Newsletter - January, 2023

 

The Sage Society 

January 2023 Newsletter

 

Dear Sage Society Members,

Our Annual meeting will be at 4pm on January 10 will be at the home of Stuart Heath, 1607 Prince Street, Beaufort. We will have our important business meeting and then a time of getting to know each other with some simple refreshments.

This is my last newsletter as your president.  I have enjoyed this role and loved meeting with you each month. The offices of President, Secretary and Member-at-Large rotate every two years so we are going to vote for new officers at our January meeting.  Nominees are Grace Cordial for President, Sandi Atkins for Secretary and Jerry Stocks for Member-at-Large. Other nominations may be made from the floor.

 

As our bylaws states:

Article VI: Finances

 Dues will be $25.00 per year, collected, in cash, at the January meeting. There is no need to establish a bank account.

The dues collected in January will be designated for a project voted on by the membership at the previous January meeting.

A representative of the Society will disperse the funds collected at the annual meeting within a week after our meeting. She will report to the membership that the donation has been delivered.

 

Please bring $25 in cash so we can collect, vote and then promptly disburse the money. As I mentioned in November I would like us to seriously consider funding Hopeful Horizons for at least another year, but a full discussion is most welcome.

Sandi has submitted a summary of the Hopeful Horizons donation for 2022:

       Monies received through dues and add'l donations              535.00

       Reimbursed to Stuart for supplies                                       (  27.41)

       Money spent for carpet, stuffed animals and books            ( 354.54)

              

                 Balance                                                                         153.05

 

Since these funds were collected for our 2022 charitable effort, I wrote a check for $153.05 to Hopeful Horizons in December and gave it to Erin Hall, the Director of Development, with the stipulation that it be spent on the children's room in the shelter.  Erin thought they might use it to purchase more book cases and chairs.

 

I have also heard back from Tonya, the shelter director.  They are ready for some of us to help them categorize and shelve the books.  I am hoping that Barbara (or someone other than me!) will spearhead this effort. Tonya's phone number is 843-379-6159.  I told her someone would call to schedule a time for us to come in which would probably be in January.  Once we have a date then members can volunteer to assist.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.  I will provide a Treasurer's report to the membership at the next Sage meeting. 

 

                                                                                  

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 2023

·       February 14:        Diane Gallagher

·       March 14:             Peggy Pickett

·       April 11:                Grace Cordial

·       May 9:                   Alvesta Robertson

 

Members as of January 2023 (19 names, 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

·       Vicki Mix, 2022

·       Jen Moneagle, 2018 (LOA)

·       Peggy Pickett, 2019

·       Alvesta Robertson, 2019

·       Catherine Stewart, 2022

·       Jerry Stocks, Founder

·       Melba Thomas, 2017

·       Martha Weeks, Charter

1.  New Members Added by Class: 

   Class of 2017:         

·       Patsy Deer (deceased)

·       Diane Gallagher

·       Barbara Hathaway

·       Melba Thomas

 

Class of 2018:        

·       Sandra Atkins

·       Grace Cordial

·       Jen Moneagle

    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

·       Vicki Mix

·       Catherine Stewart

 

2.   Members Resigned or Deceased:

§  2016: September 17, Lainie Andrew died

§  2016: Linda Robertson resigned

§  2018: Margy Oehlert 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

Larry Koolkin - Jacques Le Moyne, The First European Artist to Visually Document the New World

On 11/8/2022, Larry Koolkin gave a presentation on Jacques Le Moyne, The First European Artist to Visually Document the New World.

The presentation can be viewed by clicking here.

Meeting Minutes - November 8, 2022

 

SAGE SOCIETY MINUTES

Date: November 8, 2022

Location: Pat Conroy Literary Center

Members in attendance:

Armer, Donna

Atkins, Sandi

Bomar, Lex

Cordial, Grace

Gray, Debbie

Hathaway, Barbara

Heath, Stuart

Lawson, Ruth Ann

McCardle, Bonnie

Mickell, Maryann

Mix, Vicki

Pickett, Peggy

Robertson, Alvesta

Stocks, Jerry

Thomas, Melba

Weeks, Martha

Koolkin, Larry

 

Barbara Hathaway called the meeting to order at 4 pm

Guests were introduced:  Maude Hornsly, Linda Hall and Nora Kresch

Minutes of the October 11, 2022 meeting were approved

General business discussed: 

Barbara indicated that a charity will need to be selected for next year and she suggested that we continue with Hopeful Horizons for another year.  This will be further discussed in January business meeting.

 

The nominating committee presented the following slate of officers which will voted on in January:

               President – Grace Cordial

               Secretary – Sandi Atkins       

               Member at large – Jerry Stocks

 

There will be no December meeting.

 

Presentation by Larry Koolkin

Topic: Jacques Le Moyne

Larry’s presentation focused on the influence of the French in the early settlement of the Beaufort area.  They established a small colony in the 1500s called Charlesfort on Parris Island prior to the arrival of the Spanish. This colony did not survive.

Jacques Le Moyne was the first trained European artist and cartographer tasked by the French King to document this area through drawings, paintings and maps.  He came to this country to create a record of the flora, fauna and indigenous peoples that he found here.  Engravings based on his artwork formed the basis for books about travels to Florida (which encompassed South Carolina) produced in Europe. The maps he created were used for many years as the best representation of the greater Florida area.

Other key Frenchmen who came to Beaufort included sea captains, some of whom were Huguenots, and whose names are familiar in the area – Jean Ribaut, Rene Laudoniere and and their French superior, Admiral Coligny.  After the Spanish arrived at Fort Caroline in Jacksonville, FL, Pedro Menendez destroyed the Huguenots there, as Charlesfort had already been abandoned.  LeMoyne and Laudoniere escaped and returned to Europe.

Larry mentioned several books that include drawings of Jacques LeMoyne including “Painter in a Savage Land” by Miles Harvey and “The New World” by Stefan Lorant.

Meeting adjourned: 4:50 pm

Next regular meeting will be the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, January 11, 2023 at 4 pm

 

Updated list of presenters:

2023

January 10:  annual meeting, no program, election of officers

February 14:  Diane Gallagher

March 14:  Peggy Pickett

April 11:  Grace Cordial – Organizing Family Archives: Practical Tips

May 9:  Alvesta Robertson

 

Respectfully submitted by Sandi Atkins, Secretary, on November 25, 2022