Club notes

Court Little Flower #988 of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas

COLUMBUS -- CDA met Oct. 12 at the Knights of Columbus Hall with an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. All officers were present, and Father Tom was on vacation. A guest attending the meeting was Margaret Mary Matejka. The minutes from the Sept. 14 meeting were read and approved. The vice regent read the correspondence, an invitation from Court Saint Monica of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas of Norfolk inviting us to share in its 85th Anniversary Celebration Oct. 18 and a thank-you from the Simon House for the nonperishable food donations we collected at our Sept. 14 meeting. The treasurer’s report was given and approved. The committees gave their reports. WRAP Week is Oct. 25-Nov. 1; watch for an article in The Columbus Telegram during WRAP Week. Jo Sokol read a letter from Pauline Wiedel’s son wanting to express his appreciation for the Catholic Daughters and to say thank you to Helen Shadle for her visits with his mother. Old Business: At our last meeting we discussed rotating the membership names on the monthly committee lists by moving the last two names up to become the chairladies for each month. It was suggested if you were unable to attend the meeting, you should help find someone to take your place. It also was suggested we should only move one name up and keep an existing chairlady to serve two years so we would have an experienced person who has already helped with that event. The main drawback discussed was there are people who are unable to serve as chairladies. We will make a decision on the yearbook and the chairlady rotations at a later date. We celebrated our CDA anniversary Oct. 25 at the St. Benedict Center in Schuyler with a rosary retreat and lunch. At our Nov. 9 meeting we will have a Mass and reception to welcome our new members. The National Campaign for 2010 will be called “God’s Active Angles.” October birthdays and anniversaries were recognized. The 50/50 drawing winners were Rita Bialas and Norma Hemmer. The attendance prize was won by Lois Micek. The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m. We said a living rosary that was followed by a dessert lunch.

The Columbus Area Child Care Association

COLUMBUS -- The CACCA met Oct. 27. Our speaker was Anne Arens from Norfolk with the Family Service Child Care Food Program. She spoke on “Eating Well for Le$$.” We talked on the rising cost of food and what to do to keep costs down, planning our meals so we make fewer trips to the grocery store, keeping a price log, stocking up on bargains and using coupons. Anne gave away three door prizes to the CACCA members. Our next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the Columbus Public Library Auditorium. Our speaker will be from the East Central District Health Department on RSV and children’s illnesses. Any questions, call Bonnie Schroeder at 564-2944.

NPPD Toastmasters Club 1029

COLUMBUS -- The NPPD Toastmasters Club 1029 met Nov. 2 with 23 members in attendance. Jeannie Schieffer, presiding officer, called the meeting to order. Linda Smith reminded the officers of the officers meeting to be held on Tuesday. Linda Smith meeting toastmaster, introduced the two speakers. Brenda Sanne, chief evaluator, introduced the speech evaluators. Roy Tonini was grammarian and provided the word of the day, which was “cogent.” Ray Brieze provided the first club speech of the meeting. Brieze’s speech, his icebreaker, titled “Searching for the Truth” was evaluated by Barb Gay. Tom Brodecky provided the second speech. Brodecky’s speech, “A Profile in Courage” and was evaluated by Bill Fetterley. Jason Buss served as table topics master. Buss provided a mix of coins from different countries and years as the basis for the table topics speeches. Nadean Thompson spoke on her “Trip to Mexico.” Kirk Nelson spoke on “What happened in 1958.” Jason Ehlers spoke on his “Honeymoon Trip to Europe.” Bill Fetterley spoke on his “Trips to Mexico.” Barb Gay spoke on her “1989 Hiring at NPPD.” Dan Pabian spoke on his “Life in 1963.” Renee Held spoke on her “Trip to London.” Tom Brodecky received the Best Speaker Award, Bill Fetterley received the Best Evaluator Award, and Kirk Nelson received the Best Table Topics Award. The next meeting will be held at noon Monday, Nov. 9, at NPPD. For more information on the NPPD Toastmasters Club 1029, contact Bernard Anderson at 563-5381 or blander@nppd.

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Eagles Auxiliary 1834

COLUMBUS -- The auxiliary met Oct. 6 with 13 members in attendance. Aimee Trotter, madam president, presided. Evelyn Harral, chairman of the West Central Regional Conference held in Columbus Oct. 2-4, reported on the success of the weekend’s activities. More than 160 people from Iowa and Nebraska were registered for the conference along with others from Colorado and Virginia. Compliments were received and especially praises on the talent show held Saturday following the banquet. Evelyn, past international officer, presented two checks, each in the amount of $5,000 to the Columbus Community Hospital and Faith Regional Hospital in Norfolk. Rita Fuhr, card chairman, sent sympathy cards to Sharon Leffers, who lost her husband, and Evelyn Lusche, who lost her son. A 60th anniversary card was sent to Fern Martin and husband. Due to a resignation in the Nebraska State Auxiliary, officers were moved up in their positions, making our local state officer, Denise Miller, the madam conductor. The auxiliary set up a special fund, the “Future State President’s Fund,” to be used as she takes that office. Birthday honorees were Judy Soulliere and Betty Nicolas. The jackpot went to Linda Galley and the attendance award to Janice Quante. Mystery number drawings held; 1094-Sandy Haddock, 1546-Sheila Westring; 1989-Robin Chinn; 1959-Sandy Badura, 1690-Yvonne Morbach all for $10 each; and for $3, 382 Clarice Wurdeman. These were nonwinners.

The auxiliary met Oct. 20 for the second meeting of the month with 16 members present. Madam President Aimee Trotter officiated. The ritual team initiated Phyllis Hansen and Rebecca Ronka-Hissong into the auxiliary. Applications were received from Mona Lewien and Diane Randall. They were elected to membership. Mystery number drawing nonwinners; For $10 each: 1831-Barb Noonan, 767-Marilyn Shank, 478-Annette Upthagrove, 1630-Jackie Smith, 1346-Jane Jarecke; and for $4, 285-Gloria Wemhoff. The children’s Halloween party was Oct. 28. Jeri Furby was chairman. The annual Home and Family Month Observance is set for Nov. 15. Addie Svoboda is co-chairperson with Aerie Chaplain Tom Munson. The charter was draped in memory of Sister Dorothy Simpson.

Columbus Volunteer Firefighter’s Auxiliary

COLUMBUS -- Twelve members and one guest, Nikki Hiner, were present for the Columbus Volunteer Firefighter’s Auxiliary meeting Oct. 27 at the fire hall. Arlys Wehrer, president, conducted the business meeting. Harriette Janicek, delegate, gave a report on the State Firefighter’s Convention she attended in Norfolk. The firefighter’s appreciation dinner will be Nov. 14 at the Eagles Club. The Christmas party will be at 6 p.m. Dec. 7 at Duster’s. A $10 gift exchange will be held. Jan Beiermann and Denise Miller are the Christmas committee. Auxiliary members are to bring items for the food pantry and children’s coats to the Nov. 24 meeting. Ann Anderson and Bonnie Peterson provided refreshments after the meeting.

Immanuel Lutheran Evening Guild

COLUMBUS -- The guild met Oct. 26 in the Immanuel Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall for its monthly meeting with 12 members present. Wilma Loseke began the meeting with prayer and led the group in Bible study taken from the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly titled, “The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail.” The business meeting was conducted by President Wilma Loseke. The Downtown Stroll will be Nov. 19. Members were encouraged to attend. Gingerbread houses will be shown, and musical groups from Immanuel will perform at the Family Life Center. Ardis Sims gave a report on the LWML Fall Rally held at Immanuel Oct. 11. Serving hostess was Alice Leimer. In charge of entertainment was Ardis Sims. Winning prizes were Evelyn Hilgert, Dorothy Cattau and Bev Wurdeman. The next meeting will be Nov. 23 with Pastor Patrick Sparling as the speaker.