PARTIES EXTRA: JULY 29, 2007- Birthdays….birthdays…birthdays
TAKING THE STAGE…A group of friends were hosts for their 60th birthdays. They invited guests to the Skirvin Hotel Ballroom for a dance. The invitation stated “no jackets, but dancing shoes required.”
Hosts were Janie and Jon Axton, Carla and Mike Barber, Sherry and Lee Beasley, Donna and Len Cason, Alice and Don Dahlgren, Patsy Hunzicker, J.R. Homsey, Ann and Bill Johnstone, Ellen and Carlisle Mabrey, Dana and Frank McGuire and Kathy and Mike Steffen.
The Pink Flamingos Band from Albuquerque, New Mexico, played and during the dances, they used balloon type volleyballs, birthday cakes, umbrellas and beach balls to get people on the stage on the dance floor. Dudley Hyde and Mark Sullivan, wearing shirts emblazoned with flamingos, and Brenda and Tom McDaniel, John Salmeron, David Thompson, Alice Dahlgren, Mark Funke and Dave Lopez were the first on the dance floor. Everyone put on pink sunglasses.
Dana and Frank McGuire, Patsy Hunzicker, J.R. Homsey, Alice and Don Dahlgren and Janie and Dr. Jon Axton are ready to dance at the 60th birthday party.
PARTY TO REMEMBER…Hank Watson was host for his wife Barbara Watson and friend Judy Jordan on their birthdays.
Hank and Barbara Watson and Judy Jordan arrive at The Coach House for Barbara Watson’s and Jordan’s birthday luncheon.
PARTY HOPPING…1967 Harding High School graduates had their 40th reunion last weekend. Parties began Friday night with dinner at The Grand House. They met for Saturday lunch at Johnnie’s Restaurant, after a school assembly and tour.
Saturday night, dinner was at The Sportsman’s Club and a dance followed. Party planners were Frank Battle, Barbara Beeler, Cindy Biddinger, Christa Chain, Carter Foree, Cyndy Hoenig, Linda James, Hal McKnight, Margaret Ringwald, Jim Rust, Steve Brinson, Helen Dailey, Steve Haggard, Susan Hoffman, Robert Margo, Jim Richard, Tom Roach, Judy Vossler and Bob West.
Jim Richard, Jim Rust, Frank and Mila Battle, Margaret Ringwald and Judy Vossler, standing; Linda James and Christa Chain, seated, are ready for the Harding High School 40th reunion.
AT THE CLUB…Bob Allee was honored at 60th birthday party at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. His mother Barbara Allee was hostess in the club’s ballroom.
Orchids in blue vases decorated the tables and on the buffet table was a “60” ice sculpture.
STANDING OVATION…Volunteer Coordinator Katy Davis was recognized for 14 years of working with the volunteers at the Care Center. Board members entertained at a “Celebrate Katy” reception at Catholic Charities and they presented her with a silver charm bracelet with charms from the professional groups involved at the Center.
Maria Rosales-Lambert gave the welcome and speakers included Dr. Barbara Bonner, Ted Carlton, Julie Smith, Andi Grosvald-Hamilton, Cheryl Thornthon, James Saderias, Kathie Hatleid, Martha Buchanan, Priscilla Helm and Vicki Boan.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS…Junior League members were hosts for the annual community reception at JL Headquarters. Susie Vesper and Shyla Slay planned dinner for the community agencies, JL board of directors and project management team.
Junior League Project Manager Deborah McAuliffe Senner, JL President-Elect Laura Kerr Ogle and JL President Karla Wallace are at the Community Reception.
PARTIES EXTRA: JULY 24, 2007- BARBARA AND JUDY’S BIRTHDAYS
A poster was set at the front door of The Coach House.It was used when Barbara Watson and Judy Jordan celebrated their 40th birthdays. This birthday was termed the 35th anniversary of the 40th birthdays.
Mary Anne Malone, Marilyn Law and Pam Smith were at the birthday party.
PARTY TO REMEMBER…Hank Watson was host at a luncheon honoring his wife Barbara Watson and friend Judy Jordan at The Coach House.
He invited guests to the party and after greeting them remembered he had other plans and left the women to their wonderful luncheon of apple vichyssoise, crab cakes, salad and yummy lemon tarts.
A poster set at the front door reminded guests that the women had celebrated their 40th birthday at a party. Many of them were at that event too. Pink and green roses, hydrangeas and green straw flowers decorated the tables and the restaurant’s mantles.
Among the party-goers were Dolly Flesher, Barbara Mee, Bette Jo Hill, Geraldine Raupe, Mary Anne Malone, Jeanne Smith, Sally Burpee, Kay Oliver, Berta Faye Rex, Bev Carter, Kaye Cook, Ann Felton, Marilyn Law, Pam Smith, D’Arline McCubbin, Beth Tolbert, Patty Tague, Kirk Hammons, Jamie Davis and Annie Bohanon.
Kim Robbins and Barbara Mee celebrate at the birthday party.
PARTIES EXTRA: JUlY 20, 2007- FRATES ENTERTAIN
NEW BEGINNING…Joan and Rod Frates entertained at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country at a cocktail party honoring son-in-law Dr. Michael di Gregorio and daughter Linde. He completed his podiatry residency and will join the Surgical Specialists of Oklahoma.
Among the guests were Kitty and Dick Champlin, Linda and Bob Bowles, Lynn and Dr. Mike Kelly, Connie and Gary Fuller, Joan and Mac Maguire, Kent Frates, David Bohanon, Brenda and Tom McDaniel, Patti and Don Leeman, Pam and Bill Shdeed, Beth and Jim Tolbert, Kaye and Ed Cook and Darian Frates.
Linde and Michael di Gregorio, Joan, Rod and Darian Frates celebrate Michael di Gregorio’s new job and completion of training.
ONE HOT COUPLE…Lutie and Jack Davidson celebrated their 60th anniversary with a “Margaritas and Enchiladas” party in the new home of their daughter and son-in-law, Debbi and Chip Dudley. Co-hosts were their daughter and son-in-law , Diana and Zeno Pfau, and son Dwight Davidson.
After dinner, anniversary cake was served and guests took home decorated cookies such as the ones shaped like red peppers and sombreros saying: “Congrats To One Hot Couple” and “Hats Off to 60 Years.”
The outdoor tables were decorated with colorful cloths and bouquets of yellow, pink, orange, red and yellow Gerber daisies in terra cotta pots. Among the 50 people at the party were members of the Davidson’s’ various card groups…including their duplicate bridge club, pinochle club and poker club.
Lutie and Jack Davidson celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.
CELEBRATE KENNETH…Kenneth Roy Conklin was the honoree at a celebration of his 32 years at the University of Oklahoma. Tripp Hall, Norman, was host and assisting him was Paul Massad.
Conklin will be Development Director at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation beginning August 1.
Host Tripp Hall,right, greets Kenneth and Amanda Conklin. Kenneth Conklin was honored for 32 years of service at OU.
Judi Freyer and Joy Tucker with her dog Sophie Tucker have a few friends to Joy’s house after the reception for Kenneth Conklin.
PARTIES EXTRA: JULY 13, 2007-JULY BIRTHDAYS
Hostesses Nancy Bradley, Jeanne Blair, Elaine Levy and Linda Howell are ready for guests to arrive.
JULY MUST SEES…Friends with birthdays in July celebrated at a party in the home of Elaine Levy.
Co-hostesses were Jeanne Blair, Kim Bohanon, Kristen Bohanon, Nancy Bradley, Anne Dalton, Linda Howell, Lynn Kelly, Bert Faye Fex and Lynn White.
The group missed a couple of years of parties, but, decided to re-convene with the women born under the horoscope signs of Leo and Cancer. They served crab-shaped cookies and lion cookies, both symbols of the signs. Decorations included a tin lion and sandwiches served on a crab plate.
Guests included Marilyn Sullivan, Leslie Samara, Marsha See, Jane Harlow, Debby Dudman, Kay Oliver, Zana Willey, Georgia Collins, Barbara Beeler, Lillie-Beth Brinkman, Kirk Hammons, Mimi Ephraim, Ann Hoover, Sally Hood, Peggy McMillen, Judy Jordan, Judy Phillips, Margaret Wells, Hilary Karchmer, Joan Fleetwood and Patti Barakat.
Tom Knott and Ranell and Steve Brown are decked out in red, white and blue for their annual July 4th luncheon.
BRING THE GANG…The red, white and blue party invitation that invited friends of Judy and Steve Brown and Tom Knott and their children, Meredith Brown, Kristen, Matt, Bella, Micah Brown and Katy and Robert McGee and Christy, Brian, Austin and Gavin Gordon, noted that families were invited. It read: “This means children, married children, grandchildren, boy or girl friends and parents.”
Flowers on the table followed the Independence Day theme and were red gladiola, white daisies and blue hydrangeas. Fried chicken and all the trimmings, including homemade ice cream, made up the menu. The hosts gave guests a scroll about the history of Oklahoma.
Among the guests were Jackie and Mike Jones, Mary Ann and Don Morrison, Becky and Jim Buchanan, Virginia and Barney Brown, Joe Savoie, Jeannie and Dennis Wolfe, Tina Swanson and Emily and Jeff Belisle. There are several families that had three generations of partygoers. They are Joe Blake, Peggy Burris, John Harris, Alan Hollingsworth, Smokey Jett, Mike Jones, Kim Kimberling, Tom Knott, Joe Mideke, Dan Reineke, Linda Steinhorn and Bubba Symes.
PERFECT PARTY…Wanda and Bill Swisher and Rita Moore entertained at a cocktail buffet honoring Julie and Maj. Mike Benham, Panama City, Fla. They were in town for a wedding ceremony and reception at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club.
Friends and members of the wedding party were invited to the Swisher Farm. Guests enjoyed a sunny evening in the country and being with the happy couple.
Among those at the party were Janie and Bill Comstock, Joy and Jerry Richardson, Gene and Ed Barth, Pat and Jay Edwards, Nancy and Bob Ellis, Ann and Bob Hoover, Judy Lehmbeck and Kirk and Royce Hammons.
THE RIGHT MIX…Families, medical personnel, researchers, social workers and pharmaceutical executives met for the 22nd national convention of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. THE 100 people attended a reception at the Oklahoma Medical Research Institute.
Guests also took a tour of Dr. Kenneth Hensley’s laboratory at OMRF and the MRI facility. Dr. Hensley studies the rare inherited neurological disorder.
PARTIES EXTRA: JULY 6, 2007- QUAIL SHOOT
PLAYING IN THE RAIN… Bud and Barbara Beeler and Cindy and Dick Homsey are at Quail Creek Golf and Country Club for the awards dinner dance after the annual Quail Shoot, the member-guest golf tournament.
Overall winners of the golfing event were Carter Hines and David Hines. The group played 18 holes (in the rain) on Thursday, 9 holes (in the rain) on Friday and 18 holes (in the rain) on Saturday. Bob Philbrick is the club general manager and Homsey is board president. David Deardeuff was tournament chairman.
The activities during the golf event included the practice round and horse race party, a cocktail party and luncheon and fashion show for the women.
SWEET CELEBRATION… Maj. Mike and Julie Benham and DeDe and Bob Benham celebrate at a reception at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country hosted by her parents Linda and Carl Miller and Linda and Duffy Watt and his parents, the Benhams. The couple got engaged last year in July. Very soon after that (two days later) he received military orders for Afghanistan where he flew F-15 airplanes.
They married immediately, but, he promised his new bride that when he returned from his Air Force duty that they would have a wedding. And they did. They said vows in the Sable Room of the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club and then took to the dance floor downstairs.
SEEING DOUBLE… Grandmother Gene and Mother Jen Barth hold three-month-old twins, Spencer Violet Barth and Marley Juliette Barth, who were honorees at a Sip and See party in the home of Cheryl Browne.
They are the daughters of Jen and Lee Barth, Los Angeles, Ca.
Co-hostesses were DeDe Benham, Annie Bohanon, Kaye Cook, Nancy Ellis, Kris Frankfurt, Kirk Hammons, Ann Hoover, Sue Ann Hyde, Jill King, Polly Nichols, Carol Troy and Kathy Walker.
MARGARET AND JOHN…John Spears, Margaret, Harolyn and Tom Enis arrive at the cocktail supper honoring engaged couple Margaret Enis and Spears. The party was in the home of Carleen and Jerry Burger. Co-hosts were Carri and Dr. Bruce Bell, Beverly and Henri Chansolme, Sue Ann and Dudley Hyde, Linda Steinhorn, Barbara and Judge Ralph Thompson, Sherri Toland, Michelle and John Tompkins, Kelsey and Dr. Roland Walters and Judy and Nick Wilson.
MEET KELLI…Gennie Johnson, Brenda McDaniel, Mark Belcik, Caitlin Belcik, Tom McDaniel and Bill Shdeed meet at the Wanda L. Bass Music Center Atrium for a party welcoming Broadway star Kelli O’Hara.
She played Laurey Williams in the Lyric Theater production of “Oklahoma.” The McDaniels and Shdeeds were hosts for the party.
OPENING NIGHT… Steven Taylor, Penny Voss and Sharon and Michael Carolina enjoy the reception in the Joel Levine Room of the Civic Center Music Hall sponsored by Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The event for 200 people preceded opening night of Lyric Theater’s production of “Oklahoma”.
PATIENT CARE… Lauren Ferguson, Brad Ferguson, Kathryn Mendelssohn, Doug Tatum, Celine Ferguson, Joy Hamilton, Ellis Mendelssohn, Lonnie Hamilton, Leslie Tatum, Tyler Ferguson and Brett Tatum are at the party in the home of Dr. Amal E. Moorad.
The event celebrated the “Ellis Mendelssohn Endowment for Patient Care,” a newly established fund that helps patients of Integris Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Hospital.
PARTIES EXTRA: JULY 4, 2007-HAPPY 4TH
PARADE IN ALTUS
The organizer/hostess
Patriotically decorated scooters, little cars, red wagons, strollers, dogs and tricycles were featured in the 4th annual neighborhood parade in Altus, Oklahoma, USA. There were even a couple of decorated golf carts.
There was a covered wagon and there was one little red wagon with flowers covering the sides.
Liliie-Beth Brinkman and children, Bennett, Ella and Ramey, invited friends over for early morning (8:30 a.m.) doughnuts and juice.
They provided crepe paper and some red, white and blue decorations, but many of their friends’ vehicles (mini versions of bigger parades) were ready to roll.
Promptly at 9:45 a.m. (with two police car escorts) the parade of about 150 people (parents and children) took off around the neighborhood. They were back in 20 minutes.
There were a few skinned knees from bicycle falls, but, all in all, the annual event which started with just 3 people (the Brinkman family), keeps getting bigger and bigger. And the crowd of friends just had a great time being together on July 4th, 2007.
PARTIES EXTRA: JULY 2, 2007-At The Farm
Julie and Maj. Mike Benham ( Photo by Helen Ford Wallace)
DeDe Benham and Rita Moore were at the Swisher Farm where DeDe’s son and daughter-in, Julie and Maj. Mike Benham, were honored at a dinner party. Moore and Wanda and Bill Swisher were hosts. ( Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Wanda Swisher welcomes Cheryl Browne, Annie Bohanon and Jane Harlow to the party. ( Photo by Helen Ford Wallace.)
At The Farm…Rita Moore and Wanda and Bill Swisher were hosts at the Swisher Farm for a cocktail buffet honoring Julie and Maj. Mike Benham, Panama City, Fla. They were in town for a wedding ceremony and reception at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club.
The couple got engaged last year in July. Very soon after that (two days later) he received military orders for Afghanistan where he was to fly F-15 airplanes. They married immediately, but, he promised his new bride that when he returned from his Air Force duty that they would have a wedding. And they did. They exchanged vows in the Sable Room of the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club on June 29th and then went downstairs for the belated reception.
At the Swisher-Moore party, guests enjoyed a sunny evening in the country and enjoyed being with the happy couple. Guests included Janie and Bill Comstock, Joy and Jerry Richardson, Gene and Ed Barth, Pat and Jay Edwards, Nancy and Bob Ellis, Ann and Bob Hoover, Judy Lehmbeck and Kirk and Royce Hammons.
The couple will live in Panama City, Fla., where he is an instructor pilot for the F-15’s at Tyndall Air Force Base.
