THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON WOMEN’S CLUB

Thursday, November 20, 2014

at the Hower House

6 p.m. Shopping at the Cellar Door Gift

Shop

6:30 p.m. Buffet dinner, followed by the

program

In This Issue

Fall General Meeting Reminder

Holiday Luncheon

Things to Do

Women’s Club News and Notes

Membership Form

Fall General Meeting

REMINDER

The Fall General meeting will feature the German

Choir. RSVP to Diane Kunze at (330) 836-4193

or via e-mail at servusdiana@aol.com no later

than Monday, November 17, 2014.

The cost is $15.

Peggy Walchalk/Carrie Tomko, Editors / 330-472-5085 November / December 2014

Holiday Luncheon Thursday

December 11, 2014

11:30 a.m.

O’Neil House

See page two for

complete details

It’s nearing the holiday season and time to give you the much anticipated

news about our annual holiday luncheon on

Thursday December 11, 2014.

This year the luncheon will be held at the lovely O’Neil House on 1290 West Exchange St in

Akron. Social hour begins at 11:00AM. The lunch will be a formal sit-down affair. A complete meal will

be served to you including salad, vegetables, rolls, a holiday dessert, and coffee or tea. The two main

meal selections are either Chicken Normandy (breast with apple & cranberry stuffing) or Beef Tender-

loin with mushroom burgundy sauce. We will need to know which meal selection (chicken or beef) that

you prefer when you sign up.

To sign up for the luncheon, please fill out the reservation form included in this newsletter and send it

with your payment to Bev Brockett. We have held the cost of the meal to $25.00 per person. Bev must

receive your completed form & payment by Wednesday December 3rd in order to give O’Neil House a

final count of the meal selections. O’Neil House can only seat a maximum of 50 people, so be sure to

send in your form as soon as possible to help ensure your place at the festivities.

After lunch, the Bridge players are encouraged to stay to play cards until 5PM. If you intend to play

Bridge, please check the last line on the reservation form so we have a count.

Parking & Directions: Complimentary valet service is provided. Pull into the front courtyard at O’Neil

House off W Exchange Street and wait for the valet. There is no parking at the house, so please do not

park your car yourself.

The O’Neil House is a few blocks west of Our Lady of the

Elms. If you are coming from 77, exit at White Pond

Drive and turn east onto Mull Ave. Drive 1.5 miles on

Mull. Turn a sharp left on W Exchange Street. The

home is immediately to your left.

2014 Holiday Luncheon at O’Neil House Reservation Form

This completed form and payment must be received by Bev Brockett by December 3rd to reserve your

seat for the UA Women’s Club holiday luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 11th at the

O’Neil House in Akron. Only the first 50 reservations can be accepted.

Please write in your name and select a meal preference:

* Reserve my seat: ______________________________________________ @ $25.00

My meal preference is (check one)

_______ Chicken Normandy (breast with apple and cranberry stuffing)

_______ Beef Tenderloin with mushroom burgundy sauce

Member name

Optional: write in any guest name and select the guest’s meal preference:

* Reserve a guest seat: _________________________________________ @ $25.00

Guest meal preference is (check one)

_______ Chicken Normandy (breast with apple and cranberry stuffing)

_______ Beef Tenderloin with mushroom burgundy sauce

Guest name

Enclose check for: # people attending ____________ @ $25.00 each

= _____________ TOTAL

Make check payable to UAWC and send to Bev Brockett, 851 Lakeview Ct.,

Kent, OH 44240

Bev must receive this order form with your payment by December 3rd.

If you have any questions, call Bev at (330) 618-6256 or (330) 972-8855.

_________ Please check here if you plan to stay after the luncheon

to play bridge.

Things to Do

Afternoon Book Review

December 2nd “The

Monuments Men”

by Robert M. Edsel

Evening Book Review

November 19th

“The Light Between

Oceans”

by M.L. Stedman

January 21st

“So Big”

by Edna Ferber

Bridge Groups

Women’s Afternoon

November 20th

Women’s Evening

November 3rd

December 8th

January 5th

Gourmet Dinner

April, 2015

Hiking

Look for the spring schedule

in upcoming newsletters

Evening Book Review

Co-Chairs: Kirklyn Kuzdrall (330) 923-8662 and Molly McBurney.

Dessert at 7 p.m., reviews begin at 7:30 p.m.

November 19, 2014 The Light Between Oceans, by M.L.

Stedman. Reviewer: Sharon Gandee; Hostess, Anne Biermann;

Dessert: Molly McBurney

January 21, 2015 So Big, by Edna Ferber

Reviewer: Kate Waits; Hostess, Betty Miller; Dessert, Patty Caplan

Women’s Club News and Notes

Former UAWC Carolyn Frye Ryan passed away on October 13, 2014. Carolyn graduated

from The University of Cincinnati and was a Registered Nurse for many years. She was an

avid musical lover and vocalist, and a member of Tuesday Musical Association. Carolyn

served as president of our club from 1988-90 and again in 1995-96. She was very active in

book review and gourmet dinners, and a vital force in Akron musical and arts organizations.

She will be sadly missed.

Note: If you have any news regarding our members such as illnesses, births, or deaths,

please call our Corresponding Secretary, Barbara Clark, at (330) 794-1129 or e-mail

bclark2275@att.net. Barbara will send an appropriate card with regards from the Club.

Special Activities Chair: Martha Vye (330) 644-7490 vye@uakron.edu

Afternoon Book Review

Co-Chairs: Betty Seiberling and Jackie Fay (330-666-2044)

We now meet at the Akron Woman’s City Club, 732 W. Exchange Street, Akron, 44302, (330-

762-6261) at 11:30 on the last Tuesday of the month. We meet in the Terrace Room for lunch;

it’s so pleasant and we don’t have to move—we can discuss the book right there. Lunch selec-

tions are (1) salad bar (2) hot meal bar, or (3) from the menu (the full buffet is $9.95 plus service

charge).

Our November meeting is being held on December 2nd, the first Tuesday in December, due

to Thanksgiving at the Akron Woman’s City Club.

We are discussing The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and

the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History. Should be interesting—it received almost five full stars on

the Amazon.com reviews.

Things to Do

(continued)

Lunch-and-a-movie

To be determined—

contact Sherry Yoke

(330) 676-0611

Tour Group

Nothing scheduled at

this time—contact

Sharon Gandee (330)

864-4659 or Sylvia

Johnson (330) 644-

3090

Bridge Groups

Women’s Afternoon Chair: Iris Kuehls (330) 836-8623

This group meets the fourth Thursday at noon for lunch and

bridge at the apartments at Rockynol, a very nice place to

meet. There are usually three choices for lunch. Please call

Iris to learn of the choices, as she lets Rockynol know ahead

of the meeting what everyone would like.

Schedule: November 20 and December 11

(immediately following the holiday luncheon)

Women’s Evening Chair: Anais Webb (330) 650-3510

Evening bridge meets the first Monday evening of the month at 7 p.m. and ends by

10 p.m. We meet in members’ homes for bridge and dessert. Anyone is welcome to

join this group or join the sub list.

Please call or e-mail Anais at awebb629@gmail.com

Schedule: November 3rd Carolyn Cox hosting

December 8th Grace Goettler hosting

January 5th Betty Miller hosting

Gourmet Dinner

Chair: Jane Gwinn (330) 678-2239

The Gourmet group will meet again in April,

2015. Please watch for notices in future

newsletters.

Pictures from the October 25th Gourmet Dinner hosted by Diana and Gerhard Kunze.. Photos taken by Shane Wynn.

Don’t forget to submit your

2014-2015 Membership dues

Hiking

Chair: Leslie Bain (330) 658-1965 / (330) 819-2846 bain@ohio.net

Our 2014 organized hiking season has come to a close. I want to

thank all who came and participated in this year’s walks. There really

is no good way to summarize all the varied experiences we had. We

are truly blessed with wonderful places to walk, and you all gave so

much from gourmet treats to nature insights. Keep walking during

the winter and next spring we’ll reunite for another great season.

I’ve included below three favorite selections that you might enjoy.

Leslie Bain, Hiking Group Chair

Hiking pictures submitted by Carolyn Cox.

“ For someone who walks regularly, their body is better

able to deliver oxygen to all systems, including the brain,

because they’ve improved their cardiovascular function.

Not surprisingly, regular walkers report better mental

clarity and ability to focus. Creativity is enhanced because

walkers have the ability to relax their mind and let it wan-

der around while they’re walking. Outdoor strollers can

have the benefit of beautiful scenery as well as just seeing

things from a different perspective, which stimulates crea-

tive thought and the imagination. Whether you want to

improve your body, your mind or both, the benefits of

walking should encourage you to make the time to do it."

- Mental Benefits of Walking, Creating a Good Life

"“People need wild places. Whether or not we think

we do, we do. We need to be able to taste grace and

know again that we desire it. We need to experience

a landscape that is timeless, whose agenda moves at

the pace of speciation and glaciers. To be surround-

ed by a singing, mating, howling commotion of other

species, all of which love their lives as much as we do

ours, and none of which could possibly care less

about us in our place. It reminds us that our plans

are small and somewhat absurd. It reminds us why,

in those cases in which our plans might influence

many future generations, we ought to choose careful-

ly. Looking out on a clean plank of planet earth, we

can get shaken right down to the bone by the bronze-

eyed possibility of lives that are not our own."

- Barbara Klingsolver

“As I went walking

That ribbon of highway

I saw above me

The endless skyway

I saw below me

The lonesome valley

This land was made for you and me."

- Woody Guthrie, This Land is Your Land

PLACE SAMP HERE

Membership form for 2014-2015

Please send this completed form, along with a check made payable to UA Women’s Club, to Diane Wolf, 2431 Wyandotte Avenue, Cuyahoga

Falls, OH 44223.

Your Name ________________________________________________ Spouse’s Name ____________________________________________

Your Department _________________________________________ Spouse’s Department _________________________________________

Mailing Address (Street) _______________________________________________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip ____________________________________________ Email address ______________________________________________

Home Phone _____________________________________________ Work Phone _________________________________________

Membership Status Active $20 New Member $20 Associate* $10 Scholarship Donation $_______________

*Associates are those who have been active dues paying members and are now in retirement status. Associates who are regular participants in special activities are encouraged to pay full dues.

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Please let us know what special activities you might be interested in (check as many as you like):

_____ Afternoon Bridge ______ Evening Bridge ______ Afternoon Book Review ______ Evening Book Review

_____ Gourmet Dinner ______ Hiking ______ Tour Group ______ Lunch and a Movie

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