Chautauqua GFWC
City of Clarksville, Missouri  
                      Jo Anne Smiley, Mayor
Clarksville City Hall                                                             Phone: 573.242.3336
111 Howard Street                                                                  Fax: 573.242.3450
P.O. Box 530                                                     Email: cityclerk@clarksvillemo.us
Clarksville, MO 63336                                                         www.clarksvillemo.us


Chautauqua GFWC
"Unity in Diversity"
Serving Clarksville and Louisiana,
the Chautauqua chapter of the General  
Federation of Women's Clubs offers women
both social and service opportunities.  The
club plans service projects to benefit a variety
of community organizations that  include:
the Raintree Arts Council,
Clarksville Volunteer Fire Department,
Avenues in Need, the Clarksville Library and
Missouri Girl's Town.

The Chautauqua club meets monthly
September through May at 7:00 in the
evenings.  Meetings are held at member's
homes or at the Clarksville Boat Club

Club President is ANN HANDFORD
For additional information or to join us at our
next regularly scheduled meeting
please contact Holly Mabry at:
hollymabry@hotmail.com
Mary Dockery - 4th District President
Holly Mabry - 4th District Treasurer
Chautauqua GFWC was host to a  fish fry/open house for
the Clarksville Volunteer Fire Department.
Pictured:  back row:  Marge Gray, Judy Dew.
Front row:  Mary Dockery, Holly Mabry, Ann Hanford,  
Todd Seward and Ruth Scoggin.  
American Legion  *   Boat Club  *   Chamber of Commerce  *  Chautauqua GFCW
Garden Club  *  Lion's Club  *  Raintree Arts Council   *  VFW

          The February 1, 2010 meeting of
    GFWC Chautauqua took place at the
    home of Ann Handford.  Elizabeth Wills
    was the co-hostess.  
            The program for the evening was
    Antique Flowers.  Eileen and Chuck
    Hoffman, owners of Hoffman Gardens,
    gave the program.  
            The eleven members attending
    the meeting reported 288 volunteer
    hours.  
            The next meeting of GFWC
    Chautauqua will take place on March 1
    at the home of Todd Seward at 7:00 in
    the evening.  Holly Mabry will serve as
    co-hostess.  The program for the
    March meeting will be The Amish
    Community by Elizabeth Wills.  
            For more information, please
    contact Mary Dockery, Ann Handford,
    or Sue Deines.

GFWC Chautauqua is a
volunteer organization which
has sisterhood and service as its
mission.  

Please contact Ann Handford of
Louisiana for information about
GFWC Chautauqua
membership or to attend a
meeting.  The club meets the
first Monday of the month
September - May at 7:00 in the
evening at members' homes.

Helen Boyd from the Raintree Arts Council was the guest speaker at
the January 3rd meeting of GFWC        Chautauqua.  Helen spoke to
15 club members at the home of Linda Frank.  Todd Seward served
as co-hostess.  Helen spoke about writing a play for Raintree called
Rumble Strips and Curb Appeal.  Two of the Raintree performers, Judy
Bruce and Jessica Herring, joined Helen in a reading of selected
play sections. Members enjoyed this delightful and humorous play and
the opportunity to “laugh out loud” at the visiting cast members. The
next meeting of GFWC Chautauqua will be at 7:00 on February 7, 2011
at the Elgin-Cottrell mansion in Clarksville.
On February 21, 2011 fourteen members of GFWC Chautauqua visited the
Elgin -Cottrell Mansion in Clarksville.
Owner, Richard Cottrell presented information concerning  the history of the
home.  He shared details of
steps taken to restore the beautiful home and led Club members on a tour.       
GFWC Chautauqua meets each month September through May and is a
service organization.
Please contact Ann Handford of Louisiana or Judy Dew of Clarksville for
membership information.  
The next meeting of GFWC Chautauqua is March 7, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the
home of Ginger Kottwitz.
GFWC Chautauqua met at the
home of Ginger Kottwitz on
Monday, March 7, 2011.  
Ann Handford served as
co-hostess.  Fourteen members
shared information about their
favorite books and authors and
enjoyed a variety of delicious
desserts and appetizers.  A book
exchange followed the business
meeting.  Food goods and
donations were accepted at the
meeting for the Feinstein Food
Challenge for Girls Town.  

The next meeting of GFWC
Chautauqua will be April 4, 2011
at the home of Sue Warzochain
Louisiana.  Exchange students
visiting Pike County will be
attending the April meeting. The
meeting theme will be a cooking
demonstration by Sue celebrating
the native countries of the student
guests.   

For more information about
GFWC, please contact Ann
Handford of Louisiana or visit the
Clarksville city website.

                           
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs is an
international women’s organization dedicated to
community improvement by enhancing the lives of
others through volunteer service.  In Missouri the
main project of GFWC is Missouri Girls Town, a
residential facility outside of Kingdom City.
In April, GFWC Chautauqua president, Ann
Handford, will be delivering can goods, food
products, and monetary gifts to Girls Town to meet
the Feinstein Challenge.  Each year Allen Feinstein
gives $1,000,000 to agencies and organizations to
fight hunger.  Donations from GFWC Chautauqua
and other GFWC Missouri chapters are being
delivered to Girls Town throughout March and
April.  

The greater the gift given to Girls Town, the greater
the grant from the Feinstein Challenge.  
Please contact Ann Handford, if you would care to
donate can goods for Girls Town.

    GFWC Chautauqua
    members, Holly Mabry,
    Julie Stephens and Sue
    Deines, admire the
    Federation Day display
    at the Louisiana Library.  
    The displays honors GFWC  
    past and present.
Exchange students, Christian       
Schlag (Germany), Marie                
Almadine Albinet (France) and      
Julia Knauseder (Austria)              
attended the April 4, 2011,             
GFWC Chautauqua meeting at     
 the home of Sue Warzocha.          
 Judy Dew served as                       
 co-hostess.  After the students    
 presented a program on their      
 home countries and their              
 experiences in the US, Sue          
 served delicious refreshments    
 that celebrated  the students'       
 homelands.  

For more    information about        
GFWC Chautauqua, please          
contact Ann Handford or
Judy Dew.
    GFWC Chautauqua, Clarksville and Louisiana, are
    celebrating Missouri Day with a display at the
    Louisiana Public Library.  The display highlights
    Missouri crafters and artists.  Each member of the
    club reported on an artist or crafter of their choice at
    the October meeting.  Following the meeting,
    artifacts highlighting the work of each selected artist
    were placed on display and can be seen at the
    library through the middle of November. The
    highlighted Missouri crafters/artists include:  Gladys
    Coggwell (storyteller and author), Roger Curry
    (basket maker), Otto Wills (artist), Cliff Bliss (stone
    artist), Erin and Bud Garrison (figurine artist),
    Thomas Jefferson Bankhead (candy maker), Clark
    Stoeckley (artist), Carol Oldani (artist), Charles
    Sumner Greene (furniture designer), Henry Mather
    Greene (architect, crafter, and designer), George
    Caleb Bingham (artist), Thomas A. Hooper (pewter
    craftsman), Patricia L. Hooper (pewter craftsman),
    Vinnie Reames (Lincoln sculpter), and John
    Stoeckley (artist). The display is accented with
    flower pins created by Sue Warzocha of Louisiana.  
Four members of GFWC (General Federation of Women’s Clubs) Chautauqua visited Girls Town on October 1, 2011. The day
was lovely and a perfect day for a tour of the campus.  GFWC members and supporters gathered in Scallorns Recreational
Center to visit, purchase chances on donated baskets full of items, and to enjoy a wonderful buffet lunch.  The lunch was followed
by a quilt auction and entertainment provided by residents from McClain House.   Each year Girls Town hosts an Open House on
the campus located ten miles east of Kingdom City.  This year’s theme was “The Future is So Bright, We Gotta Wear Shades”.  
Girls Town is the major project supported by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Missouri.  GFWC Chautauqua will be
collecting Labels for Education at the Louisiana Library this winter to benefit Girls Town.

Girls Town is a residential treatment facility for adolescent girls who have been sexually or physically abused or severely
neglected and need long-term care.  Missouri Girls Town has five resident houses and offers a home to about fifty- six young
ladies between the ages of 8 and 21.  The main campus also includes a dining hall, recreation center, on-campus school,
administrative building, and counseling center.  The residents, or “clients” of Girls Town are helped to go through the normal
process of growing up through group living, education, wholesome activities, and work.  Girls Town provides educational,
therapeutic, recreational and vocational services.

Girls Town was founded in 1953 by the General Federation of women’s Clubs of Missouri.   The campus moved to its present
location in 1981.  Since 1989, Girls Town has quadrupled in size.  The goal at Girls Town is to prepare clients to transition to a
less restrictive living environment, which may include returning home, entering foster care, or graduating to an independent living
program.  


For more information about Girls Town please visit:
              www.mogirlstown.org
GFWC Chautauqua member and president elect, Judy Dew contributes to the “Brag Bank for Girls Town”
at the January meeting in Clarksville held at the home of Marge Gray. Fourth District president, Mary
Dockery prepares to share her good news with the group after Judy finishes.  At the close of each meeting,
members are invited to pay a token donation for Girls Town and celebrate their family and personal
successes. Julie Stephens introduced the “Brag Bank” idea to the club last year.  GFWC Chautauqua
meets monthly on the first Monday at 7:00 pm.  The next meeting will be February 6, 2012 and will be a
“Game Night” to benefit Girls Town.  Please call Ann Handford of Louisiana, Mary Dockery of Clarksville
or leave a note at the Louisiana Library for Holly Mabry, if you would like to be a guest at the February
meeting or to learn more about GFWC.
Members of the GFWC clubs from Bowling Green and Eolia joined members from GFWC Chautauqua in
Clarksville to play Mexican Dominoes for Girls Town on Monday February 6th. Girls Town is a residential
treatment facility for adolescent girls who have been sexually or physically abused or severely neglected and
need long-term care.  Missouri Girls Town has five resident houses and offers a home to about fifty- six
young ladies between the ages of 8 and 21.   Clients are referred to Missouri Girls Town through the
Missouri Division of Family services, the Department of Mental Health, or the juvenile courts.  The Club
ladies brought card and box games to be gifts for Girls Town. Mary Dockery of Clarksville was the hostess
for the evening with co-hostesses Ruth Scoggin and Kathy Starkey.  If interested in learning more about
GFWC membership or Girls Town, please contact Ann Handford of Louisiana.