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Morning Glory Garden Club June Meeting

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The Morning Glory Garden Club met in June at Lakeside Retirement Center with President Judy Davis and Vice President Donna Hodge serving as hostesses. Following a delicious brunch, President Davis called the meeting to order and members recited the club Collect and Pledge to the Flag. Judy then welcomed members and guests Larry Scott and Joe Fitzgerald and also thanked Donna for serving as co-hostess. She also thanked Sara Fitzgerald and Leslie Lewis for providing flowers from their gardens to be used to design arrangements for National Garden Week.
The roll was called and Chaplain Julia Winters gave the “Thought for the Day” from an excerpt by Katie Dawson titled “Wonder” and words from the song, “For the Beauty of the Earth” which shows us how the glory of God always surrounds us if we are willing to take the time to look. President Davis then asked for correspondence to be shared with the club. The club had received a letter of resignation from Diane Stafford and members voted to accept her resignation “with regret.”
The next item of business was in regard to Diane Harvey. She and her family have relocated to Louisiana. Several members had expressed a desire to keep in contact with her and her family. President Judy Davis then gave the treasurer’s report. The Civic Committee reported that the Butterfly Release had taken place as well as the planting of geraniums and ivy in the baskets at Veterans Park. Sunshine Chair Robbie Barker sent cards to Allie Harvey who graduated from McKenzie High School this year, and birthday cards to Donna Hodge, Lucille Russell and Diane Stafford. A card will be sent to Gena Manner’s daughter. “Happy Birthday” was then sung to our birthday ladies.
Group II placed the Yard of the Month sign at the home of Mrs. Wynemia Mouser located on Highland Drive.
Yard of the Month for July goes to the best decorated patriotic yard. New business involved the decorating of the Veterans Park benches for the July 4 holiday, and members will be called regarding time and date. The club does not meet during the months of July and August. Group I will choose the Yard of the Month for July and Group II will choose August.
Horticulture for this meeting was provided by Robbie Barker, including verbena, fern and petunia.

During the business meeting a motion was made to welcome Joe Fitzgerald and Larry Scott as our newest members. We are delighted to have them join us. Members then recited the club’s Benediction. Next, President Davis introduced our guest, Hayes Brummitt, who presented a program about tropical plants along with tips on how to arrange them. Those tips included:
1. Make your arrangement geometric so that the eye sees one flower at a time.
2. Tropicals last longer than our regular flowers, which die from the top down and last only a week. Tropicals die from the bottom of the stem up and if one trims the stem from time to time, they can be beautiful for more than a month.
Hayes then designed four different arrangements using Bird of Paradise, Kangaroo Paw, Yellow Orchid, Pink Potia, Pincushion Potia, Tea Leaves, Ginger, Antherium, Volcano Wood, Green Carnation, Acuba and Fire Grass, also called Burning Grass. He also showed the club a unique multicolored cauliflower which is native to New Zealand and is used to add color to salads. Flowers used in arrangements are native to Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand. The arrangements were then given to Lakeside Retirement Center, Christian Care Center, McKenzie Healthcare and McKenzie City Hall.
Several Lakeside ladies were invited to join club members for the presentation and included Robbie Todd, Evelyn Towater, Virginia Jeter, Mary Stewart, Doris Smith, Kay Ward, Marilyn Ward, Marie Brush and Cathie Kerr.
Club Members present were Robbie Barker, Judy Davis, Sara Fitzgerald, Donna Hodge, Leslie Lewis, Zia Locke, Sandra McMahen, Lucille Russell, Kay Wilson, Julia Winters, Joe Fitzgerald, Larry Scott and Lois Brazie.

Morning Glory, June, 2019, Garden Club