•May 7: 3 – 4:30 p.m. Annual Scholarship Tea

Posted on April 29, 2024 by WHWC_member

The Woods Hole Woman’s Club will host its annual Scholarship Tea between 3 and 4:30 pm on Tuesday, May 7 at The Church of the Messiah Parish and Community Center, 16 Church Street in Woods Hole. The four recipients of this year’s scholarships are invited to join us with their parents and will be asked to speak briefly about their college plans. Visitors are welcome to attend the tea and to support the scholarship fund through contributions. The tea is one of the major fundraising events for the fund. Sandwiches and baked goods will be served.

Since 1927 the presentation of scholarships has been a part of the Club’s community service. One hundred forty-six graduating seniors from Precinct 1 have received awards in the last 40 years.

New members are welcomed at any time during the year. Information about membership is available here

•Falmouth Farming Leaders champion growing produce locally

Posted on April 13, 2024 by WHWC_member

Farming Falmouth Director Patricia Gadsby (pictured below) and Farm Manager Jeny Christian (pictured above) informed WHWC Club members about their successes and continuing efforts to provide locally grown produce and garden plots to interested residents. Collaborating with Falmouth’s 300 Committtee and regional farmers, the organization educates and supports farmers and gardeners and contributes fresh produce to the Falmouth Service Center. To listen to a recording of their presentations, click here.

•April 9: 11:30 a.m. Presentation by Farming Falmouth Leaders

Posted on April 1, 2024 by WHWC_member

Ellie Costa, President of Farming Falmouth’s Board of Directors, and Jeny Christian, Farm Manager are the featured speakers at the Club’s April meeting. Farming Falmouth is devoted to revitalizing our local food system. The group works to cultivate an informed and engaged food community and to foster the production of diverse foods in thoughtful, fair, and sustainable ways. In 2017, a working group successfully advocated for the town’s purchase of Tony Andrews Farm, saving the land from development and establishing it as permanent farmland. Many in that group moved on to establish the organization that now works to support and expand local food production. Ellie and Jeny Christian will describe some of the many ways the organization works toward this goal.

The Club will meet at The Church of the Messiah Parish and Community Center, 16 Church Street in Woods Hole. Light refreshments will be served and those attending may bring a brown bag lunch if they wish.

This event is open to the public as space allows. New members are welcomed at any time during the year. Information on becoming a member is available here

•CAI’s Mindy Todd Reflects on How Reporting News has Changed.

Posted on March 20, 2024 by WHWC_member

The introduction of cable TV and social media has changed how news is reported. During her forty years of experience in radio and television reporting, Mindy has observed and responded to those changes. She noted how fortunate the Cape and Islands are to have a wealth of local news sources, both in printed form and through public radio stations. She provided insight into how Woods Hole’s CAI radio station staff work to provide balanced and well-informed reporting and to cover diverse subjects of local interest. To listen to a recording of her full presentation (42 minutes,) click here.

The Club’s Hospitality Committee provided refreshments that featured a Spring and St. Patrick’s Day theme. The new rector of the Church of the Messiah, Peter Feltman-Mahan, introduced himself to the group before Mindy took the podium.

•March 12: 11:30 a.m. CAI’s Mindy Todd on “The State of News Media Today.”

Posted on March 9, 2024 by WHWC_member

Mindy Todd, host and producer of WCAI’s program The Point which examines critical issues for Cape Cod and the Islands, will speak on the topic “The State of the News Media Today.” Ms. Todd has more than 40 years of experience in radio and television covering nearly all aspects of broadcasting and has received numerous awards. Since 2012, she has been Managing Director of Editorial at WCAI.

The meeting will be held at 11:30 am on Tuesday, March 12 at The Church of the Messiah Parish and Community Center, 16 Church Street in Woods Hole. Visitors are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served and attendees may bring a brown bag lunch if they wish.

This event is open to the public as space allows. New members are welcomed at any time during the year. Information on becoming a member is available here.

•February 27: 12:00 p.m. Annual Luncheon and Julie Child Art Exhibit.

Posted on February 14, 2024 by WHWC_member

The deadline to RSVP for the rescheduled luncheon has been extended to Friday, February 23^rd for the Tuesday, February 27^th luncheon at the Meigs Room at Swope Center in Woods Hole. We hope those of you who had planned to attend on February 13^th are still able to do so on the new date. Read on for information about payment for new attendees and refunds for those who can’t attend on the new date.

A bonus of attending is a chance to view an exhibit of Julie Child’s lifetime of biological illustration. Art Exhibit: “Julie Child and the Art of Biological Illustration,” on display in the MBL Meigs Room from February 20th through March 14th.

Please arrive at 11:30, the buffet lunch will begin at noon.

The menu includes Winter Salad with spinach, roasted butternut, roasted beets, goat cheese, and balsamic dressing, Chicken Marsala, Butternut Raviolis with a sage brown butter sauce, Rice Pilaf, Roasted Asparagus and Miniature assorted desserts. Coffee and tea will be available. There will be no cash bar.

If you have any food allergies, please be sure to let us know.

There will be 10 parking spots reserved in the Swope/Millfield Street parking lot. We are working to find additional nearby parking. The lot on Bar Neck Rd. is also available.

1) If you have paid for the luncheon that was to have been on February 13^th, please confirm with Jen Cattin whether or not you can attend on the new date, February 27^th. Since the checks have not been cashed, Jen will destroy your check if you are no longer able to attend. Please let her know what to do with your check. jencattin@gmail.com or 508-563-3368 (Crooked Pond Farm) or 603-860-3813 (mobile).

2) If you are now able to attend on the 27^th, and were not coming on the 13^th, please send Jen a check ASAP for $35 made out to the Woods Hole Woman’s Club. Headcount needed by 2/19.

Jennifer Cattin, 308 Hatchville Rd, Crooked Pond Farm, East Falmouth, MA 02536

Guests are welcome at the same ticket price.

•WHWC Accepting Applications for Scholarships through March 11

Posted on January 26, 2024 by WHWC_member

As in previous years, WHWC is offering several $1000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who live in Falmouth’s Precinct 1 and will be pursuing further education. Applications may be obtained from school guidance offices and completed and received by the scholarship committee no later than March 11, 2024. The application form is also available here.

Beginning in 1927, the Woods Hole Woman’s Club has presented scholarships as a part of its community service. Scholarships have been awarded every year since 1980 to a total of 146 graduating seniors from Precinct 1.

•February 13: 12 p.m. – RSVP required by February 2

Posted on January 26, 2024 by WHWC_member

Please join us for our mid-winter buffet and gathering at the Swope Center Dining Hall on Eel Pond in Woods Hole.

The menu includes:

Winter Salad with spinach, roasted butternut squash, roasted beets, goat cheese, and balsamic dressing
Chicken Marsala
Butternut Squash Ravioli with a sage brown butter sauce
Rice Pilaf, Roasted Asparagus
Miniature assorted desserts.

Coffee and tea will be available. There will be no cash bar.

Ten parking spots have been reserved in the Swope/Millfield Street parking lot. The lot on Bar Neck Rd. is also available. We are working to find additional nearby parking.

The price per person is $35. Members are welcome to bring a guest at the same cost per person.

The deadline for RSVP with payment is February 2. If you have food allergies, please contact Jennifer Cattin at jencattin@gmail.com. Make checks payable to Woods Hole Woman’s Club and mail to:

Jennifer Cattin, 308 Hatchville Rd. E. Falmouth, MA 02536

•WHWC Thespians delight a full house

Posted on January 10, 2024 by WHWC_member

The WHWC Thespians delighted members with readings and recitations in a program titled Deep Seas: Poetry, Tales and Songs of Sea and Shore. Despite the chilly temperatures and icy conditions, the Parish Center was filled with members looking forward to a beloved annual event.

The tone for the performance was set with a choral reading by Mary Swope and Carol Casey of John Masefield’s “Sea Fever.” Ellie Armstrong followed with a reading of an episode from her own collection of memoirs, “Sailing in a Pea-soup Fog,” remembering a teenage adventure sailing in becalmed Vineyard Sound. The audience listened with rapt attention as Gloria Borghese read “The Eye,” a poem she wrote in response to a work of art created by her grandson.

Next up was Rhona Carlton-Foss reading a childhood favorite, Lydia Huntley Sigourney’s 19th-century poem “Indian Names.” Lee Drescher read from the children’s book “The Good Giants and the Bad Pugwudgies,” which recounts a Wampanoag legend about the creation of Buzzards Bay, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and the Elizabeth Islands. She followed this up by performing “Rolling Waves, ” a song she composed to the tune of “This Land is Your Land,” encouraging the audience to join in the refrain as Mary Swope accompanied her on guitar.

Nawrie Meigs-Brown delved into the waters of Stellwagen Bank with a reading of Mary Oliver’s “Humpbacks,” then led the audience in singing a traditional folk song “Eddystone Light,” popularized by Burl Ives in the 1950s with the lively refrain “Yo ho ho! The wind blows free; Oh for a life on the rolling sea.”

The program was closed by readings of two short poems by Irish poets. Lalise Melillo read “Postscript” by Nobel Prize-winning Seamus Heaney. A consummate teacher, Lalise enlightened us on the uniqueness of the words Heaney used to capture a moment of heart-stopping beauty. Mary Swope then read William Butler Yeats’s “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” set in an idyllic place of natural beauty.

The program was dedicated to Thespians San Lyman and Jeannette Fullerton, who could not perform this year, and to the memory of Olivann Hobbie, who passed away in December.

•January 9: 11:30 a.m. WHWC Thespians Perform

Posted on January 5, 2024 by WHWC_member

With the theme of Deep Seas, WHWC’s Thespians will entertain us at our January meeting with poetry, tales, and songs of sea and shore. Planning and presenting this event are Ellie Armstrong, Gloria Borgese, Rhona Carlton-Foss, Carol Casey, Lee Drescher, Nawrie Meigs-Brown, Lalise Melillo, and Mary Swope.

The meeting will be held at The Church of the Messiah Parish and Community Center, 16 Church Street in Woods Hole. Light refreshments will be served. Attendees are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch.