The Hat Ladies Of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
cHApTer of The Hat Ladies, LLC

January 2005 Newsletter

From: Puttinonthehatz@aol.com
Subject: The Hat Ladies January 2005 Newsletter

My Fair Hat Ladies, December was a wonderful month of giving and celebrating with our love ones. 2005 is here! Hatpy New Year to each and every one of you. And what a year it is going to be. Put your hat on and get ready for a year of fun & good times & meeting new Hat Ladies. We are the crème de la crème! (as my Mother-in Love would say.)

January 8TH Meet & Eat: 1200 noon @ The Genetti Hotel in Williamsport. It will be a buffet. Cost is $10.00 (which includes tax & tip). I am late getting this out, so please get your reservations in ASAP. Doors will open @ 11:30 so you can look at and purchase hats from ValKnitz-Exclusive. Val Merrill will be our guest speaker. There will also be time after lunch to purchase her beautiful hats.
SOUPER BOWL: Please bring packaged soup for the homeless. DO NOT BRING CANS. Only dehydrated soups that water can be added to.
Reservations: must be made by Wednesday, January the 5th.
Please remember that you may make reservations by email or telephone, but cancellations should be done by telephoning me @ 570-546-2012 or 570-974-1020. If I do not respond within 24 hrs of your sending email, please resubmit. Thank you.
Reminder: Please pay for your lunch at the front desk as you enter and receive a ticket. Put the ticket by your seat and the waitress will collect them. Please make note if someone has their ticket or purse placed at a seat, please find another one. Also if you notice that chairs are turned up, that seat has already been taken. This will avoid a lot of confusion.

A TIP OF THE HAT TO all of you for the lovely card and beautiful candy hat tree. It has graced my dining room table all through the holidays for all to admire. Many thanks to all of you.

UNDER THE HAT: Make sure you pick up a copy of Creative Living Magazine. You will see a picture of Archie Burkel, our founder, and an article about The Hat Ladies.

REMINDER: If you joined in November, December and January are due now. To pay dues, send a check made out to The Hat Ladies to Louise Eakin, Treasurer @738 Brick Church Rd, Montgomery, Pa. 17752. Dues are $20 if you have email and $25 if you do not. You must also submit 12 self stick, self addressed, stamped business envelopes to me. If you pay at the luncheon, please put your dues in a sealed envelope with your name and amount that you paid. I can not accept dues any other way, as it presents mass confusion and mistakes. Thank you for your cooperation. We are in the process of restructuring how we collect dues. Next year, all dues will be due in MAY! It is easier for our treasurer to keep up with. Exception: If someone should join in April of this year, it will be considered dues for next year. I hope you will understand how hard it is to keep up with dues when it is an ongoing thing all year.

February 12th : GENETTI HOTEL
MARCH: NO MEETING CHARLESTON TRIP
April 9th: Orlando's. we will have a slightly used hat auction.

FASHION WITH COMPASSION:
Last year we did a lot of wonderful things. Our year in review:
January: Genetti. Souper Bowl for the homeless
February: Hoss's Barb Schmouder presented a hat program
March: Some of us went to Charleston
April: Orlando's. We had a hat auction for a cancer survivor
May: Country Cupboard for our 1st Anniversary
June: Promenade & Strawberry Festival
July: Eagles Mere. We gave Jessica Lupole our first Hat Lady Monetary Award
August: Jeremiah's. Getting to know you was the program. We brought books to exchange and donated can goods to The Salvation Army.
September: Penn Wells. Hat show by The Blue Thistle. Took articles for Haven House
October: The Ross Club. Marie Prato, author, was the speaker. Program for Faith United Methodist Church
Guides for The Historical Society of Williamsport Fright Night.
November: Valley View. Promenade for the residents.
Victorian Christmas program to benefit The Historical Society of Williamsport
December: Genetti. Gave over 3000 minutes of time to people who are lonesome or had no one to visit them over the holidays.

Hapty New Year! We are looking forward to some hatpy times wearing our hats of many colors, doing good things for others and consequently feeling mahvelous! See you all at the Genetti.

Anne

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