A musical program was presented by Mary Beth Smith at the November 21 Chapter BT of the P.E.O. Sisterhood meeting. She accompanied the members as they sang a mix of Thanksgiving songs. Then she accompanied, by piano and flute, a tape of her son, Cameron Smith, singing one of the songs that will soon be available on a CD. His music is accompanied by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and produced in Nashville, Tennessee.
Also during the meeting in the Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church in Baxter Springs, members were served a dessert of spice cake with ice cream by hostesses Mary Beth Smith and Kathryn Aupperle.
A business meeting followed. Pro-Tem officers for this meeting were Clara Wassom as corresponding Secretary, Gayla Rydberg as vice-president and Delores Crane as Guard.
A thank you was read from the Bobbi Wood family.
Smith gave a report about the P.E.O. Educational Loan Fund. Members brought nonperishable food items for the Grace and Gratitude Thrift Shop. A report was given about the Kitchen Basket Raffle. The drawing will be held December 5. Profits from this project will go to the Opal Stoskopf Eddy Scholarship Fund. Members also chose names of children to purchase clothes for their Christmas programs.
Members present were Mary Beth Smith, Kathryn Aupperle, Delores Crane, Sue Commons, Clara Wassom, Mary Lou Thompson, Toni Wolkar, Phyllis Abbott, Linda Crotts, Judy Brewster, Angela Burrows, Gayla Rydberg, Janet Lazenby, DeAnne Binns, and Alma Cook.
The next meeting will be the Christmas social December 5 at 6 p.m. at Phyllis Abbott’s home with she and Toni Wolkar serving as hostesses.