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).
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Parties extra! Kirsten Cash Is Honored at Shower—December 4, 2008
IT’S A BOY!
Karen Brown, Tierney Cash, Kirsten Cash and McKenna Cash open gifts at the baby shower for Kirsten Cash who is having a baby boy in January. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
A come and go baby shower was given for Kirsten Cash who with her husband, Dr. Ross Cash, is having a baby boy. They have three daughters.
It was in the home of Jenny Kalsu in the Oakdale Meadow Addition. Hostesses were Shelly Lambertz, Michelle Ponder, Lauri Gormley, Mary Beth Griffing, Kim Collins, Amy Feuerborn, Kimberly Ross, Melissa Santoro and Kristin Racz.
Red bandana invitations were sent out for the little “buckaroo.” Cowboy boot vases with flowers and colored paper, cowboy hats and sherif badges and bandanas decorated the house.
OU Delta Gammas Celebrate 90 Years—Parties Extra!—December 3, 2008
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90 YEARS
Laura Kriegel, Beth Searcy and Kate Stanton were at Nonna’s Restaurant for a party during the Delta Gamma Sorority’s 90th anniversary celebration. (Photo by David Faytinger).
The University of Oklahoma Delta Gamma sorority celebrated the 90th year of Delta Gamma Sorority during a weekend of events.
Linda Cohn, ESPN anchor and journalist, talked during the Delta Gamma Foundation Lectureship on Values and Ethics at the Oklahoma Memorial Union in Norman.
A reception honored her at Delta Gamma Sorority’s chapter house.
At Nonna’s Restaurant in Oklahoma City, members had a party and there was a silent auction.
Members bought chapter house prints by Greg Burns. Saturday, sorority alumni and collegiates met for a sing-a-long, dinner and house tour prior to the University of Oklahoma- Texas Tech University football game.
Leah Barksdale, LeAnn Harmon, Jodee Mashek and Christine Cleveland were at the party.
Oklahoma City Bachelor’s Club Selects 30 Debutantes—Parties Extra!—-November 29th, 2008
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BALL SET FOR DECEMBER 22
Bachelor’s Club members Taylor Fudge (president), Chris Wilson, Nelson Bolen, Bob Ross, Eddie Patterson met at Bin 73 recently to celebrate their new alumni endowment fund. Their Bachelor’s Club Ball is set for Dec. 22. (Photo by David Faytinger).
Members of the Oklahoma City Bachelor’s Club have selected thirty young women to make their formal debuts at the 63rd annual Bachelors Club Christmas Ball on Dec. 22 at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club.
They are Hilary Lynne Barwick, Alexandria Grace Benear, Elizabeth Bridges Black , Catherine Alexandra Butts, Haley Anne Clark, Greer Marguerite Colton, Ruby Katherine Coyle, Jordan Elizabeth Dean, Janell Law Fryer, Elizabeth Leigh Geren, McGuire Neal Hall, Hannah Meryl Smith Hirsch, Jane Elizabeth Hosman and Eleanor Anne Isaacs.
Also Karoline Maureen Knapp, Kailey Nicole Limber, Lindsay Jordan Lucas, Courtney Martin, Katherine Ladd Matlock, Mary Leigh McCoy, Lauren Aubrey McIntyre, Sarah Kaitlyn Medley, Lauren Elizabeth Oakley, Annabelle Candler Porter, Sarah Duston Rainbolt, Margaret Caskey Salyer, Brittany Elizabeth Sanger, Taylor Noel Self, Cathleen Lydia Shelby and Katylee Strange.
Each debutante, at the black- tie event, will be escorted by a member of the Bachelors Club. The Ball will begin at 8 p.m. and the presentation is at 9 p.m.
After the debs are presented, guests will dance to the music of Souled Out and the evening will conclude with a late breakfast.
Reservations for the ball are $105. per person and may be purchased by mailing a check to the Bachelors Club of Oklahoma City at PO Box 20606, Okla. City, 73156. For additional information, call 608-0272.
The Bachelor’s Club of Oklahoma City was founded in 1938 by a group of young men who wished to promote the social and philanthropic undertakings as well as leadership in the Oklahoma City area. The debutante presentation began in 1945 as a way to raise funds for various Oklahoma City charities.
The Oklahoma Coalition against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (OCADVSA) will be the recipient of the charitable proceeds of this year’s ball, which was decided on by the Bachelors Club of Oklahoma City and Taylor Fudge, the club’s current president. The Bachelors Club of Oklahoma City has raised more than $650,000 for local charities through its annual Christmas Ball.
Ron Norick Honored—Parties Extra!—November 24, 2008
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OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME HONOREE
Larry and Polly Nichols, John Richels, Ann and Bill Johnstone were party hosts. (Photo by David Faytinger).
Charlotte and John Richels, Ann and Bill Johnstone and Polly and Larry Nichols honored Ron Norick prior to his induction in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
The event was in the Sable Room of the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club. Hosts told stories about the honoree’s involvement in the community.
Gary and Sue Homsey and Kandy and Ron Norick
Parties Extra!—Osborne Electric celebrates 65 years—November 19, 2008
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Parties Extra!Podcast—Helen Ford Wallace interviews Beaux Arts Ball Chairman, Libby Denner; Co-Chairman and next year’s chairman Connell Branan, and last year’s chairman Elain Frogge, CLICK HERE to listen
CELEBRATING 65 WITH OSBORNE ELECTRIC
John T. McCharen and Johnny McCharen (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Johnny McCharen hosted a 65th Anniversary Celebration for Osborne Electric Co. at the Oklahoma History Center.
Two tables were filled with sandwiches, cheese tortes, meatballs, chicken wraps, desserts and wine and beer were served in glasses with the company logo. Guests took the glasses home as a party favor.
There was also a newspaper telling the history of the company and about the founder John McCharen jr. who was one of the early partners.
Cindy McCharen, Chad and Susie Vesper (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
John and Jennifer McCharen and Kris and Bill Frankfurt. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
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Parties Extra!—Bill Major’s Birthday—November 16, 2008
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL
Audrey Seeliger, Bill Majors, Rosalie Majors, Carey Sue Vega
A 70th birthday party honored Bill Majors recently.
Hosts were family members Audrey and Keith Seeliger, Dodge Nichols, Carey Sue and Ricardo Vega and Billy Vega in the Vega home.
A crystal bowl was arranged with arranged roses, freesia, berries, hydrangeas, carnations and a candle. The cake was shaped like a cigar with Bill and wife Rosalie’s cattle brand on the cigar band. Guests included Maya, Michael, Sydney and Mike Crothers, Joli, Jenna, Josie and John Crothers, Cindy Yost and Dona Thralls.
In lieu of gifts, guests made donations to their local FFA chapters.
Ricardo Vega, Mallory Vestal, Dodge Nichols, Keith Seeliger
Parties Extra – Kappa Alpha Theta, Flaming Festival.
The 52nd annual Flaming Festival is set for November 12 at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. There will be 40 decorated tables set up by Kappa Alpha Theta Alumni members and area merchants.
There is also a luncheon and Charles Faudree will be guest speaker. Proceeds benefit CASA and the Food 4 Kids program. Ranell Brown and Betsy White are co-chairmen.
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