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In Memoriam... Dorothy R. (Bee) Pape Dorothy R. (Bee) Pape of Edmond, Oklahoma, and long-time Oklahoma City resident, passed away suddenly on Friday, July 29, 2011. Born in Ft. Smith, Arkansas on October 14, 1928, she was a local Montessori pioneer and taught at the Casady School in Okla. City, Okla. for 36 years. At her time of death, she was the Director of the Montessori Teacher Education Program at Oklahoma City University, and was a 2011 finalist for the American Montessori Society Living Legacy Award. Bee was a life-long learner and loved her family, children, grandchildren and great-grand children. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Bob Pape. She is survived by her children: William R. Pape of Santa Fe, NM; Sarah Pape Hester of McKinney, TX and Susan Pape Peacock of Edmond, OK. Grandchildren include: David and Amanda Hester, Julia and Anna Peacock, and great-grandchildren Alexander and Alena Wohl of Louisville, CO. Daughters Sarah and Susan are active dressage competitors, as well as graduate pony clubbers. Susan is a professional show secretary, and grand-daughters Julia and Amanda are active dressage competitors. Amanda just received her D3 Pony Club rating with the Dallas Pony Club, and Julia has received numerous USDF year end awards. Bee was active in horse event management for over 50 years. From pony club rallies, to combined training events, H/J shows, dressage shows and clinics, Bee was there, getting volunteers, fine-tuning management and making sure everything was running to make competitors and volunteers happy. Bee and her deceased husband, Bob, managed the first recognized combined training events in Oklahoma in the 1960s. They were instrumental in upgrading the quality of recognized Hunter/Jumper shows in Oklahoma. Also, Bee and Bob managed the Insilco Dressage show in 1981 (held in Okla. City) that offered the first head to head national dressage competition. They also were managers of the equestrian portion of the Olympic Festival held in Okla. City in 1989. In addition, Bee and Bob founded and were co-D.C.s of the first United States Pony Club chapter in Oklahoma in the 1960s: The Cimarron Pony Club. In 2002 Bee was named Horse Person of the Year by the United States Dressage Federation for Region 9. Bee will be best remembered for her "can-do" attitude and her willingness to take on any challenge. She was a mentor and inspiration for generations of students and horse enthusiasts and will be greatly missed. Memorials should be sent to: the U.S. Dressage Federation, Region 9 at usdfregion9.org; the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at www.jdrfdallas.org; the American Montessori Society Living Legacy Award at www.amshq.org; or to Pambe Ghana at www.pambeghana.org. FAREWELL CHIME
I first met Chime in 1991 when I came to Madoc Farm as the instructor for the lesson program. Chime was nine years old and had never heard the “D” word. I felt that Chime was very special and told Mary Alice that I thought dressage shows would be a great place to promote both Chime and the breed. Mary Alice thought that would be fine as long as Chime enjoyed the work. She thought it would be fun if we could maybe make it to 4th level. Chime rose to the challenge and although he had no dressage training before the age of nine he was still able to learn all the Grand Prix movements. With help from Lurena Bell and Pamela Goodrich we ended up competing at Grand Prix on the Florida circuit when Chime was seventeen. Chime was always a crowd favorite, and the bigger the crowd the better he got. One of the many highlights of my career with Chime was showing our Grand Prix freestyle in Wellington. The hillside was packed and the crowd even cheered during the ride! Chime retired from dressage at the age of nineteen and returned to Madoc Farm to look after his herd. He lived to be twenty eight years old and passed away peacefully with me and Mary Alice at his side. He will be greatly missed but he is survived by almost all of the ninety-two foals that he sired. He will always live on in our hearts and memories. Nancy
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Kentchurch Chime was born in the spring of 1983. He was bred by Anne Vestey of the Kentchurch Stud in Hampshire, England. Late in the fall of that year Mary Alice Williams of Madoc Welsh Ponies and Cobs imported him to use as her own breeding stallion. In the early years Chime became an accomplished combined driving horse and also won many championships at both local and national Welsh competitions. Through the Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America, he earned his individual Legion of Merit Award in 1997 and by 1999 his offspring had earned enough points to earn him his Sire Legion of Merit.