D.A.R. names new officers

Officers of Bird Woman Falls D.A.R. Chapter have been announced.

They are Tracy Morsching, Kalispell, regent; Margie Haaland, Coram,

vice regent; Janice Moore, Whitefish, chaplain; Sandy Stoutenburg,

Whitefish, secretary; and Earleen French, Columbia Falls, treasurer.

Chapter, formed in June, 2007, has been active in patriotic community

events. These include special projects for Montana Veterans’ Home.

Meetings are held second Saturdays of each month with sessions

alternating between Columbia Falls and Whitefish.

Members of Bird Woman Falls DA.R. Chapter were among officers named

during annual sessions of the Montana Society of the National Society of the

Daughters of the American Revolution in Billings.

Tracy Morsching was named vice regent and Carol Nicholson became

registrar.

Other members of the Montana Society of the NSDAR elected were Joy

Linn, regent, Milk River; Eva Burroughs, chaplain, Black Eagle/Assinniboine;

Jennifer Buckley, secretary, Silver Bow; Louanna Butler, treasurer, Bitter

Root; Myrle Theimer, historian, Shining Mountain; Catherine Lane, librarian,

Chief Ignace; and JoAnn Pizzola, parliamentarian, Silver Bow.

Special guests welcomed were Beverly Jenson, National vice president

general from North Dakota, and Darla Teter, Wyoming state regent.

Eleven chapters making up the Montana Society of the D.A.R. had 40

voting delegates. Registration showed 67 attending meetings at the

Holiday Inn Grand. Also in attendance were three members of the organizing

chapter of Kuilix out of St. Ignatius.

The 2013 state sessions are scheduled for April 17 and 18 in Billings.