Annual Meeting Awards
Ralston | Macomber | Parker | Budding Star
Lucile R. Ralston Merit Award
Presented at the annual meeting to an active member or officer who has made the greatest contribution during that year to promote the growth and progress of the Nantucket Garden Club. The President and the Award’s Chairman will appoint one other member to select the recipient for the current year. A silver pitcher (12” high x 9”wide) engraved:” Nantucket Garden Club, The Lucile R. Ralston Merit Award”. The names of the winners since 1967 are engraved on the side. On the bottom appears: Ball, Tompkins and Black Successors to Marquand & Co. It will be filled in 2005. A certificate has been given since 2003.
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Current: 2006 Susan Ward
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| 2005 Paulette Boling |
1986 Aldys Chapman |
| 2004 Nancy Sevrens |
1985 Melva Chesrown |
| 2003 Bridget Hubbard |
1984 Melinda Geddes |
| 2002 Mary Warren Moffett |
1983 Melinda Geddes |
| 2001 Marie Sussek |
1982 Louise Ramsdell |
| 2000 Lucinda Ballard |
1981 Doris Smith |
| 1999 Pam Battiston |
1980 Ann Sanford |
| 1998 Barbara Malcolm |
1979 Abigail Hawes |
| 1997 Phyllis Macomber |
1978 Elizabeth Reed |
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1996 Adele McKeever
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1977 Mary Armstrong |
| 1995 Elizabeth Murray |
1976 Juliet Taylor |
| 1994 Betty Webb |
1975 Beverly Lindley |
| 1993 Mary Malavase |
1974 Jean MacAusland |
| 1992 Alice Erickson |
1973 Beverly Lindley |
1967 Jean MacAusland |
| 1991 Pam Halsted |
1972 Margaret Robinson |
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| 1990 Dorrit Gutterson |
1971 Edith S. Mason |
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| 1989 Irene Beach |
1970 Mary Armstrong |
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| 1988 Margaret Berkheimer |
1969 Ruth Parker |
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| 1987 Sharon Thebaud |
1968 Jessica Woodle |
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Mr. and Mrs. William B. Macomber Conservation Award
Presented at the annual meeting to an active member or officer of the Garden Club or to a person in the community who has made the greatest contribution during that year or in the past years. An engraved Revere style silver bowl has the inscription: Mr. and Mrs. William B. Macomber Conservation Award”. The names of the recipients are engraved around the outside. The base is marked: G Woodward Lathrop, EP, 9in. Established in 1993.
2006 Origianl founders of NCF:
Walter Beinecki, Tel Berna, Alan Chadwick, Fritz Haffenrefer, Roy Larsen, John Lyman, Bob Mooney, Rick Nelson, Charles Snow. |
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2005 Kitty Pochman
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2004 Cinda Gaynor-Nantucket Wildflower Farm
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2003 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Craig, Jr. and Amy Ann C. Doran
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2002 Bartlett Family
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| 2001 Slosek Family |
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| 2000 Benn Jesser |
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1999 Bill Mapel-Maria Mitchell Assoc.
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1998 Caroline Ellis
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| 1997 Jessica Woodle (posthumously) |
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1996 Jim Lentowski-Nantucket Conservation Foundation
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1995 Peter Dunwiddie-Mass Audubon
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| 1994 Margaret Berkheimer |
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| 1993 Linda Holland |
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Ruth Lerrigo Parker Award
given at the annual meeting to the person who has shown, in the opinion of the awards committee, laudable dedication to the art and practice of gardening.
A framed citation showing the quotation: “When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the Garden.” Established in 1994. Award made at Poet’s Corner.
| 2006 Sally & Peter Nash |
| 2005 Eva-Maria Tausig |
1999 Ann Barnes Maury |
| 2004 Mary Gambee & Barbara McDonald |
1998 Orrin Macy |
| 2003 Joan and Andrew Jessiman |
1997 Regina Keightley |
| 2002 Caroline Ellis |
1996 Benn Jesser |
| 2001 Charlotte Mathey |
1995 Susan Ward |
| 2000 Lucy Leske |
1994 Jackie Kilvert |
Budding Star Award
presented at the annual meeting to a member of fewer than 5 years who has made a laudable contribution to the spirit and goals of the club. Given in memory of Bunny Evans and Marta Greene by Caroline Ellis in 2005. The ivory pin designed and made by Nancy Chase in 2005, will be worn by the recipient for one year and passed on to the next year’s winner.
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2006 Donna Lockhart
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| 2005 Anne Curlett |
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