Do You Remember These by The Statler Brothers

 February 2008

February 6, will be a "chick flick" movie and lunch at Garfields

February 21, we will be attending the "Irish Times"

(more info to come)

January 2008

We enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Warm Springs Lodge.
This is the beginning of our third year
We now have 23 active members and 4 inactive.

Looking back at 2006

January

January, found us at the "Giant"  (grocery store) in Camp Hill to attend a cooking class.

Lady Gadabout, aka, as Jean planned this "event" we thought we were going to learn how to cook, and then eat, (which we love to do) but this day they were teaching us how to make different drinks.  (non alcoholic) of course.  We had a great time mixing, tasting and spilling.

February

February, WOW!!!  we reached our 1 year anniversary. We celebrated at the Ranch House Restaurant the same place we held our very first "Event" we enjoyed a delicious lunch.  New membership cards were passed out and a short meeting was held.  The Queen asked for members to plan "Events" for the coming year. 

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March

March, The Maiden of the Farm, aka as Shirley, opened her home for us and we had a most delicious brunch. Then she had to sharpen our minds with some really tough word games.

March also found us traveling, we took a bus trip to Lily Langtree in King of Prussia to see a musical          "The Best of Broadway"   we were a tired but happy group of Red Hatters when we arrived back home.

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April

April, found us getting some culture!  we attended a the play "Nunsense" at Allenberry Playhouse.  We enjoyed a wonderful buffet lunch before the play.  Allenberry is known for their delicious  sticky bun.

April

Central Pennsylvania Red Hat Convention

The convention was held at the Harrisburg Holiday Inn the weekend of April 21, 22, 23, 2006.  The theme was a Red Hat Luau.  Friday night everyone dressed in luau costumes, the food was Hawaiian, and we learned to dance the Hula.  Saturday night was Red Hat full regalia, you never saw so much Red and Purple, the room was filled with 500 Red Hat Gals.  Prizes were awarded for the door decorations, and Bernice of our chapter won for her door, (the best use of red and purple).

door decoration by Bernice      centerpiece  by Jean

Front row Anna Jean, Bernice   Back row Queen Roberta & Jean

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May

May, We went to see a chick flick, "In her Shoes"  then we enjoyed a wonderful lunch at the Macaroni Grill.

June

June, found us at the quaint little tea house "Over the Tea Cup" for a Red Hat Baby Shower,  yes that's right, but we held it for our sweet little Pink Hat Grace, she is having her first baby in July. (of course it is the Queen's new grandchild).   Grace was really surprised, we had a lovely tea followed by a beautiful Baby Shower Cake.  The baby received many beautiful gifts.

Baby Shower cake    Grace

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July

July, was a super busy month, we started with the birth of Leilani Kai, July 1, 2006 the brand new         "pink hat" she is a beauty.

July 5, was Red Hat Sunday at the Duncannon Presbyterian Church.  Red Hatters from many different chapters attended and it was just wonderful.  Pastor Kris had a great service, we had praise music and the ladies really enjoyed and got into it.  (lots of toe tapping and hand clapping).  The service was followed by a light lunch and the fellowship hall was aglow with Red Hats.

Pastor Kris, and the Fifty Niner Red Hats

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July also found us at the home of the Co Queen, Betsy for a swim party.  We were quite the bathing beauties, (one of us even wore a bikini, brave gal).  Some just sunned themselves while others were swimming or relaxing in the pool.  We had a picnic lunch and cold drinks.  Most of us brought our grandchildren to enjoy the fun.  Betsy's husband had a wonderful time taking pictures. LOL

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August

August, was another busy month, Bernice opened her home for a Red hat Luau and swim party. Some of us even wore Hula Skirts.   Bernice had her home decorated with a Hawaiian theme and the food was all Hawaiian.  After lunch (we were stuffed0 we all headed to the pool to relax and cool off.  What a treat.

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On August 22, we headed to Elizabethville to a little restaurant called a "Special Place" and it was, even though it was really small, we were all seated together at a long table, and the food was outstanding.  After lunch we motored on up the road to a quaint little store that sold wood Amish Furniture.

September

September, we went to Little Buffalo State Park for our second annual Picnic.  We had beautiful weather and lots of food, and Betsy had silly games for us to play.  But the best part was; Grace brought little Leilani to meet all the Red Hat Gals.  Leilani was dressed in lavender and a little pink hat. (Queen Grandma got for her of course)

                                 Grace and baby Leilani, it was too chilly and Leilani had to cover her pink hat

the Queen with baby Leilani                 

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October

October, we attended a Queens Brunch at Carroll Valley.  These Queen Events are usually just for Queens and Vice Queens, but this time they invited everyone.  It was great.

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This month we also planned to take a float in the Halloween Parade.  Shirley was providing the truck and trailer to hold us all.  But it rained and everything was all wet, so most of us decided not to enter.  But 3 brave gals went ahead and walked in the parade, (Frances, Shirley and Laura).  They received and award for marching.  "You go Girls"

Nobember

November, we joined the Duncannon Sparklers (another Red Hat Chapter) for dinner at the Riverside Diner in Wormelysburg, followed by a play "The Miricle Worker" at the Oyster Mill Play House.

December

December, we celebrated Christmas with a Tea at Expresso Yourself in Newport.  We had delicious tea, little tea sandwiches, quiche, and delicious dessert.  We then played a game where you roll the dice and choose a gift, then someone else rolls the dice and has the opportunity to exchange her gift for yours.  this get to be quite fun, as some of the gifts are really nice and some are really "bad".  A very Merry time was had by all.

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Co Queen, Betsy hosted a cookie exchange December 22, we all brought a dozen cookies to exchange and an extra dozen to eat.  Betsy provide a delicious lunch for us.

At the end of our second year we have a total of 20 Red Hat's,

 2 Pink Hat's, and 4 on the inactive list

The Queen's Coronation Ceremony at
The Garden Seat Tea Room

4/25/05

What: To celebrate the Anniversary of the Red Hat Society, we will be holding our Coronation Ceremony at The Garden Seat Tea Room.  The Queen Roberta will be crowned and she will then dub Royal Titles to the members of the court.  We will enjoy a light lunch followed by the crowning of our Queen.

We had such an incredible time at the Coronation for our Queen.  It was a very well planned event to celebrate the crowning of our Queen Roberta.  It is not every day you get crowned the Queen, so with the help of her subjects, Roberta organized a fun gathering and celebration for us all.  Roberta being the generous and thoughtful First Class Lady she is, gave all the ladies a gift of a Red Hat Teacup and Saucer. 

We had a delicious lunch which was homemade by the wonderful cooks and owners of the charming and quaint Garden Seat Tearoom in Duncannon.  Throughout the lunch we celebrated Gladys's birthday by playing "Happy Birthday" to her on our Kazoos.  Betsy shared several side-splitting moments with excerpts from a hilarious book she had.  Gladys cut out several Red Hat comics out of the paper and passed them around which caused some of the ladies to hold back tears of laughter.  Upcoming events and usual business were discussed and then after dessert Anna initiated the Coronation. 

Roberta was asked to stand with her right hand placed on the brim of her Red Hat and to repeat the Royal Oaths after Anna.  Then Gladys had the honor of crowning Roberta the Queen of the First Class "Fifty Niner" Red Hats & More.  After that, Grace recited the Crier Scroll and the led everyone in playing "Hail to the Chief (Queen)" on their Kazoos.  It was a riot!  Our Queen pranced and danced around the room waving her Royal Scepter around while we played.  We found out later that the owners of the Tearoom thought that we were the best Kazoo players yet!  The the Queen went around the table and dubbed each member with their Royal Titles and Grace read off each of their duties.

The Coronation was a once in a lifetime celebration.  Thank you Roberta for being our dedicated Queen and thank you for all the past, present and future efforts you put into making our group one of the best out there!

Touch of Tea Gathering

3/10/05

Fifty Niner Red Hat-First Official Outing!!!

2/21/05

Group Picture from first "outing" Held at the Ranch House Restaurant

Where:  The Ranch House Restaurant in Duncannon, PA
What we did:

• We had 12 members and our Queen in attendance at our first outing. 

• We had a delicious lunch and held a short "information session" to let everyone know how the Red Hat Society came to be. 

• We passed out our membership cards and questionnaire to learn a little about each member. 

• We discussed what we want to do and where we would like to go as a group.

• The Queen took pictures of all the ladies in their beautiful Red Hats.

• All had a wonderful time, old classmates catching up, and getting to know new friends.

• We planned our "outings" for the next 3 months.

• This group promises to be great and I am sure we are going to have some real fun "Red Hat" good times.

Questions or Comments?
Contact Info:
Queen of the "Fifty Niners" - Roberta Lightner
Mistress of the Web - Grace Lightner