36 SAR MAGAZINE
activities of this court established in March 1783, reside in
the Kentucky State Archives in Frankfort, but only an
undated and unsourced microfilm, missing the first five
pages, can be found.
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Lyon was the
keynote speaker on May 17 at the Field of Honor at
Castaways Park in Newport Beach, Calif. The Field of
Honor is an NSSAR National Color Guard event held during
Armed Forces Weekend. A CASSAR Color Guard composed
of compatriots from the Harbor,
Orange County, Gen. George Patton
Jr., Riverside and Silicon Valley
chapters provided a color guard for
the Friday and Saturday programs.
Lyon attended Columbia
University Midshipmen's School,
receiving his commission in the
U.S. Navy in October 1944. Trained
as a U.S. Navy "frogman," he
served as a Navy Scout and Raider
in the Pacific Theater and in China
as an intelligence officer. He was
released from active duty in 1946,
subsequently joining the Naval
Reserve. He returned to active duty
in early 1951, commissioned the
Underwater Demolition Team Five,
and served in the Korean War until
late 1952. Upon release, he resumed his Reserve
participation.
In July 1974, Lyon became the first Special Warfare
(SEAL) admiral in the history of the U.S. States Navy.
Lyon is a graduate of both the National War College and
the Naval War College. He was the first Reserve officer to
be appointed to the Board of Directors of the United States
Naval Institute, where he served as chairman of the
Editorial Board. He has received decorations for the Legion
of Merit, Navy Commendation Medal and Combat Action
Ribbon.
He returned to active duty as deputy chief of Naval
Reserve in July 1978. He retired in July 1983 at the
rank of rear admiral after nearly 41 years of naval
service.
Harbor Chapter
Compatriot Karl Jacobs presented the SAR Eagle
Scout Certificate to four new Eagle Scouts of Troop
267 in El Segundo, Calif. Three of these young men joined
Troop 267 in the fifth grade; one moved here from England
and joined in the eighth grade. The four, all age 18, were in
the Gecko Patrol of Troop 267.
Jacob Levy has submitted his application to join the
Harbor Chapter SAR under his patriot ancestor, Samuel
Camp of Virginia and Georgia. Jacob is Karl Jacobs'
grandson. He will be an active member and color
guardsman in the MASSAR while a student at Boston
University.
Sacramento
Chapter
Compatriots Jim
Faulkinbury and Tom
Chilton of the
Sacramento Chapter,
with fifth-grade
teacher Jackie
Carpenter of Green
Valley Elementary
School in Rescue,
Calif., showed off one
of the portraits of
George Washington donated by the Sacramento Chapter to
area schools. In response to PG Joseph W. Dooley's
challenge, the Sacramento Chapter has donated two of
these portraits, provided by the Mount Vernon Ladies'
Association, to schools in the chapter's region. This portrait
will hang in the Green Valley school library.
COLORADO SOCIETY
The Colorado SAR Color Guard, along with State
President Wayne Snodgrass and past State President and
past Mount Evans Chapter President Bob Gordon,
represented the COSSAR at the interment service for Fred
O. Jeffries Jr. on June 23.
Attendees of the annual George Washington Birthday Luncheon.
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral
Richard Lyon.
The Colorado Society Color Guard and the family of Frederick
Owen Jefferies Jr. Compatriot Jefferies passed away on May 23
in Denver. His many years of service to the SAR included
serving as president of the Colorado Society, president of the
Wyoming Society, NSSAR Minuteman and president of NSSAR
Trustees. He also served on nearly 100 committees and was
president of the NSC.A.R. and dozens of community service and
nonprofit organizations.
From left, Kent Pluntze, a freshman at University of California, Irvine;
Robert Groman, who graduated from ESHS in 2013; Karl Jacobs, Harbor
Chapter SAR; Jacob Levy, who will be at Boston University this fall; and
Bret Frei, a freshman at El Camino College.