Maryland State Society Officers 2007 - 2009:

President: Mrs. C. Kent Jordan (Millicent)

1st Vice President: Mrs. Richard E. Ruffing (Jackie)

2nd Vice President: Miss Nancy E. Smith

Chaplain: Mrs. Herman H. Mares (Mary)

Recording Secretary: Mrs. Godfrey R. Gauld (Betsy)

Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Glen J. Thorson (Ellan)

Organizing Secretary: Miss Virginia Louise Apyar (Ginger)

Treasurer: Dr. Linda C. Mistler, Ph.D.

Registrar: Mrs. Allen E. Edwards (Donna)

Historian: Mrs. Harry T. Begg (Margaret)

Librarian: Mrs. Sarajane DiLaura Morris

Parliamentarian: Mrs. Elizabeth A. Musgrove

Organization of the Maryland State Society:

Maryland Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century was organized 22 March 1974 at Baltimore Maryland. Organizing President was Mrs. D. Delmas Caples.

Mrs. Harold B. Chait was elected in 1975 as Maryland's first State President. She also served as President General of the National Society of Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century.

Currently there are nine chapters:

Fort Garrison Chapter organized July 7, 1964 and chartered December 12, 1964. It is the first chapter organized in Maryland and was known as the Maryland State Chapter from 1964 to 1972.

Terra Mariae Chapter organized January 13, 1972 and chartered October 14, 1972.

Sir George Calvert Chapter organized July 13, 1974 and chartered July 13, 1976,

Augustine Herman Chapter organized February 27, 1974 and chartered September 18, 1976.

Ann of Arrundell Chapter organized October 18, 1978 and chartered October 3, 1979.

Potomack River Chapter organized April 14, 1979 and chartered January 10, 1981.

Lady Jane Sewall Chapter organized February 22, 1983 and chartered October 9, 1984.

Elizabeth Hundred Chapter organized September 7, 1979 and chartered October 4, 1986.

John Waller Chapter organized June 7, 1986 and chartered June 18, 1987.

Recent Happenings of the Maryland State Society:

On November 9th, 2008 in honor of Veteran's Day the Maryland State Society participated in the 40th Annual Massing of the Colors at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Pictured are Mrs. C. Kent Jordan, Maryland State President and Mrs. Richard E. Ruffing, Maryland State First Vice President.

On May 22nd at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Midshipman First Class Kristen Anne Sproat was the recipient of the National Society's award for the female midshipman of the graduating class with the highest order of merit completing a degree in systems engineering. Presenting the award on behalf of the Society was Mrs. C. Kent Jordan, National Public Relations Committee Chairman and Maryland State President.

This beautiful quilt featuring the Colonial Dame and Maryland color palette was painstakingly designed and handcrafted by Mrs. Richard E. Ruffing, Maryland State First Vice President. The quilt was auctioned during State Conference as a fundraiser for the State President's project.

Maryland Society Dames having a wonderful time as hostesses for the Saturday luncheon during the 84th National Conference.

Ann of Arrundell Chapter, following a 20 year tradition of recognizing historic site preservation every two years, marked the Charles Carroll House of Annapolis on May 2, 2007. Pictured are Mrs. Edward A. Masek, Jr., MD State Committee Chairman, Markings and Preservation of Historic Sites and Miss Lyndall Johnson, Past National Headquarters Treasurer and Ann of Arrundell Chapter President. Attendees included Mrs. C. Kent Jordan, Maryland State President; Honorary State Presidents Dr. Linda Mistler and Mrs. Elizabeth Musgrove; several state officers and chairman; representatives of the owner, Redemptorists from the St. Mary’s RC Church; representatives of the manager caretakers of the building, the Charles Carroll House of Annapolis, Inc.; and the Capital newspaper. The chapter hosted a lovely tea followed the marking ceremony.

Society Calendar of Events:

17 October 2008 - Fall Board of Management Meeting, The Milton Inn, Sparks, MD

28 February 2009 - Thirty-Fourth State Conference, Chartwell Country Club, Severna Park, MD

Historic Sites Marked by Maryland:

Most of the chapters mark historic sites on a regular basis. Some, but certainly not all, of
those sites are:

Betty's Delight, Port Tobacco, Maryland 1972

Fort Garrison, oldest permanent fort in Maryland 1973

Chapel of Ease, Taylor's Island, Maryland 1975

Bench in Londowntowne Gardens, Annapolis, Maryland - a bicentennial project in 1976

Griffith's Adventure 1977

A log tobacco barn at London Town Publik House and Gardens, Edgewater, Maryland, 1980

The Bethesda Meeting House, Bethesda, Maryland 1980

Ballestone, Baltimore, Maryland, Land of William Ball, maternal Great Grandfather of George Washington - project for Maryland's 350th anniversary in 1984

Cedar Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1984

The Tavern, Great Falls, Maryland 1986

Maxwell Hall, Benedict, Maryland 1986

Belvoir, Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1986

Holly Hill, Friendship, Maryland 1988

Ann Arundel Co. Free School, Davidsonville Vicinity, Maryland 1990

St. James Episcopal Church, Tracys Landing, Maryland 1992

Benson Hammond House, Linthicum, Maryland 1994

All Hallows Parish, southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1996

Old Quaker Burying Ground, Galesville, Maryland 1998

Old Wye Grist Mill, Wye Mills, Maryland 2000

Boone Property, Severna Park, Maryland 2001

Chandlers Hope, Charles County Maryland 2001

Spye Park, White Plains, Maryland 2003

Robert Morris Inn, Oxford, Maryland 2003

Hancock's Resolution, Ann Arundel Co., Maryland 2003

Dobbin House, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 2003

Linthicum Walks, Gambrills/Crofton vicinity, Maryland 2005

Carroll House, Annapolis, Maryland 2007

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