaisle Island, Massachusetts. He was the sixth of ten chil-dren born of Benjamin Hanks, Jr. (1702-1787) and Mary White (1704-1772). Uriah married Irene Case (born on March 20, 1735) in Mansfield, Connecticut. Uriah died on July 4, 1809 and Irene on August 7, 1807. They both died in Mansfield, Connecticut and are buried in Old Storrs Cemetery.
Uriah Hanks was an inventor and a prominent gun maker from Connecticut who manufactured gun locks for the Colonial troops. In the Colonial Records of Connecticut, it stated that “Uriah Hanks made valuable locks in Mansfield in 1775-1776.” American Gun Makers published that Uriah was a gun maker for the Committee of Safety where from June 10, 1776, he made 87 double-bridled locks and from April 1777, he made 15 gun-locks.
In addition, when it was impossible to get knitting needles during the Revolution, and when farmers could not ring their hogs and anglers could not fish, Uriah constructed a wire-drawing apparatus which drew out wire by horsepower, the first wire-drawing machine in America.
Uriah and Irene had ten children. One of their sons, Colonel Benjamin Hanks (1755-1824) was a clock maker and established a foundry that cast the first bells and bronze cannons made in America. Benjamin served in the second company of General Israel Putnam’s Third Connecticut Regiment as a drummer from May 8 to December 10, 1775. He marched from Manfield, Connecticut for the relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm.
Uriah’s grandfather, Benjamin Hanks, Sr., arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1699 coming from London. In Representative Women in New England published in 1904, it states that Benjamin Hanks, Sr. is the great grandfather of Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States.
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General Joseph Bartholomew Chapter
of
Sons of the American Revolution
17th Annual Outstanding Good Citizenship/Scholarship Banquet
Banquet Reservation Form
Bloomington Country Club, 605 Towanda Ave., Bloomington, IL 61761 11:30 a.m., April 14, 2016
Member Name: ______________________________________________________
First Middle Surname
Number of Meal Reservations: ____________ Amount of check enclosed @ $24 per person: ________________________ Attendee Names (for name tags and table placement): Member: ______________________________________________ Guest:________________________________________________ Guest:________________________________________________ Guest: ________________________________________________
(Please list first and last names)
NOTE: Please return Reservation Form by March 24, 2016 along with check for total number reser-vations requested made payable to Gen. Bartholomew Chapter SAR to J. Gordon Bidner, 5150 E. 2050 North Rd., Carlock, IL 61725-9417, for questions he may be con-tacted at Ph: 309-963-4240 Members planning on attending should have their reservations to Gordon by Apr. 1, 2016
2015 GJB Officers
President:
J. Gordon Bidner
V. President:
Clark Killingsworth
Secretary:
David Ashbrook
Assist. Secretary:
Jay L. Cummins
Secretary Emeri-
tus: Harry Hoit
Registrar:
David J. Dougall
Genealogist:
William Hammitt
Treasurer:
Donald E Hyland
Chaplain:
Dr. Virgil Short
Sergeant of Arms:
Alvin R. Abbott, Jr.
GJB Chapter
Newsletter Editor:
Donald E. Hyland
BOM Members:
Alan C Washburn,
William A. White,
David L. Edwards
Committees
Citizenship: J. Gordon Bidner, CH.,
Bill Hammitt, William White, Virgil
Short, Lee Wilder, Phares O’ Daffer,
Alternate David Ashbrook
Education/Public Relations: Donald
Lush, CH., Dave Ashbrook, Don Hy-
land, Alan Washburn
Public Relations: Dave Ashbrook,
CH., Jay Cummins, Gordon Bidner
Flag, Law Enforcement, Fire Safety,
EMS: Jeff Kretlow CH., Ed Proctor,
Dr. Virgil Short, David Dougall, Bill
Hammitt,
Eagle Scout: Bill White, CH., Dave
Ashbrook, Clark Killingsworth, Al
Abbott, Lance McCormick
Veterans/ROTC Affairs: David
Edwards, CH., Bill Miller, Virgil
Short, Bud Lewis, Bill White, Jeff
Kretlow
Finance Committee: Kelly Gray,
CH., Don Hyland, Dave Ashbrook,
Phares O’Daffer, Lee Wilder
Nominating: 2016 Leadership
Team
Program/Membership: Chapter
Officers & Board of Managers
Color Guard/ Parade: Don Hyland,
CH., Don Lush, Dave Ashbrook, Al
Abbott, Dr. Virgil Short
The General’s News: Don Hyland,
Editor, Dr. Virgil Short, J. Gordon
Bidner, Editorial Board
Apr 2016 The Generals News Pg 10
To submit articles or pictures to the newsletter send to : [email protected]
This statue known as The Lexington Min-uteman is commonly believed to depict Cap-tain John Parker. It is by Henry Hudson Kit-son and stands at the town green of Lexing-ton, Massachusetts.
The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treat-ed and appreciated by our nation.
George Washington
First President of the Unites States of America
April 3
rd 7:00 p.m. GJB SAR Good Citizenship Committee meets at
the Bidner Home.
April 14th
11:30 a.m. 17th Annual GJB SAR Outstanding Good Citizenship/Scholarship Luncheon. Bloomington CC, Speaker: Dr. Tim Killeen, President University of Illinois, “The Future of Higher Education,” Hosts: Al Abbott, Dave Ashbrook, Don Hy-land, Don Lush, Virgil Short, GJB SAR Color Guard
April 18th
7:00 a.m. Patriot’s Day. Bob Evans Restaurant IAA Drive—“Open Discussion,” Host: Clark Killingsworth.
May 13-14th. 126th ILSSAR Annual Meeting Abraham Lincoln Ho-
tel, Springfield, IL.
May 30th
7:00 a.m. Bob Evans Restaurant IAA Drive, Bloom-ington, Hosts: Don Hyland and Don Lush—9:00 a.m. Memorial Day Parade—Bloomington, IL.
