Join us at Belmont Village on Hay Street the second Thursday of each month at 11:30 for a luncheon meeting.

Pictures

August Luncheon
August guest speaker Wade Fowler, State House candidate, with historian Eleanor McGinnis.
 FRWC Blogmaster Heidi Dagg, with 2nd VP Judy Geneser, and young republican Jack Dagg.
 
 FRWC Treasurer Virginia Kidd at her $$$ table.



 EXTREME MAKEOVER of the Jubilee House!

Photo of the shuttle bus that took us to the actual site, and also took us back to the FSU campus where all the cars parked.


 Marian Caldwell riding on the shuttle bus (talk about service to and from!).


 Security Guards at the actual site.

Sign on site - "Extreme Makeover" - Media Only.
 
 Photo of the two media members hard at work recording all the action.

 Photo of the VIP tent (Always have to have one of those!).

 Extreme Makeover" VIP Sign - with Eleanor.


 Marian Caldwell.

 Eleanor McGinnis.

 Hi rise cranes - probably over 200 ft. in the air operated by computers.

Picture of crowds and house next to the one they had demolished--and now building the new one.


Volunteers in their blue shirts and while hard hats lined up behind the security fences waiting to be called.  Nothing much for them to do until the foundation is finished, and the carpentry work begins.



July Luncheon
 Judy Geneser - 2nd VP - conducting the meeting in Catina's absence.
 Starnell Granklin - Program Chair - Introducing guest speaker.
 Wesley Meredith - Guest speaker - N.C. Senator.
 Ralph Reagan - Newly appointed Republican Representative to the Cumberland County Board of Elections.


Judy Jarvies (FRWC member) and Angela Meredith (Wesley's wife) Angela is a full FRWC member, Wesley is an Associate.
 Ilario Pantano - Running for the 7th Congressional District again for the 2nd time - defeated in 2010.


 Mary Meinhardt and Chaplain Denise Dutcher - both members.

 Debbie Fisher (Sec. CCGOP) and Heather Harrison, Chairman, CCGOP. Debbie is full member, Heather is an Associate.
Kathy Doody - member.
 
Linda McAlister (our current Secretary) and member, Alice Holt.
 
 Some of our luncheon guests.

 Linda Townsend (Caring for America Chairman) and her daughter.

Patti Fruit (Member) and Don Talbot (Asssociate).
 
Belmont House waitress, and member Mary Lewis.
 
 Catherine Earle, Ass't Treasurer, and our Regional V. P. from NCFRW, Zan Bunn.


Mary DePina (member) on the left and Dave Fernandez (Associate member).

 Mary Meinhardt, member, and husband, Harry Meinhardt, Assoc. Member.

Marian Caldwell, Member, and Harry Meinhardt.

 
 Linda McAlister, and Eleanor McGinnis, with the proposed Redistricting map pointing to Cumberland County.




FRWC Various Club Activities

 Winning BUNCO at President Catina's house on Thurs.26 May.

 Book Club with Robt.Gable, author of Escape to Haven.

NCFRW Coastal VP  Zan Bunn with Marian Caldwell  and Lois Croxton at the FRWC meeting.

  The array of children's books collected for JUBILEE House at the June FRWC luncheon meeting.





NCFRW 22nd Biennial Convention
 Rebecca Kleefisch (Wisconsin Lt. Governor - and one of the featured speakers) together with Marian Caldwell

Marian Caldwell, Catherine Earle, Eleanor McGinnis

 Eleanor and Marian in the audience enjoying the conference





June FRWC Meeting
The lovely ladies at the sign-in table.

Kathy Doody doing the Americanism activity.

Our speaker-WFNC personality Dave Taylor.

Dave Taylor's producer, aka "Super Duper Kevin"



Our featured guest speaker Dave Taylor of WFNC Radio Talk Show.


Kathy Doody (stand-in Chaplain and Americanism Chair)- substituting for Denise Dutcher (official Chaplain who was absent).


 .  Group Photo from L. to R.  Dave Taylor, Ann Keiser, and Linda McAlister (both FRWC members, and Linda is FRWC's current Secretary) and last on the R. is Kevin Bennett (Dave Taylor's radio program producer).


.  Guest from BB&T Bank, Pat Rossano, and FRWC Member Libby Hromika.

FRWC member: Vera DeGrand, and guest - Linda Williams.

Starnell Franklin and Zan Bunn.

JoAnn Bishop - Current FRWC member - and a member of long standing.


JoAnn Smith (FRWC member) and Debbie Fisher - FRWC member, and the current Secretary for the Cumberland County GOP.


May FRWC Meeting

 (From top to bottom moving left to right) Angela Meredith; her daughter; Debbie Fisher (CC GOP Recording Secretary); Heather Harrison (CC GOP Chairman); Zan Bunn (Regional Vice President from the North Carolina Federation of Republican Women).

Ilario Pantano and Lois Croxton (FRWC member)

Ilario Pantano at the podium

 Ilario Pantano and Marian Caldwell (FRWC Co Chair for Historian)



 


May 17th 2011 Legislative Day
FRWC member Catherine Earle and NC Senator Wesley Meredith during Legislative Day.