February 2018 Newsletter
WOMEN’S COLLEGE CLUB OF PRINCETON
P. O. BOX 3181
PRINCETON NJ 08549
FEBRUARY 2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
As the year 2018 begins, I want to thank our Past President, Kathy Hutchins, from the bottom of my heart for mentoring me as I work through my first year as President of this marvelous club. What a powerful club with such interesting and intelligent women coming together with varied ages and backgrounds with one common goal, raising scholarship money for our local Princeton women attending public or private secondary schools, who need financial assistance to meet the high costs of college education.
Reminder: SAVE THE DATE: BRIDGE/CARDS/GAME/FUNDRAISER
Monday, April 23, 2018
The Present Day Club
72 Stockton Street
Princeton NJ
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
We shall need several kinds of help from our members to make this a smashing and successful event!
- Lots of members to attend this event
- Members to bring guests to the event
- Gift cards from local restaurants and services in our area for our Silent Auction
- Gift baskets for the Silent Auction
- A Small***New***Gift that you might have received for the holidays and would like to “re- gift”
This will be a terrific day of fun and games for all!!!
Let Gay Culin, Carol Stawski, or me know how you would like to participate in this event.
Lastly, and of utmost importance, we need volunteers to serve on the Nominating Committee. The committee will consist of a board member as the chair and two members from the general membership to serve. Don’t be shy and give me a call or email and help the club. If we don’t have enough volunteers, we shall have to call women to serve. It’s a ton of fun, as Kathy would say, to “get all the dirt on your fellow members of the club.”
Florence Begun
GENERAL MEETING
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2018 1:00 P.M. ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
HARRY TRUMAN, THE MAN FROM INDEPENDENCE
Our speaker, David Mulford, has had a life-long interest in the American Presidents and their families. His talk will reflect on the life of a Missouri farm boy, without a college education, who overcame early failures to become one of the most popular presidents in the history of our country.
The Reverend Dr. Mulford is a retired Presbyterian minister who has served churches in New York, New Jersey, and Florida. He earned degrees from Colgate University and the Princeton Theological Seminary and has taught adult education classes and Elder Hostels and speaks frequently to retirement communities, church groups, and to the Women’s College Club.
All Saints Episcopal Church is located at 16 All Saints Road in Princeton. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. Guests are always welcome.
Barbara Johnson
BOARD MEETING
The February 6, 2018 Board Meeting’s hostess will be Mary Frances Stahler in the general meeting room in Windrows. Please call her or email her if you cannot attend the meeting. Arrive a little early for a cup of coffee and conversation, since the meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m.
BOOK GROUP
January 26, 2018 is the day we shall meet to talk about A Spool of Blue Thread by Ann Tyler at the home of Doris Tazelaar. Please call or email Doris if you will be with us.
On February 23, God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy, will be the topic for discussion. The hostess will be decided at the January meeting. Meetings always begin at 1:00 p.m.
Looking ahead: On March 23, Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford has been selected.
TRIPS
The next trip of the Women’s College Club will be to the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA. to see the exhibit “Magical and Real: Henrietta Wyeth and Peter Hurd, A Retrospective.” Lunch in Doylestown will follow. There will be a charge for the tour. More information will follow. Call Kathy Hutchins (609-430-1565) or widowh@hotmail.com) to sign up.
OPERA LOVERS
February 10, 2018 – “L’elisir d’amore” – Donizetti; Pretty Yende, Matthew Polenzani, Davide Luciano, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo; Domingo Hindoyan, conductor. 12:00 p.m.. Please note the time difference!
February 24, 2018 – “La Boheme” – Puccini; Sonya Yoncheva, Susanna jPhillips, Lucan Meachem, Alexey Lavrov, Mattjew Rose, Paul Plishka; Marco Armiliato, conductor. Puccini – another favorite!
12:30 p.m. Another time change!
The MET/HD performances may be seen at the AMC in Hamilton and at the theater on Route 1 north of Princeton.
HANDICRAFT GROUP
The next meeting of the Handicraft Group will be held at the home of Kathy Hutchins, on Monday, February 5 at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Friends will be welcome, too. Please let Kathy know by (609-430-1565) or widowh@hotmail.com if coming and if you are bringing a friend. Our last meeting at Lorraine Haucke’s home was wildly and wonderfully successful. Check out buttons needing to be sewn on or hems needing to be shortened and come along for a fun afternoon.
Kathy Hutchins
LUNCHING-OUT GROUP
We had a very enjoyable luncheon at KC Prime, even though the service was slow.
For February, we are lunching out on Thursday, February 22, at 12:30 p.m.
If you would like to joint us for lunch, please let me know. Hopefully, by then we will have warmer weather than we have been experiencing this winter.
Bonnie Larson
SUNSHINE LADY
Bonnie Larson would like to be contacted if you know of a member who has been ill or who has lost a family member. Contact Bonnie so she can send a card representing the College Club.
NEW MEMBER
Greet a new member who joined us at the Coffee Social at the Nassau Club:
ENCARNACION (CONNIE) LOUKTOS
Rutgers, NYU
Late Renewals:
Bobbye Galloway and Adaline (Ada) Bloom
On the following page you will find information you will need to attend the FUNDRAISER in April. Click here FUNDRAISER-Apr2018-menu-formPDF to get the printable reservation form, due April 13.
APRIL FUNDRAISER – MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018
PRESENT DAY CLUB – 72 STOCKTON STREET
11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
MENU
Wine … Pellegrino … Soda (Bar)
Field Greens with Sliced Apple, Blue Cheese, Bacon, Cashews, House Made Vinaigrette
Chicken Picatta with Capers, Wine, and Lemon Sauce
or
Vegetarian or Gluten-free Meal
Green Beans with Roasted Tomato
Infused Rosemary & Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Traditional Dinner Rolls
Phyllo Cup with Lemon Cream & Strawberries
Coffee or Tea (Hot or Iced)
Please fill out the form below and send it with your check, made out to: The Women’s College Club of Princeton, and mail it to Marlene Gordon, 39 Slayback Drive, Princeton Junction NJ 08550.
Printed Name____________________________________Phone_________________
Please reserve_________ places at $55.00 each ($25 is tax deductible).
Total___________________
Bridge Players: Names of people at your table
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Non-bridge Player? ______ If you are setting up a table, please name your guests or names of fellow WCCP members:
If you do not put the names of the women you want to sit with, you will sit with non-bridge people.
Meal Selection: Chicken_______ Vegetarian __________ Gluten-free________
I cannot attend, but here is my gift of $___________toward the Scholarship Fund of the Women’s College Club of Princeton.
RESERVATIONS AND CHECKS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARLENE BY FRIDAY, APRIL 13. THE PRESENT DAY CLUB MUST KNOW HOW MANY TO ACCOMMODATE FOR LUNCH.
The Women's College Club of Princeton NJ 