Southern Region Meets

Southern Region Extension Retirees met in Murphysboro on March 20, 2015. We enjoyed a delicious meal and took time to catch up on all the latest news--as well take care of a little business--at 17th Street Barbecue Restaurant. Then we had our history lesson for the day by touring the John A. Logan museum there. It is worth seeing. Very enlightening! Thanks to Carol Schlitt for making all the arrangements.

Those pictured are Patti Faughn, Milly Kaiser, Donna Rumsey, Rusti Grogan, Joyce Pyatt, Joy Richey,  Martha Speir,Carol Schlitt, and Ruby Lingle.

Plans were made for the Kentucky Derby trip--and Carol reported that we should hold the dates of Nov. 18-22 for Christmas in Nashville! She will have more details soon.

Also received an update concerning Diana Bartscht, who was featured in our last post. She is the sister of Patti McGlaughlin, who is still a member of the state 4-H staff in Illinois, and she had another sister, Joyce Roth Carson, who worked in Washington County as a youth adviser back in the late 70's and early 80's. Diana now lives in Indiana.

Flashback to '76

Diana Jean Bartscht was the Madison/St. Clair County Area Adviser for CHEP--Consumer Homemaking Education Program. She had been there since 1975 at that time. Diana received her B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1973 and a M. S. in Family and Consumption Economics from U of  I in 1976.

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There is a note that Mary Kay Munson's mother passed away. She was 102. Condolences to Mary Kay and her family.

Spring arrives this week. I'm sure we are all ready!

Flashback to '76

Karla Bartels was Pike County Assistant Extension Adviser, Home Economics. She earned a BS in Home Economics Education from Western Illinois University in 1974. She had been in the position listed above since 1975.

Helen Hackman was the Pike County Senior Extension Adviser, Home Economics at that time. More about her later.