Presidents' Luncheon, November 10, 2008
On November 10, 2008, fourteen individuals who have been Presidents of the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City gathered at the River Club to advise incoming President Dan Sturdevant. Art Bowen, President, 1982, hosted the event.
The past presidents suggested continuing our fine historical programs and promoting the programs for increased attendance, and promotion of the website. Working to retain our members and recruiting new members remain a priority.
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We've posted the latest issue of Journal Notes in pdf format.
—November 13, 2008
President's Letter
We've posted the latest President's Letter to the membership, by outgoing President Hon. Tom Sims.
Markers updated:
We've updated the historic markers for Lewis and Clark Point, the first country club in Kansas City, the Battle of Westport markers placed in cooperation with the Monett Battlefield Foundation, Pioneer Park, the Wornall House, and the Battle of Westport monument. In addition, we've added markers where the Native Sons and Daughters supported the placement of the marker, including Andrew Drips Park and the St. Francis Regis Church site.
Meet and Greet at the Toy and Miniature Museum, October 29
From the left, Scott Vogel, Laura Taylor, and John Hess, Jr.
About 20 people enjoyed the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City, Missouri, located at 52nd and Oak on October 29. Knowledgeable tour guides explained the fascinating exhibits. We learned that the most standard reduction is 1/12 real size. From the Russian Room to the doll collection to the house collection, we examined the beautiful and intricate items. Afterwards, we gathered at Pizza 51, at the corner of 51st and Oak. Several new member prospects were recruited. Thanks to John Hess, Jr., for organizing the event.
Native Sons and Daughters members and guests at Pizza 51 following Meet and Greet at the Toy and Miniature Museum, in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 29, 2008. From the left are Suzanne Willey; John Hess; Erma Hess; Michael Morgan; Carol Sims, John Hess, Jr.; Tom Sims, Jr.; Tom Sims; Beverly Sims; Jim Flanagan; and Scott VogelSite updates:
We've added photos of the historic markers placed by the Native Sons and Daughters for Curran Park in North Kansas City, the Kansas City Athenaeum, Camp Union, the Old Convention Hall, the first golf course in Kansas City, the Flavin-Browne buildings at 33rd and Pennsylvania in Kansas City, Missouri, the Harris-Kearney house in Westport, the Savoy Grill, St. Mary's Church in downtown Kansas City, the Bingham monument in Union Cemetery, and the Kansas City Young Matrons clubhouse. Locator maps for each marker are included, as well as an enlarged view of the marker.
Upcoming Events
Please save the date!
Annual Gala Holiday Brunch
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Indian Hills Country Club
6847 Tomahawk Road, Shawnee Mission
Cash bar opens at 11:00 a.m.
Holiday buffet begins at 11:45 a.m.
Guests are invited to join us.
Tthe brunch will be $19 per person. Reservations must be received by December 3rd.
For reservations, please call Susie Hughes, Executive Secretary, at 816.926.9397, or email Susie.
Bylaws Changes
Bylaws changes will be voted upon at the December brunch. You may download and review a pdf of the bylaws. Items in boldface denote the changes to be voted upon. a copy of the Bylaws changes will be mailed to the members in mid-November.
A copy of the Bylaws changes will be mailed to the members in mid-November.
Recent Events
Trails West Tour, October 11, 2008
By Dan Sturdevant
October 11, 2008 Trails West tour group
Thirty two people joined Ross Marshall on the Trails West bus tour sponsored by the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City on Saturday, October 11, 2008. The all-day tour began at 8th and Jefferson, known as Lewis and Clark Point, in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Marshall led the group to the Town of Kansas site, the Alexander Majors house at 82nd Street and State Line Road for a tour of the house as well as a video about the freighting operation in the 1850s and 1860s.
Ross Marshall, tour leader
The tour proceeded to Lone Elm Park at 167th Street and Lone Elm Road and then to the Three Trails Junction west of Gardner Kansas. The Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop in Olathe, Kansas, followed, with the next stop in Sapling Grove Park at 83rd Street and Grant. The final stop of the tour was Pioneer Park on 56 Highway in Shawnee, Kansas, before returning to Lewis and Clark Point at 5:00 p.m. The Kansas City area’s four National Historic Trails, Lewis and Clark, Oregon, California and Santa Fe came alive through Ross’s excellent story telling and through interpretive exhibits at the sites.
More knowledgeable about Independence and Westport as starting places for the westward journey, the group went on with their lives that evening, perhaps inspired for a time by the echo of the actions of the people who lived in and came through our town many years ago.
Ross Marshall is a new director-elect of the Native Sons and Daughters. Mr. Marshall has a distinguished career as a businessman and a historian. Among his associations are the Oregon-California Trails Association, the Kansas City Area Historic Trails Association, and the Lewis and Clark Missouri Kansas Riverbend Chapter. Ross is also the current President of the Partnership for National Trails System, a national organization funded by Congress.
Outstanding Kansas Citian, 2008, awarded to Terry and Peggy Dunn
From the left, Native Sons and Daughters President Hon. Tom Sims, Terry Dunn, Peggy Dunn, Jean Dunn, William Dunn, and Gary Hicks, Chairman, Outstanding Kansas Citian
The Board of Directors for the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City is pleased to announce that Terry and Peggy Dunn have received its annual award as “Outstanding Kansas Citians” for 2008. A reception was held in their honor on Thursday evening, September 25, 2008, in the National WWI Museum at the Liberty Memorial, in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
The Dunns are highly visible leaders in the Greater Kansas City area, through their professional careers, their numerous civic involvements, and their generous philanthropic support providing for the well being of our community.
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The Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City
Since 1932, the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City has been on the forefront of historic advocacy and preservation in the Greater Kansas City, Missouri, area. Its goal, in the words of first President, D. Ralston Spaulding, is to "be a booster organization as well as a society for reminiscence...We intend to link the past with the present and the present with the future. We who are native best understand its problems."
Members come from a wide variety of backgrounds, professions and interests, but their common bond is an intense love of Kansas City and the desire to be part of an organization dedicated to the recognition, preservation and restoration of Kansas City's unique and rich heritage.