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GFWC Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights, Inc.

Southern District
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2010-2012 Officers

  • President: Shirley Beck
  • First Vice President: Carolyn Hall
  • Second Vice-President: Verena Linthicum
  • Recording Secretary: Dianne Friel
  • Corresponding Secretary: Joyce Houpe
  • Treasurer: Sandra Blankenship


Governors 2009-2011

Jo Barker, Mary Lee LaPrade, Carol Glendenning, Mary Stafford and Barbara Walter.


Governors 2010-2012

Linda Betz, Mary Brodowski, Fran Purper, Sherry Brown and Cecelia Dietz.


Meetings

DAY MEETINGS:

Day meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month September through May. Day meetings begin at 10:30 a.m. at the LHWC Clubhouse, 110 N. Hammonds Ferry Rd., Linthicum.




EVENING GROUP'S MEETINGS:

All Evening Group Meetings are held at the clubhouse and begin at 7 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Although the Evening Group is geared to women unable to attend day meetings, all club members are welcome to attend.


  • January 23, 2012: The club's Evening Group will meet Monday, January 23. Cindy of Friends for Tea will present "Tea makers,Teetotalers and Teapots." She will discuss how she and her friends created this business for fun! She will talk about the history of teas and how they create or discover new teas and why some teas are bagged and others are used with the tea ball among other topics. She will brew two of her teas. Club members are asked to bring their remaining Christmas cookies, dessert bread or other finger sweets from their freezer as well as their favorite teapot to display.

  • February 27, 2012: At its February 27th meeting, the group will have Vince Vaise as guest speaker. Mr. Vaise is the Park Ranger and Chief of Interpretation at Fort McHenry-------A New, Old Fort and the Bicentennial of the War of 1812.

  • March 26, 2012: On March 26, Nicole Sherry, Head Groundskeeper of Oriole Park at Camden Yards will tell us about being the second woman ever to serve in that role in a major league ball park.

  • April 23, 2012: Herbal Remedies will be discussed at the April 23rd meeting.

  • May 21, 2012: On May 21 (note: a Wednesday) there will be a Pot Luck planning meeting.

 

Upcoming Events

  • March 13, 2012: The Annual Prayer Breakfast will be held on March 13, 9:30 a.m. at the Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church. Mary Ann Jung will portray "Clara Barton, Red Cross Angel."

  • April 21, 2012: The Spring Tea on April 21 will include the raffle of a rain barrel painted by artist and conservationist, Jodi Roberts, at January's meeting of the Beautification and Garden Committee.

  • May 8, 2012: The Annual Installation and Awards Luncheon is scheduled for May 8 at a location to be announced.

Club News

September's opening tea, "A Salute to Veterans," was attended by many area veterans. In addition, Josie Anderson, Sharon Brodt, Gloria Cook, Debbie Croghan, Norma Gauss, Marlene Jones, Joyce Nichols, Catherine Owings, Helen Tumminello-Cave, and Peggy Wellein were introduced as new members from the last club year. In addition, the club welcomed three former members back into membership: Cathleen Bradley, Carole McCullough and Carol Seth. New Club members inducted by the Evening Group included Gloria Bryan, Josie Robinson, Kathy Shatt, Sandra Shives and Annette Thomas.

During Linthicum's annual Community Fair in September, John Merle Stoll was handed the key to Linthicum and is now its Honorary Mayor. Bernadette Simon, current president of the MFWC's Southern District, is serving as Honorary Deputy Mayor. Martin Muller and Henry "Butch" LaWall were recipients of the Pastor Gilroy awards for their many years of service and dedication to the fair.

Wayne Schaumberg, Baltimore historian, was October's speaker. November's meeting featured Annapolis mystery writer MarciaTalley and December featured floral design artist, David Shover. Other fall activities included participation in Linthicum's annual Community Fair, December's annual Holly Mart and the Holiday Gala at the clubhouse.

The January 10th general meeting, "Heat in the Kitchen," featured an associate instructor from the Culinary Arts School of the Anne Arundel Community College. On February 14th a speaker from the Maryland Transit Administration will discuss the "Green Track Test Project."


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