Lakeside Women's Club Tuesday Program

2012 Tuesday Program Schedule

All Lakeside residents and guests (including men) are invited to attend the Tuesday programs at 1:30 pm at Green Gables, the Victorian cottage home of the Lakeside Women's Club located at 161 Walnut Avenue. Check the weekly Lakesider for further details.

Day:  Tuesday

Time: 1:30 pm

Location:  Green Gables, 161 Walnut Avenue (Note change in location for August 14 & 21)

 

WEEK 1 (June 26)
Eleanor Durr, A Lakeside Historian 
Speaker:  Gretchen S. Curtis, Lakeside Heritage Society Director of Operations
You will be inspired as you learn of the impact that Eleanor Durr, a year-round resident of Lakeside for half a century, had on her community and the entire peninsula.

 

WEEK 2 (July 3)

Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail
Speaker:  Paul V. Stutzman

When he lost his wife to breast cancer, Mennonite Paul decided to make some big changes. He quit his job of 17 years as manager of an Amish restaurant and set out on a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, 2,176 miles.

 

WEEK 3 (July 10)
The Other Mrs. Adams
Speaker:  Carol McKinney
We all know about Abigail Adams, wife of our second U.S. President, but very little about her daughter-in-law, Louisa Catherine Adams, whose life was equally interesting if not more so.

 

WEEK 4 (July 17)
What Is “Local Roots?”
Speaker:  Marlene Boyer, Local Roots, Inc. President
Learn how residents of Wooster, Ohio, have set up a local producer/consumer cooperative, which encourages healthy eating, expands local economic development, and promotes community involvement and sustainable living.

 

WEEK 5 (July 24)
Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging
Speaker:  Linda K. Johnson
Ikebana, the Japanese word for flower arrangement, is based upon certain principles which are recognized the world over. Watch an expert demonstrate.

 

WEEK 6 (July 31)
What’s It Worth?
Speaker: Amelia Jeffers
President and co-owner of Garth Auctioneers and Appraisers of Delaware, Ohio (internationally recognized experts in arts, antiques and collectibles), will give tips on how to determine the value of items you may want to sell or buy.

 

WEEK 7 (August 7)
A View from the Stage
Performer:  Katherine Bracy
Relax at Green Gables to the sound of a harp played by a longtime professional musician and Lakeside Symphony Orchestra (LSO) member. Get to know other members of the LSO and musicians who will drop in.

 

WEEK 8 (August 14)

LWC Luncheon, Installation of Officers & Program
Seeing Through Paintings
Speaker:  Rustin Levenson, Art Restoration Associates President and Founder

Following the luncheon and installation of officers, a recognized author and expert in the field of art restoration will present an illustrated lecture on the techniques of preserving and restoring priceless works of art.

Note:  Luncheon begins at 12 pm, reservations required
Special Location:  Wesley Lodge

 

WEEK 9 (August 21)
Corsets, Crinolines, and Cravats: Civil War Fashion
Speaker:  Cynthia Turnbull, Denison University Theatre Department Chair

An illustrated talk on the interesting history of men’s and women’s clothing worn during the Civil War period.

Special Location:  Orchestra Hall

 

WEEK 10 (August 28)
The History and Meaning of Nursery Rhymes
Speakers:  Marian Brink and Mary Woolford
In an era when political satire could be punishable by death, did rhymes conceal dissent or merely record historical events? Does every rhyme have a hidden meaning?