Circus Sideshows - Rebecca Davenport

Circus Sideshows was the title of the presentation given by Rebecca Davenport on March 14, 2017. 

Rebecca spoke on history and culture of the circus midway sideshows, and her sideshow inspired artwork.  She also showed a brief video on the history of sideshows and barkers.

An audio recording of her presentation and the accompanying video soundtrack may be heard here - it runs about 35 minutes, and may take a moment to load.

 

Meeting Minutes - February, 2017

Sage Society

February 14, 2017

OLLI Classroom 124 - USCB

MINUTES

Sage Members in Attendance:

                                                                                   

Jerry Stocks, Outgoing President

Stuart Heath, President Elect

Geni Flowers, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian

Kathryn Brown, Member-at-Large

Claudia Cornett

Rebecca Davenport

Patsy Deer

Diane Gallagher

Barbara Hathaway

Carol Lauvray

Julie Schmidt

Andrea Sisino

Melba Thomas

Martha Weeks

Larry Koolkin, Honorary Member

Members Absent:

Donna Armer, Vice President

Nimmie Huber

Carla Marsh

Carolyn Witkosfsky

                                                           

The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm.

The minutes of the Annual meeting held on January 10, 2017 were approved by charter members.

Updated by-laws were approved by charter members.

New members were introduced and the group enjoyed participating in ice breakers.

Questions regarding general membership were asked and discussed.

The membership roster was passed around for corrections and additions.

Updated list of upcoming programs, presenters and topics:

March 14^th                  Rebecca Davenport                Sideshows

April 11^th                    Carol Lauvray                        Reconstruction in Beaufort

May 9^th                       Geni Flowers                         History of Beaufort College

September 12^th           Martha Weeks                        Slavery

October 10^th               

November 14^th                   

TBD                            Donna Armer                          Mosaics

2018

February 13^th

March 13^th

April 10^th

May 8^th

September 11^th           Nimmie Huber                        TBA

October 9^th                  Carla Marsh                            TBA

November 13^th

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

The next regular meeting of the Sage Society will be held on Tuesday, March 14^th at 4:00 pm in the OLLI classroom (room 124 of the USCB Sandstone building.) 

The meeting adjourned at approximately 5:15.

Respectfully submitted by Geni Flowers, Sage Society Secretary

February 28, 2017

Newsletter - February, 2017

The Sage Society

February 2017 Newsletter

·       Welcome to our new members!  We look forward to seeing you on

February 14 at 4:00 in the OLLI Room on the USCB Campus. Contact me if you need directions.

New Members are:

1.    Claudia Cornett

2.    Patsy Deer

3.    Diane Gallagher

4.    Barbara Hathaway

5.    Nimmie Huber

6.    Carla Marsh

7.    Julie Schmidt

8.    Andrea Sisino

9.    Melba Thomas

*New Members should plan to stay after the meeting to meet with Donna Armer, Vice-President, to schedule your presentation for October, November 2017, or February, March, April, May, September, October, November 2018. 

·       Our meeting time has been changed to 4:00. This is to allow several of our members to get to a 5:30 obligation.

·       I have taken the dues collected at the Annual Meeting to Beaufort Elementary School. The Principal and Counselor were thrilled to have $225.00 to use as they needed to help children. Underwear, toothbrushes, toothpaste and other essentials will be purchased and shared as needed. 

·       I will need a few minutes to conduct business before Rebecca begins her presentation. I will begin promptly at 4:00. Come a few minutes early to socialize and welcome our new Members.

I look forward to seeing everyone.

Stuart

2016 Annual Meeting Minutes - January 10, 2017

Sage Society

Annual Meeting

January 10, 2017

OLLI Classroom 124 - USCB

MINUTES

Sage members in Attendance:

Jerry Stocks, Outgoing President

Stuart Heath, President Elect

Donna Armer, Vice President

Geni Flowers, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian

Kathryn Brown, Member-at-Large

Rebecca Davenport

Carol Lauvray

Martha Weeks

Carolyn Witkosfsky

No Members Absent

Dues of $25.00, in cash, per member were collected at the beginning of the meeting.

The meeting was called to order at 4:30 pm.

Discussions were held on the following topics:

It was requested that when presenting, each member be required to turn in a short synopsis of their paper, a couple of sentences describing the topic of the paper, to the secretary/historian for archival purposes. A copy of this will be relayed to Larry Koolkin, Honorary Member and Technical Advisor, for inclusion in our online blog.

The slate of new officers were discussed, approved, elected unanimously and installed.

The by-laws were discussed. Changes are reflected in copies to be handed out at the next meeting.

A brief report was given as to the allocation of member dues for this year. Stuart will take the money ($250.00 ) to a counselor at Beaufort Elementary School. It was suggested that next year’s dues be donated to Friends of the Beaufort County Library for their Born to Read program. Donna made the motion to accept, Kathyrn seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

Upcoming programs, presenters and topics are:

February 14^th        Rebecca Davenport            Sideshows

March 14^th            Donna Armer                      Mosaics

April 11^th              Carol Lauvray                     TBA

May 9^th                 Geni Flowers                       History of Beaufort College

September 12^th      Martha Weeks                     TBA

October 10^th

November 14^th

The next regular meeting of the Sage Society will be held on Tuesday, February 14^th at 4:00 pm in the OLLI classroom (room 124 of the USCB Sandstone building.) 

The meeting adjourned at approximately 5:30.

Respectfully submitted by Geni Flowers, Sage Society Secretary

February 6, 2017

The Beaufort National Cemetery - Stuart Heath

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. 

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

The presentation highlighted the following topics to tell the story of the Beaufort National Cemetery, and was presented by Stuart Heath on November 8, 2016.

Julia Child and French Cooking - Carolyn Witkofsky

Carolyn's presentation was entitled Julia Child and French Cooking.  A brief biography of Julia's life was presented along with her passion for French cuisine.  In keeping with the subject, a French Rose was served and an apple tart made step by step following Julia's recipe as found in her best selling cookbook, MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING.

Stuart Heath - The National Cemetery in Beaufort

In September or October 2016, Stuart Heath gave a presentation on Beaufort's National Cemetery. 

Click here to see the paper.