President’s Message
Just a note to keep you up to date on our activities this fall. On Thursday night, October 29, about 50 people gathered at Neddy and DeWitt Sumners’ home on 6th Avenue to eat chili and enjoy Halloween festivities. Attending were Mickey and Minnie Mouse (Glee and Myles Hollander), a man in black (Ron Braswell), several Seminole fans (Mary Ann Braswell, Fred and Annelise Leysieffer, Alice and Gene Nichols, Johnnye and Heinz Luebkemann, and Kermit Rose), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (DeWitt Sumners), elegant courtlady (Neddy Sumners), Bobby Soxers (David and Diane Stuart), reminiscent of MASH (Yvonne Miels and Homer Ooten), Japanese Visitors (Sue and David Edelson), Mardi Gras Krewe (Ginny and Ron Blazek), English hiker (Don Rapp), dressed for the symphony, (Patsy Rapp), cosmopolitan lady (Julia Goldstein), Cats in the Hats (Marietta Schroeder and Sherry Hart), witches (Vicki Miles, Mrs.Sumners and Kathleen Rose), New York Rockette (Eleanor Hale) and date (Giff Hale), Chicago Mobster and date (John Waters and Shirley Zahn) & several more revelers in different costumes. Marjorie Turnbull surprised us with a visit later in the evening. Thanks to Homer Ooten and his committee for planning such a fun evening for us, and a special thanks to Neddy and DeWitt for hosting this great event.
Many thanks to Diane Stuart for arranging for tickets to attend Mozart’s wonderful opera “Don Giovanni” preceded by an interesting lecture about the performance.
Special thanks to Wolfgang Adolph for designing and developing our very own website (see below). Please use this site to stay informed about our activities, and please contact your editor Annelise Leysieffer if you have suggestions, additions or corrections for this new way to advertise our club activities.
The holidays are fast approaching. Be sure to plan to meet your friends and start the holiday season by attending the Annual Holiday Reception which this year will be held in the Lobby of the new Pepper Building from 5-7 PM on December 4th. This will be a great opportunity to introduce friends who are not members to the Club’s events. Hope to see you there.
Sherry Hart
Holiday Reception
Friday, December 4th
5:00 – 7:00 PM
Pepper Building Lobby
(next to Hecht House on Call Street)
Get in the holiday spirit by joining other University Club members for a festive reception on Friday, December, 4th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM in the new Claude Pepper Building on the FSU campus. As usual, a superb assortment of refreshments will be provided by University Club members. Grateful thanks are extended ahead of time to all who have volunteered to provide the refreshments and to help Sherry Hart with the event.
Parking will be available in the adjoining lots. Anybody can park on campus after 4:30 PM on Fridays. Being the last day of classes, parking should be even less of a problem.
Wednesday, December 9th – 6:30 PM
Price $20.00
Oriental Dinner at Lucy Ho’s Bamboo Garden.
Call 878-3365 or 878-3366 for reservations.
Friday, January 22, 1999
Time: 6:30 PM
Lucy Ho’s Bamboo Garden Restaurant
2814 Apalachee Parkway
Join other members of the University Club for this festive occasion to celebrate the Chinese New Year in style with a superb dinner specially prepared for us by Lucy Ho. Look for final information including price in
the early January newsletter.
NOTE Change of date due to “An Evening with Davis Gaines” just announced
for Saturday, January 23.
Membership
The 1998-99 roster has been delayed due to printer problems. Warm thanks to Cindy Wise for working so hard on this for the club. This is no small task.
But the membership drive is still on-going. Dues for new or late membership are $12.00 ($8.00 for retirees) per household. Please send your check for your dues with a contribution, if you wish, to The University Club Scholarship Fund, made out to The University Club and mail it to:
Cindy Wise, 3318 Northshore Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32312
Please indicate your name(s) as you want it (them) listed on the roster, address, phone and department or other association.
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Multilingual Holiday/End-of Semester Potluck Supper Party
Saturday, Dec.12 — 6:00 pm
Home of Inga Fahs-Gielisse and Peter Gielisse
5667 Santa Anita Drive
“Ein Abend mit Richard Tauber, Marlene Dietrichs Lieblingssänger”
by Robert Doherty
Friday, January 8 – 7:30 PM
Home of Anneliese and Robert Doherty
2113 Orleans Drive
“FAUST FÜR ALLE”
Em’cee’: Ursel Homann
Friday, February 12 – 7:30 PM
Home of Marcia and Werner Herz
314 Saratoga Drive
“Wann geht der nächste Schwan? Leo Slezak, 1875-1946”
by Walter Richards
Friday, March 19 – 7:30 PM
Home of ?, any offers?
Call Ursel Homann at 386-2012
or send e-mail to homann@bio.fsu.edu
Condolences Our heartfelt sympathy to Bert Davis and his family upon the recent death of their beloved wife and mother and our dear friend and devoted University Club member Ruth Davis.