SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS
IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
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JOHN ALDEN COLONY SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA The John Alden Colony Serves the Ft. Lauderdale area MEETING AND PROGRAM DATES 2010 - 2011 Fall Membership Meeting Saturday, December 11, 2010 Lauderdale Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale Speaker: Dr. Emily Schmitt from Nova Southeastern University Topic: Genealogy and DNA Social Gathering at 11:30, meeting at 12:00 Winter Membership Meeting Wednesday, February 23, 2011 Capitol Grille, Fort Lauderdale Muriel Cushing, our State Historian will be speaking on "Women of the Mayflower" Social Gathering at 11:30, meeting at 12:00 Spring Membership Meeting Saturday, April 30, 2011 Fort Lauderdale Country Club in Plantation Ted Duay will be speaking on Lineage Societies The Scholarship Award will be presented. Social Gathering at 11:30, meeting at 12:00 ********************** JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM Family members under age 18 with the same line of descent are eligible for Junior membership. Junior members are sponsored by an adult member of the Florida Mayflower Society. The one time fee is $30.00, and the Junior member receives a certificate from the State Jr. Chair. This enables the Junior to become a regular member between ages 18 and 25 without payment of an additional application fee. Florida now has 912 Junior Members. For more information contact Colony Junior Chairman William Wilson at wwrwinfl@bellsouth.net. ********************* COLONY SCHOLARSHIP The John Alden Colony will be offering an educational scholarhip starting in the spring of 2001. Details will be available soon. MAYFLOWER STATE SCHOLARSHIP The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Florida offers an educational scholarship to a twelfth grade student who is a citizen of the United States. The applicant must have a proven ancestry to a Mayflower passenger, and the sponsoring relative must be a member of the Florida Society. An unweighted GPA of at least 3.0 and the completion of a 400 to 600 word essay on the Pilgrims are required. The essay needs to be submitted to Laura Brock. The scholarship application can be obtained from: Laura Brock 430 Bay Street NE #705 St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Telephone (727) 823-9258. For further information contact: |
COLONY CONTACTS:
| CONTACT | TITLE | |
| Sherman Bishop | Colony Governor | bishoprlty@hotmail.com |
| Alexandra Harris | Vice Governor | docharris4@comcast.net |
| Katie Bechert | Secretary | bech3091@bellsouth.net |
| Susan Wuest | Treasurer | swuest@aol.com |
| Historian | Contact Governor | |
| Betty Hooks | Elder | |
| William Wilson | Captain | wwrwinfl@bellsouth.net |
| Frank Davis | Director | uslhs@bellsouth.net. |
| Joy Perry | Director | joymp2@bellsouth.net |
| Jeanne Erb | Director | |
| John Shaw | Immediate Past Governor | johnshaw@webtv.net |
| Nancy Fodi |
Webmaster | nancyfodi22@embarqmail.com |
