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PARKER COUNTY WOMEN’S AND NEWCOMERS’ CLUB
April 2015
Volume 17 Issue 8
From the President
PCWNC’S
Dana Cook
2014-2015 Theme:
“Cowgirl Strong”
April 10th General Meeting
Place: First United Methodist Church, Family Life Center
301 S. Main St., Wfd.
Social Time: 9:30
Club Shop: open at General Meetings from 9:30 – 10:30 and
briefly after lunch
The Celebration of Women week was wonderful! A big
thank you goes out to Nancy Darden and to all of you who
helped for a job well done! Many of our club members
joined in the weeklong events of being together and
celebrating each other. The involvement and participation of
our members is one of the things that makes our Parker
County Women’s and Newcomers’ Club so special.
Spring is special, too! The earth is certainly all aflutter with
butterflies abounding, lawns turning green, and birds singing
gloriously. And our club is all aflutter with many different
kinds of activities for one to be involved in or to give a try for
the first time. If you are a new member or even if you have
been a member for a while, be sure to check out the list of
activities in the monthly newsletter. Attending one or more
of the activities and attending our monthly meetings at the
First United Methodist Church is a great way to meet friends
and to stay connected.
See you soon!
Thought for the Month
Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk
behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and just be my
friend.
—Albert Camus
Meeting: 10:30
Cost: $10 for lunch, $1 for drinks only
Program: Details are still being finalized.
In the interest of time, please give announcements by phone or
email to Dana Cook (817-966-0154, [email protected]) by
the Wednesday before each meeting. For those desiring to make
a report, please let Dana know before the meeting.
Please refrain from making comments or announcements about
politics, politicians, voting, or other outside special interests at
the general meetings.Please silence all cell phones at general
meetings.
PCWNC Activities
You can find all of our activities listed on the next page and also
on our Calendar at pcwnc.org.
Please be aware that activity groups sponsored by PCWNC are
for members only. You may bring a guest to check out the
activity, but they will be asked to fill out a membership form on
an ensuing visit.
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April 2015
Volume 17 Issue 8
April Board Meeting
The Board Meeting will take place immediately following the
General Meeting on April 10th. The deadline for changes to the
next newsletter is on Tuesday, April 14th.
A Stitch in Time
We will not meet in April due to Good Friday observance. For
information, call Linda Lawson (817-913-1054).
Friends Connecting
The next meeting date will be Monday, May 18th at 2:00 at the
home of Sheryl Carter (3022 Sunrise Trail, Wfd., 575-390-8245).
Contact Alicia Pittman (817-441-7422, or [email protected])
for more information.
Bible Sharing
Mary Pearson (817-596-9354) will hold this time of sharing in
her home at 501 Pearson Ranch Rd., Wfd., on Monday, April 20th,
at 1:00. Jo Cheatham (co-chair, 817-596-0984) and Patricia
Harder lead us through topical discussions that relate to our
everyday lives using the Bible for reference.
Game Daze
Game Daze will be on Friday, April 24th from 10:00 – 2:00 at the
Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Station at 6300 Granbury Hwy. We
ask that everyone donate at least $2 for the utilities and supplies
and leave the facility clean. If you need more information, call
Marlene Kelsch (817-988-8875 or [email protected])
or Bobbie Speegle (817-441-1009 or [email protected]).
Birthday Lunch
Your birthday month is your special month and we will celebrate
with lunch at a locally owned and operated Parker County eatery
on the 4th Thursday of each month if at all possible at 11:30.
Contact Penny Warren ([email protected] or c 817597-6458).
Lunch Bunch
Breakfast Club
Lunch Bunch will be held on April 2nd at 11:30 at the Vintage
Grill and Car Museum, 202 Ft. Worth Hwy. (just east of the
courthouse) in Wfd. Please RSVP Merilea Pannell (817-4582312 or [email protected]) by March 31st. We hope you can join
us!
We will be having the April breakfast at Cracker Barrel, 132
Interstate 20 Frontage Road, Wfd. on Tuesday, April 7th at 9:00.
Please call Barbara Farley (817-694-2202) or Mildred Beard
(817-594-5342) if you are planning to attend and for further
information.
Mah Jongg
Bridge Club
Join us each Wednesday at 10:30 at Antonio’s, 1900 Santa Fe Dr.
No reservations needed. Play for a few hours or all day! For
information call Janie Harmon (817-599-7393).
Join us at Iron Skillet, 2001 Santa Fe Drive, Wfd., at 10:00 on
April 28th. For info, call Charlene Ball (817-341-1616) or
Shirley McCauley (817-596-0029).
PCWNC Book Club
Book club will meet Thursday, April 9th at 1:00 at the home of
Patti Lankford (1018 Teresa Ct, Wfd., 972-965-6065).The book
selection is Still Alice, by Lisa Genova. Contact Loretta Hale (817757-7676).
Canasta
Meet us Monday, April 13th, at Antonio’s, 1900 Santa Fe Dr.,
Wfd., at 11:30 (change in time) for a fun time. For reservations,
call Anna Colley (817-441-7167) or Toni Posey (817-5650814).
Uka Ladies
Chick Flicks
We will meet at the First United Methodist Church, 301 S. Main
St., Wfd. on Monday, April 20th at 10:00. Bring your uke and
strum along! Contact Sherry (817-599-7556 or
[email protected]) for information.
Let’s go to the movies! We will go to City Lights Theater on
Monday, April 27th. We eat lunch first, so for time and restaurant,
please call Nell Hauk (817-598-5989 or [email protected]).
White Dragon Ladies
Community Resources
Bring your 2014 card and let’s play Mah Jongg. We will meet on
April 7th &14th from 12:30 – 3:30 at the Aledo Community
Center. Bring a snack and a drink. Contact Jerre Miller (817341-2884 or [email protected]) if you are attending.
Please call Jo Cheatham (817-596-0984) with your
recommendations or request for services.
2 Decorations
Donna Caudle coordinates the groups of creative ladies who
decorate the tables for our meetings each month. If you are
interested in helping or have some decorating ideas, contact
Donna Caudle (h 817-613-9078, c 817-253-9397, or
[email protected]).
April 2015
If you have some good news to share about your family or
friends—new grandbabies, great-grandbabies, anniversaries,
weddings—please send your information to Opal Dale
(home 817-441-6725).
Celebrating Spring Equinox
(excerpted from www.schoolfotheseasons.com)
The spring equinox is one of the four great solar festivals of
the year. Day and night are equal, poised and balanced, but
about to tip over on the side of light. The spring equinox is
sacred to dawn, youth, the morning star and the east. The
Saxon goddess, Eostre (from whose name we get the
direction East and the holiday Easter) is a dawn goddess, like
Aurora and Eos. Just as the dawn is the time of new light, so
the vernal equinox is the time of new life.
In many traditions, this is the start of the new year. The
Roman year began on the Ides of March (15th). The
astrological year begins on the equinox when the moon
moves into the first sign of the Zodiac, Aries, the Ram. The
Greek God Ares is equivalent to the Roman Mars for whom
the month of March is named. Between the 12th century
and 1752, March 25th was the day the year changed in
England and Ireland. March 25, 1212 was the day after
March 24, 1211.
Texas Pledge of Allegiance to the State Flag
Before each meeting we say the Pledge of Allegiance to the
United States and to the Texas State Flag. Here is the Texas
pledge for you to memorize. Honor the Texas flag;
Texas
Sunshine & Shadows
Marcy Brooks
Jean Banks & granddaughter Tiffany
Dale Burns
Barbara & Garry Boswell
Trish Clowdus
Frances Froehlich’s aunt
Sherry Magee
Cher & Roger Harrison
Barbara Stagner
Doreen Kammer & her daughter
Jan & Bill Barrow
Sheryl Carter’s husband Connie Licari’s mother
Our military men and women, our nation, and world peace.
Volume 17 Issue 8
I pledge allegiance to thee,
Texas, one state under God,
one and indivisible. Membership
Our membership is now 188.
New & Returning Members:
Sandra Ballard (817-613-0079)
Lynda Lanier (817-565-4302)
Carla Linehan (817-594-0510)
Diane Washabaugh (817-560-2124)
For privacy reasons, address and email information is not
printed in the newsletter. This information is available at the
next General Meeting. You may also contact Carolyn Pierel
(940-447-3755).
April Birthdays
07 – Mildred Beard
20 – Toni McGregory
08 – Frances Skiles
21 – Bobbie Speegle
09 – Jeanne Cecil
22 – Carole Peterson
09 – Nell Hauk
23 – Lydna Lentz
10 – Anna Jeannine Colley
24 –Gail Simko
10 – Alicia Pittman
28 – Linda Lawson
13 – Beth Collins
29 – Margaret Daniel
17 – Opal Dale
Photos Galore!
This month you will find an extended gallery of pictures
taken during our Celebration of Women Week. I had so
many great shots at the Tea that I decided to put them all
online as well as pics taken at the breakfast, bingo and lunch.
You can find the gallery at Celebration of Women Week
Activities (http://pcwnc.org/celebration-of-women-weekactivities-2015) and Celebration of Women Week 2015 Tea
(http://pcwnc.org/celebration-of-women-week-tea-2014).I
hope you enjoy the pictures! 3 April 2015
Volume 17 Issue 8
Connie Licari, Editor
1216 Burkburnett Dr.
Weatherford, TX 76087
You can see more pictures at PCWNC.org, Photo Galleries, Celebration of Women Week 2015
Susie Severson checking in with
Gail Simko & Ruth McCandless
Special events coordinator Nancy Darden
Beautiful music
Left: Alicia Pittman, Gayle Strangmeyer,
Bonnie Fitch, Jackie Dixon
Center: Jo Cheatham, Marcie Brooks, Mildred
Beard
Right: Joyce Bratcher, Diane Ernst, Sherry
Swenson
Connie Licari,
Marjorie Roach Award
&
Alicia Pittman,
Woman of the Year
Sherry Magee & Dana Cook
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