Volume 12, Issue 5 Dates to Remember 1 Fall Outing 1 President’s Message 2 Member News 2 Constitution Day 225th 3 Speaker and Recognitions 4 Sheriff Neil Warren 5 Fire Service Recognition 6 Patriotism Week/Citizens 5 The Chapter meeting starts at 7PM the third Tuesday every month. We gather at the Golden Corral on Barrett Parkway about 6 for dinner and fellow- ship before the meeting. Family and friends are welcome. October 12 Marietta Natl. Cemetery Gov. John Clark Cere- mony 11:30AM October 13 11AM Presentation to DAR at Winwood. 3:30PM Heroism Award to Phillip Smothers at Shiloh Hills Chris- tian School off Bells Ferry Rd. October 16 Chapter Meeting, Compatriot Jack Ferguson will speak on “Nathaniel Greene— Quaker Patriot” October 20 Chapter Fall Outing to National Archives 10AM October 27 10 a.m. GASSAR BOM, Barnesville, GA November 3 Willis West Ceme- tery Cleanup 9 a.m. November 8 Collins Chapter, BOM, Guzy home 4531 Paper Mill Rd Marietta 7PM start 6:30P gather for refreshments (Continued on page 4) October 2012 Members are encouraged to submit articles and photos to Larry Guzy for inclusion in the next edition of the Collins Dispatch . Deadline December 4th. The Collins Dispatch Inside... Captain John Collins Chapter Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution Winner of the Carl F. Bessett Newsletter Award 2011 Fall Outing An annual event since being chartered Robins, New Echota in Calhoun, Rob- erts Centennial Farm in Ballground, the Etowah Indian Mounds in Cartersville, Marietta National Cemetery Tour by Brad Quinlan, the Funk Heritage Mu- seum at Reinhart College, Tellus Mu- seum in Cartersville and the Booth Mu- seum also in Cartersville. Join us for a memorable time and a chance to get to know your fellow compatriots and their families. If you wish to carpool to Morrow, we will meet at the Marriott Courtyard next to our old meeting location at the Spaghetti Warehouse on Delk Rd just off I75. We plan to depart about 9AM for the 35 minute trip through Atlanta. Call Larry Guzy’s cell 678-860-4477 for coordination. This outing will be the Saturday after the next Chapter meeting so you can advise if you plan to go at that meeting, or call Larry if you are unable to make the meeting. Join us Saturday October 20 th for a 10AM tour of the National Archives. We are pleased that our tour guide is the resident expert on the documents/films held in Morrow about the Revolution. We will have about an hour tour fol- lowed by time on our own for research at the Archives, both National and next door at the Georgia Ar- chives that may prove to be the last time it is open to the public for awhile. We have a room where we can relax and read/discuss the holdings. After we are finished, we will meet at Anne and Bill’s Restaurant 1057A Main St. Forest Park. It is about 3 miles from the Archives and on the way back home. October marks our 12 th anniversary of founding and our 11 th Fall Outing. Our first was to Chattanooga’s Museum of Medal of Honor Recipients in July 2001. We have also been to the National Prisoner of War Museum in Anderson- ville, the Aviation Museum in Warner
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Dates to Remember
Dates to Remember 1
Fall Outing 1
President’s Message 2
Member News 2
Constitution Day 225th 3
Speaker and Recognitions 4
Sheriff Neil Warren 5
Fire Service Recognition 6
Patriotism Week/Citizens 5
The Chapter meeting starts at 7PM the third Tuesday every month. We gather at the Golden Corral on Barrett Parkway about 6 for dinner and fellow-ship before the meeting. Family and friends are welcome. October 12 Marietta Natl. Cemetery Gov. John Clark Cere-mony 11:30AM
October 13 11AM Presentation to DAR at Winwood. 3:30PM Heroism Award to Phillip Smothers at Shiloh Hills Chris-tian School off Bells Ferry Rd.
October 16 Chapter Meeting, Compatriot Jack Ferguson will speak on “Nathaniel Greene—Quaker Patriot”
October 20 Chapter Fall Outing to National Archives 10AM
October 27 10 a.m. GASSAR BOM, Barnesville, GA
November 3 Willis West Ceme-tery Cleanup 9 a.m.
November 8 Collins Chapter, BOM, Guzy home 4531 Paper Mill Rd Marietta 7PM start 6:30P gather for refreshments
(Continued on page 4)
October 2012
Members are encouraged to submit articles and photos to Larry Guzy for inclusion in the next edition of the Collins Dispatch. Deadline December 4th.
The Collins Dispatch
Inside...
Captain John Col l ins Chapter Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution
Winner of the Carl F. Bessett Newsletter Award 2011
Fall Outing
An annual event since being chartered Robins, New Echota in Calhoun, Rob-erts Centennial Farm in Ballground, the Etowah Indian Mounds in Cartersville, Marietta National Cemetery Tour by Brad Quinlan, the Funk Heritage Mu-seum at Reinhart College, Tellus Mu-seum in Cartersville and the Booth Mu-seum also in Cartersville. Join us for a memorable time and a chance to get to know your fellow compatriots and their families.
If you wish to carpool to Morrow, we will meet at the Marriott Courtyard next to our old meeting location at the Spaghetti Warehouse on Delk Rd just off I75. We plan to depart about 9AM for the 35 minute trip through Atlanta. Call Larry Guzy’s cell 678-860-4477 for coordination. This outing will be the Saturday after the next Chapter meeting so you can advise if you plan to go at that meeting, or call Larry if you are unable to make the meeting.
Join us Saturday October 20th for a 10AM tour of the National Archives. We are pleased that our tour guide is the resident expert on the documents/films held in Morrow about the Revolution. We will have about an hour tour fol-lowed by time on our own for research at the Archives, both National and next door at the Georgia Ar-chives that may prove to be the last time it is open to the public for awhile.
We have a room where we can relax and read/discuss the holdings. After we are finished, we will meet at Anne and Bill’s Restaurant 1057A Main St. Forest Park. It is about 3 miles from the Archives and on the way back home.
October marks our 12th anniversary of founding and our 11th Fall Outing. Our first was to Chattanooga’s Museum of Medal of Honor Recipients in July 2001. We have also been to the National Prisoner of War Museum in Anderson-ville, the Aviation Museum in Warner
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The following five men have been approved since our last meeting: Harry Vaughan 9.11.12 National #184785/GA5398, Rickford Vaughan 9.11.12 National #184786/GA 5399, Al Hand-lan 9.11.12 National #184788/GA 5401, Adam Handlan 9.11.12 National #184789/GA 5402, and Bryan Black 9.18.12 National #184880/GA 5406. Rickford lives in Houston, TX and will transfer to the chapter there. Bryan Black has now become a member of the Atlanta Chorus and they have practice during our chapter meeting time so his certificate will be presented to him outside of the Chapter meeting
Van Blackwell is submitting two supplements and Jim Hollifield is submitting one
John Gilcrest is awaiting the change in dues year in November to submit his reinstatement.
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President’s Message President Wayne Brown
Vice President Terry Gibbs
Secretary Bert Christy
Treasurer James Castle
Registrar Larry Guzy
Chancellor Larry Lines
Chaplain John Jones
Sergeant-at-Arms Rodney Pritchett
Historian David Ludley
Editor Larry Guzy
Americanism Wayne Brown
Cemetery Leland Lee Hulsey
Law/Fire/JROTC Curtis McWaters
Eagle Scouts Earl Cagle
Veterans/Flags Lamon Smith
Membership Bill Coffeen
Patriot Grave Leland Lee Hulsey
Public Relations Lamar Cheatham & Rich Morrison
Schools David Martin
Asst Registrar Van Blackwell
DAR Liaison Bert Christy
Welcome/Education John Mattingly
The Collins Dispatch is published every other month. December 4th will be the next deadline for articles. Send articles, photos, or your bio to Larry Guzy at [email protected] or regular mail at 4531 Paper Mill Rd SE, Mari-etta, GA 30067-4025.
If you have new member leads, contact Registrar Larry Guzy or Asst. Registrar Van Blackwell.
Officers and Committees Compatriots,
Our Visibility Campaign has been very successful and we’re finding that many more in our com-munity have become familiar with the Sons of the Ameri-can Revolution. After all, isn’t this an effective way to honor our Patriot Ancestors?
In reaching out to the Cobb community, we’re presenting flag certificates and honoring our public safety officers and our public officials. As of today, we have presented twenty-seven flag certificates and thereby closing the gap to achieving our goal of thirty. With the assistance of the Director of Cobb’s Public Safety and Deputy Chief of the Cobb Fire and Emergency Services, we have also honored two additional firefighters and two para-medics during the month of Septem-ber.
When it comes to honoring our pub-lic officials, none are more deserving than Cobb’s Sheriff Neal Warren. Due to the Sheriff’s philanthropic endeavors such as using the proceeds from the well-known Corn Boilin’ event to benefit the Cobb County Youth Museum, our chapter pre-sented Sheriff Neal Warren with the Outstanding Citizenship certificate and lapel pin.
Calling Post The chapter takes advan-tage of an automated calling service to remind members of meetings and notify them of important news. If you want your name added or deleted from this list, call or email
In addition, we’re extending invita-tions to make application for mem-bership and in response; eight new members have achieved membership thus far in our chapter with several
applications waiting for approval at National. All the work involved in bringing members into our chapter is very labor intensive and I would like to extend a “Job Well Done” to our Registrar and his assistants. With-out the addition of new members, a chapter will not grow, and by not reaching out to the sur-rounding community, a
chapter will collapse. However, I am delighted to report that these two negatives are not present in the Cap-tain John Collins Chapter.
We are growing and reaching out. I am so very fortunate to be surrounded by a group of folks that understand membership in the Sons of the Ameri-can Revolution is much more than membership in a social club. We have so much more in common. Our Pa-triot Ancestors established the great-est Nation on God’s green Earth, the United States of America. God bless America.
Wayne Brown, President
Wayne Brown
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The award-winning GASSAR Color Guard presented the flag at the festivities in the Marietta Square. Larry Guzy visited with the members before speaking at the event in the person of Frances Scott Key. Mem-bers of the color guard included Paul Prescott, George Thurmond, Allen Greenly, Wayne Brown, Robert McCleskey, and Jack Ferguson.
The third annual Constitution Day Festival was held in the Marietta Square on Sunday, September 16 to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the signing. The Chapter was able to present a booth with information about the society thanks to donations from members of the chapter. Next time we will also have a tent.
Bill Coffeen and Terry Gibb manned one of the amend-ment tables that were spread throughout the Square and Glover Park.
As usual, family groups and children had their photos taken. Here Jona-than Shep-perd, his wife and son pose.
Eleven Applications are signed or submitted and should be approved after November: Lamar Cheatham, William and Patrick Reese, Richard Hoyt (VT) and grandson Jonathan Snyder (East Cobb), Chandler Vreeland, Andrew Seger, Dick Roberts and his son Russell (Russell’s daughter is serving in Afganistan), and Guy Wells and his son, Jason who is a LCDR US Navy on active duty.
Nineteen Applications are being completed: Lee Hulsey, Jerry Slate, Denton Hammond, W. C. Pickens, Don Buchanon, Justin Ove, Will Johnson, David Stone, Michael Aiken, Jim Smith, Jon Holland, Paul Bennecke, Thad Brummett, Josh Cooper, Chris Moody, Greg Settle, Doug Talley, Jonathan Shepperd, and Ben Weinberg
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Visitors to the event had the opportunity to see photos of SAR activities and talk with members who were present, including Lamon Smith who is ordering a uniform!
Patriot William Suttles grave at Utoy Church was dedicated by the Georgia Society on Sep. 8th. Compatri-ots McWaters and Guzy were on hand to participate.
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Our own Earl Cagle received a Certificate of Appreciation from Terry Gibbs for his presentation about the “Battle of Eutaw Springs” at the August meeting.
November 10 Flag Retirement Cere-mony, 5:45 p.m. at the Pavilion on Due West UMC campus, 3956 Due West Rd., Marietta
There are dedication events nearly every week in many parts of Georgia. Look at the GASSAR website or the Hornet’s Nest for complete listings.
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Speakers
George Nelson spoke at our Sep-tember meeting about the “Heroines of the American Revo-lution”. His daughter was also in attendance, shown below holding a poster.
New citizens were sworn in at ceremonies conducted in Rome, Georgia. As noted in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, more people have recently sought naturalization. Curtis McWaters attended.
Flag Certificates Awarded
Bill Coffeen awarded a flag certificate to Lynn Herndon, the owner of Stiles-boro Biscuits 2
Chapter member Larry Lines re-ceived his flag certificate from committee chair-man Curtis McWaters.
Bill Coffeen presented a flag certifi-cate to Ray
and Ruth Godwin.
See photos of fire station certificates awarded on
page 6
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Honoring Sheriff Warren The mission of the Sons of the American Revolu-tion is to preserve and teach the history of the founding of this great Nation and to promote patri-otism. By honoring those who serve as our first responders such as Police, Sheriff's Department, Fire, and Emergency Medical Service, we are pro-moting patriotism.
The Capt. John Collins Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution presented our Sheriff, Neil Warren, with the "Outstanding Citizenship" award for his work in raising money for Cobb's Youth Museum and his community involvement such as supporting the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and serving on the Cobb County Department of Family and Children Services Advisory Council.
The Sheriff was also presented the "Law En-forcement Commendation" certificate and lapel pin for his outstanding work in law enforcement. Sher-iff Warren has been employed in the Cobb County Sheriff's Department in a variety of roles since 1977, he has served law enforcement in Cobb County faithfully, starting out as a Deputy Sheriff and working his way through the ranks as Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Chief Investigator, Chief Dep-uty, and eventually being elected to the highest office--Sheriff--in 2004.
Last, but not least, the Sheriff was presented a Flag Certificate for his office properly displaying the American Flag. Wayne Brown
Sheriff Neil Warren and his staff
Members who participated in the awarding of honors included Lee Hulsey, Wayne Brown, Rodney Pritchett, Sheriff Neil Warren, Bert Christy, Curtis McWaters, Lamar Cheatham, Charlie Rhyne, Larry Guzy.
Kennesaw High School once again hosted a Patriotism Assembly. Shown above are BG Nesbitt, Tony Toth, Phil Martin, Principal Dr. Kevin Daniel, GYSGT Lyndon Smith, Kendall Abbott and Larry Guzy.
Ed Walraven, Rome, and Curtis McWaters at-tended the swearing in ceremonies to welcome new citizens. Members of the Piedmont Chapter have been very active in this activity in Atlanta
Editor: Larry T. Guzy 4531 Paper Mill Rd. Marietta, GA 30067-4025
Publisher: Wayne Brown 2062 Double Creek Dr Powder Springs GA 30127
Toiletries (but not small bar soap), magazines, blankets and books are needed at Veteran care facilities. Bring items to be donated to the chapter meetings and
report your visits to Vets and other activities.
Veteran & Americanism points can add up fast!
Chapter Website http://www.captainjohncollins.org
CAPTAIN JOHN COLLINS CHAPTER GEORGIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The Chapter’s namesake, Captain John Collins’ headstone is at the Mars Hill cemetery in Acworth.
Recognizing Cobb County’s Fire and Emergency Services Personnel
Fire Station #8—John Mattingly, Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Bir-rell, and Wayne Brown presented the EMS Commendation to Cap-tain Mike Flowers who also accepted a Flag Certificate.
Captain Todd Freeman-Curtis received a Flag Certificate from Curtis McWaters
and Cobb Commis-sioner JoAnn
Birrell at Fire Sta-tion #21.
Wayne Brown pre-sented a Fire Safety Commendation to Engineer Keith McElvery, with Curtis McWaters and Cobb Comm. JoAnn Birrell at Fire Station #21.
Bill Coffeen pre-sented a Flag Certificate to Brian Keeton at Fire Station #24.
Wayne Brown and Curtis McWaters pre-sented a framed flag certificate to Chief Sam Heaton and his command staff at Fire and Emer-gency Services Headquarters. Spencer Mill, Division Chief of
Special Operations; Jimmy Taylor, Deputy Chief of Response: Sam Heaton, Fire Chief and Acting Director for Public Safety; Wayne Brown; Randy Crider, Deputy Chief of Preparedness; and Curtis
