Party. Lovely and creative table settings with Barbara Grimes won for Best Themed

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1 Focus Kay Baker, President Inside this issue Arts/Crafts...6 Birthdays...2 Bylaws...3 Cons....3 Concert...6 Events...3 Membership...2 PlanUSA...2 Raffle...6 Refresh...6 Scholarships... 2 Tea Vote...3 Do do your dues...see page 3 D P AGE 1 Boynton Woman s Club s Newsletter April 2014 From the President on t we have great events to enjoy? Barbara Erlichman packed almost 100 members and guests into the library to hear Al Gustafeste on March 9. He wowed us with his knowledge and performance of Gershwin music. When he asked before the performance if the audience would listen for an hour, I said they would stay for even more. They were mesmerized. After the performance everyone enjoyed the delicious and plentiful sweets and snacks presented by our members. Eileen Dix, center, was one of the many Look at the photos of the Mad Hatter s Tea who attended the tea. She and tablemate Party. Lovely and creative table settings with Barbara Grimes won for Best Themed beautiful ladies wearing quite a collection of hats how diverse! Another wonderful event for Table. She is pictured with Joan Iadaresta and Mary Rowe. See page 5 for more phous to appreciate, and it was put together by tos and winners. Mary Fallon and Theresa Scutari. The proceeds from this party are going to the Historical Preservation Committee. cheon, so mark the date on your calendar. More We have two events coming in April. Martha information will follow next month. Miller has been in charge of our Conservation Jody Spinelli, our membership chairman, is Community Service Program for many years, and collecting the dues for Bring your each year she has organized an interesting and check to a meeting or send it to Jody. informative field trip. This year we are going to We may be winding down our the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Science and year, but one of our committees is just gaining Discovery on April 10. I hope you have reserved steam. The Historical Preservation Committee your ticket. (See the information on page 3.) has many plans for our building. They have just Later in the month taken on the huge job we will meet the of getting a contractor young high school to repair the leak on [Our clubhouse] is admired by seniors chosen by our our roof and to then many, but it will take many to Scholarship Commitrestore the wall in the tee. Dot Neenan library. The members maintain it. stepped back in when are dedicated to stop Marcie Pallone was the deterioration of faced with an illness our building and to that prevented her from chairing the committee. bring back the grandeur it enjoyed. We all need Dot and her committee received 24 applications to support them. We no longer have a large for the scholarships. They had a difficult choice. membership, so each of us should do whatever Be sure to come to that luncheon on April 17 we can when they call on us. They will be sharing and bring lots of food. their plans as they are developed. This building is We will have one last event this year. On May our club. It is admired by many, but it will take 8 we will be installing the new officers for our many to maintain it. executive board. We will have a catered lun-

2 Officers President... Dr. Kay Baker President-Elect... Barbara Grimes Vice President... Jody Spinelli Rec. Sec ys... Barbara Erlichman... Mary Fallon Corr. Sec y... Lillian Ostiguy Treasurer... Barbara Wineberg Asst.Treas.... Pat Waldron Imm. Past President.. Patti Owens Parliamentarian... Evelyn Weicker Membership meets twice monthly on Thursdays, October through May ACTIVE membership Annual dues $55* *New members add $25 fee if they are first-time Federated Woman s Club applicants. ASSOCIATE membership Corporate: $200 Individual: $85 (includes state per capita tax) FOCUS is published monthly October to May SUBSCRIPTION is $8 a year for printed publication, free online Editor: Maria Forastiero DEADLINE is 3rd Thursday of the month Submit articles to mforastiero@comcast.net or bring them to a function Contact Club: Fax: Club bwc1909@bellsouth.net Check us out on the web: OUR MISSION STATEMENT The Boynton Woman s Club shall be organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code of 1954, and shall otherwise comply with any requirements under such Section. P AGE 2 Membership Welcome to new member We have a new member: Lydia Delgado. Lydia is a neighbor and friend of Barbara Erlichman. Welcome Lydia. We look forward to seeing you at our meetings and outings. Here s Lydia s contact information to be recorded in your membership book: 7685 Spring Water Place #202 Boynton Beach, Fl Lydiadelgado@bellsouth.net. (FL H) (Cell) Birthday: Oct. 6 Dues are due April 1 Dues are payable April 1 and must be paid by June 1. Those of you who travel north in the spring/summer, PLEASE get your dues in before you leave. Birthdays Roz Santella... Apr Lillian Floyd... Apr Nancy Hogan... Apr Marian Ortiz... Apr Kathleen Rupp... Apr Eileen Dix... Apr Dorothy Neenan... Apr Jody Spinelli... May 3 Brianna Kurpit... May 3 Nancy Conley... May 4 Jeanne Ripkey... May 10 Evelyn Henry... May 18 Check page 13 of the yearbook for more birthdays. Jody Spinelli, chairman PlanUSA We did it Thanks to a successful silent auction of items club members just had to have, we met our obligation of $360 for PlanUSA. Thank you to all who donated to this worthwhile charity. Jean Nolan, chairman Scholarships April 17 is our scholarship luncheon. We hope all members and friends will attend. Please remember all members should bring extra dishes as we will have approximately 20 guests consisting of counselors, students and their parents. Dot Neenan for Chairman Marcie Pallone Reminder Don t forget those old eyeglasses. Put them in your trunk so you don t forget them. If they are broken or missing a lens, we can t use them. Eye ll be seeing you at the meeting. Jody Spinelli, chairman

3 Vote set for April 3 for bylaw changes In addition to the election of new officers, on April 3, the annual meeting, we will vote on the following bylaw changes: Article II Following the word purposes, insert preservation of our historic building. Article V, Section 10[b] A quorum of five of the elected officers will change to a quorum of four of the elected officers. The rationale for these changes will be explained before the vote. Evelyn Weicker, parliamentarian New officers elected...probably... So the election hasn t actually happened yet as this newsletter goes to press BEFORE the Annual Meeting, on April 3, but it is expected that the new officers for the Boynton Woman s Club will be: MICHELE W ALTER... PRESIDENT MARY FALLON... PREZ ELECT BARBARA GRIMES... PREZ ELECT MARIA FORASTIERO... VICE PRESIDENT BARBARA ERLICHMAN... RECORDING SEC Y. CHADDA SHELLY... RECORDING SEC Y. LILLIAN OSTIGUY... CORRES. SEC Y. BARBARA W INEBERG... TREASURER PAT W ALDRON... ASS T. TREASURER KAY BAKER... PAST PRESIDENT EVELYN W EICKER... PARLIAMENTARIAN At the meeting, there will be an opportunity to accept nominations from the floor but traditionally candidates run unopposed. Though they will technically be elected, those who will serve really do so on a personal acceptance basis because of their willingness to do the jobs so badly needed in order to continue having a club. Whoever is elected, will be installed at the May 8 Installation luncheon. Details on the luncheon will be sent out separately. EVENTS Apr. 3 Annual Business Meeting... 9:30 a.m. Apr. 10 Conservation Trip... 9:00 a.m. Apr. 17 Scholarship Luncheon... 11:30 a.m. Apr. 24 Executive Board Meeting... 9:30 a.m. Th.-Tu. Apr GFWC-Fl. Spring Convention, Orlando May 1 Business Meeting... 9:30 a.m. May 8 Installation Luncheon... 11:30 a.m. May 15 New Executive Board Meeting9:30 a.m. May 30 DEADLINE FOR PAYING YOUR DUES! Sat.-Tues June 21-June Nat l Conv., Chandler, AZ P AGE 3 Conservation Thur., April 10 Museum of Discovery & Science Fort Lauderdale $28 per person 11:00... Meet at the Boynton Woman s Club parking lot to carpool. 12:30... Lunch at the Subway Restaurant at museum. 1:50 to 2:45... Journey to the South Pacific. 2:45 to 4:45... Explore the exhibits (on our own) including the Everglades Airboat Adventure, (a 20-person simulation airboat ride,no bug spray required!) It s late for sign-up but there might still be room so please call me if interested. Martha Miller, chairman Forgotten Soldiers We are still collecting items for soldiers who are overseas. They are missing so many things we take for granted. Please bring your donations and place them at the front door. We only have a few more meetings to do this as we cannot keep them in the building during the summer. Thank you. Mary Scheitler Community Caring Believe it or not, the season is winding down. Our last collection for Community Caring is Thursday, May 8. Please bring your donations of non-perishable foods and personal care products by then. There will be no storage over the summer. Monetary donations are greatly appreciated also. Thank you very much. Chairman Terry Markey David Beaumont (561) Corporate member of the Boynton Woman s Club

4 P AGE 4 Best Theme/Best Table Barbara Grimes and Eileen Dix s, left, and the Red Hat Society s tables took Best Theme and Best Table respectively. The Mad Hatter s Tea held at the Boynton Woman s Club on March 20 was a great success.the hats were fantastic, the table decorations were beautiful, and the food tables were superb. Everyone had an enjoyable time. Thank you to all the members that gave their time to make this event a financial success. Mary Fallon, Theresa Scutari, chairmen Pictured is Mary Fallon with Funniest Hat winner Ginnie Lockhart and Prettiest Hat winner Sylvia Engell. Above are: Roberta Chenoweth, Theresa Scutari, Mary Scheitler and Ilia Lindsay. Right are Marian Ortiz,: Madeline Lenny (she applied for membership), Joan White and Betty-Jane Lee.

5 P AGE 5 Above are Luda Naboka, June Lael, Carolyn Schoch and Devota Swenson. Michele Walter (tall yellow hat on the right) once again brought her friends and neighbors to share tea with the Boynton Woman s Club. Mary Fallon s table was sunny and bright. Jean Nolan s Jokers Are WIld table includes Joan Riess, Jean, Sheila Dorkin, Jean McNally, Maureen O Hara, Pat Tarpy and Teechie Phalen. Right are Lillian Ostiguy, Pat Kropp and Dot Neenan. Right is a photo of the many delicacies offered at the tea, most made by members.

6 P AGE 6 Arts and Crafts Just a reminder that the Arts and Crafts and Photography judging will be held in Orlando at the Spring Convention scheduled for April If you are not going but want your Blue Ribbon entry to be entered, bring it to the clubhouse at the business meeting on April 3 or to the Scholarship Luncheon on April 17. The members who are going will be happy to take it to Orlando for you. Be sure to wrap it so it arrives safely. I want to take this opportunity to again thank all of you who so kindly helped me with both shows, the local and District 10. It was a pleasure working with all of you. You have all summer to work on your entries for next year. I am looking forward to another great event. So start early and enter as many as you can. I am already working on my entries. There will be some craft books for you at the next business meeting. Please feel free to help yourself to whatever ones you want. Joan White, chairman Installation The installation of new officers will be held on May 8 and I have been asked to be the installing officer. I want to ask those of you who will still be in town to please attend this meeting/ luncheon. The members who have accepted officer positions work hard and give much of their time to preserving this club and the building. We have to stand behind them and give them all our support and let them know how much we appreciate their efforts. Please come out and bring your family and friends Joan White, Past District 10 Director Upcoming refreshment duty assignments APRIL 3, 2014 BUSINESS MEETING ARRIVE 8:30 A.M. MARY FALLON ANNE W ATTS EVELYN HENRY APRIL 17, 2014 SCHOLARSHIP LUNCH ARRIVE 10:30 A.M. BETTY PAFENBACH MARY SCHEITLER ELLEN MORGAN ILIA LINDSAY MAY 1, 2014 BUSINESS MEETING ARRIVE 8:30 A.M. BARBARA ERLICHMAN ANNE W ATTS MARIA FORASTIERO MAY 8, 2013 INSTALLATION LUNCH MARIE GENNACI TERRY MARKEY JOAN RIESS Please be there at the right time. If you cannot make it, find a replacement and then Kay Baker or Maria Forastiero to let us know who is replacing you. Deadline is April 17 The deadline for the May issue of Focus is April 17. Please submit your articles as soon as possible. Thank you. Guastafeste+Gershwin = standing ovation A standing ovation ended the March 9 concert in the library. Almost 100 BWC members and guests attended the all-gershwin program by pianist Al Guastafeste. For 80 minutes, Al held the audience spellbound as he talked about Gershwin s life and introduced each composition. Starting with Swanee, Gershwin s first hit in 1919, and ending with Rhapsody in Blue, which Al played from memory, the performance showcased Al s virtuoso talent. It was little wonder the audience was on its feet begging for more. A hugely successful champagne reception afterwards rounded out this memorable event. Barbara Erlichman, chairman Scholarship Raffle And the newest winners are: Winners for the 6th Raffle drawing which was held on March 20 are: $25 MaryRowe, Evelyn Henry $20 John Fallon, Pat Kropp $15 Jeanne Ripkey, Barbara Anderson and her sister Congratulations! Michele Walter, chairman