GFWC Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights, Inc.
Southern District
Contact : acsKillman@aol.com
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2010-2012 Officers
- President: Shirley Beck
- First Vice President: Carolyn Hall
- Second Vice-President: Verena Linthicum
- Recording Secretary: Dianne Friel
- Corresponding Secretary: Joyce Houpe
- Treasurer: Sandra Blankenship
- Board Members: Linda Betz, Mary Brodowski, Sherry Brown, Cecelia Dietz, and Frances Purper
Meetings
DAY MEETINGS:
Day meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month September through May. Day meetings begin at 10:30 a.m. at the LHWC Clubhouse, 110 N. Hammonds Ferry Rd., Linthicum.
EVENING GROUP'S MEETINGS:
All Evening Group Meetings are held at the clubhouse and begin at 7 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Although the Evening Group is geared to women unable to attend day meetings, all club members are welcome to attend.
Upcoming Events
CONCERTS IN THE PARK
The GFWC Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights presents its 30th season of free Concerts in the Park beginning Sunday, June 28. All concerts are held in Linthicum Park, Benton Avenue (off Route 170 at the firehouse's blinking light), Linthicum.
Concert time is 6 p.m. Concerts will be canceled in case of rain. Bring chairs/cooler/supper, no alcoholic beverages permitted. Information: 410-859-3308.
July 18 - BENFIELD BRASS BAND - An all-brass, British style concert band consisting of 34 members.
July 25 - The BAYSIDE BIG BAND Plays the big band sounds from the 1930's until today and features two vocalists.
August 1 -The ANNAPOLIS BLUEGRASS COALITION consists of a guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass and a lady fiddler.The group plays a program featuring traditional,contemporary and original bluegrass. A favorite of the Concerts in the Parks audiences and a real crowd pleaser for audiences throughout the state and Ireland.
August 8 - CRABTOWNE BIG BAND - A longtime favorite with our audiences playing the music of Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller as well as today's top artists. The 18-piece swing band that plays a little bit of everything, has been entertaining audiences in the Annapolis, Baltimore, and Washington area since 1981.
The Linthicum-Shipley Improvement Association will host its annual free "Picnic in the Park" preceding the Aug. 1 concert.
Club News
April 2010
At the April Convention of the Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs at the BWI Marriott, the club and individual members won a variety of awards.
Club awards included creative arts, conservation, education in the community, home life and women's history.
Members receiving awards included: Linda Betz, who won first place awards for her poem "Serenity" and a story "The Stocking". Celeste Riddle won second and third place for her watercolors and earning honorable mentions were Joan Childs for an oil painting, a Christmas decoration and a balloon flower. Jeanne Harycki, Sherry Brown and Linda Betz also took home honorable mentions for their balloon flowers.
HONORING ONE OF OUR OWN
MARGE SMITH was honored on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day (April 22) with a surprise ceremony at the Triangle Garden at S. Hammonds Ferry Road & Music Lane, Linthicum by the GFWC Woman’s Club of Linthicum Heights. A large garden urn with a plaque dedicated to Mrs. Smith was placed in the center of the garden honoring her with a permanent visual recognition of her many years in the Beautification of Linthicum. The plaque is inscribed: "Dedicated to Marge Smith for her many years of Gardening for the Beautification of Linthicum by the GFWC Woman’s Club of Linthicum Heights. Presented on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day April 22, 2010."
Evergreen Gene donated the manpower to deliver and place the urn. Jason Ashburn of Vince’s Produce donated the flowers for the urn. The Club also presented Ms. Smith with a corsage for the occasion.
Marge has been a dedicated volunteer in Linthicum's community gardens as well as the grounds of the Woman’s Club. Her years of working for the beautification of Linthicum began, appropriately, on Earth Day in 1982. One of the first projects she undertook was the beautification of the two triangles at the intersection of Maple Road and B&A Boulevard. These were maintained with low plants, flowers and shrubs. After years of constantly replacing and repairing the triangles, accidents became too prevalent there with resulting damage to the plantings. Marge finally convinced the state to take over the triangles and the state later paved the triangles with bricks. This was just a start, however, and other intersections around the community were beautified with more lasting results. She has primarily managed the Gardens across from Tauber's Towing, the triangle at Hammonds Ferry Rd., the triangle in the middle of Oak Grove Rd. & the Community Garden site where the Linthicum Veterans Memorial was recently dedicated. Marge served as the chairman of the committee to build the “Welcome to Linthicum” sign at Maple Rd. and B&A Blvd. entrance to Linthicum, and she worked with GFWC Woman’s Club of Linthicum Heights' members and members of LSIA (Linthicum-Shipley Improvement Association) to see this established.
Marge has dedicated nearly 30 years to maintaining the GFWC Woman’s Club clubhouse grounds, a job she relinquished just a few years ago. Marge lives next door to the Clubhouse grounds and usually has her morning tea sitting on her enclosed porch overlooking the gardens she so loves. She still simply can’t resist going over there and playing in the dirt! She also has served as the “clubhouse chairman” overseeing the care of the clubhouse for many years. She was a board member of LSIA for many years and held the board position of Beautification Chairman. She has spent countless hours weeding, planting and working in all the Community Gardens, and has done this with one purpose in mind: to beautify Linthicum. Marge has never asked for or expected any recognition, but went about her tasks faithfully and diligently –a labor of love. A few years ago, Marge was recognized by the Improvement Association as an LSIA Outstanding Volunteer.
The award and presentation was planned by Sherry Brown, chairman of the club's beautification & Garden Committee, and committee members.May 2010
At the May annual meeting of the Southern District, hosted by the GFWC Woman's Club of St. Mary's County, Bernadette Simon, immediate past president of the Linthicum Club, was elected Southern District President and Celeste Riddle of the Linthicum club was elected corresponding secretary.
At the district level, the club received a variety of awards in the large club category. Included were public relations, fundraising, exploring our heritage, education in the community, membership, leadership, public affairs, home life, education, resource conservation, conservation-beautification, arts and arts in the community.YOUTH ART & WRITING WINNERS
Art winners:
Grades 6-8 - 1st – Skylar Gainey, Corkran Middle School, oil pastel; 2nd- Sarah Crittendon, Lindale Middle School, mixed media; 3rd – Isabella Harris, CMS, collage/surrealism; HM - Krystin Baldwin, CMS, watercolor and ink/portrait; Kathleen Cole, CMS, paper/principles of design; Kathleen Cole, CMS, tempera/still-life; *Alyssa Skorich, CMS, watercolor and ink/portrait
Grades 9-12 - 1st – *Ashely Lim, North County High School, colored pencil; 2nd –Robin Belton, Old Mill High School, chalk pastel; 3rd - Ceaira Shell, Glen Burnie High School, colored pencil/imaginative Photography: Grades 9-12 - 1st – Rebecca Gill, OMHS, digital photograph; 2nd –Nathan Morningstar, OMHS, photograph/Nature; 3rd –William Putschky, NCHS, digital collage HM - Carolyn Brown, OMHS, photo, teapot pouring; Jocsa Cortes-Moreno, GBHS, monument in layers; Telina Hodge, GBHS, photo/moonlight; Telina Hodge, GBHS, photo/moon over trees & water; Kara Lee, OMHS, photo/flower; Karla Menjivar, GBHS, photo/lost in music; Karla Menjivar, GBHS, photo/sky elevator.
Writing winners:
Youth Short Story
Category 3, Grades 7-9 - 1st – Chris Boia, Monsignor Slade Regional Catholic School “Dawn of a New Age”; 2nd - Skyler King, MSRCS “Hope to All Haitians”
Youth Short Story – Category 2, Grades 4-6 - 1st - Shreyansh Pradhan, OES “Don’t Say – Good Bye, Always Say – Good Night” Youth Poetry – Category 2, Grades 4-6 - 1st - Emily Poindexter, Linthicum Elementary School “Towards Safety”; 2nd - Ramish Qutah, LMS ‘When I Grow Up”; 3rd - Vinay Veluvolu, Overlook Elementary School “If I Were a Witch…” HM - Madison Gutierrez, OES “Penguins”; Maddy Armagost, OES “If I Were a Pumpkin Pie” Youth Poetry Category 3,– Grades 7-9– “Nature” 1st - Skye Hunter, Brooklyn Park Middle School “My Big Black Horse”; 2nd - Jennie Pajerowski, MSRCS “A Friendship is a Sparrow”; 3rd - Lorraine Black, BPMS “Last Ravage” 4th – Allison Coleman, BPMS “A Day at the Beach”; HM – Arianna Moyers, BPMS “The Forest”; Victoria Tully, MSRCS “Mother Nature is an Impetuous Soul”; Dyandre Owens, BPMS “Bike Riding” “Urban Life” 1st - *Terrell Davis, BPMS “Concrete Life”; 2nd - John Swett. BPMS “Black”; 3rd - Cristian Cruz, BPMS, “Never Give Up”; 4th - Timothy Dilworth, BPMS “Projects”; HM - Cassandra Tiell, BPMS “Rest in Peace Walter Brian Brooks”
“Peace” 1st - Mark Dotimas, BPMS “When We Invade”; 2nd - Gabriela Jimenez, Lindale Middle School “Tears”; 3rd - Holly Alberts, BPMS “Peace”; HM - Jacob McClure-Stokes, BPMS “War”; Octavia James, BPMS “Freedom” .
A reception for the students, their parents and teachers was held at the clubhouse.
In addition, Ashely Lim won a 1st place Youth Art award at state; Alyssa Skorich won a Youth Art Honorable Mention at state; Terrell Davis won a 1st place Youth Writing Poetry award at state.