SCRWCSCRWCShelby County Republican Women’s Club

Celebrating 57 Years

1960-2017

September 2017

You are Cordially Invited to Our SCRWC September General Meeting

TUESDAY September 12, 201710:30 AM Social Time - 11 AM Meeting

Germantown Country Club 1780 Kimbrough Road | Germantown, TN

For Lunch Reservations, please call Donna Howard (901) 755-3519 **Reservation Deadline is Wednesday, September 6, 2017**

Cost for Luncheon $20

Please remember to

bring your items for the

Mid-South Food Bank

and Alpha Omega!

Attorney Eddie Settles dreamed BIG, and led the effort to turn a Democrat majority Williamson County to a Republican majority! Eddie’s extensive political background includes stints as head of the Republican Party in Williamson County, Tennessee and Treasurer of the Tennessee Republican Party. He was nominated by Sen. Howard Baker in 1981 to serve middle Tennessee as U.S. Attorney and was the Republican nominee for Tennessee State Comptroller in 1991. Eddie Settles is a retired attorney, campaign strategist and political commentator who blogs and speaks about critical public policy issues. During his 24 years as a tax attorney, Eddie led dozens of workshops and seminars for legal, finance and insurance professionals.

Our Speaker for SeptemberAttorney Eddie Settles

Luncheon Note*Because we are billed, if you make a reservation and are unable to attend, you will be asked to pay for your lunch. Please contact Donna Howard (755-3519) for a reservation. Cutoff for reservations is the Wednesday of each month before our meeting. Cost for buffet is $20.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Donna Howard1st V.P. Lyn Windsor2nd V.P. Charlotte Bergmann3rd V.P. Bonnie SilerRecording Secretary Nancy BoatrightCorresponding Secretary Jean DrumwrightTreasurer Pat AllmondAssistant Treasurer Judy KilmerAdvisor/ Past President Shirley HendersonCaring for America Arla Pribnow Jane JonesChaplain Sharon WebbDecorations Judy Bates Linda UlrichFacebook Shirley HendersonMeeting Arrangements Artie BrownMembership Marydeb Bleau Marti MillerParliamentarian/By-Laws Linda CasebierPublic Relations Jennifer WilsonSpecial Events Heidi ShaferVolunteer Hours Janet ArmourVoter Registration Dee NollnerWebsite/Newsletter Cindy O’Neal

Murder Mystery Dinner

Members02 Donna Howard08 Kelli Beacham13 Barbara Breuer

18 Judy Bates18 Shirley Henderson27 Nancy Boatright

30 Beth Jennings

Associate Members11 Dean Massey14 Tim Beacham16 Mindy Fischer22 Dave Windsor26 Kelley Hankins27 Frank Uhlhorn

Wow! What a great Murder Mystery Dinner. Many thanks to our authors, Marydeb Bleau and Marti Miller, for the fascinating, original script and to everyone else who helped make theevening such a fabulous success. Ladies, it is now time to register to attend the TFRW Convention at the University Holiday Inn, Memphis, on October 20-22. Our delegates and club members will be working hard on

several committees to represent SCRWC in a favorable manner and show how capable we are. This isa wonderful opportunity to mingle with other Republican women from across the state, hear some great speakers, learn a lot at workshops, and also just have a good time with like minded people. The cost is $125 for the entire convention or you can buy guest meal tickets for Friday dinner, gubernatorial candidates speaking, Saturday lunch program, or Saturday dinner with speaker, Marsha Blackburn. Gentlemen are also invited to these speaking events. I will be mailing the registration form with even more information to everyone because our cut off datewill be September 13th, the day after our meeting when our treasurer, Pat Allmond, will be receiving the final forms and checks to send in altogether. Since we are a co-host for the Memphis convention, we want to have a large group in attendance from SCRWC. Also, we need to keep our committee areas running smoothly which will require some man power and may even involve multi tasking. If you have questions, please email or call me. Lyn Windsor and I are looking forward to representing SCRWC at the NFRW Convention in Philadelphia in September. Our club won the Diamond Award again this year for all our hard work, which we will be receiving on your behalf at the Achievement Awards Ceremony. It will also be a great time for networking and education. Looking forward to seeing everyone again at the September meeting, September 12th. You don’t want to miss our speaker, Eddie Settles. Our event chairman, Artie Brown, is doing better, but needs to continue recovering; so, I will be taking meeting reservations due by September 6 (755-3519) and Lyn Windsor will be manning the check in desk with Pat Allmond.

See you there,

President’s Corner

New Members Welcome!

September Birthdays

So Proud!

Donna

Kristi FrancavillaColleen Dana Coury

Congratulations to our own Heidi Shafer for being elected Chairman of the Shelby County Commission! We all know she will do a fabulous job for the citizens of our area.

Save the Date...

We look forward to contributing to worthy causes by showing our community and our country that we CARE!! We will continue collecting food items for the food bank. Thank you for checking the expiration dates on donated items. In addition, we will collect items (or cash donations) for Alpha Omega -an

organization which provides housing for homeless veterans. Their needs vary monthly, but they maintain 8 homes and are always in need of cleaning supplies; laundry detergents; bathroom cleaners, 8 ounce styrofoam cups,

etc.We thank you for your generous contributions! The empty box will be waiting to be filled at the

September meeting! Thanks,

Arla Pribnow

Getting to know ??Hi, my name is Patricia Possel; my friends call me Patti. My husband and I just celebrated our 35th anniversary. We have three adult offspring: Bobby, Mandy and Maggie, with three grandchildren. We are residences of Cordova. I am excited about becoming one of the new members of the SCRWC. I am a professional photographer, specializing in performance, in portraits, and in corporate events. I look forward to telling you more about me at the September 12th meeting.

Caring for America News

NFRW September Literacy Month

Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Memphis present:Dinesh D'Souza, conservative political commentator, author and filmmaker, speaking on Tuesday, October 10th, at 7:00pm in the River Room at the University Center, U of M. The event is free.

KUDOS TO OUR SCRWC MEMBER ANGELA COURTNEY

Due to efforts of SCRWC member Angela Courtney, Chairman of the Fayette County RepublicanParty, and its executive board, a call for county wide Primary Elections for all open seats will beheld for the first time in Fayette County in May 2018. The Executive Committee of theFayette County Republican Party met with TNGOP Chairman Scott Golden on August 7 todiscuss the growth of the Fayette County’s successful “Red to the Roots” program.

Congratulations to Angela for her successes in promoting the Republican Party.

Submitted by Lyn Windsor

Thanks to Judy Kilmer who chaired our participation in this program by donating books. She connected us with Hickory Ridge Elementary School in Memphis because it is a K-5 Title I school. Being a former teacher, Judy was able to pick out 30 age appropriate books to enrich the literacy program for the early grades. Funds came from member donations and from our budget. The books will be presented to Ms. Regina Nichols, Principal, on September 12th at the school.

Tennessee Federation of Republican Women 2017 Biennial Convention

31st Biennial Convention - October 20-22, 2017Holiday Inn University of Memphis

3700 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111

Registration Fee: $125

SWING, SING AND SHINEThank you again to our following "suspects": Joyce Avery, Terry Roland, Heidi Shafer, Cary Vaughn, Charlotte Bergmann, Vinny Bleau, Tom Leatherwood and Lee Mills! They did a wonderful job being "suspicious"! And thanks to our "town drunk"-Frank Colvett, and protesters- Nancy Boatright, Judy Kilmer, Pat and Steve Allmond, you did a great job at being our "distraction"! You guys made the evening so entertaining! Many thanks!Marydeb BleauMarti Miller

TFRW Convention CommitteesWith SCRWC Involvement

Registration, Chairman - Lyn WindsorOpportunity Drawing (like our Christmas Tea

Drawings)Chairmen - Joyce Avery & Linda CasebierHostesses, Co Chairmen - Donna Howard,

SCRWC & Kay Kelsey, RWOPSCRWC Vendor (Jewelry) Chairman - Bonnie Siler

SCRWC Gift Bag Donation - Shirley Henderson & Nancy BoatrightWe all need to help!

Upcoming Events Wednesday, September 6 - Reservations Deadline for September 12 General Meeting

Tuesday, September 12 - SCRWC Meeting Social Time - 10:30 AMSCRWC General Meeting - 11:00 AM

September 14-17 - NFRW Convention in Philadelphia, PAMonday, September 25 - SCRWC Board Meeting - 10:00 AM

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