Meeting Minutes -- September 10, 2019

Sage Society Minutes

September 10, 2019

OLLI Classroom 124 - USCB

MINUTES

Sage Members in Attendance:

                                                                                   

Martha Weeks, President

Geni Flowers, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian

Stuart Heath, Past President

Jerry Stocks, Past President

Sandi Atkins

Grace Cordial

Rebecca Davenport

Diane Gallagher

Carol Lauvray

Carla Marsh

Maryann Mikell

Jen Moneagle

Melba Thomas

Larry Koolkin, Honorary Member

Members Absent:

Donna Armer

Debbie Gray

Barbara Hathaway

Nimmie Huber

Peggy Pickett

Alvesta Robertson

Julie Schmidt

Meeting called to order at 4:00 pm by Martha Weeks, President.

Minutes of the May meeting were handed out and approved.

Guests, Gina Baker, Patsy Hand and Ruth Ann Lawson were introduced.

Stuart gave her interesting and informative presentation on the Beaufort National Cemetery.  A question and answer session followed.

The meeting adjourned at 4:50.

The next regular meeting of the Sage Society will be held on October 8, 2019 at 4:00.

Updated list of upcoming programs, presenters and topics:

2019

October 8^th                 Debbie Gray                           Army Laboratories at Watertown, MA

November 12^th            Carol Lauvray                         TBD

2020

January 14^th                              Annual Meeting      

February 11^th              Peggy Pickett                          SC Women in the American Revolution

March 10^th                  Alvesta Robertson                  Mather School, Beaufort, SC, 1868-1968               

April 13^th                    Maryann Mikell                     History of Spanish Moss 

May 12^th        

The Sage Society blog can be found at: https://thesagesociety.blogspot.com/

Respectfully submitted by Geni Flowers, Sage Society Secretary,  October 3, 2019.

Stuart Heath -- The Beaufort National Cemetery

The Beaufort National Cemetery is one of six national cemeteries established in 1863 by President Lincoln for the re-interment of Union soldiers and sailors who died in the region. 

The presentation, on September 10, 2019, highlighted the following topics to tell the story of the Beaufort National Cemetery. It was an updated encore presention by Stuart Heath, and originally presented by her at Sage on November 8, 2016.

Beaufort National Cemetery has more than 7,500 Civil War casualties-- both Union and Confederate-4,019 are unknown.

 

 

Newsletter -- October, 2019

The Sage Society
October 2019 Newsletter

Our next Sage Society meeting is on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 4:00 in
Room 124 of the Sandstone Building (the OLLI Room) at USCB. Come
early to socialize! Due to an appointment that I am unable to cancel, Stuart
will hold this meeting

Debbie Gray will give her presentation on The Army Laboratories at
Watertown, MA.

Everyone: We do not meet in December, so there are only two meetings
before the holidays.

Larry Koolkin is kind enough to keep our Blog site current so please visit it:
thesagesociety.blogspot.com

Geni will send minutes of the September meeting for your approval.

Martha T. Weeks
President, Sage Society