Newsletter -- September 2019

The Sage Society                                      

September 2019 Newsletter

·       Our next Sage Society meeting is on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, at 4:00 in Room 124 of the Sandstone Building (the OLLI Room) at USCB.  Come early to socialize!  

·       Stuart Heath will give her presentation: The Beaufort National Cemetery 

·       _________________ – Member -at-Large:

 

1.    At the meeting you will call for two volunteers to join you on the Nominating Committee.

2.    Your committee will meet and determine the slate.

3.    The officers are: President, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian, and Member-at-Large. Officers serve two-year terms.

4.    You will present the slate of officers to the membership at the October meeting.

5.     After the slate is presented, I will send the slate out (by email) to the membership and ask if there are any objections.   *** If there are no objections, the slate will meet with their counterpart to train and get notebooks before the January meeting.  The slate will be officially voted on and installed at the January Annual Meeting and the new President takes over then.

6.    Members: Please be prepared to volunteer to be on the Nominating Committee. Thank you!

7.    Members: Please be prepared to serve as an officer if asked.

Duties are minimal, and the responsibilities are spelled out on a monthly calendar. The club is designed to be low key.

·       Everyone: Do we want to increase our membership over twenty-one or are there current members who wish to resign?

In the event that we have openings due to resignations, give Geni Flowers Bouquet, Secretary, names of potential new members at the October, November, and December meetings. Include a brief biographical paragraph.

1.    I will share the nominations and bios with the membership before the January meeting.

2.    You are encouraged to invite potential new members to one or two meetings.

3.    Let the Secretary and President know who you will bring as a guest. Geni will prepare a name tag for them.

4.    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 and the others will remain on the waiting list.

5.    We currently have 21 members which was the goal.

·       Reminder of topics to come:

October:  -TBD

November: Carol Lauvray - Reconstruction in Beaufort

January 2020: Annual Meeting

February: Peggy Pickett -TBD

March: Alvesta Robertson -TBD

April: Maryann McCracken -TBD

May: OPEN

There are two open dates. If you have not signed up for a talk or if you need to change dates, please let me know your wishes as soon as possible.

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        May minutes will be read at today’s meeting. We will approve the minutes before our speaker is presented.

·       I hope that everyone had a wonderful summer.

Martha T. Weeks                                

          President, Sage Society                                    

          September 10, 2019                                             

Grace Cordial -- Postcards of Beaufort's Past

On 5/14/2019, Grace Cordial presented 'Postcards of Beaufort's Past'.

"I did a lot of postcard research two years ago preparing the Arnsberger Postcard collection for uploading into the Lowcountry Digital Library. That research provides the basis for my talk today.

The hand-outs include my source list, information about the Chicago Postcard database, and statistics about postcards going through the US Mail since 1926. Some of the postcards will have “This Place Matters” because the structure is on the National Register of Historic Places and May is National Historic Preservation Month.

My goal is to provide you with a bit of postcard history, describe some of the manufacturing processes used to create postcards through time and showcase a few items from the Beaufort District Collection in order to provide a peep into Beaufort’s past."

Click here to see the script and images from her presentation!

Newsletter - May 2019

The Sage Society                               

May 2019 Newsletter

May 14:

Grace Cordial will present: Postcards from the Beaufort District.

Please let me know if you will bring a guest so we can have a nametag for her.

We will have a re-cap of the Beaufort History Museum Tea held on May 7. 

Below, please see who presents in the future: (three open choices)

May 14, 2019 - Grace Cordial: Postcards from the Beaufort District

Sept. 10, 2019 – open

Oct. 8, 2019 - Debbie Gray: TBD

Nov. 12, 2019 - Carol Lauvray: TBD

Jan., 2020 - Annual Meeting

Feb., 2020 - Peggy Pickett: TBD

Mar., 2020 - Alvesta Robertson: TBD

April, 2020 – Maryann McCracken: TBD

May, 2020 - open

If you have not signed up for a talk or if you will not be able to give yours on the date you have chosen, please contact me.

Thank you, Sandi Atkins, for your colorful presentation Carolina Blue: The History of Indigo in South Carolina and the Dyeing Process at our April meeting.

I look forward to seeing each of you Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in the OLLI Room at USCB. 

Martha T. Weeks

843-441-1304 mztweeks@gmail.com

Meeting Minutes -- April 9, 2019

Sage Society Minutes

April 9, 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

Donna Armer

Sandi Atkins

Rebecca Davenport

Diane Gallagher

Debbie Gray

Barbara Hathaway

Carol Lauvray

Maryann Mikell

Jen Moneagle

Peggy Pickett

Alvesta Robertson

Melba Thomas

Larry Koolkin, Honorary Member

Members Absent:

Grace Cordial

Patsy Deer

Nimmie Huber

Carla Marsh

Julie Schmidt

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

Minutes of the February and March meetings were approved.

Sandi gave her presentation on the History of Indigo in South Carolina and Indigo Dying Then and Now. It was a very informative talk and we were treated to a live demonstration of Indigo dying (quite a complex process!).  A question and answer session followed.

Stuart reminded everyone that she would see us at the Tea in May.

The meeting adjourned at 4:55.

The next regular meeting of the Sage Society will be held on May 14, 2019 at 4:00.

Updated list of upcoming programs, presenters and topics:

2019

May 14^th                     Grace Cordial                         Postcards from Beaufort District Collection

September 10^th                                                            TBD

October 8^th                 Debbie Gray                           TBD

November 12^th            Carol Lauvray                         TBD

2020

January 14^th                              Annual Meeting      

February 11^th              Peggy Pickett                          TBD

March 10^th                  Alvesta Robertson                  TBD               

April 13^th       

May 12^th        

On stand-by:

TBD                            Patsy Deer                              Turkey, Istanbul and More

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

Respectfully submitted by Geni Flowers, Sage Society Secretary,  May 6, 2019.