Thursday, October 17, 2013 • 23
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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
Wine and Cheese Social Charades Gather for Autumn Meeting
The Charades Dance Club welcomed the arrival of autumn with a fall wine and cheese party on Sept. 17. The event was held at the home of Carolyn Featheringill. Carolyn LaGroue, party chairman, and committee members Katie Dunn, Dorothy Hodges, Dale Holditch, Leigh Hood, Jan Hughey, Mary Ann Jones and Ann Lamkin provided a variety of dishes. The menu included party sandwiches, cheese straws, hot cheese dip, a cold chicken spread, fruit, pound cake and an assortment of candies. An antique urn with fresh gold mums was the dining table’s centerpiece. Among members socializing at the party were Enid Dean, Lynn Smith, Rita Spencer, Caroline Clayton, Carole Ann Moorer, Margaret Balch, Helen Robin, Susan Bowman and Susan Strickland. Also attending were Becky Rollins, Martha Cobb, Cindy Bibb, Camille Butrus, Lana Thompson, Ellen Cunningham, Judy Daniel, Annie Green, Betsy Dumas and Pam Morad. Admiring the fine art throughout the Featheringill home were Laurie Haworth, Kathleen Watkins, Mary Putman, Karen Sanders, Carol Corvin, Lyndra Daniel, Barclay Darden, Anne Finch, Sallie Aman, Susan Pitts, Karen Watkins, Emily Scarbrough, Milner Phillips, Toni Hartley, Janie Trammell and Becky Powell. Mingling after a short meeting conducted by Diane Weatherford, Charades president, were Barbara
From left: Mary Ann Jones, Jan Hughey, Katie Dunn, Anne Lamkin, Dale Holditch and Carolyn LaGroue. Photos special to the Journal
Diane Weatherford, Sallie Aman, Carolyn Featheringill and Anne Terrell.
Chapman, Carolyn Hill, Sara Lynn DeFuniak, Marsha Terrell, Nell Henderson, Anne Dawson, Carolyn Satterfield, Jeannie Bradford, Katy Sexton, Claire Goodhew and Nancy Stetler. New members attending the party were Loretta Hood, Anne Carey, Judy Carns and Patsy Burns. ❖
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House Plans
Alpha Chis Gather for Groundbreaking Ceremony
Several Alpha Chi Omega alumni from the Over the Mountain area attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the sorority’s new house at the University of Alabama. The Alpha Chi Omega sorority house, built in 1958 on the UA campus, was razed by workers over the summer. Construction on a new, larger house for the sorority at the same site on Colonial Drive is expected to
From left: Jewel Patterson, Jean Williford Haygood, Halcyann Jones Badham and Dena Fortenberry Bowden. Photo special to the Journal
be complete by fall 2014. The University of Alabama plans to expand or relocate all the houses on Sorority Row. Attending the groundbreaking ceremony across the street from the site and a reception at the sorority’s temporary house on Magnolia Drive were Alpha Chi Omega alumni Jean Williford Haygood, Halcyann Jones Badham and Dena Fortenberry Bowden, all of Birmingham. ❖
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