The Connecticut Dahlia Society, Inc.

December 2003 Newsletter

Meeting Date: Saturday, December 13, 2003

Time: 6:00 PM

Place: Daveluy’s Restaurant, 150 Echo Lake Road, Watertown, CT

(Echo Lake Road is the street that runs off Main Street, next to our former Thomaston Bank,

meeting place)

Program: Christmas Party and Grab Bag

President’s Message.... Please join us for an evening of good fun, socializing and holiday celebration.

T

he November meeting, unfortunately, lacked enough membership present to elect a new slate of officers to the society. We therefore agreed to hold the election at the next meeting and that may be the December or January meeting. So that is why you get to read another newsletter from me. Can we vote at the restaurant in December? We will need to see that evening if the environment will support that activity.

We do have a partial slate of nominations for officers as of the writing of this newsletter and they are:

President: Kevin Wasilewski

Vice-President: Marge Schnerr

Secretary: Barbara LaRochelle

Treasurer: Donna Paternostro

Editor: Open

As you can see we still have an opening for the Editor position. This would be a great opportunity for an individual with some computer skills who would like to contribute to the society.

OK, so now for the fun stuff. We will have our Christmas Party this year at Davely’s Restaurant in Watertown. (Look for directions later in this newsletter) It looks like pizza will be on the menu. The society will pay for the pizza and soft drinks. Please note the time change. Thanks for the suggestions from the membership on this one. It sounds like we should have an enjoyable time. Don’t forget to bring a grab bag if you wish to participate. It should be “unisex” and have a value of around $5.00. We hope to see you there.

Now is a good time to be thinking about securing roots for the 2004 season. A good (extensive) list of commercial growers is available on the ADS web site. (www.dahlia.org)

So this brings us to a close on another growing year. May you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Jesse Peterson, CDS President

Meeting Dates and Programs for 2004

1/10/04 Thomaston Bank, Waterbury,

7:30 P.M.

2/14/04 Thomaston Bank, Waterbury,

7:30 P.M.

Finance Committee Meeting

6:30-7:30

3/13/04 Thomaston Bank, Waterbury,

7:30 P.M.

4/25/04 Annual Root Auction, Elizabeth Park

5/??/04 May Plant Sale, date to be decided

Elizabeth Park, West Hartford

6/12/04 Elizabeth Park, West Hartford

7/11/04 Annual Picnic

8/14/04 Site to be decided

Preparation for the show.

8/28/04 CDS 46^th Annual Show

Elizabeth Park, West Hartford

10/9/04 Thomaston Bank, Waterbury

11/13/04 Annual Meeting, Thomaston

Bank, Waterbury

12/11/04 Thomaston Bank, Waterbury

CDS-ADS Dues

Included with this Newsletter is our 2004

Dues Renewal Form.

If you wish to continue your membership in the American Dahlia Society, or to join it for the first time, your dues should be received by the CDS no later than January 10, 2004. Also note that the ADS Dues have been increased by $3.00 in each category this year.

Elizabeth Park Garden Lecture Series

The Rose Garden at Elizabeth Park will turn 100 years old in 2004. The Friends of Elizabeth Park are sponsoring a year of festivities beginning with a garden lecture series. The date or these are listed below. Each lecture in on Wednesday evening and begins at 7:00 P.M. The price is $5.00 per lecture or $30.00 for the series. Each month has a makeup class scheduled for any lectures cancelled due to bad weather.

January 21 – Dahlias

January 28 – Annuals

February 4 – makeup

February 11 – Flower arranging for the home

February 18 – Organic gardening

February 25 – makeup

March 3 – Iris

March 10 – Perennial gardening

March 17 – makeup

March 24 – Roses

March 31 – Herbs

April 7 – makeup

Marge Schnerr will be the speaker for the first lecture on dahlias.

Marge Schnerr, Editor

mrschnerr@aol.com