T e l - A -Wo m a n
The Woman’ s Club of Raleigh
GFWC-GFWC-NC, Di s t r i c t VI
www.womansclubofraleigh.org
PRESIDENT EDITOR
Barbara P. Umstead Marcy Hege
6580 Cornwallis, Road 218 Brookridge Drive
Garner, NC 27529 Cary, NC 27518
553-3732 362-5094
Volume 42 Issue 2 The Woman’s Club of Raleigh is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Raleigh, NC
September 2009 Calendar of Events
2 Four No-Trump Bridge and Luncheon..................................................................10 a.m.
2 House Committee Meeting....................................................................................10 a.m.
9 General Meeting and Luncheon—Night Department
Social: 11:15 a.m………………………..Luncheon: Noon
Program: “Sharing Our Passions – GFWC Women Make a Difference”
Speaker: Gail Rodgers McCormick, Director of GFWC Women’s History and
Resource Center, GFWC Headquarters, Washington, DC
Reservations: Your Calling Committee Member (Please do not call the Club)
9 October Tel-A-Woman Deadline.............................................................................Noon
9 Special Projects Committee Meeting.................................................................1:30 p.m.
9-14 Woman’s Club 2009 Online Auction
10 Spanish Class..........................................................................................................2 p.m.
16 Board of Directors’ Workshop............................................................................... 9 a.m.
16 Board of Directors’ Meeting............................................................................10:30 a.m.
16 Conservation & Education Combined DepartmentMeeting
Book and Plant Exchange.................................................................................11:15 a.m.
Progressive Lunch and Learn Buffet, Multiple Speakers...... ..........................11:45 a.m.
Reservations: Frances Lewis
24 Spanish Class..........................................................................................................2 p.m.
30 Bridge and Bunco Benefit
Coffee: 9:30 a.m. ~ Bridge/Games: 10 a.m. ~ Lunch: Noon
Reservations: Frances Lewis fblewis@mindspring.com 781-7589
HELP!!
CONSTRUCTION NOTICE
Who knows the whereabouts of the original Billie
Construction for expansion by the Capital Area Corder watercolor paintings of the Club? These are
Soccer League (CASL) in the Garden Level has the watercolors she created for the Centennial
begun and will continue into September. Use of the Cookbook.
Storage Room and Phoenix Room is limited. Please
Please call Barbara Umstead at 553-3732 if you
contact Pat Davis, House Chair, at 781-0800 or email
have any information about this missing artwork.
pldavis@nc.rr.com for access or more information.
ON BUTTERFLY WINGS
Barbara P. Umstead, President
“Standing as one…
to serve where need is found”
Get ready, get set… and we are off and running headlong into our new club year. Yes, I know. Our club
year actually begins in June but for all intents and purposes, September is the month when we really begin the
work of the club and the months between are used to regroup, plan and grab a little R&R… theoretically. This
summer however, has not been a quiet and relaxing time nor has it been work free. Work is the operative word
here. Many of us have spent countless hours in meetings planning for our future, cleaning out, cleaning up,
reorganizing, rearranging, and redecorating. Whew!! There is more yet to be done but WOW!! A great deal has
been accomplished. What a light and airy, but warm and inviting, look inside our clubhouse. Kudos to Pat Davis
for her almost seven days a week at the club in June and July and to Margot Murphy for lending her decorating
skills and a large amount of time to our elegant new look. Many members spent a great deal of time giving a
hand where needed. You are all so appreciated for your dedication and love of The WCR.
Do come and enjoy our new look as you join in all of the exciting activities planned for September. The
meetings are unique with a different format in some cases and we have a grand finale Bridge and Bunco event
at the end of the month. Find more information about meetings and events in other areas of the Tel-A-Woman.
Don’t miss out on the fun and fellowship available through your membership. I hope to see all of you many
times during this month and throughout the club year.
“Wishing you bluebird mornings and butterfly afternoons.”
Barbara
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September Gallery Artist
The September 2009 Artist of the Month for the Woman’s
Club Hall Gallery is Dodi Groesser of Grimesland, NC.
Dodi’s first oil painting experiences were shared with her ARTS DEPARTMENT
grandmother in her small kitchen in Nebraska. Those Beverly Shearon, Chair
beginnings in art appreciation continue to feed her passion
for painting. Dodi majored in Art Education with a minor Join other club members for an Arts Department tour of the
in Music. After college, she married and began teaching North Carolina Museum of Art led by Sheila Lund and
piano and painted only in her “free” time. After raising two Gloria Barnett Hulme. The tour is scheduled for September
boys and teaching piano for 32 years, Dodi recently retired 2 at 2:00 p.m. and will be one of your last chances to visit
from her teaching career to pursue her painting full time. before the NCMA closes until next spring due to
construction.
Through the years of life and change, she has explored a
variety of medium, but now paints exclusively in oil. She
On Friday, October 16, enjoy a Lunchtime Concert by the
spends a lot of time painting “en plein air” but also loves her
North Carolina Symphony Concert. Tickets are $10 and
time in the studio. She considers all subjects around her to be
there will be a carpool from the Club.
an inspiration for a painting. Dodi considers her art to be
representational with a strong influence of the Impressionists.
Reservations required for these events. Contact Beverly
She and her husband John, also an artist, have been married Shearon at bshearson2@nc.rr.com or at 782-1052 for
for 36 years. They are native Nebraskans but have been additional information or to make reservations.
home in North Carolina since 1989. You can find more of
their work. at the River Walk Gallery in Washington, NC. Start preparing your entries for the 2010 Arts Festival
Several of their plein air paintings were recently featured in which will be held on Monday, January 25, 2010. More
the book, Painting North Carolina, Impressions en Plein information at www.womansclubofraleigh.org and in
Air by Kimberlee C. Maselli of Cary, NC. future issues of the newsletter!
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NIGHT DEPARTMENT, Susan Mulligan, Chair
GENERAL MEETING AND LUNCHEON
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
11:15 a.m. Social Hour – Noon Luncheon and Program
Program: “Sharing Our Passions – GFWC Women Make a Difference”
Speaker: Gail Rodgers McCormick
Director of GFWC Women’s History and Resource Center, Washington, DC
Special Guest: Beverly Lassiter
President of General Federation of Women’s Clubs of North Carolina
Cost: $11.00 per person
Reservations/Cancellations: Your Calling Committee Member (Please do not call the Club)
How fortunate we are to have a representative from the GFWC Headquarters and the GFWC North Carolina President
attend our meeting! Both ladies will tell us about their enthusiasm and love for GFWC.
WHRC Director Gail Rodgers McCormick’s passion is history. Her recent chance encounter with a single box in the
WHRC Research Library is a great example of the treasures she has found. She is constantly unearthing new material
helping us learn about our Federation’s past and the women who made a difference. Gail will share some of the stories of
our “fore sisters” with us.
GFWC-NC President Beverly Lassiter will speak to us of her passion for GFWC and how it has allowed her to make a
difference with her President’s Special Project, Girls on the Run.
Come and learn more about GFWC’s role in women’s history. Hear Gail reveal her recent discoveries and listen to
Beverly as she takes a look into GFWC’s future. This will be a great meeting to have potential members as guests.
Notice to Calling Committee Members for the September 9 Meeting
Please call those on your list by Wednesday, September 2 and report the names of those making reservations to Jan Vaughn
at jpvaughn@aol.com or 787-8301. She is the Reservations Chair for the meeting and needs to report the total reservations
to the Woman’s Club Catering Facility by noon on Thursday, September 3.
CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS COMBINED MEETING
Conservation Department Chair Lois Nixon & Education Department Chair Pat Reed
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Costs: $11.00 per person
11:15 a.m. -11:45 a.m. Plant & Book Exchange 11:45 a.m. Progressive Lunch and Learn
Reservations: Jane Doby, 787-4736 or jdoby1@nc.rr.com
Jan Vaughn, 787-8301 or jpvaughn@aol.com
Rosemary McCloskey, 846-1885 or rpmccloskey@yahoo.com
Each department will sponsor five dining tables. At each table there will be an expert to discuss and answer your
questions regarding the following topics:
Conservation Department Topics Education Department Topics
Beyond the Recycling Bin (Electronics) Electronic Continuing Education
Litter Prevention Mass Transit ENCORE Learning Disabilities
Reuse and Recycling Take a Child Outside Week Tutoring and Literacy Wake Education Partnership
Club members will serve themselves a light buffet luncheon between visits to a choice of topic tables. Each member will
have the opportunity to visit four topic tables before we adjourn. Members who choose to come early can participate in a
Plant and Book exchange. For every plant or book you bring, you may take one. Any leftovers will be donated to an
appropriate community organization.
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MEMBERSHIP ANTIQUES SHOW & SALE
Billie Learoyd, Chair
Ladies, another Antiques Show & Sale is right around
Welcome New Members
the corner. Before we know it, November will here and
Please welcome these new members to The Woman’s then Christmas.
Club of Raleigh. Jeannine Roberts (who recently Our show is filling up fast with dealers, some new and
completed her term as Second Vice President) brought some who have been coming for years. The crystal
it to our attention that her final report on new members repair man will be back! The silver engraver will not be
was omitted from the Summer Issue of the Tel-A- with us in November as it is his busiest season getting
Woman. ready for Christmas but he will be back at the Spring
2010 Show.
Anne Best, 438 Van Thomas Drive, Raleigh 27615
Phone: 676-0394, email: annebest@msn.com Member tickets will be mailed to Club members in
October. I hope each of you will buy your five tickets
Elizabeth Bunting, 700 Sampson Street, Raleigh 27609 ($25.00) as your donation to the Club and give them to
Phone: 781-3582 friends or family or sell them.
Carol Maddox, 7405 Valley Lake Drive, Raleigh 27612 See you in September as our new Club year begins.
Phone: 676-3895, email: camaddo@ao.com
Carolyn Melton, 6312 Valley Estates Drive, Raleigh 27612
Phone: 870-5357, email: carolynmelton@gmail.com
Val Myers, 8713 Brandon Station Street, Raleigh 27613 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Phone: 676-6975, email: samwalmyers@bellsouth.net
Vera Warren, Chair
Sharon O’Neal, 1635 Shepherds Glade Drive, Apex 27523
Phone: 387-8661, email sharret42@att.net Eleven members of the International Affairs
Department shared hosting duties for the Ambassadors
Lavonda Van Benthuysen, 7820 Madison Park Lane, of the Friendship Force of Costa Rica in July. Ann
Raleigh 27615 Gordon and Vera Warren were Exchange Directors.
Phone: 676-2774, email: lvanbenthuysen@nc.rr.com
Spanish conversation class begins September 10, 2 p.m.
Mary Weathers, 5315 Alpine Drive, Raleigh 27609
to 3 p.m. Class will also be held on September 24 and
Phone: 875-8900, email: marysw@nc.rr.com
continue on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the following
Suzanne Williams, 1101 Brooks Avenue, Raleigh 27609 months. Blanche Bahamonde will teach the class. No
Phone: 789-0403, email: williamss@nccommunitycolleges.edu previous Spanish is required. Everyone is invited. Call
Vera Warren at 787-6916 with any questions.
Judy Wright, 6424 Lakerest Court, Raleigh 27612
Phone: 848-3737, email: judytwright@gmail.com Everyone is invited to attend the Intenational Festival,
October 2-4 at the Raleigh Convention Center. A
Naturalization Ceremony is scheduled for the morning
of October 2 in conjunction with the International
ARE YOU A BRIDGE PLAYER? Festival. The Naturalization Ceremony is very
meaningful and patriotically inspiring. Members of
If you enjoy playing bridge, you are invited to play with The Woman’s Club of Raleigh will be volunteering at
the Four No Trump Bridge group of the Home Life the event and will help with voter registration of these
Department. The group meets on the first Wednesday of new American citizens. If you would like to volunteer
the month at 9:45 A.M. After about two hours of bridge, to help with these events, contact Marcy Hege at
the group enjoys a delicious lunch provided by Sisters’ marcyhege@aol.com or 362-5094.
Catering for $11.00. If you are interested in joining the
group as a regular or substitute, please call Karen Lane The United Nations Anniversary Dinner will be held
at 326-9754. October 28 at the University Club at 6:30 p.m. The
speaker is Dr. Michael Struett.
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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT
Pat Reed, Chair Lois Nixon, Chair
Linda Little, Vice Chair
A Book Exchange is scheduled from 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 Please attend the September 16 Department Luncheon co-
a.m. on Wednesday, September 16. You may bring one or hosted by the Education and Conservation Departments. We
several hard back or paper back gently used books and are trying something new, as you will see in another article
exchange them for the same number you brought. in this newsletter. Come early for the plant and book
Epsilon Sigma Omicron Lifelong Learning (ESO) is an exchange, and then enjoy a Progressive Lunch and Learn!
independent reading program in which any Woman’s Club The WCR Conservation Department wants to issue you a
member can participate. Contact Sarah Stone with ques- passport to exciting places and fun times! Pick up your
tions: 832-3852 or sstone103@nc.rr.com. “Passport to the Outdoors” at the Woman’s Club of Raleigh
Jennie June Book Club will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Department meeting on September 16. Your Passport to the
September 28 at the Woman’s Club. Barbara Wagner will Outdoors will be officially stamped after you and a child
lead the discussion of Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult. The Book complete one or more activities that we suggest in the Tel-a-
Club meets every fourth Monday each month except for the Woman, or ones that you dream up yourself. We want you
months of December and May. Consult the WCR website to use your passport to take a child outdoors and have some
for a listing of books for the year. Contact Barbara Wagner fun together. If you don’t have a child or grandchild of your
with questions: 787-2477 or batwagner@yahoo.com . own, please borrow one from a neighbor or your church
or....even take a school group on a mini-field trip.
During the next year, the Conservation Department will
supply monthly ideas for seasonal outdoor activities, and all
you need to supply is the child and your enthusiasm! As Dr.
HOME LIFE DEPARTMENT Seuss says, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” with your Passport
to the Outdoors!
Sally Moore, Chair
Passport to the Outdoors – Travel Advisory #2
Take a Child Outside Week
In keeping with our Women’s Health promotion objective, Take a Child Outside Week is September 24-30, but you can
the Home Life Department offers the following start any time! This program initiated by the N. C. Museum
information: of Natural Sciences encourages us to take a child outside,
August is Cataract Awareness Month. For more information engage in interesting outdoor activities, and record our
contact: American Academy of Ophthalmology, P.O. Box experiences with photos and/or brief descriptions. You can
7424, San Francisco, CA 94120-7424. (415) 447-0213 report these activities through our department’s “Passport to
eyemd@aao.org or www.aao.org/aaoesite/eyemd/ the Outdoors” project. There will be more information at
cataract.cfm the September department meeting when Liz Baird of the
Museum will be a guest presenter, but you can get some
September will focus on the following health issues: ideas now at www.takeachildoutside.org or
Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness, Cholesterol Education, www.greenhour.org. Simply playing in a puddle after a rain
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery, Reye’s Syndrome, and floating boats made of bark and leaves is a huge thrill
Prostate Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Sickle Cell, Pain, Healthy for younger children (and for us as we remember our
Aging, Fruit&Veggies – More Matters, and Whole Grains childhoods).
Promotion.
And save the date of October 17, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., for the
Links and additional information can be found at “Call of the Wild” at Wolfpit – the home of Betsy Burnett
www.healthfinder.gov/nho/nho.asp?year=2009#m8 . Benning. This will be an exclusive Passport to the Outdoors
event. Details will be available at September 16 luncheon
and in the October newsletter.
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COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Beth Lane, Chair
Patti Celestini, Vice Chair
Mark your calendars to join Beth Lane and Patti Celestini for a Welcome Forum on September 9 at 10:30 a.m.
announcing the Club’s involvement with the Grand Opening of Hospice of Wake County’s HOSPICE &
PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER in early 2010.
We want to ensure that our members have every opportunity to be involved and are looking at ways to increase
public awareness of Hospice’s 30th Anniversary year, culminating in the opening of Wake County’s Hospice &
Palliative Care Center and our Club’s contributions.
Please plan on being at the meeting on September 9 to hear about ways that members can get involved. There
will be multiple events for the opening of the new facility. The Hospice Opening Committee is currently making
plans and WCR members will assist with hospitality and touring for event guests.
Information sessions have been scheduled to outline the duties and time commitments required for each
position. Please contact Patti at pcelestini@nc.rr.com or 870 9020 to attend one of the following sessions or
with questions:
Information Sessions:
September 22 at 1 p.m. September 24 at 10 a.m.
Every hour of the Woman’s Club of Raleigh volunteer involvement will provide support for the Hospice
organization and visibility of WCR efforts in our community. Thank you for your continuing support.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Margie Collins, Treasurer
Capital Improvements: 3300 Society:
In memory of Richard May by Emma House, Barbara Peggy Dennis in memory of David Batts, Tom Bennett,
Hocutt, Connie Steed and Juanita Bryant. and Dick May.
In memory of Tom Bennett by Rachel Eagles, Connie Betty Tobert in memory of Dick May.
Steed, and Juanita Bryant.
The following members have graciously contributed to
Juanita Bryant in memory of William Gilbert and David
the 3300 Society:
Batts.
Barbara Umstead, Peggy Dennis in honor of Margot
Anita Andersson in honor of the Conservation
Murphy, Marla Cooper, Rachel Eagles, Margie Collins,
Department.
Pat Davis, Jean Dillon, Barbara Sawyer, Laura Mayo,
Scholarship: Phyllis Duncan, Joyce White, Pat Reed, Beverly
Lynne Thorne in memory of Tom Bennett and Richard Shearon, Andrea P. Gardner, Elaine Rakouskas, Mar
May. Alice Linhardt, Marcy Hege, Dorothy May, Linda
Johnston, Frances Lewis, Sarah Daniels, Jeanette
CIP:
Bennett and the Junior Woman’s Club of Raleigh.
Barbara Umstead in memory of Richard May.
Betty Tobert in honor of the past Presidents.
Current Financial Statements and the Audit Review are on file in the Jones Gallery.
Donations may be sent to Margie Collins, Woman’s Club of Raleigh, 3300 Woman’s Club Drive, Raleigh, NC 27612
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SPECIAL PROJECTS
Jackie Hudson, Chair MEMBERSHIP CONCERNS
Cindy Godwin, Vice Chair Lorene Phillips, Chair
BRIDGE & BUNCO Get well wishes are sent to Louise Milroy.
September 30 Thinking of you message is sent to Sue Thompson due
9:30 a.m. – Coffee & Muffins to the fire at her home.
10:00 a.m. – Games Begin Sympathy is extended to Ruby Leavel in the death of
12:15 p.m. – Luncheon her husband, and to Jean Dillon in the death of her
Reservations: Frances Lewis – husband.
fblewis@mindspring.com or 781-7589 Get well wishes to Freddie Schrimper following knee
Please join us for this exciting brand new event. Club replacement surgery and rehabilitation therapy at Rex.
members and their guests are welcome. Cost is $25.00
Members were saddened to learn of the death of Carol
per person. Advance guest reservations may be mailed
Sloan in July.
to: Frances Lewis, 4113 Westwood Place, Raleigh,
27613-4224. Make your reservation today!
ONLINE AUCTION House Committee
September 9th – October 14th Pat Davis, Chair
Please support our Online Auction by visiting The House Committee Wish List is a new feature in
www.womansclubofraleigh.cmarket.com. the Tel-A-Woman and will be revised from time to
Thanks to Mary Alice Linhardt and her committee, we time. The list illustrates the approximate cost of
have dining gift certificates, Resort accommodations, specific needs in support of furnishings and fixtures of
golf packages, theater tickets and so much more. the interior of our most visible asset, our Club
Malinda Sink, Online Auction chair, will be available building. These items are suggestions to help you plan
at the General Meeting to help you get started. your giving. Questions? Contact Pat Davis, House
Committee Chair, at 781-0800 or pldavis@nc.rr.com.
SAVE THE DATE
$5,000-$10,000
Friday, October 23, 2009 6:30 p.m.
North Ridge Country Club, Raleigh Cabinet. New 90H+ x 96W cabinet for Foyer/Lobby
area (w/ lock, glass doors, lighted) to provide a safe
Silent Auction Fashion Show
and secure location for protected display and viewing
Southern Supper Surprise Speaker
of artifacts, books, materials, memorabilia, silver
The Special Projects Department will host an amazing awards, etc.
evening of fun! Please mark your calendars – more Rug. Large rug to replace the threadbare rug now in
information will follow. the Stevens Dining Room.
Window Film. UV window film for all windows and
SPECIAL PROJECTS glass doors to help with heating and air conditioning
COMMITTEE MEETING costs, prevent fading of fabric and faded wood on
furniture.
There will be a meeting for all Special Projects Dept.
members immediately following the Sept. 9th General $250-$2000
Meeting at 1:30 p.m..We have a full schedule of Chairs (estimate @ $250 each). Eight small
exciting events for our 2009/2010 club year and we conference room chairs for the Jones Gallery to replace
welcome your participation. six damaged chairs.
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Raleigh, North Carolina 27612-4811 PERMIT #191
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Guests are always welcome at WCR meetings. If you or your guests have reservations for a meeting, the member is responsible for
paying for any missed luncheons not cancelled 48 hours prior to the scheduled time of the meeting. Cancellations should be made
with the Reservations Chair for the Department sponsoring the meeting. No reservations or cancellations may be given to the catering
service. Remember that if you have made a reservation and you do not show, you will be billed $12 to help offset the cost of billing.