Alpha Beta Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma International Society I S S U E DATES TO REMEMBER Apr. 29 May 1 2011 ETA State Convention Rocky Mount, NC July 13-16 2011 Southeast Regional Conference Louisville, KY July 24-28 2012 International Convention, New York, New York 1 S E L M A, N C S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 0 A Message from President Jennifer Swartz I am glad that it's finally time to invite you all back together for our first meeting of the new biennium! While the overall theme for Delta Kappa Gamma through 2011 is Vision into Action, the focus of Delta Kappa Gamma's mission project continues with Going Green 24/7. I feel that it is a very appropriate mission since I am a very green member of the Alpha Beta Chapter. First Vice President Lorine Davis and I traveled to Goldsboro early this sum- mer to participate in the new leadership training conducted by ETA State President Betty Marshall and her executive board. She and I have worked closely with our own Alpha Beta Executive Committee and are looking for ways to improve our participation at meetings and to make our programs those that will help draw us to- Alpha Beta Chapter Scholarship ALPHA BETA CHAPTER Jennifer Swartz, President Lorine Davis, 1st Vice President Karen Creech, 2nd Vice President Debra Avery Recording / Corresponding Becky Kuszmaul Treasurer Mallary Barnes, daughter of Mark and Vera Barnes of Smithfield, NC, was chosen to receive the Alpha Beta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship from among eleven applicants throughout Johnston County. and Vice President for the YMCA Youth and Government This fall she is attending the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and plans to major in elementary education. In her application she states, "I enjoy learning and I would like to share my passion for Mallary, a 2010 graduate from knowledge with my stusmithfield-selma High School, dents. In addition, I have was the valedictorian of her had amazing teachers who class. Not only was she outhave inspired me to perform standing in academics, she was to my full potential. I would also member the marching Visitaour Chapterof Web site at: http://www.deltakappagamma.org/nc-alphabeta/index.htm like to be this inspiration for band, the varsity tennis team, my future students." and served as State Chaplain Visit our Chapter Web site at: http://www.deltakappagamma.org/ncalphabeta/index.htm
PAGE 2 Message from President cont. To this end, Lorine has coordinated a full year's worth of activities for us to enjoy! We are going to kick off the year with our first meeting at the Hinnant Family Winery on Tuesday, October 5. We will have the opportunity to participate in a wine-tasting starting at 5:30 for a $5.00 fee before the evening's meal and meeting. Participation in this pre-activity is completely voluntary, but we are hoping that you have been planning to check out the winery for some time and haven't had a good enough reason to follow through on that desire. Donald Bailey already has us on his calendar and will be delighting us again this year with many tasty dishes. I believe the only thing that could make me look forward to Donald's dishes more would be if he included the recipes so I could impress my family! A large portion of the Executive Committee's work during our summer meetings focused on trying to build mentoring into the leadership of the different committees that we use to support the work of our organization. As a green president, I am learning a great deal about our chapter and our organization. I have been reaching out to many of you and calling on your mentoring skills and knowledge base to help guide me through this biennium so that I can serve you well in this role. A personal project that I have been developing is the construction of committee handbooks. Calling members to ask them to serve as committee leaders I have found that I am not the only person who is unclear of the expectations of the committees we have in place. I must thank you for saying "yes" to these leadership roles even when we were both unsure of the duties that would befall you. Over the course of this biennium it is my goal to construct a handbook for each committee to guide Society members in their work together for the benefit of our organization and in our efforts to publish the good works that we do as a Society. Several of our committees remain without leadership. We are all busy women with families and outside interests. Our ability to perform at high levels of success in our many activities is one of the key traits that I see in all Alpha Beta members. I hope that you will look at the list of committees we have included in the newsletter and realize that if we all do a little work together that we can accomplish a great deal as a Society. At the state business meeting this weekend, Betty Marshall called on us to think of ways we can publicize our participation in an organization that calls us together through our attention to excellence. As we move toward our first meeting of the new year, please consider ways you can use your talents and gifts for the benefit of our Society. Say Cheese! At our October meeting the Communications Committee will be taking our pictures for the update to our red book and biography. This group has worked for the past several months to revise the red book to include photographs. They are also updating the biography so pull out your resume so you can help us account for your most recent accomplishments. We will have a hard copy of these documents at the October meeting so that you can help us catch errors we may have overlooked. Visit our Chapter Web site at: http://www.deltakappagamma.org/nc-alphabeta/index.htm
ISSUE 1 PAGE 3 Alpha Beta Meeting Calendar 2010-2011 Date Time/ Program Location Hostess Committee Tuesday October 5, 2010 Wine Tasting - 5:30 Dinner/Business - 6:00 Winery Tour - 7:30 Hinnant Family Vineyards 826 Pine Level-Micro Pine Level, NC 27568 Renee Oliver Mary Daughtry Ann Carper Karen Parker Saturday December 4, 2010 Brunch - 9:00 am Musical Entertainment Show & Sell First Baptist Church 411 North Fayetteville Street Clayton, NC 27520 Ramona Cash Helen Ellerbe Frances Warren Dorothy Driver Tuesday February 1, 2011 Dinner & Speaker - 6:00 Dr. June Atkinson NC State Superintendent Benson United Methodist Church 205 East Church Street Benson, NC 27504 Mary Ann Lee Noela Sue Woodall Ann Parrish Debbie Woodruff Tuesday April 5, 2011 Induction Ceremony 6:00 pm Heavy hors d oeuvres Four Oaks United Methodist Church 320 North Church St. Four Oaks, NC 27524 Tonya Peterson Martha Bradshaw Eloise Bonds Maylene Sanders ebuddies Ramona Cash Helen Ellerbe Lynn Ragsdale Bess Ragsdale Tucker Twisdale Mary Fred Daughtry Freddie Creech Abby Salas Sybil Edwards Allette Hale Ann Parrish Dorothy Driver Rose Walker Terri Sessoms Maylene Sanders Thelma Harris Mary Helen Sills Mary Ann Lee Sue Wood Frances Warren Cindy Parrish Margaret Walker Leona Parrish Laura Canady Iris Scarboro Eve Creech Cindy Parrish Vivia Creech Leona Parrish
PAGE 4 Telephone Tree Jennifer Swartz 631-1657 Ramona Cash 553-7244 Edna Luper 284-2839 Mary Ann Lee 894-5514 Nancy Daughtery 934-2936 Lorine Davis 934-9590 Nancy Daughtery 934-2936 Terri Sessoms 915-5239 Becky Kuszmaul 934-5579 Bess Ragsdale 934-8069 Sybil Edwards 934-4972 Glenda Toler 553-7829 Jennifer Moore 989-7492 Margaret Walker 963-4145 Abby Salas 934-4972 Mary Nell Ferguson 989-8481 Thelma Harris 934-6768 Margaret Walker 963-4145 Maylene Sanders 934-2902 Laura Canady 963-2270 Iris Scarborough 963-3239 Tonya Peterson 894-8575 Edna Luper 284-2839 Mary Fred Daughtry 965-5575 Betty Ferrell 284-2530 Cary Lane Cockrell 284-2934 Barbara Barnes 284-4203 Cathy Cox 965-4651 Betty Ferrell 284-2530 Sue Wood 965-9228 Dorothy Driver 269-8732 Sandra Boyette 284-2108 Peggy Batten 284-2729 Allette Hale 365-5700 Mary Ann Lee 894-5514 Joyce Matthews 894-2690 Ann Parrish 894-5198 Eloise Bonds 894-4274 Rose Walker 894-5114 Mary Helen Sills 894-4226 Mary Fred Daughtry 965-5575 Frances Warren 965-8511 Janice White 965-2852 Allison Redinger 661-1369 Renee Oliver 631-3816 Freddie Creech 965-3804 Frances Warren 965-8511 Tucker Twisdale 934-4251 Leona Parrish 934-4708 Cynthia Parrish 934-4708 Olive Cooke 934-3380 Pama Kirby 284-2872 Tucker Twisdale 934-4251 Debra Avery 965-6768 Dorothy Harris 359-2040 Lynn Ragsdale 934-6377 Mary Helen Wyatt 894-5462 Joyce Matthews 894-2690 Susan Auman 894-8260 Sistie Wells 894-3903 Noela Woodall 894-4511 Camille Boone 934-3286 Karen Hicks 894-8128 Terri Sessoms 915-5239 Jean Simmons 934-2795 Debbie Woodruff 934-3705 Ann Carper 553-6236 Karen Creech 934-0189 Martha Bradshaw 894-8184 Jennifer Moore 989-7492 Cynthia Toudle 553-4291 Karen Parker 989-6626 Glenda Hales 910-256-0239 Eve Creech 934-3939 Vivia Creech 934-8437
ISSUE 1 PAGE 5 Alpha Beta Committees 2010-2011 Committee Chairman Members Biography & Yearbook Mary Helen Sills Karen Creech Lorine Davis Edna Luper Communications Karen Creech Terri Sessoms Margaret Walker Finance Cary Lane Cockrell Debra Avery Becky Kuszmaul Noela Sue Woodall Literacy/Numeracy Jenny Moore Dorothy Harris Sue Wood Mary Helen Wyatt Membership Susan Auman Karen Hicks Joyce Matthews Music Karen Parker Camille Boone Olive Cooke Helen Ellerbe Frances Warren Cynthia Parrish Necrology Mary Daughtry Ann Parrish Jean Simmons Janice White Sistie Wells Nominations Allette Hale Cathy Cox Denise Luper Personal Growth & Services Renee Oliver Martha Bradshaw Maylene Sanders Professional Affairs Peggy Batten Eve Creech Betty Ferrell Eloise Bonds Laura Faye Canady Tucker Twisdale Remembrances Sybil Edwards Ramona Cash Freddie Creech Mary Ann Lee Research Ann Carper & Debbie Woodruff Dorothy Driver Mary Sauls Scholarship Abby Salas Ramona Cash Lorine Davis Mary Nell Ferguson Cynthia Toudle Lynn Ragsdale Jennifer Swartz Janice White Scrapbook Glenda Toler Allison Redinger Kelli Sanderford World Fellowship/ US Forum Legislation Lynn Ragsdale Tonya Peterson Leona Parrish Rose Walker
Aug. Oct. Birthdays Happy Birthday A special Birthday Wish from your Alpha Beta Sisters August September October Debbie Woodruff -1 Kelli Sanderford 2 Glenda Toler 4 Cynthia Toudle 5 Mary Nell Ferguson 4 Karen Creech 22 Iris Scarborough 9 Ramona Cash-5 Mary Ann Lee 22 Mary Fred Daughtry 25 Dorothy Driver 6 Terri Sessoms 25 Nancy Daughtery 29 Becky Kuszmaul 11 Tonya Peterson 30 Allison Redinger 22 Sistie Wells 22 Mary Helen Wyatt 23 Laura Faye Canady 24 Betty Ferrell 28 Purpose and Mission The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. Alpha Beta Chapter Organized April 19, 1952 TO UNITE women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship. TO HONOR women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctive service in any field of education. TO ADVANCE the professional interest and position of women in education. TO INITIATE, ENDORSE, AND SUPPORT desirable legislation or other suitable endeavors in the interests of education and of women educators. TO ENDOW scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to women educators from other countries. TO STIMULATE the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action. TO INFORM the members of current economic, social, political, and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society.