Slide 1:Celebrate! 50 Years of The Marion Wilcox Junior Garden Club 1958-2008


Slide 2:The Year is 1958


Slide 3:Tyler looked a little bit different!


Slide 4:Robert Spence was Mayor of Tyler Price Daniel was Governor of Texas Dwight Eisenhower was President of the USA Major events of 1958 NASA is created US begins the Space Race with Russia United Arab Republic is formed The peace sign is penned Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union Alaska Statehood Act signed Rebel troops under Che Guevara begin to invade Cuba Bank of America launches the first credit card The US Supreme Court rules unanimously that Little Rock, Ark., schools must integrate Toyota and Datsun Cars go on sale in The US The Microchip first developed in US by Intel The National Association of Broadcasters bans subliminal ads Cost of Living 1958 Yearly Inflation Rate USA 2.73% Average Cost of new house $12,750.00 Average Monthly Rent $92.00 Average Yearly Wages $4.600.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 25 cents Average House Price $2,390 Unemployment Rate is 6.8% US GNP is $468.3 billion Cost of a new car $1,200-$5,000


Slide 5: Oscar Winners Best Movie, Gigi David Niven, Separate Tables Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! Oscar Winners Best Movie, Gigi David Niven, Separate Tables Susan Hayward, I Want to Live!


Slide 6: IN SPORTS New York Yankees win the World Series The Baltimore Colts win the NFL Championship LSU Tigers win the NCAA football Championship Kentucky Wildcats win the NCAA Basketball Championship The St. Louis Hawks win the NBA Championship The Broadway Musical "My Fair Lady" opens in London Instant noodles go on sale for the first time First International House of Pancakes opens


Slide 7:Times change but some things remain the same Strength through faith We always have Love of family Joy of friendships


Slide 8:Relax, Reminisce, and Enjoy The Fifty Years of Service, Training, Hospitality, Laughter, and Friendship of The Marion Wilcox Junior Garden Club


Slide 9:1938 Marion Wilcox established the Marion Wilcox Garden Club. She was a woman of faith, action, and vision. She is notable for her numerous contributions to the city of Tyler including her help in organizing the first Texas Rose Festival There were twelve women who shared her vision and joined the club. 1958 The club is revamped and reformed with the help of Mrs. Zeb Spruiell. There were sixteen members who were very serious about gardening. Over the years the club changed and grew. 1992 The club is opened to daughters and daughters in law of the existing members. Twenty women accepted membership Today the Marion Wilcox Garden Club has 56 active members who continue to share Mrs. Wilcox’s vision of a better Tyler. Our History


Slide 10:Eleanor “Ellie” Brogan Margaret Cadey Eleanor Cameron Patsy Cambell Audrey Haskett Doris Hinson Rosemary Holcomb Dorothy Lillard Jo Lowery Alma Penn Mary Louise Shaw Billie Shertzer Sally Smith Kathryn Spivey Marion Wilcox Junior Garden Club’s Original “Senior Members”


Slide 11:The Beautiful Spruiell Award Awarded to the member who has made the greatest contribution to the club for the year.


Slide 12:Always women of style…..


Slide 13:Getting ready to garden!


Slide 14:Newsworthy Events


Slide 15:Visit to the Vaughn Conservatory 1977


Slide 18: Simply Fabulous!


Slide 19:Cheers! To another meeting of the Garden Club!


Slide 20:We honor and adore our Emeritus Members for their dedication and friendship. Martha Ann Lehnertz (charter member) Joan Taylor


Slide 25: The character of a man is known from his conversations. Menander


Slide 26:The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. Ralph Waldo Emerson


Slide 27: See anyone you know?!


Slide 29:May your walls know joy; may every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility. Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey


Slide 30:Joy is not in things; it is in us. Richard Wagner


Slide 38:We can never really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Agnes Repplier


Slide 39:There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness. Cicero


Slide 41:Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family. Mother Teresa


Slide 43:The Marion Wilcox Junior Garden Club has Made Tyler a Better Place Through Donations, Service, and Gardening Projects Such as: Hospice Homeplace, Bethesda Healthcare, The Crisis Center of East Texas, City of Tyler Parks, Bergfeld Park, Hartley Soccer Field, Salvation Army Angel Tree and Summer Camp Scholarships


Slide 44:Dedications in memory of Joanne Glass and Bettye Cobb Phillips


Slide 45:Rose Rudman Park


Slide 46:Bethesda HealthCare


Slide 53: 1986-87 Edy George 1987-88 Carolyn Waters 1988-89 Mary Kay Lust 1989-90 Ann Hightower 1990-91 Anita Jones 1991-92 Mary Untersee 1992-93 Joan Taylor 1993-94 Edy George 1994-95 Sue Dyer 1995-96 Gail White 1996-97 Kay Garland 1997-98 Joyce Pirtle 1998-99 Norma Walter 1999-00 Kendall Barclay 2000-01 Janet Russell 2001-02 Mary Ann Cozby 2002-03 Ruth Buckley 2003-04 Maymerle Brown 2004-05 Alycia Wootton 2005-06 Jennifer Gaston 2006-07 Jane Coker 2007-08 Ginger Haberle 1958-59 Maryhelen Boice 1959-60 Joan Taylor 1960-61 Martha Ann Linden 1961-62 Myrtis Beall Smith 1963-64 Punkin Turner 1964-65 Billie Murphey 1965-66 Mary Kay Lust 1966-67 Jere Holmes 1967-68 Martha Ann Lehnertz 1968-69 Maymerle Brown 1969-70 Martha Minton 1970-71 Harviann Perry 1971-72 Joanne Glass 1972-73 Lynn Heines 1973-74 Anita Jones 1974-75 Claire Cunningham 1975-76 Janet Russell 1976-77 Carolyn Ross 1977-78 Sue Dyer 1978-79 Ann Shelton 1979-80 Pat Farrington 1980-81 Nancy Locklin 1981-82 Carole Haberle 1982-83 LaNelle Livezey 1983-84 Verna Hall 1984-85 Bettye Phillips 1985-86 Billie Hartley Past Presidents of The Marion Wilcox Junior Garden Club


Slide 54:Fifty Years of Marion Wilcox Garden Club Celebration OCTOBER 1, 2008  At the home of Carrie White


Slide 61:Here’s to another fifty wonderful years of The Marion Wilcox Junior Garden Club!