My Fair Hat Ladies, September was a month of hurricanes and floods! I
pray that each of you were safe from Ivan. Although, there was only a small
group @ The Penn Wells, those of us who were there were treated to a wonderful
talk by Liz Tews of The Blue Thistle. She was looking smashing in her beautiful
hat & outfit. Her trunk show of hats was not wasted on our group. They were
gorgeous! If you go in her shop, please mention that you are a Hat Lady and she
will give you a discount.
Please check out our website, www.hatladieslycoming.org. For pictures with
everyone looking patriotic in their red, white and blue. We collected a lot of
items for Haven of Tioga County and sent them a check for $50. They were
delighted. Haven would like to know if you would be interested in sponsoring a
family for Christmas?
Can you believe that it is almost October and our spectacular fall is on it's
way? Halloween is a great time for wearing those fun hats. Recently, my 4 yr.
old granddaughter tried on one of my black designer hats that has feathers and
sequins on it. She wanted to know if it was my Halloween hat.
OCTOBER 9TH Meet & Eat: 1200 noon @ The Ross Club located 201 W. Fourth St.
in Williamsport. Lunch will consist of Grilled Raspberry chicken salad on a bed
of mixed greens, rolls & butter, tea (hot or iced) or coffee and chief's choice
of dessert for $10.50 (inclusive). Please bring the correct change.
You will only be able to enter the Club through the FRONT door.
You may park in the parking garage on the bottom deck for free. (Enter on
Williams Street) or on the street (meters are not monitored on Saturday.)
Our speaker will be author, Marie Prato. Some of you met her @
Jeremiah's. Quite a delightful lady!
Reservations: must be made by Tuesday, October 5th.
Please remember that you may make reservations by email or telephone, but
cancellations should be done by telephoning me @ 570-546-2012. If I do not
respond within 24 hr. of your sending email, please resubmit. Thank you.
Reminder: If we get charged for your lunch & you did not cancel, if we have to
pay, we will pass the bill on to you.
A TIP OF THE HAT TO: All of you who donated items & HATpy dollars to
Haven of Tioga County.
Hats Off: To Lil Van Campen who delivered the items to Haven. It took her an
hour to find Haven but like a true Hat Lady, she was persistent. I appreciate
the effort that she went to deliver the goods.
UNDER THE HAT:
Door Prize Winners: The following lucky Hat Ladies (Joanne Castell, Jane Hart,
Andrea Miller, Jane Rhinehart, Ellie Snauffer, Mary Tennant) were recipients of
door prizes (hat boxes) given out by Liz Tews.
REMINDER: If you joined in August, September or October, your dues are due now.
Since I have received many calls about where to pay dues, you may send the 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.
If you do not have email, you must also submit 12 self addressed stamped
business envelopes.
HAT LADIES IN TRAINING: Don't forget to submit pictures (copies only) of
your young ladies to put on our new feature on the web site.
NOVEMBER 13th: VALLEY VIEW NURSING HOME Meet & Eat for lunch & "High Tea"
& Promenading with the residents after lunch. Bring extra hats & mirrors.
DECEMBER 11th: GENETTI HOTEL
JANUARY 8th GENETTI HOTEL
Hot Hat Happenings:
ValKnitz (570-321-6443) Exclusive hand knit hats will be at three
upcoming High School Fall Craft Shows: 1. Hughesville on Nov. 6th 2. Bishop
Neuman on Nov. 13th 3. Williamsport on Nov. 27th. Meanwhile, limited
selection can be seen at Gifts of Art Store next to Otto's bookstore in downtown
Williamsport.
This & tHAT: If you go to the Blue Thistle, make sure you mention that
you are a Hat Lady & you will receive a discount.
Charleston Trip: Barb Weaver and I are busily making plans for our annual
Charleston, SC trip. We will leave Williamsport on Wednesday, March 2nd and
return on Monday, March 8th . We have lots of good stuff planned. The chapters
from Arizona & Chicago have also been invited to come. The Hat Ladies will be
out in full force. Please check with Barb or me if you plan to go.
Fashion With Compassion: I am still looking for more tour guides for The
Thomas Tabor Museum's Fright Night. You may bring a friend (hatted of course).
There is nothing to learn. They will show you the route. Mary Moriarity will
be the contact person. The dates are Thursday, October 21st & Friday, October
the 22nd. Mary's phone number is 570-398-1244 or you may email her @ Eula425@aol.com
MODELS: Thanks to all of you who volunteered to model on October 10th &
November 20th. If you are going to model in October, please see me immediately
following the Meet & Eat. I have to know what you are wearing on October 10th.
If you have vintage hats and are going to be a model, please plan to wear them
on November 20th. I now have enough models for both events!!!
Advertising: If you have a product or craft that you would like to
advertise in our Newsletter or on our Website, please see me and I will let you
know all of the specifics. It is a win-win situation, we make money for our Hat
Lady Monetary Award Fund and you get to tell the Hat Ladies about your product.
NAME TAGS: By the way, we have new name tags. Pick yours up when you
register and please return to me at the end of the luncheon.
Don't forget to make your luncheon reservation.
We are going to have a great time at The Ross Club. Hope to see you there.
Anne