Woman’s club celebrates, installs leaders
By ESTHER MCCOY, Staff writer
POSTED: May 9, 2008
Cinco de Mayo was celebrated at the luncheon meeting of the OFWC/GFWC Woman’s Club held at the club house.
Eileen Krupinski, retiring president, gave the invocation and said the day is a colorful one but it has historical importance as well. She said it was the independence of Mexico but also was an independence for the United States.
The French who moved in on Mexico didn’t want the U.S. to survive the Civil War and when defeated, our country went on to defend Mexico, she said.
She told how color played a big part in her life with the Rainbow Girls, where each color had a meaning, and the the Catholic church where she learned at a retreat that people care about each other.
“I have found this in our club and will continue to help to the best of my ability. I thank you for all the help you gave me, and I thank you for your friendships,” she said.
Rose Logston, Ohio Federation of Woman’s Club president, urged members to work together to make the organization and the city a better place. She congratulated the club on its 109 years of service to the community and its long and wonderful history.
“The long-range plan you can live with is the main objective of our administration and the accomplishments of the Steubenville club will be remembered for years to come, she noted. “When we forget ourselves, it is when we will be the most remembered,” Logston concluded.
The state president installed officers for the 2008-10 club years, with the assistance of Stephanie Rouse of the GFWC/OFWC Woman’s Club of Mingo, who is EORD president.
Installed were Shirley Mitchell, who was the first state president Logston served under in 1990, treasurer; Lillian Losey, secretary; and Martha Alloggia, vice president.
A club president is to be named.
Dolores Dooley conducted a memorial service for the members who died during the past club year. They are Audrey Criss, who was a member of the Garden Department; Betsy Richey, club president in 1994-96 and Fine Arts Department chairman; and Mary Louise Helsley, chairman of the board of trustees, who established a bequest for the organization.
Dooley read a poem and presented Logston a vase of three white roses to represent each of the deceased members.
Krupinski announced the county fair program that turned into a fundraiser brought $269.50 to the club treasury. She thanked Lillian and Barbara Jean Losey for their hard work to make the auction a success.
Mitchell and Alloggia attended the Ohio Federation convention, and Mitchell reported the club brought back a citation for having the highest amount of Kind News subscriptions in the schools with 13 and a citation for being a Loyal Jonquil member since it was started in 1986.
Dooley served as greeter, and Krupinski was the hostess.
