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Florence
Collier
Chapter 1758
Apopka, Florida
Chapter Founded July
14, 1921 By
Mrs. Benjamin B. Collier
Chapter Motto:
"We Serve"
President
Mrs.
Horace Bashinski (Wendy)
Meetings are held
every second Saturday of each month, September through June, at 10:00 AM
in the homes of chapter members.
Eligibility
for membership is, as according to the BYLAWS of the UNITED DAUGHTERS OF
THE CONFEDERACY, stated as follows.
BYLAWS
ARTICLE III
ELIGIBILITY
"Section
1: a. Those eligible for Active membership are women no less than sixteen
years of age who are blood descendants, lineal, or collateral, of men and
women who served honorably in the Army, Navy or Civil Service of the
Confederate States of America, or gave Material Aid to the Cause.
Also eligible
are those women who are lineal descendants of members or former members of
the UDC. Adopted children are not eligible for membership by virtue
of the adoptive parents' bloodline, but
solely by virtue of the natural or biological parents.
b. No applicant whose ancestor took the Oath of Allegiance before
April 9, 1865, shall be considered eligible. If further proof of
service is available, therefore nullifying the Oath of Allegiance, the
applicant shall be considered for membership."
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