Old York Chapter NSDAR

Past Chapter Regents

NameDatesNotes
Mary W. Truesdell1914-1917Organizing Chapter Regent
Alice A. Paul1917-1920Charter Member
Elsie M. Maxson1920-1922Charter Member
Adeline T. Marshall1922-1924
Grace N. Frisbee1924-1926
Minnie S. Sanderson1926-1928Chapter purchased 35 trees in Franconia Notch for preservation of forests.
Katherine E. Marshall1928-1930Chapter planted trees along the highway to honor past eight chapter regents.
Fannie S. Weare1930-1932Planted George Washington Bicentennial Tree in York Village Square
Grace M. Bragdon1932-1934Chapter marked Sewall's Bridge
Carrie L. Robinson1934-1935
Harriet A. Lovell1935-1936
Nellie M. Bemis1936-1938Placed marker in front of Emerson Hotel, marking the site of the earliest church and burying place.
Lucille P. Webster1938-1940Chapter observed 25th anniversary
Mary N. Tolman1940-1942
Charlotte P. Whitehurst1942-1944
Annie R. Hatch1943-1950
Erna S. Miller1944-1946
Bernice I. Locke1946-1948
Alice Rogers Parson1950-1952State Vice Regent 1952-1954, State Regent 1954-1956
Sarah W. Elliott1952-1954Formed Ferdinando Georges Society of C.A.R. (disbanded 1979)
Winifred H. Merrill1954-1956
Carolyn H. Fleming1956-1958
Ada Helmbreck1958-1962Maine State Vice Regent 1968-1971, Maine State Regent 1971-1974, Curator General NSDAR 1974-1977
Grace Reilley1962-1963
Ada Helmbreck1964
Blanche Staples1965Chapter's 60th anniversary with one charter member present - Elsie Maxson
Alice Brooks1965-1968Presented flag to York Library
Nancy Coombs1968-1971
Marion G. Rehler1971-1974Manchurian Maple Tree placed at the site of the first church in York, 1636
Priscilla M. Ropke1974-1977
Ada Helmbreck Lange1977-1980
Elizabeth A. Robbins1980-1983Rededicated stone placed in 1938 designating first church in York
Elizabeth T. Dixon1983-1986
Elaine M. Peverly1993-1995
Priscilla A. Thomson1996-1998
Virginia Smolen Spiller1998-2004Chapter 90th anniversary
Shirley L. Peverly2004-2007Commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Portsmouth
Moira Smith2007-2013Conservation of Lt. Col. John Littlefield's Revolutionary War Diary
Shirley L. Peverly2013-2015100th anniversary of the chapter, dedicated plaque at John Hancock Wharf and a Marshall Gallery
Carla Rigby2015-"Style Show for Veterans" to raise funds for York American Legion and Beals Hospitality at Togus
NameOffices

Virginia Smolen Spiller

50th Maine State Regent 2010-2013

Maine State Vice Regent 2007-2010

Ada Helmbreck Lange

Curator General NSDAR 1974-1977

37th Maine State Regent 1971-1974

Maine State Vice Regent 1968-1971

Alice Rogers Parsons

30th Maine State Regent 1954-1956

Maine State Vice Regent 1952-1954

1949 Press Release