Club news 4/30/03

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Eastside Homemakers

The Eastside Homemakers met at Golden Gate Restaurant in Jackson on April 16. After lunch, a short business meeting was held.

The program on the "Lenten Season" was presented by Maxine Southard.

The group decided to send members cards for birthdays and other occasions.

The next meeting will be 11 a.m. May 21 at Side Tracks in Jackson.

Friendship Club

The Friendship Club met April 8 at the home of Alma Bodenstein.

The meeting was called to order by acting president, Ruth Nischwitz.

Carolina Galloway gave the devotion. Patsy Johnson presented the program. She dressed as Martha Washington and told of her life before and after the Revolution.

Galloway won the drawing of the traveling basket.

The next meeting will be May 13 in the home of Galloway.

Oak Ridge FCE

The Oak Ridge FCE met April 15 in the home of Mary Dee Ford for the monthly meeting and the annual international meal. A Tasmanian menu was prepared by the members.

After the meal, a business meeting was held. President Marilyn Retherford announced the club would donate a book on newborns to be given to the Riverside Regional Library for the May project.

May 15 is FCE Day of the Family. Retherford appointed Billie Criddle to meet with the Oak Ridge mayor to get her to officially declare that date as the Oak Ridge Community Day of the Family.

At the recent council meeting, Oak Ridge was asked to bring a table decoration and door prize for Friday's spring meeting in Poplar Bluff. Ford will prepare the decoration.

Auction items are needed for the May meeting. Criddle, Betty Dellinger and Carole Jo Byrd will serve the residents of Jackson Manor at the birthday celebration.

Five members reported they had attended the leader training meeting. They were Nelda Crader, Kim Begley, Criddle, Ruby Hitt and Jean Rehak.

Crader reported that the club had received second place in the "Club of the Year" competition announced at the All Clubs Day.

A miniprogram on recycling was given by Retherford. She also expressed a desire to have the group recycle holiday cards for St. Jude's Hospital.

All signed a get-well card for Jack Byrd, who is recuperating from recent surgery.

Ford led the group with an interesting program on Tasmania.

DAR

The Daughters of the American Revolution met April 23 at the home of Leone Proffer. Dorothy Points was assistant hostess.

Sharon Rowland, vice regent, chaired the meeting in the absence of regent Kathy Tolson.

Mary Lou Lett introduced speaker Dr. Franklin D. Nickell. His topic, "The Home Front During World War II," is the subject of a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institute. The exhibit is traveling around Missouri, and Nickell is one of its speakers. It will be at The Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield in August.

Armed Forces Day is May 17, and a rededication of the monument of Revolutionary War soldier, William Uriah Brock, will be held at Lorimier Cemetery at 1:30 p.m.

The next meeting will be at Cape Girardeau Country Club at noon on May 22. Hostess will be Rowland.

-- From staff reports