The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International - Ohio State Organization - Pi Chapter
February 2021
Volume 40, Number 3
Inside this issue:
November Meeting 2
Minutes
December Meeting 3
Minutes
January Meeting Minutes 4-5
Necrology Ceremony and
Founders Day Reflections
Proposed 2021-22 Budget 6
Pi Chapter Members 7 get rid of two boxes. I have
Book Recommendations
Pi Chapter
2020-22 Officers
Nominating Committee
Co-Presidents
Susan Ayers/Linda Harrison
Vice President/Programs
Jackie Mahaffey
Secretary
Becky Shepard
Treasurer
Barbara Carruth
Parliamentarian
Judy Gebhart
Past President
Lori Williams
Nominating Committee Chair
Lori Williams
Membership Chair
Nancy Vogel
Newsletter Editor
Suzanne Mitolo
Message from our Presidents
I hope this finds you well and
in decent spirits. I was glad to
see 2020 in the rear view mir-
ror and hopeful that 2021 give
us a return to whatever be-
comes the new normal. It will
be very curious to see how the
protocols set in place during
Covid effect our lives going
forward. I myself have resisted
online shopping, pick-up and
delivery. I definitely prefer an
in store experience. I need to
smell the cantaloupe!! Who
could have imagined that an
offshoot of this horrible Covid
experience would cause many
of us to become savvier on the
computer?? It is slowly hap-
pening to me and I admit I am
very glad that I retired before
my job was online!! It was
never "on the line" but never
online either!! Little play on
words for my friends!!
I have embarked on
the Great Pi Chapter Scanning
Project. When I picked up the
President's files from where
they had been stored at Judy
Gebhart's a few years ago, I
loaded several banker boxes
and plastic files into my car.
From there they went into my
Pi’s Piper
garage and office - I'm one of
those lucky people who have
space- and have sat like DKG/
Pi Ladies in Waiting to be
brought to the inner chamber
to learn their destiny. So far I
have managed to scan, file and
created a digital file of all the
history and member informa-
tion found so far. As I look
through it, most of it is pretty
routine but every now and
again I am finding wonderful
tidbits of our history. Did you
know we used to have a Pio-
neer Women Committee that
reported on women who were
pioneers in education? I have
not yet found their reports,
only that the committee ex-
isted. We have many distin-
guished member among our
ranks: Nettie Lee Roth, Doris
Ponitz, Violet Strahler, Mary
Zahner, Evangeline Lindsley,
Anita James and June Marable
to name a few. As I get into
the next few boxes I hope to
gather and consolidate more
information on members and
Pi Chapter happenings. What
I have found is that we are
fortunate to be part of a soci-
ety that has made a difference
in the lives of women teachers
since our founding in 1939.
Women Teachers to the Calling!!
I invite our members
to send tidbits of our history to
me via mail or email to be in-
cluded. Word documents
would be preferred but I'll take
what I can get! Newsy stuff
please!
As I scan things, I am
recycling my little heart out and
the paper trail moves into the
next phase - a good thing since
many records were fading and
the paper even crumbling!!
Stay well, be safe and
be proud that you have been
instrumental in the membership
of Pi Chapter.
Sue Ayers and Linda Hamilton
Updates:
Linda Harrison and her team
have finished updates to the Pi
Chapter Policies and Proce-
dures. A copy will be distrib-
uted through email for your
review with a vote for approval
at the March Meeting.
Lori Williams has mailed out
scholarship application materials
to high schools in Montgomery
County. Suzanne made a num-
ber of updates to our school
mailing list. The application
deadline is MARCH 5, 2021.
Upcoming Meetings:
Tuesday, March 9—Zoom
Saturday, May 22—in-person
Please consider inviting a
guest to this meeting!
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November Meeting Minutes December Meeting Minutes

Please note: Information from the November meeting was shared Delta Kappa Gamma
in the November Pi’s Piper issue, but minutes were not included. Pi Chapter
December Zoom Meeting
Coordinating Council Meeting Minutes Saturday, December 5, 2020
November 7, 2020—11:00
Kohler Conference Center In place of the usual December Holiday Silent Auction,
Beta Psi – Hosting Chapter a Zoom Bingo and Trivia social was held.

Linda Harrison has purchased a Zoom licenses which

Ruth Hogsten, Beta Psi President, called the meeting to allows for a meeting to go beyond 45 minutes. She
order at 11:15. She introduced the presidents from hosted the meeting.
Delta Kappa and Pi Chapters and the speaker Peggy
Miller from Heifer International. Sue and Suzanne made and mailed a Holiday Bingo
Laurie Hawkins, Beta Psi member, led us in saying the Card and MM’s to use to cover the card to each mem-
Pledge of Allegiance. ber of Pi Chapter. Participants were encouraged to wear
Christmas blouses, sweatshirts for the festive occasion.
Jodi Brown, another Beta Psi member, gave the Invoca-
tion. Following the invocation, we had lunch. As Bingo was played, Holiday trivia questions were also
Peggy Miller, our speaker, is the historian for Heifer In- read. The following is a list of the winners:
ternational. Her program was: Helping Others Help
Bingo ($10 – gift card to Kroger)
Themselves. Peggy has written a children’s picture Debbie Beck
book titled The Seagoing Cowboy, which is the early Kate Brookshire
history of how Heifer International was founded. Mattie Fair
Peggy was inspired by her Grandfather Abe’s trip as a Jackie Mahaffey
seafaring cowboy to Poland in 1946. The “seafaring Joan Raines
cowboys” delivered horses and heifers to European
countries which had been destroyed by WWII. This was Door prize winners (DKG Pendants made by Jackie
the beginning of the Heifer Project which gave these Mahaffey)
animals to devastated people so that they could begin to Betty Darst
Amanda Greer
rebuild their lives. This was a very interesting and infor-
Joan Raines
mative program.
Joyce Leedom, a Beta Psi member, led us in a Recom- Mattie played a couple of Holiday songs on the piano.
mitment Ceremony to DKG International, its mission
and seven purposes. Reminder was given to send checks to Barb for scholar-
ship donations in place of the Silent Auction.
Sandy Roe, from Beta Psi, led in singing the Delta
Kappa Gamma song. Meeting was adjourned.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 1:45PM.
Respectfully submitted,

Secretary, Becky Shepard

Respectfully submitted,
Linda Harrison, substituting for
Pi Secretary, Becky Shepard
Pi’s Piper Volume 40, Number 3 Page 3

Zoom:
the new
normal?
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January Meeting Minutes

Delta Kappa Gamma his partner Paul Fitzpatrick; her sister, Kitty Hollerman; 2 grand-
Pi Chapter children –Kate and Tommy Webster; and 3 great-grandchildren–
Necrology Zoom Meeting Cameron, Keri, and Chloe Lewis. She was a very active member of
Saturday, January 16, 2021 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. She had a lovely voice and
many of her fellow choir members sang at her funeral.
President, Linda Harrison called the meeting to order.
Minutes December minutes were not available. Pat also share a poem by Linda Ellis “The Dash”
Treasurer’s Report:
Opening Balance October 1, 2020 $3886.64
I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the
Receipts $0
dates on the tombstone from the beginning… to the end.
Disbursements $ 541.59
Closing Balance October 31, 2020 $3345.06
He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with
tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.
Opening Balance November 1, 2020 $3345.06
Receipts $0
For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only
Disbursements $ 164
those who loved them know what that little line is worth.
Closing Balance November 31, 2020 $3181.06
For it matters not, how much we own, the cars… the house… the cash. What
Opening Balance December 1, 2020 $3181.06
matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.
Receipts $ 675.00
Disbursements $30.20
So think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change? For
Closing Balance December 31, 2020 $3825.86
you never know how much time is left that still can be rearranged.
December collection for Scholarships $535.00
To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our
Necrology lives like we’ve never loved before.
Dorothy Rankin Yvonne Rall Jeannie Bryant
If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile… remembering
Linda Harrison shared the following: that this special dash might only last a little while.
Dorothy L. Rankin was a music teacher. She was president of Pi
Chapter from 1988-1990. She had a varied career: She taught mu- So when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash, would you
sic at the Dept. of Defense American Schools in Germany, France, be proud of the things they say about how you lived your dash?
and Japan. She was a consultant for Allyn & Bacon, book publish-
ers. She had a beautiful voice, and she was a member of Westmin- Let’s all celebrate how these three lovely ladies lived THEIR DASH.
ster Presbyterian's Church choir. She retired from Dayton Public
Schools. She died October 3, 2020. © 1996-2020 Southwestern Inspire Kindness, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Yvonne Rall taught French at Centerville High School. She was a

single mom with one son, Ted, who is a professional cartoonist. Delta Kappa Gamma Necrology Ceremony
She is French and she married an American and moved to the Nancy Vogel, Membership Chair
United States. She died February 7, 2020. January 16, 2020
(Note: Zoom meeting with lit candle and pictures of founders)
Pat Kuczak shared the following:
Jeannie Bryant passed away January 15, 2020, a year ago yesterday
We, as members of Delta Kappa Gamma Society Interna-
tional, come together today to honor our friends and mem-
at age 73. She was employed as a school psychologist in several
bers of Pi chapter who departed from us during the past year.
area school districts. Following retirement, she served as a parent
surrogate. She was an active member at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Dorothy Rankin - Saturday, October 3
Church and sang in their choir. She also sang in the Miami Valey Yvonne Rall - Friday, February 7
Chorale and with Center Stage. Jeannie was also a member of Jeanne Brandt - Wed, January 15
Kappa Phi Teacher’s Sorority. She is survived by her husband of
51 yeas, Stephen Brandt, her daughter, Gretchen and husband Bill
Webster; and two sons--Christian Brandt and Wilfred Brandt and
Pi’s Piper Volume 40, Number 3 Page 5

Why God Made Teachers (Nancy Vogel) Beatrice Brown Gnau taught arithmetic at Emerson Jr.
By Kevin William Huff High School. She was Pi’s first president.
When God created teachers,
He gave us special friends
L. Daisy Hammond was Principal of Patterson and
To help us understand His world Clark Schools. She was the first Vice-President of Pi.
And truly comprehend Helen Wild Hartsock taught Latin and French at Fair-
The beauty and the wonder
Dorothy Rankin
mont High School and also was the girls’ counselor.
Of everything we see, Evangeline Lindsley taught U.S. History and Govern-
And become a better person
With each discovery.
ment at Roosevelt High School. PI Chapter---
Edith S. McCartney taught arithmetic and English at
When god created teachers, E.J. Brown Elementary School in Dayton. She was also
He gave us special guides a member of the Dayton Teachers’ Club and the Day-
To show us ways in which to grow ton English Club.
So we can all decide
How to live and how to do
What’s right instead of wrong, Ruth F. Rosell taught 4th grade. Nettie Lee Roth taught
To lead us so that we can lead algebra at Roosevelt High School and was also the assis-
And learn how to be strong tant principal there.
When God created teachers
In his wisdom and His grace
Nettie Lee Roth was also the namesake of one of Day-
Was to help us learn to make our world ton’s Public High Schools.
A better, wiser place. Jeanne Brandt Ida Odelle Rudy was principal of Fairview Elementary
School.
Linda shared the early history of Pi Chapter in rec-
ognition of founder’s day January 21, 1939. Maude Larimore Rupel was the principal of Jefferson
Elementary School.
PI Chapter---Early History---1939
Pi Chapter became an official chapter of Delta Kappa Sue Seybold- Beeghly was a first-year principal at Frank-
Gamma on Saturday, January 21, 1939, at the Biltmore lin Elementary School. She is shown here with other
Hotel at 10:30 AM. Cholie D. McGlinchay, of Colum- members at a special event.
bus, one of the founders of Alpha Delta State, and
Lenore Corbin, a member of Gamma Chapter in Co- Mary Catherine Stewart taught English and health at
lumbus, performed the initiation ceremony of 27 new Wilbur Wright Jr. High School. She died in 2011 and
members. The dues were $4 annually; the initiation fee she was our longest living charter member and she is
was $10. still greatly cherished by our membership. Beth Ather-
Charter Members ton Tittle was principal of Edison School in Dayton.
Genevieve Brintnall was Coordinator of Music in Day- Helen Corrine Ward taught 7th & 8th grades as well as
ton elementary schools. She was also president of Music being an assistant principal at Lewton School on Xenia
Educators Club of Dayton. Pike in Dayton.
Florence Clippinger taught biology at Roosevelt High Unfortunately, we do not have any information on these
School. In 1962, she was voted one of Dayton’s Top 10 charter members: Mary Connolly, Eva De Vaney, Edna
Women. Holmes, Blanche Keyser, Mary Good Royal, Eva
Sefton, Ruth Switzer, Bess Thomas, Isabel Tole. PI
Frieda Friesinger Beekman taught drama, public speech Chapter---Early History---1939 Appendix A Officers
and speech at Emerson Jr. High. 1939-1941 Theme: We Plan To Achieve • President
Beatrice B. Gnau • 1 st Vice Pres. L. Daisy Hammond •
Mary Virginia Lacy Githens taught home economics, 2 nd Vice Pres. Mary Catherine Stewart • Recording
English, Latin in the Washington Township High Sec. Nettie Lee Roth • Corres. Sec. Edna Holmes •
School. Treasurer Blanche Keyser • Parliamentarian Evangeline
Lindsley • Historian Helen Hartsock
Pi’s Piper Volume 40, Number 3 Page 6

2021-22 Proposed Budget

ANTICIPATED INCOME Total
Regular Active Members 11 @ $76 $ 836.00
Active members with $50 discount 18 @ $26 $ 468.00
Regular Reserve Members 5@ $27 $ 135.00
New Member Fee 1 @ $15 $ 15.00
Interest from Porter Investment $ 10,546.00
TOTAL ANTICIPATED INCOME $ 12,000.00

ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES
1 *Active Members Dues-State 29 @ $13 $ 377.00
2 *Active Members Dues-Int. 29 @ $40 $ 1,160.00
3 *Reserve Member Dues 5 @ $26 $ 130.00
4 Pi Chapter Scholarship 34 @ $ .80 $ 27.20
5 *State Scholarship 34 @ $ .20 $ 6.80
6 New Member Supplies $ 15.00
7 Chapter Directories $ 45.00
8 Supplies from International $ 15.00
9 President's State Convention Expenses $ 600.00
10 Coordinating Council $ 100.00
11 Pi Grant-in-Aid (high school seniors) $ 2,500.00
12 *Required Donation to Schools for Africa $ 50.00
13 Anniversary Fund $ 500.00
14 Committee Expenses (addendum) $ 1,940.00
15 Liability Insurance (from Porter Invest.) $ 323.00
16 Dues subsidy for attendance $ 900.00
17 Subsidies for meals $ 900.00
18 E J Porter Class Enhancement Grants $ 1,500.00
19 Prof Development (Pi Scholarships) $ 500.00
20 Miscellaneous $ 411.00
TOTAL ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES $ 12,000.00

ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES (addendum)

21 Membership (orientation/initiation) $ 25.00
22 Communication (non ybook printing/website) $ 75.00
23 Social (bev/snacks/meeting supplies) $ 100.00
24 Sunshine (donation of cards will be used) $ 10.00
25 Service Project $ 750.00
26 Program (speakers/music/fine arts) $ 400.00
27 Scholarship (Grant in Aid expenses) $ 50.00
28 Historian $ 30.00
29 State Service Project (foster care) $ 250.00
30 Literacy Project $ 50.00
31 Memorials $ 200.00
$ 1,940.00
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Books and Movies Suggested by Pi Members-
January 2021 Zoom Meeting
Pat Kuczak: Where the Crawdads Sing by Dalia Owens
Ellen Ferrugia: Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult
Linda Harrison: Christmas at Home by Carolyn
Brown. Setting: ranch in the Panhandle of Texas. Grand-
mother is selling the ranch and the grand-daughter does not
want her to sell. And then the grand-daughter falls in love
with the buyer of the ranch.
Mattie Fair could not attend, but she sent her book title to
Linda: Pappyland by Wright Thompson. It is about the
History of Kentucky, bourbon, the Derby, family successes
and failures.
Marcia Waters: Dare To Be Kind: How Extraordinary
Compassion Can Transform Our World
Author: Lizzie Velasquez. Note: A powerful, inspirational
reading that will leave you with hope that there is good in
this world.
Sue Myers: The historical fiction series by Ken Follett called the Century
Series: Fall of Giants, Winter of the World, and Edge of Eter-
nity. The books follow 5 families (from America, England, Wales, Ger-
many and Russia) through the 20th century and how their lives became
intertwined in all of the events of the time. Very interesting.
Barb Carruth wrote, “The books I read lately are Twisted 26 by Janet
Evanovich, and Blue Moon by Lee Child. Both are pretty quick, escapist
reads. Also, if you are going to list movies, I wish I had mentioned The
Greatest Showman. If you like musicals and Hugh Jackman, this
movie is for you.
Joan Raine: Dutch Girl by Robert Matzen (It's Audrey Hepburn's diary
of teenage yrs. growing up in Arnhem, the Netherlands, during WWII. )
Jackie Mahaffey: A self-help book Good Sugar vs. Bad Sugar.
Nora Stang: Movie “Hidden Figures”
Judy Gebhart: The Library Book. Susan Orlean re-opens the unsolved
mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and
delivers a dazzling homage to a beloved institution – our libraries
Debbie Beck: The Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards. WWII story
about a singer who became a spy for the Allies.

Sue Ayers: Ladies of the Lake by Haywood Smith, a story of four sis-
ters who are forced to come together after years of silence.

Author Marie Benedict’s most popular books including: The Only

PROGRAM REPORT Woman in the Room, The Other Einstein, Carnegie's Maid, Lady
Clementine, and The Mystery of Mrs. Christie (recommended by?)
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Laura Peterson: Enjoys the work of author Joyce Carol Oates, “it’s not
6:30 PM Zoom Meeting so much the story line of her books, but rather the way in which she
crafts the telling of her story. This is true literature”. She shared several
Teaching in the COVID Era titles: The Falls, The Widow Bride of the Falls, We Were the Mul-
vaney’s-- a tale of a family struggling to cope with its fall from grace into
a deeply moving and unforgettable account of the vigor of hope and the
Hosted by Jackie Mahaffey, power of love to prevail over suffering. Laura also suggested we start a Pi
Program Chair Chapter Book Club!
* * * Cel Grewe: watched The Queen's Gambit miniseries on Netflix.
Saturday May 22, 2021 Suzanne Mitolo: a Netflix series called Lemony Snicket's A Series of
2:00 PM Unfortunate Events. There is also a 2004 movie by the same name
(Jude Law as Lemony Snicket, the pen name of American writer Daniel
Location: Ayers Barn Handler and other well known actors).

Spring Tea Jo Anne Collins: The Giver of Stars by Jo Jo Moyes

Join us as we recognize our

membership and
scholarship recipients.
Mission: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society
International promotes professional and
personal growth of women educators and
excellence in education.