The Arkansas State Society of the Colonial Dames 17th Century held their annual state conference at the Hill High Resort at Horseshoe Bend.

Those attending from the Ouachita Valley Chapter were Virginia Frost, Jean Hirsch, Kathy Wright and Melrose Bagwell.

The executive board meeting and the board of management meetings were held on Friday evening.

State Chaplain Dorothy Wilkes conducted the memorial service on Saturday morning. She began with a prayer of remembrance and lit candles for Ada Vernell Orso from the John Eliot Chapter and Kathleen Louise Pat...