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! COTERIE SCHEDULE 2012-2013 DATE HOSTESS CO-HOSTESS PROGRAM Sept 18, 2012 Leslie Wallace Dianna Moss Paula Spencer Oct 16, 2012 Jane Murphy Barb Messina Linda Stiver Nov 20, 2012 Jean Majors Paula Molin Nancy Hutchings ^ ^ 5ecouck L3e<^ tv\ ~~je £• * Dec 5^2012 Mary Fox Kaye Dixon Jackie Shields Mar 19,2013 Ruth Rusie Pam McDaniel Carol Garrison April 16,2013 Gwen Wehr Jean Shelton Molly Fenneman May 21, 2013 Cedar Creek Winery Jeannie Tedrow Picnic/Pitch-in Updated 5/15/12 ' i t)0 I ■ 2012-2013 COTERIE ATTENDANCE RECORD 18-Sep 16-Oct 20-Nov 12-Dec 19-Mar 16-Apr 21-May ACTIVE MEMBERS / / y y y A 1. Kaye Dixon / / A 2. Molly Fenneman A A / y. / A y y 3. Mary Fox / / / ■Z V V y y 4. Carol Garrison / / y 5. Nancy Hutchings y y / V / i / y y / y y. 6. Jean Majors v/. Z Z y A y y y 7. Pam McDaniel v/ y Y 8. Barb Messina y y / y o- A y 9. Paula Molin / y. A. ,/ y 10. Dianna Moss / A A- -—fy— A 'rar/ / 11. Jane Murphy ■/ y s/ V y. / A, y y 12. Ruth Rusie y y y y y. .■ 13. Jean Shelton y/ 1 / iX / y 14. Jackie Shields / A y y 15. Paula Spencer y / y/ y y “6^*/ y . 16. Linda Stiver y \// / y A/ 17. Jeannie Tedrow / / a A y z / 18. Leslie Wallace y y f y y y/ y, 19. Gwen Wehr ■V v/ / A yS ’ y y y i y y y v ✓ c20. i y' X PRIVILEGED MEMBERS i Marcia Miles ^ TU twb t • TOTAL MEMBERS PRESENT <• The September 18, 2012 meeting of the Coterie was called to order by newly ^ elected President, Mary Fox with 16 members present. Mary thanked Leslie Wallace for hosting the meeting and complemented Leslie and Diana Moss, co¬ hostess, for the delicious and gourmet lunch. Our new President then presented our outgoing President, Linda Stiver, with a beautiful planter and the membership serenaded Linda with a Happy Birthday. Roll call was taken by our new Secretary, Jean Majors. She read the minutes from the May 15th meeting which were accepted as read. Jean then read the Treasurer's report in place of our new Treasurer, Nancy Hutchens, who was unable to attend the meeting. The new balance is $178.95 after collecting dues from members and paying for the printing of the Coterie booklets. Newly elected Vice-President, Paula Spencer, reviewed the new Coterie books which were distributed to those present. These booklets will cover the period of September 2012 through May 2014. Old Business: Linda Stiver reported that our May 21,2013 meeting will be held at CedarCreek Winery. New Business: It was discovered that we have 19 members and therefore we have an open space to invite a new member to bring our total to 20 members. Ruth Rusie stated that she and two other members were interested in presenting a name ASAP. The current meeting was adjourned by total agreement of the present membership. Re illy submitted, Jean Majors, Secretary The second meeting was re-opened by President, Mary Fox. New Business: Members Ruth Rusie, Jean Shelton and Leslie Wallace presented the name of Marianne Hardin as a candidate for new membership. Members voted in the positive to invite Mrs. Hardin. The secretary will send an invitation to Marianne Hardin. Old Business: Adjustments were made to the meeting schedule for the October meeting. Pam McDaniel will help Jane Murphy, hostess, since Barb Messina, Co-hostess, will be out of town. The second meeting was adjourned(no third meeting) by mutual agreement. President, Mary Fox, presented Paula Spencer. Paula recounted her trip to Isreal, which she took March 22 to April 1, 2011. We were able to experience many of the interesting and memorable sights she saw through use of a CD of her trip. Diana Moss and Jackie Shields and her husband were also on this wonderful journey to the Holy Land. Paula concluded her presentation by showing many pictures, collectables, and special items she brought back from Isreal to use with her 4-6 year old Sunday School class. She answered many questions from the membership and it was very apparent that this was a trip she will not soon forget. Respectfi " ubmitted, Jean Majors, Secretary 9 > October 16, 2012 The October meeting of Coterie was held at the home of Jane Murphy. Everyone enjoyed a delicious fall lunch of Italian Wedding Soup, bread, and yummy desserts. After lunch we all gathered for the program. Linda Stiver introduced Connie Lanham and Marcia Hodges, both retired teachers. They presented a new and innovative company which they have recently launched. Their company is Tender/Wing’s Life. Tender is an acronym for tending to the organization and simplification of your health records. Good order helps facilitate good care (their motto). Connie and Marcia provided an overview of the way Tender can help organize important personal information for you or your loved ones. Tender can and should be taken to doctors’ appointments, on trips and kept as a resource in your home. Handouts were provided explaining the process. The program was very informative and helpful to our club members. Following the program, President, Mary Fox called the meeting to order. She thanked Hostess, Jane Murphy and co-hostesses Barb Messina, Pam McDaniel and Jackie Shields. Roll call was taken with 18 members present including our new member, Marianne Hardin. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and Jackie Shields made a motion to approve the minutes; seconded by Leslie Wallace. The Treasurer reported a present balance of $184.95. Old Business: The December meeting is scheduled for December 12 , note that day is a Wednesday. Our November 20 meeting will be held at the Foxcliff North Clubhouse. New Business: none Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Linda Stiver, seconded by Jeannie Tedrow. Respectfully submitted, Jean Majors Secretary i) — ■ t ' . sril h&. x * Sarah Emma Edmonds Biography Page n Page 1 of 3 Xu4^~ It<rr>-^— <*y- heJ.p Uj3^ia jiltf* L^Cxr O ^ o-^-f i$(s( Sarah Emma Edmonds ) ft fa - P^>er-hj^N L (1841-1898) M,, CM Emma Edmonds was one of approximately 400 women who succeeded in enlisting in the army (either Union or Confederate) during the Civil War. Her uniqueness is that she not only succeeded in remaining in the army for several years, but was also eminently successful as a Union spy-all while impersonating a man. Bom in Nova Scotia, Emma had a very difficult early life. Her father greatly resented the fact that she was not bom a boy and subsequently he treated her badly in her early life. To counter his temper Emma did all she could to prove that she was in fact a boy underneath her femininity. Finally the father's treatment got so abusive that Emma fled from her home to the United States where she quickly adapted to a new life. The United States became her country and it was a natural thing for her to want to defend "her country" when the war began. Emma was living in Flint, Michigan, when the first call for Union enlistments went out. She wanted to answer the call. So she cropped her hair, got a man's suit of clothing, took the name of Frank Thompson and tried to enlist. It took her four tries but finally she did in fact get sworn into the Union Army (at that time the physical consisted merely of asking the enlistee questions-no medical examination). On April 25, 1861, Emma Edmonds alias Frank Thompson became a male nurse in the Second Volunteers of the United States Army. After training in Washington, D.C., Emma's unit was sent south to be part of McClellan's campaign in Virginia. Private Thompson (Emma) was assigned as a male nurse to the hospital unit of the 2nd Michigan Volunteers and had no trouble in maintaining her masculine masquerade. Even before the hostilities erupted on a full scale two events occurred that changed Private Thompson's life forever. The events were: (1) A Union agent working in Richmond for McClellan was caught and faced a firing squad. This left a void in the intelligence gathering for McClellan. (2) A young officer, named James Vesey, who Emma had known back in Canada, was killed on a patrol. Emma, not knowing this, went to see him and arrived at his unit just as his funeral was about to begin. As a result of these events, when the word went out that McClellan's staff was looking for a person to act as a spy prior to the campaign-Private Frank Thompson volunteered. She studied all she could find on weapons, tactics, local geography and military personalities and when interviewed for the position. Private Thompson so impressed the staff that the position was his (hers). Prior to her first mission. Private Thompson had to devise a disguise that would not alert the Confederates to her real mission and she decided to enter the Confederacy as a black man. Assisted by the wife of the local chaplain, the only person knowing her true identity, she used silver nitrate to darken her skin to the point that the doctor she worked for in the hospital did not recognize her. She donned men's clothing along with a black minstrel wig—chose the assumed name of "Cuff'—and departed on her first mission. Once on the Confederate front she was soon assigned to work on the ramparts being built by the local Negroes to counter McClellan. Her hands were so blistered after the first day that she convinced a fellow slave to swap jobs with her and the second day she worked in the kitchen and all the time she kept her eyes and ears open. She learned a great deal about the morale of the troops, the size of the army, weapons available, and even discovered the "Quaker guns" (Logs painted black to look like cannons from afar) that were to be used http://www.civilwarhome.com/edmondsbio.htm 10/29/2012 .