Edmund Terrill Chapter #34 Sherman

Welcome

Happy Spring, Compatriots!

I had the pleasure of attending our Texas Society's State Meeting, March 27th-30th in Richardson, along with Edmund Terrill Compatriots Gary Barker and Ted Wilson and several who are dual members with our Chapter. Six Compatriots from across the State were given the Patriot Award, the highest SAR award given to an individual on the state level. Several of our Compatriots, both living and deceased and some of our dual members, have been recipients of the Patriot Medal. The Youth Contest Awards winners were outstanding! As for the awards given to specific Chapters, we are to be congratulated on winning the following awards in our chapter size group (26-39 members):

• Col Joe M. Hill Patriot Fund Award for having total contributions to that fund from our chapter that exceeded the total of our previous year's contributions. The Patriot Fund supports scholarships given on the state level to Youth Contest Winners (poster, essay, oration, etc.).
• John Bruce Stuart, Jr. Memorial Award based on Veterans activities over the contest year.
• Texas SAR Americanism Award for recognizing patriotic activities of youth, supporting patriotic education, observance of national holidays and outstanding citizenship.
• Texas SAR Yearbook Award for best yearbook in our size group recording our Chapter's activities. Many thanks to Ted Wilson for doing a superb job on this project each and every year. Please thank him when you see him!

I encourage each and every one of you, new member or not, to be giving a great deal of consideration as to how you may be of help going forward in the Edmund Terrill Chapter. We are desperately in need of help in so many areas, including men to fill officer positions. This fall, we will have a nominating committee that will be contacting many of you about involvement. Please step up and be involved! If you did not pay your dues before the end of 2024, get reinstated! Contact me. I will help you. Our Chapter has a great history, and our Society has excellent objectives that each of us may play a part in fulfilling. They are not secret. They may be found on sar.org (our National Society's website) and texassar.org (our State's Website). Our Chapter's website is https://texassar.org/EdmundTerrill/. Please visit them all and learn more about what role you can play.

Our next meeting is on Saturday, May 17th, 2025 at 9:30am at Grandy's in Sherman. In my absence, our Treasurer, John Young, will be presiding. That day also happens to be Armed Forces Day, so John will lead a discussion centered around the Armed Forces. I encourage each of you who served in the military or who had a relative who served to please bring photos, uniform items, etc., and to be willing to talk about them! We will have them all displayed for anyone in attendance to view.

As we have done in our last several meetings, we will have a gift card as a door prize for one lucky attendee! Please attend and be the lucky one!

Dr. Gary N. Sisson, Acting President

The next meeting will be at the following location beginning

Our meetings are open to all chapter and visiting Compatriots, prospective members and guests. Candidates should select our Membership menu Joining Info link for more information. Our chapter is small and growing. All guests are welcome!