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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 29 2005 : 6:30:26 PM
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Do you girls have a Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Homemakers, etc. etc. in your nearby community? Do you find that you do or do not have time (or desire) to belong to any of them?
True Friends, Frannie |
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westfork woman
True Blue Farmgirl
554 Posts
Kennie Lyn
Emmett
Idaho
USA
554 Posts |
Posted - Nov 30 2005 : 08:47:30 AM
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This is near and dear to my heart. We have a ladies service club. The Syringa Club was founded in 1947. They have done amazing things over the years. In the first years they gave substantial (for our area) donations to Polio funds, the Red Cross, the March of Dimes, and others. They sponsored classes to teach women how to use their new electrical appliances. Electricity was a new thing for this community, and after the war was the first time most people could afford stoves and fridges and the like. The ladies have supported the local school, the hospital, the "old folks" homes, and a miriad of other causes. I joined about 15 years ago when the ladies raised enough money to buy the local Grange Hall. I felt that if we were to be a community, we had to have a place in which to be a community. Our hall is a neutral place, not a church, not a bar. The hall is a money pit. In our first couple of years we rewired, refinished the dance floor, replaced the roof when it was blown off in a storm, and painted the outside. We have since done more wiring, drilled a well, painted the inside, lowered the kitchen ceiling, replaced the furnace, got new appliances for the kitchen , put in a new window, the list just goes on and on. Even tho the hall is our big focus now, we still do as much as we can in other areas. The ladies of the club paid for a tennis court at the new school, started a community park, and stitched many quilts. Community is such an important aspect of all our lives, and someone has to provide the framework for community. There has to be a place to vote, to gather for big birthday parties, for wedding receptions, funeral dinners, public meetings, dances, historical, musical and theatrical productions, etc. Community is a connection that we all need, although it is easy to take it for granted. The ladies have been there, building our community.
Greetings from the morning side of the hill. |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 8:44:05 PM
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Kennie Lyn .. that was so beautifully written .. and your group of women are to be applauded through the ages for the impact they have made on your town and in the lives of those who live there. They have truly made history. What does Syringa stand for?
BRAVO to you and the other ladies for putting your life into action. You have started a wave that will ripple for many, many years! Thanks for telling this story.
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 9:02:27 PM
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Syringa is the botanical (latin) name for Lilac. Kennie Lynn I love the fact that the women of your community value the companionship of each other and have pulled together to accomplish so many admirable tasks. Hooray for you and all the "Syringa" women!
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2005 : 08:33:19 AM
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Syringa .. Lilac ... do you know the history behind the name chosen for this group? must be a great story there!
True Friends, Frannie |
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westfork woman
True Blue Farmgirl
554 Posts
Kennie Lyn
Emmett
Idaho
USA
554 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2005 : 09:42:50 AM
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Syringa is Idaho's state flower. If grows wild in the draws and hillsides. In June it blooms and turns every small water course and wet spot into a garden. It has white flowers, looks like a mock orange, but doesn't smell as good, it has a kind of pungent odor. The rest of the summer it stays green, gives you someplace to rest your eyes from all the dry grass. It is even attractive in winter when the leaves fall. It is a goodlooking, tough and enduring shrub, just like all us girls.
Greetings from the morning side of the hill. |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2005 : 09:55:55 AM
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love it! thanks for sharing the 'story of it'. xo, frannie
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