Newly Elected Officers

President - Anita Hossley
First Vice President - Vera Brown
Second Vice President - Jane Seabergh
Secretary - Laura McCallum
Treasurer - Alice Hebler

Congrats to all our new officers for the coming year!

Our April Meeting

Where: Shannon Curro

406 Longview St

When: Wednesday, April 7th

Time: 7:00 pm

Hostesses: Shannon, Pam, Laura, Myrtle and Connie

We will have the silent auction, and the philantropic is Good Shepherd Community Center (They need snack foods, school supplies, etc.)

Hope to see you there!

Founder's Day Celebration

Adolph Rose Antiques

Francis Koury, Brenda Allred and Tracy Trichell.

Malcolm Allred standing beside his wife, Brenda, at counter.

Becky Towne, Laura McCallum and Tracy Trichell.

Nancy Luchessi and June Emerson

Nancy Luchessi and Connie Greer

Bedroom quarters.

Malcolm Allred's Civil War Collectibles.

Adorable antique cookie jar.

Our Founder's Day celebration was hosted yesterday at the lovely downtown loft home of Brenda and Malcolm Allred.  We visited with our sorority sisters from other chapters and enjoyed delicious food and drinks.  Their home was full of lovely antiques and collectibles and were gracious enough to let us take pictures.  Ms. Sue Rowlett (Alpha Chapter) greeted us at the front door of the Adolph Rose Antiques Store and took us up on the elevator to the 3rd floor loft of their home.  Everyone who attended had a wonderful and delightful time visiting and meeting new members in our sorority.  The event was hosted by Alpha Chapter. 

New Members

Ceremony to initiate new members into our Omega Chapter Sorority. 

Louise Herrod with her stand-in for Jane Laboda, Vera Brown and President, Anita Hossley.

Shannon Curro with her little sister Becky Towne.

Pat Tinney with her big sister, Andrea Hughes.

Left to right, Louise Herrod, Vera Brown, Anita Hossley, Shannon Curro, Becky Towne, Pat Tinney and Andrea Hughes.

Katie Hossley with her new son, John Mathew at 3 months.

Our March Meeting

Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Where: Frances Miller, 138 Laura Lake Rd.

Hostesses: Frances Miller, Katie Hossley, Chris Patin

Philantropic: Humane Society (They need cleaning supplies, old towels, food, dog and cat food bowls, newspapers, etc.)

Please bring your Keynote news to Marian or email to her by March 26.

Hope to see you there!

Founder's Day

Founder’s Day

Saturday, March 13,2010

2:00—4:00 PM

717 Clay Street

$10 per person

Join us for a lovely get-together at the beautiful loft home of Brenda and Malcolm Allred. You’ll have a chance to visit with your PAK sisters from other chapters, enjoy some delicious food, and browse the lovely antiques and collectibles that grace their downtown home. There is an elevator and you may park across the street. No reservations are necessary. Hosted by Alpha Chapter.

Ellis Koury Honored "With Love"

More than 100 people attended the fourth To Vicksburg With Love event Tuesday afternoon to enjoy entertainment and witness a memorial in honor of the late “mayor of Washington Street.”

With a theme of Rainbow and Roses, the event, sponsored by the Pi Alpha Kappa Sorority, was held at the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation and included a catered lunch and entertainment by pianist and accordionist Janusz Szlubowska.

“It was a great crowd,” SCHF Executive Director Annette Kirklin said. Coordinator Frances Koury, whose late husband was honored during the event, agreed on the success, remarking, “It was wonderful.”

Szlubowska, a Polish immigrant and classical musician, entertained with tunes and melodies from the piano and accordion. He was joined on stage by his daughter, Marta, the concert mistress for the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra.

They played such familiar tunes as music from “The Sound of Music.”

Veronica Joerg, a first-time guest at the luncheon event, said, “It was wonderful. The violin and piano are my favorite two instruments.”

As a gift from Danish couple Henning and Inge Deichman a U.S. flag was presented to the foundation in memory of the late Ellis Koury, a Washington Street merchant for more than 50 years. Ellis Koury died in 2008 at the age of 93.

During the presentation, Kirklin read aloud the words on a plaque signed by President Barack Obama honoring Ellis Koury’s military achievement. He was a veteran of World War II.

“The Deichmans wanted to do something for us,” said Connie Koury Hosemann, the Kourys’ younger daughter, who presented the flag.

“They wanted to do something where my daddy would be remembered in the community.” The Deichmans are longtime-family friends of the Kourys.

They have also been for 17 years the employer of Kathy Koury Knudsen, the Kourys’ older daughter who lives in San Francisco.

Neither the Deichmans nor Knudsen could attend.

“This was a wonderful event, very fitting,” said First Baptist Church associate pastor Jim Hess, who led in the Pledge of Allegiance and a rendition of the “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Hess remembers Ellis Koury as “a pleasant person, a real gentleman and always welcoming to everyone.”

“He’d be so proud,” Hosemann said. “He was such a neat person. He was a part of the greatest generation. He saw gravel roads to the Internet during his lifetime.”

The flag will remain on permanent display in the SCHF auditorium, Kirklin said.

The Valentine-themed concert was one of the Four Seasons of the Arts presentations.

Contact Manivanh Chanprasith at mchan@vicksburgpost.com