Get Ready for Rainbow Reflections
Your fashion show committee is already busy preparing for the April 19th
event and you should be thinking about inviting your friends, neighbors,
church group ladies, quilting bee gals, bridge group, etc. to join us. This
is our major fund raising event and it takes all of us to make it a success.
Committee chairman will be making some announcements at our March meeting.
The committee will also have a brief meeting after the branch activities,
so feel free to join us and volunteer to help out in some area.
Loretta Pearson will be working on the program for the luncheon as well
as order forms for tickets and some posters which can be distributed. Maxine
Babington is doing the publicity and plans to have articles in several local
newspapers. Michele Phillips is working on donations for our raffle and
door prizes. Kathy Dalton will be helping with the set up of donated goods
and Virginia Shriver will be selling tickets. Barb Pagano and Luz Oliver
and Sara Amrein are working with Talbots and our models. Pat Dewey and Sue
Early are choosing some delicious luncheon entrees and Rosemary Murray and
Katie Parkhurst will be selling tickets. Mary Alice Enright will be in charge
of table decorations. If you would like to help in any of these areas and
have not yet signed up-do so now.
50th ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON
The luncheon on November 10th was a delightful day - enjoyed by 57 women
(an ironic total since we chartered in 1957)! Erika Nicketakis, our District
#5 Director, attended and gave a few words of welcome and congratulations.
AAUW-IL president, Nancy Daugherty from Springfield, could not attend but
sent her congratulations. An interesting historical branch exhibit (and
a quiz - thanks to Carol Heisler and her sub committee!) were enjoyed by
all! Nancy Fike, our speaker, took us back in time with some revelations
about women and generated some laughs as we viewed examples of our past
fashions.
Joan Hoppe, a charter member in 1957, who has remained a branch member for
50 years, was presented with an honorary certificate from the Association
in Washington D.C. All names of charter branch members were researched and
we found only a few still in the area. Those attending were: Phyllis Harms,
Joan Hoppe, Maxine Kempf and Margaret Nienstedt. It was unique to have these
women stand before us - the original founders of our branch. Since 1957,
our branch has had 25 presidents. |
Of those, six are deceased and 14 attended: Phyllis Harms, Jane Franz,
Judy Thornton, Elaine Otis, Lorraine Tacke, Jean Hopkins, Nancy Schuppert,
Linda Meyer, Vel Dysart, Marken Gerhardt, Sandy Moser, Carol Heisler, Kathy
Hahn (current president) and myself (11 of these women are still branch
members). I would like to thank the committee for all the effort they put
forth over the last year or more to make this event successful. They each
did a share of the work, which helped us sail smoothly into November 10th!
Thank you to: Kathy Hahn, Sandi Hall, Carol Heisler, Sandy Moser, Betty
Schmidt, and Judy Thornton. Many thanks also to Linda Meyer for designing
the logo for the invitation and program and to Loretta Pearson for typing
the invitation and program. Thank you to each of YOU who attended! We missed
those of you who could not but understand that life is full of many commitments
- we will have extra programs available at the branch meeting on December
3rd for you.
~ Marlene Boncosky, 50th anniversary chairperson.
Founding Members of the Branch
(L-R) Maxine Kempf, Margaret Nienstedt, Joan Hoppe*, Phyllis Harms
(Current member Ann Dahm is Maxine's daughter)
 PRESIDENTS SINCE 1957
(L-R) Front Row: Marlene Boncosky*, Linda Meyer*, Nancy Schuppert,
Phyllis Harms
Back Row: Vel Dysart*, Judy Thornton*, Lorraine Tacke, Kathy Hahn*,
Jane Franz*, Sandy Moser*, Marken Gerhardt*, Elaine Otis*, Jean
Hopkins*, Carol Heisler*
(* current branch members) |
