24 • Thursday, April 17, 2014
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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
Front from left: Emmie Stutts, Lucy Gardner, Evelyn Bargeron and Kaylor Kidd. Back: Walton Stivender, Ellie Mulvaney, Mazie Smalley and Mary Keller Greene. Photo special to the Journal by Dee Moore
Belles Take a Bow
Birmingham Belles Are Presented at Garden Party The Birmingham Belles 46th annual Garden Party Presentation was held April 6 at the Country Club of Birmingham. The Birmingham Belles is a service organization that gives senior high school girls the opportunity and experience of volunteerism and civic responsibility as they gain knowledge about their community. The young women presented will attend city functions throughout the year. This past year, the Birmingham Belles served more than 650 hours. Their volunteer opportunities include helping at Arlington summer luncheons, delivering cookies baked from Belle recipes to assisted living homes and helping at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Christmas at Arlington, Big Oak Ranch, Decorators’ ShowHouse, Mystics Halloween Parade, Mountain Brook Art Association Art Show, Mountain Brook Christmas Parade, the Birmingham Zoo, Childcare Resources Fairy Tale Ball and the Junior League of Birmingham’s Bargain Carousel. This year, Rhea Fonde Nathan and Margaret Fischer Pitman were the recipients of the 2014 Scholarship Fund, established to honor the late Mrs. James Mallory Kidd Jr., Birmingham Belles founder. The Belles presented for 20142015 were Emma Ann Abele, Mary Harper Alexander, Sydney Ann Allen, Mary Callaway Anderson, Mary Seldon Andrews, Elinor Clay Anthony, Mary Lucile Baker, Anne Lacey Ballard, Abigail Lynn Bals, Caroline Grace Barber, Evalyn LeBlanc Bargeron, Kelly Grace Bemis, Ellen Hunter Berryhill, Grace Evelyn Bertram, Anne Marie Birmingham, Kathryn Rebecca Bowers, Haley Elizabeth Bradford, Sarah Louise Bragg, Madison Jean Bussell, Sally Kale Bussman, Carter Anne Cheatham, Kendall Elizabeth Crumbaugh, Wimberly Anne Debono, Mary Rives Drake, Caroline Gilchrist Dunn, Katherine
Gail Durkee, Katherine Lake Fitzpatrick, Neely Ann Francis, Elizabeth Benton French, Lucy Elizabeth Gardner, Julia Grace Garrison, Anna Catherine Gillespy, Ellen Elizabeth deBerniere Given, Margaret Allyn Pratt Given, Leigh Hampton Gorham, Kara Nicole Gravlee, Margaret Ellison Gray, Mary Keller Greene, Caroline Carter Hancock, Catherine Brevard Harmon, Elizabeth Freret Harmon, Olivia August Harmon, Walters Leigh Haynes, Emily Ruffner Hillhouse, Margaret Elizabeth Howell, Elizabeth Britton Hurley, Courtney Elizabeth Hutchinson, Kathleen Ellen Jackson, Anna Marie Jeffcoat, Camille Elizabeth Jernigan, Claudia Rose Keating, Elizabeth Parris Keith, Caroline Frances Kennedy, Kaylor Elizabeth Kidd, Kensie Jaye Kile, Lillian Judith Kilgore, Marly Virginia King, Lindsey Anne Kirk, Stella Christine Kontos, Mariel Alison Kynerd, Anna Strong LaRussa, Chandler Thorogood Law, Sarah Grace Lindsey, Morgan Ann Dommerich Lineberry, Helen Oliver Little, Brook Elyse Littleton, Kathryn Toy Littleton, Mary Lee Bard Livingston, Caroline Elizabeth Logan, Mary Clark Logan, Sarah Hayden Logan, Caroline Goodwyn Luckie, Baily Antoinette Martin, Ella Stuart McAtee, Sallie Elizabeth McElroy, Emily Owen Nelson Mendelsohn, Mary Katherine Monson, Mary Katherine Moore, Katherine Jean Morris, Isabelle Walet Mulkin, Mary Elizabeth Mulvaney, Margaret Phillips Murray, Eleanor Elizabeth Naff, Mary Margaret Nanos, Margaret Lee Neal, Lowry Elizabeth Neil, Elizabeth Fairlie Outland, Anne Layton Oztekin, Abigail Wren Parks, Mary Kathryn Parrott, Laiken Elise Pearson, Hannah Louise Perkinson, Anne Genevieve Pickering, Carlin Gayle Pittman, Kelsey Morgan Platt, Sarah
Elizabeth Polhill, Erin Suzanne Rector, Caroline Sanders Reed, Ann Wilson Reich, Katherine Anna Reiss, Mary Patton Rodrigues, Chancellor Taylor Rogers, Alice Brantley Sanders, Susan Marie Sarcone, Bennett Daye Searcy, Dorsey Ann Shamblin, Louise Searcy Shearer, Mary Findlay Shelfer, Anne Kinsman Simmons, Lillian Harris Simpson, Caroline Elizabeth Sims, Emily Dean Sink, Jessica Elizabeth Sirkin, Josie Corinna Slaughter, Maizie Constance Smalley, Julia Wittichen Smith, Paley Robinson Smith, Anne Holloway Somerville, Katherine Lanning Speyer, Mary Evelyn Sprain, Gretchen Paige Steele, Walton Leigh Stivender, Mildred Eugenia Stutts, Elizabeth Rowland Summers, Margaret Elizabeth Tapscott, Margaret Hanna Tew, Ann Frances Thomas, Melanie Abbigale Thompson, Catherine Sullivan Toomey, Brooke Frances Tucker, Catherine Claire Turner, Mimi Elizabeth Waggoner, Vivian Jane Walsh, Kristin Joanna Walton, Virginia Scott White, Anne Douglass Williams, Lucy Barrett Wolter, Savannah Rose Wright and Antoinette Dunn Wyatt. The Birmingham Belle presentation coordinators were Emily Christian, Britney Elliot, Mary Margaret Hendry, Leigh Anne Lambert, Mary McInnis, Meg Meadows, Margaret Pope, Donna Savage, Ashelynn Falkenburg Smith and Caroline Woods. Also assisting were Janie Christian, Jane Ryland Elliott, Mary Winston Hendry, Mary Carlisle Jones, Betsy Lambert, Ellie Meadows, Caroline Savage and 2013 Birmingham Belles Georgia MuirTaylor, Sellers Mulvaney, Jacquie Schaffers, Olivia Whatley and Emmie Whorton. Cooper Barnes, Sam Harmon, Parker Henley and Andrew King were also on hand to assist at the event. ❖