November 2008 Meeting
 
The Beautiful 2008 Chatham Woman's Club Quilt, made to be raffled to support scholarships and other chairitable and club projects. Picking the lucky winner is Dougie Bowman, former chair of the Chatham Selectmen, with Ways and Means chair RoseMarie McLoughlin SpeakerSarah Korjeff of the Cape Cod Commission presents a program on Cape Cod's Maritime History in buildings and landscapes
October 2008 Meeting
Reresentative Sarah K. Peake gave CWC members An Update from Beacon Hill at the October meeting. She was introduced by Sharon Oudemool, First Vice Presdient (l.)and welcomed by Peg Flynn, President.

Officers and Board Members for 2008-2009

Chatham Woman's Club 2008-2009
2008-2009 officers and board members l. to r.: front, Sharon Oudemool, Pam Patton, Margaret Stenberg, and Sally Foster; back, President Peg Flynn, Doris Riddle, Fran Monroe, Alayne Tsigas, Betty Bishop, and Mary McLaughlin.

2008 Friendship Luncheon - Wequassett Inn
Photos above are from the annual Friendship Luncheon and FashionShow held at Wequassett Inn in May

Officers - Retiring and Inducting - April 2008

Spring Meeting Speakers
Left, speakers on Identity Theft at the March 2008 CWC meeting are Officer William Massey of the Chatham Police Department, Drew Nelson of Deutsche Bank, and Lisa Mahieu of Morgan Stanley. Middle, Countdown Cod and creator, Richard Clifford of First Night Chatham. Erich Horgan of WHOI came with his slide show of the wonders of blue water research on jelly fish and his amazing shark tales.

January Meeting at the Chatham Community Center. Top (left to right), Members chatting at the coffee room table; (middle) Eveylyn Helides is recognized for 50 years of GFWC membership; Evelyn Nostrand, speaker on the sport of curling . Bottom, (left to right) Peg Flynn and Carole Millis at the December meeting; Judy Chesley receives a gift from the Club to thank the First Congregational Church of Chatham for hosting the Club for over 40 years, and Chatham Firefighter Kate Hansen picked up the toys for the Toy Drive
Photos by Martha Batchelder and Eunice Geist .


New Members 2007-2008
New members inducted at the October meeting. The Chatham Woman's Club welcomed 23 new members since the last induction. PHOTO BY EUNICE GEIST

Conservation Department trip to Chatham's upwelling facility at Stage Harbor featured a talk by Craig Whitcomb and tea after at the chairperson's home. Our members reported that they learned a lot about shellfish propagation. PHOTOS BY BARBARA SIFFLARD

 
The annual luncheon of the Literature Department at Park Place welcomed both old and new members. Irene Gillies of the Eldredge Library presented all the new books along with commentary on each of them. PHOTO BY SUZANNE BURLEY Sal Rabbio, formerly Principal Tympanist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, enthralled members with his stories of the life of a professional musician.