PARTIES EXTRA: February 27
PRESIDENT’S ASSOCIATES DINNER
Judi Freyer, Kristen Lazalier and James Lazalier were at the dinner. ( Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
800 of the University of Oklahoma’s President’s Associates were entertained at dinner in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. OU President David L. Boren and his wife, Molly Shi Boren, were hosts. Keynote speaker was Vicente Fox, former Mexico President, 2000-2006.
President’s Associates’ members enjoyed dinner and visiting at the table with faculty members and students. After dessert, David Boren and Fox talked informally. Some of the guests asked questions from the floor in Spanish. Fox answered them in Spanish and English.
Former Mexico President Vicente Fox arrives for dinner. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace)
PARTIES EXTRA…GIRL SCOUT LUNCHEON…FEBRUARY 22
Diane Rehm signs copies of her book at the Girl Scout luncheon on February 22 at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace)
The 500 guests at the Juliette Low Leadership Society luncheon were privileged to hear Diane Rehm, Washington, D.C., as guest speaker. The Girl Scout luncheon was at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club and Annie Bohanon and Molly Shi Boren were chairmen.
Cathy Stackpole is executive director.
Rehm, star of The Diane Rehm Show, is heard online and on Sirius satellite radio. Her show is distributed nationally and internationally by NPR and NPR Worldwide. Locally, she can be heard weekdays on KROU and KGOU (105.7 and 106.3) at 9 a.m.
Young Girl Scouts gave the GS Promise which is “On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law.”
Bohanon announced there were 200 members of the JLLS. After lunch, Rehm signed copies of her books “Finding My Voice” and “Toward Commitment.” Boxes of Girl Scout cookies were for sale and the luncheon dessert was created out of the cookies and topped with everyone’s favorite…a mint GS cookie.
Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club Events Director Carolyn Hall gave the recipe for the luncheon’s delicious dessert: “Our Chef Ahmad and new Pastry Chef, Anna, created the following
dessert: In the bottom of the martini glass they crumbled Girl Scout Café Cookies and the Girl Scout Lite Brownies. They topped it with Peppermint Ice Cream and with Praline Mousse. Then a Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookie was placed vertical on top with Fresh Mint Leaves and Fresh Whole Raspberries.”
Juliette Low Leadership Society chairmen Molly Shi Boren and Annie Bohanon welcomed the 500 guests to the Girl Scout luncheon. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace)
MEETING NPR’S DIANE REHM
MEETING DIANE REHM….Annie Bohanon, Rita Moore, Wanda Swisher, Meg Salyer and Bill Swisher were at the home of Meg and Chris Salyer Wednesday, February 21st, for a cocktail party honoring Diane Rehm who is the Girl Scout luncheon speaker on February 22. ( Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Meg and Chris Salyer and Annie and Dick Bohanon were hosts for a cocktail party in the Salyer home to honor the guest speaker Diane Rehm, Washington, D.C., host of NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show. She was in town on February 21-22 to speak at the Juliette Low Leadership Society Luncheon at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. The Girl Scout luncheon had a sold-out crowd of 500 people.
Parties Extra: Feb. 18
Engagement Party
Cocktails and dinner, with a heartfelt flair, were planned for engaged couple Eileen Price and Josh Everett. Debby and Paul Dudman and Jose Freede entertained Feb. 10 at Gaillardia Golf and Country Club.
The pale pink heart invitation was decorated with hot pink flowers. The place card featured a red heart box of chocolates tied with a pink ribbon. On the tables were low bowls filled with pink and red roses and hydrangeas and votive candles surrounded with pale pink rose petals. Tablecloths and napkins were pink.
Going along with the heart theme, hosts ordered mashed potatoes in the shape of hearts. Dessert was a heart-shape lemon tart, a heart-shape cheesecake and a heart-shape fudge cake. Shrimp cocktail was served in a martini glass, and guests enjoyed pomegranate martinis during cocktail hour and champagne with dessert.
Guests were members of the wedding party, bridesmaids and groomsmen, and family members. Price and Everett plan a June wedding.
PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY
The Junior Cotillion Valentine’s Day dance was Feb. 6 in the University of Central Oklahoma’s Nigh Center. The party for high school students featured 43 students who are freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Chaperons served cookies and punch to students from Putnam City North, Deer Creek, Bishop McGuinness, Oklahoma Christian School, Classen School of Advanced Studies, Casady, Mustang and Edmond Memorial.
They danced the waltz, fox-trot, cha-cha and swing dances to practice for the white-tie Spring Ball and Dinner at the Beacon Club on Feb. 16. That formal party featured a six-course dinner.
Directors Carey Sue and Richard Vega list their mission statement for students: To learn to treat others with honor, dignity and respect, for better relationships with family, friends and business associates, later in life, and to learn and practice ballroom dancing.
STANDING OVATION
2006 Beaux Arts Ball chairman Barbara Quillian was presented a crown box by members of the Beau Arts committee. She hosted the wrap-up meeting in her home and announced that Elain Frogge is the new chairman. Libby Denner is co-chairman for the November ball.
Wine and cheese were served. Committee members gave reports and suggestions for the 2007 Beaux Arts Ball.
ROSES ARE RED!!!!!
ROSES ARE RED….Susan Marshall and Lolly Sweeney celebrated Valentine’s Day with a party in the home of Linda Coats. Co-hostesses for the party were Coats, Anne Dalton, Lida Elkins and Mary Ann Haskins. Food items such as cookies, petit fours and cheese sandwiches were heart-shaped. ( Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY
Larry and Dottie Weissenberger look at her new book, a love story, called “Agony and Ecstasy,” which she has
dedicated to her husband and their 65 years of marriage. Dottie is a
florist and gardener and the color cover of the book is an photo of an
open rose that she grew and was successful in getting its’ passage as
the official state flower. ( Photo of the couple is by Fran Grounds.)
Parties Extra: Feb. 4-11
County medical society holds inaugural event
Dr. Jay P. Cannon was installed as the 107th president of the Oklahoma County Medical Society on Feb. 3. He was honoree at a dinner at Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, and 250 guests attended the party.
Dr. Greg Parker and the Shadowman Blues Project provided entertainment.
Rosalie Rahe was inaugural dinner chairman.
Dr. Ronald O. Gilcher received the Dr. Don F. Rhinehart Medical Service Award. Gilcher retired recently after 27 years at Oklahoma Blood Institute. He was president, chief executive and medical director.
Guests included John Cannon, Katlen Dixon, Sarah and Chuck Chapman, Eleanor and George Safley, Becky and Dr. Dewayne Andrews, Jeannie and Dr. John Sacra, Doniece and Dr. Frank Phelps, Dr. David Russell, Thomas Litz, Julie and Chris Hammes, Donna and Bruce Lawrence, Rosalie and Dr.Gary Rahe, Dr. Richard Armitage, Dr. Jean Forsberg, Dr. Sherri Baker, Melba Rhinehart, Dian and Royice Everett, Sharilyn and Dr. Doug Young, Aurora and Dr. Emmanual Macaraeg, and Jill and Dr. Shawn Smith.
THIRD TIME’S CHARM
Junior League President Betsy Mantor scheduled a celebration to honor newly nominated 2008-09 league President Laura Ogle and 2007-08 President Kara Wallace and the incoming board of directors. She sent invitations three times and postponed the event twice because of wintry weather.
When the group finally met Jan. 30, group members celebrated with champagne.
On the board are Nominating Chairman Jill Greene, Administrative Vice President Melba Frazier, Bylaws Chairman Amy Bankhead, Communications Vice President D.J. Thompson, Community Vice President Mei Cheng, Finance Vice President Samonia Pope, Fundraising Vice President Lisa McConnell, Membership Vice President Connie Nowell, Strategic Planning Chairman Joyell Haave, and sustaining adviser Lee Ann Nordin.
Guests included Myrla Pierson, Beth Kerr, Jennifer Kerr, Kim Kakish, Ann-Clore Duncan, Sally Bentley, Katie James and Nancy Greer.
TAKE A BOW
Four Oklahoma City University Award of Excellence winners were honored at a cocktail party and reception in Jim Vallion’s home Jan. 31. Vallion and Joan Gilmore were hosts. The women, all outstanding cultural and civic leaders, Kay Goebel, Lois Salmeron, Rita Moore and Martha Burger, met with committee personnel and former honorees and guests. They will receive their awards at a black-tie ball Feb. 24 at Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. Gilmore is chairman, and Meg Salyer is co-chairman of the ball, formerly called the Mardi Gras Ball.
ART TRADITIONS
There was an open house at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum for the exhibition “Pinturas de Fe: The Retablo Tradition in Mexico and New Mexico.”
The Feb. 2 event, with 175 people attending, featured exhibit curator Lane Coulter and award winner Charles M. Carrillo, both of Santa Fe, N.M.
Guests learned about the European styled, two-dimensional paintings, usually depicting the patron saint of a family or a saint from a village church. The small retablos were created for use on home altars and village churches.
FESTIVE LUNCHEON
Members of Pi Beta Phi Alumni were at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club Wednesday for the annual “Gathering of the Angels” luncheon. National Young Mother of the Year Connell Branan, wife of Oklahoma State Senator Cliff Branan, and also a Pi Beta Phi Alumni member. was guest speaker. She talked on balancing motherhood with other obligations and interests.
Jennifer Eve introduced Branan and Alumnae Club President Mary Kay Bullard gave the invocation. Luncheon Chairmen Betty Huckabay and Leslie Buford welcomed the Pi Phis and their guests. Branan noted she had been traveling across the country as National Young Mother of the Year. She has realized that Oklahoma families are revered and mothers here are celebrated. “Oklahoma mothers are all wonderful mothers,” she said. She discussed her own mother and father…”a remarkable team” and the “true grit” of the founding mothers of our country.
Committee members for luncheon were Kathy Crout, Aimee Harlow, Katie Hubbard, Ashley Humphreys, Mary Ann Osko, Barbara Paul, Jessica Acock, Betty Crow, Kimi Fox, Lou Garrison, Erin Gayer, Aulena Gibson, Jean Head, Tara Landgraf, Millonn Lilly, Kittye Little, Bette MacKellar, Cindy Marden, Libby Naifeh, Katie Ogden, Kelsey Orendorff, Sarah Lee Parrish, Regan Raff, Margo Reneau, Linda Rodgers, Rachel Shortt, Chop Sparks, Ruth Ann Waldo, Kay Wint and Rosemary Wilson.
Parties Extra: Jan. 29-Feb. 4
Take a twin to lunch
On February 2nd , Susan Parker, Susan Hoffman,
Barbara Beeler and Linda James celebrated twin sisters Hoffman’s and
James’ birthdays in the newly- remodeled Gallery Grill at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club.
Friends sharing birth month attend party
Friends who share Capricorn signs and January birthdays gathered Jan. 25 at Susan and Peter Hoffman’s lovely home for a party. Hostesses Hoffman, Marilyn Balyeat, Ann Bohanon, Meridith Cassidy, Linda James, Mary Kay Samis and Bibby Wilson sent 120 invitations for the event.
The group enjoyed wine and hors d’oeuvres, plus bite-size birthday cupcakes. Hydrangeas and tulips were in the centerpieces.
Guests included Sandy Shapard, Betsy Thorpe, Lelah Craig, Susan Edwards, Carol Gann, Kathy Griffin, Cynthia Meyerson, Brenda McDaniel, Wanda Bass, Betty Jo Law, Liz Coe, Elaine Honnold, Dannie Bea Hightower, Caroline Gist, Mary Margaret Ledbetter, Cheryl Browne, Nancy Greer and Sue Ann Hyde.
GUEST CHEF
Bill Cathcart was guest chef at The Metro restaurant Jan. 28. A sell-out crowd, including friends and family members who knew he would be cooking, sampled gourmet recipes.
He prepared Coquille St. Jacques, Duck Salad, Tequila-grapefruit sorbet, Tournedos Rossini and a dessert medley of chocolate mousse, biscotti and orange creme.
Among attendees were Stephanie and John Devero, Linda and Herschel Meadows, Teddy and Dick Devero, Virginia and Robert Holleman, Shari and Richard Cathcart, Lori and Richard Mildren, Susie and Jay Nelson, Ann and Burns Hargis, Martha and Ron Bradshaw, Marilyn Balyeat, Jenny and David Kallenberger, Lela and Mark Sullivan, Barbara and Jay Quillian, Connell and Cliff Branan, Marilyn and Bill Case, and Kris and Bill Frankfurt.
WIG GIG
Mary Kay Samis was very surprised at her 50th birthday party Jan. 24. Hostesses noted that she was “wiggin’ out.” They asked guests to “get wiggy with us at Cafe Nova’s” and said that “if you’re coming to the gig, gotta wear a wig.”
Hostesses Kathy Brown, Rhonda Hefton, Shirley Everest, Leslie Samara, Laurie Givens and Karen Samis surprised the honoree, who had to put on a curly carrot-color wig as she arrived.
Wig stands with painted faces and brightly colored wigs were on the tables. The stands were set in vases and surrounded with purple flowers and pearls.
German chocolate cake, the honoree’s favorite, was served with dinner. Lynne Henneke wore a Raggedy Ann wig; Helene Huff had a pigtail wig; Jill King wore a black wig; and Laurie Givens’ wig was blond, tied with a scarf.
AWARDEES HONORED
Meg Salyer was hostess Jan. 28 at the Association for Women in Communications afternoon tea honoring 45 present and past Byliner Award honorees.
Four dozen peach-color roses decorated the tea table set up in the dining room. Association President Erin Engelke welcomed everyone. Among the guests were Betty Price, Linda Lambert, Ann Hoover, Linda Cavanaugh, Liz Eickman, Mary Ann Moon, Kari Watkins, Berta Faye Rex and Joan Gilmore. This year’s honorees are Mary Ann Eckstein, Sister Joseph Marie Gibbons, Martha Burger, Pam Newby, Laura Warriner, Lil Ross and Maj. Gen. Rita Aragon.
