Mission
Statement:
The purpose of The Sage Society
is to foster ongoing in-depth study of topics using research and communication
skills to further the knowledge of its members. Online: https://thesagesociety.blogspot.com/
Programs for 2022
·
September 13: Kenya: Melba Thomas
·
October 11: Sandi Atkins
· November 8: Jacques Le Moyne, The First European Artist to Visually Document the New World: Larry Koolkin (honorary member)
Programs for 2023
·
February 14: Diane
Gallagher
·
March 14: Peggy Pickett
·
April 11: Organizing
Family Archives: Practical Tips: Grace Cordial
·
May 9: Alvesta Robertson
Members as of October 2022 (18 members, 1 honorary)
·
Donna Armer, Charter
·
Sandi Atkins, 2018
·
Lex Bomar, 2022
·
Grace Cordial, 2018
·
Diane Gallagher, 2017
·
Debbie Gray, 2019
·
Barbara Hathaway, 2017
·
Stuart Heath, Charter
·
Larry Koolkin, Honorary
·
Ruth Anne Lawson, 2020
·
Bonnie McCardell 2022
·
Mary Ann Mikell 2019
·
Jen Moneagle, 2018
(leave of ab)
·
Peggy Pickett, 2019
·
Alvesta Robertson, 2019
·
Catherine Stewart 2022
·
Jerry Stocks, Founder
·
Melba Thomas, 2017
·
Martha Weeks, Charter
Record
of Programs
2016 January:
First
meeting: No program
February:
Tapestry Tutelage: Jerry Stocks
March: Tea
Cozy Books: Linda Robertson
April: Breath
and Breathing: Lainie Andrew Koolkin
May: Grand
Memories: Write Your Story:
Katherine Tandy Brown
October:
Julia Child and French Cooking;
Carolyn Witkofsky
November:
The Beaufort National Cemetery: Stuart Heath
2017 February: Cancelled because of Storm
March: Side
Shows/Art: Rebecca Davenport
April: OLLI
and Walking Tour of USCB: Special Program
May: History
of Beaufort College: Geni Flowers
September: Cancelled by Hurricane
October:
Frank Lloyd Wright: Julie
Schmidt
November: Copperheads: Diane Gallagher
2018 February: Mosaics:
Donna Armer
March: Social
Media: Barbara Hathaway
April: Tomato
Farming on St. Helena: Melba Thomas
May: No
meeting, BHM Tea
September:
No meeting Hurricane Florence
October: Washington, DC, Off the Beaten Path:
Nimmie Huber
November: Port Royal Sound Ecology: Carla Marsh
2019 February: Bondage:
Martha Weeks
March: We
Are Not the Credit Union: Jen
Moneagle
April:
Carolina Blue: The
History of Indigo in SC: Sandi Atkins
May: Postcards
of Beaufort’s Past: Grace Cordial
September:
The Beaufort National Cemetery:
Stuart Heath
October:
Army Laboratories: Debbie Gray
November: Beaufort Arsenal: Carol Lauvray
020 February: SC Women in the Revolutionary War: Peggy Pickett
March: The
Mather School: Alvesta Robertson
April-
2020-April 2021 no meetings because of Covid-19 Epidemic
2021 May: ObitKit: Martha Weeks
June: The Manhattan Project: Ruth Anne
Lawson
September: Cancelled because of presenter illness
October: The
History of the Spanish Moss Trail:
Mary Ann Mikell
November: Mosaics: Jerry Stocks
2022:
February:
Along Came Phosphates: Stuart Heath
March: Monet’s Garden: Donna Armer
April: Bookmobiles: Libraries
Coming to You, Barbara Hathaway
May: Forgotten Survivors: Widowed
Servicemen’s Wives of WWII, Debbie Gray
September: Kenya:
Melba Thomas
Membership
History
1. Founding Members
· Lainie Andrew (deceased
9/2016
· Linda Robertson (resigned
1/2016)
· Jerry Stocks
2. Charter Members
· Donna Armer
· Katherine Brown (resigned 2018)
· Rebecca Davenport (resigned
12/2021)
· Geni Flowers (resigned
9/2021)
· Stuart Heath
· Carol Lauvray (resigned 6/2021)
· Martha Weeks
· Carolyn Witofsky (resigned 10/2018)
3. New Members Added by Class:
Class of 2017: Patsy Deer (deceased)
· Diane Gallagher
· Barbara Hathaway
· Carla Marsh (resigned 10/22
· Melba Thomas
Class
of 2018: Sandra Atkins
· Grace Cordial
· Jen Moneagle (leave of
absence 10/22)
Class of 2019: Debbie Gray
§ Mary Ann Mikell
§ Peggy Pickett
§ Alvesta Robertson
Class of 2020: Ruth Anne Lawson
Class of 2022:
§ Lex Bomar
§ Bonnie McCardell
§ Catherine Stewart
4. Members Resigned or Deceased:
§ 2016: September 17, Lainie Andrew died
§ 2016 Linda Robertson resigned
§ 2018 Margy Oechlert resigned
§ 2018 Claudia Cornett resigned
§ 2018: Katherine Tandy Brown resigned
§ 2018: Carolyn Witkofsky resigned
§ 2019: May 12, Patsy Deer died
§ 2019: Nimmie Huber resigned
§ 2020: Julie Schmidt resigned
§ 2021: Carol Lauvray resigned
§ 2021: Geni Flowers resigned
§ 2021: Rebecca Davenport resigned
§ 2022: Carla Marsh resigned
President
(2-year term):
·
2016-2017: Lainie Andrew, Jerry Stocks
·
2017-2018 Stuart Heath
·
2018-2020 Martha Weeks
·
2021-2023
Barbara Hathaway
·
Vice
President (this position no longer exists as of January 2018)
· 2016- 2017 Donna
Armer
Secretary/Treasurer/Historian
· 2019-2020 Geni
Flowers
· 2021- 2022 Geni
Flowers
· 2021- 2023 Sandi Atkins
Member
at Large: (became a 2-year term in 2018)
· 2016 Katherine Brown
· 2017-2018 Melba Thomas
· 2019-2020 Patsy Deer, Diane Gallagher
· 2021-2023 Jerry Stocks
Honorary Members:
· 2016 Larry Koolkin
