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MASHPEE WOMEN’S CLUB NEWSLETTER SUMMER, 2014

P.O. Box 1613

Mashpee, MA 02649 http://mashpeewomensclub.org/

mcwnews@comcast.net

Lisbeth Dineen, Editor

Mashpee Women’s Club Mission Statement: “The mission of this Club is to bring

all women of Mashpee and surrounding towns into a social environment, provide

educational and recreational programs to the benefit of our members, and charitable

programs to support our towns. The Club’s first meeting was December 9, 1997.”

It has been a pleasure to have been the Editor of the Mashpee Women's Club Newsletter for the past seven years! I am so delighted to report that new MWC member, Lisbeth Dineen, has offered to take on the task of preparing the Club's quarterly newsletters. Lisbeth is very enthusiastic about taking over, so I am very confident she will do an excellent job!

Debbie Gasior

I have the privilege of taking over the editor’s reins from Debbie Gasior, who has given of her time for many years to make sure you were updated on the activities of the Mashpee Women’s Club. Many thanks, Debbie, for all you have done to support MWC for so long and for all your help during this transition time!

I am a fairly new member of MWC, having moved to the Cape last October from Pittsburgh, PA. With the sole exception of finding myself -- a Pittsburgh Steelers fan -- living in New England Patriots territory, the move has been all I had expected and so much more! I look forward to getting to know you all better over time, and please let me know of any items you have for publication. Thanks!

Lisbeth Dineen

As we enter our summer months the splendor of Cape Cod surrounds us. Its beauty defies the harsh winter months we’ve left behind. However, some say our lovely Cape Cod hydrangeas will fail to grace us with their accustomed lavish presence.

Both our Bridge and Games luncheon on May 5th and our Golf Outing and luncheon on June 20th proved to be matched successes. Kudos go to Berta Murray and Ceil Sneider for their exceptional planning for the first and to Susan Rego and Maureen Rounds for bringing the golf tournament to a ‘driving fulfillment’.

Our annual June business meeting took place prior to a scheduled fashion show. See the details below. Congratulations to our new officers for the upcoming term!

What followed was an outstanding fashion show and fundraiser. Ports and Company supplied the fashions but our program committee went all out to insure us we’d be delighted with model selection, decorations

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and raffle items. Posters were printed and lovely centerpieces of sand, seashells and candles filled glass globes were created by Jan Malloy. All (including our 28 guests) thought it to be an outstanding success.

Thoughts are emerging regarding ideas for future fundraising. Our new executive board will soon be creating convincing possibilities to implement. Let’s all give them our unending support.

Terry Herman, President

The 2014 Annual Business Meeting of the Mashpee Women's Club was called to order by President Terry Herman at 12:03 PM on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. She welcomed the great crowd that had gathered for the annual Fashion Show Fundraiser luncheon!

After saluting the flag, President Terry Herman announced that the month of June is designated every other year for the election of officers. President Terry Herman asked if there were any nominations from the floor before announcing the new slate of Officers.

There being no nominations from the floor, President Terry Herman presented the Nominating Committee's recommended slate of officers for the two-year term beginning September 1, 2014. The Nominating Committee was chaired by Ann MacDonald with assistance from Berta Murray and Jo Newell.

Jean Boundy President Linda Steele Vice President Sigrid Howell Recording Secretary Beverley Edgar Corresponding Secretary Adrienne Guptill Treasurer The second order of business was a vote to accept the new By-Laws. Passed.

Lastly, there was a vote to increase the annual membership fee to $30 beginning in September 1, 2014. Passed.

The Business Meeting was adjourned at 12:07 PM.

Respectfully submitted by Debbie Gasior for Ellie Hysko Recording Secretary

Our thanks go to the Officers and Board of

Directors who have served MWC so well for

the last term:

Officers

President Terry Herman

Vice President Fay Rogers

Treasurer Adrienne Guptill

Recording Secretary Ellie Hysko

Corresponding Secretary Beverley Edgar

Board of Directors

Charities Janet Molloy

Couples Dining Jean Boundy,

Laura Kuzia, Janet Molloy

Historian Linda Steele

New Members’ Coffee Jeanne Garrant

Membership Laura Kuzia, Jean Boundy

Name Tags Jean Boundy

Newsletter Editor Debbie Gasior

Programs Jeanne Garrant,

Maryann Piccirilli, Jean Trexler

Public Relations Sigrid Howell,

Linda Lynch, Susan Riley

Solo Dining Kathy Stanley

Congratulations to

Hannah Greenland,

the 2014 recipient of

the Mashpee

Women’s Club

annual scholarship.

Hannah’s teachers have praised her for

consistently showing strong academic

achievement, compassion, love of life and

sense of self. In addition to her academic

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achievements, Hannah has been a Big

Sister for 3 years and has tutored others in

her school class. When Hannah was 10

years old, she lived in Mozambique, South

Africa serving there as missionaries.

Hannah will be attending the University of

Massachusetts in Amherst this fall.

Upcoming Luncheon Programs and Getting

to Know You Speakers*

July 15: Mo’ Mo Band – Be ready for some great Rock, Blues, Pop, and Bop-til-you-drop Originals from one of the Cape’s favorite bands!

In 2013 Guitarist and vocalist, Nils Bockmann paired up with Bill Harr (woodwinds, keyboards, guitar,

and bass guitar) to form Mo’ Mo Band. They have been joined by Billy Hayes (drums) and Sazz Barr-Kuhn (vocalist).

The Getting to Know You speaker will be Bryan Day, owner of Cranberry Collective at Southcape Village in Mashpee (www.cranberrycollective.com/)

August 19: Program details to be confirmed shortly. The Getting to Know You speaker will be Mary Bradbury from Mashpee Leisure Services of the Mashpee Recreation Department (www.mashpeerec.com/info/default.aspx)

September 16: Cape Cod Volunteers – How to be prepared for disasters. Hurricane season is here! Learn what to do to be ready in case one heads our way.

October 21: Details to be confirmed shortly.

November 18: Details to be confirmed shortly.

December 16: Holiday Entertainment

* A segment at each monthly luncheon includes a

five-minute “Getting to Know You” presentation prior

to the luncheon program introducing a community

speaker from a local organization or business who

will also provide a brief question/answer period.

Upcoming GTKY speakers will be announced

shortly.

If you missed our last 4 luncheons, you

missed some great events! Many thanks to

program co-chairs Jeanne Garrant,

Maryann Piccirilli, and Jean Trexler for

arranging for these wonderful guests to be

with us and to Linda Steele for arranging

for the informative “Getting to Know You”

speakers.

June: Wow – what a great event! The fund raising fashion show was an unqualified success. Over 140 people attended, and we raised $2,824.69 to support our on-going charitable contributions and scholarship fund.

Many thanks to Ports & Company of Cotuit and Cohassett (www.portsandcompany.com) and Lisa Lynch, Port’s owner and buyer, for putting on a terrific show. And huge kudos to the MWC models who showed off the fashions with verve and panache! See more pictures on our website: www.mashpeewomensclub.org/Fashion%20Show%20Montage.htm

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May: Author Jim Butler of Falmouth introduced us to his life’s journey, one of self-determination through adversity described in his book entitled, “Metamorphosis in Black”

(www.metamorphosisinblack.net). It is a compelling story that can inspire countless generations of every ethnic stripe. His message strongly reinforced that in America anyone can scale the heights and panorama of their individual dreams.

April: Members of the Cape Cod Collaborative Arts Network (CapeCodCAN!) previewed for us one number from its then upcoming May production of “Waiting for Oscar”. CapeCodCAN!’s mission is to provide a sustaining program of access and inclusion in the arts for the Cape’s growing population of people with disabilities. It has been proven that such an approach has tremendous benefits to the participants and the community. Thanks to Bill Hurley for his introduction to the great work that CapeCodCAN (www.capecodcan.org) is doing. In addition to this fine program, the “Getting to Know You” speaker was George Bagley of The Write Choice, a stationery and gift store located in Mashpee Commons.

March: We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a musical program from Rossacroo-Na-Loo (www.gigmasters.com/celtic-

band/Rossacroonaloo), a traditional Irish music group formed out of the Irish Session scene on Cape Cod. Traditional Irish music defines the Irish culture and provides an eloquent link to its past. Many thanks to Peig Donoghue (Bodhran), Deb Murphy (Flute), Diane Maranchie (Fiddle), and John MacDonald (Guitar/Banjo) for bringing St. Patrick’s Day and its music to life for us!

8/31/13 – 8/31/14

Thank you to the following ladies who work “behind the scenes”. They do so much to help the MWC – and they do it willingly and don’t get much recognition!

Judy Grodin - Webmistress – Judy maintains the MWC web page and posts updates of any new information. Judy designs the monthly luncheon information for the website sending out emails to everyone that has an email address and also designs the monthly luncheon postcards.

Marge Cleary – Marge works with Membership maintaining the backup database of Membership.

Judy Kimber - Judy mails the monthly luncheon postcards. She helps keep track of “snail mailers”, has postcards printed, makes labels, stamps and mails the monthly luncheon postcards.

Carolyn Holmes - Carolyn calls MWC members to form a committee of greeters for the monthly luncheons.

Sunny Merritt 12/1997 – 08/2002

Joan Brown 09/2002 – 08/2004 Ceil Sneider 09/2004 – 08/2008 Grace Talmage 09/2008 – 01/2009 Vye Larkin 04/2009 – 03/2012 Diane Scovil 02/2012 – 08/2013

The Mashpee Women’s Club offers a wide variety of activities for all its members. Contact the activity chairs listed below if you are interested in participating in any of these activities:

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Book Groups Bonnie Barrett Couples Bridge Mary Anne Buss Dessert Bridge (4th Thursday) Sue Rodenberger Dessert Bridge (2nd Tuesday) Jo Newell Dessert Bridge (2nd Thursday) Adrienne Guptill Marathon Bridge Adrienne Guptill,

Berta Murray Memoir & More Writing I Fran Giambarba Memoir & More Writing II Beverley Edgar Special Events Nancy Jo Goulart Annual Bridge and Game Luncheon Berta Murray Annual Golf Outing and Luncheon Maureen Rounds,

Susan Rego

Fran Giambarba notes that the Memoir &

More I group is looking for two or three

more members. If you enjoy writing and

have been meaning to write your memoir,

there’s no better time than now to join our

friendly and helpful group. Member Gerry

Lynch’s memoir is now in print. Here are

her thoughts: “For years it was in the back

of my mind to write about our years

overseas, and I kept putting it off. When I

saw that the Women’s Club had a Memoirs

Class, I decided this may get me moving. I

joined and I can’t say enough about the

group. They were supportive, and when

they had suggestions it was done

diplomatically. My family is delighted with

the book, and I am grateful to the Memoirs

group for their encouragement and

friendship.”

If you are interested in joining the group,

please contact Fran Giambarba. She’ll be

happy to answer all your questions. Her

contact information is in the directory.

The Mashpee

Food Pantry is

very appreciative

of all the support

that MWC has

provided in the

past. Don’t forget to bring your donated

paper products to our monthly luncheons or

even easier for you, the Food Pantry has let

us know that cash donations

are always gratefully

accepted and in fact preferred

since they are able to

purchase in bulk at a cheaper

cost than we can individually.

Please contact Sue Riley if

you have any questions. Her

contact information is in the directory.

This beautiful Mashpee coverlet designed by our own Debbie Gasior captures the history and spirit of 7 Mashpee images,

3 of which are listed on the National Register, as well as the official Mashpee town seal. Handsome and practical, it is the perfect gift for family members and friends.

The Jacquard coverlet is woven in the USA, 100% cotton, pre-shrunk, colorfast, machine washable and dryable! It measures 48” x 68” and is edged in a sea scallop shells design. The coverlet is woven in the beautiful color combination of hunter green, cranberry red, and Williamsburg blue on a natural background.

THERE ARE ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF COVERLETS STILL AVAILABLE! You can own this beautiful Mashpee memento for only $25, the proceeds of

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which go to support MWC charities. If interested, please contact Debbie Gasior. Her contact information is in the directory.

One of the activities offered through the Mashpee Women's Club is the Couples Dining Group. This is a great opportunity to get to know other members and their spouses/partners in a relaxed social setting.

The dining groups are structured in groups of eight - four couples per group. The couples in each group take turns hosting the dinner in their respective homes and each couple brings one of the courses for the evening meal. In this way, the efforts for dinner are shared and it allows most of the time for conversation and enjoyment.

Typically, the host will provide the entree and pre-dinner beverage. The remaining three couples bring the appetizers, the salad and a vegetable or a dessert. The four dinners are usually scheduled between October and June. There is flexibility, however, and at your first dinner, dates may be switched to accommodate everyone's schedule.

If you are interested in joining the Couples Dining Group, space is limited so sign up ASAP! Please contact Laura Kuzia or Janet Molloy (see directory for contact information).

We have had an active solo dining activity in the past and would like to make sure it continues but we need your help to do this!

We are looking for a couple of women willing to coordinate the solo dining activity. The meal could be lunch or dinner, and how often this would occur would be up to the activity co-chairs to set up. They would need to select a restaurant (one that is willing to do separate checks), let the

membership know the details, and coordinate the attendees.

If you are interested, please let Terry Herman or Jean Boundy know (contact information is in the directory).

MWC’s 11th annual golf outing and luncheon was held at the Holly Ridge Golf Club in Sandwich on Friday, June 20. Some 70 golfers participated in a

Scramble format. The weather could not have been more perfect, with sunny skies and comfortable temperatures.

Following lunch, Jean Enright, the Holly Ridge head golf professional, presented prizes to the first and second place winners as well as to winners of the closest to the pin competition. Several participants also won golf-related prizes in a raffle.

1st Place Team: Mary Leyne, Jean Toomey, Mary McGeoch, Nancy O’Donnell

2nd Place Team – 3 way TIE:

Suzi Rego, Julie Bandoni, Nancy Gaudin, Sue Potter

Debby Andersen, Ann Blanchard, DiDi Dilley, Jean Monahan

Mary Fanous, Deb Hyland, Diane Ogasian

We want to extend special thanks to all those golfers who volunteered to walk so that those unable to walk the 18 holes could have a cart.

Suzi Rego and Maureen Rounds

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The MWC is continually looking for ways to generate revenue to support our charities and scholarship funds. One area that has

been discussed is our members taking on the task of making the centerpieces for our monthly luncheons. This would reduce our expenditures each month since we currently pay an outside vendor to provide

the centerpieces.

Here’s what we need: Ideally 12 members to sign up to do the centerpieces for one month each. The centerpieces could be floral, balloons, sand and seashells, or something else to fit in with the program theme each month. The number required would vary from month to month depending upon the number of tables, but would be in the neighborhood of 10-12.

This is a great way to let your creative juices flow! And your efforts would have a direct positive impact on our funding of charities and scholarships. Please let Janet Molloy know if you are interested (see directory for her contact information).

Hello – for those of you who don’t already know me, I’m your Corresponding Secretary!

First, I wanted to remind you all that part of my role is to send a card to any member who is sick, or needs cheering up, or who has lost a close family member. Of course, I can’t do that if I don’t know about it and I rely on all of you to keep me informed so if you know anyone who would benefit from this, please be sure to email me.

And now I’d like to introduce a new column in the Newsletter, called “Member Shout-out”. I’m sure there are any number of members out there who perform a worthwhile service in our community, or have a particular talent for something,

and I’m also certain that our members would all like to know about them and recognize them. It may be one-off thing or something they do all the time. So please, if you know someone like that, do let me know. Just send me the details – you don’t have to write the article as I’ll be happy to do that for you.

Of course, we wouldn’t want to embarrass any member who doesn’t want to be publicized in this way so it’s important that you check with the individual first. If you could include a photo of them, that would be great.

So come on ladies, let us know what our awesome members are up to!

Beverley Edgar, Corresponding Secretary

Many thanks to Berta

Murray and Ceil

Sneider for making

the MWC’s 9th game

day a success! The

winners are:

Bridge: Debbie Hyland, Barbara

Laughlin, Marion Lawrence, Nancy

Naatz

Cribbage: Chris O’Neil

Poker: Lola McCray

Rummikub: Gail Slattery

Mah Jong: Christine Michaelson

Join us for our 10th game day to be held on October 6 at New Seabury Country Club.

The registration form is available in this newsletter and on our web site (www.mashpeewomensclub.org)

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MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE DUE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Membership renewal dues are due on September 1, 2014 for the 2014 - 2015 year.

Please note that there is an increase in membership dues this year. Dues are

now $30.00 for the year.

Please send your check for $30.00 and your completed form to arrive no later than September 1 in order for your name to be listed in our MWC 2015 Directory. Due to late payments and the printing deadline, many names were omitted from the directory last year. Also, if you would like to continue to be in any of the social groups, play Bridge, Book Club, Memoirs, Couples Dining, you must be a paid member, so PLEASE send in your payment on time.

The membership application renewal form can be found on the MWC website (www.mashpeewomensclub.org) or in this newsletter. We need to update the files and we want to make sure your information is correct so please COMPLETE the form even if there is no change. Please mail the form with your check for $30.00 to:

MASHPEE WOMEN'S CLUB P. O. BOX 1613

MASHPEE, MA 02649 Thanks!

Laura Kuzia, MWC Membership

Welcome to the following new members who have joined since the MWC Spring newsletter:

Carolyne Lamar Jordan Joyce Bachman

Facebook is a great and easy way to keep

up with what is going on with friends, family,

and interest groups. The Mashpee

Women’s Club is setting up a Facebook

group for its members. Once I get it set up,

we will be sending an email out to all our

members asking that those of you who

participate in Facebook, go to the MWC

page and hit the “Join” button. The group is

being set up as a “closed” group meaning

that only members will be able see what is

posted.

You will be able to get up to date

information on MWC activities right in your

Facebook newsfeed. This will not replace

our great website; it is simply one more way

to keep our membership informed.

Lisbeth Dineen, Facebook Administrator

We continue with 6

book groups with

approximately 70

members. On

Wednesday,

December 10, we will

have our Annual Book Group Discussion

and Buffet Luncheon at the beautiful Sunset

Grille in Bourne. Chip Bishop will be joining

us to discuss his newest book, "Quentin

and Flora". Everyone attending – please

read the book beforehand and come

prepared with questions so that we can

have an interactive experience with Chip.

He will be available to sign members' books

afterwards. The book is very interesting and

written in Chip's personal style. More

details on this later in the fall Newsletter.

Bonnie Barrett, MWC Book Groups

Coordinator

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Financial Report Operating Account July 4, 2014

Balance June 8, 2014 $ 8,622.22

Income $ 5,840.00

Lunch $5,015

Contributions 725

Centerpieces sold 100

Total $14,462.22

Expenses $3767.39

Operating 34.00

Program 329.68

Scholarship Fund 725.00

Luncheon 2,678.71

Balance July 4, 2014 $11,772.25

Money Market Account $ 4,628.51

Fashion Show Fundraiser For Scholarship/Charity Account

Total income $5,840.00

Paid reservations $5,015

($35 each)

Contributions $725

(Donated goods raffled)

Sale of Centerpieces $100

Expenses $3,015.31

Lunch $2,678.71

Decorations and Music 336.68

Profit for Charity/Scholarship

Fund $2,824.69

Adrienne Guptill

Treasurer

The previous newsletter referred to the

Mashpee Women’s Club fundraising

committee. Please be aware that there is

no formal fundraising committee associated

with MWC.

Please Note

Contact information for any MWC members

may be found in the club directory. Since

this newsletter is distributed to others

outside of MWC, we do not publish contact

information for members in the newsletter.

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Mashpee Women’s Club

10th Semi-Annual BRIDGE & GAMES LUNCHEON

Monday, October 6, 2014, at New Seabury Country Club

12:00 noon – lunch 1 PM - games

Price: $22 includes great food & prizes

BRIDGE - RUMMIKUB – CRIBBAGE - MAHJONG

or GAME of YOUR CHOICE

Select your game & include on form below

Reserve by September 29, 2014

For more information, call co-chairs Berta Murray or Ceil Sneider

(see MWC Directory for their phone numbers)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ cut form here

Name: ______________________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________

Telephone: _________________________________________

E-mail: _______________________________________

Game Selection: _________________________________

Kindly make your check to: MASHPEE WOMEN’S CLUB

Memo line: “Bridge & Games Luncheon”

Amount enclosed: $ __________ Mail completed form & check to:

CEIL SNEIDER, 10 Village Green, MASHPEE, MA 02649

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Mashpee Women’s Club

P. O. Box 1613

Mashpee, MA 02649

Mashpee Women’s Club

Proud recipient of the Mashpee Chamber of Commerce

2006 Community Commitment Award