Meeting Minutes

The meeting held on June 3, 2022 at Baker Senior Center was called to order by President Molly Barkley. 
Host club Willard Homemakers led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the Club Collect.
Roll Call was answered as follows: Club Members Attending Guests:  Willard Homemakers 12 8 5.  Albion 400 9 3. Baker Homecraft 6 2 1. Diligent Doers 10 5.  Homemakers Heritage 19 2.  Pup Town Pioneers 5 1
Minutes were read. Motion was made by Jesse Scott to accept the minutes as read and seconded by Carol 
Sparks.
Treasure report was given: $1995.65 in checking and $25.46 in savings. Motion to accept the report was 
made by Dawn Padden and seconded by Thebea Thomas.
Nita gave scholarship report. There is $4054.76 in fund including Fall receipts of $675. 2022 scholarships were given to Tylee Loehding from Carter County and Cameron Collins from Fallon County. 
There was a discussion of scholarship protocol.
Old business: Jesse Scott reported on the Scrapbook Committee. The scrapbooks have been found. A 
discussion of what we should try to put in the scrapbooks. A motion was made by Terry Bruha and 
seconded by Nita Schallenberger that each club would keep their own memories and the Council 
scrapbook would be about the Council meetings. It was decided to have a scrapbook committee of a 
representative from each club. They are as follows: Diligent Doers-Laurie Elmore, Homemaker’s 
Heritage-Sharon Higgins, Pup Town Pioneers-Jesse Scott, Willard Homemakers-Jean Tronstad, Albion 
400-Gay Arpan, Baker Homecraft-Diane Van Gordon.
There was discussion of how we will know which club will host the meetings. Jean Tronstad made the 
motion that we follow in alphabetical order on hosting. Peggy Smith seconded. They are as follows: 
Albion 400-Fall 2022, Baker Homecraft-Spring 2023, Diligent Doers-Fall 2023, Homemakers Heritage Spring 2024, Pup Town Pioneers-Fall 2024, Willard Homemakers-Spring 2025.
Amanda Williams, our Extension Agent, gave the Extension Report about Extension Activities for the 
Summer & Fall. 
Willard Homemakers, our host, provided everyone a copy of the Constitution & Declaration of 
Independence.   Jean told of receiving an account book of Kay Hanley’s from 1930. She put it in the Fallon County 
Museum.
Following the meeting, Guest speaker, Jerry Losing and Lola Fried folded the flag while someone read 
what each fold in the flag means. Then Jerry gave a nice talk about what America and the Freedoms we 
enjoy meant to him. He compared his time as a soldier in Iraq to American’s standard of Living.
Willard Homemakers served a delicious lunch of croissant sandwiches and a red, white & blue dessert--
Angel Food Cake with Strawberries, Blueberries & whipped cream.
Carol Sparks had an album by John Wayne. She shared some of his songs with us. Jackie Rumph, Custer 
County Home Agent, gave a history of Extension in Montana. Then she had us do some chair exercises. 
Also, talked about how we can keep ourselves well in all aspects of our lives. Terry Bruha led us in 
singing ‘America the Beautiful’ and ‘Proud to be an American’. Throughout the day we bid on the Silent 
Auction Items and bought chances on the very nice baskets put together by each club. The meeting closed 
by listening to John Wayne’s ‘The People’ and all of us singing ‘God Bless America’. 
---Sharon Higgins, Secretary

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