Four new members were inducted into the Wintersville Woman’s Club during the group’s final meeting of the club year, held May 15 at the St. Florian Event Center in Wintersville. The new members, along with their sponsors and club officers, stopped to have their photo taken during the monthly luncheon. Those who were recognized included, from left, President Cheryl Taylor, membership chairman Pat Ketzell, leadership chairman Marjean Sizemore, sponsor Janet Liggett, new member Cathy Povich, sponsor Mary Lucille Smith, new member Judy Galbreath, sponsor Mary Beth Allan and new member Maureen Giandomenico. Sheila Milic is also a new club member. Club members will reconvene in September, according to officers, who noted a planning meeting has been set for Aug. 7 at A Touch of Elegance in Steubenville. The officers will discuss the Mohican Memorial Shrine honoring Ohio’s war dead, along with Gold Star Mothers. The event is scheduled to take place on Sept. 28 in Loudenville. Taylor noted at the May meeting seven members of the club attended the 127th-annual GFWC/Ohio Federation of Women’s Club Convention in Dublin, Ohio, taking place April 24-27. The club was honored with the following awards and certificates: Past President’s Award “Bee the One,” awarded for fundraising projects and the recycling of old tennis shoes to raise money to purchase and plant a Buckeye tree in Wintersville. The club also received a creativity award for its environment program, featuring local Chief Meteorologist Jeff Oeschlein and keeping with the weather theme, collecting 42 rain ponchos and 32 umbrellas for three local shelters. The club was named No. 6 in the Top 20 Clubs, and awards for Loyal Jonquils, Leadership, the Buckeye Magazine, GFWC Signature Project: Domestic and Sexual Awareness and Prevention — Hope for Justice, Operation Smile, Shot at Life, UNICEF and participation in Bundles of Love, a baby shower held to assist military families during a convention. Taylor was presented with two certificates of recognition for entry into the Ohio Blue Book of Distinguished Women, being sponsored by Linda Nolf and Sizemore. It was noted at the meeting Judy Weaver along with Taylor, presented three club scholarships during the Indian Creek High School Senior Awards Banquet. Recipients included Melia Lane, the GFWC Wintersville Woman’s Club Scholarship; Caleb Zifzal, the Glenda Dunlope Scholarship; and Emma Doerr, the Franciscan University of Steubenville and Wintersville Woman’s Club matching scholarship. Two local students received state scholarships, including Gabriella Bodo, sponsored by the GFWC Wintersville Woman’s Club — Elaine Weinman Scholarship; and Giana Bruzzese, sponsored by the GFWC Jefferson County Woman’s Club.

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