August - 2019 National JANUES Editor – Shannon Blacknall, The Woodlands Chapter

JPS National Web Site: www.jpsnational.org/index.html

J S ANUE

Jane Phillips Society

A Dedication to the Memory of

Jane Gibson Phillips

INDEX

A Dedication to Aunt Jane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1

Donations To Memorial Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2

Convention Financial Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3

First Quarter Treasurer’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

Reporting Chapters Bartlesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6

Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8

Panhandle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10

Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 13

The Woodlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18

JPS National Due Dates

JPS National Membership Form

National Board Contact Information

National Memorial Fund/Order/Payment Transmittal Form

A DEDICATION TO AUNT JANE

Her graciousness and genuine hospitality endeared Aunt Jane to all who knew her. Every girl who ever

met this lady went away feeling she was her own personal friend. The Osage Indians possibly summed

up aunt Jane best when they gave her a name meaning “highly honored and generous lady”.

Aunt Jane was born in Creston, Iowa, on August 8, 1877, to John and Matilda Gibson, the first of three

children. Growing up in a socially prominent banking family, Miss Gibson eventually became

acquainted with the town barber, Frank

Phillips, an enterprising young

businessman in this small rural

community. A courtship followed and on

February 18, 1897, Frank and Jane were

married in Creston at the local Methodist

Episcopal church.

Soon after the marriage, Phillips sold his

string of barber shops and started selling

bonds for his father-in-law. By 1903, the

banking business drew Phillips south to

Indiana Territory and the town of

Bartlesville. In time, Frank and his brother,

L.E., coupled banking with oil. After

numerous undertakings of promoting

drilling ventures plus forming and selling

small oil companies, they founded Phillips

Petroleum Company. As they say, the rest

is history.

When the women of the Phillips Petroleum

Company organized a sorority and named

it in honor of Aunt Jane, she lost little time

in becoming personally involved in the

club, calling the members “her girls”. Aunt

Jane attended several National

Conventions. With never failing

generosity, Aunt Jane often picked up the

tab for various events and sent flowers to

members in attendance. During National Conventions, she warmly received all comers to her hotel

suite, and if ever she tired or longed for quiet at these times, no on suspected. In 1988, the Jane

Phillips Sorority would become known as the Jane Phillips Society.

Some of Aunt Jane’s favorite activities included playing bridge, reading, collecting books and working

jigsaw puzzles. Aunt Jane had a son, John, and she and her husband Frank became legal guardians of

two young girls, Francis and Sara Jane. Just one week shy of her 71st birthday, Aunt Jane passed.

Today and with every act performed on behalf of JPS, we honor Aunt Jane.

Information from the book, The Golden Era of JPS

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March 2018 - February 2019

Memorial Donations to The National Memorial Fund

In Memory/Honor of Donated By:

Claude Kuroki Panhandle Chapter

I.W. Walker Panhandle Chapter

Sue Beck Bartlesville Chapter

James Steeler Bartlesville Chapter

Margaret Lamar Bartlesville Chapter

Gail Barnett (Honorary) Bartlesville Chapter

Lois Smith Bartlesville Chapter

Barney Turner Shirley Baker (Panhandle Chapter)

Donna Whitworth Bartlesville Chapter

Billy Hendrix Bartlesville Chapter

Carl Reynolds Bartlesville Chapter

Ruby Ashford Panhandle Chapter

LaClaire Powell Bartlesville Chapter

Carol Hendrix Bartlesville Chapter

Suzanne Burrows Bartlesville Chapter

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Prepared By: Joan Gordon, National Treasurer

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Prepared By: Joan Gordon, National Treasurer

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Bartlesville Chapter News

August 2019 Karen Lutke, Reporter

We have a new Banner! We wanted a way to let the community know who and

what JPS is at events we sponsor.

Hope everyone had a nice July with some summer fun along the way. We had our

quarterly membership meeting on the 25th and thoroughly enjoyed watching Greg and

Gail reenactment the skit for Pattie so she could see it. They did a great job again! The

Book Swap was a success with many books finding new homes. What a fun way to clean

out and restock! And of course, we had to eat. We fixed Sandy Mason’s yummy recipe

for French Dip Sandwiches. It is very easy. Take one packet of dry beefy onion soup

mix and cook a chuck roast in your slow cooker until it falls apart. Delicious!

(l-r) Tish Harris, local Vice President, presented gifts to past National Secretary Pattie

Shipp and past National President Michelle Swaney for their service last year on the

National Board.

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We are leaving this week for a family vacation to Gulf Shores, AL. Our grandkids love

to go to the beach. We are celebrating our youngest granddaughter’s 6th birthday and our

45th Wedding Anniversary. Where have the years gone?

Gift Shop merchandise is available for purchase. Contact Stacy Williams at

Stacy.L.Williams@P66.com.

Upcoming Events:

Aunt Jane’s Ice Cream Social at the Frank Phillips Home – August 13

B&N Jewelry Sales – August 20-21 and November 19-20

October 10 – General Membership Meeting, Mary Jane Wyatt – Chair

Happy August!

Karen Lutke (KarenLutke@gmail.com)

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CHANNEL CHAPTER JANUES

Pasadena, TX

August 2019

Reporters: Kathy Daughtridge, Sally Dennett

Kathy reporting this month.

The Channel Chapter really enjoyed hosting the

convention this year. It was so great to see old friends

and to continue the tradition. Now that it is over we

are back to the normal mode.

For our August meeting we plan to take a road trip to

Baton Rouge to visit Nell Webb, a long time JPS

member.

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Sharon Robinette is still riding her bicycle trying to get

used to the heat. She will be riding in the annual

“Hotter N’ Hell” bike ride in Wichita Falls on August

24th. Pray for a cool front.

This month we observe the memory of Aunt Jane, the

wife of Frank Phillips and the person who gave our

society its name. At convention the Channel Chapter

donated their portrait of Aunt Jane to the Woodlands

Chapter who will be hosting the 2020 convention.

Bye for now

Kathy & Sally

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July’s meeting featured Wes & Roberta Phillips

Researching your genealogy

Wes Phillips started by relating his own experiences researching his family roots. He has spent 34 years in

the National Park Service, 20 years at Lake Meredith. His mother was the one that got West interested in

genealogy. Wes’ dad was 50 when Wes was born and he was the first of two children. Wes’ dad was 80

when he became a grandfather for the first time. Wes traced ancestor James Phillips back to Cornwell

England. Some of his family were raised in Maryland. Wes had one ancestor that had 21 children all but

6 died before the age of 2. He and his wife have several books that trace several family lines in which the

family members describe the way of life in their lives. He gave advice on how to start your genealogy

journey and some tools to use to research your family history. It was very interesting on the many spellings

that your last name might’ve gone through to end at your present last name. Wes stated his last name has

had many different spellings which has caused issues when he was researching his family tree. Wes stated

when starting your family tree first write your own biography then get the biography’s of each of your

immediate family members.

Wes Phillips’ relative James Phillips and Roberta’s great grandmother who was Czech

Wes Phillips shows a picture of his

90 yr old great grandfather Adam

Phillips. Paintings were the only

pictures that were available back

in his great grandfather’s time.

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AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

Cindy Cornelius 9th Sonya Gregory 21st Bobbie Latimer 17th Linda Chisholm 24th

Joan Gordon’s husband Bruce – Complications from back surgery

Linda Chisholm – surgery Aug 5th, husband Don continuing health issues

Heaven Boyett – continue praying due to loss of brother

Regina Franklin – ALS – please pray for her and her son who is caring for her

Ella Cornelison – Back home, health issues, blockage issue in leg

Shirley Tubbs brother- Roger Smith – problem with artificial leg

Peanut Powell’s uncle- Melvin Brooks cancer

Shirley Baker’s aunt-Mary Cook Stevens – broken let

Norma Luginbyhl’s sister Darlene Morgan – Stage 4 kidney disease & cancer

Anita Dickson’s mother – Lottie Hunnicutt – health

Linda Walker’s Nephew – Aaron Mahone health issues

Cindy Cornelius friend – LaShana Taylor serious health issues

Georgia Hughes friends – Darryl Franklin health & Dany Stottlemeyer health

Kay Fisher’s Husband Brett – upcoming rotator cuff shoulder surgery and A1C issues

Please pray for our military who are always in harms way

Please pray for our country and leaders

Panhandle Chapter was

shown how to start your

Basic Family Tree. There

are several ways to start

your research and with

online assistance it is

getting easier to

research your family

tree. However many

records are not in the

electronic system and to

do thorough research

you may have to go to

county court houses or

use other archival

systems to search paper

records to find what you

need on your family’s

history or relatives.

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JPS Upcoming Events

Shirley Baker is needing 1 or 2 people to assist with co-chairing the Mexican Fiesta on Thursday, August 22

The Market Event at the Dome – Sept 14-15 (Sat-Sun)

Fall Bake Sale at the Phillips School Auditorium Foyer – Thursday, October 31st will put everything together

Wednesday night and load cars for transport to the plant to be setup on Thursday morning 8am

The 2nd Market Event at the Dome – Nov 8-9 (Sat-Sun)

Kay Fisher is needing 1 or 2 people to assist with co-chaing the Thankgiving Luncheon on Thursday, November 14th.

Tentative Upcoming Monday JPS programs

Robert Bradley – Program on Prison ministry (August)

Ellen Fulton – Ladies Women Group (September)

Danna Jackson – Alzheimer’s program (October)

As promised, more Convention pics. You know what they say. What happens in Webster TX stays in Webster TX.

Hey it happens…..JPS members sometimes get out of hand…should’ve been there!!

The National Janues will be posted online instead of distributed through email as it

has in the past.

When I get the link for the website, I will send it via email to the members.

You can also Google Jane Phillips Society, I believe and get to this website.

Panhandle Chapter Reporter

Kay Fisher

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OKLAHOMA CITY CHAPTER

Sharon Eaton, Reporter August 2019

Greetings from Oklahoma City,

After convention, I had the following note from Marianne McEwin.

“Channel Chapter, thank you for a wonderful Convention! The hotel was great and so

was the service and food! Really enjoyed visiting with everyone.

As soon as I arrived home from Convention, I met my son and daughter in law in the Walmart parking lot to pick up my grandson, Parker! We went to Longhorn Caverns, the movies twice, played putt-putt and arcade games and swam with cousins in my sister’s pool a couple of times. We had a big week then I took him home to Grand Prairie on Saturday. He was missing his parents by then. He’s a good boy mostly and is really smart at 8 - 3/4 years old. A fun age! Now I have to get caught up with my duties as DRT president. Have a great month! Marianne”

Robin Miller and her family spent a week in Colorado enjoying the cooler weather and

the scenery. The kids had a great time but Robin suffered some altitude sickness for a

day or two.

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Grayson and Delaney at Winter Park At Snow Mountain

At the Continental Divide

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Jerry and Sharon Eaton spent several days in Philadelphia – but I can’t say we had cooler

weather. It was extremely hot - but we were able to see several things that were on

Jerry’s ‘bucket list’. First up was the Liberty Bell.

Liberty Bell Jerry standing at the back side of the Liberty Bell.

It amazed me that so many people all lined up in front of the Liberty Bell to take their

picture - you could not even see the Bell in their pictures!

We also made a pilgrimage to Pennepack Baptist Church which was built in 1688 and is

the oldest Baptist church in Pennsylvania. Jerry’s 6th great-grandfather George Eatton

was a pastor at the church sometime during that time and is buried in the cemetery at the

church. The stones are so old that it was only barely possible to read most of them. We

had a picture of Rev. George Eatton’s stone so we knew what to look for. George’s

father, John, was one of three Eatton’s who came to America on, I believe, the second

Mayflower trip. You can see both George and John’s name on the very bottom of the

stone.

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We also went to the Unites States Mint and then across the street to the Christ Church

Burial Ground where we saw Benjamin Franklin’s stone. People leave pennies on his

stone – I am sure he never expected that to happen.

My favorite was a visit to the Museum of the American Revolution where there was a

display of American flags dating from 1776 to 1888.

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I hope you have had some time this summer to relax, take time to visit with friends and

family or travel and mark off some of your own ‘bucket list’ items.

Finally, I would like to give a gigantic ‘shout out’ to the Bartlesville chapter. For their

July membership meeting, they asked their members to bring back to school supplies to

benefit the elementary school that the Oklahoma City chapter helps. They also collected

money from members who wished to contribute to this effort. This means so much to the

Oklahoma City chapter – mere words cannot do it justice. Thank you to the Bartlesville

chapter for their display of JPS love and friendship.

I hope to see everyone in The Woodlands, Texas in June 2020.

Sharon

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Pictured: Jane Quenon, Louise Crider, Emily Hoppel, Susan Sanders, and Brooke Barrow.

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Upcoming Events:

• July 30th – August 10th – Project Undercover (Socks & Undies supply drive benefitting United Way of Montgomery County)

• August 16th – We provide lunch at The Gathering Place – Alzheimer’s Respite

• September - Breakfast Bags Supply Drive – collecting raisins, instant oatmeal, peanut butter or cheese crackers, and cereal or breakfast bars (no hard granola bars).

• October – Fundraiser – Raffle? Seeking suggestios

Members’ Birthdays

Erica Miller – August 11th

Julie Reininger – August 12th

Todd Robbins – August 14th

Mary Houlihan – August 28th

JPS Anniversary

Michele Mahoney – 17 Years – August 7th

Ragan Garriott - 11 Years – August 20th

Emily Hoppel – 2 Years – August 7th

CPCHEM Anniversary

Scott Harris – 19 years – August 1st

John Kmetz – 17 Years – August 1st

Todd Robbins – 17 Years – August 27th

Ragan Garriott – 16 Years – August 1st

Lisa Erion – 8 Years – August 15th

Ashleigh Faia – 4 Years – August 4th

Atiq Rehman – 1 Year – August 13th

Karen Bautista – 1 Year – August 20th 19

JPS TO SMILE ALONG WITH AMAZON:

In keeping with our generous spirit, we’d like to share a fun, easy way to donate to JPS, Woodlands using AmazonSmile!

Here’s how it works:

1. Access Amazon using this link – https://smile.amazon.com/ch/36-4725259 – instead of amazon.

com; 2. Shop as you normally would (no special user account needed and no price differences

between the two sights. 3. 0.5% of your purchase is automatically donated to JPS by Amazon; 4. Feel free to share the link above with family, friends, and colleagues. Additional details

can be found here: https://smile.amazon.com/about; or you can also contact Erin McMurrough or Louise Crider.

Please visit our impressive display case in the Café to order gifts for an occasion or just

shopping from the array of company store items for sale. Just click on the link below to browse

the brochure and to see prices, color, choices, etc.

Thank you all so much for supporting JPS.

Happy shopping.

Contact Rene Dominic 832-458-3568 or Louise Crider 832-813-4816 for inquiries or to place an

order use the website:

http://nsight.cpchem.net/FACILITIES/headquarters/HQHomeSite/jps/Pages/JPS-Store.aspx

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AUGUST Fun Facts

August is known for many things, including the dog days of summer, National

Watermelon Day (Aug. 3) and National Smile Week (Aug. 5-11). But there are many

other fun facts associated with summer’s last full month.

August is named after Augustus Caesar, founder and the first emperor of the Roman

Empire, who was posthumously adopted by his maternal great-uncle Gaius Julius

Caesar.

In the early Roman calendar, August was actually the sixth month of the year. It was

originally 30 days in length, but an extra day was added so that it would equal the

number of days in July, which was named after Julius Caesar.

August has two birthstones: peridot and sardonyx. Peridot is among the oldest known

gemstones and is green in color. Sardonyx, which is lesser-known, is a white- and

brown-banded gemstone once believed to have mystical powers.

• The official flower for August is the gladiolus. These vertical-

growing flowers were named from the Latin "gladius," meaning a

sword.

• Fans of Elvis Presley mourn each Aug. 16th, the day the famed

singer died in 1977.

• People born in August fall under the sun zodiac signs of Leo and

Virgo. Leos are known to be dramatic, creative and outgoing.

Virgos have acute attention to detail and are the people most likely to dedicate

themselves to serving. They also are loyal, hardworking and analytical.

• Although civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., is

honored in January, when he was born, he is best known

for his famed "I have a dream" speech, which was given on

Aug. 28, 1963.

https://www.richmond.com/life/celebrations/august-fun-facts/article_e787570a-fac3-11e2-8240-0019bb30f31a.html

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78th National Convention

The Woodlands, TX June 18th – 20th

I hope you’re as excited as we are about next year’s convention! The Denim &

Diamonds themed convention is going to be more than just business. Grab your

denim and bling and come on down to Texas. Fun events are being planned by the

convention committee that will give us plenty of memorable moments for years to

come.

In addition to the events that are being planned by JPS, the WESTIN Hotel has a

lovely piano bar and they are currently bringing in Howl at the Moon, a dueling,

energetic, live music, duo that covers classic dance hits and party anthems.

Audience participation is highly encouraged, so dance, sing, and clap along to

your heart’s content. The hotel also offers poolside, movie nights. Grab your

blanket, popcorn and best movie pal for an enjoyable time under the stars at the

soon to be newly renovated rooftop pool area.

We’re excited to have you all join us in The Woodlands next year!

Additional information to be reported each month leading up to convention 2020.

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National Board Contact Information 2019 – 2020

President Pattie Shipp 2641 Roanoke Ridge Road Bartlesville, OK 74006 Phone: 918-333-0993 (Home) Phone: 918-332-0444 (Cell) Email: pjshipp@sbcglobal.net

Vice President Patricia Cooper

10001 Six Pines Drive RM#7122C The Woodlands, Texas 77380 832-813-4742 (Work) 832-818-0528 (Cell) Email: coopep@cpchem.com

Secretary Debbie Laroche 221 Staats Drive Bartlesville, OK 74006 Phone: 918-977-5008 (Work) Phone: 918-850-3764 (Cell) Email: debbie.laroche@P66.com Treasurer Joan Gordon 701 Skyline Borger, TX 79007 Phone: 806-273-5418 (Home) Phone: 806-335-6374 (Cell) Email: joantgordon@yahoo.com

JANUES Editor Shannon Blacknall 10001 Six Pines Dr. The Woodlands, TX 77380 Phone: 832-813-4807 (Office) Phone: 682-465-4592 (Cell) Email: blacksd@cpchem.com

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