December 2015

E S ETY

NATIONAL JANUES EDITOR – Patricia Cooper

The Woodlands Chapter

JPS National Web Site: www.jpsnational.org/index.html

December 2015 INDEX

Christmas Greeting 5th Light of the Sixty-Six

Notes from National Board

Please see the following Chapter Reports:

Bartlesville Oklahoma City

Panhandle The Woodlands

National Board Contact Information National Memorial Fund/Order/Payment Transmittal Form

Jane Phillips Society

THE LIGHTS OF THE SIXTY-SIX

Fifth Light:

I am the blue light of HAPPINESS and JOY. You know me now, and you will never want me to go out. Your life would be dark

and dreary without me.

May the Lights of the Sixty-Six speak to you everyday, shine brightly for you, and guide you.

News from National

The revisions to the National Bluebook will be available from the National

Vice President. Please review the Bluebook and consider possible

recommendations to be considered at the next convention in 2016.

If you have convention photos, please forward them to National Vice President, Ellen Richter. Our condolences to the family of Rosemary VanDeusen, retired life member of the Bartlesville Chapter and past National Member-at-Large (1960). May you and your families enjoy a wonderful Christmas and a most prosperous 2016!

Gail

Ellen

Debbie

Michelle

Patricia

BARTLESVILLE CHAPTER NEWS

DECEMBER 2015 Gail Barnett, Reporter

Well, we had lots of rain in November and then it warmed up again. We can definitely use the moisture before winter sets in. At least we didn’t get ice here. We are also into the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season. JPS Chapter is busy with many Christmas projects and parties.

MEMBERSHIP CHRISTMAS PARTY: The annual Christmas party will be held on Saturday, December 12

at the home of Pattie Shipp. We are trying something a little different and hope many will be in attendance.

BOARD CHRISTMAS PARTY: The Bartlesville Board members met at the home of Mary Wyatt on Thursday, December 3 for their party. Besides the Board members, Tony Hoppe and Greg Swaney were in attendance. Members each brought gifts and we played “Dirty Santa”. The favorite gift was a cute wooden cutout which said HOHOHO, but if you turned it around it said OHOHOH. Thanks, Mary, for a delicious dinner and a fun time together.

CHRISTMAS PROJECTS: The Bartlesville Chapter will do several Christmas projects again this year. Projects will include filling sacks for the Head Start children and for the Mutual Girls Club. We also help out with presents at a local nursing home. Some members helped with the Santa Shop at Jane Phillips School. Many of these projects are already completed, and we thank all those who helped make them a success. We have three nights scheduled to work at the Fantasyland of Lights at Johnstone Park. Sunday, December 13 is Santa’s Cottage at the Frank Phillips Home. Our chapter will be supplying cookies, and several members will be working the event. So you can see this is a busy season for the Bartlesville Chapter members.

FUNDRAISING: We had another successful $ 6 Sale recently raising almost $ 2700, and we had a Books Are Fun event also. We are still selling Gift Shop items by contacting Marie Ullrich. Many thanks to all our workers for our various projects.

Deaths: Glenda Ringeisen, retired life member on November 25, 2015

Rosemary VanDeusen, retired life member on November 25, 2015

Illnesses: Michelle Swaney, gall bladder surgery Betty Smith, mother of Pattie Shipp, surgery Brian Harris, husband of Tish Harris, surgery complications Karen Lutke’s and Jan Brady’s mother, broken hip

BARTLESVILLE HAPPENINGS:

From Kathy Shelts: Kathy and Grover are hosting a young lady at their home. She is someone they have known for awhile, and she just needs a family to help her out.

Many JPS members and family are planning to attend the Friends of the Frank Phillips’ Home Christmas Party to be held on December 6. This is always a nice event and a great time to see the Home all decorated for Christmas.

Karen Lutke, Kathy Humphries, and Greg Swaney are all “retiring”. Actually don’t know which of the three is retired or who just “took a package”. Maybe they will let us in on their “new life” plans.

Kathy Shelts, Grover Shelts, Greg Swaney, Michelle Swaney, Connie Edwards and Rosie Swindell all attended the Memorial Service for Joanna Blanton held in Bartlesville on November 28. Kathy and Grover Shelts, Gail Barnett, and Jane and Larry Fisher all attended the graveside services for Rosemary VanDeusen held on December 2.

Bettye Williams, Tish Harris, and Gail Barnett will all probably attend the Heritage Nursing Home Christmas Party on December 10. You know you are getting old when you and your friends see each other at your parent’s nursing facility.

Pattie Shipp spent Thanksgiving with family in Texas and is with her mother who recently had surgery.

Jerold and Gail Barnett went to Denver the first week of November to attend a Thank You luncheon at the University of Colorado-Denver. While in Denver, they visited with Gail’s brother and sister-in-law, visited the Stranahan distillery in Denver, and toured a Pioneer Park in Ft. Lupton where a cabin donated by Gail’s family now sits. The cabin is over 150 years old and had sat on land owned by Gail’s grandparents until being donated. Jerold and Gail Barnett had a relaxing Thanksgiving in Branson with Andrea, Andy, Philip and Lexi and Caya (the dogs). Saw all the lights at Silver Dollar City, did some shopping, and visited Dixie Stampede. We will spend Christmas at home with the kids and Gail’s mom.

UPCOMING EVENTS

December 3 – Board Christmas Party December 6 – Friends of the Frank Phillips’ Home Christmas Party December 7 – Pearl Harbor Day December 12 – Members Christmas Party December 13 – Santa’s Cottage at the Frank Phillips Home December 25 - Christmas December 31 – Dues are due January 1 – Have a happy 2016 January 21 – JPS General Membership Meeting – election of officers June 24-25, 2016 – JPS National Convention in Bartlesville

Deep in the heart of winter, Deep in the heart of night,

A babe was born in Bethlehem – The King of Love and Light.

Deep in the heart of winter, Deep in our hearts we pray

May this Love guide our footsteps and bless our Christmas Day.

May each of you have a wonderful Christmas season and be able to spend time with family and friends. Again, remember to keep saving those pennies and dollars so we can all meet next June! And as always, pray for our men and women in uniform especially as many are away from their homes this Christmas season. I wish each of you a Merry Christmas and a happy 2016. Gail jbarn0819@aol.com

OKLAHOMA CITY CHAPTER

Sharon Eaton, Reporter

December 2015

Greetings from Oklahoma City,

The Oklahoma City Chapter wishes each of you a very Merry

Christmas and a happy New Year. I am thankful that we live

in a country where I can say “Merry Christmas.” As we

celebrate this holiday season, I truly hope we remember

that Jesus is the reason for the season.

I had the following note from Marianne McEwin:

“I was able to spend a few days in Grand Prairie back in

October. Got to see my grandson Parker play T-Ball. He was

so cute!

The McEwins will be spending Thanksgiving at home and eating

with my sister's family this year. I spent last weekend with

my sister Donna Kay and my niece Lisa's family in Andrews and

Midland, Texas. We had a great time shopping till we

dropped, or I dropped anyway. I think they could have kept

going! Also visited a friend in Christoval on the way home.

Saw lots of deer on the sides of the road and one ran across

in front of me, but I managed to avoid hitting him!

This Sunday is our church's Thanksgiving meal and silly me

volunteered to make the dressing and gravy for it! But Ray

and I will like it anyway! It's a lot of pressure, but we don't

have a lot of younger people who volunteer to cook, so I feel

like I just have to step in and help the 80 year olds do it! It

will be a fun day with lots of testimonies and music. It's the

culmination of Fellowship Baptist Church's 10 year

Anniversary Celebration. “

Robin Miller and her family spent Thanksgiving Day with

Jerry and I and then went to Missouri to see the other

grandparents and extended family.

Jerry and I had the opportunity to visit this month with

Bartlesville members Michelle Swaney and Pattie Shipp. We

met and discussed the 2016 convention plans. It was good

to see them and we really enjoyed the visit.

I hope everyone is planning on attending convention next

June in Bartlesville. We have some fun things planned and

if you haven’t been to Bartlesville before, now’s the time to

come. I look forward to seeing each of you in Bartlesville in

June 2016.

Sharon Eaton

Merry Christmas to all our JPS family

LaDonna Bicknell, Micki Bicknell, Linda

Clement, Anita Cox, Jerry Eaton, Sharon Eaton,

Marianne McEwin, Robin Miller, Suzie Chapman

Rodgers, Patricia Stiehler, Diane Turner

DECEMBER 2015

We’ve seen our first snow although it lasted all of 30 minutes then disappeared but this area really needed the

moisture! The November Altrusa Craft Show and our annual Thanksgiving meal fundraisers went well. JPS fed

about 250 people including workers and we had so much assistance from those who were unable to work. Those

members do not know how valuable they were to those of us that were working.

WE APPRECIATE YOU! There were a few contractors and P66 people that assisted with setting up and getting

the area ready for those of us that were cooking. The workers also assisted with the cleanup which was very much

appreciated by the JPS workers that were pooped after this dinner. We had desserts left overs and were asked by

a group if they could sell the remaining desserts for a United Way fundraiser. It was a good fundraiser all the way

around. Here are pictures from our Thanksgiving Luncheon fundraiser hosted at the cafeteria for the plants:

Darla

Harriman

checking

that

beverages

are ready

for the

people that

were

attending

this

fundraiser.

Joan

Gordon

and Fran

Braden

prepping

the front

lines for

the start

of the

luncheon.

Darla prepping turkey.

Jennifer Tollison

& Joan making

take out orders.

These men were

ready for their

desserts but were

too as many of

the desserts had

already been

devoured.

MANY THANKS TO ALL ON THEIR WORK OR DONATIONS ON THIS GREAT FUND RAISER

December Birthday - Debbie Rogers 12/22

Lisa Jensen 12/24

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ladies!

(My apologies if I’ve missed someone’s birthday this past year. Please let me know so I can correct that for 2016.)

Calendar EVENTS for DECEmber 2015:

December 3rd

JPS Board Christmas Party – Fran’s house 6pm

December 7th

JPS Membership Christmas Party – Frank Phillips College A&I

Conference Center (building across from the college) 6pm

December 25th

CHRISTMAS DAY December 31

st New Year’s Eve

JPS Supports Borger Area Learning Center (BALC) with Craft items & Clothing

JPS members recently collected items

needed by a local charity that our

group supports. The Borger Area

Learning Center(BALC) provided a

list to our members on some items

needed to do crafts and also some

clothing needs of some of the residents

that attend the BALC. The BALC

supports people with special needs and

has residents from the age of 16 years

up to over 60 years old.

At left Joan Gordon and Fran Braden

delivered the donated items to the

BALC. You can see some of the crafts

hanging that the residents create.

Paula Holt and

Willy Harriman

(left) were

running kitchen

duty.

While Norma

Luginbyhl (right)

was cranking out

the potatoes.

Everyone

worked in all

areas of the meal

preparation.

Flowers,

mason

jars and

misc for

crafts

made by

the

residents

of

BALC

Special prayers for the following members and their families:

Georgia Hughes – sudden loss of her brother – pray for her and her family

Ella Cornelison – doing better but keep praying

Shirley Tubb – continued strength and health to care for daughter & brother

Fran Braden’s son-in-law Dan

Kay Fisher’s mother-in-law Pat – cancer treatments

Men and Women in the armed services that provide protection for our country

If any JPS members have someone that they want to add to the prayer list next

month, please email, call, or text me. If you my contact information, call me 640-

4646.

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone!

Kay Fisher Panhandle Reporter

Water

bottles used

for crafts

such as bird

feeders and

Christmas

decorations

The Woodlands Chapter - JANUES

President ………………………………………….Brett Wills Vice President……………………………………Shannon Blacknall

JANUES Reporter...…………………….……… Mary Emerson

Member Birthdays Cynthia Young 12/20

JPS Anniversary None

CPC Anniversary Jane Quenon 12/25/83

Tammy Robichaux 12/29/04

DECEMBER 2015

EDITION

GETTING TO KNOW YOU – This Month’s feature is

Mary Emerson, JANUES Reporter

I was born in Guyana (formerly British Guiana), a tropical rainforest located on the

northern coast of South America and having the distinction of being the only South American

nation in which English is the official language.

From a tender age, I observed my parents in outreach ministry, even inviting strangers to

spend the night when the occasion warranted. They have been a strong influence in my life, and

following in their footsteps, I found the opportunity

at CPChem to be that small drop of water in the JPS

ocean. In addition, I’m involved in Christian

Education (Pre K) and mission outreach through my

church (photo was taken during an outreach mission

trip to the Montgomery County food bank

sponsored by my church).

My husband and I along with our 4-year old

daughter left Guyana in 1981 for Antigua, West

Indies, where our 2nd

daughter was born. We

emigrated to the USA (Kissimmee, Florida) in 1987 and have since resided in Maryland,

Florida (for the 2nd

time – Ft. Lauderdale), Iowa, and Texas, as a result of my husband’s job

transfers.

Married for the past 40 years, we have been blessed with 4 grandchildren (all girls) who

live out of state (Minnesota and State of Washington).

JPS ACTIVITIES – (1) A book fair was held on November 3rd

and 4th

and was well

supported by employees.

(2) JPS was among the many tables set up by area

agencies for the Health and Wellness fair on November 12 and

distributed brochures and mandarins in keeping with the theme of

the day.

(3) Additionally, JPS delivered 263 poinsettias ordered

from Bridgewood Farms and wish to thank everyone for their

support of this project. Bridgewood Farms has been very

instrumental in providing day and after school programs for

individuals with special needs in the Montgomery area and the

poinsettias purchase support their programs and services – the

plants are grown by staff and clients on their campus.

(4) Another JPS activity during this season of giving is

the Angel Tree. We are sponsoring 50 children in the

Montgomery area who will be receiving 3 gifts each and are

very appreciative of the generosity shown by CPChem

employees during this drive.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT HQ

Holiday Raffle and Employee Appreciation Event – HQ

and Lakeside

Spare Change Jar in the Six Pines Café – ongoing

Please continue to show your support for JPS by

participating in these events - JPS always appreciates those

efforts shown by members and employees.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING - JPS COMPANY STORE

Please visit our impressive display case in the Café to order your holiday gifts from the

array of company store items for sale.

Just click on the link below to browse the brochure and to see prices, color, choices, etc.

Contact Tiffany O’Neal (x4147) or Rene Dominic (x1800) for inquiries or to place an

order – get an early start for the Holidays!

JPS Company Store JPS TO SMILE ALONG WITH

AMAZON:

In keeping with the holiday spirit, we’d like to

share a fun, easy way to donate to JPS,

Woodlands: AmazonSmile!

Here’s how it works:

1) Access Amazon using this link –

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/36-4725259 – instead

of amazon.com;

2) Shop as you normally would (no special user

account needed and no price differences between the

two sites);

3) 0.5% of your purchase is automatically donated

to JPS by Amazon;

4) Feel free to share the link above with family, friends, and colleagues.

Additional details can be found here: https://smile.amazon.com/about; you can also contact Erin

McMurrough or Louise Crider.

Thank you all so much for supporting JPS. Happy shopping!

JPS Ongoing Fundraiser

AVON

To support your local chapter please order AVON

the link provided:

http://www.youravon.com/lmikulec

Delivery is free if purchased through Linda

Mikulec (mikulla@cpchem.com) who is our

chapter representative, or if shipped direct to your

home for orders over $35.00.

Jane Phillips Society National Board

2014 – 2015

Gail Barnett, President 4101 Lakeview Drive

Bartlesville, OK 74006 Phone: 918-333-3313 (Hm) Phone: 918-331-6332 (Cell) Email: Jbarn0819@aol.com

Ellen Richter, Vice President 123 North Hawkhurst Circle

Magnolia, TX 77354 Phone: 281-543-7134 (Cell)

Email: gayellen@earthlink.net

Debbie Green, Secretary Phone: 281-930-7078 (hm)

Phone: 281-889-1610 (cell) Email: debbie.green01@comcast.net

Michelle Swaney, Treasurer

2450 SE Madison Bartlesville, OK 74006

Phone: 918-333-5338 (Hm) Phone: 918-766-4608 (Cell)

Email: mlswaney@sbcglobal.net

Patricia Cooper, JANUES Editor Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

10001 Six Pines Drive The Woodlands, TX 77380

Phone: 832-813-4753 (Wk) Email: coopep@cpchem.com

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