Mercy Health Center’s Holiday Dinner—Parties Extra!—December 31
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CELEBRATING THE SEASON
Bob and Mary Kay Samis, Ramsey and Susan Drake, Dana and Chris Gordon (Photo by David Faytinger).
Sisters of Mercy Health Center and Administrative Staff hosted a holiday dinner for the medical executive committee, board of trustees and foundation board recently.
The party was at Gaillardia Golf and Country Club and Dr. Steven Burner, outgoing chief of the medical staff, was recognized and presented a special gift.
Guests included: Di and Ted Smalley, Kim and John Harvey, Chelin Satherlie, Becky and Russell Peyton, Mark Johnson, Debra Nussbaum, Suzy and Paul Merritt, Kay Murcer, Patti and Don Rahhal, Mary and Gary England and Wanda and Bob Thompson.
Chaine des Rotisseurs—Parties Extra!—December 29, 2008
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GOURMET DINNER
Dick Williams, Gil Gaddis, John McCaleb were at the Coach House for a gourmet dinner. (Photo by David Faytinger).
The Bailliage de Oklahoma, Chaine des Rotisseurs’, annual dinner was at the Coach House Restaurant in Nichols Hills.
It was a very formal atmosphere with a five -course gourmet dinner featuring roasted rack of veal with orange beets. Other menu items were red grouper with pistachio bearer blanc, a lobster bounding sausage en chemise on lobster stew, Stilton with homemade chutney and a trio of desserts including apples, chocolate panache and a cream puff.Chef Kurt Fleischfresser prepared the five course dinner.
The Coach House was decorated for the holidays with hundreds of white sparkling snowflakes and twinkling white lights.
Officers at the party: Bailli Alice Pippin, Vice Chancelier Argentier Philip Jody, Vice Conseiller Gastronomique Stan Stack and Vice Chargee de Presse Elizabeth Dickerson.
Toasts were given at the party.
Warren Spahn Award Gala—Parties Extra!—December 28,2008
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YANKEE PITCHER HONORED
Nikki Spahn Fitzpatrick and Kara Spahn Jordan, granddaughters of National Baseball Hall of Famer Warren Spahn, show the Warren Spahn Award they will present to New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia at the Gala on Jan. 17.
The Warren Spahn Award Gala honoring New York Yankees Pitcher C.C. Sabathia is set for Jan. 17 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. A celebrity reception will proceed the event. The events are being hosted by members of the Bricktown Rotary Club.
This is Sabathia’s second year to win the award presented to the best left-handed pitcher in Major League baseball.
The Gala will also included a sports memorabilia silent auction. Proceeds benefit the Jim Thorpe Association and Rotary Foundation.
This is the 10th year for the award presentation.Established in 1999 by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Museum in Guthrie to honor Spahn, holder of the Major League Baseball record of 363 wins as a left handed pitcher. Other former winners include Randy Johnson, Andy Pettitte, Johan Santana and Dontrelle Willis.
For more information regarding tickets of sponsorships, visit www.OKCSpahnAwards.com or call Bill Hickman, 405.605.2375.
Parties Extra!—December 26, 2008—George W. Bush portrait unveiled
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OKLAHOMANS VISIT WASHINGTON
Dr. William Lee Beasley, Sherry Beasley, Alice Dahlgren, Don Dahlgren, Edward Cook, Kaye Cook, Dr. Robert Ellis, Nancy Payne Ellis, Dr. Dodge Hill and Lori Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo provided).
President George W. Bush unveiled his presidential portrait Dec. 19th for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. recently. Oklahomans who helped fund the portrait attended the Dec. 19 dedication.
Robert Anderson, a Yale classmate of the president, was the artist.
500 people were at the event where Bush and G. Wayne Clough, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, pulled a blue cloth off the portrait to reveal a casual pose of Bush.
In The Oklahoman’s article by Chris Casteel, he noted that a group of Oklahoma donors provided about 80 percent of funding for the portrait and associated costs. He also reported that most of the donors made the trip to Washington and met with the president and Laura Bush before the dedication.
Parties Extra!—December 25, 2008—SEVENTY FIVE CLUB
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Martha and Ron Bradshaw were at the dance. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
The Seventy Five Club Holiday Dinner Dance was at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club and 240 people were there.
Women wore festive dresses and some men had on Christmas bow ties with their tuxes. Tables were decorated with bouquets of glitzy pink poinsettias.
The band was the nine-member group called “The Wise Guys” .
Among the people on the dance floor were Mary and Phil Truss, Kathy and John Griffin, Harolyn and Tom Enis, Bev and David Carter, Marsha Zahn, Henry Browne, Linda and Steve Garrett, Kirk and Royce Hammons, Cindy and Dick Homsey, Jenny and David Kallenberger, Sandy and Stewart Meyers, Cynda and Larry Ottaway, Susan and Mike McPherson, Jeary and Mike Seikel, Marty and Robert Margo, Sue and Don Timberlake, Patty and Roland Tague, Patti and Dick Marshall and Kathy and Russ Walker.
Jeary and Mike Seikel were at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Birthday Club features lobster at lunch—-Parties Extra!—December 24, 2008
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Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas
Members of a local birthday club had their annual Christmas lobster lunch for Pam Smith’s birthday. They met in the home of Kanela Huff.
Lobsters and all the trimmings were served by Rawsie Boyles and Sue Magness who were the chefs in the kitchen overseeing the lobster pots.Santas, angels, lobsters, Christmas trees were in every room. Red carnations and white roses decorated the tables. The club members also brought $10. worth of lottery tickets wrapped in holiday ribbons and paper for a gift exchange. Prizes were given for best gift-wrap.
It is a white Christmas in Red River, New Mexico—Parties Extra!—-December 24, 2008
IN THE MOUNTAINS….
Past Christmas decorations in Oklahoma City—Parties Extra!—December 23, 2008
My daughter sent this great link to Oklahoma City’s past Christmas photos. Note the downtown crowd during the holidays. Click here to view all the photos. HFW
Dear all,
Below is a link to some really cool photos from Oklahoma City Christmases past, mostly from the 1930s-1950s, all from The Oklahoman archives. I thought you might enjoy — I love the old Downtown ones — so many people! And yes, even though it’s hard to believe, they really were taken of OKC’s downtown (by The Oklahoman’s photographers). You can view the photos as a slideshow.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
~ Lillie-Beth
Parties Extra!—December 22, 2008—Holiday Get-Together at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club
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JUST THE GIRLS HOLIDAY COCKTAILS
Lisa Pierce, Terry Bradley, Claudia Foster (Photo by David Faytinger).
There was a holiday cocktail party get-together at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club Sable Room.
Hostesses were Terry Bradley, Linda Carpenter, Dianne Meacham and Connie Naifeh.
Among the guests were Kanela Huff, Jeary Seikel, Franci Hart, Pam Smith, Susan Dobson, Penny McCaleb, Sharon Wade, Lori Hill and Betsy Hyde.
Lori Hill and Jeary Seikel were at the “Just The Girls” party. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Franci Hart, Betsy Hyde and Linda Carpenter were at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Parties Extra!—Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City—December 20, 2008
HOLIDAY RECEPTION
The annual holiday reception for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City branch, was at their office on Dean A. McGee Ave. Members of partner organizations, bankers and business leaders ( 150 people) attended.
Thomas Hoenig, KC Federal Reserve Bank president, and other executives from the Kansas City office, were special guests.
Tom Hoenig, Patricia Fennell and Steve Agee (Photo by David Faytinger).
