Monday, April 10, 2017

Newsletter - April, 2017



The Sage Society                          
April Newsletter

·       Our next Sage Society meeting is on Tuesday, April 11 at 4:00 in Room 124 of the Sandstone Building (the OLLI Room) at USCB.  Come early to socialize!

·       At this meeting, we will hear about the OLLI program from Andrea and then Geni will take us on a walking tour of select parts of the USCB Campus. (Wear comfortable walking shoes.)    ***Geni’s tour will prepare us for her paper in May on “The History of Beaufort College.”  

·       Rebecca Davenport, please give Geni a paragraph synopsis of your presentation about Sideshows.  She will add the synopsis to the archives and send a copy to Larry to include in the Blog. (If you have already done this---thanks! Thanks!)

·       Everyone: Please turn in a synopsis of your paper to Geni (Secretary/ Historian) when you present your paper. This routine will ensure that all presentations are archived so that in the future we can look back and see “if and when” a topic has been addressed.
·       I am including a list of the topics that have been presented and those that are scheduled so far. You can go: THESAGESOCIETY.BLOGSPOT.COM   to see what has been posted about each presentation.  ***I will probably update the listing and include in each newsletter.  (There will always be changes.)

Sage Society Topics
·       Jerry Stocks – Tapestries
·       Linda Robertson – English Tea Cozy books
·       Katherine Brown – Grand Memories: Keep your Stories in the Family
·       Lainie Andrews – Breath
·       Carolyn Witkofsky – Julia Child and French Cooking
·       Stuart Heath – The Beaufort National Cemetery
·       Rebecca Davenport – Side Shows

April 2017           OLLI and Walking Tour of the USCB Campus
May 2017            Geni Flowers – The History of Beaufort College
September 2017   Martha Weeks – Slavery
October 2017         Julie Schmidt – Frank Lloyd Wright
November 2017     Dianne Gallagher
February 2018       Claudia Cornett
March 2018           Melba Thomas
April 2018             Barbara Hathaway
May 2018              Patsy Deer
September 2018     Nimmie Huber
October 2018         Carla Marsh
November 2018     ______________

·       Carol Lauvray:    May I sign you up to present in November 2018? Let me know. Thanks!

·       Guests are welcome. We ask that you invite the same guest only twice in the presentation year (February-December). Please notify the President and secretary so that we can welcome your guests. 

·       You can nominate someone for membership at any time. Turn any nominations in to the secretary, Geni Flowers. We will solicit brief biographies of potential new members in November. All potential new members will be put on a waiting list and voted on at the annual meeting in January. The top “vote getters” will fill the open spots. The others will remain on the waiting list.

We have three openings now. Filling those vacancies will bring us up to our “total” of 21 members.

·       I will attach three attachments with this communication:

1.     March   minutes. Please read and send any corrections to Geni, our Secretary. We will approve the minutes each meeting before our speaker is presented.
2.    Membership Roster.  **Donna, please send Geni your information to complete the Roster.  I will include an updated Roster in May.
3.    Newsletter

·       The April Agenda is at the end of the Newsletter.

Stuart Heath
President, Sage Society
April 5, 2017



 April Agenda

1.    Call to order
2.    Introduce Guests (if any)
3.    Roll Call – Secretary
4.    Approve the March Minutes
5.    Thank you note from Beaufort Elementary
6.    Announce the presentation and topic for the May 9 meeting
7.    Additional announcements
8.    Andrea-OLLI       and        Geni—Walking Tour
******leave nametags with Geni before you leave the OLLI Room, please.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

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.

 

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

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 14th                  Rebecca Davenport                Sideshows
April 11th                    Carol Lauvray                        Reconstruction in Beaufort
May 9th                       Geni Flowers                         History of Beaufort College
September 12th           Martha Weeks                        Slavery
October 10th               
November 14th                   

TBD                            Donna Armer                          Mosaics

2018

February 13th
March 13th
April 10th
May 8th
September 11th           Nimmie Huber                        TBA
October 9th                  Carla Marsh                            TBA
November 13th

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 14th 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

Saturday, February 11, 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