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1 Feb /March V o l u me 1, Is su e 7 s Lee s Traveller #957, Savannah Elizabeth Mims, Editor Millwheel Dr, Houston, TX Shelby Savannah Salge, President Speial Interest Articles: Add a highlight Upcoming or your point Events of interest here. Message from Shelby I hope everyone had a great Valentine s Day! Add a highlight Please or plan your to attend point of the following interest events here. and meetings! Saturday, Add March a highlight 14th, 2009 Fun Outing or your to Mountasia point of Houston interest here. 11:00am Saturday, March 21st, 2009 Oran M. Roberts UDC Meeting Clayton Library 2:00pm * our chapter is providing the refreshments so contact Jennifer Salge at Individual Highlights: if you'd like to contribute a dish. Sunday, Inside April Story 19th, Chapter Meeting & Confederate Inside Memorial Story Service 3 Spring Creek Park 2:00pm Inside Story 4 Sunday, Inside May Story 17th, Chapter Meeting Salge Last Home Story 6 2:00pm Friday, June 12th, through Sunday, June 14th, CofC Texas Division Convention South Shore Harbour Resort & Conference Center * our chapter is hosting so please plan to attend and provide support for this event! Please check out the Lee's Traveller website at com/~txtravpt/index.htm for more information on upcoming meetings and events. Our chapter met on Sunday, February 15 th, at the Vasek s home for a meeting and celebrated Valentine s Day by exchanging gifts of candy and cards. We had a great time playing together and the food was so good too! January was an important month for our Confederate heritage. Lee s Traveller was wellrepresented at a number of events. Savannah, Gabby, Garrett, Ross, and I had a great time presenting a program to the ladies of Robert E. Lee 186. We also had members attend the Jefferson Davis Hospital Marker Dedication, the UDC District III Confederate Heroes Day celebration, the Southern Heritage Ball, Granbury s Texas Brigade Cotillion, and UDC Texas Division Forum. Thank you to everyone Allan for doing such a great job posting colors in uniform at the District III event, Garrett for doing so well with his part of the luncheon program, Gabby for her part in the luncheon program as well as her hard work at Forum with the silent auction and more, Michael for his participation at the Cotillion, Ashley for attending the Ball, Savannah doing a great job with her part in the luncheon program and attending the JD Marker Dedication, and Ross for his part in the luncheon program and for representing us so well at the JD Marker Dedication. Thank y all for traveling with Traveller also! Thank you to all of you who made Valentine s cards in support of Lauren Ewest s project, Operation Cup of Love. Our chapter made and mailed 290 cards total WAY TO GO!!! And, thank you for your time. Our February project is remembering Texas Real Daughters. We sent cards and $5 to each of them. Remember our Confederate Days of Observance. We remember these important dates in our chapter newsletter as well as at our meetings. If you aren t able to be with us at meetings, remember to ask your mom, dad, grandmother, or grandfather to talk to you about important dates each month. It s important to remember our Southern heritage. In this issue, you ll see the dates for February. IMPORTANT! Please join me in welcoming Michael Kernan as a new member of our chapter. His papers have been approved and he is official now. Welcome, Michael! We like having you at our meetings. Thank you to Savannah for accepting the position of 1 st Vice President for our chapter. She ll be handling our insignia orders now. She s still our editor too. Thank you, Savannah! We do not have a regular chapter meeting in March but I have been planning a fun outing for the group. We ll be heading to Mountasia Houston on March 14 th for a day of fun including miniature golf, bumper boats, and go karts. Please see the details in this issue of the newsletter. I think for most of us it s the beginning of Spring Break. I hope y all can make it. If we don t see you in March, have a great Spring Break! Remember our next regular chapter meeting is April 19 th at Spring Creek Park where we ll have a Confederate Memorial Service at the Powder Mill Marker. Please plan to attend this special event. Love, Shelby

2 Historian s Notes from Gabby Vasek January Meeting I attended our meeting in January with the Robert E Lee Chapter 186, our sponsoring chapter. I had a really great time. Vargo s was a beautiful place and the chicken strips were good. I really liked the park there. We had fun giving the Confederate Heroes program. Thanks to Miss Jenny for leading us! Forum In January, Shelby and I went to Forum in Notes from Robert E Lee Chapter 186 Thanks to members of Lee s Traveller for the delicious desserts we enjoyed at our December meeting. Shelby & Ross Salge and Gabby & Garrett Vasek prepared homemade desserts as a special thank you to the ladies who sponsor Lee s Traveller Chapter. The ladies certainly enjoyed your efforts. Bellmead. It was really a fun event. There were lots of Children of the Confederacy members attending. We helped with the Silent Auction for scholarships and got to set up the tea for the luncheon. Shelby and I collected donations for the Welcome Home a Hero project. Thanks so much Shelby for your help and hard work! You are always such a good partner. Welcome Home a Hero Project January Meeting Members of Robert E Lee Chapter 186 held their Annual Luncheon honoring Robert E Lee, Thomas Stonewall Jackson and Matthew Fontaine Maury on January 17 th. We were so delighted to have members of Lee s Traveller join us and provide a great tribute to the heroes we honor at our annual luncheon. Thanks to Mrs. Jennifer So far we have collected $ to purchase Gummy Lifesavers (10 boxes). Shelby, Ross, Garrett, Allan and I are each donating a box so that brings us to 14 boxes. Our goal is 20 boxes so we ve still got a few to go. Please let me know if you would like to donate money or Gummy Lifesavers (large size). They are $12.99 per box of 24 rolls. Miss Jenny found them at Sam s. We ll put the thank you notes on the Gummy Lifesavers at our February meeting. Salge, Director of Lee s Traveller Chapter 957, and members Savannah Mims, Shelby Salge, Ross Salge, Gabby Vasek and Garrett Vasek for the wonderful program honoring Confederate Heroes. You added so much to our annual celebration. Treasurer s Notes from Garrett Vasek Our January meeting was a lot of fun with the Robert E Lee Chapter. Thank you to the ladies of the Robert E Lee Chapter for inviting us. I really liked the peacocks. Thank you! Mrs. Carol Noack, grandmother of Ethan Noack, made a generous donation of $50.00 to our chapter. Thank you so much for your gift, Mrs. Noack! We appreciate it very much. Members, please let me know if you have any ideas for fundraising.

3 Page 3 of 3 Member s Daddy Serving in Afghanistan Jason Vasek serves in the U.S. Army and is currently in Afghanistan. He was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska before being deployed on February 16 th. He will finish his tour and return to Alaska in approximately 13 months. This is his second tour in Afghanistan. Jason is Owen Vasek s daddy. Owen is a member of Lee s Traveller Chapter. Jason is the uncle of Shelby and Ross Salge and Gabby and Garrett Vasek, and the brother of our Chapter Director, Miss Jenny. While Jay is serving our country, Owen and his mother Kim are living in Anchorage, Alaska. Please keep them all in your prayers. We will give you Jason s address as soon as we have it. He would love to hear from you. Our support means a lot to those who have accepted the responsibility of making sure we are safe and making the world a better place. Caption describing picture or Happy Birthday: Tyra Garza - February 6th Taylor Baumann - March 23rd Members Shelby Salge and Gabby Vasek at UDC Forum on January 31, 2009 in Bellmead, Texas.

4 Reminder to All Members Please mark you calendars for our Texas Division Convention, June th. We will be busy with preparations during the upcoming months and will be calling on you to join the effort. Our workshop during the event is titled Historical Workshop. During this time members will create art that reflects our Southern Heritage. Activities will include watercolor, sketches, poetry, play writing, singing, music, essay, etc. Start working on your special talent and have your ideas ready for the workshop. Presentations will be made during the Southern Banquet. Abraham Lincoln once asked General (Winfield) Scott the question: "Why is it that you were once able to take the City of Mexico in three months with five thousand men, and we have been unable to take Richmond with one hundred thousand men? "I will tell you, " said General Scott. "The men who took us into the City of Mexico are the same men who are keeping us out of Richmond." Chapter Library Update by Ross Salge I ve received news from Mrs. Carolyn that the Thomas Jefferson Stubbs Chapter 2523 UDC in Conroe has donated some books to our chapter library. We ll get to look at them at the next meeting in April. Thank you to these UDC ladies! Dues due Member dues are payable by March 31st of each year. It's just right around the corner so please make a note to be looking for your dues statement soon (via ). These dues are for 2009-June 1 through May 31). The amount per member is $ Statements coming soon!!! If any 7 th or 8 th graders are participating in the Texas Division UDC Essay Contest this year remember that we have a chapter library. You can call me or me and I can tell you what books are available. Don t forget to check out items from the chapter library during any of our chapter meetings. It s good to study our Southern history. Remember to use our chapter library for preparing your historical programs too (if you signed up to present one this year)!

5 Page 5 of 5 What Have You Been Up To? Melody Townsend's Middle School girls basketball team won the district championship (Northland Christian Schoo this year. She plays the post position. She has also been selected to be on the MS softball team. Go Cougars! Ross Salge has some exciting news to share...he lost his first baby tooth on Sunday, February 8th. Then, he lost his second baby tooth on Thursday, February 19th. He got to put his first tooth under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy but we could not find the second one. We were at a horse arena that evening. He either swallowed it when he was having a snack or it's in the dirt inside the arena. We looked but could not find it so he chose a rock at the arena to put under his pillow. He wrote the Tooth Fairy a letter to let her know that he REALLY DID lose a tooth and he hoped she would take his rock. She did! Ross is also starting his second season of baseball and is on the Tampa Bay Rays. He's excited about it! He's had one practice so far. Ross is also registered for his first season of flag football. He really likes to tackle so we'll see how this goes. He'll start sometime in March. Shelby has some fun news to share also...she was chosen for the Spelling Bee again this year at her elementary school and participated in that on January 22nd. She did not win but she did really well! Shelby also participated in the 4th & 5th grade Science Fair at her school in January. She was so surprised to learn that she won 1st place for 4th grade. She worked really hard on her project and more importantly had fun with it. She received a blue ribbon too! On February 17th, the winners from each elementary school in Fort Bend ISD were invited to a District event where they displayed their projects and received congratulations from the Superintendent of Fort Bend ISD. It was a neat evening and she received an "Outstanding Exhibitor" ribbon. Savannah Mims has lost her first tooth! She is also working on her back handspring. She has also earned an additional 4 Girl Scout try-its.

6 TEXAS DIVISION UDC 7TH AND 8TH GRADE ESSAY CONTEST IMPORTANT! To our 7th & 8th graders - Briyanna Holt, Dennis Miller, Taylor Baumann, Lauren Ewest, Tyler Grimm, Travis Hunter, Melody Townsend, and Valerie Turner: All of you are eligible to participate in the UDC Essay Contest this year. I hope you will consider it! There are 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place prizes for each grade. Please see the information below for more details. If you wish to participate, just let me know. I will need to receive your essays no later than April 10th so that I can complete the chapter paperwork and submit all chapter entries together by April 15th. Moms & Grandmas, encourage your 7th & 8th graders to participate!!! Please let me know if you have any questions at all! Ms. Jen TOPICS: Confederate Generals of Texas OR Medical Care on the Battlefield during the War Between the States DEADLINE: April 15, 2009 to UDC Texas Division 2nd VP Guidelines for Students 1. Length: Words 2. Title Page: Title of paper, Name, Grade 3. Body: Typing is preferred, but not required; double-spaced, pages numbered, references noted. 4. Essays will be judged on interest, historical accuracy and research. Grammar, spelling, and legibility (if handwritten) will be considered. 5. Prizes are awarded for first, second and third place in each grade. Instructions for Chapter Second Vice Presidents 1. Please submit 4 copies to Division Second Vice President postmarked by April 14, Please include a letter with your chapter name and number, your name and address, and a list of the students for whom you are submitting essays. Awards (For each grade) First place - $30.00 Second Place - $25.00 Third Place - $20.00

7 Page 7 of 7 Reminders: Lee s Traveller would like to wish Happy Birthday to the following Robert E. Lee ladies: Mrs. Kimberly Zais - February 1st Mrs. Beverly Hugghins - February 14th Mrs. Kathy Loyd - February 19th Mrs. Tamala Cory - February 26th Ms. Mildred Drum - February 21st Mrs. Joann Troegel - February 21st Mrs. Jennifer Salge - March 22nd Mrs. Lillie Helton - March 30th Members, do not forget to order your insignia! Contact Savannah Mims with your order! An order form can be found in your Chapter Yearbook! ANNOUNCEMENT Confederate Days of Observance February 2nd - Albert Sidney Johnston February 3rd - Sidney Lanier February 6th - James Ewell Brown Stuart February 11th - Alexander H. Stephens March 31st - John Herbert Kelly Thank you to Savannah Mims & Shelby Salge for agreeing to take an additional officer position in the Chapter. Savannah will be serving as our 1st Vice President and is responsible for insignia orders. Shelby will be serving as our 2nd Vice President and is responsible for our Catechism lessons. Thank you both for working so hard for our chapter!

8 Member Durant at Member Allan Grimm with George W. Durant Chapter at the Confederate Heroes Day Celebration sposored by UDC District III in Huntsville, Texas on January 17, This is Ashley Grimm, Ms. Carolyn's granddaughter, at the Southern Heritage Ball at the River Oaks Country Club on January 17, This is member Michael Kernan at the Southern Cotillion hosted by Granbury's Texas Brigade SCV Camp 1479 at April Sound on Lake Conroe on January 17, Members of Lee s Traveller with Lois Lowe, State Director, at the Jefferson Davis Hospital Marker Dedication on January 18, WE CELEBRATE CONFEDERATE HEROES DAY 2009! Members with Bertram Hayes Davis, great great grandson of Jefferson Davis and his family at. the Jefferson Davis Hospital Marker Dedication on January 18, 2009.

9 Page 9 of 9 MEMORIES FROM THE FEBRUARY CHAPTER MEETING Allison and Travis Hunter during the Historical presentation. Members and their lip lollipops! Lifesavers for Gabby s Division Project

10 March Outing We will not have a regular meeting in March since it falls during Spring Break, but for those who will be in-town we are getting together for a day of fun! WHERE: Mountasia Houston State Highway 249 Houston, TX (281) (see map link on chapter website) WHEN: Saturday, March 14th, 2009 TIME: 11:00am until? (the facility closes at 11:00pm) The Salge s have coupons for $22.99 that they ll provide on the 14th. This price includes unlimited Go Karts, Bumper Boats, and Miniature Golf. You ll also want to bring additional money for the snack bar, and games or batting cages. RSVP to Shelby if you are planning to attend salge@texas.net or I hope you can join us!!! Visit for more information. If you ve received a report card in the last 6 weeks and made As and Bs you are eligible for free tokens (see Grades for Tokens section).

11 Page 11 of 11 Texas Division Children of the Confederacy 2009 Convention South Shore Harbour League City, Texas June 12-14, 2009 MARK THESE DATES!!! JOIN US AND ENJOY TEXAS TROPICAL SOUTH! DON T FORGET TO PACK YOUR SWIMSUIT THE POOL IS OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR AND GALVESTON BEACHES ARE MINUTES AWAY!!! IN ADDITION TO GATHERING WITH OUR FRIENDS AND HAVING OUR ANNUAL MEETING, WE VE ALSO GOT SOME PRETTY SPECIAL ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR YOU! MEMORIAL SERVICE CRUISE INTO GALVESTON BAY ON A TEXAS PADDLEWHEELER AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY AND HISTORY! TOSS AN OCEAN FRIENDLY WREATH IN HONOR OF OUR CONFEDERATE ANCESTORS! ENJOY AN AFTERNOON CELEBRATING YOUR SOUTHERN HERITAGE! FUN AT THE KEMAH BOARDWALK FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY AMUSEMENT PARKS WITH THRILLING AND FUN RIDES, WE VE GOT A GREAT LATE AFTERNOON PLANNED FOR YOU. FOLLOWING OUR MEMORIAL CRUISE WE WILL MEANDER OVER TO THE KEMAH BOARDWALK AND PLAY TILL WE DROP. FOR THOSE WISHING TO ENJOY A LESS EXCITING EXPERIENCE, THERE ARE MANY SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS ON THE BOARDWALK! NIGHT AT THE MOVIES WE LL GATHER FRIDAY EVENING TO WATCH SOME GOOD OLD SOUTHERN MOVIES AND ENJOY POPCORN, COOKIES AND SOFT DRINKS! TEAPOT LUNCHEON WE WILL HONOR THE LADIES WHO SO BRAVELY SUPPORTED AND DEFENDED THE CONFEDERACY AND AT THE SAME TIME MANAGED TO PROTECT FAMILY AND HOME DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. A CHINA TEAPOT WILL TELL THE STORY OF A FAMILY S LOVE AND SACRIFICE FOR THE SOUTH LAND SOUTHERN BANQUET OUR CELEBRATION WILL CONCLUDE WITH A BANQUET AND SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT. THE EVENING WILL INCLUDE A SOUTHERN SING-ALONG AND A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF SOUTHERN TALENT FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT. PLEASE JOIN US AND SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE OUR YOUNG MEMBERS TO LOVE AND APPRECIATE THEIR SOUTHERN HERITAGE AND PRESERVE IT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME! REGISTRATION INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE MARCH 1 ST.

12 Members Name: Registration Form Texas Division Children of the Confederacy 2009 Convention South Shore Harbour League City, Texas June 12-14, 2009 Address: Telephone: Chapter Name, Number, City: Chapter Office(s): Please check if first time attendee: Please check if new member (membership approved since 6/1/08) Parent(s)/Guest(s)/Alumni Name: Address: Telephone: Chapter: Office(s): If Alumni, list CofC offices held Total Number of Registrants: (includes members, parents, guests, alumni) UDC members Please include offices you hold in the Division and General organizations. Men s Heritage Organizations Please include camp name, and division and general level offices held. Send Registration to: Mrs. Bernice Elgar 714 Gulf Port Neches TX Registration Fee is $5.00 per person. Please include with completed registration. Payable to: 2009 Convention Fund. Deadline-May 22nd Reserve Accommodations at South Shore Harbour by May 22 nd. Rate: $ per night. Mention CofC Room Block when making reservation or

13 Page 13 of 13 Use the code below to uncover information about Robert E. Lee! 1. Robert E. Lee had children His father was nicknamed Lee attended Military Academy He served in the War Between the States and the War. 5. He was able to outwit 5 Union Generals on the battlefield during the WBTS,, ,, and He graduated in his class from West Point and never received a single during his years. 7. His wife, Mary Custis, suffered with After the War was over, Lee worked as president of College His daughter,, died from typhoid fever when she was 23 years old. 10. He also rode his horse named during the War. She was a present from J.E.B. Stuart. 11. He died on 12th, A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

14 Historical Workshop Texas Division Children of the Confederacy 2009 Convention South Shore Harbour League City, Texas June 12-14, 2009 We will feature a Historical Workshop that will be held during the Convention on Saturday from 1:30 4:30. It will include all forms of art/talent appropriate for children through age 18. This will serve as preparation time for the evening s entertainment. We encourage you to start working on your historical project now so you will be ready to put the finishing touches on it at the Convention. This is your opportunity to showcase your talent(s). Paint a picture, dance, sing, play a musical instrument, write an essay, write a poem, perform a gymnastics routine, etc, with a Southern flair. Just complete the attached form and submit by May 1 st so we can make sure your name is included on the list of entertainment for the Southern Banquet on Saturday evening Name: Telephone: Description of Project for talent show: Please make sure your project includes a Southern theme or reference. If you are playing a musical instrument and don t have a Southern song in your repertoire, a Christmas carol from that time period would be great. If you are performing a dance, gymnastic or martial arts routine, you could use Southern background music, a Southern motif for your costume, etc. THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. WE LL HAVE A GREAT TIME!

15 Page 15 of 15 Poster Contest Texas Division Children of the Confederacy 2009 Convention South Shore Harbour League City, Texas June 12-14, 2009 Join in the fun of Convention 2009 and prepare a poster for your CofC Chapter!!! The posters will be displayed throughout the 2009 Convention and prizes will be awarded for the most original design and the most active chapter. Your poster should include the Division and Chapter name and the city. Please include photos, art, and memorabilia of this year s activities! List all the benevolent, historical, memorial and educational endeavors your chapter contributed to through participation or attendance. Tri-fold display boards work great for this. Bring your poster to the convention and turn in at the registration table when you arrive. Thanks for being a part of Convention 2009!