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Debutantes Are Introduced At Confederacy Ball

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 16, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - Two debutantes were introduced recently at an 1860s-themed ball sponsored by the Augusta Jane Evans Wilson Chapter 2640 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

The event at the Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club raised more than $1,100 for hurricane-ravaged Beauvoir, the final home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, in Biloxi, Miss.

The women introduced were:

• Katherine Isabel Ranscht, daughter of David and the late Tamara Ranscht. She is a nursing student at Hillsborough Community College and was escorted by Phil Walters.

• Stephanie Alyse Queen, daughter of Ron and Sandra Queen, who was escorted by her father. She will study premedicine at the University of South Florida.

The event also commemorated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Davis. The ball included period dancing with a caller and music by Mason Dixon.

The United Daughters of the Confederacy was founded in 1896 and is dedicated to history, education, benevolence and patriotism. The Augusta Jane Evans Wilson Chapter 2640 was chartered in April 2004 in Temple Terrace.

For information, call Lunelle Siegel at (813) 727-3920 or visit www.augustajanesudc.org.

Cattle Barons' Ball Co-Chairs Named

NORTH TAMPA - University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft and her husband, Steve Greenbaum, will be honorary co-chairmen of the American Cancer Society's Cattle Barons' Ball for 2009.

To signify the transition, a mounted pair of shiny white bull's horns was presented to Genshaft at a recent luncheon. The event was to recognize past honorary chairmen, including Rhea Law, Naida Ramil, Terri Ellison and Pam Muma. Event chairwoman Jeanne Marget and Ambassador Gloria Giunta also attended.

The horns are mounted on a base with the name of each past honorary chairman. The horns will be kept in Genshaft's office during her and her husband's term as honorary co-chairmen.

The Cattle Barons' Ball will be March 7 in Tampa. For details, call (813) 319-5904.

Quilt Ceremony Set For Thursday

USF CAMPUS - A quilt honoring people with leiomyosarcoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumors will be on display in the art studio on the third floor of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute through July.

A free, public ceremony relating to the display will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the center, 12902 Magnolia Drive. For details, call (813) 866-5109.

Krewes Plan Theme Parties

TAMPA - Several krewes are holding theme parties and other events during the summer, among them:

•The Rough Riders, Krewe of Hillsborough and Krewe of Mustang Sallies and Ryders will hold a Pre-Toga Party Social from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday at Club Skye, 1509 E. Eighth Ave.

There will be drink specials, appetizers and Super Bowl volunteer recruitment information. For details, e-mail Darren McClain at ddmc52@aol.com.

Tickets also will be on sale for the Rough Riders' Toga Party, which is set for 8 p.m. to midnight July 26 at Centro Asturiano, 1913 N. Nebraska Ave.

The toga party will feature the Johnny G. Lyon Band and Otis Velt. Tickets are $15. For details, call Richard Del Rio at (813) 841-6909 or John Lirago at (813) 781-9515.

•The Krewe of Pandora will hold its eighth annual Margarita Fest from 7 p.m. to midnight July 26 at the Quorum Hotel, 700 N. West Shore Blvd.

The event includes silent and live auctions, a buffet dinner, margaritas and live music. Tickets are $75 in advance and $100 at the door. For details, call (813) 503-2054 or visit www.kreweof pandora.org.

•The Mustang Sallies and Ryders, the Krewe of Brigadoon and the Krewe of Bobbie C. Davis will host the fifth annual Half-Way to Gasparilla Pub Crawl.

The event starts at 6:30 p.m. July 26 at Gaspar's Grotto, 1805 E. Seventh Ave., and moves forward at 7:30 p.m. The dress is pirate-themed costumes. Proceeds will benefit Meals on Wheels Tampa Bay.

Tickets are $10.

Health Effects Topic At Rotary

Donald L. Mellman, president of Donald L. Mellman MD Inc., will speak at Friday's meeting of the Rotary Club of New Tampa.

He will discuss "Public Health Effects of Climate Change" at the 7 a.m. breakfast meeting at the Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club, 5811 Tampa Palms Blvd.

The club recently presented its annual Recognition for Historic Performance.

The recipients were New Tampa Little League President Monica Wooten and Tampa Police Detective Robert Baxter.

Wooten has been active in the Little League for eight years and has been president for three years. Baxter has been assigned to New Tampa since 1995, working as a patrol officer and an investigator of property crime offenses.

The club is for professional and business leaders who live, work or are retired in the New Tampa area.

For information about the organization, call Matt Palmer at (813) 972-9235 or e-mail matt.palmer@earthlink.net.

Send news of social activities, landmark anniversaries, birthdays and other items of community interest to Lenora Lake at 15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 102, Tampa FL 33647; fax to (813) 975-9488; e-mail to llake@tampatrib.com; or call her at (813) 865-4851.

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