APRIL 5, 2024 - ABBIES, DOLLEYS AND JACKIES PROGRAM BUS TRIP: HOPSEWEE PLANTATION AND OLD GEORGETOWN

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On Friday, March 4th the Jackies visited the Wrightsville Beach Museum in Wilmington.  

Our knowledgeable docent escorted us throughout the Museum which is housed within the Meyers 1909 Cottages. 

• We viewed a scaled replica of the Wrightsville Beach area during the 1910’s showed the places of original buildings as well as the buildings that are currently on the Beach today.  
• Other features we viewed included 1920-1940 period furnishings in a kitchen bedroom and bathroom, a display of 1920 woolen bathing suits, a hurricane exhibit, and shell collections to name a few. 
•  We also viewed two videos and movie clips depicting the early 1900’s time period. 
•  All these displays and movies certainly helped us better understand the fashions and era during the 1920’s.   

After our “education” we socialized and had a yummy lunch at Blue Water Grill on the Marina.  Very fun day!

Eleven Jackie’s met Friday, October 2, at the Woodlands Amphitheater. It was a beautiful day sitting by the lake and catching up with one another. After 7 months of COVID confinement, ladies shared stories of their activities, including new skills they’d developed, crafts and art projects, playing cards via Zoom and other online venues as well as repurposing and creating new items from ones no longer wanted.

We also featured the 100th year celebration of Women’s Right to Vote using the Women’s Suffrage article provided by Pat Dashiell in her August newsletter to the Vintage Ladies Chapters. We then taxed our memories with a question-quiz activity with prizes for most correct answers.