| San Francisco Civil War Round Table Meeting Thursday 18th March 2010 at the United Irish Cultural Center 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco =========== |
Entree Choices Corned Beef and Cabbage @ $30.00 or Breast of Chicken Jerusalem @ $31.00 Entrees are accompanied by salad, fresh vegetables, potatoes, rolls and butter, dessert, coffee (regular or decaffeinated), or tea. Please mail a check, with your choice of entree, to Joan Keller, 515 42nd Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121-2530 to arrive before Monday, March 15th. (Phone: 415 752 4156) 6:00pm no-host cocktails 6:45pm dinner 7:45pm program |
Elaine Herrmann will present the fascinating story of a mysterious diary, discovered by accident in a
basement. She will discuss
- I. How I found the diary
a. What is this dusty filigreed document in my dark basement?
b. What's all this indecipherable writing about?
c. Who wrote it?
d. How could someone possibly fill two ledgers with entries?
II. Mr. Ford, my 8th grade history teacher,and one clear word, "Farragut"
a. Discovering the identity of the writer
b. Managing eventually to decipher the diary
c. Corroborating his entries, filling in the blanks
III. A most fortunate car accident
a. Publication
b. Arrival of a 130-year-old photo of this young mystery writer
- Elaine Herrmann Biography
- Hospital nurse with interest in ancient history
- Mother of two young sons (at time of diary's discovery)
- Public Affairs television producer and host
- Wrote grants and established first hospital-based and first geographic- based cancer
registries along Central California Coast
- Areas of nursing: Infection Control, Pediatrics, medical, surgical, locked psychiatric, home
care, Utilization Review, Quality Improvement
- Pharmaceutical representative
- President of American Cancer Society
- Published writer in medical and nursing journals