The SAR MAGAZINE is the official quarterly publication of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution published quarterly.
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SUMMER 2014 17 THE WINSTON C. WILLIAMS SAR MAGAZINE AWARD —To the compatriot or society that was the most cooperative in supplying usable magazine material. Winner: Michael J. Elston of the Virginia Society. THE JENNINGS H. FLATHERS AWARD —To the state society with fewer than 500 members with the best news publications. (cash award) Winner: The Badger Patriot (Wisc.), Win Williams and David Dean, co-editors; runners-up (tie): SAR Salute (Minn.), Timothy Charles Harris, editor, and Utah Patriot (Utah), William Simpson, editor. THE ELEANOR SMALLWOOD NIEBELL AWARD —To the State C.A.R. Society and local C.A.R. Society that have been judged to have the best newsletter by the guidelines set up by the NSC.A.R. (cash award) State winner: Nevada Society, C.A.R. local chapter: Conrad Weiser Society, PASC.A.R. THE PAUL M. NIEBELL SR. AWARD —To the state society with 500 or more members with the best news publications with fewer than 10 pages. (cash award) Winner: Missouri Compatriot (Mo.), James E. Osburn, editor; runner-up: SAR Alabama (Ala.), Tim Gayle, editor. THE GRAHAME T. SMALLWOOD JR. AWARD —To the state society with 500 or more members with the best news publications with more than 10 pages. (cash award) Winner: The Florida Patriot (Fla.), Steve Williams, editor; runner-up: Tennessee Patriot (Tenn.), Rick D. Hollis, editor. THE CARL F. BESSENT AWARD —To the editor of the most outstanding chapter newsletter. Single sheet (cash award): The Halifax Dispatch, Halifax Resolves Chapter (N.C.), Steve Avent, editor; runner-up: The TUCSAR Bugle, Tucson Chapter (Ariz), Bill Aurand, editor. Multiple sheet (cash award) (tie): Quill & Bugle, Saramana Chapter (Fla.), Chuck Sweeney, editor, and Collins Dispatch, Captain John Collins Chapter (Ga.), Larry T. Guzy, editor; runner-up: Brevard Beacon, Brevard Chapter (Fla.), Steve Williams, editor. COL. STEWART BOONE McCARTY AWARD —To the compatriot who has best furthered the preservation of the United States history and its traditional teachings in our schools. (cash award) Winner: M. Bruce Maney of the Georgia Society. THE MINNESOTA SOCIETY STEPHEN TAYLOR AWARD —To the compatriot, who by his research and writing, has made a distinguished contribution to the preservation of the history of the American Revolutionary era and its patriots. Winner: retired U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Nolden Henderson of the Georgia Society. THE ROBERT E. BURT BOY SCOUT VOLUNTEER AWARD —To the compatriots who act as role models and provide outstanding, dedicated service to the young men in the Boy Scouts of America. Winners (tie): Watson Ambruser, TNSSAR, and Thomas Lee Roberts, GASSAR. THE WILLIAM M. MELONE AWARD —To the state society that has the largest number of new and approved supplemental memberships. Winner: Virginia Society with 210. Second place: Florida Society with 138. THE MATTHEW SELLERS III AWARD —To the Vice President General who makes the best percentage over quota, based on last year's membership results. Winner: William G. Teter of the InterMountain District with 20 percent. Second place: Robert B. Bogardus of the Pacific District with 18 percent. THE RICHARD H. THOMPSON JR. AWARD —To the state society that, at year's end, has the smallest number of members dropped from the rolls for nonpayment of dues. Those with zero drops: Canada, France, Germany, Hawaii, Nebraska and Switzerland. THE KENTUCKY CUP —To the membership chairman of the state society that enrolled the largest percentage of new members. Winner: Idaho Society with 39 percent. Second place: Utah Society with 32 percent. THE EUGENE C. McGUIRE AWARD —To the state society enrolling the largest number of sons, grandsons and nephews of SARs and DARs. Winner: Texas Society with 114. Second place: Florida Society with 105. THE DAR/SAR MEMBERSHIP AWARD —To the DAR state society with the highest percentage of recruiting SAR members. (cash award) Winner: Wyoming Society with 100 percent. Second place: Montana Society with 80 percent. Third place: Maine Society with 69 percent. THE ARTHUR J. TREMBLE AWARD-1776 TROPHY —To the state society that reinstated the largest number of dropped and resigned members. Winner: Texas Society with 273. Second place: Empire State Society with 91. THE WALTER G. STERLING AWARD —To the state society that enrolled the largest number of new members transferred from the C.A.R. Winner: Iowa Society with four. THE LEN YOUNG SMITH AWARD —To the state society that enrolled the largest number of new members less than 40 years of age. Winner: Texas Society with 88. Second place: Florida Society with 79. THE OHIO AWARD —To the state society that enrolled the highest percentage of new members less than 30 years of age. Winner: Hawaii Society with 100 percent. Second place: Wisconsin Society with 44 percent. THE COLORADO AWARD —To the state society with the highest percentage of increase in membership among states with greater than 100 members. Winner: Oregon Society with 21 percent. Second place: Arkansas Society with 16 percent. THE TEXAS AWARD —To the state society with the highest percentage of increase in membership among states with fewer than 100 members. Winner: Idaho Society with 40 percent. Second place: Wyoming Society with 18 percent. THE HOUSTON CHAPTER AWARD —To the state society that enrolled the largest percentage of new members transferred from the C.A.R. Winner: Wyoming Society with 20 percent. Second place: Dakota Society with 13 percent. THE ROBERT L. SONFIELD AWARD —To the state society with the largest numerical increase of members at the end of the membership year. Winner: North Carolina Society with 105. Second place: Georgia Society with 95. THE SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT AWARD —To the state society enrolling the largest number of new members. Winner: Florida Society with 264. Second place: Texas Society with 245. THE LIBERTY MEDAL AWARDS —The Liberty Medal is presented to those compatriots who have recruited 10 new Larry T. Guzy of Georgia, center, and Chuck Sweeney of Florida were among the winners of the Carl F. Bessent Award.