More Poetry - First place poems

THE TREE OF AGES PAST - BY Kyle Booten, Division IV (GFWC Brentwood Woman's Club)

Not long ago I walked untrodden paths.

Into the forest's depths I came to look

at memories upon memories past,

and saw my Tree beside the now-dried brook.

We children once did climb its reaching arms

pretending that they were a vessel's masts.

It was a pirate ship that sailed through harm,

and navigated through the seas of grass.

To my surprise the Tree was broken clean

where seething lightning must have struck its side.

A pirate ship no longer could it be,

and now no children on the brig could ride.

I paid respects to youth and ages past,

now swallowed by the seas of endless grass.

 

PHOTOS

Della Gowan and GFWC 2nd V.P. Jackie Pierceè

Jane Vires, GFWC Newbern W. C., attends her first Convention

District II President Llew Ellen Luttrell accepts the award for Outstanding District

 

 

Outstanding Small Club - President Mary Love Coley accepts for GFWC Erwin Monday Club

 

Thanks to the hard-working Credentials committee, Convention registration is always fast and easy.

Newly-elected President of District 9, Mildred Smith, gives the District Report

 

District 9's Elmire Phillips,GFWC Germantown W. C., and Pat Mingledorff, GFWC Jackson W. C., enjoy the Installation Banquet.

 

Outstanding Large Club - President Kendra Patty accepts for GFWC Knoxville Woman's Club

 

 

Outstanding Junior Club - GFWC Greeneville Junior W. C.President Jane Bell accepts the award.

 

Regina Mullins speaks to Convention 2002

Regina Mullins, one of the first residents of Magdalene House, told of her experiences there and of the work at Thistle Farms. Twenty-two GFWC of TN members participated in the Day of Service at Thistle Farms on April 18th prior to the opening of Convention 2002.

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