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Bulletin
The
NOVEMBER 2009
OF THE WESTPORT WOMAN’S CLUB WWC NOVEMBER CALENDAR
Sunday 1
Monday
2
Club Day
89
16
15
Tuesday 3
Wednesday 4 Mah Jongg
1:00 - 4:00 pm
GardenBoard
1:30pm
10:00AM
Bridge 10:30
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23
29
30
Comm Svcs 9:30
Bridge 10:30
Enterpise 1:00pm
Friday Saturday 5
6
7
Bridge 9:30 am
Cultural
Affairs Bus Leaves
Lower Lot 12:30
10
11
12
13
14
17
18
19
20
21
Garden General
Bridge 10:30
Mah Jongg
1:30pm
Enterprise 1:00pm
1:00 - 4:00 pm
BoardMeeting
Thursday Gourmet 11:30
Bunco 7:00PM
24
Bridge 10:30
Mah Jongg
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Bridge 9:30
Holiday Meals
Mailing
Bridge 9:30 am
25
26
27
28
Mah Jongg
Thanksgiving Office Closed
1:00 - 4:00 pm
3rd LWV Candidate
Forum 7-9pm
*Please note new office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday 9:00am to 4:00PM 2:00-1:00 closed for Lunch. Wednesday 9:00am to 12:00
noon.
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In This Issue
Calendar........................1
President’s Letter..........2
Club Luncheon..............3
Programs.......................3
Community Service......3
Sunshine Girls..............4
Antiques........................4
Bunco............................4
Garden Dept..................4
RSVP.......... ..................4
Book Club ....................5
Curio Cottage................5
Cultural Affairs..............5
Membership...................5
YDF 2010......................5
Gourmet.........................6
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The Westport
Woman’s Club
44 Imperial Avenue
Westport, CT 06880
Telephone:
(203) 227-4240
Fax:
(203) 227-0367
email: westportwomansclub@
sbcglobal.net
President’s Letter
Dear Fellow Members,
Isn’t it hard to believe that it’s already November, with
Thanksgiving and the December holidays just around
the corner?! Always a busy time of year, this month
there a couple of special Club events that promise to
be very entertaining—the November 2 Club Day
with authors Wendy Kann (Casting a Fragile Thread)
and Robert Douglas (The Last Resort) and the
Cultural Affairs matinee trip to 39 Steps on Saturday,
November 7, at the Schubert in New Haven. I’m sure
both of these will be great events, and I’m so grateful
to Doris Smart, Amy Schneider and Marilyn Killough
for organizing these for us.
www.westportwomansclub.org
Officers
President
Mary Vickery
1st Vice President
(Special Interests)
Linda Clair
2nd Vice President
(Finance)
Susan McCarthy
3rd Vice President
(Ways & Means)
Susan Cugliari
Secretary
Barbara Raffel
Treasurer
Barbara Szefc
For future Club Days and other membership events,
because parking spaces in the Club’s upper lot are
limited, we would like to ask all of our heartier
members to park in the lower lots and leave the upper
lot spaces available for those who might have more
difficulty maneuvering the stairs or the ramp. We
want to make sure that every member has appropriate
access to the Club and is able to attend all of our
events.
Thanks also to 1st V.P. Linda Clair for serving as the
Club’s Team Captain for the Making Strides Against
Breast Cancer Walk at Sherwood Island Park on
October 25. The team raised substantial funds and
proudly represented the Club at this important
community event. And, finally, I want to give special
thanks to Clare Clark and Colleen Fenton for all
their hard work in compiling our new membership
directory. If you haven’t yet picked up your copy,
please do so. They are available in the office.
Have a wonderful November and happy
Thanksgiving!
All the best,
Mary Vickery
As always, there are a number of people who deserve
special recognition for their service to the Club. First
I want to thank 3rd V.P. Susan Cugliari and her
Committee for a sensational Goal Post Bingo event.
This was the Club’s second bingo fundraiser, and it is
clear that the Bingo Committee has come into their
stride. It was truly a fun and fund-raising afternoon!
And for those of you who might feel you’ve been
missing out on all the excitement, I’ve heard rumors
that there is another bingo extravaganza in the works
for the spring. Check with Susan C. to find out how
you can become involved.
I also want to call attention to Audrey Rabinowitz
and her dedicated corps of Blues, Views & Barbecue
volunteers. The music festival and barbecue
competitions were a joint venture of the Downtown
Merchants Association and several local non-profits,
including the WWC. As one of the collaborators, we
were invited to staff a table at the event, where Clare
Clark and Sarajane Lynch and I took shifts handing
out Club membership and rental information. Audrey
did a truly outstanding job enlisting and organizing
Club volunteers to run the admissions gates. Thank
you to everyone who came out to help.
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WWC Volunteers at Blues, Views & Barbecue Festival 09/26/09 (L to R: Mary Vickery, Clare Clark, Sarajane Lynch, Audrey
Rabinowitz, Josephine Laska)
Club Luncheons
Thank you to Fay Farquhar and the Mah
Jongg players, and to Ellie Hale and the Book
Review group for hosting October Club
Day.
November’s Club Day will take place on
Monday, November 2. Our menu will consist
of Meat Loaf with Gravy, Mashed Potatoes,
Sugar Snap Peas, Rolls and Pumpkin Cake for
dessert. A chicken alternative is offered but
you must let Colleen Fenton know if that is
your lunch choice so the caterer can prepare
for the right amount of food.
Several members have mentioned that the
past two luncheon entrees have been too salty.
I have spoken to the caterer and he will now
follow a low sodium diet in the preparation
of the food. So, the salt lovers in the group
may find that they need to add table salt to
their lunch.
Community Service
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Our next meeting is on Monday, November 23
at 9:30 am. All members are invited to attend
as we continue our grant review process, which
is a challenge given the severe economic downturn and record high unemployment rate. Our
guest speaker will be Kari Pesavento, Director
of the Children’s Connection, who will discuss
child abuse and internet safety. She will also
tell us about the children we donate toys to
each year at our Holiday Toy Drive.
The Westport
Woman’s Club
Directors
Communications
Lorraine Feliciano
November Club Day Luncheon will be hosted
by Community Services. Please contact
Pat Jensen, our Chairperson, at 227-7672 or email her at [email protected], if you
can help out.
Community Service
Arlene Thrope
Grounds
Sarajane Lynch
Arlene Thrope
Director, Community Services
[email protected] or 226-0413
House
Dorothy Packer
November Club Day will be hosted by Arlene
Thrope, Pat Jensen and the Community Services Committee.
Cost: The cost of Club Day, $15, may be
paid in cash (the exact amount, if possible), or
check, payable to WWC (preferred method).
Reservations: Please call Colleen Fenton at
227-4240 by 1:00PM on the Wednesday prior to Club Day (October 28th) to make a reservation. If you are on the permanent lunch
list, there is no need to call for a reservation.
Cancellations: If you are on the permanent
list, let Colleen know by 1:00PM on the reservation deadline date (the Wednesday before
Club Day) if you cannot attend. Unfortunately, anyone who does not cancel either
a permanent or monthly reservation by the
reservation deadline is expected to pay for
the cost of the lunch, since the WWC must
pay the caterer for the number of lunches ordered.
I look forward to seeing you on November
2nd.
Membership
Clare Clark
Programs
We are happy to announce that we will present
two delightful authors at the November Luncheon. Wendy Kann, who has written “Casting
With a Fragile Thread,” and Douglas Rogers
author of “The Last Resort,” will inspire you with
their amazing stories. After their presentation a
book signing will take place in the living room.
Both Amy and I were delighted to hear so many
positive responses to our October speaker. Susan
O’Halloran is a wonderful lady, and she truly
enjoyed her time at the Westport Woman’s Club.
We look forward to seeing all of you on November 2.
Doris Smart
Amy Schneider
Programs
Linda Clair, First Vice President
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BLUES, VIEWS AND BBQ FESTIVAL
Thanks and appreciation go to the members (and one husband) who volunteered their time and effort to work at the
2nd annual Blues, Views and BBQ Festival held on a sunny
Saturday and rainy Sunday in September. The Saturday volunteers were Nitzy Cohen, Josephine Laska, Bev McArthur,
Denise McLaughlin and husband Arthur Kirsch, and Leah
Scherzer. The Sunday volunteers were Clare Clark, Mary Lee
Clayton, Marge DiPippo, Jo Fuchs Luscombe, Joyce Netherton, and Doris Smart. And thank you to Mary Vickery for her
support and assistance on both days.
Parliamentary Advisor
Joyce Netherton
Program
Amy Schneider
Doris Smart
Rentals
Rose Jordan
Curio Cottage
Carol Goetz
Yankee Doodle Fair
Mary Lee Clayton
Staff
Office Manager
Colleen Fenton
In memorium
Resident Manager
Dora Sweet
Nancy Joan O’Donnell, a longtime member of theWestport
Woman’s Club passed away on
Oct. 9. Our condolensce to her
huband,John, and their family.
Our Condolences to Margaret
Yingling on the death of her
husband, Orvis.
The Festival was a wonderful community event sponsored by
the Downtown Merchants Association.
Audrey Rabinowitz
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The Sunshine Girls
Thank you to Rosalie Puglia, Sunshine Girl
for October.
Our November Sunshine Girl is Wendy
McKeon, 222-0038, [email protected].
Please let Wendy know if you hear of a member who is going through a difficult time or
needs assistance. It is through the Sunshine
Girls that the WWC can take care of its
members.
Linda Clair
First Vice President
Antiques
On Wednesday, November 18th,
we will meet for refreshments and
a short meeting at 10 am, followed
by our guest speaker Connie B’s.
Her shop has elegant and unique
antiques. It is nestled in historic
South Norwalk, at 43 N. Main St.
and was previously located in Cannon Crossing, Wilton. She specializes in vintage European linens
and antique quilts, but this unique
shop also carries a full inventory of
crystal, dinnerware, jewelry, small
furniture and lighting.
GARDEN DEPARTMENT
Board Meeting: November 3,
1:30pm
General Meeting: November 10,
1:00pm, Joint with Westport Garden
Club
CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS
RSVP KNITTING
Attention new members who knit!
In case you wonder what we’re all about,
R.S.V.P. stands for “Retired Senior Volunteer Program” which is headquartered in the
N.E.O.N. building in South Norwalk.
Talented Irish designer, Linda Dean
will be showing us how to do her
Christmas designs for the mantle,
dining room table and hall. Linda’s
work has been described as bright
and witty. She is well known and
respected in Ireland. This promises
to be an exciting, interesting and
entertaining program. Hope you can
all attend.
Most of the items we knit go to R.S.V.P.
They include: hats, scarves and mittens for
the Headstart Nursery School children; baby’s and children’s sweaters and blankets for
N.E.O.N. day care and other programs they
support for the needy.
You must R.S.V.P to me by Wednesday, November 4th, either by
phone or email. P.S NOTE TIME
CHANGE!
Our yarn for the R.S.V.P. items is donated
by R.S.V.P. or members and friends who
no longer knit. We use only synthetic yarn,
which is machine washable and dryable. We
do have many needles that have been donated, but not all sizes- what we have you are
welcome to use.
BOUTIQUE WORKSHOPS: All
workshops begin at 10:00am
Some of us also make healing shawls for the
Cancer Society and some make “preemie”
hats for Norwalk Hospital.
This should be and interesting
presentation.
Tuesday, December 1 – Gift Baskets
Wednesday, December 2 – DECK
THE HALLS
Thursday, December 3rd –Wreaths
and Swags
Friday, December 4th – Boxwood
Trees
Sunday, December 6th – Boutique
Set-up
Edith Forman,
Mary Lee Clayton
We usually meet on the 4th Wednesday of
the month from 1:00-3:00 pm in the conference room (upstairs), but because of the holidays in November and December, we meet
on December 9th only. We will resume our
regular schedule in January.
Some members are not always able to stay
the whole time because of other commitments but do come to drop off finished items
and pick up more yarn and sometimes directions.
Book Club
We have beginners and experienced knitters
so there is always help with any problems.
Hope you’ll try us out.
Sue Mahar
Bunco
There are pumpkins all about –
“BUNCO” is the word to shout!!!!
Our next bunco fun night is Tuesday,
October 20th at 7:00 p.m…
We “chat & chew” - Play begins at
7:30 p.m.
Cost is $5.00…
Hostesses are Catherine Smith and
Karen Center.
Please sign up on the hot pink paper on
the board outside the office.
No experience necessary!!! All our welcome!!
New members…come and give it a
try…
It is a “non-threatening” way to meet
other members…and share a few
laughs!!!
Wendy McKeon
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There will not be a Book Group meeting in November because of Thanksgiving. Instead, we will meet in the
living room on December 3 at 1:00
pm. The book will be Netherland by
Joseph O’Neil. A banker originally
from the Netherlands struggles to find
himself in New York after 9/11. Barbara Raffle will be the reviewer. Everyone is welcome.
Pat Wettach
Gerry Munce
Enterprise
WWC Enterprise Investment Group will
meet at the Club house on Monday, November 9th at 1:00pm. If you are interested
in learning about our group, please give
your name to Colleen in the office and you
will be contacted.
Barbara Hart
Secretary
Cultural Affairs
“The 39 Steps” Saturday, November 7th
Shubert Theater, New Haven, CT
Alfred Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps,” the longest
running production of any Broadway play to
open in the last seven years in New York, will
end its run there in January but it will begin its
national tour in New Haven in November.
We have tickets to the Saturday matinee performance on November 7th. The seats are in the
orchestra. Therefore, there are no stairs or steps
to climb. The theatre trip is $75.00 per person
which includes theatre ticket, transportation
and gratuity to the bus driver. There will not be
time for lunch.
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy
novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you
have Alfred Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps,” Broadways’ most intriguing, most thrilling, most riotous, most un miss’able comedy smash!
This comedy –thriller won two Tony Awards in
2008.
As of this writing (October 8th) there are 8
tickets available and, of course, we always need
a wait list. Tickets will be available for pickup in
the office on November 2nd.
The bus will leave from the Woman’s Club lower level parking lot at 12:30 pm on November
7th and return at approximately 5:30 pm.
“West Side Story” Wednesday, Dec,2nd
New York City
“West Side Story” is sold out with a wait list
of two. The wait list was four but cancellations
have started to come in and the cold and flu
season has started; therefore, we will need a longer wait list. It costs nothing to be on the wait
list but you must leave a check with Colleen in
the office; your check remains there until there
is a cancellation, then you are called and your
check is deposited in the bank. If there are no
further cancellations, your check is returned to
you.
Ben Brantley of The New York Times gave this
musical an excellent review when this show
opened. John Lahr of The New Yorker said in
his review “This fresh, bold production is so
exciting it makes you ache with pleasure. Everything about it is streamline: the fluid jolt of
Jerome Robbins choreography; the exhilarating
syncopation of Leonard Bernstein’s score; the
bravura concision of Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics;
the swiftness of Arthur Laurent’s storytelling.
It’s both airborne and transcendent, with moments of astonishing stagecraft.”
Cost of this theatre trip is $137.00 per person.
The bus will leave from the lower level parking
lot at 9:30 am and return immediately following the matinee performance. Running time of
the show is 2 hours and 35 minutes.
Curio Cottage
We Are Hiring!!!
What. a great headline for these times
and it is true. There is no pay, but the
job satisfaction is great.
Our list of people who can work on
either Tuesday or Sunday is growing.
When we have about 8 names, we will
call and get this on the schedule. So
please, if you are thinking about joining the shop work force, or if you are on
the sub list and not getting called, please
consider this “career move”. Just let me,
Jackie Froelich, or Colleen know.
Thanks to everyone who attended the
workers coffee. Great turn out and
great enthusiasm. Hopefully, the shop
will just keep getting better and better.
Holiday “stuff” is coming out now so
please stop in soon, to shop, donate or
work!
Karen Eickhoff and Cottage
Committee
Your Baked Goods Recipes Are Needed
Your name can be in a book! Put on your
Gourmet Baking Hat and send the recipes that you hope to be baking for the
2010 Yankee Doodle Fair to:
Beverly McArthur
85 Regents Park
Westport, CT 06880
Or, e-mail your recipes to Beverly at
[email protected]
Beverly, has offered to make our yearly
successful Gourmet Baked Goods Sale
even more successful by offering to compile a cookbook of the Baked Goods Recipes that we are going to be selling at the
Yankee Doodle Fair – June 17, 18, 19 and
20 next year. The WWC Gourmet Baked
Goods Cookbook will be sold at the same
time at the Baked Goods Sale.
Gourmet
Our national day of Thanksgiving
for the abundant blessings which
we experience daily and witness all
around us is rapidly approaching.
The members of Gourmet will be
enjoying a Cuban fare November
17 prepared by Heike Martin, the
main cook with a group of other
Gourmet members. We will enjoy
the better cuisine that this island
offers. We meet at 11:30 AM at
the clubhouse with one-half hour
socializing and the luncheon begins
at 12:00 noon.
I hope to see you in November. If
you wish to join Gourmet contact
me at 203-227-9407 or jlaffe1057@
aol.com We have four sit-down
luncheons at the clubhouse held in
November, January, February and
March, the third Tuesday of each
month; outings and two parties are
scheduled for this year. The total
cost for the luncheons and parties
is $40.00.
Elfriede Lafferty
Chairwoman
WWC Gourmet Group
Diaper Drive
The Human Services Department
of Westport is running a diaper
drive for needy families. Please consider donating diapers, in any
size,to their drive (open packages
are acceptable). You can put them
in the marked box in the coat room
at the Club. The Woman’s Club can
play a vital role in this cause.
Any Questions?
Linda Amos
The information you send should include
1. The title of the recipe 2. Measurements
and ingredient list 3. Baking instructions
4. Ending with contributor and your
name.
She needs the recipes sooner than later. It
takes a lot of time to but a book together,
so please work on this concern as soon
as you can. If you have further questions
you can also reach Beverly at Elfriede
Lafferty
Chairwoman
WWC Gourmet Group
Marilyn Killough
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Membership
Yankee Doodle Fair 2010
Thanks to the lively and enthusiastic group who
attended the October meeting. If our meeting
was any indicator, we are going to have a great
Fair!
SPONSORSHIP AND RAFFLE PRIZES:
Our sponsor donations and raffle ticket sales
are our hedge against meteorlogical disaster. If
any of you have ideas for prizes, sponsors or new
places to sell our always popular raffle tickets, let
us know. Contact info below.
A FEW GOOD CHAIRS:
Since so many reupped for this year, we don’t
have a whole lot of positions to fill, but we do
have:
SET/UP AND TAKE DOWN CHAIR – You’ll
working with two “pros” on this and also have
a lot of help from Club members and local organizations.
DECORATING – You will be in charge of
hanging bunting, placing flags and doing whatever else will make the grounds festive for the
Fair.
Interested? Call or email:
Mary Lee Clayton
Dorothy Curran
Sarajane Lynch
Tournament Bridge
Tournament Bridge is a competitive bridge game. You and your
partner play 6 games against each
of 5 other teams each week (30
games each day). We meet every
Monday (except on Club Days),
from 10:30am to 2:00pm. We
play 5-week sessions, from September through May, with prizes
handed out at the end of each session.
We always need substitutes. If you
are interested in joining us and/or
being on the substitute list, please
call Mary-Jane Cross,
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We have had a busy Fall! Thank you again to all returning members and a big welcome to all the members who have joined recently! We had a new member
wine and cheese in late September. The Membership
Directory was published in early October and was
available for pick up at the October Club Day. This
was all accomplished with the help and support of
my fellow club members. I am very grateful for your
cheerful assistance.
I apologize for any errors in the directory, whether
they were printer errors or mine. Corrections were
made to the directory and are avaiable in the office.
New members please stop in the office to pick up
your directory, as that is our normal distribution
practice (saves all that postage!). If you cannot get to
the Club during office hours, call or email me and I
will get you a directory!
Also, new members, I urge you to jump right in and
after reading the bulletin, mark your calendars for the
meetings and gatherings that appeal to you; your fellow members will welcome you warmly! Please feel
free to ask me or another member anytime you want
company to attend something for the first time.
See you at the Club, Clare Clark
These new members are in the Directory:
Joan Arzberger
Elizabeth A. Brower (Betty)
Martha Eidman
Lisa Garten
Kathleen Groener (Kathy)
Patricia Haberstroh ( Patty)
Karen Harman
Susan Hawley
Mary Hanrahan
Mary Lou Herlihy
Anne Hunt
Mitzy Lyman
Karen McCormick
Marlene Meyer
Nancy Saipe
Cathy Zappi
New Members to be added to your Directory:
Mary Heery ( Bill )
26 Hogan Trail
Westport, CT 06880
Denise Kuendig (John)
54 Center Street
Westport, CT 06880
Mah Jongg
We play every Wednesday (unless
otherwise noted on the calendar)
from 1:00- 4:00PM. Both beginner
and experienced players are welcome.
Please call Diana Zaslow
Childrens Connection
We will have our traditional drive for donations of NEW, UNWRAPPED gifts. Please bring your gifts to
the Westport Woman’s Club no later than December 7th. (The Connection will pick up the toys the second
week of December). We will also accept rolls or packages of gift wrap along with ribbons and/or bows.
There will be a drop off box outside the office next to the grandfather clock during the month of November.
You may bring your items any time you are at the Club.
Cash contributions will also be accepted. Checks should be made out to The Children’s Connection –
and given to Colleen in the office. Your check should contain your name, address and a reference to the
WWC.
Favorite Requests:
Infant toys and clothing
Fisher-Price, Playskool and similar sturdy toys
Dolls, all sizes
Disney items
All kinds of balls
Trucks
Remote control cars and batteries
Sports Equipment
Hand-held video games and batteries
Walkmans, small radios and batteries
The older children also enjoy getting gift certificates. Kohl’s, Target, Bobs and Old Navy make good gift
certificates. Sweatshirts, sweaters, hats, cosmetics, organizers and manicure kits are also appreciated by the
older kids. These items must all be new.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Diana Zaslow
CHRISTMAS TIME!
It’s that time. As always the Garden Club is preparing beautiful fresh wreaths and swags as well as our popular
boxwood trees for the holidays. To guarantee that you will be able to purchase what you want, we are offering you
an opportunity to order holiday items early. To order, circle the items you want on the form below, please specify
ribbon color for wreaths and swags. Place the form and a check made out to the Garden Room in the Garden
mailbox in the Office. Contact us if you have questions.
SWAGS………. $15.00
BALSAM WREATHS………………. $25.00
BOXWOOD TREES…………………………..$25.00
NAME:_________________________________________________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER_______________________EMAIL_________________________________
AMOUNT ENCLOSED______________________________________________________
RIBBON COLORS: Circle preference- Red / Blue /white /gold /silver/ burgundy/plaid
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