During our chapter's annual meeting on May 17, 2019, Lee Ladenburger took the Oath of Membership and became a member of the Asa Cottrell Chapter, NSDAR. Lee has been working on her patriot, Abner White, A12456, for many months and her application was approved on May 5, 2019. 

The Asa Cottrell Chapter, NSDAR had a chapter meeting on Friday, Marth 15th with Stan McCord as the guest speaker. The topic was "History of the WASPS." 

Why are we talking about WASPs? The WASPs being discussed aren't the typical kind that have stingers and live in paper nests. No, these WASPs are the "Women's Air Force Service Pilots". These WASPs were brave women who flew airforce planes during WWII to ferry them between locations. They were organized on August 5, 1943, merging the WAFS (Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron) and the WFTD (Women's Flying Training Detachment).

The chapter was also delighted to see Rochelle Chapter, NSDAR Regent Lydia Roberts, who sported her WWII-era WASP uniform.  
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And lastly, the chapter was also honored to have our District II Director, Patricia Holcomb attend our meeting. She presented  her collection of "DAR Dazzling Daughters" for Women's History Month.

​The Asa Cottrell Chapter Daughters and the Everyone's Aviation Association (EAA) hosted an annual "Fly/Drive-In Breakfast" to local Vietnam Veterans on Sunday, October 14, 2018, at the Poplar Grove Airport.

Several members from our chapter volunteered their time for this event, pictured on the left: Dory Curnayn, Kendra Helvey,  Alice Heath, Patricia Cox, certificate winner Yolanda Weisensel, EAA's Adolph Svec, Darlene Shoepski, Marsha Hosfeld, and Geneve Harris. ​

​The Boone County Conservation Pioneer Days Festival took place on September 21 through 23, 2018. Three of our chapter's Daughters, Marsha Hosfeld, Darlene Shoepski, and Nancy Hyland, wore their pioneer era dresses, shawls, and hats to celebrate our pioneer heritage.