DUBOSE CONFERENCE CENTER'S NEWSLETTER
MOUNTAIN VIEW
From the moment you arrive, you become a part of the history.
(Fourth Quarter, 2003)
Inside this Issue: *Announcements from DuBose *A Walk Down Memory Lane * Names, Events and Culture *Quarterly Outstanding Employee Award *2003 Tennessee Episcopal Churchmen's Conference *Famous Quotes *Our Recent Guests by Category * Our Future
Announcements . . .
Richard A. Young, executive director of DuBose Conference Center has been appointed executive director of Waycross Episcopal Camp and Conference Center in Morgantown, Indiana. Richard moved on September 30, 2003. We would like to take this time to thank him and to wish him the very best in his new endeavor.
Our current board of directors has set up a search committee to fill this position. Kim Agee, our current conference coordinator and food director will serve as interim until the board assigns a permanent executive director either later this year, or during the first quarter of the new year. Kim has been with DuBose for fourteen years and has served in various administrative positions during that time. We would like to welcome her in this new position.
A Walk Down Memory Lane . . .
Do You Remember?
We have just finished another very successful Episcopal Men’s Conference held at DuBose. The theme this quarter reflects on the wide range of ages attending this year's conference and how the different generations shared views, camaraderie and a good many laughs!
This past century has seen the most progressive technological and industrial growth in history. This quarter, it was decided to select important names, events and cultures from each of the decades since 1900. Some of those events probably influenced many of the men who attended the conference this year. Those events molded our character and enhanced our views.
There were thousands of categories and entries from each decade, with the possibility of thousands of sub-topics under each. Those selected were some of the ones most known to every generation. They are not listed in any particular order of importance, but only listed as they were found in the research. The idea is for you to sit back, read, and enjoy the memories from each category from the decades of your life. Some of you will be able to smile when you reflect on the memories of your childhood. Some of the categories may evoke a feeling of sadness or gratefulness. Whatever you are feeling, just remember, that we all share in our history and learn from those successes and mistakes. So, choose your decade, and walk down memory lane!
1900 - 1910 If you are in your hundreds, you were alive for the following:
Presidents: William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt
Names, Events and Culture: Wright Brothers first flight, Henry Ford provides an affordable car, the largest companies were U. S. Steel, Standard Oil and American Tobacco, Sears Roebuck Catalogues, Barbershop Quartets, "Sweet Adeline," "Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home," Radios, Hand cranked victrolas, Ziegfield Follies, Booker T. Washington writes first Civil Rights article, Linen dusters, Corsets, and Hobble Skirts
1910 - 1920 If you are in your nineties or above, you were alive for the following:
Presidents: William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson
Names, Events and Culture: World War I, Sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania, Erector Sets, Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Fox Trot, Tango, Irene and Vernon Castle, Ragtime, Blues, Jazz, "Danny Boy," "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag," "Over There," "Til We Meet Again," Vaudeville, Speakeasies, Mr. Bojangles, Striped trousers, Morning coats, and Tea gowns
1920 - 1930 If you are in your eighties or above, you were alive for the following:
Presidents: Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge
Names, Events and Culture: Roaring twenties, The Woolworth Building and the Empire State Building were built, e. e. cummings’ strange new poetry, Dance Marathons, Flagpole Sitting, Harry Houdini, Charleston, Black Bottom, Shimmy, Al Capone, Prohibition, Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow, Rudy Vallee, Gershwin, Black Thursday, Stock Market Crash, The Depression, Cotton Club, "I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time," "I’m Just Wild About Harry," "Yes, We Have No Bananas," "Second Hand Rose," Knickers, Raccoon Coats, Short shimmy skirts with fringe, Cloche hats and pearls with a lot of make-up
1930 - 1940 If you are in your seventies or above, you were alive for the following:
Presidents: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Names, Events and Culture: Unemployment was at 25%, The Great Depression, Dust Bowl, Dick and Jane Books, Amelia Earhart, Jesse Owens, Will Rogers, Walter Winchell, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, The Monopoly Game invented, The first blood bank, Zippers, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Amos and Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly, H. G. Wells, "The War of the Worlds," Gone with the Wind, Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Errol Flynn, W. C. Fields, The Marx Brothers, Bob Hope, Shirley Temple, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, "It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it Ain’t Got Swing)," "Brother Can You Spare a Dime," "Strick Up The Band," Berlin’s, "God Bless America" sung by Kate Smith, Hats were mandatory, Wide pants and high waistbands, Vest sweaters, and Print dresses with a waistline
1940 - 1950 If you are in your sixties or above, you were alive for the following:
Presidents: Harry Truman
Names, Events and Culture: World War II, The bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hitler, Holocaust, Rationing, Penicillin, Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The Baby Boom, Computers were developed, Big Bands dominated music, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Perry Como, Frozen dinners, Tupperware, Aluminum foil, Slinky was invented, Arthur Godfrey on radio, Kukla, Fran and Ollie, Howdy Doody, Original Amateur Hour, Toast of the Town, Streetcar Named Desire, Oklahoma, Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel, Rita Hayworth, Betty Grable, Red Skelton, Abbott and Costello, Jack Benny, Dr. Benjamin Spock, "White Christmas," "Don’t Fence Me In," "I’ll Be Seeing You," "My Funny Valentine," "I’ve Got You Under My Skin," Zoot suits, and Full skirts with tight waists
1950 - 1960 If you are in your fifties or above, you were alive for the following:
Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Names, Events and Culture: Korean War, Polio Vaccine, Rosa Parks, Norman Vincent Peale, Drive-ins, Silly Putty, Hula Hoops, The Barbie Doll was released, Kennedy’s wedding, Charlie Brown debuts, West Side Story, Disney’s Mousekateers, Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Tom and Jerry, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Edward R., Murrow, Transistor radios, Elvis, Pat Boone, Patti Page, Frankie Avalon, "Blue Moon," Rock n Roll, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, South Pacific, A Streetcar Named Desire, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Hank Aaron, Jim Brown, The Honeymooners, Gray flannel suits, Blue jeans and white socks, Dresses with pinched waists, High heels with socks, Poodle Skirts, Lassie, Flat Tops, Crew Cuts, Father Knows Best, Ozzie and Harriet, I Love Lucy and The Ed Sullivan Show
1960 - 1970 If you are in your forties or above, you were alive for the following:
Presidents: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
Names, Events and Culture: Viet Nam War, The Twist, Mashed Potatoes, Watusi, Woodstock, Haight Ashbury, Bay of Pigs, President Kennedy's assassination, Bouffant Hairdo’s, Go Go Boots, Troll Dolls, Hippies, LSD, Flintstones, Jetsons, Andy Griffith, Beverly Hillbillies, Twighlight Zone, Beatles, Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, MoTown, Diana Ross and the Supremes, James Brown, Dionne Warwick, Skateboards, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Women’s Lib, The Sound of Music, The Graduate, Dr. Zhivago, Birth Control Pills available on the market, Gloria Steinem, Double Breasted Suits, Polyester Pants, First men walked on the moon, Nehru Jackets, Camelot, Hello Dolly, Hair, Funny Girl, My Fair Lady, Peasant Skirts, Bell Bottoms, Chunky Shoes, Love Beads and Afros
1970 - 1980 If you are in your thirties or above, you were alive for the following:
Presidents: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
Names, Events and Culture: Watergate, Patty Hearst kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, Four murdered coeds at Kent State, Roe vs. Wade, Jim Jone’s cult suicides, Mood Rings, Rubik’s Cube, Pet Rocks, Smiley Faces, First test tube baby, Brady Bunch, The Price is Right, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Grease, M. A. S. H., The Village People, "Y. M. C. A.," Donna Summer, "Last Dance," Bee Gees, "Stayin’ Alive," "Knock on Wood," Star Wars, Towering Inferno, Godfather, Exorcist, American Graffiti, Apocalypse Now, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Elton John, Bruce Springstein, Carpenters, Disco, Punk Rock, All in the Family, Saturday Night Live, Sesame Street, Hot Pants, Platform Shoes, Shoulder length hair, Leisure Suites, Wide Neckties, The first computers, Atari and "Pong"
1980-1990 If you are in your twenties or above, you were alive for the following:
Presidents: Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Bush
Names, Events and Culture: Challenger explosion, Vietnam Memorial dedication, Geraldine Ferraro, first female presidential candidate, Jesse Jackson, first black presidential candidate, Hostile takeovers, Slam Dancing, Break Dancing, New Wave, Rap, Hip Hop, Oprah, 60 Minutes, Milli Vanilli, M. C. Hammer, L. L. Cool J, On Golden Pond, Tootsie, Driving Miss Daisy, Good Morning Vietnam, The Big Chill, Back to the Future, Designer underwear for men, Brand Name Sneakers, Leg Warmers and Tank Tops
1990 - 2000 If you are now in your teens or above, you were alive for the following:
Presidents: Bill Clinton and George Bush
Names, Events and Culture: Desert Storm, Wars in: Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia and Yugoslavia, Cell Phones, Pocket Planners, High-tech Virtual Video Games, In-line Skates, Beanie Babies, Media became rated for: nudity, sex, violence and foul language, Les Miserable, Cats, Dances With Wolves, Silence of the Lambs, Shindler’s List, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, Titanic, Rodney King beating, Waco, Texas, Branch Davidian, O. J. Simpson Trial, Bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, 14 incidents of school shootings, Tattoos and Body Piercing are major fads, Grunge, Home Boy Jeans worn low on the hips, Short tops with belly button rings and casual dress in the workplace
We hope you have enjoyed your trip down memory lane. . .
Outstanding Employee Award for Fall 2003
There is a brilliant, computer technology expert who has been with DuBose Conference Center for16 years. Sometimes she is able to greet the public, but most of the time she is buried under the duties of head bookkeeper, paying bills and balancing the budget. All the employees get the chance to talk with her at least once a week, when we pick up our paychecks in her office. Her dedication to our budget and record keeping has remained through 6 executive directors since 1987. (Soon to be 7!) She had to adjust to each personality and restructure according to their particular taste. That in itself could be the reason why, but there are numerous reasons why Lorrie Coutu has been chosen as this quarter’s Oustanding Employee. Lorrie, congratulations for doing a great job for DuBose Conference Center. The work that you do is warmly appreciated!
Lorrie has two children, Adria and Ashley, and two grandchildren, Austin and Eli. She is originally from Michigan, but now considers this area to be her home.
She is definitely a "computer wizard." Whenever anyone in the office has any type of technical problem, Lorrie is the first one we call!
Her hobbies include making adorable clay miniatures that she successfully sells on Ebay. There are two of her favorites perched on her monitor!
Sincere congratulations, Lorrie, for your years of dedication, organization, and bookkeeping skills. We appreciate all that you do and hope that this small token of recognition will let you know how much you mean to DuBose Conference Center. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
The Episcopal Churchmen of Tennessee 2003 Conference
What distinguishes the cult established by Jesus from every other modern world religion?
GRACE
The 57th annual conference of the Episcopal Laymen of Tennessee convened last August 15-17 at DuBose Conference Center. The theme was "Grace Happens" and was pondered by three outstanding speakers during the weekend. Heading that list, was the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord George Carey. Also speaking was the Rev. Dr. Daniel Paul Matthews, Rector of Trinity Church in New York City, and the Rev. Tom Ehrich, a writer, computer consultant and Episcopal pastor.
Official attendance this year was 562 faithful who enjoyed good food, fellowship and corporate worship. "The sound of over 500 men singing is a moment close to heaven," is one of the most common responses.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank many of the people who made this year's conference successful. The first on our list are the board members:
President: Craige DeMoss, Presient-Elect: Gary McGhee, Diocese of West Tennessee-Vice President: Clay Bethel, Diocese of Tennessee-Vice President: Mike Shepherd, Diocese of East Tennessee-Vice President: Gary McGhee, Secretary: Paul Wilcox, Treasurer: Marvin Liebergot, Registrar: Buddy Adams, Diocese of West Tennessee-Vice President-Elect: Jimmy Harrison, Diocese of East Tennessee-Vice President-Elect (Upper): John Negey, Diocese of East Tennessee-Vice President-Elect (Middle): Charles Craven, Diocese of East Tennessee-Vice President-Elect (Lower): Shawn Spall, Diocese of Tennessee-Vice President-Elect: Mark Henderson, Music Director: Carl Berg, Vice President, Communications: Randy Stewart, and DuBose Conference Center, Richard Young
A Few Memorable Moments . . .
Quotes taken from the The Episcopal Churchmen of Tennessee website:
"This is the one time the men of our church get away and get together. We really get to know each other better. I look forward to it every year."
"It is a great setting at DuBose, to chat with my bishop, hear his message and meet so many of my fellow Tennessee Episcopalians."
The administration and staff at DuBose Conference Center would like to sincerely thank the Episcopal Churchmen of Tennessee for their continued support through the years, and we are already looking forward to next year.
Memorable Quotes Through the Decades . . .
Since we have gone through the decades with memorable names, events and culture, it might be entertaining to read some famous quotes from some of the people who were listed. Most of these quotes were taken from our Presidents, however there are many from other people that were too outstanding to leave out.
Theodore Roosevelt: "The things that will destroy America are prosperity at-any-price, peace at-any-price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life."
William Howard Taft: "Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick."
Woodrow Wilson: "If you want to make enemies, try to change something."
Calvin Coolidge: "You can’t know too much, but you can say too much. No one ever listened themselves out of a job."
Herbert Hoover: "Children are our most valuable natural resource." - "About the time we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends."
Franklin D. Roosevelt: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." – "Peace like charity begins at home." – "It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But above all, try something."
Will Rogers: "Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there." – "I never met a man I didn’t like." – "We are the first nation to go to the poorhouse in an automobile." – "Everything is changing, people are taking comedians seriously, and the politicians as a joke." – "There should be one day when there is open season on senators." – " This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer." – "I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." – "Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects."
Harry Truman: - "If you can’t convince them, confuse them." – "The buck stops here."
Winston Churchill: "I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."
Albert Einstein: - "You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war." – "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." – "Never lose a holy curiosity." – "Education is the progressive realization of our ignorance."
John F. Kennedy: - "Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction." – "The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain." – "The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion." – "Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate."
Lyndon Johnson – "The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure."
Martin Luther King – "We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear." – "We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools." – "We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now."
Gerald Ford – "Government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."
Jimmy Carter – "America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, human rights invented America." – "We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."
Ronald Reagan – "We might come closer to balancing the budget, if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule."
Bill Clinton – "Just as war is freedom’s cost, disagreement is freedom’s privilege."
CATEGORICAL BREAKDOWN of GROUPS SERVED and GIVEN ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, 2003
We would like to warmly thank the following visitors for choosing DuBose Conference Center as their location.
* EPISCOPALIAN—Churches, Retreats, Seminars, Conferences, Cursillos, Lay Leadership, Deaconry Leadership, Seminarian Leader ship, Cultural and Recreational: All Saints Episcopal Church, Daughters of the King Diocese of Tennessee, Tennessee Episcopal Churchmen's Conference, Christ Church Cathedral, Commission on Ministry, Diocese of Tennessee, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Diocese of Tennessee Cursillo, St. Peter's and St. Paul's Brotherhood of St. Andrews, EFM Training, Grace St. Lukes
* OTHER DENOMINATIONS (Including: Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Church of Christ, Church of God, Lutheran, Christian Church, Non-Denominational Churches, and BaHai.) Same scheduling breakdown as listed above under Episcopalian. Whitesburg Baptist Church, St. James United Methodist Church, Encounter, Tree of Life Church, Secular Franciscans, Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, Disciple Quest, Union Avenue Baptist Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, St. James the Less, Youth Encounter, Belle Aire Baptist Church, Grace Baptist Tabernacle, Grace Church Choir, Emmaus, Tennessee Bahai Institute, Central Church of God, Reformed Presbyterian, Washington Street Church of Christ, Emmaus Diocese of Nashville
* COMMUNITY and CIVIC LEADERSHIP: Spirit in Action, Progressive Communicators Network, Nashville Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mountain Top, Duncan Gray Center, Junior League of Murfreesboro, Coffee County Youth Leadership, Leadership Franklin, Farmers Insurance BCS Conference, Leadership Wilson, Junior League Provisional Retreat, Unity Intergroup Retreat, Kidney Foundation, Chattanooga Vineyard Women, Trinity Baptist Church,
* CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS : Sewanee Music Conference, Ian Currie Workshop, Holzhaur Art Workshop, Southeast Regional Foot Trails Conference, East Tennessee Mini Makers
* SCHOOLS (Leadership, Motivational, and Skills Orientations): Cascade Elementary School, Giles County Band, Good Pasture Band, Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts, Sewanee School of Theology, Woodmont College Retreat, Chattanooga Christian School, Stuart Hall/Nature Quest, Intervarsity Fall Retreat, Spouses of Sewanee Seminary Retreat, McGehee School/Nature Quest,
* CAMPS: Camp Gailor-Maxon, Camp Billy Johnson, Tennessee Camp Farthest Out
* REUNIONS: Smith Family Reunion, Payne Family Reunion, Ramsey Family Reunion, Keese Family Reunion, Tattnal Square Reunion
* WEDDINGS: Weems/Deitrick Wedding
Our Future . . .
Our facilities are being enlarged with the addition of two, new cabins. The large cabins will increase our occupancy capacity by 48 persons. The structures are almost completed and in operation. All of our youth camps will benefit greatly from this addition, as well as our guests who enjoy cabin accommodations. We would like to sincerely thank those of you who made this possible.
Have you planned your event yet?
Any Church (Any Denomination), Any Community or Civic Leadership, Any Non-Profit Organization, Any Cultural Organization, Any Private or Public School, Any type of Youth Activity, Any Camp, Any Family Retreat, Any Wedding, or Any Professional Group . . .
WE WELCOME ALL!
DuBOSE CONFERENCE CENTER
Highway 41 and College Street
P. O. Box 339, Monteagle, Tennessee 37356-0339
Phone: 1 (931) 924-2353 Fax: 1 (931) 924-2291
