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   Karen Anne Nicholson 01/07 VQ LaVerne Scruggs 01/16 Minnie H. Fitzgerald 01/18 Gwen Jackson 01/19 VQ Georga Davis 01/27  Gloria Adams 02/04 Gloria Simmons 02/16 Monica Proctor 02/16 Janice Williams 02/18 Rosalyn Graham 02/19 Sandra Ingram 02/27  Joan Patterson 03/05 Peggy Hampton 03/23 Mary Harris 03/24  April Empress GiGi (Euzele) Powell 04/09 Dame Marie Blakely 04/10  VQ Lois Holmes 05/08 Elaine Murrell 05/23  Queen Mother Juanita Parks 06/18 Jeanita Pressley 06/18 Teresa Robinson 06/28  Eugenia Clark 08/12 Mildred Jackson 08/21  Marjorie Shelton 09/15 VQ Lucy Lucas 09/18  GD Vera Brown 10/13 Yvonne Johnson 10/25 Sandra Kelsey 10/28 Patricia Shelton 10/31  Olivia Ford 11/04 Rosalie Carney 11/09 Gerri Dayes 11/21  VQ JaNice Parks 12/23 GD Helen Graham 12/24  Let's Go on an Adventure! |
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LINKS - For Your Viewing Pleasure
Queen Mother:
Juanita Parks
Vice Queen:
Georga Davis
Lady Lovin Life:
VQueen Lois Holmes
Vice Queen:
Lucy Lucas
Princess Shutterfly:
VQueen JaNice Parks
Vice Queen:
LaVerne Scruggs
Lady Waitn2receive:
Eugenia Clark, WEB ADMINISTRATOR
Grand Dame:
Vera Brown
Helen Graham
A Members:
Gloria Adams
B Members:
Brenda Bell
Dame Marie Blakely
C Members:
Rosalie Carney
Symone Countee
D Members:
Gerri Dayes
F Members:
Minnie H. Fitzgerald
Torrie Ford
Olivia Ford
G Members:
Rosalyn Graham
H Members:
Mary Harris
I Members:
Duchess Soleil Sandra Ingram
J Members:
Mildred Jackson
Gwen Jackson
W Jean Jackson
Yvonne Johnson
Jaimi Jones
K Members:
Sandra Kelsey
M Members:
Elaine Murrell
N Members:
Karen Anne Nicholson
P Members:
Joan Patterson
Crown Princess Tracee Lorraine Powell
Empress GiGi(Euzele) Powell
Jeanita Pressley
Monica Proctor
R Members:
Teresa Robinson
S Members:
Patricia Shelton
Marjorie Shelton
Andrea Shields
Gloria Simmons
V Members:
Valarie Voncellis
W Members:
Janice Williams
OFFICIAL RED HAT SOCIETY WEBSITE IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD! ROYAL TITLE GENERATOR RED HAT FASHIONS 4 U MERIDIAN MAGAZINE JEANETIKS
Official Chapter #65946 of the Red Hat Society
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LIFE DOESN'T END AT 50! Girls Just Want To Have FUN!
Scarlet Threads of Largo are in the HOUSE. All are Welcome! Our chapter was established February 2006 by Juanita Parks. This website was created to keep the community of Red Hat Societies informed of what's happening with our chapter.
Our motto:
"Honey, I say wear your hat like you live your life - at full tilt!"
GREETING FROM QUEEN MOTHER JUANITA
Queen Juanita Parks was interviewed in Feb 2007 by Angela Swinson Lee of the Gazette.Net, a Maryland Community Newspaper Online, about why she became associated with the Red Hat Society. "Part of my mission for starting the Scarlet Threads was to inspire younger women to have fun with women my age.
I want women to know that they should live life at its best and don’t wait until you get too old.”
Scarlet Threads of Largo
GRAB THE SKATEBOARD OF LIFE AND TAKE A RIDE!
an original poem by Eugenia Clark©2008
In your purple and red
Your hat sits gracefully upon your head.
You have done for others all of your life
Now it’s your turn to grab some spice.
We come in 2’s, 3’s and 4’s
But in a full chapter it says so much more.
We are here to share, we are here to laugh
We are here to have fun and follow a path
Of sisterhood, motherhood and womanhood
And let others know that it’s well understood.
Life isn’t over at 50, oh no, life has just begun
For us, the Red Hatters, we believe what’s been sung
“Like a fine wine, we get better with time!”
Poem may not be used without prior permission from author
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A GREAT BOOK ABOUT FRIENDSHIP
The Ten-Cow Wives Club by Joni Hilton
Joni Hilton’s The Ten-Cow Wives’ Club is written in her usual humorous style, but leaves the reader with a serious message concerning friendship and the value women place on themselves as individuals, as wives, and as mothers. The title is taken from the popular Johnny Lingo movie concerning an eight-cow wife. The club consists of five women who meet regularly for lunch. Four of them have been friends since childhood and the fifth is an older woman they meet as young adults and discover she fits in beautifully with their little group.
The women meet to share stories about their seemingly average lives and to bolster each other through the births of their babies, life’s triumphs and challenges, their marriages, and one divorce. Their testimonies, their income, and their goals in life are not the same, yet they share the strongest bond of all; they care about each other and they are there for each other through their children’s programs and recitals, waywardness, and growth.
Sometimes women are lucky enough to have sisters with whom they form this kind of bond, but for many in this mobile world, the lifelong support group Hilton describes is formed by friends. Women are strengthened and sustained by other women when they have each other to turn to for help in times of crisis, to laugh with through life’s quirks and spiritually hold onto through the hard times. Hilton does an excellent job of creating diverse personalities and giving the ups and downs of life both a funny bent and a serious side. She lets the reader glimpse the growth and maturing of young adult women into mature stalwarts in their homes, the Church, and their communities.
The only part of the book I didn’t care for is an element that will endear it even more to many readers. It has recipes. I’m not fond of mixing fiction and cookbooks together, but I’ve heard from many readers who love this combination. I’m not sure why, but for those who do, this book will be a winner.
In a time when most people have acquaintances instead of friends, there is much to learn from both Borrowman and Hilton concerning the benefits and obligations of true friendship. They both express a view that life is richer and more fulfilling for those who make the time to form and cultivate enduring friendships.
As reviewed by Jennie Hansen for Meredian Magazine
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
something perfect to wear if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...
A WOMAN SHOULD
HAVE...
a youth she's content to leave behind....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her
old age...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
one friend who always makes her laugh and one who lets her cry...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVe...
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
a feeling of control over her destiny...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to fall in love without losing herself...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without ruining the friendship...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips or the nature of her parents...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that her childhood may not have been perfect but it's over...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to live alone even if she doesn't like it...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW..
whom she can trust, whom she can't, and why she shouldn't take it personally...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to go; be it to her best friend's kitchen table
or a charming Inn in the woods
when her soul needs soothing...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she can and can't accomplish in a day, a month, and a year...
AND REMEMBER: GOOD FRIENDS ARE LIKE STARS. YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE THEM, BUT YOU ALWAYS KNOW THEY ARE THERE!!!!!! Be yourself...everyone else is already taken.
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size
But when I start to tell them They think I'm telling lies.
I say
It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips
The stride of my steps
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please
And to a man
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees
Then they swarm around me
A hive of honey bees.
I say
It's the fire in my eyes
And the flash of my teeth
The swing of my waist
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say
It's in the arch of my back
The sun of my smile
The ride of my breasts
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say
It's in the click of my heels
The bend of my hair
The palm of my hand
The need for my care.
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
