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International Drill Teams Reunion
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The WV International Drill Team had their annual dinner recently at
the FOP Restaurant in
Nutterfort, WV. The Drill team is a combination
of the Harold L. Scott, The Alberta Hutson, and the Carl C.
Williams. The Harold L. Scott Team, the oldest
group is now 42 years old. today. Each Officer had a
marching Drill Team to help seat that officer. Each
officer had anywhere from 45+ persons to almost 100 in the Drill
team. The Drill team consisted of a Drill master and a
pianist, and persons who did precision marching which
may last as long as 45 minutes.
These are in honor of the three West Virginians who held the highest
honor in the Odd Fellow
relationships. They presided over the entire world in Odd
Fellowship.
Their tours of service ranged between 1960's and the
1980's. The presiding officer in the Odd Fellows
is known as the Sovereign Grandmaster, and the presiding
officer in the Rebekahs are The International president of
Rebekah Assembles. Many jurisdictions have never had a
presiding officer; but WV has had six members that have
Presided over International Units. Harold Scott, Past
Sovereign Grand Master, Carl Williams, Past Sovereign Grand Master,
Alberta Hudkins, Past President International Association of Rebekah
Assemblies. M.D. Fansler, General Commanding, General Military
Council, Patriarch Militant, Howard Propbts,
General Commanding, General Military Council, Patriarch Militant,
Those who are pictured in the group picture are: (of no
particular order)
Don Headley, Glendora Headley, Larry Ferguson,
Marjorie Jackson, Debbie Siers, Carolny Hathaway,
Wanda Ashcraft, Nancy Nestor, H. R. Scott,
Carol Scott, Carl Williams, one of the Sovereign Grand
Master, the only officer still living, Aldene
Davidson, Pamela Davidson Marjorie Maxwell.
Missing from the picture was the Photographer, Rev.
Sherman G. Davidson. Most of those in the
photograph have been state officers in West Virginia, in various
departments of the order.
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