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Member of General Federation of Women Clubs &

California Federation of Women’s Club

SAN BUENAVENTURA WOMEN’S CLUB

MEETS 2ND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH

Poinsettia Pavilion

3451 Foothill Road Ventura, CA 93003

Editor: Carla Kincaid email: carla6161@gmail.com

Information Deadline: 20th each month

APRIL 2017

Tuesday was T.A.D. & their “Festival of the Arts”. When they told me SBWC was the

“Hostess Club” and I would be sitting at the head table, I thought WOW what fun. Little

did I know what that meant. Five jobs in one. I was receiving person for Clubwomen for

Photography, Writing Chairman, give the Welcome Introduction, Inspiration, Lunch Blessing

& song. The three people that would sell tickets couldn’t, so I had to find replacements. I

would like to say a big THANK YOU to Rosemary Wilde, Carla Kincaid & Katherine

Freibergs. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. You saved my day.

Sounds like I am whining ? Well, I’m not. I had a great time. There was a great turn out for

SBWC, 12 members, tri-tip for lunch, & two women singer that did funny songs, rock songs

& closed with “Wind Beneath My Wings”.

Great fun for all, you should have been there. The next T.A.D. is in July.

Remember dues is due & payable this month, see Diane Griffin.

Leila

Musical Notes the from Prez…..

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CANASTA

Next Canasta: Friday, April 21

at 12:00. Meets in the

Canada Larga Room.

Contact: Rosemary Wilde

to make reservations.

Host: Carla Kincaid, Diane Paxton,

Ariel Cottrell & Anita Hensley

BUNKO

Next Bunko: May 1

12:30 PM

NEW MEETING PLACE

The Dudley House

197 North Ashwood Ave.

Contact Anita Hensley for reservations

Cost has changed

$7.00

BRIDGE

Meets the first Friday

of every month

9:30 AM Social—Play at 10:00 AM

Contact Mary Middaugh

April 18

GARDEN OF EATIN’

Host: Dianne Griffin

Dominick’s Italian Restaurant

477 No. Oxnard Blvd.

Oxnard

11:30AM

Sign up will be circulated

at the next meeting.

Bridge (Duplicate)

Meets in the Canada Larga Room

Meets Fourth Friday of the month.

9:30 AM Social—Play 10:00 AM

Contact Saima Needham

to

SBWC

Pauline Hewett

Rima Hishmeh

Ghada Bawab

ADDITIONAL

COOKBOOKS ARE

NOW AVAILABLE &

WIILL BE FOR SALE

AT THE FASHION

SHOW.

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March/April WEAR: Easter/Pastel Colors

MEETING LOCATION Time 9:30—11:30AM

Bible Fellowship Church

6958 Ralston Street, Building 500 ‘PLEX’, Ventura NEXT MEETING: April 14th

Sponsors:

Ecola Termite – (805) 660-2098 or (805) 522-4284

Equity Management – Richard Sulc (805) 208-9563 or Tyler Tran (626) 616-0588

Green Thumb Nursery – Dave Nichols, Ventura – (805) 642-8517

Jeffrey S. Reichman – Personal Injury Lawyer, (805) 371-9175

Jeffrey T. Schoenherr – Attorney, Probate, Will, Living Trust, (818) 773-9850

Marie Callender’s Restaurant - Camarillo only (805) 987-5580

Mary Kay Cosmetic Allene Bundt, (805) 231-9842

Open Mortgage. – Carlos Camargo (805-985-2808) OR (818) 324-3802

Premier Jewelry Designs – Cathie Capolino (805) 551-2739

Ruby Ribbon Designs - Christie Leon, (805) 404-6142

Silver Crown Home Care – Jackie McMann, (805) 405-5550

State Farm Insurance – Ryan Rummelhoff, (805) 553-0355

Travel by Linda – Linda Lindemann –(805) 630-0202

Tupperware – Dawn Valenzuela – (805) 218-1694

Worthy Plumbing – Fred Worth, (805) 758-0319

Yolanda’s Mexican Café - Ventura/Oxnard/Camarillo/Simi Valley

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DESSERT SIGN-UPS

APRIL: Diane G, Corinne Klock,

Barbara Marcus,

MAY: Hazel Clymer, Mary Harrison

APRIL BIRTHDAY’S

Helen Baldwin, Norma Curtis, Amy Herron, Elaine Aldrete,

Joyce Schoppe, Jean Boyer, Terri Nichols

The SBWC website

now includes a

Calendar of Events.

It may be found at

http://sanbuenaventurawomensclub.org/

events2/calender/

EVENING SECTION

Meeting April 20

Amy Herron’s Home

Succulent Exchange

Please contact Amy for address, directions & general info

JUST REMINDER

DUES IS DUE IN APRIL—$48.

Contact Diane Griffin at the

next meeting or

805-642-2658

Veteran’s Project Sharon Bacon

April is the last opportunity to donate individual items

for veterans. Cookies, cheese/crackers, peanut utter/

crackers, candy, nuts, granola bars, etc. are great choic-

es. Remember some vets are diabetic, so diabetic

snacks would be most welcome. Distribution of these

items will be on Friday, April 21st at 10:00 AM Mem-

bers are invited to join us that morning at the Veterans

Home of California, Ventura on Telephone Road.

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April 11 Mrs. Irene Park

May 9 Musical

Dark June, July & August

September 11 TBD

April

Lemon Chicken, with Tori Colored Peppers &

Onions

Herb Roasted Potatoes

Summer Italian Squash

Caesar Salad

To join the closed group go to

SBWC

Please submit a request to

JOIN the group

If you aren’t already a member

“San Buenaventura Women's

Club” (Public Page)

Be sure to “Like” the page so that

you will see future posts from us in

your news feed.

Scheduled Meetings

2017

TO

Eleanor Tillquist &

Rosemary Wilde

Once again a great Card Party for 2017

With famous chicken salad & all the extras.

Everyone had a great time!

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR

WEB SITE:

sanbuenaven-

turawomensclub.org

and

OUR NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS:

venturawomensclub@gmail.com

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Bunco was played on April 3, before the newsletter went out.

The winners were: Most Bunco’s Sharon Bacon & Ariel Cottrell (4 each).

Cathy Caron High Score

Leila Perlmutter: 2nd highest score.

Kathy Briggs: ALL TIME LOWEST SCORE! 136 !!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS LADIES,!

ESO BOOK REPORT FORMS

can now be found

under the “FORMS” page on the

SBWC website

Any questions, please contact

Shirley Lorraine

UP and COMING EVENTS of SBWC

The Fashion Show Fundraiser is on April 8, 2017 Poinsettia Pavilion

Tierra Adorada District Convention

April 29, 2017

Pea Soup Anderson’s/ Buellton, CA

C F W C 114th Annual Convention

Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa

May 18-20, 2017

2017 GFWC Annual Convention

JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa from

June 23-26, 2017

Life is not a journey to the grave

with the intention of arriving

safely in a pretty & well pre-

served body, but rather to skid in

broadside, thoroughly worn out and loudly

proclaiming

WOW-WHAT A RIDE!!!

APRIL 11th MEETING WILL BE STARTING AT 11:30.

WE WANT TO REMEMBER THE MEMBERS WE

HAVE LOST THIS YEAR.

PLEASE COME & BE SEATED BY 11:30

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Amazing Women of SBWC A glimpse of the women who contributed to our club’s history…

This is a series of interviews chronicling the women of SBWC, a background of their lives and contribu-

tions to women’s clubs. The SBWC board has chosen several members to interview and these narratives

will be posted monthly in the Buena Briefs then archived on the club website.

Audrey was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1923. She spent her formative years living on her

grandparents’ five-acre farm along with her mother. During the depression Audrey’s mother became

the bread-winner for the family and worked in manufacturing jobs or as a cook. Her mother’s work

ethic and resourcefulness made a lifetime impression on Audrey. In 1942 Audrey graduated from high

school then worked in an office for a manufacturing company. At this time Audrey’s mother had

joined the Women’s Army Corp (WACS) stationed in Santa Ana during World War II. Her mother requested that

Audrey and her grandparents join her in California. After relocating to California, Audrey worked in

the personnel department for a ship building company at Treasure Island in Wilmington, California. She moved to

San Francisco and worked for the government in product inventory at Hunter’s Point. In 1945 Audrey moved to Ven-

tura where she worked in inventory control in the Engineering Department at Port Hueneme. In 1963 she worked for

the County of Ventura in the tax office, assessor’s office and elections office before retiring in 1984. In 1947 Audrey

married Loren Herbison, a navy man from Ventura. They were married for 52 years and had two sons, Roger and

James, five grand children, seven great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild and one more great-great grandchild

on the way.

In 1952 Audrey along with 18 club members started the El Camino Women’s Club. The club which began as

a mother’s group nicknamed ‘a lot of chatter’ transformed into a Women’s Federated Club in 1953 committed to do-

ing good things for the community. Audrey served as the club’s first president from 1952-54, then as president in

1978-79, 1986-87 and 1997-99. From 1952-2007 she was very active in the club and served on the executive board

or as a committee member. One of the club’s memorable fundraisers was to install a mission bell at Ortega Adobe in

Ventura where the bell remains today. The club disbanded in 2007 when it became difficult to fill board positions.

Audrey’s biggest challenge as a clubwoman was trying to keep El Camino Women’s Club from disbanding. In 2007

Audrey became a member of San Buenaventura Women’s Club. She was successful in transferring six other club

members from El Camino Women’s Club to San Buenaventura Women’s Club. She served on SBWC’s executive

board as a Tierra Adorada District (TAD) representative, formed the Canasta Section, assisted with the coupon pro-

gram for veterans in Afghanistan and Iraq, and helped to run the Fundough Fundraiser for six years. Some of her

proudest moments as a clubwoman are “the friendships that were created and working together with talented women

who came up with ideas worthy of accomplishing goals to help others.”

Audrey is still a voracious lifetime reader. Her hobbies are cross-stitch and collecting miniature shoes which

are on display at her home. She remains active in San Buenaventura Women’s Club sections playing Bunco and

Canasta, selling the opportunity draws at each general meeting, and helps with the bi-annual book sale fundraisers. In

2015 SBWC presented Audrey with a Life Member status. Her message to women joining the club now, "Be

friendly, talk to everyone, don’t be afraid to ask questions and to give of your self, you will receive so much more in

return.”

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2017 CARD PARTY

LOTS OF FUN & SMILES.