March 6, 2008
The Kings Mountain Herald
CLUBS
Sutherland Club Woman With Heart
Thirty members of the
Woman's Club met Monday,
February 25, for the monthly
meeting with President Karen
Bunch presiding.
Linda Dixon led the pledge to
the flags and gave a devotional.
The minutes and financial
reports were distributed.
Lois Blanton introduced Julie
Pearson who spoke about Relay
for Life. The women will spon-
sor a team and were all encour-
aged to contact their friends
and contribute to this worthy
cause.
Betty Benton gave some facts
about taking care of our hearts
and everyone had been encour-
aged to wear “red.”
Helen Ayscue presented a gift
to Lori Sutherland who had
been selected to receive the
“Club Woman with a Heart”
award. Sutherland chaired the.
Fall Festival held February 23. It
was suggested. that the club
make a special donation to its
custodian for his work in clean-
ing the clubhouse and this was
approved.
Betty Gamble gave an
overview of some statistics for
the club for 2007. Twenty-four
projects had been completed,
with 41. members participating.
Hours volunteered was 6,486
and funds generated were
$12,490. This is just what was
reported and she felt that if
Magnolia Garden
Club meets with
Geneva Caveny
On Tuesday morning,
February 26, 2008, members of
the Magnolia Garden Club
were greeted with a delicious
breakfast buffet at the home of
Geneva Caveny.
Pat Schronce
Alisa Eaker, landscape designer,
from Eaker’s Nursery and Tree
Farm in Cherryville. She pre-
sented a very informative pro-
gram about Topiaries.
Alisa stated that the earliest
reference to topiaries dated
back to 23-79 AD. Most of these
topiaries were made from the
Cyprus tree. The Romans were
among the first to coin this gar-
den art. Topiaries were used to
save space and for medicinal
purposes; an example is the
Knot Garden.
Topiaries arrived in the
United States in 1690, in
Williamsburg, VA. Alisa
demonstrated how to form a
spiral or corkscrew topiary. She
named many trees and shrubs
that are perfect for topiaries.
Container gardens have
become very popular in this
area because of mild winters.
Topiaries fit perfectly in to this
way to garden.
Each member was given a
folder that included informa-
tion about topiaries and a glos- °
sary of terms.
introduced
The meeting was called to
order by President Molly
Savage. The club’s collect was
read in unison by the members.
Molly welcomed the members
and thanked Geneva for host-
ing the club. She also comment-
ed that all members, except one,
were present.
The minutes were approved
after two corrections and team
points were collected (Team 1--
19 and Team II--24). The treas-
urer reported a balance of
$172.10.
Old business consisted of the
club’s birthday party for the
residents of the Life Enrichment
Center on March 10 at 3 p.m.
Updating and adding to the
list of Past Presidents in the
club handbook was the only -
new business discussed.
The floral arrangements
"Valentine Spring” by Mabel
McGill and Molly Savage were
critiqued by Molly and Maxine
Bennett.
Camellias, Lenten Rose,
Jonquils, Paper Whites, Crocus,
Pansies, and Shamrocks were
among the specimens the mem-
bers brought to share with the
club. :
The March meeting will be at
the home of Maxine Bennett.
every woman had reported, it
would be many more.
The six departments, which
include Conservation,
Education, Home Life,
International Affairs, Public
Affairs and the Arts then broke
into groups and did some plan-
ning for the remainder of the
year.
The Home Life Department
will have charge of the program
and refreshments for the March
24th meeting. The speaker will
be from the Kings Mountain
Police Department speaking on
“Identity Theft.” The public is
invited to attend the 7 p.m.
meeting at the clubhouse.
PHOTO LOIS BLANTON
Helen Ayscue, left, presents Lori Sutherland a gift for “Club
woman with a Heart” recognition at the Kings Mountain
Woman’s Clubhouse at their last meeting.
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